Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-11-21

arc Out OI Work. Under the provisions of the British old age pension act paupers are not to receive pensions.
 The Oklahoma mining law has gonu into effect and Is measure to safeguard life and property.
 The report of tho Amalgamated Society of Carpenters, and Joiners shows total membership of 65,S1O Senor Pedro Alvardo, the Mexican millionaire land owner, has given s2,000, ,00t for the purpose of aiding poor Mexicans.
 The mayor of Knoxville, Tenh, re- gently appointed three representa- lives of organized labor to assist in drafting the new city charter.
 San Francisco Cal, Bakers and Confectioners' union has an organ izer at work unionizing the men working in French and Italian bak- cries.
 Nearly 100000 pounds of col ors are used by the United States government annually for printing paper money, revenue and postage stamps. sa'i f In Austria and France the provi- sion of rescue apparatus in mines is made compulsory. In Germany 1t i. optional, but has been voluntarily adopted.
 Farm laborers in the south, paid by the month or year, and fed and supported by the landowner, receive 35 and 40 cents a day during work ing season.
 The most recent acquisition of membership of the A. F. of L., is from Jamaica and the neighboring colonies of Trinidad, Barbadoes and British Guiana. }% gs4
 Denver, Col, with S9 locals, nine central lodges, six state organizations and seven international headquarters can claim to be the best organiz,d city in the union. H
 The first annual convention of the building trades department of the A F. of L. will convene in the city of Denver, Col at 10 a. m., Monday, No vember 23, 1908.
 The number of British panpers re, iiNNGu III OHC udy III AuEuoI III o selected urban districts corresponded to "a rate of 215 per 10,000 of the estimated population.
 Never in the history of Britain or indeed in any other country, were the efforts so great and far reaching as at present for dealing with dis tress and unemployed.
 cninnacc ap1 co rd ,ooo, xx,orly are l., Manchester, England, have adjusted their differences with the manufac- turers, agreeing, temporarily, to ac. cept per cent reduction.
 One political club in New York city has 3S7 members in-the fire de- partment, 1S4 in the dock depart ment and 39 affiliated young women who are public school teachers.
 The last available statistics show that in one year in Germany the sum of about $30,000,000 was paid to invalid workmen to the number oi 71.000, in the form of old age pen sions.
 Mayor George w Guthrie of Pitts. burg, Pa, has affixed his signature tc the ordinance authorizing $150,00C of councilmanic bonds to give work to the unemployed in the parks this winter BR r
 On December at New Orleans, La International Brotherhood of Main tenance-of-Way employees and al Brooklyn. N Y, National Alliance ol Bill Postecs and Billers of America will meet sn convention.
 John J. Hannahan, who was sl. perseded as grand master of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemer and Enginemen at the recent con- vention, has been voted pension ol $100 month by the organization.
 In making permanent an injune. tion against several labor unions, tht supreme judicial court of Massachu setts has ruled that labor unions can not impose fines on their members il order to force them to go out on g strike.
 Memphis, Tenn, Bakers union hal inaugurated label campaign, whici is hoped by the members will be pro ductive of results. The idea is tt place a value upon bread labels aEt thus encourage the use of the uniol product.
 About 1925 tbe question of better wages. shorter hours and the protec tion of the factory operatives begar to De agitated, and from this time or numerous unions of different trades were established in manufacturing centers.
 The use of powder in the anthra cite mines ill Pennsylvania hal .rowr from 30,0S1,S75 pounds il 1892 to 47,636,700 pounds in 1907 In the same period the use of dyna mite increased from ,092, 190 pounds to 10.550,191 pounds. &sA 1ts
 II is regarded as highly probable that the large anthracite mining concerns will adopt the idea of pro viding educational facilities for theil employees, giving practically ever, mine worker in the anthracite regioi the opportunity to learn
 The< .xemburg government R treatib ;ncorrigible vagabondss t. bread and water for the first foul days of their imprisonment,$ $and |. the sl0wests scale iof ordinary die twice . week afterward. The pris ons are said to be emptying fast.
 What is said 10 have been tn, first time in the history of the West moreland, Pa. coal region, religious services were conducted undergrount
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