The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-06-05


that 100000 citizens of the United
States are out of work. Mr. Morrison
declared this to be conservative es-
innate. He said that these we're the
figures agreed upon at an informal
conference of the officers of the Amer
lean Federation of Labor, held at head
quarters, and in which President Com
pers participated. This statement, he
said. was the consensus of most care
full estimates made by men who are
thoroughly familiar with conditions of
employment throughout the United
! States.
Baltimore Md.-The striking ma
chinists of the Baltimore & Ohio rail-
| road at the Mount Clare shops here, at
| a meeting voted to seek conference
with Vice-President George L. Potter
of the railroad in an endeavor to set
tie the differences between the strikers
and the company. The chief point at
issue Is the establishment of the
piece work system at the erecting
shop at Mount Clare, which the men
oppose. An extension of the strike to
other shops of the company is threat
ened by the men if their demands are
not granted.
Chicago.-Work has been begun by
the Pullman Company on So 900, 000
Improvement of the car shops at Pull
man, which will make them the 1arg-
est car construction plant in one unit
in the world. The expenditure was de-
cided upon by the board recently in
| the belief that by the time the addi-
tons to the works are completed,
which will be in September, the COM
pany will be able to place the entire
output of between 10000 and $4,000
freight and passenger cars year.
New York.-The plan of the wom-
ems auxiliaries has been tried and
found practicable. A little over year
ago the Label Council of. Women's
Auxiliaries of Greater New York was
formed with four auxiliaries. To-day
there are II. with two new ones in
process of formation. These auxiliaries
while yet small in individual member
ship, because the movement is new
one, have proved wonderfully effective
in their work.
Detroit--The strike of lake seamen,
marine firemen, cooks and stewards
will be a "nonresistance@ conflict so
far as physical force is concerned, ac-
cording to plans announced by General
} Secretary Victor A. Olander of the
Lake Seamen's union. In his strike
report to the Chicago Federation of
Labor he emphasized particularly that
the union will tolerate no violence on
the part of the strikers
Wilkesbarre, Pa.-Because of the
large amount of coal on hand, due to
the overproduction during the winter,
several of the larger mining compan-
les issued orders suspending work at
their washeries for an indefinite
! period The operators also expect to
, close down several of their collieries
within two weeks. The prediction is
. for a dull summer in the anthracite
mining region.
: Louisville, Ky.-Arthur Brown of
Louisville, general foreman of the
i boiler department in the Louisville &
Nashville shops. was elected president
, of the International Boiler Makers as
ISOLATION Cincinnati won over Nj
agara Falls for the next meeting place
{ by a close vote A. N Lucas, Mil
l waukee. is first vice president; Harry
: D. Vought. secretary, and Frank Gary.
: treasurer
: Chicago.-In 1864 the Cigar Makers
International union was established
: Boston--Boston ladies' tailors and
dressmakers recently established a
2 rule that no member could work over
time while there were members unem-
ployed- Several members violated the
e rule. Recently they made their
+ peace with the union by paying to
he -
) the time of the violation the full
: amounts they had received for all over
!. time work
' Milwaukee. visa meeting OF
= plumbers, representing all of the
t unions in the state, will be held here
t the first Sunday in August to perfect
e a state organization of plumbers Ma
t tional Organizer Kennedy viii leave
d Milwaukee in a few days to visit all
e of the unions in the state and urge
D them to send representatives to the
;, meeting
Chicago-Two hundred machinists
u employed at the plant of the Thomas
g Brass and Iron Company at Wauke
0 gan went out on strike as the result,
# of a 20 per cent cut in wages The
e factory, which is operated by MIIwau
kee capital. probably viii have to shu
y down Most of the strikers are unior
II men
5 New York-Grave diggers of thi.
city recently formed labor union
s London. Eng-The report of the
; ninth annual conference of the British
g labor party, recently published
showed that at the close of 1905 there
were affiliated 172 trades unions, witt
n a total membership of L .121 ,256. and
n two Socialist societies, with a mem
n bership of q, 465-aggregate, ], las, 721
vi Washington,-The International AS
ISOLATION of Marble Workers viii holt
t its annual convention in this cit,
RI June 4