Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-11-03

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T. union of hatters IN the United
States was established as early as 1909.
San Francisco (Cal.) Laundry Work
ers' Union now has membership of
1875.
Iron holders Union of North America
will celebrate its fiftieth anniversary next
year.
The shoe clerks of Toronto, CAM. have
recently organized a union, and its ~hem-
bership is steadily increasing.
The interlocking switch and signal men
Of the B. & NJ road have organized new
union for the Boston terminal division.
A new union of retail clerks, including
various branches of business, has been
recently established in Melrose, MINI.
Steam Engineers Union has raised the
per capita tax from 10 cents to 20 cents
month and established a defense fund.
A new union of blacksmiths, affiliated
with the International brotherhood of
Blacksmiths, has been organized at Dun
kirk, N. Y.
The threatened strike of Belfast, Ire
land. iron holders has been averted. The
men agreed to accept a reduction of one
shilling a week.
Steps to form Boston (Mass.) branch
of the new A. +. of l.. metal trades de-
partment were begun recently by Boston
machinists' lodge.
September was very busy period with
the organizers in the anthracite field of
Pennsylvania endeavoring to rehabilitate
the miners pnion.
International Brewery Norkmen of
America has a membership of $3.50 in
373 local unions and $50 branches; also
a cash balance in the treasury of $780,
1896. an increase in the last two years.
In order to encourage thrift among its
employees, the Northeastern Railway Com
pany, England, some years ago estab-
lished savings bark, az which deposits
as low as sixpe1ce are received, 4 per
cent interest being paid on accounts up
20 200, and 21a per cent on sums in
excess of that amount.
Ia the 1872 unions, with about $4,000
members, reporting to the New York
State Labor Bureau, the proportion of
idle members, which at the end of Ianu-
airy was 36.9 per cent, and at the end of
February and March 37.5 per cent, de-
clined in April to $50 per cent, in May
TO 32.2 per cent, and in June to 30.2
per cent These figures indicate plainly
a steady though gradual improvement in
the state of employment during the sec.
ond quarter of the year for union labor.
! BY referendum vote the Poster Art
6 hae .1aotIoI
to affiliate with the American Federation
of Labor. The union has passed its tenth
anniversary. and there are locals in every
important labor center of the country.
The new liability bill of New Zealand
provides that every worker who is a
party to strike shall be liable to a f10
fine, and an additional fine of FL for ev-
ery week during which the strike con-
tinues and he remains a party thereto
| The penalties for a lockout are goo for
the initial offense, and ESQ a week dur
| ing its continuation.
Henry Abrahams. secretary of the Bos-
ton c. L. e.. recently predicted the FIVE
/ hour workday in the shoemaking bust
mes, Of New England within very few
years.
Metal polishers. buffers, platers and
brass and silver workers Unions. of Bos
ton. Mass. have already begun the plans
for the international convention. whics
will be held there next August
1t is the plan of the St. Louis Mo. }
labor unions TO build magnificent tenn
pie in which all the labor organization
will have headquarters and which viii
contain a hall so large that convention:
may be held in ST. Louis.
Monthly dues Of the ST. Paul MINI.
Bsrt,srs Union have been increased TO s.
znonth. and a weekly sick beneat Of s
gill be paid in future. The latter is il
addition 20 So week paid by the iEter
| national union, so that members on th'
| sick list wit now receive $40 a week