The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-08-26

on strike since Nav. VIII return
owork under the same conditions
prevailing when they walked out. Tn,
strike was declared of recently.
Massachusetts State branch. A. II.
OF l.. Executive Board, recently de
cided that legislation TO limit or do
fine the power Of courts In injunction
cases is to be the effort of organized
labor OF the state In the fall campaign
Corporation laborers at Calgary
Can. have received an increase uf
from 20 to q cents per hour, and II
has been decided by the city council
that eight hours shall constitute 3
working day. except In cases OF ne
cessity. ....r ...l... ...........
The Springfield (Mass.) street car
men now ask for sliding scale from
s2,25 to t275 day. the wages 10 In
crease from The s225 minimum by
10 cents for each years service untn
the maximum is reached after the
sixth year 3
Large crews OF men have been go
iny to the West through the Mime
apolis. MINI. employment offices for
a long time, Montana, Idaho, Wyont
ing. Washington and Oregon taking
the bulk The work supplied is under
stood TO abc railroad building.
The convention of theatrical stage
employees, held recently IN Norfolk
Va. had before Il n proposition TO es
tablish a sick benefit fund. also 4
funeral benefit fund. II was decided
TO submit this 20 the subordinate q
bodies for referendum vote,
\ disbursement over methods Of
payment developed between the union
coal miners OF Alabama and the. Com
ncrciai Coal Operators Association
ns u result OF which resolutions were
passed by the miners convention
which virtually means STA. ..
ing 800 men. ".. ..... rr
The statement has been made
that the yearly earnings of the organ
lied labor wage Garner in the District
of Columbia, amount In the aggregate
10 s27 ,0Oo 900. based on n conscrva
| tive estimate that the average daily
wage of the $4,000 union men was
$3.50.
Recent decisions OF the Department
OF Commerce and Labor. based upon
opinions rendered by the Attorney
J General have convinced the officials
Of labor organizations that respect for
contract labor clause OF the lmmigra.
tion laws is growing constantly less
at the capital of the couutry,
More than 1000 persons we're killed
las, year Ia the coal mines Of Penn,
I sylNania, according TO the annual re-,
port just issued by James Roderick.
ehief of the Department OF Mines
The statistics show that $50 persons
were killed at the anthracite mines
The industries OF the United
States suffered less from strikes
during 1905 than amy year since 1892
In 1905 there we're 22l. .ess employees
thrown out OF work by 2,077 STRIKES
undertaken by i76,3S7 strikers in
s.2s2 establishments and lasting an
average OF 23 days In each estab.
lishment involved
International Tobacco Workers
Union has sent TO a vote of the mem
, beTshlp recommendation that a
general strike be declared AZ all the
factories OF the Tobacco Trust and
those alleged TO be sprrpptiiionsly
In league with II, but usiug the un.
ion label The label has been with
dtawn from 20 OF the latter factories.
The terrible disasters which have
recently occurred in the local coal
mines Of Germany and Franoe have
directed tho attsntioa of seIsntists,
especially in the former country. to
the minefe nsainxt ya<nrr.r.. n,