Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-08-25

/ IN LABOR CIRCLES |
| Several big events in local labor circles
| are scheduled on dates in the near flu
ture. The first will be the Labor day
outing at the Benning race track, and the
next will be the homecoming reception &c
Samuel Gompers, president of the Anaert-
can Federation of Labor, October II.
Referring to the first event, the Trades
Unionist says: 1.-THE Labor day commit
tee of the Central Labor Union met as
| usual on Thursday night last, and the
reports from the subcommittee showed
that they have everything about complete
| for the big celebration, and nothing re-
! mains to prevent it from being the big
gest affair that the Central Labor Union
! ever held. The only thing necessary is
that we have fine weather, but as the
Lord is generally good to His own, we dc
not think we have anything to fear.
The first event on the very fine pro-
gram that the athletic committee :
arranged is a base bail game between
Columbia Typos, No. 1O1, and the Co
lumbia Lodge Of Machinists, No. ia, and
even though the boys lost at Chicago
they will be able to give a good account
Of themselves, provided the rooters come
out in force. The machinists will be rep
resented by strong nine, and they are
willing to back their team with the long
fnniP
the measure of the strong Agricultural
club recently. SO that very interesting
I game should be played Labor day, as the
winner will mean the championship in
the labor movement.
For the ten-mile marathon race the
prizes will be silver cup for the win
ner of the run; second prize, another sill
yer cup. donated by the Central Labor
Union; the third prize will also be cup:
fourth prize, silver shaving set; fifth
prize, dress suit case; sixth prize, gold
scarf pin: seventh prize. gold cuff but
tons: eighth prize. silver-mounted hair
tenth prize. gold-mounted fountain pen
eleventh prize, fine umbrella; twelfth
prize, running suit; thirteenth prize,
sweater; fourteenth prize, pair rul oing
shoes. and fifteenth prize, fine pearl
handled knife.
i Dancing may be INDUCED in from Z
pm. to II o'clock pm.
A band playing popular and classical
music will be on the grounds all day:
1t is now up to the members of organized
labor to show that they appreciate the
efforts of the committee and bring their
wives and families to Benning and enjoy
the one day in the year set apart for
labor's recreation.
Not for years have the clothing trades
in Greater New York won such a notable
victory as that achieved by the pants
To- ov,tc yor1yo fkays
desperate contest of seven weeks dura-
ton. At the commencement of the
strike the pants makers were practically
unorganized. but today the 1000 who
the union banner. The results of the
strike are an increase in prices from
20 to % per cent. that the operators be
paid in cash instead of checks and the
formal recognition of the union.
The Brotherhood Of Painters and Deco
rators, whose headquarters are at Lafay-
cite, Ind. recently decided to reduce the
number of local unions in Brooklyn, N.
Y, from ten to four with an extra one in
the Bronx. Local No. 1011, known as the
Hebrew local. refused to abide by the
decision Of the brotherhood, however, and
junction restraining the membership from
putting into effect the new order.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company
/
the amount of wages paid on the system
was S125, 543, 947, decrease of $29.471 ,96l.
as compared with 1907. The number OF
employees was $4,000 less than in the pre-
vious year, when 10000 men were en-
ployed. The rate of pay. however, was
as high in 1908 as in 1907, when 1t was in
creased over that of 1908 about 10 pei
cent.
The Department of Commerce and La
Dor is informed in consular report that
the boot trades convention In New Zea-
land has passed resolution urging the
abolition of the existing duties on import
ed boots, as the country is being taxed
to support an industry which could not
give recent conditions Of employment. The
union also urged the government to start
state boot factories and offers to lend
$40, 600 for that purpose.
The amount of money that will be spent
for new steel construction over the next
twelve months will be larger than In any
similar period in years. The cash outlay
, of the steel and blast furnace companies
will not fall short Of $1O0.0O0,OO
Word comes from Pittsburg that the
first effort ever made in the United
! States to stop a strike by enjoining botf
. the principals and the commonwealth
failed recently. Judges Ford and Brown
of the common pleas court sustained the
demurrer of the Pressed Steel Car Com
pany to the petition for injunction made
T by the Public Defense Association OF
| Pittsburg against the company. the strik-
| ing employees and the sheriff of Allie
gheny county The decision of the court
establishes a precedent and caused gen.
, eral comment as the opinion handed down
is far reaching in effect. Attorneys com
menting upon the action of the court
, were universal in their opinion that
! Judges Marshall and Brown were entirely
! within legal right in their ruling.
4 proposition to establish a home fol
incapacitated post Office clerks and other
, posta, employees similar to the printers
home at Colorado Springs, Col. will be
acted on at the convention of the Ma
tional Federation to be held at ST. Louis
J, next month.
!; The area Of the Pittsburg- Allegheny
district--the most extensive labor section
in the country-is 1913 square miles, and
its population in 1900 was 623, 342. The
number of manufacturing establishments
In 1904 was 1859 and they employed
119, $50 persons, and put out products
valued at 1888. 400, 46S.
communication from Minneapolis
states that the four railroad organiza-
lions of Minnesota-the Order of Rail-
way Conductors, the Brotherhood of
| Railroad Trainmen, the Brotherhood of
Locomotive Engineers and the Brother
hood Of Locomotive Firemen and Engine
men-haye started a movement in the
state of Minnesota to form a joint legis-