The log cabin Democrat., 1909-10-15
!@ g! Tn L,abOr'S Realm
 Matters of Especial Interest To and Con- Cernin6 Those Who Do the
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| 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 50,O00 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 ot the International Seamen's union. Indianapolis, Ind. - It is probable that an interesting collection of docu- ments that have some connection with the early history of the Typograrhi- cal union will be formed at the Inter- national Typographical union head quarters in this city. A start already has been trade, and 1t is understood that nun Der of documents of inter- est and value may be added to it. Ia 1 the current issue of the TyTograhpical Journal, the official magazine of the 1 International Typographical union, | there is an editorial on the atier, and in it an invitation is extended l to any of the members of the organ ization who wish to contribute any 1 documents to the collection to do so. 1 l~ t,I erly and filed.
 Milwaukee.-It is expected that the next session of the journeymen bar bers' international convention, which will open in Milwaukee, October 5, the first hC d in five years, will be very interesting one, as many mat ters will be brought up for considera. tion. The subject that will attract the greatest an cunt of attention will i, be the establishment of a home for ged and permanently disabled mem- bers of the craft The proposition is that the mem bers by the contribution of a small amount of the wages earned weekly, shall create a fund which | shall be used to erect a home similar to the one maintained by the print CTS at Colorado Springs, Col.
 Indianapolis, Ind.-If an amendment now being voted upon by the Inter- national Cigar Makers union is adopt. ed, the organization will establish a pension S. stem 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 ef- feet on January 1. 1910, and the first payment of pensions will be made March 1, l9l0 if the amendment Is ratified. At the present time it is intended to levy an assessment of 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 to 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.
 delphia-Brakemen continue to figure as having the most hazard ous 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 1 was SO4, 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 bod carriers strike Is over. At . meeting of the Builders club it was decided to offer the bod carriers 37h 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 70 cents.
 New York.-John Sandgren and c. E. Tholin. representing the Swedish strikers, announced that they had col- lected $50,000 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. It 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- national body, has under considera- tion a proposal to establish a death | tn hn h.