The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-03-23

ing pressmcn refuse re- pay tho 10
per cent levy of the International
/ The brotherhood OF Locomotive
Engineers has let the ste0l contract
for its now 1j.s'ory buil'ing at.
/ Cleveland, Ohio. which will cost
/ 81 600. 600.
Since the adjournment Of the state.
/ federation convention. held I'm san
| Francisco. Cal. last October, ~ Now
rrions have been organized ana II.
have rc-affiiatcd with the federation
International Printing Prcsswcn'
prd Assistants Union at JACKSON,
Mlss. has established an increase of.
approximately s per cent.
\ bill has been introduced in the
ITcnnsyl, anna legislature which li"-I
/ its IN day Of a hoisting engineer in
/ the mines TO eight hours.
Amalcamarcd brotherhood Of Ca.
rcnters ana Joncrs headquarters
building now i'm process Of erection
n, indianapolis. will be- rady for.
occupancy on April L. It viii cost
when completed. over 10000
Fifteen thousand hattcrs aro c--.
timatcd TO be on strike now. Of which
600 are women.
San Francisco Bakers and con-.
fcctionps' Union recently decided
10 organize all the helpers iu local
h,keries into an auxiliary to he0
local
An effort is being made by Seattle
Wash musicians 20 have thu con
vcntion Of 1910 American Federation
Of Musicians. held in that city.
Moving picture operators at san
Francisco. Cll have hoon organized
into union. as auxiliary 10 the
union Of theatrical stage employees.
The United Knitters' Association.
a union Of Hebrew workers. al
/ brooklyn ~ Y. has been lockc1 n
ont because their employees desire
10 have open shops.
\ proposition OF the representa-
tivcs Of tho Farmers Union ar Frcs-
no. Cal. is to establish sort of
clearing house where dealers orI
consumers can procure The products
Of the county al a fixed price.
Officers Of the International Photo
r~avcrs will commend the proposed
International unions compact with the
allied printing trades and recon-
rend that the union proceed along
the lines Of the same.
/ Members Of trades unions in Wash
/ ington. u. C., affiliated with the.
/ Central labor Union 20 nos take
/ kindly 10 tho so-called "miXed union.
/ OF bosses and workmen
The carpet mechanics have been
/ notified that they must live mp TO.
the laws OF the American Federation
/ oe labor and affiliate with the Up
/ hclstcrcrs' International Union.
The assessment now being collect.
| Cd for the enforcement Of the eight
hour rule in all bindcries will soon
bc discontinued as nearly all m"
( hindcries in the country have come
/ within that rule.
The average earnings for organized
vorkinrmen In New York state IN
the rhird Quarte~ of zoos WIS s9o7
ae compared with 1927 In 1907
or 1926 in 1905
Negroes Of Georgia have startc' n
colony plan for their race in that
state The plan Is 10 buy 10000
acros of l1rd and divide Il into 400
farms Of fifty acres each. the land
20 hc paid for IN cotton.
Samuel Gompers president Of N"
American Federation ~ Labor. has
advised New York uric"s that ~
executive council at this time does
not favor the plan Of nassing rosolu.
tions against local option
\ rerort from the international
office Of rhc Cigar Makes Union
shows that during the vcor Of 1o0S
there were sent 10 local unions %
17215G blue labels. In 1907 the ruw-
her was 81 Sc. .O94. ~, decrease is
attributed 20 donression
II Is not Illegal for a union labnr
Organization % Dicket nlaco Of
husircss that has been declared "un-
fair" n the pickcting IS done in a
peaceable manner according 10 %
recent judicial decision at Oakland.
Cal.
\ temporary Injunction has hoon
granted against Officers OF tho Va.
'iCral window Glpss Workers Union
at Sandusky Ohio, who r. Is al
legged, have been irtimidating for