The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-06-08
the WORLD OF LABOR

OF women labor leaders WHO are ]
doing very effective service.
Chinese must pay s25OO each to
enter Peru.
san Francisco. Cal. unions have
taken the first step toward erecting
permanent labor temple.
President Tom Lewis is expected
to visit the coal fields OF West
Virginia in an effort to unionizc that
territory
There are about 1900 coal miners
in Mexico The average wage is
1928 a day
At the Union Printers Home at
Colorado Springs. Colo, a library has
been established which is one OF the
largest organizations libraries in the
United states
The report of the cigar Makers
International Union shows that In
/ the last % years the grand total
/ OF benefits paid to members has
been sS.372.7S3.
Strike.breaking moulders in Hamil.
ton. Can. went on strike because their
pay was not raised from $3.50 per day
To S3.75.
In Russia an unmarried farm serv.
ant receives $50 to s35 year. with
free board II a married man with
family. he receives in proportion to
the children he has.
The manufacture of wire glass Is
Of st. Louis origin. and the largest
factory in the world devoted to this
product is in that city. 1t employees
$50 men.
The Order of Railway Conductors
was originally called the "Conduc.
tors Brotherhood" and was organized
at Mendoza. ILL.,. July 6, 1865. as a so
cial fraternal and insurance organiza.
tion.
An amalgamation of all industries
suffering from japanese competition
for the purpose of driving the Orien.
tails from the commercial field OF the
Pacific Coast has been suggested.
Estimates of the number OF trades
p unionists in France vary considerably
hut there are probably 100000 mem
, whom belong to the Confederation du
Travail" or the Federation of Labor
Probably the largest percentage ol
r workingmen in the trades unions oI
5 any country in Europe are to be
/ found in Denmark and Sweden. tn,
I Denmark trades unions containing
D fully 80 per cent of the toilers ant
. Sweden about 3S per cent.
!. Trades unionists in Great Britain
!. according to the most reliable figures
k have n total membership OF 2,100,00
r of which .ver 10000 are womel
y 1t is estimated that 30 per cent OF tn
r workers in Great Britain are connect
$ ed with the trades unions.
r Children from to 10 years of ag
!. are employed in the sulphur mines o
Caltomsetta, Sicily. to carry the SUI
r phur TO the surface of the earth. Th
d occupation is very unhealthy. and tn
n children, after two or thee years
: service, become complete physicia
:, wrecks.
% In both France and Italy many O
the municipalities have establishe
IT trades and labor halls, or chambers
I which not only serve as bureaus G
e registration, but do many of the otl
a er things which are done by our trad
e. and labor unions for their members
The United States, with its $4,000
900 trades unionists, Is in the lead /
working women who are in the trade
,t union movement, even though the pc
-b centage OF workingmen in the trade
unions is not as great as 1t Is in som
- countries in Europe.
rs II is reported that the operator
lie employed by the Western Union Tel
n graph Company on the Pacific Goa
~ are to receive an increase of 10 p,
cent in their salaries. This will brln
o. the pay OF first-class operators up
'r. sSS a month, and others will be a
~ ~ vanced proportionately, About LOT
rs operators will be affected.
Probably the largest back.pay
m cision ever rendered in this COUNT
has been won by the pressmen eI
ployed on the San Francisco Bullet
mr. The amount awarded the pressm,
an was $4,000. The decision was MAJ
nd by the joint arbitration board of Il
ar American Newspaper Publishers A
s., sociation and the International Prir
ge ing Pressmen and Assistants Unio
ed In Great Britain a child may /
ed gin working in a factory or above 4
ground at a mine when IL years
age, but must attend school regular
half time, at II wears OF age he m