The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-03-21

Union, is a candidate ror the Iegisla-
ture Of Georgia. and has the indorse-
ment of organized labor.
W. B. Trotter. member OF the ty-
poer phical union in Winnipeg, has
gone to Great Britain as the repre-
sentative Of the Dominion trades con-
aress on immigration matters.
1t is estimated that the recent award
OF the New South Wales arbitration
court. in favor of the shop assistants
will, in the aggregate. increase their
wages by about 100000 per annum.
Notices have been sent out by the
Poet ana Shoe Workers union asking
the various affiliated organization to
vote on the question of holding an
other national convention in June.
If all the newspapers of Boise,
Idaho, boom that city as insistentiy
as does the Idaho Unionist, the live
wire of unionists of Idaho, we can
easily understand why Boise is BOOM
ing.
Applications for congressional in
vestigation of the Goldfield, New. min
ing trouble are being received by the
house committee on labor, according
to Chairman Gardener of that COM
mittee.
James Radford, of Springfield, ILL.,,
has been elected secretarytreasurcr
of the Illinois State Mine Workers
association, to succeed w. d. Ryan.
who was elected secretary-treasurer
of the national organization.
A union of hospital superintendent
has been organized in Chicago, which
may be extended to take in medical
and surgical workers. 1t is called the
Chicago Hospital association and has
twenty-five hospitals in its member
ship.
Switzerland, in Tiflis, Norway and
other places night work in bakeries
has been abolished, and the practic-
ability of manufacturing bread in day
time has been efrectually demon
strated.
The British government bill! limiting
the working hours of coal miners to
eight hours day was Introduced in
tire house of commons by Mr.. Herbert
j. Gladstone, secretary Of state for
home affairs. 1t at once passed It's
first reading.
The Southern Railway company,
having failed in it's efforts 70 reach
an agreement with it's employees in
the matter of a reduction in wages,
has called upon the interstate COM
merce commission and the Bureau of
Labor to mediate under the Erdman
act.
The st. Paul railway is most affected
by the Wisconsin eight-hour law. and
has been singled out as defendant in
a suit of violation of the law. AS an
Offset to the employment of IS addi-
t:onal telegraphic operators, the St.
Paul has discontinued GO Offices that
has been used for commercial tele-
graphing.
Owing to the fact that the Wiscon-
sin eight-hour day for telegraph oper-
alors went into effect on January i,
the railroads are preparing to close
many small stations as telegraph sta
tons. Other roads are preparing to
take similar steps when the eight
nour law, recently passed by congress.
gees into effect.
A criminal action against the Chi
oago, Milwaukee & ST, Paul Railwa y
company was begun recently by Dis
tgict Attorney Francis E. McGovern
for violation of the eight-hour law i.
The complaint alleges that within the
last two weeks the company permitted
one of it's telegraph operators to work
more than eight hours.
The Spanish Federation of Labor
Onion general de trabajadores) mad
s!.55S members in October, 1901; As
514 members in October, 1903; 46
4S5 members in October, 1905, and
36,557 members in March, 1907 Un-
ion labor in Spain is poorly organized
/ The weekly pay day for railroad EN-
ployes will be introduced in the Ca
adam legislature.