The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1909-03-11

in the 1909 assembly of the New Yorl;
legislature.
The Bulgarian Sobranjc has voted to
tax bachelors over thirty years of age
50 yearly. The proceeds will be de
voted to education
A bill was introduced in the Colorado
legislature making it a misdemcanor to
give, accept or solicit a tip except on a
sleeping car.
The Hatters are making brave and
winning fight against the Hat Manufac-
turers Association. Here is q fight
where every man can be of assistance
and without any expense to himself. All
that is required is to insist on the label
when buying a hat. Is there anything
easier?
The Kansas supreme court, on Jan.
uary Q, affirmed the verdict against the
international Harvester Company. The
company must pay fine of $4,000 on
forty-two charges of violating the Kan
sas Antitrust law.
The result of census Of occupations
taken in December, 1907, just published
shows the number of persons engaged in
industry and trade in Prussia was in.
creased by 100000 from 1895 to 1907
while the number engaged in agriculture
was decreased by 100000.
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A remarkable religious boycott has
been started in Jerusalem. All the
Greek churches in the city are closed and
none of the native adherents will enter
one of the edifices. The trouble began
because the natives demanded a voice
in the affairs of the church.
The Ministry of Education recently
introduced bill before the Douma, pro-
vding for a building fund for the cree
tion of l4S,l79 new primary schools
throughout the empire within ten years
A statute providing for general COM
pulsory education is to he discussed in
the Douma.
A house-to house census which has
been taken under the auspices of the
Berlin trades unions shows total of un-
employed persons in Berlin of 67 1867, in
addition to 33,933 unemployed in the
suburbs. The municipality will carry
out a similar census, but has called upon
the unemployed to report at various cen.
ters.
Among the bills introduced in the
California senate is one by Mare An
thong, asking the governor to issue a
proclamation prior to the general cleo
tion of 1909, calling upon the people to
register their sentiments "for or against
Asiatic immigration" upon a part of
the official ballot to be reserved for the
purpose.
The Chicago Telephone company,
through b. L. Sunny, president, announc-
ed the organization of a benefit associa-
tion for its 5000 employees. The plan
or organization is the result of several
months work by committee appointed
to investigate the subject. The COM
pany announces that it will contribute
toward the benefit.
A pension fund for the benefit of dis
abled miners, to be maintained Jointly
by the miners and operators and of which
the state will be trustee, has been pro-
posed to the Indiana legislature. No
tices of the proposed creation of the
fund and the method of its establishment
have been sent to secretaries of the var
ious local unions of the United Mine
Workers, and a number of favorable re-
plies have been received James Ep-
person, state mine inspector, originated
the idea.
The most sweeping victory ever OBJ
tanned by labor union came out of Su.
perior Judge Seawell's court of Califor
mia in the sustaining of the demurrer of
"
1t develops that the labor agencies in
the big cities and assembling points in
the country, as well as the railroads,
have given no attention to the statute
in dealing with men hired for railroad
work.
1t is said by those who have investi-
gated the subject that few of those
hired to work ON railroads and pro-
vided with passes to the pace of EN-.
ployment are bona fide workmen.