The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-06-19


land. under the title ne will bear when
the new constitution becomes efec-
tive. A. r. King of Cleveland was re-
elected general secretary and treas
urer and d. L. Cease of Gle aeland,
editor and manager, both by unanl-
nous votes. Considerable display of
opposition was made to the election
of T. r. Dodge to the office of as
siStant to the president, which he is
now filling by appointment. and all
the vice-grand masters or vice-presi-
dents, as they in future are to be
called. were placed in nomination
against Dodge. Nevertheless he was
elected by vote in excess of two
thirds of the convention Val Fltzpat-
rick of Columbus, A F. Whitney of
Iowa and James Murdoch of Toronto.
Ont. were reelected first. second and
third vice-presidents respectively
Utica. \. Y.-The aHgners en-
ployed by the Remington Typewriter
Company of lion have gone on
strike The strike is based on de-
mand that they be permitted to do
all the aligning of machines manu-
featured in the lion plant and that
none of it shall be done in other de-
partments, which has been the case
when the plant is rushed with orders
1t is rumored that an attempt will be
made to import aligners from the
Smith Premier pl.Ot at Syracuse
when work is resumed in the Reming
ton factory. The residents of lion,
and particularly the business men,
are becoming alarmed over the situa-
ton and are fearful that the strike of
the aligrers is only the beginning of
grave labor troubles in the big manu-
factory.
Paterson. n. with new orders
for hundreds of locomotives on its
books the American Locomotive Com
pany is making arrangements to re-
open at an early date the Rogers Lo-
connective works. For a great many
years the Rogers plant wa; one of the
mainstays of Paterson. In flush times
it gives employment to 1000 men,
most of them high-class mechanics,
and in ordinary times It's employees
number from 200 to 1900 Its pay
roll runs from 81 ,O0O, 900 to 81 000. 900
a year and the number OF persons at
fected by the closing CT opening of
The Rogers works had to be closed
down on March 1, 1908. because of a
complete lack of orders
Peoria, IIl-Following a session
that lasted II days, the fourth bien
NAL convention of the Switchmen's
Union of North America came to a
close here. The work of the last SeS
sion consisted in securing two mem
| bers for the grand board of directors
the other three having been already
| chosen. TIE board elected is
as follows: R. ]. Martin, Minneap
oils; H. D. Nolan, Cincinnati; NJ
Boyle. Chicago; H W. Duly. Buffalo;
W. A Titus, Cleveland. Following &
heated contest on the election of ed
itor of the official organ, the Switch
mems Journal, S. W. A Thompson o.
East ST. Louis was elected to the of
fee, defeating E D. Jackson.
| Pittsburg, Pa.-The total member
| ship of the United Mine Workers o
| America, according to the latest fig
| ures compiled at the national head
| quarters of the organization, is nov
about 3O9,00O This is the larges
| paid-up membership on record in tn,
history of the prosperous organiza
| ton.
/ Chicago.-After 46 hours of discus
| sion the jury in the Madden case es
tablished a record in labor" cases il
Cook county by finding Martin B
c.Skinny'D Madden, president of tn
Chicago Building Trades council; NJ
]. Boyle and Fred A Pouchot guilt,
OF conspiring to extort money in
labor strike. The jury fixed the pun
ishment at a fine of $500 for each o
the convicted men. The verdict wa
the result of a compromise between
jurors who wanted to send Maddel
and his fellow-conspirators to the per
itentiary and jurors who wanted +
free them.
HI Atlanta Ga.-The strike of the fire
men on the Georgia railroad was dc
c1ared off. The terms of the settle
ment were not given out, but it wa
learned that they were substantial
as follows: The men to return t
work under conditions existing at tn
time the strike began until final az
justment is made. All negro fireme
at the terminal stations will be di:
pensed with. All discharged brother
hood firemen will be reinStated.
Il Hazleton, Pa--Children under foul
teen, who cannot read and write, wi
be taken out of mills and factorie
by truant officers
Boston--Boston Coal Teamster
| |
committee to make recommend;
tions for rules for the establishmeI
of a permanent local sick benefit sy
tenn.
Worcester, Mass.-Sheet met;
workers have signed an agreemeI
under which the eight-hour work da
will go into effect July 1. The unio
is also officially recognized.
III Augusta, Me.-In Maine the worl
ing hours, of women and children