Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-22

judges within the last ten years And.
would you believe it, every man In the
class passed except Gompers' friend.
This goes to SHOW" said Mr.. Gompers.
that the man who hopes to become
cept the dicta Of the courts Of today or
he can't pass. He either has to do this
or willfully misrepresent his own ideas.
It shows further that the men who be-
come lawyers, and particularly Judges.
must go through a form OF examination
that they are all right on vested interests
before they can become lawyers or judges.
1t is not, l repeat. corrupt influences or
improper motives: it is the education and
environment that calls forth such de-
cisions."
The Chicago Federation of Musicians
insists its is worth 81 a week more than
the regular rate OF wages to wear dress
suit. A demand based on this theory
was embodied in resolutions adopted yes
terday by the organization. and viii be
presented to the Chicago Theater Man
ayers Association. Both first" and ''sec-
ond-class' houses are included in the de-
mand. The first-class scale Is $50 for
eight performances and the second-clasS
is SIS:
"It is worth 81 to appear in dress suits
at every performance" said President
Winkler Of the federation. Laundry bills
are high. and there is great wear and
tear on the suits"
The United States Metals Refining Com
pany, one Of the great industries in the
Calumet, region, closed down today on
account of the inability of the company
to get lead from the western smelters.
Nearly 100 men will be thrown out of
employment. The lead used by the COM
pany is mined at Bingham Junction. New.
The fumes thrown or by the shelters are
L.
the farmers in that neighborhood have
obtained an injunction restraining the
smelters from continuing work till an ap-
paratus is devised that will prevent the
obnoxious vapors from escaping into the
air.
The Canadian Pacific railway has posted
an open shop notice in all shops operated
by the company; from Fort William to
Vancouver. Four thousand mechanics
are affected At the same time mechanics
in the shops at Fort William to Montreal
abrogated an agreement with the COM
pany preparatory to joining the other
shopmen in a federation of all unions to
fight the open shop rule Of the company.
Federal legislation to provide relief from
conditions imposed upon labor through re-
cent Supreme Court decisions was de-
manded of Congress in resolutions adopt
ed Sunday night by the Chicago FEEDER
alton Of Labor.
The resolutions declare for individual
and collective political action i'm favor of
only such candidates for President. repre-
sentatives and senators in Congress as
will give unqualified support to labor's
demands.
The action was taken at the request Of
President Gompers of the American Fed
GRAFTON of Labor. who asked that similar
action be taken by all AFFILIATED labor or
CARNATIONS throughout the country. While
the resolutions are aimed primarily
against the Supreme Court decision in
the matters case" in which labor unions
are held liable under the provisions of the
Sherman antitrust law, they also protest
Court decisions affecting labor organize
lions.
A dispatch from New York says: That
the resignation of Representative Charles
Z. Littlefeld of Maine, which was re-
Gently announced, was forced by the cam
paign made against him several years ago
by organized labor was asserted recently
by President Samuel Gompers of the
American Federation of Labor. When
labor made its protest against Mr.. Lit
tlefleld he said he would be elected to
Congress again. said Mr.. Gompers. and
he was elected again. but his prestige be-
gan to decline. and now he is to leave
Congress and retire to private life.
Labor cannot afford to overlook the
record OF any congressman or other pub
lie Official he said"
Miss Ray Longworth was admitted re-
Gently by the Central Federated Union of
New York city as a delegate represent
ing the women in the Hebrew Variety
Actors Union. She took her obligations
as a delegate along with a number OF
men in other trades who were newly elect
ed and went over the usual formula In
which she pledged herself las q man" to
live up to the constitution and bylaws
of the c.. F. T..
Miss LongwOrth said there was no ques-
ton of equal pay for equal work. as far
as the woman variety actors were con-
cerned. The women. she said. received as
much as the men, and sometimes more.
LAS far as salary is concerned she
said. I'VE are well able to take care of
ourselves. 1t Is a question of ability to
do certain acts and the demand for tall
ent. This is one business in which men
are not paid more than women for the
same kind of work.
Delegates from the Brotherhood of Car
penters have been seated in the Central
Lator Union as follows: L. w. Lloyd. c.
Luebkert. c. H. Adams, J. X. Potter and
3. B. Byrne.
of Commerce and Labor today issued a
bulletin on. 'the legal liability of employ
ers for injuries to their employees in the
United States" and a summary of the
workmen's compensation acts of foreign
countries.
discusses the more important principles
Of the common law as generally applied
to the subject of employers liability in
this country. together with such yaria-
tons as appear in certain states. The