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


the city, settlement was effected at a
hastily called conference of union men
and car company officials In the Of
fees of the mayor articles were signed
by the officials of the Pittsburg Rail-
ways Company and an executive COM
mittee from the Amalgamated Associa-
ton of Street and Electric Railway En-
plcyes which will for years to come
prevent another tie-up of the 400 miles
of street railway tracks in and about
Greater Pittsburg and Allegheny coun-
". The strike. it developed. was the
outcome of but two points of differ
ence between the car company and the
mosormen and conductors. one being
the alleged neglect upon the part of
the car company to shorten swing
runs" and the other of the refusal of
these railway officials to reinstate dis
charged men without proper hearing
With slight notifications an agree
ment allowing discharged men proper
hearings before superintendents and
the assurance of the car company that
the secretary will shorten swing
runs so per cent. was drawn up and
signed. Greater Pittsburg's first street
railway tie-up was thereby effectively
avoided.
indianapolis, Ind.-A sanitarium for
members afflicted with tuberculosis
will be the realization of Cigar Max
ers' International union, if sentiment
among members crystallizes- The
matter is being discussed by all of the
unions upon an amendment offered by
the local of Sioux City, la. 1t is pro-
posed to erect and maintain a home
and sanitarium for aged members and
members afflicted with tuberculosis
and unable to work at the trade 1t
is intended to appoint a committee of
five. which will devise methods of
raising the funds and take steps to &C
quire the land necessary for the
project.
Washington.-The suggestion that
the enforcement of the so-called
"hours-of-service law" relating. to the
employment of men on railroads, be
postponed until there is a final de
clsion of the supreme court of the
United States. determining all posi-
BILE controversies as TO its cOnstruc-
ton. cannot be entertained. an
nounced Attorney General Wicker
sham in q letter made public the
other day. The request for postpone
ment was made by General Attorney
E. s. West of the st. Louis Southwest
ern railroad to the Interstate Com
merce commission. which referred the
letter to the department of Justice
Cambridge Springs. Pa--The repre-
sentatives of the Western Bar Iron as
sociation and the Amalgamated Asso
citation of Iron. Sted and Tin Work
ers. who have been comforting fol
some days on wage schedule to gov
ern the wages of the iron mills fol
1sOs-10. reached an agreement. The
settlement affects all the mills OF
the Western Bar Iron association
together with a number of indie
| pendent concerns who are not af6liat
| ed with that body. The prices agreed
upon are practically the same a
those that prevailed during the pas
| year. Ten thousand men are affected
| Atlanta. Ga--The Georgia railroad
strike arbitration board decided
| against the seniority Of white firemeI
/ over negroes. The arbitrators. how
II
4 among fremen. which. it is believed
will ultimately result in the gradua
elimination of all except the most ex
pert negroes
Indianapolis, Ind-The executiv,
board Of the Mineworkers has refuse,
to grant the request of Central Penn
sylvania operators for reduction o
the wage scale in those districts. Tn,
operators complained that on accoun
of competition from non-union dis
tricts they were unable to pay tn
present scale and at the same tim
make a profit out of the coal business
We do not know what the operator
will do" said President Lewis. blu
we certainly will not grant a redus
ton in wages"
Atlanta. Ga--The preparation of
bill to exclude negroes from employ
ment as fremen and trainmen in thi
state was begun by a committee reT
resenting the f1remen and trainmen o
the Georgia railroad. The measur
will be presented to the Georgia les
islature, now in session A bill a
ready introduced in the house require
an educational test for negro firemer
iii Tallahassee, Fla-The Florida hous
of representatives by a vote of 50 t
- recently passed the Farris child Il
Dor bill, which makes it unlawful 70
children under II years of age to wor
in factories. mines. poolrooms, etc
during the months schools are in Sc.
| sion.
New York.-New York employers d
not want men over so years of ag
The special employment bureau fe
the handicapped. conducted by tn
Charity Organization society, report
that in year it has been able to fin
| work for only as men out of 1913 VII
were over so years old, in each cas-
the applicants age being the only o.
| lection.
] San Francisco-The men employe
in the iron trades have received a r