The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-12-11
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WORLD XSSy

coke workers, raise of between Is
and 16 per cent. in wages for the year
1910 for 10000 workers of the H. c.
F'rick Coke Company, fuel end of the
Steel Corporation, is announced. The
need of full quota of men in the
coke region is apparent now, as the
coke concern cannot make all the
coke it needs to fill orders of the cor
poration mills. and blast furnaces.
The high price of coke for the COM
ing year has made this raise possible
the scarcity of men makes it i'm
perative. At least $4,000 men will be
affected by the raise by January 1, as
the independent concerns making
coke will be forced also to grant the
advance in wages, and another 10000
will be thus helped.
Wilkesbarre, Pa.-Tne general COM
mittee of the Railroad Switchmen's
union met in this city. 1t was an
| nounced that request for better wages
| and conditions would be made on all
| roads operating in Pennsylvania and
New York. Private Information re-
ceived in Boston would indicate that
the switchmen have decided to co.
| operate with the engineers, firemen,
| conductors and trainmen in the gen.
eral request for wage increase and
| equalization of hours on May 1. The
| system boards of the several brother
hoods of the local roads are beginning
| to gather to discuss the requests of
each. The requests will be submitted
to the management before Deem
| Der Is.
Chicago-A demand for a wage in
crease was made by locomotive fire.
men and trainmen on AZ railroad sys-
TENS west of Chicago. Advances rang
ing from 20 to 40 per cent. are in
cluded in demands of members of the
Brotherhood of Locomotive F'iremen
and Brotherhood of Railway Train
men. Rumors of the concerted action
on the. part of the employees of the
western roads had been afloat for some
| time. but nothing definite has been
| given out by union officials. Equal
reticence has been manifested by
railroad officials. At present only
roads west OF Chicago are affected.
Toronto, Ont.-After unanimously
re-electing Mr.. Samuel Gompers pres
ident, Mr.. John Mitchell vice-presi-
dent and Mr. Frank Morrison secre-
| tary, and other executive officers, and
| selecting ST. Louis as the place for
holding the next meeting, the twenty
ninth annual convention of the Ameri
can Federation of Labor, which was
in session here for two weeks, ad-
! journed. Shouts of approval and vo-
ciferous cheering greeted the re-elec-
ton of the officers.
New York.-Some machinists are
said to have withdrawn from the In
ternational Association of Machinists
and formed themselves into a new in
| ternational union, to be known as the
Brotherhood of Machinists. The in
surrection is said to have been caused
| by the Denver convention very prop
erly refusing to seat delegates from
| New York locals in bad standing from
various causes.
Boston-Edward j. Duffy of Chica-
go, general organizer of the plumb
ers, gas and steamfitters; w. H. Pom
eroy of Chicago, former international
vice-president of the bartenders, and
Rudolph Modest of New York, general
organizer of the A. F. of L., and of
the Meat Cutters and Butcher Work
mems union. were among the official
visitors to Boston unions within the
last few days.
Toronto. Canada. - At the recent
convention of the Amalgamated Steel
and Electric Railway Employees union,
President William d. Mahen was re.
elected president without opposition.
The convention voted to raise his sal.
airy to $4,000 year, which makes him
about the highest salaried executive
in the labor movement of this country.
Pittsburg, Pa.-Machinists interna.
tional has submitted to the subordi.
nate lodges proposition to create a
superannuated feature, so that mem.
Der who has attained the age of g.
and has been in good standing for a
stated period shall receive $500. This
will be decide by referendum vote.
Portland, Me-The Machinists'
lodges of New England have joined in
a request that the international send
to New England additional organizers
so as to absolutely organize the craft
for the general demand for wage in
crease of 20 per cent, to take effect
on May 1 of next year.
Boston-The textile unions of the
state are considering plan for meet
ings of representatives in Boston dur.
; ing the session of the legislature, to
discuss the progress being made on
matters desired enacted into law, and
also general trade matters.
Boston-An official effort for the
erection of monument over the
grave of the late Frank B. Monaghan
, of this city as tribute to his work
from the entire membership of the
International Union of Steam Engin
GERS of the United States and Canada
t was begun recently.
New York = National politics il
| again about to make it's appearance
Z in the I0urneYmen TailOrS' union. Or