The wageworker., 1909-10-02


organized labor and capital on the
great lakes will be fought in 1910.
Plans for the campaign to be followed
by the unions were started several
weeks ago. Labor leaders have been
working upon them in secret. They
are now perfecting an organization
that will be many times stronger than
any of the old ones. There are $4,000
wage earners on the lakes. Hereto
fore the various kinds of workmen
have had their own unions. These
have been fought singly by the Lake
Carriers association, and one after
another has been defeated. Next sea-
son all the lake workingmen will be
in one big union that will be part of
the international Seamen's union.
Indianapolis, Ind. 1t is probable
that an interesting collection Of docu-
ments that have some connection with
the early history of the Topographic
cal union will be formed at the Inter-
national Typographical union head
quarters in this city. A start already
has been made, and it is understood
that number of documents of inter-
est and value may be added to it. In
the current issue of the Typographical !
Journal, the official magazine of the
International Typographical union,
there is an editorial on the matter,
and in it an invitation is extended
to any of the members of the organ
ization who wish to contribute any
documents to the collection to do SO.
These documents will be listed PROP
erly and filed.
Milwaukee-It is expected that the
next session OF the journeymen bar
bers' international convention, which
will open in Milwaukee, October S,
the first held in five years, will be a
very interesting one, as many mat
ters will be brought up for considera-
ton. The subject that will attract
the greatest amount of attention will
! be the establishment of home for
aged and permanently disabled men,
bers Of the craft. The proposition is
that the members by the contribution
of small amount of the wages earned
weekly, shall create a fund which
| shall be used to erect home similar
| to the one maintained by the print
ers at Colorado Springs, Col.
Indianapolis, Ind.-If an amendment
| llOW USluS NOltu upOA NY LILY
national Cigar Makers union is adopt
ed, the organization will establish a
pension system for old members. The
matter is being favorably acted upon
throughout 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
intended to levy an assessment CT
| 25 cents every quarter, with the in
tention of increasing the amount if
the assessment is not sufficient
Fall River, Mass.-The entire plant
of the Fall River Iron Works mills,
owned by b. D. C. Borden of New
York, which were shut down following
strike of the weavers, will remain
closed and the 5000 operatives will
| continue in idleness. The weavers,
numbering 1000 went on strike 10 en-
force their demands for an increase
| og about ten per cent. in wages, and
| their absence SO ,hampered the other
| departments that the management de-
cided to close the whole plant. The
weavers voted to remain out until the
wage increase is granted.
Philadelphia continue
| to figure as having the most hazard
Gus occupation in Pennsylvania, for
of the number Of deaths in six months
43, or nearly one-third of the total of
| al, were brakemen, and this number
| of deaths is greater than in any other
class of employers. At the same
time the number of brakemen injured
/ was S04, far more than the injuries to
any other class, and nearly one-third
of the total injured. The same ratio
prevailed in each quarter.
Kansas City, Mo.-The Kansas City
hod carriers strike is over. At a
meeting of the Builders club it was
| decided to offer the hod carriers 371a
cents an hour, compromise which
| had been suggested by the state board
of arbitration The union accepted
the offer and the strike was called off.
The strike was called when the con-
tractors refused to increase the car.
riers' pay from 35 cents an hour to 40
cents.
New York-John Sandgren and G..
E. Tholin, representing the Swedish
strikers, announced that they had col
lected $4,000 from workers in this
country and that money was still flow
| ing in. The unions in this city have
been the most generous. The Chica-
go bodies are next.
Washington.-The labor law of the
District of Columbia, passed by con-
gress as an experiment a year ago, is
| reported to be working successfully.
1t has resulted in a reduction of the
number of establishments employing
| children and in general betterment Of
| labor conditions.
San Francisco.-The Janitors' union.
| which is not affiliated with an inter-
| natin,c1 "a llY1dQr cOncidQrQn