The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-07-11

shore of Hampstead Harbor, L. l.,
have begun an action against Nassau
county for damages. On May Is about
$50 strikers were arrested, and of
these so were fined ten dollars each
for carrying concealed deadly weapons.
so more had to pay a similar fine each
for alleged disorderly conduct and the
others were discharged. The action is
brought on the ground that the trials
were conducted in language unknown
to the accused men, that they were de-
MED a hearing before a justice and
that they were unlawfully arrested and
fined.
Indianapolis, Ind-Ground was
broken for the new International head
quarters of the United Brotherhood of
Carpenters and Joiners. The building.
which is to be of pressed brick, is
to be completed. according to the con-
tract, by November IA, and it will cost
about $4,000. 1t will be three stories
in height, with a basement that will
extend several feet above the level of
the ground, and the walls will be SO
constructed that it will be possible to
add another story, for an auditorium.
The brotherhood will occupy the first
floor and the basement, the latter to
be used largely for the filing system.
New York.-A prominent editor of
one of the New York papers pays the
labor editor a high compliment with
the following: Labor editors do
every week, without pay, probably
more work that counts in labor battles
than the paid officers, and it is but re-
Gently that they have begun to be val
ued at anything like their real worth.
Because of their exposure Of fakes and
shams. they are frequently denounced
as knockers, but were it not for this
criticism. or fear of it, many of our
organizations would fall prey to self
seekers and exploiters."
Detroit. Mich-The usual order of
things in labor injunction cases was
reversed in the Wayne circuit court
Platers' union No. 1 secured a tenn
porary injunction from Judge Hosmer
restraining the police department from
interfering with them ON the street in
their peaceful solicitation of employees
of the Art Stove company to join their
union. setting up that it threatened
the ruin of the union. Judge Hosmer
warned the men that he was not au-
thorizing any picketing that was con-
trary to law.
ashington.-Protests from the In
ternational Brotherhood of Bookbind-
ers, it was announced here, are to be
sent to the mayors and controllers of
all cities in which public libraries
have been established against having
books for the libraries bound in for
eign countries or by non-union bind
ers. The body also has decided to
start national agitation for higher
duty on all books sent to Europe to
be bound as editions de luxe when
they are brought back to the United
States.
Pittsburg. Pa-From all parts of
Pennsylvania comes the tale of mills
resuming, and thousands of skilled me-
chanics returning to work. There will
soon be fair demand for labor of all
sorts. During the business depression
last fall and early in the spring thou
sands of foreign unskilled laborers re-
turned to Europe. 1t is estimated that
10000 alone left from the Pittsburg
district, and more from the anthracite
and bituminous coal regions.
Cleveland, Ohio.-The capmakers
have settled their troubles with the
Zweig company and signed an agree
ment affecting thirty men. 1t is be-
lieved that satisfactory settlement
will be made with one other firm
whose employees are on strike despite
injunction proceedings. 1t is practi-
cally impossible for the bosses to Sc
cure competent capmakers. as very
few are out of employment or outside
of the union. The unionists claim that
they have 80 per cent of the journey
men in their ranks.
Pittsburg, PA.-Not only are many
of the well-established iron and steel
plants in Pittsburg undergoing rapid
transformation from silent and mani
mate objects to fountains of white hot
metal, showers and flame, but with the
return of an army of idle mill. men
there has become a new demand for
buildings, of Improvements that have
been dependent upon the prosperity of
workingmen in the district And these
latter improvements have been
stated.
Vancouver, B. C-This city now
uses the union label on it's printing.
The fair wage" clause is inserted in
the provincial government contracts.
Topeka, Kan.-The paint and coach
ldonartmoptS Of tho Santa E0 shons
were closed for a week. This will
throw 400 out of employment, in addi.
ton to the 1900 which were laid Oh
| for a week in the locomotive and boil
er shops. The company says it is a
matter of economy.
Omaha, Neb.-Two thousand shop
employees of the Union Pacific railroad
were placed ON full time after working
| short time since Jan. 1. At Union
pacific he2 douarterS IL WAS stated