The wageworker., 1909-07-31
In LabOr'S Realm
Matters of Especial Interest To and Con
Cernin& Those Who Do the
Work of the World

employment TO Str1k6-OreakerS wanted
to work in the tin mills throughout
the district. This is at least double
the wages earned by the workmen be-
fore the strike About 25 men were
engaged The strikers are jubilant
over the outlook. claiming the tin
mills have not yet secured an expert
tin worker. The strikers also claim
that the corporation is trying to
starve them into submission, that the
grocers and other shopkeepers have
been warned not to extend further
credit to the strikers. Some alarm
is felt over the announcement from
the steel corporation that it proposes
to establish tin plate center at Gary.
Milwaukee.-The glass bottle blow
ers have a plan of their own for
keeping peace with the employers and
yet maintaining fair labor conditions
1t consists of a conference system,
by which both sides come together
| and give and take, as the logic of
conditions requires. President Den
mis- A Hayes. in his report to the con-
| vention, quoted from the statement
of the National Association of Glass
Bottle and Vial Manufacturers the
1 AoAiO"lAS we UellSte
| which has become a part of the in
dustry has done so much for the de-
| velopment of all engaged as the con-
| ference system for the settlement of
wages" Because of this system, the
organization has not had strike in
eighteen years
Miiwaukee.-Harmony between en-
ployer and employe as the founda-
ton of the best results was the
scheme of a talk by John Mitchell,
| former president of the United Mine
workers of America, before the Glass
Bottle Blowers association of the
United States and Canada Mr..
| Mitchell reviewed labor onditions
generally. He said the glass blow
ers should gain control of the ma
chimes employed in their trade, the
same as crafts in other lines had
reached the point whereby they gov
erned machinery which lessened the
number of employees
| Milwaukee.-The proposition of
erecting and maintaining sani-
tarlum for afflicted members will be
considered at the convention of or
| ganized BARRIERS, which will be held
| in Milwaukee in October. The mat
ter is being agitated among members
and a well defined movement for its
erection has been started. 1t is pro-
posed to maintain a sanitarium
similar to that conducted by the or
ganized printers, who are the pioneers
| in this line as far as organized labor
is concerned.
| Pittsburg.-The resident manager
of the H. C. Frick Company received
| orders to obtain at least 5000 men for
the company's coke ovens through
| out western Pennsylvania New
York. Chicago. Philadelphia and Bos-
ton contract employment concerns
have been instructed to ship all men
obtainable to Pittsburg at once, to be
sent out from here. The Frick Com
pany will advance their coke produc-
ton from 65 to 80 per cent capacity
and the increase calls for the imme-
diate need of the additional men,
| New Haven. Conn--Beginning at
/ once the men in the mechanical de-
partment of the New York, New Hav-
en- & Hartford railroad will be given
six days work weekly instead of four
/ days, the time to which they were re-
i Wuen lnS UuSlHSSS uSQl OSSiOh
was at its worst
Milwaukee.-A $4,000 damage suit
is one of the side issues of the marine
! firemens strike the sequel of recent
street fight in which Joseph Smith, a
| nonunion man. was beaten, it is al
legged, by Robert Clark, business agent
of the union, and Thomas Cunning
ham. In criminal action Judge
Neelen fined Cunningham S25 and
Clark $50. Smith has instituted suit
against them for $4,000 damages.
Galveston. Texas-By Al votes the
International Longshoremen'S Asso-
citation of America refused to seat as
a delegate its former president,
Daniel ]. Keefe, federal commissioner
of immigration and naturalization.
The opposition to Keefe as delegate
was alleged to be solely because he
! is not actively engaged as a dock
| worker.
Sharon, Pa.-With the exception of
three stacks, every blast furnace in
the Shenango valley is in operation
The pig iron production from this 10
cality has increased so per cent dur
ing the past four months. 1t was Of
f1cially announced that five of the 20
hot mills of the local plant of the
American Sheet and Tin Plate Com
pany will be in operation by Friday
of this week.
Denver, Col.-At the convention Of
the International Machinists union in
this city next September, a general
movement will be started to secure
the eight-hour day throughout the
country There will be nothing hasty
or rash in the demand, and a year
may elapse after the request before
the unions take steps to enforce it.
Lordon, Eng.-Samuel Gompers,
president of the American Federation
of Labor. was the guest at a dinner
given by the Labor party at the house
of commons Arthur Henderson, the