The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-01-17


joyful by the announcement that by
January all of the thousands of wheels
of industry in the mills of McKeesport,
Glassport, Duquesne, and allied plants
in the Monongahela valley would be
in operation. More than 10000 men
who have been idle for several weeks
returned to work. 1t is also said that
other mills in the district will also
resume in full shortly after the first
of the year, practically doubling the
of workmen employed within
so miles of Pittsburg during the past
few weeks.
Scranton, Pa.-Following the lead
of the switchmen, the freight and coal
conductors, engineers and firemen of
the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western
Railway company are asking for an
increase. The conductors ask for an
advance of 60 cents a day, while the
engineers and firemen demand an in
crease of 40 cents per day. At present
the conductors are receiving $500
day. Engineers are now receiving $4.1O
and are asking $3.50. Firemen get
$3.50 and demand So.
Chicago-After the canvass of the
vote of the Order of Railway Conduct
ors and the Brotherhood of Railway
Trainmen, it was announced that no
demand would be made for changes
in wage scales, and the present scales
will continue. The canvass was con-
Quoted by the executive committee
under the direction of President A. v.
Garrettson of the conductors organf-
cation and President P. H. Morrissey
of the trainmen's brotherhood
Paris, France.-Here is a strange
departure in the struggle between cap
ital and labor in France: Retail trade
the side of labor. The Retailers fed
Grafton, which numbers $4,000 mem
bers, announces it's alliance with the
National Federation of Workmen,
which numbers $4,000 members. The
motto of the amalgamation is to be
Cancellation and arbitration.
Washington.-Accord to the re-
turns made to the Belgian Labor de-
partment 1.3 per cent. of the. 42,420
members OF 1877 trade unions reporting
were unemployed toward the latter
part of the month, as compared with
LIS per cent. in the previous month
and 10 per cent. in August, 1906.
These figures do not include particu-
lars relating to miners, hoeworkers or
agricultural laborers.
Chicago.-Notices were posted in
several of the principal brokerage
Offices of the city that reduction in
the wages of telegraph operators has
been accepted by the men. Wages
were raised to $35 a week when the
strike was declared. These operators
will receive $25 a week, with no
change in the hours of labor, under
the new agreement, to take effect
January 1.
Observation-Disclosures of the numer-
Gus instances in which wealthy men
have cast aside their wives, the work
ingmen of Pittsburg will try to have
the divorce laws made more stringent.
On behalf of several trades unions
Robert H. Heath, miner, has an
nounced his candidacy for state rep
resentative on the Republican ticket
on the platform of mo divorces"
Chicago. and conductors
on all the railroads running east of
this city have voted against seeking a
revision of wage schedules at this
time. The original idea of the train
men and conductors was to bring
about a general wage schedule on all
the eastern roads, as was done on
the western roads last spring.
London.-In reference to the re-
cent Belfast strike for the recognition
of union officials, L1oyd's Weekly de-
clares that Gin these days, when trade
unionism is recognized element in
Industrial life, it would be intoler-
able If any workman were penalized
for acting in defense of what he re-
CARDS as his rights"
Pittsburg.-Followin the closing of
contract with the Pennsylvania rail-
road for 100000 worth of electrical
equipment for the New York tunnel,
and the receipt of large orders from
the Hartman lines, the Union Switch
and Signal company ordered employees
to report for work.
Manchester, N. H.-The factories Of
the F. M. Hoyt company, manufac-
turers of boots and shoes, in East Man
chester, which have been closed down
for several weeks, resumed operations
recently. The largest force ever en-
plOyed is at work.
Omaha, Neb.-The Burlington rail-
road will establish an employment
bureau through which all skilled labor
will be employed. It will be under the
immediate supervision of ]. N. Red
fern, head of the Burlington Relief
department.
Washington.-The latest Board Of
Trade Labor Gazette to hand from
Great Britain reports that in July
$4,000 wage earners received an in
crease in wages, while only 300 sus-
tanned decreases.
ST. Louis, Mo.-OHcial figures COM
piled here show that 5000 mechanics
out of 5000 members of the local