The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1908-06-19

Nurses At the Toronto tCAnadal rem
erl hospital have asked Tor N eisAt-hoas
day.
OklAhona has passed . law empowering
the State Iahos Commissscn 70 nx wages
In al Industries
The Gsvsrnoe Of Porto Rico Aas rec
onsneadcd u the Legislature . law crsAs-
Ing q labor bureau on the island.
Ways Of iron and steel w~rAm~a In
the northern and nerthe~s, British dis
frcts lave been r~dac~d ~ ~ 3 per
cent. :
Fifty years ago the wages at e~nginessS
and art sans in England Was only l. CENTS
An hour now CASUAL iahor~rs can deman
and Get ~ cenfs an hour.
| There II q movement to organise all the
unakiilsd workingsnen Of Montreal. Can.
into a hix federation along the lines OF
he Knights Of Labor, which existed in
that city about twenty years ago.
The Carpenters District Council Of
Roston. Mass. has elected a trial commit.
Zee. which will ~henc~forth hear and ad
iudicate all trade matters that arise be-
tween the thirty-fou affiliated unions Of
the council.
The Operative Plasterers' International
Association Is enjoying = steady growth.
The latest report from the International
body shows that thsre are now 2t6 unions
Under its direction n the United States
anl Canada.
At the present time the labor bodies In
Newfoundland have under consideration
two great projects-the establishment OF
a ishermen's protective union and the
federation OF all the unions under one
supreme council.
The Bakers Union of San Francisco,
Cal. has appointed a committee 10 pre-
pare a recommendation 10 the interna-
tional convention that il TO meet In octo-
Der to erect a home for aged and disabled
members Of the organization.
The Minnesota State Federation OF La
Dor will petition the prison board TO dis
continue s~hoemaking at the State peniten-
tiary as soon as practicable, and repre-
sentatives Of the Boot and Shoe Workers
Union are o preparing the appeal.
Under authority Of the American Fed
GRAFTON Of Labor, and within the jurisdic-
ton Of the International Alliance OF The
a~trical Stage Employees. enrollmen, has
begun In a local to be known as the Pic"
ture Machine Operators of Greater New
York.
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 recent years,
unions and societies nave sprung up on
al sides.
The Scottish Trades Union Congress
passed resolutions in favor OF old-age pen
sions and in favor OF compulsory. iuterven-
ron n labor disputes. The gathering was
very haxy about laber representation. but
wished a labor polly for the benefit Of
work people.
According to Mrs. Henrietta l.. Good
rim. secretary Of the Woman's Educational
and Industrial Union Of Boston. Mass,
the increase in housework wages in the
last five years. as shown by the records Of
the Domestic Reform League, is as great.
If no. greater, than in any other line OF
WORK.
In the matter Of factory inspection and
the health and safety of employees. legis-
lative action was taken in thirty nine
States and territories last year. These
include all States in which mining or
manufacturing employs a considerable
number OF persons. In fourteen States
new enactments touching upon this sub
ject were written into the statutes.
In San Francisco, Cal, there is a move
ment to organize all the laborers OF the
several departments of the municipality
into a new union. The men of the fire de-
partment have asked the Labor Council
for information upon the subject of form
ing a union, to work on lines similar TO
the various unions affiliated with the
council.