The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-08-28
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by an arbitration board since the re-
cent strike. win every point in dispute |
in the decision announced by Chair /
man John Humphrey of Milwaukee,.
member of the state board of arbitra- |
ton, The grievance committee will |
be all union, The wage scale is raised |
shorter hours are provided. and better |
toilet accommodations for the men re- !
Quired. Heretofore the wage scale !
has been IL cents an hour for the first
year up to II cents maximum for the
fourth year and time thereafter. I'm
der the new scale the men get 10
cents the first six months. 20 cents the
second six months and % cents there
! after. The decision is binding upon
the men and the company for one
year.
St Joseph. Mo.-Ata session of the
convention of the International Typo
graphical union the freedom os the
! floor was extended to G, l. Berry OF
Cincinnati. president of the Interna-
tional Printing Pressmen and Assist
ants union; to W. b. Prescott of Chi
csgo. for many years president of the
International Typographical union. to
| II, \, Kellogg of Chicago. commissions
er of arbitration for the American
Publishers association. MIR, Berry
pleaded for cooperation between the
printers and presSmen'S organizations,
MIR, Kellosg urged harmony between
printers and publishers for their nut
eual benefit
New York,-William ID, Mahon.
I
/ citation of Street and Electrical Rail-
way Employees, has sanctioned the pro-
| posed union of conductors and motor
men on the street car lines in this city
and will come to New York from his
headquarters in Detroit in a few days
TO organize the men, The new union
viii receive a charter that will en-
| title il to the support of the American
Federation OF Labor, Enrolment of
members has already begun and l 500
men are said to have Joined the movse-
ment
Stockholm. Sweden.-Workmen of
various kinds resumed their duties in
increasing numbers. and il is expected
that the printers soon will return TO
work. All the newspapers in Stock
holm are issuing hand-printed sheets,
while those in the south are being
printed in Denmark. Some $4,000
strikers attended meeting in the
woods south OF Stockholm. There
was a strike at Norberg. as a result OF
which - persons Were arrested.
San Francisco.-At a recent meet
inS of San Francisco Labor Council
resolution was introduced to the eff
fss>e hot no
mittee consider ways and means to
organize migratory unskilled labor.
an6 if found feasible. to present a
plan. 1t is said that there are millions
Of men of that class in this country.
and that they are being used by con-
tractors and corporations to the injury
Of organized labor.
Indianapolis. ind.-The American
Federation of Musicians will. accord
ing to the statement of the president
of the organization, Mr.. Joseph n.
Weber. who was recently in the city.
make an energetic fight against the
importation of professional musicians
from foreign countries. who come here
in bands, and there will be an attempt
TO get congress to extend the contract
labor law to such Immigrants.
Reading, Pa--The Reading Iron
Company is very busy, and the cor
poration predicts good trade. now
that the tariff question is settled.
Work is being pushed rapidly on the
large addition to the tube works plant
but il is not likely that the building
will be occupied before next spring.
The addition covers two acres OF
ground, and will be one of the largest
of its kind in the state.
Milwaukee.-The glass bottle blow
ers' convention decided not to pub
lish an official trade journal. The or
SANITATION has a system of keeping
the members converSant with all the
inner workings of the organization
and the Publication of a journal would
tend to give these facts to persons
who are not members, it was said.
Wheeling. w. Va.-Thomas l. Lewis
president of the United Mine Workers
of America. set at rest any doubt con
corning his candidacy for reelection
when he issued formal statement
from his home in Bridgeport. O.. in
which he declares that he is again
candidate for the office
Bethlehem, Pa.-Charles NJ Schwai
is preparing to expend $4,000, 900 il
| expanding the Bethlehem Steel works
This will be on top of some $4,000.
600. which he has caused to be pu
into that plant since he became it:
ruling spirit
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. BARRIERS
union will hold its first internationa
convention for years at Milwaukee i,
October.
Coatsyille, Pa--The Lukens Iron 4
Steel Company is operating full time
: The output last week was between
: $500 and 5000 tons of steel billets
This averages close to the best recor,
for any one week during 1906 whei
the steel Industry was at its best
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