The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-06-20


States supreme court in January last
Reid repusnan1 20 the constitution Of
the United States and nonenforcaole
in the states is held constitutional as
70 The District OF Columbia BIZ the
court OF appeals In an opinion by
Chief Justice ShenaTsl the court de-
clsr.es that as the legislative power OF
congress is plenary for the district its
power extends TO the regulation OF all
commerce of whatsoever feature that
may be carried on within its bound
aries The decision was rendered On
the appeal of ChrisIiana Hyde. admin
iSgra1rix of Richard Hyde. who sued
the Southern Railway company 10 re
cover $4,000 for the death OF Hyde.
sn employee of the company The
amount of recovery under the statute
Is also held to be unlimited and unaf-
fected by the district code. which
limits recovery for death to $4,000
Bosson--A movement is On foot in
the United States Garment Workers
Union 10 bring about amalgamation
with the International Women-s Gar
nent Workers Union, p 900 members,
the Shir1waist and Laundry Workers
Union. 81 90 members. and the Jour
aaS members Tie United Garment
Workers Union now has = member
ship of 81 .ee9 II amalsamated With
its allied trades. the membership
wosll6 reach upward of ia. 09e and
advance the union TO the third largest
national organization affiliated with
the American Federation of Labor
Victoria B. Chat ; labor union
Is liable for damages if IL calls its men
Der Of the union Is \ decision rem
iered by Judge Lsnuaann in the couo-
II court here Graham n Calgary
SsoaecaIler. member Of the local union
Al that pace. refused 10 submit 10 4
working test by the Victoria union.
which notified the contractor il would
call the men out unless Graham Vas
discharged Because of his los Of
employ usent Graham sued the union
for $Se0. and Judgment Vas given in
his favor the court holding the union
had exceeded its legal rights
Chiczso,-J0dse Carpenter ordered
three men sent TO the county Jail for
% DAYS because of violations of the in
junction issued in his court against
the District Council OF Carpenters and
IosneES Of America in behalf of the
MeSrS- Slayson Lumber company The
men were charged with contempt of
court for disregard of the writ issued
on complaint thar members of the
union were inlu-ing the business OF
the lumber company
PlurshurS. Pa-Dursng the past Il
years over 5000 men have lost their
lives in American mines Figures like
these show that the earth exacss q
heavy price for the treasure she gives
mp unless the greatest care IS taken
TO prevent disaster. for. while many
Of the accidents are unavoidable. the
ma ority could have been prevented
IL Is 10 be hoped that the next Il
yesrs will not present such CORY
record
ST Paul. Ninn--The ST Paul as
semhiS did not elect delegates 10 the
state federation convention this year.
believing that the money could be
used advantageously in local organs-
zstion work Ofhcers of the state
body will try TO induce the ST Paul
central body to reconsider its action
Rochester. n Y-Cnions of retail
clerks. hodcarrSers and mason tenders
and building laborerS were recently
Installed here Other unions are in
process of formation. and IL is ex
/ pected that Rochester will have Al
least half dozen healthy labor or
/ sanizStions and \ strong central body
when the work there is completed.
Cleveland. O-Cseveland taslors are
1 Interested in a move that is being
widely discussed to amalgamate OIL
fsJers1e four or I'VE interna,ioaa
unions in the clothing industry Ii
l plans 20 through. said Business
/ Agent Rrais. we will merge about
lss. a0o workers employed nj manu-
featuring clothing The printing
building and metal trades have thesl
industrial declarations, and L see n
i reason why the clothing workers
should not follow in their footsteps
Columbus. O-E. Corrssan of Hills
noros Tex. OF the Missouri, Kansas
Texas railrcsd. succeeded in breaking
in the Brotherhood of Locomotives En-
gineers and was chosen aSSistan
grand chief Harry Murray of Sal
Luis Potosi. Mex, was elected frs
grand assistant engineer
Cleveland. o--S,eam engineers ar
making q strong effort TO introduce
eighr-hour shifts in packing houses il
Mace of ls-hour shifts The Cleye
land Provision company agreed q
make the change. but there are hal
\ dozen other concerns that refuse I
reduce the hours of toll. The eng
neers will advertise them.
Memphis. Tenn.-LAbor men an
planning again to have representation
in the Tennessee legislature. 1t
likely a plan similar to the one Adopl
ed two years ago will be again adopt
ed this year. in order to secure tn