The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1909-10-16
IN THE VINEYARD !.

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;* IN THE VINEYARD. 1 !
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n. Under the auspices sof the Toledo
Central Labor union ladies' auxiliaries
and the Toledo Laundry Workers -un
/! ion, a working girls home has been
esta blished. It Is called the Working
Girls Home Circle. @ s$S:.& ;gs ...
I The Coast Seamen's Journal, pub
| lished ia San Francisco, has entered
on its twenty-third year. It is. now
the Oldest labor paper in the. United
States. 4. n ~ ~ .E*%
There are more wageworkers In
Chicago than there are Inhabitants in
either of the cities OF Louisville, Jer-
sey City, Indianapolis, st. Paul, Prov
idence, Rochester, Kansas City, Mo-,
or Toledo. IF n tt T., i IF s: ..A 81 #
The Janitors'. union of San Fran
cisco, which is not affiliated with an
| International body, has under consid-
Grafton 9 proposal to establish q death
benefit; to be created BY leyying a
| small assessment on each death.
The marine engineers now have a
total IN emb ership on the coasts; the
lakes and the rivers OF the United
States of more than eleven thousand.
| Akron, Ohio Central Labor Union
has voted to sexpend several Thousand
dollars to equip it's official organ,
"The People, with! an up date
| plant. This is in addition to the re-
cent referendum vote. carried almost
IVY mi h1y$ lot
to assess on its members. zi:.@ I lI5a
Since 1898 the Machinists' Interna-
tional union has grown from 10000 to
$500 members. II - @%il TIL
In. Oklahoma there are. at present
about 325 separate unions with an av-
erage mem bership Of seventy-one per
Organization. <sz XXI <..:s. ~
i BY Unanimous vote, Of a recent con-
vention In Newburgh, N. X, the Union
OF. Iron S hipbuild ers' and Boilermak-
ers' of America determined not to
amalgamate with the international
shipbuilders, and: Boilermakers. sSs s.
I State Labor Commissioners Williams
Of York state has issued a bulletin
stating that only ~ IS per cent Of the
| 100000 organized 1aberefs: Of that
state are sunemp1o against 35:7 per
cent this: time last year. r. :; ~
Upward Of r 400 girls are members
| of the Women's Bmdery union in New
York. ~ -, y :. - l. ::=
The machinists and blacksmiths Of
the seaboard Air Line railway gem
eral shops in Portsmouth, Va, who
have been on, a strike, returned to
! work following an agreement brought
oh
According to the strikers the differ
ences were settled in manner salts
| factory to all concerned. 81
A large pavilion for, consump tives
has been erected by the unions in
Albany, N. Y, and is now In opera
/ ton. The. unions Of Rochester; Sy-
racuse, Buffalo and other cities are
also: taking steps to acquire similar
institutions. . # e: n ! ':s;I
John "A. Crawford, local manager,
and Frank Hutton, night manager Of
! the Western Union Telegraph Com ;
pany att st. j oseph; HMoa,s; pleaded:
guilty and were fined ten dollars and
| costs on two charges OF violating the
child labor; act by employing boys un-
der II years old. The costs were
$29 In each case. .: 81
>s The j International i 1ypogra phical
Union issued 46 new charters during
the fiscal year ending May 81, 1909.
! Twelve charters were either suspend-
| ed, surrendered revoked. The in
crease for the year, 4 herefore was 81
unions, making the total number OF
| unions affiliated with the Internal tom
al organization $50. .Ts. .z. :.5: .sg
1 1r11
+ 100000 to Messrs. Gompers; Mitchell
and Morrison tossbe used as asdefense
fund. n = $50: j. Il 2,s,, sss3
Montana laboring men: have sixteen
| card men In the house Of representa-
tiYes and two men carrying union.
cards in the senate. O 3 M s. 81
The Brotherhood of Carpenters ana
Joiners has erected am nument at
/ Camden, IN: ;.J., over the last resting
place Of r. j. Mcguire, who organized
the brotherhood .5.z ss
The National Letter Carriers ASSOC
citation has purchased I 60 acres .aof
land near Colorado Springs as the site.
for. the pro osed sanitariun: The
ground adjoinss the Union Printers
home and is picturesque sa.
| ::,bill making &c q infsde eanor.
punishable by Is fine, OF: from 3100Sstos
$50 or by imp risonnent for from
three months to one year, either to-
| use Il union label without authority
Or to- counterfeit the label For to nave
in possession any mi merchandise marked
with counterfeit label fl now d law
In the state Of New York.
The area OF the Pittsburg Allegheny
| district the most intensive labor sec
ton OF the country q s8 square
miles, and Ito popsAl ton fl 1 800 was
/ g 23.342. The nuMbsr OF nanufa ctur-
ing establishme nts III 1904 Was 1:s6s.s
ana hey emf loyed n e,a 40 persons:
and put out products V4lued IS 3sas.--s
1000 :ssf
] The Internat ionaI .spinnsrss union.
which conclud I'd 4. three days convena
lions N Bostons recently. adopted IAN
accident insurance plan syhich VIII
apply u all Slne rab sss, md also s. boy