The Monticellonian., 1907-07-11


 sheet metal workers have organized a union.
 Toronto, Canada.-Union men assert 1 that plumbers are being brought from England to take the place of the strik CTS.
 New York-As a result of the long shoremens strike the exports from this port dropped s6,944,9S0 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 eration.
 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 hoistins and portable engineers union by an inter national decision
 Chicago.-Eight hundred union bar bers have been granted new sched- ule of wages and working conditions by their employers.
 Chieago.-A new organization of ve- hicle painters has been organized It is known as the Chicago Carriage, Do
 Denver. Col-The Western Fedora ton or Miners. by vote of 345 to %. adopted a resolution prohibiting local unions from making contracts with op- orators.
 Chieago.-The Provision Trades council. of this city and vicinity. rep resents more than f5,O00 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 50000 Russian Jews in the northern territory
 Manifestation holders 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 eting.
 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 thousand holders. machinists and metal polishers in If 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 al any Of the plants.
 Berlin.-Amang the large labor unions in Germany are the clothing industry. with 242 000 workers, re ceiving so cents a day: the Saxon tex tile industry with 225,000 workers averaging 75 cents: North German Textile union. with 124. GOO workers wages @ cents; South German Tex tile union, with 124000 workers, wages 55 cents. and the tobacco in dRstry, with f53.000, wages 10 cents The lowest rate of all is paid to the textile union of Silesia. r cents.
 Piusburg. Pa-Locais of the Broth erhood of Painters. Decorators and Pa nerhangers of America have been no- tified 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 proposi tion.
 New York-The International As sociation of Printing Pressmen at its convention at Brighton Beach repudi- ated by a vote of 102 to 93 a five years agreement with the United Typothetae of America. The agree ment. which had been entered into January l6 last, affects 19,000 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 eight-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.-Th labor unions are to conduct a crusade against all con eerns 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 and at an increase of 90 cents 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 CTS agreeing to the demands of the union, and the victory was complete | one.
 | Pittsburg.-The Machinists union is devoting some time to the better ment of conditions in the city Re gently it appointed committee tc see that a better car service was es tablished. It proposes to interest al other labor organizations in the mat ter.
 Chieago-The management of tho Burlington railroad. after 20 years O opposition. has recognized the Broth erhood of Locomotive engineers anC has signed the first wage scale witt that organization since the grea strike of the engineers on the Bur lington in 1885.