Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-12-26

"A l., DESLNlDLn -o, U ton of the three leaders of the miners organization.
 Plans were perfected at the Del yer convention of the American Fed eration of Labor for the erection or Il headquarters building in Washing, ton, D. C., 10 cost upwards or sS0,000, The latter sum has been set aside for the project, and work will be started soon.
 The Durham (England) Coal Con ciliatlon Board agreed to a further reduction in wages of "a per cent, at it's meeting in Newcastle, rms makes over : per cent. reduction since May last. The wages now stand at over 47 per cent. above the standard rate Of 1878.
 The government plan of old age pensions goes into effect in Austra- lia and New Zealand on July 1, 1909. The plan provides that every person of 65 years of age, who is perma- nently incapacitated for work, will be qualified to receive pension, By proclamation women of 60 years may 1 be qualified.
 The action of the lntercolonla' railway employees in forming Cana dian Railway Brotherhood has eX, tended to the employees of the Grand Trunk. It is said that the trainmen | car workers, yardmen and carpen' ters have thrown up their interna tional charter and gone over to !h' new brotherhood
 An increase of $750.000 month in wages, unemployment of 3,O00 workmen who have been idle for more than a year, and the employ ment on full time of 5,O00 others who have been working only half and third time are expected to material ize in the South Chicago steel in dustry by January l.
 The annual conference of the Min CTS federation of Great Britain re- ported that the number of men em' ployed in the districts represented bl the federation was 1900, and the number of men in the union 592,444 There was an increase in the nun Der of employed compared with last year of 156,000.
 The A. F. of l.. reports show th following benefits paid to member during the past year: Death bene fits, $1 ,257,244.29; death benefits t' members wives, $31,390; sick bene fits $593,541.34; travelling benefits ,093.S6; total insurance, $5,S71. 63; unemployed benefits, $205,254. 31; total, $2,144,375.43.
 Denver, Col, will soon have un ion labor hospital costing S2OO,O0O and accommodating $50 to 400 per sons. The city is now the headquar ters for the National Union Labo Hospital association, which will pro ceed with the building of hospitals for members of labor unions in al large cities of the country.
 One billion dollars will be dis bursed by the Brotherhood Of LO comotive Engineers in the construC tion of permanent headquarters i Cleveland, according to plans an nounced by Warren s. Stone. gran chief of the organization. The sur includes the price of land. The build ing will be twelve stories in height
 A new organization. composed 0 officers and representatives of Stat federations and central labor bodies has been formed for the purpose c better looking after the interests 0 these organizations. The new bod has been made permanent, and thos interested expect to see it become
 power for good in international labo circles.
 The most recent return for tn Prussian- n-Hessian railways show that in the locomotive service of 37 1856 men 1907 per cent are on a eight hour schedule, 31.46 per cen on a ten hour schedule, 2S.S6 pc cent on a ten to twelve hour schedul 19.41 per cent on a twelve to four teen hours, and Az per cent on foul teen to fifteen hours.
 The Glass Blowers union at Sa Francisco, Cal, at it's last meetin : discussed ways by which to reviv the glass blowing industry and dis , courage the importation of bottle l made in foreign states. A committe 7 of three was appointed to bring th matter before organized labor, wit
 view of starting an agitation = favor of home products.
 . The British Home secretary h; 1 appointed departmental commits f to inquire into the causes and ci f cumstances of the increase in T f number of reported accidents in ce - tain classes of factories and wor
 shops and other premises under u : Factories Acts, and to report wh S additional precautionary measur V are, in their opinion, necessary Q desirable.
 o A serious strike is threatened l. the Sheffield, England, engineeril