The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-06-06

the paving contractors and the SINK
ing paving i2borsr> will be submitted
TO arbitration This was decided At
a conference of representatives Of the
contractors and the officers Of the
paving trades council and the CsfeSSo
Federation of Labor held in the ofsee
of Mayor RusSe. Frank c. Gsnsen-
back. president Of the Paving Trades
council. selected Attorney Daniel L
. Cruice to act As arbitrator for the
union. President j, ]. Mccarthy OF
the Paving Contractors association
will select the arbitrator for the EN-
ployers, and the TWO win select an
umpire More than S,0@0 street
PAYERS have been On strike since May
i because the contractors refuse 10
grant an essht-hoar Gay, as provided
for in the agreement The Contract
orS claimed the men violated the
agreement by refusing TO begin work
AT : - m
washSngroas-The capital invested
in the various Industries hast year was
ss.SsSsss.eee for food and Kindred
products. s2.1eAssl.4lS for textiles
S1g6TsS.E 10 for iron and steel and
6 their products. sl.ssS gSasss for funa-
Der and its remanafacsQrss> $seS,siss>
4.e for heather and its finished prsed-
ucss> <Ssz,liS.sss for paper and print
ing. SSel .sSS, SeS for esserSsss> A,esl.-
SSS.SSS for chemicals and allied prod
ucss. So 80. as for metals and metal
products other than iron snd steel
$s2S,Ss4SssS for vehicles for land
transportation. &SSl, ssessss for clay,
slSSs and stone products $Ssl, llgs,SSl
for tobacco. S,eSsSS for shipnail6-
inS and $Sil.ses.SsS for miscellaneous
Columbus. os-TAe delegates 10 the
internSrso1Sl convention Of the Broth
their sitting IS representatives Of the
Insurance branch Of the order W. E
Nareh. president Of the Insurance de-
parSmsat. recommended that in6sSsaS
members be permitted TO draw from
8 fund during their life instead Of leSv>
ing il 10 be drawn by their families
after their death Mayor RooSwSNts-
Of Indianapolis ~aS permitted TO adj
dress the delegates extending for
NAL Invitation TO the Brotherhood TO
hold It's next convention in lnlSsnapo-
lis and TO select that city as its peTrsaa-
nent headquarters
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. 1898. when the
frss general crisis broke out, the
shoae Industrial and commercial world
is shrowa cut Of joint about cace
in every ten years Commerce is al 8
ssAnasssll the markets are Saasssi,
products accuna0lSte> as numerous Is
they are unstable, hard cash asssp-
pears. credit vSnisAeS> factories are
closed. the mas Of the workers are in
want Of the means Of Saesssseaee BE-
cause shye have produced too mach al
the means Of subsistence ~-FNeSerscS
EnSels>
ChicASo-The track drivers union
~ mass meeting in Rrscslxyers' hall
voted 70 Sre;sr&se the question Of N
Increase Of $50 Sweeki in Wages. As ee.
nanaed by the union Nearly :. eec team
ssers attended the rseesiaS- onee<s 81
the unso1 declared the team owners
Rotary +. J. CzvarSSA o. the Team
Owners association said, however,
that the union asked for arbitration
Plsssearx. F2.-OrserS have been is
sued ey the II. c. ESsck Coke company
for the nsowinS>sn Of See additional
coke ovens in the Coanellsville field
employing 1,eee men. and for the nrS,
time in many weeks an increase in the
production Of coke by the Steel cor
porarson interests has been noted il
that nead
Psttsharg, PA national delegate
convention Of selegEsphers, train dis
pSschers, agents and signalnaen. whg
were originally animated with the
Order Of Railway TelegrAphers
amended the bylaws of the orgaaiza
ton 50 as to provide that before Z
strike may be ordered four6fths q
the vote cast must favor it Anothe,
amendment adopted admits to mem
eership telephone operators who han
die train orders
Milwankee-A- E. Manchester, 81
perintendent Of motive power Of tn,
Chicago, Milwaukee & St Paul Rail
way company. received orders from
headquarters to begin at once on tn,
construction of 30 locomotives of III,
highest type, This order means al
outlay of 81. 400. 600 and will result il
restoring to employment at the IVES
Milwaukee shops of that company tn,
full force of 5000 men.
Fail River. M2ss,-The reduction il
wages which will so into effect in IN,
print cloth mills of this city at ono,
viii probably amount to nearly Is pc
cent. the heaviest cut ever made q
one time here il the six months slid
ing scale agreement is put into full or
GRAFTON by the manufacturers.
ST. Louis--rhe executive eommi,
tee Of the National Prosperity associs
ton decided to issue = call to MANI
facturers. joohers and commercial cor
Germs in the city to make June ~eu
ployment day The various concern
viii be requested to take back q
many rs possible of their laid OF en-
ployes and to start the wheels r,ovin
in their factories.