The log cabin Democrat., 1909-11-05

l zine Of the BrlCklayerSS ana MaSOnS | International union, shows the wages received by bricklayers and masons il five of the cities of Germany in 1908 and as far back as 1871. It shows that in 1908 the highest wages of the five cities, $1.71 day, was paid Tn Hamburg, while the next was s1.61, in Berlin Next came Nuremberg, with s1.31. and then Dresden, with daily wage of s126, and Quedlinburg, with a daily wage of $1. In 1871, however, the wages in Berlin and Hamburg were tied for first place, being II cents. In Dresden, the wages were 5S cents a day, in Nuremberg 53 cents, and in Quedlinburg AS cents. There was no advance in daily wages in 1908 over 1907 at Berlin or Hamburg, but an advance of two cents day at 1 Dresden, seven cents at Nuremberg and five cents at Quedlinburg.
 Pittsburg. Pa.-The Republic Iron and Steel Company has officially an nounced important extensions. An open hearth steel plant of six Cotton i furnaces will be built at Youngstown making 10000 to 25,000 tons of steel ingots monthly, and there will be blooming mill and continuous mill 1 The company now has a Bessemer steel plant making about 10000 tons of steel ingots monthly. The new plant will increase the steel capacity of the company about 40 per cent to 1,000,- 900 steel ingots annually. A fourth blast furnace will be added to the Ha- zelton group at Youngstown to make about 150,000, tons of pig iron and open hearth steel. This will give the company about 1,250,000 tons of pig iron north and south.
 Manchester Eng-The employers and work people connected with the | engineering trade in this district have arrived at an agreement which will se- cure three years immunity from wage 1 disputes The employers at confer ence agreed to withdraw demand | for a reduction of wages if the trade | unions would accept the present | wages for the next five years. At 1 subsequent conference the employers agreed to accept three-years agree ment on the same terms if the men representatives would urge it's ac- | ceptance on the union.
 Chicago.-Northwes railroad or ganizations will unite to form a branch of the railway department of the American Federation of Labor. T. F. | Richardson of Chicago, secretary treasurer of the general organization, has sent out the call for a convention of representatives of ten different crafts employed by the railroads cen tering in St. Paul and Minneapolis, to be held at St. Paul, beginning No | vember 1.
 Homestead, Pa.-Ground was tro- | ken for the construction of four new open hearth furnaces for the Carnegie Steel Company's works to cost approx | imately s1,500,000. The purpose of thus increasing the capacity is to sup ply steel for a new plate mill which | is also to be erected this fall for roll ing smaller sized plates, and also to supply steel for the enlarged steel car wheel plant.
 Orange, N. J.--There was great re- 1 joicing among the striking employees | or the hat factories here and in New | ark when it was announced that the | strikers of the E. V. Connect factories were to go back to work, and that the | union label was to be retained. About 1 900 men and 400 women, all of whom have been on strike since January 15 l last. are affected by the order.
 Kansas City, Mo.-The convention of the International Stereotypers' and Electrotypers' union, which met here | recently, ratified an agreement with the International Printing Pressmen and Assistants union that no combina- 1 tion pressmen and stereotypers should 1 be recognized in the unions in the l future.
 London, Eng-A recapitulation of the benefits of all kinds paid by the l Amelgamated Society of British En- gineers during the 5S years in which benefits of any kind have been paid SLOWS that a total of s10,727, ,905 has 1 been expended in the work,
 London, Eng-The proposal to | amalgamate all the engineering trade unions in Great Britain Is rapidly gaining ground among the members of the Amalgamated Society of Engineers and kindred organizations,
 Boston At the convention of the 1 Wood. Wire and Metal Lathers' as sociation recently it was decided to | increase the per capita tax from 25 cents to 30 cents a month.
 Concord, N 1.-The city council has voted for the weekly pay law for city laborers. extra pay for overtime work, and preference given to Ameri- can citizens.
 Minneapolis, Minn.-Another new union has teen admitted to the list of Minneapolis locals. and gives promise of becoming one of the largest and strongest It is the Twin City Cement Workers union.
 Minneapolis, Minn.-Members of the Minneapolis Carpenters union have started a movement to obtain site nDd aracf a hui1dinp of their own