The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-08-21

Washington.-The conditions under
which a German employer may or
may not discharge his clerk, book
keeper. stenographer. etc. are such as
to cause establishment here. In this
country it is customary for an en-
pioyer to dismiss his employees with
very little ceremony if he sees fit to
do so. and generally without the for
mality of giving notice The dis
missed employee has very little to say
or to do in the matter except to re-
ceive his salary up to the day of his
discharge and to go. In Germany,
however. the conditions are such that
unless a special agreement in writing
is made between employer and en-
ploye to the contrary a notice of six
weeks must be given on or before the
first day of the yearly quarter. i. e..
January. April. July or October. if
the employer wishes to discharge his
unsatisfactory employe- In like man
nsr the employee must give six weeks
notice if he wishes to leave his UNI
satisfactory employer.
Pittshurg. Pa--Through the cool
headedness of President Thomas L
Lewis of the United Mine Workers. a
strike of coal miners involving at
least twenty thousand men was
averted- An amicable agreement
reached between President Lewis and
the officials OF the Pittsburg Coal
Company probably means peace in the
coal regions for months. possibly years
TO come President Francis Feehan
OF the local union had declared
strike of miners, calling out about
fifteen thousand National President
Lewis Immediately stepped into the
breach. ordered the men back TO work
and adjusted all differences
Washington.-As a result OF the cru
SADIE being made by the trade unions
for more heaithful and sanitary work
ing conditions there has been a
marked decrease in the percentage of
tuberculosis among the workmen of
some of the well organized industries
Statistics recently secured show that
in 1855 50 per cent of all cigar max
ers' deaths were due to tuberculosis.
In 1890 this percentage had been re-
duced to 35 per cent In 1883 the av-
erage life of union cigar maker was
so years and FIVE months, and in 1906
it was is years and eleven months
Minneapolis. Minn.-The four rail
road organizations of Minnesota. the
Order of Railway Conductors the
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen.
the Brotherhood of Locomotive En-
gineers and the Brotherhood of Loco
motive Firemen and Enginemen. have
H. ~
Minnesota to form joint legislative
board. consisting of representative
from the State Federation of Labor
and the four railroad brotherhoods-
Washington-The executive com.
mittee of the A F. of L. recently
made a ruling carrying out the in
structions given by the Denver con
vention. The ruling is to this effect:
Hereafter all unions affiliated with
the A. F. of L. must affiliate with the
section to which it properly belongs
also with the Central Labor council
and the State Federation of Labor OIL
| give up its charter.
Boston.-The quarterly report OF
| the New England union label confer
ence of Cigar Makers unions shows
| total receipts from dues of $2.S13-05
| The outlay was 1881 p. leaving a bal
| ance of 81 .691.S4 for the work now in
| progress. The expenditures were
| mainly for newspaper and other forms
| of advertising and general union labe
agitation work
/ Boston.-At a meeting of the exec
| nIiye board of the Massachusetts, State
/ Association of the Plumbers. Gas ani
Steamfitters' unions. which belong tt
it was decided to merge the state or
sanization into a New England asso
citation of plumbers. to have jurisdic
ton over the New England states
Washington-The executive coun
ell of the American Federation of La
Dor adopted resolution fayoring tbs
establishment of an International Fed
Grafton of Labor. President Gomper:
will advocate the plan during his tril
TO Europe.
New York-The International Meta
Folishers and Brass and Silver Work
ers' union holds n referendum election
each year on the question of nation
al convention. The vote this yea
| SiioWeQ d AiSlotttN uSs stSsdinSS LIZ
proposition
Terre Haute.-Six hundred men EN-
ployed at the mines here returned Il
work after being on strike two weeks
Both sides submitted their difference:
TO National President Lewis OF tbs
United Mine Workers
Cheyenne. Wyo.-The difficulties o
the coal miners in northern Wyoming
have been satisfactorily adjusted I
| affects $4,000 men.
New York.-Tbe amount OF none,
that will be spent for new steel cor
struction over the next II months vii
be larger than in any similar perio,
in years. The cash outlay of the stee
and blast furnace companies will no
fall short of 500. 1000, 900.
Pittsburg. Pa.-The area of tn
Pittsburg-Aileghenyd istrict-the mos