The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-04-11

oy the officials OF the road. and deS-
pairing of reaching an amicable under
standing on any other basis. the com
mi,tee representing the engineers.
conductors. brakemen. fremen and
switchmen on the Chicago Great West
ern have asked Chairman Knapp u
the Interstate commerce commission /
and Charles P Neil. commissioner of |
labor. to intervene. under the Erdman
act. which provides for the arbitration /
of difficulties arising between the OFF, |
Gals and employees of railroads which |
commerce
Fall River. Aass--Notices were
posted ar the FAN River Iron works |
and the American Print company in |
this city that these plants would be !
closed one week. and that until four |
weeks curtailment had been complet-
ed they would be in operation on al
ternate weeks only The American
Print company is the largest producer
of printed fabrics in the United
States and employs about 80 hands
The Iron Works company operates
seven large cotton mills. which feed
the print works Ii employs a.00S
hands and has weekly pay roll Of
approximately $sS.0
Neutrality-suspicious. the most
important gathering in the history O,
labor in this country as far as future
results are concerned, was that at
Washington of President Gcmpe-s
and the A +. of L executive board
with the International oEhcers of the
nearly 200 international labor unions
of the country, It was to consider
action To remedy the situation laho,
is in because OF the recent decisions
of the United States supreme court
essary. 70 secure 10 labor What il con
siders its jast rights
PittS6eld- MaSS-A reduction in
working hours xent into effect in the
two largest manufacturing plants in
this city, AT the plant Of the Stanley
General Incandescent Electric COM
pany. employing 1.s0e men about ten
per cent OF the employees VIII con-
tinoe to work On fun time. while in
certain departments the men viii
work only 81 days week and In
other departments AZ days At the
mills OF the Eaton. Crane Z Pike Pa
per company the Lice operatives vent
ON schedule Of - hours week
New Tork-ln 4 canvass Of the
country % ascertain the number Of
unemployed men dispatches have been
received from many industrial eentezs
with reports Of conditions. and from
these IL Is estimated that more than
one million men are minus lohS- The
reports indicate more than s0e e0e ur-
enployel IN the chief cities and near
" S0a 80 in the states outside the
cities
Providence. R. L-Roee<t knight
head of the B. B & R. Knight COM
pary. announced 1hst n general reauc>
ton in v2ses amounting To ten per
cent VIII be made in the Knight mill
The company employs s0aN opera
sSseS A ten per cent reduction viii
seso De made At the mills of the God
darI Brus aaa the Manyllle compans's
Globe. Social and Nourse mills
New Bedford. NSsS-Nozices Of =
wage reduction averaging ten per cent
were posted IN all the Gotten cloth
mills in the city The yarn mills
which are outside the New Bedford
Cotton Manufacturers association
~ill. II Is understood. take similar a.
ton About =. go operatives VIII be
affected ls.oso IN the cloth mills and
S,esa in the yarn mills
Springfield. NsSs-A wholesale
! exodus OF Polansers 10 Europe fol-
l lowed the ten per cent reduction in
wages in the Chicofsee and HolyoSe
cotton mills SesentS-fiSe per cent u
the 4-0oe operatives affected are Pc
iiSh.
San EranciSco.-The Alaska Fisher
mems Protective union decided 10
] fight against the proposed 20 per cent
cut in wages Unless the packers sub
NIT TO their demand S.o0e salmon FISH
ers in Alaska viii be called out
Boston-Nayor Hubbard declared
that he is and always was in favor OF
labor unions at a big mass meeting o1
the railroad clerks of New England
But arst OF all. he said. he wanted a
man 20 be an American
ST Louis. No,-The supreme court
affirmed the sentence of Clarence o.
! Skinner. treasurer of the biliposters
snion- of two years in the penitentsary
. upon conviction of having embezzlei
$500 OF the unions funds
Cleveland. O,-The wage scale foE
Sngmen upon the great lakes for the
next two years has been agreed upon
The rate of the last two years VIII be
maintained The contract will go into
effect on May L
Indianapolis. Ind-@John Mitchell
the famous leader of the coal miners
delivered his valedictory to the men:
representatives ST the special CON
vention at Indianapolis. and perma
nently rstires from the presidency Of
the union which. with its nearly
400 900 members. Is the largest trades
union of the entire world
] Boston.-Boot and Shoe Workers