Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1908-04-15

Shop girls OF llttlu lturh, Athu are
forming union 10 work for better
pay ana shorter hours OF labor
The state declarations OF labor m
Kansas and Tennessee have recent
~ declared IN favor OF woman Hui.
frago
There are now more than 800 600
persons employed by the railroads oi
the United states twice ~ many ~
were thus employed ten years ago.
Andrew Furiseth, secretary Of the
Sailors Union Of the Pacific, Ia 10 be
one ~ the fraternnl delegates repre-.
aontlng the American Federation OF
Labor At The annual meeting Of the
British Trade Union Congress IN Not
InRham next september
The weekly rest day bill, which pro
yldeB that employees of all classes shall
have one day of rest I'm the seven, was
recently approved by the Italian Cham
Der of Deputies aud lH expected 90 be-
q omen wlaily ---'fB0 iyfUmllli
come law
Labor organizations IN New Yofk
states have membership " more than
onofourih OF the total number "
votes. The aggregate membership ~
the 2,ib2 unions IN lii,7iS, including
1888 women
Minneapolis Typographical Union
No. AZ has taken the FIRST step lh n
move 10 raise fund from which TO
pay striking members n sum equal TO-
that. received while engaged IN their
regular occupation,
West virginia unlonlals have been
10 secure the passage IN the
loeil1turo of "a bin making the em
poypr liable for the unlawful acts OF
guards, detectives" etc The claim w |
made That The hired detectives are
largely responsible for the duploWhlo
conditions that exist IN and around
The mlnoH.
Women clerks IN plllabug depart |
mont stores who were Wirnod that |
They would not ho permitted Va tut |
Iiro TO Wonr hlgh pompadourH while |
No work have won their ilshi against |
mo managers Of the stores and Ia tut
uo viii wear tholr hair any way they
Ike
Some Idea " what n costs 10 pro
vide for the unemployed against want
may be- gained by reference 10 The
amounts expended By typographical
Union No. u. Of New York during the
years 1906 aud 1907 I'm the former
year the benefit board dispensed 500,
ibt76; In the latter year the total was
s3l,Sl027
The new law, limiting the hours "
'allrond tolcgruphers 10 nine n day
Saa the cause, Indirectly OF putting
,tyoral hundred irnlnmon, who had
icon carried nv extras TO work, besides
about 5000 additional operators on the
iarous roads Of the country The extra
expenditure by the roads probably viii
each about SlO00O,O00 annually
A recent conference between preHl
lent GomporH OF the American FEEDER
Itlon of Labor and Representatives OF
he international Stage Employees I'm
on nnd the brotherhood Of Electrical
Workers practically amlcably settled
ho contentious heretofore arising over
he jurisdiction over stage employees
operating elpotrice conirlvances, such
IN moving picture shows
The FIRST time IN history that the
irltlnh public ever asked Parliament
or laws to protect women and chill
ron was In the year 1900 after an
pldomic of fever among the under
round workers. The protection which
accorded was 10 restrict
he hours eft labor for children 10 ~,
md 10 npt the axe nt years when the
hlld might be- employed, This action
,ns the real beginning OF organized
roloHt ON the part OF the English I'M
,na against established customs,