Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-10-14

! states that the Federation prObabl
VIII bring a counter-suit against the
National Manufacturers association,
charging that body with conspiracy
New York.-Twenty-one new locals
were chartered by the Amaleamated
Association OF Street and Electric
Railway Employees In 1906. and the six
that had lapsed were revided. making
a total gain in membership or 6.70I.
New York.-According to the sta
tistics OF the Women's Trades Union
league. there are i'm this country over
o.OOO,OOO workingmen. and about g.
100000 OF them are In the trades and
professions susceptible OF organiza-
ton.
| London, Eng.-The Northumberland
Miners Cancellation Board has agreed
10 advance the wages OF underground
workers S% per cent, and the surface
workers per cent. Wages are now
3SA per cent. above the basis OF
1879.
Washington. - Information has
reached the capital that japanese are
getting into this country i'm large
numbers via British Columbia by pay.
ment of what amounts practically to a
$50 head tax to the Canadian govern
ment.
Boston. Mass.-The recent advance
in wages In the textile mills In New
England, amounting to 8 per cent.
makes the wages prevailing In that
section the highest ever known. About
100000 operatives share In this ad.
| vance
Antwerp Mr.. HertZlett, British
| consul general here formally protest
ed against the inadequate protection
given to British ships during the
strike. Foreigners suspected OF being
fomenters of the disorder were ex.
PEELED from Belgium
Louisyille.-The threatened strike
or the employees CT the Louisville Rail.
way company, which was believed to
De inevitable, has been aveTted. Cred
1t for the settlement OF the situation
belongs to Mayor Bingham, who Sc
| cured the promise OF the representa-
ives OF the company to give the union
men further assurances that no dis
ordinations will be made against
them.
Cincinnati. - Amalgamated Sheet
Metal Workers International Alliance.
Local No. 141, has been sued for slO.-
900 damages. The plaintiff alleges that
because he would not agree to GER
tain conditions OF the union a strike
or his employees was called, his place
or business picketed and he was there
fore prevented from properly conduct
Ing business and earning customary
profits.
Nashville, Tenn.-Gov. Patterson, OF
Tennessee, has issued a call for a con-
ference OF textile manufacturers and
| labor representatives in all southern
states to be held in Nashville In Octo-
Der to consider the question OF child
labor and female labor In shops and
factories. with a view of adopting a
uniform law that will be agreeable
and Just to the respective parties in
interest.
Pittsburg-Enough votes have been
received from locals OF the Electrical
| Workers union to show that the
agreement accepted by the telephone
companies and submitted to a refer.
epdum by the officers OF the union has
'>NH ONNA utlSdlGu. lnlS
means prolongation OF the strike de-
clared by the telephone linemen
against the Rocky Mountain, Bell and
Independent companies in Utah, Ida
no and Montana
st. Louisville Missouri Pacific
| Iron Mountain Railway system volun-
| tarily directed an increase in the sal.
aries OF all its clerical force averag-
Ing 10 per cent. effective the FIRST day
OF last month The order increases the
| pay roll about $l50.00O a year There
are about 1000 clerical employees OF
the Gould lines not afflllstsd with any
labor union.
MISUNDERSTANDING to one OF the
scandals that have arisen I'm connec.
| ton with the organization of machin-
lists, the labor editor OF the Plttsburg
| Dispatch writes One matter OF vital
Importance, and an affair that has at
| tracted attention from coast to coast.
where machinists are involved. will he
thoroughly threshed out At this gath.
| ering, the convention OF the interna.
| tional union now in session at st.
| Louis. II is the charge that the Erie
i 'N-AAaNN hNo Aci sOhhN y0ais past Dttu
paying the officers OF the information.
al association a fixed sum Of $4,000.
on the understanding that this com
psny be immune from strikes. on
GERS OF the association deny the allie
cation, but the delegates have been
Instructed to thoroughly investigate
/ the matter.
Pittsburg-The Glass Bottle Blow.
ers' association has a membership OF
10000, and its assets are approaching
the Sl,000.000 mark. There has been
no strike for % years. and that body
is now one Of the strongest labor or.
CARNATIONS in the world
Berlin.-FOT some years past
number Of female inspectors have
been appointed In the boards for fac
tory inspection in the grand duchy Of
Baden and in the duchy OF Saxe-Co.
burgGoths. so satisfactory have been
the results secured that the central
German states have decided 10 also
Introduce the practice.