The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-10-04
WORLD OF INDUSTRY
REVIEW or THE WEEK IN IA.
BORIS REALM VITA NEcAAN.
IcS EVERYWHERE

Mlun.r, in New South Wa!,, ,a-u
only So 10 o. weekly
ON October 10. at htn5lt Mich.
international Association %, Car
Workers will hold it. annual cou,cu.
tion
Altogether the forc.s O, organized
labor all the world o,,r gmouu'"d 10
over eight millions in 1901
Several new and big lulg,. %. at
clini Is are Ia Dee soou to-mad 20 .hr
immediate vicinity Of Boston
From 1895 to 1909 Retail CLERKS
International grew from 5000 10 5O,.
opo members
Tho number Of wom.l member. Do
,ho Berlin. Gcrmany trades council
decreased from 1898. n lsu7 ,o l6.23o
Boa 1900,
The union working nouu oi ro,.
ton Mass, have organized choral
society Tor the purpo.. ol singing la.
hor SONGS al meeting
canadian Northern rau,,r- have
thanked the labor department .,r
their amicablc sct,,m,r. Ar .he
company
Another new union .U- H,.. lud. u
10 tho list OF Mmn,apou. locals. und
gives promis" of becoming one Of the
largest and strong,.t 't Is th- Twin
city Cement WORKER Union
II IS proposed in Chicago. i'l, TO
start campaign for the purpos. Of
securing 81 4 week tor women and tG
for girls who work in stores.
\ grand total OF S7,o2j.OOU was
paid by labor in the last fiscal year for
the assistance of member, In the Unit.
I'd States and Canada
The action of tuo Minneapolis
Trades Assembly in passing n laH To.
/ quiring its delegates 10 wear at least
! four union labels in order 10 qualify a.s
members is attraCting some attention
in outside cities.
Efforts are being made to get the
switchmcn. locomotive engineers. fire
/ men and conductors 10 an1liatc With
the railway department Of the Ameri.
can Federation. The department now
includes all branches OF the mechanI.
cal departments OF railways
The International Typographical
, Union has decided 20 inauguratc 4
campaign in every composing room In
the United States and Canada TO have
each placed in perfect sanitary con.
dition.
A Railway Employers and lnvCstors
Association was organized recently in
Memphis. Tenn. The Brotherhood o,
Railway Clerks. the Brotherhood OF
Locomotive Engineers and the Drotn
crhood of Railway Conductors are rep
resented in the Official roster
The contemplated organization OF
the International Brotherhood OF Rail
way Carmen and the National Car
Workers would have membership cy
ceeding 10000. which would place n
Numerically among the foremost labor
organizations in America.
\ recapitulation of the benefits OF
all kinds paid by the Amalgamatcd
Society Of British Engineers during
The IS years in which benefits Of any
kind have been paid shows that .
total of sl0,27.0O5 has been expended
in the work
The referendum har b-Cu given q
dowr.and out blow by the bOot and
shoe workers. After clectiug it's Ma
tional workers by q referendum yoto
for many years the organization has
gone back 10 the convention system
and will elect its OFFICERS at National
meetings. The elections hereafter
will be for two years.
The most determined effort viii p,
made by the American Federation 9i
Labor to procure an amendment O.
the sherman aut!.trust law that "I
enable the Supreme Court OF N Unit
I'd State, or any other court, To plaC,
the narrow construction upon H. in
stead of the broad construction, as in
the hatters case.
In Oklahoma there arr ut present
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