The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-07-15
in THE WORLD OF INDUSTRY
WITH MECHANICS AND ARTISANS

ulSpult AT QulH'St hdNN., anu lUtIt
can be no strikes nor lockouts in the
next three years.
In resolutions setting forth that
scarcely 20 per cent OF the men who
depend upon the iron industries in
San Francisco, Cal, are at present
employed, the machinsts' lodge has
protested against iron work Of the
city being given to outside firms.
The Diamond workers union of
Antwerp. by vote of 5,OOi to 800,
decided ON complete cessation Of
work The decision affected 10000
men in the polishing and allied trades.
When work is resumed the union in
tends to ask higher wages for its
members
The international brotherhood Of
Transfers will have its annual con
vention in Detroit, Mich. in August
when IL is expected am agreement
will be reached for a settlement OF
the differences between that organi-
zation and the United Teamsters of
America
a delegated convention OF union la
Dor men will be held in Memphis.
Tenn, on August 10, To nominate can.
didates for the Legislature The reso-
luton adopted calls for convention
composed OF delegates from the labor
unions of Memphis and the Farmers
unions of Shelby county.
More than five hundred managers
of Chicago's places of amusemnt in
Guiding theaters, concert halls. nickel
shows and amusement parks. recently
received circular letters of warning
from state factory inspector Edgar
/ T. Davies as his first step In cru
sade against the employment of chill
dren in these places Parents are
also to be held to account by the
chief inspector when it is found they
permit the children to work in these
places when they are under sixteen
years of age.
The Chicago. Milwaukee q St
Paul has been fined 81 600 on mo-
ton OF the attorney-genera of Wis
consin on the charge Of violating the
eight-hour law for railroad employees
The specific charge was that a teieg
rapher worked overtime. The rood
declares 1t will carry the acse 20 Ia,
United States courts
Much favorable comment has been
expressed throughout the country
since the announcement made By the
International Typo phical Unicr
some time ago, thai it had inaugural
ed system of supplemental trade ed
ucation. under the direction of a com
mission created by the Hot Springs
convention for such purpose, will
headquarters in Chicago, Ill.
According to the forty-eghth an
nual report of the Amalgamated So
> ciety of Carpenters and Joiners of tn,
United Kingdom, the total member
ship was, at the close of 1907. 6S.735
showing an increase over 1905 anC
1906. There was also an increase o
five in the number Of branches, th'
total being $40 at the commencement
of the present year in the United
Kingdom, the colonies, and in th'
- United States.
Organized labor has the right o
recognition. II does not deplore no
object against the employer being OF
! ganized. 1t is far better TO make
- contract between organized bodie
than it Is between individuals. Ind
viduals stand alone without any fore
and destroy the right Of mutual cor
tract. The condition is deplorablC
but no one is TO blame but the ind
= vidual He stands in the way Of co
lectiye bargaining and better cond
= tions.
During 190G-O7 there were 139 trad
disputes in the Dominion of Canada
> five more than in the preceding yea
: and 35 more than in l9O4-05. Nearl
one-half OF theses trikes occurred /
Ontario. Questions Of wages led
SO disputes, and the recognition {
unions TO 13. OF the total so dispute
ended in favor Of the employers, Al
favor of the employees, and 32 weT
compromised In five cases III
= strikes were nearly successful.