The wageworker., 1909-08-07
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3hor union. embracing the 2,9uo-v1o
union employees on 10000 miles OF rail-
wes. has just been completed here by
the merger of s5 unions of American.
Canadian and Mexican railroad men.
or affiliated with railway employees.
1t will be known as The Railroad En-
ployes' Department of the American
FEEDER alton of Labor" and though af
conducted as a separate governing
body. The temporary officers Gre H
B. Perham of the Telegraphers' union.
president, and d. W. Roderick of the
Machinists', secretary-reasurer-
permanent organization viii be effect
ed at a meeting in Chicago in August
Joliet, m-Failure of the company
to accede to their demands for a ten
hour instead of an eight-hour day led
to a walkout of 200 car repairers at
the Joliet shops of the Elgin. Joliet
& Eastern The unusual demand for
a ten hour day hinges on the fact
that the men say they can not make
living wages working eight hours and
they declare that they will work two
hours longer to get more money. Un-
der officials at the shops claim that
they have not the work to furnish for
more hours. There are 700 men in the
shops and a sympathetic strike may
result
Indianapolis, Ind.-If an amendment
now being voted upon by Internation-
al Cigar Makers union is adopted. the
organization will establish a pension
system for old members The matter
is being favorably acted upon through
out the entire jurisdiction and the
general opinion is that it will be
adopted. The system will go into eff
feet on January 1, 1910, and the first
payment of pensions will be made
March 1, 1910, if the amendment is
ratified. At the present time, it is in
tended to levy an assessment of 25
cents every quarter. with the inten-
ton of increasing the amount if the
assessment is not sufficient.
Pittsburg.-At conference between
the Republic Iron and Steel Company
and Amalgamated association officials
the 1909 scale was signed, thereby
preventing walkout of about 10, 900
men employed in the Republic Com
pany's plants. The 1909 scale signed
years scale with few minor
changes. The puddlers' scale. also
signed. based on the selling price OF
bar iron, was fixed at $5121s ton
for the next 60 days. This is a reduc.
| ton of 1913 cents under the previous
| basis for puddlers.
Butler, Pa-The strike, which for
| four days tied up the Standard Steel
| Car Company's works. was settled and
the $500 employees of the plant re
turned to work. The settlement is q
partial victory for both Sides The
company officials agreed to take bach
all of the workmen. and consented to
8 reduction of the per cent OF delin
quent rents taken from the pay enve
lopes of the men each week.
| Denver.-Joseph Hutchinson. execu
tive board member of the Western
Federation of Miners made his annual
report He recommended the aboli
ton of the positions of president, vice
| president and the present executive
| board and the creation of new board
| composed of one nonsalaried member
from every state and territory il
| which the organization operates.
New York.-Four thousand men arr
said to have seeded from the Interna
tional Brotherhood of Teamsters ant
formed an organization which they cal
| the Independent International Brother
hood of Teamsters. They are said t<
be mostly men who have been out OF
strike in the city during the last si,
months without the sanction of ths
International brotherhood
La Crosse. Wis.-The board of ar
bitration. appointed to dispose of Ques
tions which caused the recent stree
railwaymen's strike. agreed. TIL,
| principal point was in regard to tn,
| status of Louis Thrun. leader of tn,
strike. whom the company refused Z,
| reinstate because of his alleged ma
| icious activity. The board decides
that he should be put back at work
The company will accept the decision
j Washington, Ind--A portion of tn,
| car repairers and builders at the B
& o. Southwestern shops have beel
| placed on piece work and the rumo
is current that this is the beginning
1 OF the installation of the entire shops
on the piece work plan. 1t was this
method of work which caused the re
cent strike of the machinists on tn,
B. & o. lines, which threatened lik,
situation in this city.
Il Washington.-Union labor will Civ,
Samuel Gompers. president OF th,
American Federation of Labor. an en-
1 thusiastic reception when he visit,
this city after his return from Europe
Mr.. Gompers viii be met at the sta
ton and made the principal figure o
a parade. Several representatives o
labor in congress will address the as
semblage. as will also Mr. Gompers-
Pittsburg, Pa--The Follansbe,
brothers tin mill at Follansbee. "
Va, and the Pope tin mill of this cit,
signed the scale asked for by tn
Amalgamated association thus pre