The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-05-16

improvements TINS summer. and hun
dreds of men will be given work The
work Will include the construction of
new and the reconstruction of old
streets and alleys Brick. granite.
asphalt and bitulithic material will be
used The work will be started i'm
mediately- The reconstruction will
consist of IS miles of granite streets.
s-S1 miles of brick and "a miles of
wood blocks The new construction
viii include s1-5S miles of brick
streets. 10 miles of asphalt. Its miles
of bitulithic and $50 miles of granite
blocks
Glasgow. Scotland--The Clyde ship
builders locked out 5000 woodworkers
from their yards This measure is an
outcome of the dispute between the
Shipbuilding Employers federation
and the Shipworkers of the northeast
coast who struck rather than accept
a reduction in wages and who have
not been able to get the federation to
arbitrate their demands There seems
every prospect of complete stoppage
of the shipbuilding industry, condi-
ton that win affect directly not less
than $50, 900 men.
Melbourne. Australia-There is in
this city technical college. which
had on its books in 1907 asa stu
dents This Institution. which is
known as the 'Workmen,s College,"
has been in existence for more than
20 years. the project for such school
having been first set on in 1851. A
special course is arranged for railway
ryS>k>
of the state railway commissioners
providing that it shall be compulsory
for all apprentices appointed to attend
such classes
Chic1go.-A labor colony. removed
from the influence of walking dele
gates by a ten-foot fence. is being es-
| tablished by the Corn Products Com
! pany on the banks of the drainage
canal near Summit The 4,O0O. 900
| new. plant Of the company is to be
| completed with nonunion labor. To
| avoid Interference by walking dele
gates from the city. cottages have
been built inside the Enclosure for
the laborers. and the 14-acre tract
London. England.-The woodworkers
in all the shipbuilding yards of the
| country. totaling about $4,000 men,
were locked out in pursuance of the
| determination of the masters to close
| the yards unless the northeast coast
| strikers agree to their terms The
| vorkmen in other branches. totaling
many scores of thousands. will neces-
sarily have to cease work before long
| unless q settlement of the dispute is
reached
Washington.-Secre Straus of
the department of commerce and la
laborers. Is glass workers brought to
this country from Belgium The re-
port in the matter. it is said. indicates
that the labor unions. whose members
the alien contract labor law was in
tend to protect, have resorted to the
importation of foreigners as a result
of DISBURSEMENTS with rival unions
/ washington--Presid Gompers of
the American Federation of Labor. in
ordering the reinstatement of the
forewoman of an Indiana hat factory
who was discharged because she
trimmed q hat as part of her days
work. ruled that "a forelady has an
unquestionable right to assist in the
foremen and foreladies are required
not only to superintend work but to
do work themselves
London. Engiand.-The constitution
of the board of Cancellation for the
Great Eastern railway of Great Brit
ain is completed. The rumber of
labor representatives is b: of these,
, IS are members of the Amalgamated
Society of Railway Servants, seven
are non-unionists and seven members
of the Locomotive Mems union and
another society
Ottawa, Can.-The executive coun-
Gil of the National Trades and Labor
congress of Canada has decided to
place several organizers in the field.
The province of Quebec and the mari
time provinces are to receive more
attention than formerly.
ashington.-President and Mrs
Roosevelt received at the White
House a delegation of 900 wage earn
ing young women from seven eastern
states. representing the National
League of Women Workers. now hold
ing its convention here
| San Francisco. Cal-Bakers union
has appointed a committee to prepare
a recommendation to the international
convention that is to meet the first
Monday in October to erect q home for
aged and disabled members OF the
organization
Indianapolis 1t was announced
l s,ft ho TrnSfSaS7
Mine Workers of America that the
two years wage contract entered into
at Toledo last month by miners and
operators of western Pennsylvania.
Ohio and Indiana had been ratified by
referendum vote of the locals by IT.
600 b 1000
Busier. Pa-On the application a
attorneys representing the indepen&