Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-07

lieve the election of William ]. Bryan to
the presidency will be for the best inter
est of organized labor In an editorial
In the Bakers Journal he refers to the
| time President Grover Cleveland called
out federal troops against striking work
men. He says:
Let us see. did Ii occur under the dem
ocratic or republican administration. the
use of federal troops to break the Pull
man strike? One is SO likely to forget"
In the current number of the Journal of
the knights of Labor 1t is stated that "ac-
c0rding to rule of the interstate COM
merce commission in exercising it's power
TO appoint inspectors under the safety ap-
planes act relating to railroads. nom
union men will not be employed. No per-
son will be appointed inspector unless he
is member of some railway union, but
In addition to that he must have the in
dorsement of the chief officer or officers
of that union. The commissions excuse
for this radical departure Is that by vir-
tuaily transferring the appointing power
to the unions themselves the commission
| expects to make each railway Organiza-
ton responsible In a measure for the men
appointed from the ranks of the organiza-
ton. There are twenty-three inspectors
| now holding offices. Each Is paid $125 a
month and is allowed 81 a day for ex-
penses. To be eligible for appointment
an applicant must have been within one
year preceding the date of application an
engineer, fireman. conductor. train man
or yardman In active railway service. and
have been in such service for at least six
years. There are now on file the applica-
ton of 100 trainmen who desire to be in
spectors. No vacancies exist. 1t is desired
that Congress will authorize additional in
spectOrS.
THE records of the bureau of mediation
and arbitration show that AZ disputes be-
gan in the second quarter of 1905 In New
York state In these disputes 1854 work
men were directly involved and 442 others
not on strike were thrown out of work.
Those directly concerned lost 81, 133 days
during the quarter and those Indirectly
affected lost 6.2S4 days. Adding to these
amounts 7.016 days lost during this quar-
ter in strikes begun before April 1. the
total amount of working time lost during
April. May and June is found to be n
Obj days. Comparing this figure with the
second quarter of last year when SGD ono
working days were lost on account of
strikes 1t Will be seen how relatively
slight the stoppage of work caused by
strikes has been this quarter as compared
with last.
"A glance at the figures showing the
number of strikes and number of partici-
pan.s also reveals the great decrease in
absolute number OF strikes as well as In
number OF persons involved New YORK
Department Of Labor Bulletin.
me dennltion OF sweat shop" as given
| In the New York Labor Bulletin Is as
| follows:
This term is here used loosely-in-
deed 1t has no we'll defined meaning
to describe low grade of workshop in
the clothing trades in which cheapness
In every direction is the distinguishing
| feature The sweat SHOP Is many
specied parasite. In its lowest form it
Is simply a cheap garnet or back room
taken for a short period by a contractor
who has there gathered a set Of cheap
laborers to take care Of the overflow
work from some established factory or
factories. Some Of the simpler opera