The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-05-09

bership IN the metal trades employed
in the Canadian Pacific railway shops.
The company has abrogated the agree
ment entered into last September,
giving months notice to the unions
from the great lakes to the Pacific
coast While the company asserts no
reduction in wages or increase In
hours will follow, the unions have
called a meeting from all over the
system and viii appeal to the board
of Cancellation of the labor depart
ment at Ottawa to negotiate
Chicago.-There will be no strike of
milk wagon drivers. The differences
between the milk dealers and the
drivers were settled when the deal
ers. in a final. peace conference, of.
fered a fiat one dollar a week in.
crease in the basic rate of wages, in
stead of their first offer Of one and
two dollars on a commission basis
The drivers, who had demanded nat
five dollars week raise. accepted the
compromise concession. They felt II
was better to accept the additional
one dollar a week THAI to risk losing
everything through a strike, of doubt.
full possibilities at best.
| Chicago.-Local No. I of the Com
mercial Telegraphers' union voted to
strike against the Western Union COM
pany on June l and against the Postal
company on July / unless an increase
of ten per cent. In wages and an
eight-hour day are granted before that
time. Their purpose evidently is 10 at
tempt to tie up the national conven-
tons of the Republican and Demo
cratic parties. The Republican con-
vention will be held in Chicago in June
and the Democratic convention at Den
yer, COL, in July.
Hudson, Wis.-Following the gen.
eral policy of cutting down expense
which has been adopted by all the
railways in the country during the
past few months, the Omaha road dis
charged 100 men who had been work
ing in its machine shops here This
reduces the working force there to so.
Last summer there were between 800
and 400 men employed at the shops.
but since the financial stringency last
fall the road has been gradually re-
ducing its force.
Observation-Disclosures of the Society
of Equity have discovered that the la
Dor people have been successful in
bringing about much in the way of
legislation that has proved beneficial
to wage-earners. and they seem to be
of the opinion that combination OF
the two forces would bring about un-
usually good results to the people at
large
Northumberland recognition
is being arranged for between the
unions of the United States, England,
Scotland, Germany, Denmark, Austria,
Belgium, Norway. Netherlands and
other countries whereby an inter-
change of union cards between unions
of kindred craft will be recognized.
Plattsburg, N. Y.-FYve hundred and
fifty miners and laborers were tenn
porarily thrown out of employment at
Lyon Mountain by. the shutting down
of the mines of the Delaware & Hud-
SON company. The shutdown is for a
period of 20 days, and is due to an
over-production of ore.
Goldfield, Nev.-Local No. 220 of
the Western Federation of Miners, by
vote of 80 to %. declared of the
strike inaugurated last fall. The min
ers will return to work with nonunion
men, but will ask for the Tonopah
scale of wages which is so cents day
less than former wages.
st. John, N. B.-The railroads oper-
ating in eastern Canada have inaugu-
rated policy of retrenchment because
of the extensive decrease in traffic
over their lines. The construction Of
new cars has been stopped by most
of the roads and many cars in need
of repairs are laid up at the shops.
The Canadian Pacific has laid OF 800
men at the shops in Angus. Que.
Helena, Mont-The American Re
fining and Smelling plant at East
Helena, which few months ago sus-
pended nearly all operations because
of depression in metal markets rein
stated go former employees and started
another furnace.
Reading. Pain the Reading Rail-
vay company's car and locomotive
shops 500 employees were laid of. Less
than two-thirds of the men are now
at work. Similar suspensions took
place at Palo Alto and Schuylkill Ha-
ven shops.
Helena, Monthly July 1 more
than 500 men will be employed by the
| Helena Power Transmission company
in building the second largest dam in
the world, to be known as the Third
dam, on the Missouri. 80 miles from
| Helena.
New Bedford. Mass.-As result of
a conference between the members of
| the New Bedford Textile council and