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ident of the International Brotherhood
of Transfers, in convention here. 9th
er officers were elected as follows:
Vice-presidents, E. ]. Mullin, Chicago;
George Golden, Chicago; A. A. Silva,
Chicago; Peter Burke. Boston; John
j. Jennings, Jersey City; Lawrence ].
Grau, Providence, R. l.; secretary
treasurer, Thomas L. Hughes; general
Auditor, George w. Briggs, Chicago;
board Of trustees, Michael J. Shehan.
Boston; James Welch. New Orleans;
Thomas Connolly, Chicago; delegates
to the American Federation of Labor,
Thomas Barry and Edward Coleman.
Chicago; Henry Mccormick, New
York; Patrick D. Daley, Boston, and
John E. Longstreet, Cincinnati. Pc
.oria, Ill, was selected for the next
convention in 1910, after Mayor O'Con-
ner of that city had made an address
to the convention.
Seattle-Federal Judge Hanford
granted an injunction asked for by the
ship owners and steamship companies
against the various longshoremen
unions of the Pacific coast. Judge
Hanford restrained the Puget council
of longshoremen and the local union
from interfering with non-union men
in loading and unloading ships at Sc
attic. The judge held he had juris-
diction in a case where interstate traf-
fic was held affected and that the Ia
Dor unions were responsible for the
acts of violence committed.
Winnipeg, Man.-Twelve thousand
mechanics of the Canadian Pacific rail-
road struck, closing down every shop
on the system. The tieup is complete
and the action of the men is taken as
their decision to put labor unionism
in Canada to the supreme test The
walkout was well planned and no dis
order occurred, the men simply laying
down their tools at the preconcerted
signal from the shop whistles. The
cause of the strike lies in a dispute
over the new schedule handed down
by an arbitration board.
Detroit, Mich.-The international
Brotherhood of Transfers rejected the
overtures of the United Transfers of
America to amalgamate the two organ
izationS. The brotherhood held to the
position taken by the Boston conven-
ton of the brotherhood last year, that
the United Transfers could enter the
brotherhood as individuals or as
body if they submitted to the laws of
the brotherhood. The conditions de-
manded by the United Transfers failed
to meet approval.
Sioux Falls, S. D.-The problem of
securing sufficient harvest hands is be-
ing simplified by the Cincinnati Young
Mems Christian association, which has
sent 200 laboring men to South Dako-
ia and other western states. The Or
ganization exercised great care in the
selection of men who are said by the
farmers to be sober and Industrious.
With scarcely an exception the men
went to work as soon as they arrived.
Scranton, Pa.-Grand Master F. T.
Hawley of the Switchmen's Union of
America said that he had received
word that Commissioners Neill and
Knapp would act as mediators be-
tween the switchmen and President
Truesdale of the Lackawanna road,
but he could not say when.
Kenosha, Wis-The Chicago Brass
Company started on a ten-hour shift
after running eight hours for nearly a
year. Two months ago there were
over 1000 idle men in Kenosha, but
now nearly all are employed.
Milwaukee, Wis.-Milwaukee manu-
featuring companies are beginning to
work with full quotas of men. The
following concerns report necessity
of putting on more men: National
Brake and Electric, Filler & Stowell,
Nordberg manufacturing, Wisconsin
Wire, Prinz & Rau, Vilter, Pawling &
Harnischfeger, Worden-Allen. The
Allis- Chalmers company reports a
steady increase in business.
Paris-The contractors for city
works, such as street making and sew
ers, began a lockout. Five thousand
men are affected. A signer of the name
of Mansuelle has sued General Secre-
tary Pataud of the Electrical Workers
union for the amount lost through fail
ure to I'LL concert engagement, which
failure was due to the strike of the
electrical workers the other night.
| Boston.-Favorable action on the ap-
pointment of a committee to investi-
gate, report and remedy. if possible.
the ravages of tuberculosis in SO far
as it vitality affected the members of
the organization. and the defeat of the
proposition for a convention every five
years instead of annually, were the
features of the meeting of the Interna-
| tional Typographical union.
Milwaukee, Wis.-As a preliminary
| to the national convention in Milwau-
'kee on September s, Milwaukee Ce-
ment Workers union will have rally
at labor headquarters, 31S Seate street,
on August 20. Plans for entertainment
of guests will be made and organizers
will speak. International President
| Alfred Tracy will be present. The
question of molders who recently lost
their strike coming into the field of