The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-03-02

Trainmcn on the Grand Trunk
railway will ask for new working
schedule
In Noyia Scotia $4,000 men earn
their living on the sea.
Women policemen are proposed for
the Bayonne, y. J. parks next sum
mer.
It takes Persian rug weaver
about twenty days to weave a square
foot.
There were 65 trade disputes in
Canada in 1908. as compared with 1i9
in 1907.
Nearly 10000 women are employed
in Prussia as brickmakcrs An IL
hour dag is the rule
The accident liability Of the brake.
men OF the United States is greater
than that Of any other country.
In 1915 the first Industrial Con.
gress Of the United States convened
in New York City.
The Russian secret service cmploys
over 5000 women. Some draw sal
arv of $4,000 year
There are many miners in the an
thracite region who do not average
81 25 a day for their labor.
The largest pin factory in the world
is at Birmingham England It turns
out 81 100000 pins every day.
The lady operators of the trunk
general pos'officc have organized
German engine drivers receive a
gold medal and $500 for every ten
years of service without accident
Canadian mine workers are discuss.
ing affiliation with the Western Fed.
eraton Of Miners.
Starting with a membership OF ov.
or 100 the Tailors' and Cleaners
Protective association OF Cincinnati
and vicinity was launched recently
The first wood pulp paper was
made about 1867. but the industry did
not assume commercial Importance
until long after that.
The American Association baseball
clubs have recently decided that in
the future all printing OF the clubs
shall bear the union label
Government statistics for six years
show that OF 900, 900 deaths of males
. per cent were due TO accidents
while following their vocations.
Wire hairpins were first manufac
tured in England in 15i5. The female
coiffures were held in pace by fine
wooden skewers before that time.
The court of appeals OF Georgia
has decided that stenographer is {
laborer and entitled to have his sal
airy exempted from garnishment.
\ claim has been made by the Nil
bourne Australia Typographical So
ciety for an increase OF wages anc
shortened hours OF work for hanC
compositors.
4 dispute which threatened TO in
volve strike of nearly 10000 men a
Summit Colliery, Kirbidn.Nshfield,
Eng. was settled by mutual agree
ment.
The various locals of the Interna
tional Alliance OF Theatrical Stat,
Employees are voting by referendum
on n proposition to issue an officia
organ.
The labor laws in France for tn
protection OF women and children or
: " etxend at present TO those en-
!. ployed in Industrial as distinct fror
commercial establishments.
Skilled men in the works Of tn
= South Durham, Eng Steel & 1ro
! Company, Ltd, earn on an ayerag
3 of sS4O a day.
d The wage scale OF the St Pau
n Mimi. Painters Union has been al
proved by the International eXecutiy
board. II will bring the 81. Pal
l. scale mp to that of Minneapolis, ,-ther
# being a difference last year of q
cents an hour.
International unions affiliated vii
the 4. +. of l.. paid out the followin
S benefits during last year; Death be
! efus. sl,257 900: sick benefits $50;
a 600: unemployed benefits, s5l,OOC
l. death benefits account of member
l. wives. $31 400; total insurance $.
= AL 900; strike benefits, si,5S4000.
- During the six months from Apr
10 September In 1908, the total mel
bership in the labor unions Of II
state of New York decreased fro
39s. .5s2 to 372,459, a loss Of 2G,l.
- members