Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1908-08-22
NOTES FROM THE LABOR
WORLD.

The Waterville. Me-, textile work
ers have applied for a charter from
the United Textile Workers.
Local Union No. 1863. Cigarmakers
International Union, of Philadelphia
has invested $4,000 in a mortgage N
realty in that city.
The New York Typographical Tn
ion CBig Six has transferred $4,000
to special fund to be paid out to IT,
unemployed members in that city.
The lodges Of the railroad clerks
of the New York, New Haven and
Hartford railroad win make another
effort to have a system agreement
made between the road and the clerk,
The American Federation of NIusi.
clans is reported to be IN unusually
fine condition. Its membership is nov
approximately 10000 and new unions
are being formed everywhere.
In Austria mine owners are com.
PEELED by law to provide rescue cham.
hers underground Each room must
be large enough to accommodate "a
PERSONS and must be provided with
canned food and first aid appliances.
Average hourly wages in the United
States in the year 1907 were higher
than in any other year of the period
from 1890 to 1907, and more than 20
per cent higher than the average In
any year from 1890 TO 1900.
The French laundries at San Fran.
cisco, Cal, have reported that the
Japanese laundries in that city are
seriously affecting their business, and
they have promised to support the
Anti'Japanese league morally and fl.
ranclally.
1t is estimated that there are S4.1OO
men idle at present in the building |
trade of New York City. OF the 100.
600 skilled mechanics in that city 40.
600 are still idle. Labor leaders ar,
surprised that conditions have not i'm.
proved more rapidly.
The organizers of the International /
of Railroad EMPLOYEES
have been extremely active during the 1
past few weeks in the districts along
tie Canadian border and have SUI.
ceeded in organizing fourteen divis
lens of the International railroad of
Canada.
The law limiting the working time
Of women and children in factories TO
ifty-four hours a week has been
amended recently by the Massachu.
sets legislature, so as to increase the
of working hours to fifty.six.
/ was passed with a proviso. not to
90 into effect until January /. 1910.
1t has already been decided by the
Gather workers of the United States
hat they will make a universal de-
nand for the eighthour day, but nc
efinite time has been set. One OF
he principal objects of their meeting
n Kansas City, Mo-, in September is
o decide upon a date for the begin.
ing of the movement.
A reorganization of the building
rades unions has been brought about
Buffalo, n. Y, after many years of
liter warfare, The new organization
5 branch of the building trades de
artment of the American Federation
( Labor. The Buffalo branch is high.
prosperous and has at present
of about 10000
The Department of Labor at Wash
lgton is having printed a report GOV. :
ring twenty-five years, showing that :
lere were 36,767 strikes and 1916
ckouts in the United States from
ISL to 1905, inclusive, a total of s..
% labor disturbances, involving in -
J 1895 establishments of different
nds. There were 6,72S,0iS men in. n
lived in strikes and 1921 employees
ere locked out, making the grand TO-
/ of laboring people affected by the
Dor disturbances within that period
i44,279.