Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-10-09
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American Federation of II
N. d.
o. The 1900 bridge and q
strike at Wolvcrhampton!
resolved not to return to
terms offered.
Tn international Broc
Painters and Decorators of
increased its membership NOR
since April l.. .,
San Francisco carpenters wn
strong efforts to obtain the converao
the United brotherhood of Carpcnters~
and Joiners in 1910. "A. q
According to a recent report OF the AS
ISOLATED Blacksmiths' Society OF Great
Britain, the surplus funds of the organ
ization amounted to over Sl2O,ND.
Belfast 0reland) employers have CIV
en- notice of 4 reduction OF = sl'liiif'ss a
week in the wages of iron moldrrs. 1T IS
rumored that the men will resist the re-
duction.
Under the revised law governing the
employment of women and children IN
Italy. night work is forbidden for all fe-
males and for males of less than fifteen
full years.
There is a movement to organize all
the unskilled workingmen of Montreal,
Canada, into a big federation along the
lines of the knights of Labor which e1-
listed in that city about twenty years ago.
The railway trackmen are planning for
the establishment of a home for their
aged and INDECENT members. 1t is pro-
-~oo1 70 oorrir a froRt nf AND acres ne2H
Fort Scott, Kan, as the location for the
institution.
Swansea carpenters and JolnerS have
made a demand for an advance in wages
of a penny per hour. AS Cancellation
boards now rule the rates of wages in the
British building trades, the matter will
doubtless be settled by Cancellation or ar
bitration.
The officials of the International
Brass Molders' Union, which was organ
| lied in October, 1904, report hat their
membership has now reached 10000 IN
this country. The union has established
a sick benefit fund and also a death and
burial fund.
Sacramento, CAL, wishes to have a la
Dor temple, and has sent to each union
a copy of the plan to raise funds to erect
the structure. 1t is proposed that each
member of a union shall buy SIS worth OF
stock and pay it in sixty monthly in
stallments of rs cents.
In Denmark several ]stoppages of work
have taken effect. Owing to the itho-
graphic workers insisting on eight hours,
which the employers did not see their way
clear to comply with, they went out, to
which the employers responded by lock-
ing out the men within the printing lex
cept the daily press), and the paper in
dustries and bookbinding, the men IN
their turn striking at all the daily papers
In the country, except the socialistic.
The Frick Coke Company of Pittsburg
having decided to start up at once 70 per
cent of all it's ovens, and requiring 500
men for that purpose, has sent word to
the ~cokeworkers who returned to Hun
gary last fall that they are now wanted.
The Frick people claim that their efforts
to man the ovens with home labor have
proved fruitless. Nevertheless, labor
leaders say that they will force the con-
tract labor law into action to prevent the
unemployment of the men from Hungary.
Socialists and members of labor. unions
thorough the country are taking up
tue case Ol Juu IOuIcu, d lSuoSlAiA lew
~lutionist who recently was arrested in
Philadelphia on the demand of agents OF
the car that he might be extradited and
tried in Russia for high treason. Peti-
tons are in circulation pointing out that
Pouren, being a political refugee, should
not be sent back, and urging the federal
authorities to release him. Delegates
from various labor bodies are to preee1e
the petitions to the president.
President Lewis of the United Mine
Workers signed an order calling off the
strike in the coal district of Birmingham,
Ala, Thursday, the chief reason given be-
Ing that Gov. Conner had prohibited ths
use of tents to house the striking miners.
This and other severe measures employed
by the au :horities had discouraged the
strikers. The owners said that most OF
the 1900 men would be taken back on
the open shop basis. The 800 militia on
duty for the two months during which
the strike existed were sent home.
At Dunmore, Pa, near Scranton, when
the managers of the Mountain shaft Of
!, the Pennsylvania Coal Company were
: taking to work 500 strike breakers to take
the places of men and boys who had gone
out as a protest against the discharge of q
breaker boy. and because of excessive
docking, a fight took place between the
, strikers and the state troops, who had
been called to protect the property of the
company. Several volleys were fred be,
fore the angry workmen would disperse
, and two women, one carrying a baby
were MORALLY wounded.
Labor unions were almost unknown in
Newfoundland up to 1892. Then the
only organization for the protection OF
the employed was the Typographical
Union. Since then, and especially of re
cent years, unions and societies have
sprung up on all sides.
Owing to the fixture of the coal oper
! ators in Wyoming to reach a scale agree
ment with the United Mine Workers. al
! the miners were called out on the 30ff
I to the number of 1000. The operators
had demanded a reduction of Is cents 9
j day for some classes of workmen and Il
cents for others.
British coal owners in the federation
!, area have given notice of a 5 per cent
reduction in wages; the matter will. In
. due course, come before the Cancellation
: board. If the parties are unable to agree
the dispute will probably be referred Il
Lord James, of Hereford. as umpire by
the consent Of both parties.
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