The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-12-15
IN lABOU'S REALM
REVIEW OF PAST WEEK WITH
ARTISANS AND MECHANICS
IN WORLD or LABOR.

""''UN i| b''-I'lI .0 H'N r'IlhA|'h
at 100000
over 1000 men iu ptu~bme Pa.
have made applications for jobs at
$50 a day to the city They are To-
work iu the parks
The Brotherhood of Locomotive
Engineers number G3.50O members.
and it has contracts with l,2 RAN.
roads in ,hc United States and Cam
ada
notwithstanding trade disputes the
average pa'd-up membership of the
American Federation of Labor has
increased i7el5 in the last fiscal
year
Il is said that since he became
king. Edward VII has allowed no
work 10 Dee performed for his house.
mold that is not done by union la
Dor.
The municipality of Rio de- Iauoiro
has constructed and is preparing TO
rent ~ groups of houses of two
types for worklugmcu. some fo
families and others for single men,
Childrou iu Spain under Is are
'doh1rrcd from working machines hy
means of pedals and also clrcmu
saws mechanical plane, and other
cutting machines, unless furnished
with safety apparatus
The number of women and girls
in the stogy manufacturing industry
in Pittsburg Pa. is larger than in
any other Of the factory trades IN
the city and ouinumbers the men
and boys in the same industry three
to one.
Members of the International Car.
riage and Wagon Workers Union. OF
North America are casting a refer
endum vote in every section or the
United states and Canada for inter.
national officers for the ensuing year.
Boycotting is prohibited by law in
Colorado, Illinois and Indiana. Black
listing is prohibited by law in Col
orado, Connecticut, Florida. Illinois. In
diana. Iowa. Kansas. Minnesota, Mis-
souri,, Montana. Nevada. North Dato-
Ia, oklahoma, Texas Utah Virginia,
Washington and Wisconsin
In California. Colorado Connect.
cut, Indiana, Idaho, Kansas, Massa-
chusetts. Minnesota. Missouri New
Jersey, New York, Ohio Pennsylva-
MIA. Porto Rico and Wisconsin It is
unlawful for an employer to exact
an agreement. either written or ver-
bal, from an empoye not TO Join
any labor organization
The following are the approximate
numbers Of unemployed reported I'm
some of the principal cities Of Great
Britain In tho middle OF September:
London. 100000; Liverpool, 25,OOo:
Glasgow. 2o,0Oi: Manchester. 1000
Belfast. 10000; Sheffield 10000: sun
derlaud. 1900
Rather uau De forced out 81 wo's
through the closing of the mills.
with the attendant distress, steel
workers In the Ohio districts have
agreed TO accept wage reduction,
thereby making It possible for the
plants TO keep running and work to
keep mp. The cut provides a general
reduction in nearly all branches Of
the trade
\ statement is made that the build
ing trades Of the District of Column
bia are steadily gaining ground. that
the amount of fair" work given out
in the first week of November was
$9l5.70O. as against $ll7.3O0 unfair
and that for the month of October
the amount of fair work given out to
contractors was Sl,O33 OO0. as against
$3ii5S0 for the month Of October,
1907
II has been announced that the
National Erectors' association has de-
clared the reports that the House,
smiths and Brldgemen's Union may
again he reorganized by the asso-
citation to be without foundation
According to this announcement, the
union VIII not he reinstated in the
general arbitration plan. and the as.
sociation will insist on the open-shon
| policy.
In accordance with the agreement
entered into between the California
Metal Trades Association and the
Iron Trades Council Of San Francisco
in June OF last year, the workday in
the various iron industries has beer
shortened one-quarter OF an hour
Semi-annual reductions henceforth OF
one-quarter of an hour are to he
made to eventually reach the eight
hour day.