The Forrest City times., 1908-12-25

including 1,716 women arc o,. psi sons. Tn the great metropolita, oa "oFk Known as Greater Berlin ,ha a'S'rict population of which is 3.O3s ooo uTa Ts clty CT Berlin proper has % 199 me p!eyed. The census was tato. unen' purpose of determining tho iot lne hkeiy to be dependent on mh,,n uiaOef an ny dlflhg the coming winter '-si' ms discovery that approximately IT., me per cent. of the population is per less comes as an agreeable s,.s-' "ofz,
 New Orleans, La-After sa,,.,. Ne" York as the next meeting ,S''as n,s 'ae annual convention If th. p,ses a mems Union of North Amer,oa 'ea, here' Andrew Furuseth San sISssa P. cisco, was elected president. q r'a1 Harrington, San Francisco 0rst v. ,,. s president; Y. A. Olander Cb;oa nse second yice-president; Tboman 'soi Hanson, Chicago. seventh .1s ,tas A. dent; J. NJ. Seckard. Chicago oiaess r.ss+ vlee-president; William H Frs." aA Houston, secretary treasurer "'e
 London. England. Fno,o number Of work people whose cba.u ue in wages were preceded bv stss page of work was insigpidcant Y l9o', being only one Der cent os II. total affected. The proDortiog ~ n.. .1s wages were changed by neooa,s, meaHs-cenciliatien, wages boards .. bitration, etc.-reached nearly 5a sa. - cent. of the whole, while five pa. m cent. had questions, of wages ate arranged by sliding scales. Washington-For ten hours wo.. a day in Japanese shipyards ho,lo. makers receive 9S cents, calkers 4a cents, punchers 46 cents. screw.mas. CTS A. cents, finishers Sl. molders S- tsnts. electricians 57 cents latbo. workers 90 cents. coppersmitbs as cents, machinists 51 cents blact. smiths s123, ironworkers sf32 and fou2drymen s1.02.
 Cleveland, O.-One milljon dollor, will be disbursed by the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers in the con. struction of permanent headagarteTs here, according to plans announced bv Warren s. Stone, grand chief of the or. ganization. The sum includes the price Of land. The building will be F, stories in height New York-Bakcrs' and Confection. CTS international has decided by very large majority to enforce the ere. alton of sick and benefit fund, from and after the first of January. All bakers and confectioners belonging to subordinate unions who are under 45 years of age will have to contribute to the fun
 Philadelphia In the fall of l7s2 the pioneer union of the shoe workers was organized in this city IL grew to ba considered power, and in 17s6 strike in all the shops of the city was ordered to enforce a demand for an increase in wages. It lasted but few days, the employers recognizing the demand.
 Berlin, Germany.-In Mertz, with $. GOO population, there are three un skilled to every four skilled workmen Muelhausen. with 100000 population has G9 unskilled laborers in every 100 In Strassburg, with population Oi 175,000, there are two skilled to evey three unskilled
 Amsterdam. Holland.-Holland now has an estimated union labor member ship of 75.000.
 Paris. France.-French labor unions have a membership of 1,500 GOO.
 London, Eng.-The case of a native child of seven beginning it's days work in a Calcutta mill at 4 a m IS quoted in the report of the lnaiaa factory commission just issued WHICH recommends that women and children be employed only between H. and D. m.
 London, ngland.-RecentF psf9 of about a score of French arusahs have been visiting the great ceh'eis of British trade in order to study Eas, fish methods of work, conditions oi employment, hours of labor, Wases and the home life of British work peV ple.
 New York-The joint councils U. the United Teamsters of the Cit! o' New York, representing 9 local asSV ciations, met and agreed to amaisS mate with the Chicago organlzauoh The action was brought about py tn' principal officers of both organizatloh'
 Rumford. Me-The mill of the oA ford Paper Company, which shut doNs on November 16, following strike VI it's 900 tmployes, has resumed ope'" tions.
 Washington-h. F. of L. will pun. a headquarters building at a cost o' about $s0,O00
 Pittsburg, Pa.-The production Y. '. finished iron and steel in PennsylFanis. :. in 1907 involved the employment 70. Q, I37,712 people. who earned ssl'4I','y,,, 2, during the year More than one'na'. of this product. or 50 per cent wa' manufactured in the county Of Any gheny ,,,,s
 New York.-The law forbiddins bovs and girls under Ii years Of as'