The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-01-18

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per cent In wages was announced III
the mills OF the Naumkeag Steam Cot
ton Company. Of this city. going into
effect on December 81. and applies te
about 1900 employees. :
Louisville, Ky.-A peaceful boy.
cott' has been declared legal by Judge
Kirby In the chancery division Of the
circuit court. The case came up on
complaint Of IN employing butcher
who sought to have the members OF
the butchers union restrained from
circulating notices that his plant was
hostile to the ~interests Of organized
labor.
Washington.--The undue prevalence
OF tuberculosis among workingmen,
which has led pretty nearly every ma
tional union in the American Fedora.
ton Of Labor to consider plans for the
establishment Of homes for their CON
sumptive members similar to that
maintained by the printers, is illus.
trated In the quarterly report of the
Amalgamated Association of Street
and Electric Railway Employees just
issued. The mortality record for the
past three months showed that one
third of the entire so deaths was die
to the great while plague.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. through.
out the country In the trades unions
are generally good, according to re-
ports received at the headquarters Of
the American Federation of Labor.
Among the national organizations
sending in reports are the asbestos
workers, hillposters, brushmakers,
carriage workers, cigarmakers, horse.
shoers and hotel employees. In the
last named nine new unions have re-
Gently been organized and 81, 500 paid
out in death benefits. Lace curtain
operatives in Philadelphia have SO.
cured a 43-honr week for shift work.
ers and 80 hours for day workers az
ter a four weeks strike.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES was made
to 10000 employees of the Illinois Steel
company that they would receive a 10
per cent wage creas The same
rates OF advance are to apply at the
plants Of the company on the North
Side and at Joliet and Milwaukee. 1t
is expected also that the increase will
be extended to all the plants of the
United States Steel corporation.
Observation-Disclosures Of the state
labor bureaus show that capital and
labor in many important industries are
working in closer harmony and that
trade agreements have in
instances supplanted the strike and
lockout methods Of settling Industrial
disputes.
Chicago.-President Roosevelt anti
race-suicide theories are to receive the
hearty Endorsement of Chicago's union
labor. An organization is being per-
fected which will place a premium on
child birth. One hundred dollars Is to
be paid to the wife of each member
of the association at the birth of a
child. Should the stork leave twins
at the home of the union man the pre-
MUM will be raised to $3.50, and $500
will be paid cheerfully in the event OF
triplets. There is a twofold purpose
in the object Of the proposed bene-
iciary organization, one Of which is
to insure the father and mother Of a
stated sum at the time when 1t is
greatly needed, and the other is one
which has back Of it, purely union,
principles--to remove women from the
field OF labor and place her where
she rightfully belongs, in the home.
Boston.-President Gompers. ofsfe
American Federation of Labor has,
received an appeal from the working.
men of Porto Rico asking aid In stop
ping the abuses suffered by them. 1t
is stated that while the invasion OF
the American Federation of Labor into
that country has secured for the work.
ingmen many improvements in labor
conditions 1t is necessary for the Amer
lean authorities to take a hand. The
employers in that island, according to
the statement, hold the laborers in
little esteem. There Is a contempt
for their work and thereby the econom.
and political power of the working
men is extremely limited. The EN-
it is charged, maintain a be-
nevolent despotism over the laborers.
New York.-The Bookbinders' Inter
national union, is arranging for the es.
adjustment Of the eight-hour day. The
employers. however. are combining to
the move. international Presi-
lent Robert Checking has sent warn
lag letters to all local unions inform
Ing them to be on their guard.
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