Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-12-14


II is expected viii prove factory
for majority OF workers. "N.a.-
a slidin- wage scale which '.l i
vance and decline with O. nu-
price OF window rlg,s ha
cussed b. The mcn AND ma -,I
The former Nero usually e2o-
a change because they dcc'osrl ti'
it would Pr, ihcm m the trrcr of -
price war. which has not 20 u1 ln-
frequent occurrence In Nn 3n"
glass trade The mauufat 49,. Ems.
offered, however. to establish nl.l-
1ruurn base FOR the payment Of WAGES
which woul6 protect tho Tnrlors
from any sucn contingencf epl Sive
THEM fair average pay o'i tones
ana at the same time provide ior the
ductuating market.
Pittepul y--rhe special Committee
appcin-cd c. canvass the rcfo, adam,
vote for officers OF the lrtNNa .cnol
Association OF Machnis as 1u
nounced the vote which lw. the
election of the following OH .vr-:
'Jsmcs O'Conncl. 80. IA, iu'. NATIONAL
president; Z. j. Conlcn, 81. lfl. irst
vice president; James Srmmor,.lic.
No. go. second vice pres .Cnt d..
Huckalew. No. 296 third yic nrcsi-
don't: r. l.. Wilson. No. 3 u.fh vice
president; j. J. Kcpplcr -. i1 rlth
vice president: Walter An .y 2lN.
sixth vice president. Geurts Pre- stnn.
No. IA. editor: members .hc gen.
cral executive board, .Iau' Rcy
nolds. No. So Hugh Dorar so. l2N:
f. l.. Tucker. No. l7i; \. Irc and.
No. 49,; Delegates to tho mexican
Federation Of Labor, L. or. 30.
IL; a. I. Stark, 80. 4ec; Thomas Van
Lear, No. 81; II. y. Churchill Nc Al
Cleveland. Ohio FRI railroad
management made SIEVE propo.
sitions 10 tho striking ms i,uists in
q recent conference seeb to re%u-
late the pieCe-wO.k system SIS tho
men struck TO abolish the -'.rc $685.
tenn. union officials are OF 'e opinion
that the propositions will -rtod
In the referendum vote is now
being taken The Erie ruI, agrees
to re-employ the strikers as las as
their services can be utiii Itia
clause in the proposed az crvnt is
being objected 20 even M sUelu.
ously than the piece BY Tho
unionists are insistent thai he men
must return to work as C. Y walked
out ana that ali strik --hreaicv
should be made TO walk ..e plank
The outlook for settlem ut Is any
thing but cheering
Berlin, Germany.-At the end o.
1906 the 66 national unions Central
Verbaende), affiliated 10 III, Corral
Federation of Trade Unions at i3r
lin, had a total membershi' Of i.1J9,-
293 The increase in menb iu #Js
continuous from 1929, BOB D. .o.cn
Der 81. 1905 to 1.5lS.97S on q .ch 81;
l.666,I75 on June 30; Ia 9bJ or
September 30. and 1892 On d..
cember 81. 1906. The az uum-
ber OF members was SSg1p9.
against 1884. SOB in 1903 ,.nclease
3ii906. or 25.G per cent?.
New York.-Employes of The West
ern Union who have ... l..a1
through The strike were ~ .d that
the new wage schedule is VIII a.
feet. BY the new schedule -a
are advanced in accordan. ,it. tbe
individual merit and ability ~ the to-
legraphers and the class th,g aie In.
First-class operators wages l.e ad-
vsnced from $3.50 to s2l a W, x and
the overtime charge is va r. e. 3 I'm
proportion
New York.-The American work
insman has come to feel kecrly The
danger of approximation OIL.
side he hears u employers cirlu.
atns in favor OF young m aratu.
raj incident or the speed IT. p!d.
chincry and the iutrodu, ~ .cw
methods Yet nowhere S. ousor
tunity afforded him foi pro re ni..
self in his younger years ar CID
age annuity The rising and fol
old-aga pensions supported general
taxation is ia large part 5u.4bls
To This fact
London England-At recent
Imperial Navigation cor uca a
resolution Was carried ti Doc a
recommendation from OBJ. c.orc,
70 the board ~ trade tha NIsttior
be- introduced whereby AID mon b,
paid two thirds or their Wa due at
every port where the crew de-.r,
wages To be- paid
Dunkirk. s. Y-TGogra ou.ra
tors. station agents and clt OF do,
Dunkirk Allegheny valley pus
burg railroad were uouGe. 81.
increase in wages of s. N.
month had been e.au.ed croc
tive Al once Tho road +. 4.. A..
the New York C,rf... lima,