The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-03-27

one of the largest of the indeDendeut
steel concerns notices were posted of
= reduction from top to bottom, affect
ing several thousand men The reduc-
ton extends from unskiIled labor to
the highest grade of workmen and
20 the Office force. in the highest
grades amounting to straight cut of
ten per cent Laborers have been
working on an hourly scale ranging
from 121e to IL cents, and under the
new schedule all are put on a fat
rate of II cents This was the first
announcement of wage reduction since
s-he heavy cutting of the price of I'm
ished steel the week before When
President Clarke gave out the state
ment of these reductions from the
headquarters at New York. he said
they would not affect the policy of
maintaining steel rails at SeI tom as
he did not see how they could be made
at profit any cheaper Reductions
by other steel companies were expect
ed 10 follow
Wilkes barre. Pat is said that
even should the coal operators refuse
10 grant any of the anthracite mine
workers demands there viii be no
| strike until next fall Men close 10
the union leaders say the miners would
| not risk strike at the threshold of
| summer. especially in view of the fact
| that the operators have 10000 900 or
i II. 00o. 600 tons of coal on hand At
| the national convention in January it
! was generally understood to be the
| sense of the scale committee COM
posed of 25 district presidents that
there should be no suspension of min
ago. whether a new agreement was
reached or not
New York--An the locals of the
:Bricklayers' and Masons' Interna-
:tional union have been warned by its
international officers against ordering
| any strikes without the sanction of
the executive board of the Interna-
donal union and before any action is
taken looking toward a strike the
board must be notified so that the ex-
ecutive officers may have an opportu-
nifty of trying to effect a settlement
| without strike A member of the 10
| cal executive board of the bricklayers
unions said that any local disobeying
ahis rule will be disciplined
Houston. Tex--A final conference
looking to an adjustment of the diner
ences of the Southern Pacific railway
lind the conductors of the Atlantic sys-
tenn of the road was heard by the
grievance committee of the Order Of
Railway Conductors and Vice-Presi-
dent Fay of the road 1t is learned.
1oweyer. that whatever may be the
result of the conference no strike will
be called. the recent poll OF the con-
ductors employed on the road failing
TO show majority or two-thirds favor
ing strike if necessary
New York-The Eastern Pig Iron
association, which is made up of the
practically agreed to reduce the wages
of its workmen ten per cent Similar
reductions, it is said, will be made
later on the part of all blast furnaces
in the country and between 50. 900 and
10000 men will be affected
l. Minneapolis.-A movement is under
way for the organization of a pipe
trades council A special committee
uof four has been appointed by the
Plumbers and Steamftters' unions.
and similar committees will be ap-
pointed as soon as practicable by the
other trades interested
Brockton. Mass-The factories of
the w. L. Douglas Shoe Company re-
stunned full activity with the return of
the 425 stitchers who had been on
strike since March 1, causing the en-
forced idleness of about 1850 oJe--
/ hot bo
strikers and their employers an agree
ment was reached, but the terms were
mot made public
l. Hazleton. Pa-The union painters
presented their demands for the en-
suing year to their employers The
principal demand is for an increase in
wages from so to 33 cents an hour
beginning April L. 1t is claimed by the
master painters that they do not see
how they can grant this, because OF
competition from outside towns. where
the scale is lower than here
Beverly, Mass-The plant of the
United Shoe Machinery Company in
: this city has started on full time For
about year the plant has been run
ming nine hours a day and an hour a
day Will be added. About $500 hands
are employed.
Roanoke, Val H. Taylor and w
e Howery announce that they viii al
once erect a roller mill here with a
, capacity of $50 barrels of -four day
e.-Representatives of the
Milwaukee Brewers association and
employees of Milwaukee breweries in
conference agreed on three years
wage scale. Employees Will receive an
: increase from so cents to one dollar
a week, depending upon the class o.
, work The increase is about one-hali
, the amount demanded by the work
.ers- The agreement affects about
1000 workmen.
Cincinnati Starting with a me-rr