The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-10-13

has i3.1i0 members.
There are almost 100000 dressmak-
crs in the United S'ates.
Albany. y. Y, labor unions have /
erected and opened tuberculosis pa
villou
on October 20. at Cohics y. Y, the
United Textile Workers of America /
will meet In convention
The first organization in the present
form Of a trades union was establish 7.
ed by the tailors IN 1906.
\ miners examination law va
passed by the last Illinois legislature.
The various central bodies Of Or.
angc county. y. Y, have joined a ]
county labor union.
Ohio's new label law provides pen
altics for the unauthorized use of un-
ion cmblcms.
The annual convention of the Mas
sachusetts Branch Of \. +. of h..
will be hell at Lowell, beginning Mon.
dav. October -.
At the Krupp works iu Germany the
increase in the wages paid during
1907 compared with 1879. was - per
cent
II ha. been decided by the leather
workers to make universal demand
for the eight.hour day within the next
two years.
According to labor minister Mllar,
the wage earners of New Zealand AZ,
now in revolt against the arbitration
courts.
In all the civilized countries Of the
world go per cent of the persons over
10 years of age have TO work for their
living.
International cotton spinncrs' union
has presented Samuel Ross of New
Berford Mass, its veteran . ecretary,
with n silver service Of nfty pieces.
Rev Milnot J. Savage Of Boston.
Mass has declared that all wage.
oarncrs should be members of unions
of their crafts and in a recent sermon
he urged all non unionis's 10 join
Davir Glrwood. republican nominee
for the Assembly in the thirtieth Cal
iforna district has received the en-
dorscmcut Of Journcymcn Stone cut.
ters and the marble workers, TO both
Of which unions he belongs.
In Italy persons from - 10 :, can
not 90 cmp'GvcI in an apor r"c
than hours day, NWi'c females o.
any age are limitel 10 IL hnur
James Kerr Iardle, tn Bri ish So
cialst member Of parliament expects
70 return in January to a'd In organ
izing the trades union and Socialist
movements in this country into one
great political force.
The average hourly wage in the
/ United States In 1897 were higher
/ than in any other year of the period
1890 TO 1897, AMI more rhan 20 per
/ cent higher than the average in any
year from 1890 TO 1900.
The secretary of the Illinois state
Federation Of Labor has issued the Of
fetal call for she twenty seventh an.
nual convention OF that organization
which will be I'm Peoria on October
20
\ practical test of es ablishing hir
ing fairs for the unemployed durln-
the principal market day Of the week
in Belfast, Ireland had but little re
suit. as only two men out of fif eer
hundred were hired.
In payment Of provident benefits
Britain stands first, Germany second
Austria third; but in strikes and lock
outs Germany sands hrst.
Denmark claims the highest PEI
centage Of organized workers, the pro
portion being 5291; Sweden 3s.77 an'
Britain 1897.
Factory operatives in India nov
number G9O,7l2 against j216l7 II
l9O203 and the total number of fac
tories h@ risen in rhe past five year,
from / 500 10 1855.
Among the residents of the Amerl
can zone on the Isthmus of Panam
there are near 80 nationalities. Grea
Britain leads with 10000 citizens, IN
majority being common laborers fron
the West Indies.
In Paris canteens have been organ
lied ut the telephone exchanges
where the girls can obtain for j. o
II cents a meal consisting of roas
beef or mutton with plenty of sweets
To the increaped supply of porteids-
the fuel of the nervous system to th
girls, the Paris telephone system owe
great improvement
A movement is on foot TO reorgai