The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-07-12

union.
| Toronto, Canada.-Union men assert
that plumbers are being brought from
England to take the place of the strik-
! ers.
New York.-As result of the long
| shoremens strike the exports from
this port dropped $6,944,9S0 in one
| week.
Harrisburg, Ill.-In this city there
| are eight mills using the union label
of the Flour and Cereal Mill Workers
| union.
Fargo, n. D-A recent ruling makes
unions of this city eligible to mem
bership in the Minnesota State Fed
| Grafton.
Ottawa Canada-Repeated warn
ings are being sent to England, stat
ing that the labor market is over
stocked.
Omaha, Neb.-All the road roller en-
| gineers are now in the hosting and
portable engineers union by an inter-
national decision.
Chicago-Eight hundred union bar
| bers have been granted a new sched-
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by their employers.
Chicago-A new organization of We
hicle painters has been organized. It
| is known as the Chicago Carriage,
| Wagon and Auto Painters union.
| Denver, Col.-The Western Fedora
| ton of Miners, by vote of 345 to 25,
| adopted resolution prohibiting local
! unions from making contracts with op-
| orators.
Chicago.-The Provision Trades
| council, of this city and vicinity, rep
resents more than $4,000 individuals
employed producing or handling pro-
| visions.
| Melbourne-The premier of South
| Australia has received an offer from
influential Jewish sources in Great
Britain to settle $4,000 Russian Jews
in the northern territory.
Milwaukee.-Union molders have
| appealed to the United States circuit
court of appeals against the decree
issued by Judge Sanborn of the United
States district court, preventing pick
citing.
Detroit, Mich.-As'a climax to the
numerous acts of violence which have
| resulted from the strike which has
been in progress for the last month
of a thousand molders, machinists and
metal polishers in IA manufactures OF
the city blanket injunction was is
sued by Circuit Judges Hosmer, Man
dell and Brooke restraining the Metal
Polishers' union and 200 specified indi
viduals from interfering with workers
at any of the plants.
Berlin.-Among the large labor
unions in Germany are the clothing
industry, with 242,000 workers, re-
ceiving 80 cents day; the Saxon tex
tile industry with 225,OOO workers
averaging IS cents; North German
Textile union, with $4,000 workers
wages 65 cents; South German Tex
tile union, with $4,000 workers
wages 55 cents, and the tobacco in
dustry, with $4,000, wages 40 cents
The lowest rate of all is paid to the
textile union of Silesia, AZ cents.
Pittsburg, Pa.-Locals of the Broth
erhood of Painters, Decorators and Pa
perhangers of America have been no
titled that the general vote of that
body defeats the proposition to elect
the national officers at the annual con-
vention instead of by referendum.
The members of the organization in
this city and vicinity voted almost
unanimously in favor of the PROPOSE
ton
New York-The International AS
sociation of Printing Freshmen at its
convention at Brighton Beach repudi.
ated by vote of 102 to SO a five
years agreement with the United
Typothetae of America. The agree
ment, which had been entered into
January 16 last, affects 10000 press
men in book and job offices throughout
the United States. The United
Typothetae of America will be asked
to consent to amendments striking
out the open shop clause and provid
ing for an eigbt-hour day. Should
these amendments be rejected, a ref
erendum on the question of a general
eight-hour day will be taken. Should
the referendum be in favor of an eight
hour day general strike is likely to
result
Minneapolis.-The labor unions are
to conduct crusade against all con
Germs which do a Sunday business in
this city. This is against all concerns
where labor is employed seven days
in the week.
Omaha, Neb.-Plumbers have re
> turned to work in the closed shop anG
at an increase of so cents a day in
wages. The plumbers won by the un
divided support of organized labor
There was no arbitration agreement
to the settlement, the master plumb
ers agreeing to the demands of the
union, and the victory was complete
| one.