The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-07-17


for its Brown-Bonnen plant here and |
with the certain open shop" policy |
of the United States Steel Corporation |
in its tin plate and sheet mills, the /
Amalgamated Association of Iron, |
Steel and Tin Workers is facing the i
gravest situation that it has ever had |
to contend with, not excepting the |
strikes of 1901 and 1908. The demand |
for an open shop on the part of the |
Republic came at the time that the |
Western Bar Iron association was in
conference with the Amalgamated at
Cambridge Springs this week, and
was not known until Saturday. after
an agreement had been reached with
that association. 1t was a bolt out Of
a clear sky and has completely dazed
the Amalgamated.
Chicago-A sum of $1a5.543.9 41 was
paid out in wages to 175.O0O employees
of the Pennsylvania railroad system
in 1898, according to a statement is
sued The amount is $eS,471 .S51 less
than was paid the year before. when
55,015.SoS was paid to 1se. 900 men,
Although there was such a large de-
crease in the total sum, the rate of
wages as established for 1907, which
| was ten per cent greater than the
rate paid during the greater part of
| 1906, was maintained for all classes of
employees through 1905. There were.
however, some reductions in hours in
1905 which affected the gross sum
earned by certain classes of en-
ployes.
Sharon. Pa.-Within ten days the
Carnegie Steel Company will be oper-
/ ating its big works in South Sharon in
full. affording employment to 1000
men. Orders have been received to
get the skelp mill ready for imme
date resumption This will require
ten days time 1t has been idle since
November. 1907. No. 1 blast furnace
will resume next Tuesday and all OF
the open-hearth furnaces and coke
ovens will go into operation Nearly
600 additional men will be needed
when these departments are started
1t has been two years since the South
works of the Carnegie Steel Company
/ operated its plant at full capacity.
Omaha. Neb-The International
/ Printing Pressmen's and Assistants
Union of North smerica, at their
twenty-drst annual convention in this
city, elected the following officers for
the coming year. President. George
L Berry. San Francisco: first vice
president. Peter ]. Dobbs. New York
city, second vice-presidene. Michael
i H F1annery. Chicago. third vice-pres-
ident, Clayton A. Pense, Chicago. sec
retary-treasurer, Patrick J. McMullen.
Cincinnati All those elected except
the third vice-president are present
incumbents. President Berry was re-
elected without opposition.
Boston.-Ladies' tailors and dress
makers recently established a rule
that NO member could work overtime
while there were members unem-
ployed- Several members violated the
rule Recently they made their peace
J with the union by paying to the men
and women unemployed at the time Of
the violation the full amounts they had
| received for all overtime work.
New York-During 1908 the Boot
and Shoe Workers International union
paid I55 death benefits, which aggre-
gated SIS. 500, six disability benefits,
1915. and total of Is. 1873 weeks sick
benefits, aggregating $6S,s17.0S, max
ing total for benefits expended $751;
792. 0a.
> Buffalo, N Y-The Lackawanna
/ Steel Company posted notices an
nouncing a ten per cent. increase IN
{ wages of both Office and mill forces
: effective July 1. The Lackawanna, in
/ common with other Independent com
: panies. cut wages last March when
= business conditions were discouragins
E and the trust was cutting prices The
increase is effective straight through
J the plant" said Superintendent Downs
t AS to the significance OF the action
: need only say that business condf
tons warrant the increase, therefore
/ it is given"
Il Portland, Ore-Organized labor in
) the state of Oregon has. through IT'D
: representatives, prepared a bill to be
{ presented to the state legislature tf
2 prohibit the manufacture of stoves in
: the state penitentiary- There are 15l
/ convicts working in the stove plant
> and the state receives from the con
tractors 45 cents a day for each man
q The free laborers in the stove indus
n try are paid from 81 so to 1878 a day
, Pirtsburg Pa-The international
r Molders' Union of North America and
+ the Associated Iron Molders of Scot
land have entered into an agreement
: relative to the exchange of cards be
tween the members of both unions
= Pittsburg, Kan-Al the miners il
! the north end of the Pittsburg Goa
= field, about I, 900 in number, quit work
q No strike had been called, but the mel
decided IN SrrSnoDd work until a do
A cision is reached in the check-off dis
n pute A break in the ranks of the op
q orators occurred when two companies
!. the Sheridan Coal Company and thu
Mccormick Coal Company, announced
n they would grant the miners demands
Washington.-The National Lettel