The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-03-21

LABOR was to hold its annual session
in this city, the board of city trustees
donated $3.50 TO the unions fund to
entertain officers and delegates Since
the adjournment and the settling UP
of the bills and accounts the Vallejo
Trades and Labor Council discovered
that out of the money contributed by
the unions there was still balance,
consequently there was no occasion to
use the money contributed by the
city, so the money was returned to the
city treasury with a note of thanks
to the city trustees.
London, Eng.-A strike of compost
tors and others engaged in the print
ing trade took place in an establish
ment in this city, in consequence Of
the employment of women by the firm
in question at their works in the
provinces Not only the compositors,
who were chiefly aggrieved, but other
sections employed by the firm in ques-
| ton gave in their notices, so that
when those expire no unionist will re-
main in the employment of the firm.
Hornell, N. "a general reduction
in the wage scale for engine and train
crews on the Erie railroad was an
nounced. The cut will affect engineers,
firemen, trainmen, clerks, shopmen
and station agents. In most instances
the cut is 10 per cent. The engineers
cut will be effective March % and on
the others at once. A meeting of the
wage committees of all brother
hoods has been called for March 26,
in New York
New Haven SCOnn-Oficers and
| subordinates of the New York, New
Haven & Hartford Railroad Company
having salaries of $4,000 and upward
are to suffer reduction of ten per
cent in pay. OF those that receive
salaries between $1,000 and $4,000,
there will be reduction of five per
cent. The total savings on all the re-
auctions will be about s125,000 year.
Louisville, Ky.-Temporary advan-
tage for the locomotive engineers and
the conductors employed by the Louis
vile & Nashville Railroad Company
was obtained when through the inter
vention of the interstate commerce
commission the company agreed to
rescind the recent order for reduc-
ton of 10 per cent. in the pay of
these classes of employees.
Denver, Col.-After a conference
with General Manager Ridgway of the
Denver & Rio Grande system, COM
mittee of the machinists employed on
the system was informed the company
would abrogate it's contracts on March
and after that date would not recog-
nize the machinists', blacksmiths',
car repairers', or boilermakers' unions.
MISUNDERSTANDING local Sc
cret society in this city in 1862 and
holding it's first general assembly in
1878, the Knights of Labor was the
earliest society which aimed to gather
all the workers of trades into single
organization. 1t had 100000 members
in 1886, with Terence v. Powderly as
the head.
Louisville, Ky.-After conference
between the officials OF. the Louisville
& Nashville Railroad and general
committee of adjustment, headed by
~. d. Keene, general chairman of the
Order of Railway Conductors, it was
announced that the conductors have
agreed to a reduction in wages.
Butte, Mont.-The Northern Pa
cific Railroad announced a reduction
in pay of all telegraphers, to take eff
feet when the new nine-hour law be-
comes operative. The reduction is
from five to ten dollars month.
Omaha, Neb.-It was announced by
the Union Pacific, Northwestern and
Burlington railroads that they would
observe literally the nine-hour law.
These three roads will employ about
200 additional telegraphers on lines
west of the Missouri river.
st. Paul Minn.-By an overwhelm-
ing majority telegraph operators on
the Northern Pacific rejected the prop
osition made by the road in regard to
) new schedule of hours and wages to
become effective when the nine-hour
: law went into effect.
Binghamton, N. ,Y.-The freight han
dlers employed at the Erie freight
depot in this city went on strike as a
protest against the 10 per cent. re-
duction in wages announced. Forty
men left their trucks.
ST. Louis.-According to recapitu-
lation of statements of Missouri rail-
road officials about 10000 employees
have been dismissed recently to Offset
heavy revenue losses suffered by the
roads.
St Paul, Minn.-The Great Northern
, Railway Company decided not to re-
duce the salaries of it's operators when
|, the federal hours of service" law
goes into effect.
Lowell, Mass.-The strike of weay
, ers at the navy yard mill of the Merri-
mack Wooden Company, which was
: called II weeks ago as a result of
!; the introduction of two-loom system
| and an altered price list, has been
declared off.
Philadelphia.-Seven mills in Mana
yunk, a suburb, were compelled to
shut down temporarily on account Of
the flood from the Schuylkill river,