Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-10-18


ieated the proposition TO elect national
officers ut the annual convention. in-
stead OF by referendum. The Buffalo
members were against the proposition.
Lowell. Mass.-This year Lowell
broke all records for August vacations
For the first time in the city's history.
the big mills, with one exception.
closed their gates during a period of
great business activity. and about TO-.
GOO operatives enjoyed a vacation OF
ten days. The clatter of the loom
ceased on August 2S. and viii not be
heard again until the Tuesday after
Labor day. The Lawrence Manufac.
turing company. operating the worlds
largest hosiery. Will not shut down.
La Crosse. visa pastors union.
composed OF all the Protestant clergy.
men OF this city, is affiliated with tho
American Federation Of Labor Mem.
bers OF the other trades look upon the
preachers as brother workers. admit
their delegate to the meetings OF the
Trades and Labor council and have a
representative OF that body at the
meeting OF the clergymen On last
Labor day the preachers marched with
the printers. the cigarmakers. the
bricklayers and other unions In the
Labor day parade, while at a recent
meeting OF the pastors they were ad.
dressed by delegate from the boot
and shoe makers union in advocacy
OF insisting on the union label when
making purchases OF shoes
Helena, Mont.-The Rocky Mountain
Bell Telephone company has fled suit
In the federal court against the Mon.
tana Federation of Labor, the Liyines.
ton Trade and Labor council. Tele
phone Operators union No. AZ. Alex,
ander Fairgrieves. IL. o. Smith, l.. w.
Thorpe, Almodose Grenier and Effie
lie Fevre to obtain an order restrain.
ing the respondents from interfering
with or molesting In any way the bus,
mess OF the company. and to shut off
the boycott which the complainant al.
leges has been In force since March
Ia, last. The trouble Is the outgrowth
OF the strike of the linemen In Utah.
Idaho, Wyoming and Montana. the
Montana federation having ordered
the Rocky Mountain company declared
UNFAIR In all Montana cities and or
dered out all switchboard operators.
Chicago.-Following is list OF
dates OF international conventions and
places of meeting TO the close of the
year August 81, Cincinnati, O., metal
polishers; September 2, st. Louis. ma.
chinists; September 2, INDIANAPOLIS.
post Office clerks; September 3. Eu-
reka, Cal, woodsmen and sawmill
workers; September 8, indianapolis.
brick, tile and terra Gotta workers:
September 2, Boston, cottonmir spin.
ners; September 10, Memphis. Tenn.
cement workers; September 16, New
Orleans, bridge and structural iron
workers; September 10, New York
city, wood carvers; September 27,
Walden, n. Y, pocket knife blade
grinders and finishers; October 3, Chi.
cago, wood, wire and metal fathers;
October 6, Milwaukee, blacksmiths
and helpers; October 7. Chicago, photo
engrayers' union; October s, New Or.
leans, street and electric railway EN-.
ployes; October z, Bay City. Mich,
shipwrights, joiners and calkers; Oc-
tober is, Rochester, N. Y, interna.
tional car workers association; Octo
Der 10, Providence, II. l., united textile
workers; November II, Norfolk, Va,
American federation of labor; Deem.
Der 2, Chicago, bill posters and billers;
December 2, Chicago. seamen's union.
San Francisco.-The laundry work.
ers have all returned to their respec.
Na
that for three years all will be quiet
In the laundries OF San Francisco.
Boston.-The building mechanics Of
the Boston g. Maine railroad have re.
ceived wage increase. The commit
tee which conferred with General SUI
perintendent Lee and the trades repre-.
sented are: John l.. Dorney for the
plumbers and steamfitters, general
chairman; Frank H. Barrett for the
carpenters, Timothy johnson for the
roofers, A. Leighton for the painters.
Justin Belleview for the gatemen. AL.
vim Stark for the tinsmiths and Charles
Ford for the masons and bricklayers.
New York.-In an editorial In the
Engineering News concerning wealth
and wage earners, protests against the
unequal distribution OF the former and
the oppression OF the latter are an
swered with this statement: Capt.
tai is now receiving about 81, where
labor Is receiving SO. or to put II In
another way, II the annual product OF
the country (the money earned by cap
ital and labor, is divided into four
equal heaps capital is getting one OF
these heaps and labor the other three"
London. England.-The total mem
bership Of the Women's Trade Union
league in Great Britain Is in excess OF
$4,000
Atlanta. Ga.-The Farmers union.
Of Georgia, with a membership OF 30
600. has gone on record as being BIT.
lsiig opposed TO bringing foreign i'm.
migrants into the south.
Washington. Inquiry into the need
Of various states and territories for
immigrant labor has been instituted
by 7. Y. Powderly. chief Of the divi.
sion OF information, recently estab.
lished in connection with the bureau
OF immigration.