The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-10-06

/ Eight Glasgow Scotland. ship
/ building yards are idle
There are 100000 persons out of
work in Paris. France.
/ The strike of union boilerwakers
against the l,g Four railway has
/ collapsed.
In the shipbuilding trades on the
| Mcrsey and Tyne there are 10000
fewer men employed than last year.
Twelve hundred and lightweight
unions. with membership of lOt,.
300. had Ga per cent without en-.
ployment in July.
In Liverpool, England. 10000 long
| shorcmcn are idle. and the docks
are filled with idle sailors and Of
ficcrs looking for bcrths.
The cost of the British soldier
$3.50 year-makes him the most
expensive in the world, except the
| United States regular
Tho Scotland Miners Federation
has approved OF the action of the
miners representatives in accepting
the reduction of l2is per cent
In the United States it is con.
servatively estimated that one per.
son out of eevry 50 is Il member
in good standing of some labor
union.
Nh NAptF A.
ford railroad clerks lodges will
make an effort to have system
agreement made between te road
and the clerks.
II is estimated that there are
SIl0o idle men in the building
trade in New York city or the
100000 skilled mechanics in the city
10000 are sull idle.
Throughout England. Scotland and
Wales it is estimated that 1000. 900
workmen are idle, and, with their
families. total of 5.O0O.OOO per
sous are at the point Of starvation.
Portland, Ore. garment workers
union has entered into an agree.
ment with the factory proprietors
that provides for IS hours work
week
After fighting for over two
months and a half the sheet metal
workers of Spokane, Wash, de-
clared their strike off and went
back to work ON the open shop con.
ditions asked for by the master tin
ners.
1t is reported that San Francis
co will put about 1000 men to
work on municipal improvements.
thus greatly relieving the situation
at that point, which has been rath-
er critical in the recent past.
The executive board of the Anal
gamated Association of Street and
Electric Railway Employees of Amer
let has declared itself in favor
of general strike of the 30 600
members OF the association in New
England
The state of Oregon-little in
population at the time, and with
fewer than 1000 trade unionists.
WAS the first TO pass state law
designating labor day. New York
with 100000 unionists, although
first to propose law, was second
to enact one.
The National Miners Federation
of France, with "A total membership
Of 10000 men, has decided TO af.
tiliate with the General Fedora
ton OF Labor for the purpose Of of
quiring greater strength and nflu-
ence over legislation.
At the annual convention OF the
/ United Garment Workers Of Ameri-
ca. held in Milwaukee. committee
of three ladies and three gentle
men was appointed to inspect the
wearing apparel OF all delegates to
ascertain If all wearing apparel had
the union label on.
| Governor Harris OF ono has ap-
pointed William r. Lewis of Colum-
| bus, state Labor Commissioner, to
| succeed NJ. ID. Ratchford, whose
term of Office has expired, The new
commissioner is brother OF Tom
L. Lewis, president of the United
Mine Workers, and Of Llewelyn
Lewis president of the Ohio Fed
| Grafton OF Labor
At Seattle, Wash, Federal Judge
! Hanford granted an injunction ask
ed for by the ship owners and
steamship companies against the va
! rious lungshoremen' unions OF the
! Pacific coast. Judge Hanford re-
strained the Puget council of long
shoremen and the local union from