The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-09-27
WORLD Or INDUSTRY
REVIEW OF rhe WEEK WITH Ar.
TISANS AND MECHANICS IN
EVERY LAND.

Organized workers Of superior,
Wis, are TO erect . $4,000 labor ten.
pie and club house.
There seems to De- as yet no appa.
rent improvement IN either tho car.
pcnter or shipbuilding trade in Ems.
land
BARRIERS international Convention
will decide a. to the building Of a
home for aged members OF the craft.
The Western Federation of Miners
vii, make a fight for the SIX hour day
in abnor7nally hot mines.
Hamilton, Can, trade unionists dec.
GRATED the graves OF union men In
the city cemeteries on recent sun
day
Brussels has a rather large coop
erstivc establishment organized by 1
number OF working people.
on October az Milwaukee, Wis.
Journeymen BARRIERS International
Union Of America will convene.
St Paul. MINI, hiicklaycrs who
We're in an independent organization
have cast their lot with the regular
International
Hollands statesmen are discussing
the suppression Of the industries car.
ried on in the workers miserable
homes
The fight OF the locked.ou; hattcrs
will exceed In magnitude the previous
record Of the printers In their eight.
hour fight, which cost sij00,000 TO
win.
Tho first strike I'm the United states
occurred n 1903. when number of
sailors In New York city struck for
an increase in wages
On October (. at Toronto, Ont,
Amalgamated Association Of Street
aud Electric Railway Employees oG
America will meet in convention.
It has been decided tha; the first
State convention Of BARRIERS IN Califor.
MIA shall be- held In Oakland. com.
mencing Wednesday. Sept. %. Not
less than thirty locals will be repre-.
scntcd.
. II Is proposed that during the bcs-
sion OF the American Federation of
Labor at Toronto next November, a
/ Temperance Fellowship similar to
. the British organization be launched.
/ For at least three consecutive years
President Gompers has called atten-
I tIon In his annual report. TO the ne
cessity OF labor unions cutting loose
| from the saloon in the selection OF
their meeting places.
On October at Milwaukee, Wis.
International Union OF Shripwrights.
Jo!ncrs. Caulkcrs. Boat Builders ana
Ship Cabinet Makers OF America will
hold its annual convention.
At meeting OF the executive
board OF the Miners Union held in
Scranton II was announced that In the
near future the courts will be petition.
cd to appoint new mine examiners IN
Lackawanna and Lu2erna counties.
The Holland Trade Unions are or
ganizing those workers whose occu-
pations and numbers Offer a field for
union action. The unions have al.
ready done much In the cities Of lIOl.
land to raise wages
The mine workers organization
which is back OF the Investigation
which has disclosed wholesale viola.
tions OF the law covering the issuanc,
OF miners certificates, will carry the
reform into all parts OF the anthracite
region.
Tho labor law in tho Distric. o,
Columbia passed by congress as al
experiment q year ago, is reported q
be working successfully. 1t has re
suited IN a reduction OF the number
Of establishments employing children
and IN general bettermcnt Of labor
conditions.
The Western Federation OF Miners
convention has adopted resolution
which calls for a union conference oi
all organizations In the mining tldus
tries. This action II the first stc'
toward ultimate affilIation or closer
union with the United Mine Workers
OF America and kindred organizations
Retail Clerks International Protec
tive Association has decided 10 put OF
an extra assessment on members FOL
the purpose Of creating a dcfens'
fund. The growth OF the clerks ass,.
citation has been phenomenal. A ref
erendum vote will soon be- taken tt
elect q national secretary to occupy
the chair recently vacated by tbs
death OF Max Morris
The chauffeurs Of this country are
soon to BE- enrolled with the various
branches OF the International Brother
hood 70 Team ters The internatl ona