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impose fines ON their members in or
der to force them to go out on strike.
The decision was rendered on a petit
ton brought by l.. D. Willcutt Sons &
Co. of this city, asking for an injunc-
| ton against the Bricklayers' and
Stonemasons Benevolent unions re-
straining them from imposing fine
OF 500 each on two members of the
union who had refused to go out on
strike. The unions i'll the spring of
| 1906 issued a new set Of rules for
| members employed by contractors, and
sent the new rules 10 large number
| OF firms in this city. The Willcut COM
pany, fearing, it is claimed, that loss
OF money would follow it's failure TO
complete certain work under these
| rules, closed up part of its work and
| discharged a number of men. The
| unions then declared strike on other
work in which the company was en-
| gagged. Later on two labor leaders
visited the work in which the company
was engaged and found two union men
| still working. The labor leaders or
| dered them to cease under penalty of
being fined 500 apiece. The Willcut
company obtained a temporary injunc-
ton against the unions to prevent the
fines being imposed, and the decree
makes that injunction permanent.
| Indianapolis.-Dep were Ia
ken here to be used in the contempt
| Proceedings against Samuel Gompers,
| Frank Morrison and John Mitchell in
| the supreme court of the District of
| Columbia in the case of the Buck
Stove and Range Company. Among
| those who deposed were W. D. Ryan,
national secretary-treasurer of the
United Mine Workers. His testimony
| was in relation to resolutions oppos-
ing the company adopted by the Nor
folk convention of the American Fed
| Grafton of Labor in November, 1907,
and the convention of the United Mine
Workers Of America in this city last
| January. Ryan said the miners had
not been in a position to buy stoves
| since the financial depression.
London.-The management commit
tee OF the General Federation of
Trades Unions has issued {. NANTES
to on unemployment, in which it is as
serted that something like 100000
human beings in this country are suf
fering because the breadwinners are
| voorhees,. 1t bases it's total on the fol
lowing calculation: There are 100000
skilled workers in Great Britain, of
whom ten per cent. are totally or par,
TALLY unemployed For every skilled
workman out of employment two un-
skilled men are voorhees,. Each work
er represents & family of five.
! Washington am heartily in ia
vor,' declares Inspector General Gar
lington in his annual report to the
secretary of war, ''of the proposition
to grant to employees in the classified
service a general increase of 20 per
cent. in their present salaries, and al
SO of such legislation as will provide
a system for the retirement, on moder-
ate annuities, of the faithful employees
who become superannuated in the pub
lie service"
New York-Under the new law,
which went into effect on October 1,
the authority to enforce the child la
Dor law in mercantile establishments
in cities of the first class in New
York was transferred from the local
health authorities to the state depart
ment of labor, acting through its bu-
reau of mercantile inspection.
Shelton. Conn.-President Russ of
the Robert n. Bassett Manufacturing
Company employing between 600 and
700 hands, announced that in the flu
ture the company would pay all the
doctor bills of it's employees. This, it
explained, will include not only bills
for treatment growing out of acct
dents, but also for illness. Most of the
hands employed are girls and women.
London.-Swansea carpenters and
joiners have made demand for an adj
vance in wages of a penny an hour.
AS Cancellation boards now rule the
rates of wages in the British building
trades, the matter will doubtless be
settled by Cancellation or arbitration
without the extremity of strike.
San Francisco.-Chinese butchers
and meat market men of San Fran
cisco, who some time ago made appli-
ternational body of meat cutters and
butchers. are disappointed with the
action of the international body, which
#urned their petition down.
Logansport, Ind.-The Panhandle
shops are to work five hours a day,
instead of ten hours. A notice of the
reduction i'll hours was posted in the
i shops.
i Sacramento, Cal. - Sacramento
wishes to have labor temple, and
has sent to each union a copy of the
plan to raise funds for the erection of
the structure. 1t is proposed that
each memDe- OF union shall buy SIS
worth or stock, and pay for it in 60
monthly anstallments of rs cents.
BostGn.-Boston Cigar Makers
unicn has levied an assessment of five
dollars on each member to advertise
the blue label
ottawa, can.-Delegates from the