Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-19
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higher plane. Now the strike is the last
| resort. Arbitration Is the rule in all trade
disputes.
The next convention of the international
! brotherhood OF Bookbnders will be held
curing the second week in June, 1910, in
CEDAR Rapids Iowa.
| State Coal Mine Inspector Young recon-
mended to the governor that the Hanna
ever as a tomb for the forty-nine miners
! buried there in an accident last May
| Inc Inspector says the management vio-
lated the laws governing the protection
OF underground wOrkmen.
The railway trackmen are planning for
| the establishment Of a home for their
| aged and INDECENT members. 1t is pro-
posed to acquire a tract of 800 acres near
Fort Scott, Kan, as the location for
| the institution.
More than 1900 men are idle in New
| England as a result of strikes and the
| shutting down Of several paper mills Of
| the International Paper Company. An
| order has been issued from the main
| Office Of the company in New York to
the need Of extensive repairs. An order
was received from President ]. F.. Carey
| OF the International Brotherhood Of Pa
permakers at Fort Edward. N. Y. call
| ing strike in the cOmpany's mills, on ac-
| count of cut Of 10 per cent in wages.
| Coincident with the announcement of
an increase In the price of window glass
by the American window Glass Company
president Faulkner. newly reelected
| head Of the National Window GLASS
Workers Of Cleveland. declared that an
enormous increase in wages would be re-
ceived by the union men in the making of
the next wage agreement, next month.
The American company announced an in
| crease of 20 per cent on single-strength
glass and 80 1-3 per cent on douUle-
strength glass. to go into effect at once.
Mr.. Faulkner said that means an in
crease or 40 per cent In wages for single
strength workmen and Of 66 % per cent
for double-strength workmen-
Several prominent members of the Ar
| kansas Farmers Union met recently to
discuss plans of interest to the union
warehouses and gins of Arkansas. It was
suggested that Memphis be made clear
Ing house for union cotton Of Mississippi,
Texas and Arkansas, and that Little Rock
be made a sub-clearing house for Ar
kansas alone. and that the union cotton
be handled from the local warehouses
! throughout the state to the central ware
mouse In Little Rock, from the warehouse
to Memphis and from that point to the
| English spinners or other purchasers.
A delegation Of French leather workers
| Is making tour Of American factories.
| The Governor of Porto Rico has recon-
mended to the legislature a law creating
| a labor bureau on the island.
| In San Francisco. Cal. there is a move
| ment to organize all the laborers OF the
~ YN0 re NJ ttrA nfoiy,
into a new union.
The recent Scottish trades union con-
gress passed resolutions in favor of old
age pensions and in favor of compulsory
| Intervention in labor disputes.
President Roosevelt has directed that
| during July, August and September all
employees OF the navy yards and naval
stations be given a half-holiday on Sat-
urdays.
There is a movement to organize all the
unskilled workingmen of Montreal, Can.
| into big federation along the lines of
| the Knights of Labor, which existed in
that city about twenty years ago.
Deputy state mine inspectors of West
| Virginia have begun thorough inyesti-
CATION of all the mines in the state to de-
termine to what extent the mining laws
passed over year ago are being OBJ
| served.
Building Trades Alliance and the Central
Labor Union Of Spokane. Wash to erect
| g labor temple in that city to cost $4,000
There are 1000 union men in Spokane.
Chicago is to have a workingmen's hos
| pital. 1t is to be an institution managed
comparatively by the labor unions, in
which free treatment and medicine will
| be given the families of workingmen in
| time of sickness
Labor unions were almost unknown in
Newfoundland up to 1892. Then the only
organization for the protection OF the en-
ployed was the Typographical Union
Since then. and especially of recent years
unions and societies have sprung up on
| all sides.
The political action committee of the
Chicago Federation of Labor at a meet
| Ing decided to form a campaign organiza-
| ton In each precinct In the city and
county. Members of the federation will
be asked to contribute to campaign
fund that, 1t is hoped. will amount to $50
GOO. Mass meetings will be held and in
| dorsement given only to candidates
pledged to support the labor political. pro-
gram.
At a special meeting of the officers of
the United Hebrew Trades in Manhattan
| recently a resolution to form an Italian
Central Labor Union was passed. The
United Hebrew Trades is composed of the
Jewish trades unions on the East Side of
Manhattan. and its object in organizing
the Italians in Central body Is to gain
| support in times of strife troubles and
lessen the chances of the latter taking the
places of strikers.
While 1t is known in general way that
| workmen abroad are paid far less than
| their fellows in this country there are
/ few persons who will not be surprised to
| learn that in Great Britain there are
| more than 100000 railway employees whose
weekly wages are less than s.. There
| Is even a greater number-l2S 900. to. be
exact-whose weekly salary ranges from
s.. 10 to $7.29. while of the 260 900 workers
employed on the railways Of the United
Kingdom less than 10000 are paid s.. 35
or more.
ON ROAD TO RECOVERY.