The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-09-29


Dor.
The membership OF the ciga- nah
crs union in Porto Rico is more han
1000
Organized labor in Canada regards
the constant arrival of Salvation ar.
my immigrants as u serious menace.
The annual convention of the Ame,-
lean federation of labor meets this
year in Denver Colo. on Monday. Sc.
yembor Q.
The British Trades union congress
voted down motion for amalgeuia
tion with the labor party, which is
controlled by socialists.
Fish worth S275OoO.OOO is landed
every year in England and Wales,
finding employment for io.o0' men
aud boys
The Federal high court at S.du,y
New South Wales. has dccla "a that
the registration of trades union la.
rcl Is unconstitutional.
=. VI. Draper secretary of the DO
minion Trades congress has been
nominated as the labor 90 ij'iaio for
tho Board OF Control OF Ottawa. Can.
ada
w. u. Mahon, president Of the anal
gamatcd Association Of street Rail.
way employees, has been nominated
for congress in Detroit, Mich, Dis.
trict by the democrats.
In 190G.O7 there were in India 2l7
cot'on-spinning and cotton-weaying
mills, giving employment to 2ll,OOO
persons daily, with 80 100 looms ana
5,jiG 500 spindles.
In view OF the state of employment
the English government has decided
TO renew The unemployment act and
to vote another 1000, 900 towards re.
| lieving the distress caused by de-
| preston in trade.
The first strike in the United States
occurred in 1903 when a number OF
sailors in New York City struck for
an increase in wages.
/ The Trades Union Congress in Eng
land passed a resolution asking par
| lament 10 enact a measure under
which the organizers of strike break
Ing movements as well as tn, men
| themselves, could be prosecuted
/ Through the influence OF labo- or
| ganizations working men and .heir
employers have learned TO know that
while ;h'lr interests arr aot .icn;i-
cal ther" !. common field ON whic,.
/ they cal meet TO decide .h"lr differ.
ences wI'hOut the black is' or ,he
strike.
II MAS .he IC Igcse vro brcvsh'
the diamond cutting industry 20 Am
sterdam in 1876. and for centuries
they had a virtual monopoly OF the
trade Now there are thirty three dia.
mond cutting factories employing a
total of 1000 persons.
The eight hour demonstration in
Brisbane. Australia recently was
marked by the participation for III,
first time in the history of the day or
organized women workers. The new
recruits represented the Clothing
Trades Female Employees Union.
The Canadian Pacific Railway strik
'rs are being paid strike benefits
with money sent from the machinists
international headquarters in the Uni
ted States. II is said that 800 O0C
, is being distributed in Winnipeg.
st. Louis, Mo. has man namer
John Samuel, who is 92 years OF age
, and stll takes an interest I'm organi
zed labor, and writes articles for pub
lication, his favorite topic being co
operation.
School Director DR.. G.. B. Weaver
= Of the Wilkes-Barre, Pa, school boarC
! promises to pension the aged teach
, ers in the employ OF the city by ap
I propriating a pension fund OF $1,000
: which the board saves 10 the city an
nually in the salaries, fees and othe
, expenses, the teachers 10 contribut
+. their pro rata share to the fund
!. James T.. Roderick, chief OF the Dc
e 2artment of mines of Pennsyl gani.
[ In issuing his report for the bltum
nous district for 1907, urges I fun
. for the relief of widows and ORPHAN
p by tax Of three-fourths of a cen;
I ton on all coal marketed.
Q One million dollars will be spen. b
n the Brotherhood OF Locomotive Eng
neers in the building of a permanrr
headquarters in Cleveland Ohio. a,
cording TO plans just annouEc, d !
Q Warren S. Stone, grand chief Of IN
= organization. This sum includes tn
- DriCn nf land