The wageworker., 1908-10-17


clothes congress with the power to
regulate interstate commerce, and
further that congress has already pro-
vided law fixing the hours of railway
telegraphers from nine to thirteen
hours. In effect the decision is one of
the most far-reaching of the supreme
court, as it practically prohibits the
state enacting laws relating to the
hours of labor on interstate railroads
so long as there is federal statute
in force.
M1lwaukee.-The aid of Typograph-
ical union No. 23 has been enlisted
to save Jan Janoff Pourin, whom the
Russian government is seeking to ex-
tradite on the charge of having taken
part in the revolutionary movement.
| Joseph La Fleur, secretary-treasurer
of the union, has received a blank pe-
tition and set of resolutions ad-
dressed to President Roosevelt 1t is
urged by the conference in New York,
which seeks to prevent the extradition
| of Pourin, that the local union adopt
the resolutions and sign the petition
| The Federated Trades council has al
ready adopted the resolutions and for
| Warded them to Washington.
Chicago-Two hundred and eighty
SIX post-office employees received raises
in pay. OF the employees benefited, 1O1
are mail carriers. Twenty of the car
riers are of the first class and their
pay is raised from $500 to $500 year,
while the others are of the second,
third and fourth class, receiving raises
OF 500 year each. The clerks being
promoted number 1856. One hundred
and five of them are of the first class,
each getting 5000 raises. The remain
der are of the higher grades, some
being raised from $1,1OO a year to
$1,000.
Berlin. Germany.-Krupp's work
mems colonies at Essen are called the
West end. the Nordhof, the Baumhof,
the Schederhof, the Cronenberg, the
Alfredshof. the Friedrichshof and the
Altenhof (the latter for disabled and
pensioned workmen), and they con-
tain 5000 residences, including some
detached houses at Essen. In addf-
ton the firm has rented 318 residences
from private owners for a number of
years. The firm has erected large
number of hospitals, eating houses
lighthouses, etc.
London, Eng.-The board of trade
of Great Britain has issued its ''re-
turns" for the month of August last.
The figures show the largest aggre-
gate decrease in trade for any month
of this year to date. The imports fell
E6,544,396. the exports by a7,O12,-
36S, the re-exports by e 547,494. For
| e~I =
G42,O45,1S6; in exports G3O,O83 ,O48,
and in re-exports s13,8 ,877,7S2.
st. Louis, Mo-A special convention
of the International Brotherhood of
Electrical Workers elected the follow
, ing officers: General president, ]. j.
Reid, Erie. Pa; general secretary, ].
w. Murphy, Cleveland; general treas
[ urer, F.. J. Sullivan, Cleveland; vice
, president Oliver Meyer, Ashtabula, o.
Henceforth the regular convention
will be held every two years instead
of every five years.
Washington.-The call for the TWEEN
f ty-eighth annual convention of the
5 American Federation of Labor has
been issued. The convention will as
: semble at Denver Monday, Novem
ber 8.
4 Washington.-Wash printers
e who have visited the tuberculosis con
/ gress exposition are loud in theil
4 praises of the government printing
t office exhibit, which was arranged by
e DIR. William J. Manning. sanitary Off
J. Ger of the printery. The life-savins
e devices on exhibition are all the in
v vention of the physician-printer.
Newport, Ark-Judge Charles Cot
r fin OF the circuit court held the eight
d hour railroad law unconstitutional
! He accompanied the decision by dis
J. missing case brought by the stat'
}. against the Iron Mountain railroad
l. charging violation of the act. Thu
r Judge said the law interfered with in
e terstate commerce.
Washington.-Samue Gompers ha
!. been president of the American Fed
q Grafton of Labor since its foundation
II 1882, with the exception of one term
" 1895, when John Mcbride defeate,
# him for the Office Mr.. Gompers wa
born in London in 1850 and came t.
81 America in 1863.
II Ottawa, Canada.-Mr. P. M. Draper
,r secretary of the Dominion Trades
st congress, has been nominated as tn
N labor candidate for the board of cor
troll of Ottawa.
le Winnipeg, Man.-Residents of VIII
W nipeg were startled at midnight Sci
in tember 30 by the blowing of locomt
in tive Whistles which was the signal al
D. nouncing that the Canadian Pacif1
e. mechanics strike, which started A,
le gust 4, had been declared of. Th
c. strike involved about 10000 men.
was decided to declare the strike o
.d in the west first, and this was followe
70 by a similar declaration In the cast
of Glasgow, Scotland.-The recen
n Scottish Trades Union cQUgreS