The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-07-05


Baltimore sun
Brooklyn. n. Y-The silver work
ers' strike for the nine-hour day re-
suited in a complete victory for the
men.
Toronto. Canada The Trades Coun-
Gil has criticised police inspector for
granting permits to nonunion cab
drivers
Lewiston, Idaho-Plumbers have
been granted an increase in wages of
80 cents a day, making the wage paid
five dollars
Boston.-The Massachusetts State
Federation of State, City and Town
Employees unions has been permanent
ly organized.
Fort Edward. n. Y-All the paper
makers employed at the International
Paper companys plant went out on
strike recently.
Guthrie, Okla.-A plan to organize
Federation of Labor in Oklahoma,
with total membership of not fewer
than 145.00O, is contemplated.
New Bedford, Mass.-The Massa.
chusetts state convention Of the Ma
tional Association of Stationary Engi-
neers will be held here July IL and l3.
Seattle. Wash-Organized labor is
warning all laborers TO keep away
from Alaska, on account of the strikes,
actual and prospective, in that sec
tion.
Hammond, Ind.-Striklng teamsters
celebrated a victory over team owners
at massmeeting. Transfers will get
an advance amounting to two dollars
a week.
ottawa, Ont-Conditions in the
Canadian cigar making industry have
been unsettled for some time. owing
to differences between the employers
and the union.
Cleveland, ON this city there are
20 crafts in the building trades sec
tion, II in the metal trades section,
eight in the allied printing trades and
"a in the miscellaneous.
New York.-Gov. Hughes has APP
proved the Page child labor bill, de-
sircd by the child-labor committees
and the Consumers league. IL pro
Sides that no minor under 16 years Of
age shall be employed or permitted to
work IN any factory in New York
state before eight a. m. or after five
p. m, or more than eight hours in any
one day. At present a nine-hour day
is permitted, between seven a. m. and
six p. m. The new law will not be-
come effective until January 1, 1908.
Washington-A universal price list
and the general eight-hour workday in
every section Of the United States
and Canada is the plan proposed by
Steel and Copper Plate Printers
union.
Washington. - Samuel Gompers,
president OF the American Federation
of Labor, is now engaged in the prep
aration Of the manuscript for work
on the origin, rise and progress of or
ganized labor in this country, giving
a complete review of union labor and
what 1t has accomplished for the la
boring man. In all probability the
work will take up two or three large
volumes.
Chicago-Employes Of the North
western and Metropolitan elevated
roads practically were assured of a
substantial increase in wages proper
tionate to that recently granted street
car men on the South Side surface
lines. A temporary schedule of wages,
said to be satisfactory to the union
committee. was drawn. In the event
that increases are granted by all the
elevated systems the 10000 car EN-.
ployes OF Chicago will have obtained
the largest general addition to their
wages in five years.
London, England The Labor party
in the house of commons has tabled
an amendment TO the finance bill OF
the British government, on the
grounds that II does not fulfill their
desires as regards old-age pensions,
and that the incometax provisions are
inadequate.
Paris, France.-America is held re-
sponsible for the May day unrest aud
troubles in France A Paris evening
paper lays the Labor day disturbance
TO the door of the United States, de.
claring that May day and the conse-
quent strikes and uprising arc purely
an American invention.