Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-07-29

Baltimore sun.
Brooklyn. y. Y-The silver work
suited in complete victory for the
men
Toronto. Canada The Trades Coun-
ell has criticised police inspector for
granting permits TO nonuniou cab
drivers
Lewiston, Idaho Plumbers have
been granted an increase in wages of
20 cents day. making the wage paid
fve dollars
Boston The Massachusetts state
Federation OF state. city and Town
Employees unions has been permanent
ly ORGANIZED
Fort Edward. r. Y-All the paper
makers employed al the international
Paper compsnys plant went out on
strike recently
Guthrie Okla-A plan 10 organize
a Federation ~ Labor in Oklahoma
with total membership OF not fewer
Than $4,000. iS contemplated.
New Bedford. Mass.--The Massa-
chusetts state convention OF the Ma
tionRl Association OF Stationary Eng-
neers will be held here July ~ and 10
Seattle. Organized labor is
warning all laborers 10 keep away
from Alaska. on account OF the strikes.
actual and prospective, in that sec
ton.
Hammond. Ind-StrikinB teRmsters
cele victory over team owners
At = massmeeting Teamsters will get
an advance amounting to two dollars
a week
Ottawa. Ont-Conditons 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 see
ton. II in the metal trades section.
eight I'm the allied printing trades and
"a in the miscellaneous
New York Gov Hughes has ap.
proved the Page child labor bill. de.
sired by the child labor committees
and he Consumers league II pro
vides that no minor under Is years Of
age shall be employed or permitted TO
work in any factory I'm New York
state before eight a m or after Eve
p. m. or more than eight hours i'm any
one day At present nine hour day
is permitted. between seven a m. and
six p. m The new law will not be
come effective until January +. sos.
Washington.--A universal price list
and the general eiEht-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 tho manuscript for a work
on The origin. rise and progress of or.
ganized labor In this country. giving
a complete review OF union labor and
what IL has accomplished for the In.
boring man in az probability the
work will take up two or three large
volumes
Chicago Employees Of the North
~ oAA tNoAl y PollIhN eItFhIt0
roads practically were assured OF q
substantial Increase I'm wages proper
tionste 90 that recently granted street
car men ON the south Side surface
lines. A temporary schedule OF wages
said 10 be satisfactory 10 the union
committee WIS drawn In tho event
That increases are granted by all the
elevated systems the 1000 CAT en-
ployes ~ Chicago Will have obtained
The largest general addition 10 their
wages boo five yesrs
London England. The Labor party
in The house Of commons has tabled
an amendment 90 The finance bill oi
me British government. on the
grounds that 10 does not fulfu their
desires as regards oldsEe pensions.
and that the moose tax provisions are
inadequate
Paris France a merica is held 70
sponsiDie Tor The MAY day unrest and
troubles in France a Paris evsnia z
paper lays The Labor day disturbance
fo the door Of the CBltsd States dc
rIaring hat Nay day and the conse
qvent strikes and uprising are purely
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