Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-03-08
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In japanese mills the hours are from
g a. m. to s p. M, and there is no Sunday
off.
Union seamen in Germany increased
their membership from 10000 to 10000 in
1905.
Washington Cd. c. Horseshoers
Union reports that every shop in the city
except five is in it's union.
There are only about LOO photographic
artists in the United States; of these
1000 are members OF the union.
Union carpenters at Vallejo, Cal, have
made a demand for an increase of wage
from 81 a day of eight hours to $3.50.
The National Alliance of Bill Posters
and Billers has obtained agreements with
all the circuses and big shows. for the
season of 1907.
Alton (Ill.) allied trades assembly has
the youngest labor officer in the United
States. The secretary, a musician, is but
IS years old
Cleveland, Ohio, has been enforcing
the child labor law. Many employers
have been arrested for employing chill
dren under age.
Boston (Mass.) Cigarmakers' Union
has added q local sum TO the So q week
out-of-work benefit paid by the ~interna-
tional to all unemployed members.
The w~orkingmen of Manitoba, Canada,
are busy forming a labor party. They
hope to be able to combine all factions
and go into the campaign next year.
Dayton (Ohio) painters have indorsed
4 proposed scale which calls for an eight.
hour day and a minimum rate of 40 cents
an hour, the new scale to go into effect
April 10.
Theatrical stage employees of San Jose,
Cal, have formed a union of their own.
caused by dissension which has resulted
from being under the jurisdiction of the
Sacramento local.
Boston (A1ass.) Cement and Asphalt
Workers Union recently voted to retain
its membership in the Building Trades
Council, and reconsidered it's vote to af-
hliate with the building trades section of
the G. L. Z.
The secretary of the Iowa State Fed
Grafton of Labor has announced that that
body will work for the passage of a bill
making election day a holiday in law and
in fact, so that laboring men may have
ample time in which to vote.
The new scale of the San Francisco
(Cal.) Blacksmiths' Union raises the
minimum to 81 a day from 1926. In re.
gard to the new wage schedule of the
Blacksmiths' Helpers Union the minimum
wage has been raised from $2.75 to So.
Chicago (Ill.) builders are fast reject.
ing the open shop. Sixty-five of the mem
bers of the Masons and Contractors AS
ISOLATION of that city recently held a ban
qUet and declared that in the future
agreements would be made with unions.
An eight-hour day agitation has been
started by the machinists' lodges of Bos-
ton, Mass. Committees are hustling to
complete the organization of the men and
eight-hour and organizing literature is be-
ing circulated broadcast in the endeavor
Union painters of New York City are
advocating a six-hour workday during the
winter season. The main purpose is to
increase the number of situations during
the dull season. 1t is reported that mos.
of the employers are favorable to the idea.
An Independent Workingman's League
is being organized at Kingston, Ont. It
will be a distinct body from the labor
unions, and will discuss all questions con.
corning workingmen's interests. 1t may
also make itself felt in municipal cleo
tons.
An increase in the wage scale is asked
by the various hodcarriers' locals of Al
legheny, Pa, to go into effect on May /,
1907. An advance of 2h cents an hour
is asked by the ~hodcarriers, who are now
being paid 30 cents, or $3.50 for a work
ing day of eight hours.
Officers of the International Brother
hood of Bookbinders announce that it has
been decided to make a general demand
for the eight-hour workday and that the
day when it will go into effect has been
put to a referendum vote of the 1900
members of the brotherhood.
There is considerable unrest in the
New England shoe manufacturing district,
owing to the fact that a number of firms
have sent out their spring samples with
out the union label attached. The agree
.llent between most of the unions and the
employers expires on March 1, and the
unions have filed notifications of protest
against the manufacturers.
In 1905 there were S,993 establishments
in the United States covering the manu-
facture of foundry and machine shop pro-
ducts, against 1924 in 1000. The capital,
however, represented by these had in
from $685. 10000 TO $S45,OOO
600 in 1905. The wage earners numbered
34S,3S1. receiving $195. 100000 in 1905,
against 350,327, receiving $1S2, OOO, 900 in
1900.
Organized labor ia Chicago failed tc
the Union Labor bank recently
established and it has changed its charter
and will hereafter be known as the Inter-
national Trust and Savings bank. It was
anticipated when the bank began business
that it would become the depository of all
the union labor banking business. IT'S en-
with the exception of a practical
were union labor men all it's
supplies bore the union label; but labor
to %patronize lit.
N. o. Nelson, a wealthy manufacturer
of st. Louis, has offered to take all chill
dren under the age of IA from the mills
and factories Of that city and place them
in school. He agrees to pay one-half the
wages earned provided the women's clubs
Of the city pay the other half.
The government of New Zealand pro-
poses to make advances up to $1,75O to
who desire to erect dwellings, on
urban or suburban lands. Applicants
must not be in receipt of more than ST.
300 a year, and the loan and interest Is
per cent) are payable in thirty-six years
half-yearly payments.
There are at present 800 shoe factories
the United States using the union
according to a report recently is