The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1908-07-17

Painters a, Manchester. ". H.. Recently
formed q unson.
Oakland tCai.) unions have taken steps
. form ! unicn label iraguc.
Stationary iir~m%n r~cc~n,iy organised Z
new unioa at ncsma, Wash.
The San Francisco Union og Rsrt~rs
has . membership Of more than IN
Arsalga mated Cotton Srlnn~rs Of Great
Britain hare in hand funds amounting to
81. 10000.
Tho Labor Temple Association at Sc
attic, Wash. has declared a dividend Of
10 per cent.
Revere, Mass. town iahorers have re-
csayed an increase Of - cents a day In
their wages.
Every enc ot the if0 ianspiighter~ la
UeSsou. Mass. il a member of the lamp
oSs,,ers' Union.
Chelsea. Mass. Hcrsex,cers' Union hs.
obtained the Saturday half holiday for
July. August and September.
Transport workers TO rae number ~
5000 are affiliated with the General Eexi-
GRAFTON of Trade Unions in Germany.
The Tack makers rrosecsiy. Union Of
the United States and Canada IL the sex
ond oldest iator organization in Auneries,
There are abont 2.aso ~lasorers In the
Federal service at the port al New York.
and they reseive an average OF $40 n
day.
For the first time In recent years the
general officers are unopf~ased for re-eir~
ton in Boston tMass.l Cigar Makers
Union.
w. J. Smith OF Columbia. 6. G.. WAS
elected president OF the South Carolina
State Federation of Labor NJ the annual
convention.
One Of the wealthiest trade unions I'm
the United Kingdom Is the AmalSa mated
Society Of Engineers, with . bank &C.
count of $3.60O.0OO.
Fifty-one cases OF violation Of the fac
rory laws in New York were brought 10
ANAL issue during May. and the aggregate
moun OF fines imposed was xA1o.
Theatrical stage employees unions have
bean advised by the International body
that they MAY admit TO membership oper-
ators Of moving pictures who are not af-
fliated with the international body.
Similar leagues to the League OF Ameri
| can Wcrkmen nave been organized In sew.
ernl cities OF the Northwest within the
last two years. The Spokane League has
4 membership Of between 500 and 600.
At the recent session Of the Oklahoma
| Legislature thirteen out of the sixteen
labor measures were passed. This includes
many OF the bills Endorsed before Con-
rress by the American Federation Of la.
Dor.
At Woonsosket. r. T., an ~antltuhercu-
losis association has beea perfected, and
among the committee appointments is q
factory committee, which viii care for
and investigate conditions in the local
mills.
Word comes from Providence. II. l..
that the typographical unions are consid
ering the formation OF a New Englans
label conference Of their own. similar Ia
those Of the eigarmakers' and other
unions.
The largest percentage OF idleness in
Massachusetts, Is found in the textile cities
Of Lawrence and New Bedford. while the
percentage as a whole In larger through
ont the State than In the cities OF Boston.
Worcester, Brocktou and Lynn.
Master horseshoers at Boston. Mass,
have perfected an organization. the rur.
pose Of which IL for united efforts on RE
part Of the bosses In conjunction with the
union for the mutual advantage of both
the shop owners and the work m-n.
From the international headquarters OF
the Journeymen Taiiors' Union Al Bloom
ington, Ill, IL was announced recently
that thf ough . referendum vots the union
had refused TO consider amalgam run sio1
with tho United Garment Workers Union
About twenty firms have already signed
the desired new wage scale and working
agreement OF Boston Journeymen Bakers
Union II asks for no Increase in the
wage rates, but In the first agreement pre-
scented since the disastrous strike Of sew
sral years ago.
Trade onions In the British leather in
dnstiy. with a membership Of 3.51o. re-
porting for April TO the London Board OF
Trade. had s per cent Of their members
unemployed. as compared with Us per
cent In March and 81 per cent a yeat
ego.
United States Census Bureau figures
for 1904 show that in the cotton industry
the average earnings OF men were In New
England &S.52. In the South <5.ii. a diff.
ference Of x3..3 = For women the average
was In New England S1.o3, In the South
1877, Z difference Of $3.46. while for chill
drcn the average was In New England
$445. in the South <2.73. a difference OF
sta. For all CLASSES the average weekly
earnings In the North were $T.62. and but
&Al0 in the South.
Norway 10 probably at present the most
thoroughly strike-ridden country Of the
world. Strikes, lockouts and labor con
6icts ere innumerable. although nome Of
the difficulties have BEEN patched up.
Lumbermen and wood pulp workers have
tied UP the timber interests Of the nation.
and the strike spirit II spreading into
other manufacturing lines. The tanners
and the textile workers were the FIRST 10
Join the general strike. and II ia expected
that woe&en In several other industries
will Join An the national strike condition.
At the close Of 1907, the grand total Of
bnefts paid by the Cigarnakers' lnterna-