The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-06-20
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tl2sSSTS OF S1S 1nleIn2I100A Typo
graphical Union vas officially an
aouneed- as follows President.
James NJ Lynch, Syracuse. n Y.
first yioe-president- J. W Hayes.
ssinnea polls. Mimi, secreJary-treasur-
err j. w Bramwood. Denver agent
union printers home. George P Mich |
OILS, Baltimore, delegates to American
Federation of Labor Frank Morrison.
Chicasoc Max s Hayes. Cleveland O..
Hugh Stevenson. Toronto. Ont. T. w
Mccullough. Omaha Neb-. trustees
union printers home. Anna c Wilson.
Washington ID, c. L C Shepard.
Grand Rapids. Mich: Thomas Mccall
fiery, Colorado Springs. Col The total
vote for the candidates for president
was sl,oss for Lynch and 1851 for
H. s HudSpeth of New Orleans
Lima. O--Both the c.. HI. & D. and
the Lake Erie & Western steam roads
reopened their shops in this city. Civ
ing employment TO 500 mechanics Or
ders at the Lima Locomotive and Ma
chine company and the Ohio Steel
Castings company are reported On the
increase. and these two industries are
gradually adding more men The
Deisel-Wemmer Cigar company has
resumed full time and IS employing
LOO efsarmsSers. in addition to sub
factories ar Van Vert and Wapako-
meta while the Tony lender cigar
companies here and AT Neatc2 are
again on full time
washing1on--AlmoS oee-aaif of all
the women waseearners in the United
States are under - yeArs Of age. and
more than IS per cent are under B.
There are s94 different occupations
in which women are engaged shoulder
TO shoulder with the man sniier The
occupations in which the women en-
gagged oErnunber the uea are Nn-
SsciaES. teachers. boarsiiaghcuse keep
erS, leunderers. nurses. servants. wait
eES. ssenosrapherS. bockSin6ers. siore-
makers. hosiery and Si.kaasn opera
lives. dceSSmaSers- millinrs. seam
stresses and textile workers
Chicas of steal mill
hands in South Chicago celebrated
Nth 5uailatSon an announcement that
/ the Illinois Steel company expects
SION 20 rsensase for steady employ
nent the s.0a9 men laid OF last fail
The rush for steel tn build new sky
serape-s and railroad bridges is ex-
0ectsI to cause a demand for the
capacity output of the mills within a
few weeks The structural mill has al
ready been opened and all its .esa old
| workers are back Al their machines
OtraSa- Canad2-The Dominion i'm
| migration department has sent a cir
cGlar 10 steamship companies and
booking agents announcing that the
only classes OF immigrants wanted in
/ Canada at present are experienced
farm iaborers. farmers. farmers imam
cislly able 20 take homesseaiS or buy
lands. and female domestic servants
1t says that the demand for railway
labor is filled for this season
San Francisco.-A movement has
been started in Soaoma county. Cali
fo-nia. 70 have all producers form an
organization for the perfection of
mutual interests This movement has
. for its purpose the securing of a
place in this city where all products
can be shipped direct and be disposed
; OF without having TO pay 4 commits
sion to the middle men for handling
the goods.
5, Stone and Assistant Grand Chiefs
F, A. Burgess and e W. Hurley. all of
Cleveland. were reelected IN the Bro
therhood of Locomotive Engineers.
Ash Kennedy. Winnipeg. Man. was
chosen assistant grand chief TO nh one
of the new ofices> He viii represent
Canada The proposition to employ
counsel by the year vas voted down
i Birmingham. Ala--With the re-
sumption of mines. furnaces and other
industries 5000 men who have been
idle or practically 50 for several
months. got back to work Twenty
, 1--WE hundred resumed in mines and
coke ovens. The others will follow rs
: the furnaces are stocked with the re
suit of their labor,
New York--By the decision a
, James j. Murphy. president OF Typo
! graphical Union No {. members OF the
; Franklin Association of Freshmen
: operating automatic feeding machines
viii receive an increase of $e-Sa )
. effect on July Is
Reading Pa-Owing to \ general de
crease in the demand for anthracite
, L coal. the Reading c0mpanys Schuyt
kill collieries closed down for three
days II is believed that = weekly
> suspension of three days viii be in
. angurated for part of the summer
\, Huntington. W. va>-In the Elkhorr
: and Pocahontas coal fields more thar
D 1000 miners. who have been idle ow
/ ing to slack business resumed work
D One thousand viii be put 10 work In
+ the Thacker and Natewan field aftel
an idleness of five months,
, Columbus. O.-J0hn II. Baker 81
4 Columbus. O.. was elected grand guide
5 Of the International Brotherhood Of
; Locomotive Engineers. the contest be
: ing between him and F. A. Tucker Of
= Brooklyn. n " who has held the po