The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-09-26

Locomotive Engineers will erect its
new home and office building on the
southeast corner of ST. Clair avenue
and Ontario street Grand Chief
Warden s. Stone announced the plans
have been drawn up for the purchase
of the site The brotherhood is pay
ing 5000. 900 for the corner. Mr.. Stone
stated that the project calls for a total
outlay of 81 600. 900 including the price
paid for the land Construction will
start ut once.
Madrid. Spain.-The law in Spain
which already fixed the maximum
working hours for children between
the ages of 10 and IA years. limiting
them to six hours in mills and other
industrial establishments. and to eight
hours in shops and Offices. and which
further prohibited them from being
employed on night work. has until now
made no regulations against the en-
ployment of women and children in
certain harmful branches of industry
Cleveland. O--Secretary Thomas of
the Ohio Federation of Labor an
nounees that during the month of
August 30 new unions affiliated with
that body Already 50 delegates have
been elected 10 the state convention
in Dayton next month. about a dozen
being from this city. with many more
to follow.
Washington.-In the matter of fac
safety of employees. legislative action
was taken in SO states and territories
last year These include all states in
xr-t,r y, ,sv,sx,
pioys considerable number of per-
sons In Ii states new enactments
touching upon this subject were writ
ten into the statutes
| Shington.-According to the
monthly report of the bureau of navi-
CATION 125 sail and steam vessels were
built in the United States during Au-
(! gust which were officially numbered.
These included FIVE steel vessels and
| 1s0 wooden vessels of which 1S are
sailing ships
| Vallejo. Calais a result of COM
plants made by the trades council,
department to observe the provisions
of the California child labor law in
employing boys at the Mare Island
| navy yard
New York--Outsiie of the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor. the largest
labor organizations in the country are
the great railroad brotherhoods, six in
number. which include something like
a million workers. divided up into
thousands of local unions.
London.-During June the average
number employed daily at the docks
and principal wharves in this city
was 1e.Ois. a decrease of 81 per cent,
as compared with month ago. and of
o. per cent. as compared with June
1907.
LoRdon.-The Scotch Shipbuild1ng
Employers Federation and the Mems
union are arranging for joint agree
ment. and the mems union has APP
pointed seven well-known representa-
lives to draft a constitution
/ New York-The cooperS' local
unions will vote on a proposition to
do away with conventions and adopt
the initiative and referendum system
in conducting the affairs of the or
SANITATION.
. Reading. Pa-The Reading COM
pany posted notices at its locomotive
and car shops in this city notifying
the men that they viii work longer
hours The order went into effect
September Ia and affects 400 men
Austin. Text is announced that rs
a result CT Samuel Gompers recent
visit to Texas a political alliance has
been formed between the National
Farmers union and the American Fed.
Grafton of Labor.
New York--The lourneymen tailors
general executive board has inter
preted the law relating to sick bene
fits to mean that no such benefits can
be paid to any member while outside
the United States or Canada
; Phiiadeiphia.-After being idle fol
; | about nine months the Leechburg, Pa
plant of the American Sheet and Tin
plate company resumed operations
About forty-men returned to work.
!; Glasgow, Scotland.-The recent
| trade union congress passed resolu
| | lions in favor of old age pensions and
in favor of compulsory Intervention in
labor disputes
Lynn. Mass.-Building trade unions
are getting together for one central
council that viii include ALL
] San Francisco.-The Drug Clerks
, Union has opened an employment blu
. reau for clerks
: Washington.-The Trades Unionis1
has been taken out of the receiver
hands.
: Glasgow-James keir Hardie, So
: cialist member of the house of com
mons. has sailed for Canada and the
; United States The object of MI
I Hardie's tour is to try to amalgamate
the American and Canadian trades
/ unionists and Socialists into one Pc
: litical organization like the British
labor party
New York--By a referendum vote