The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-11-06

received by br1cklayerS and maSOnS
in five of the cities of Germany in
1908 and as far back as 1871. 1t shows
that in 1908 the highest wages of the
five cities, $1.71 a day, was paid in
Hamburg, while the next was $1.61, in
Berlin. Next came Nuremberg, with
$1.31, and then Dresden, with daily
wage of $1.26, and Quedlinburg, with
a daily wage of 81. In 1871, however,
the wages in Berlin and Hamburg
were tied for first place, being II
cents. In Dresden, the wages were
IS cents day, in Nuremberg SO cents,
and in Quedlinburg 4S cents. There
was no advance in daily wages in
1908 over 1907 at Berlin or Hamburg,
but an advance of two cents a day at
Dresden, seven cents at Nuremberg
and five cents at Quedlinburg.
Pittsburg. Pa.-The Republic Iron
and Steel Company has officially an
nounced important extensions. An
open hearth steel plant of six Cotton
furnaces will be built at Youngstown,
making 10000 to $4,000 tons of steel
ingots monthly, and there will be a
blooming mill and continuous mill.
The company now has Bessemer
steel plant making about 10000 tons
of steel ingots monthly. The new plant
will increase the steel capacity of the
company about 40 per cent. to 1,O0O,-
900 steel ingots annually. A fourth
blast furnace will be added to the Ha-
zelton group at Youngstown to make
about 100000, tons of pig iron and
open hearth steel. This will give the
company about 100000 tons of pig
iron north and south.
Manchester, Eng.-The employers
and work. people connected with the
engineering trade in this district have
arrived at an agreement which will Sc
cure three years immunity from wage
disputes. The employers at confer
! ence agreed to withdraw demand
| for a reduction of wages if the trade
| unions would accept the present
wages for the next five years. At a
| subsequent conference the employers
agreed to accept a three-years' agree
ment on the same terms if the mems
| representatives would urge it's &C.
| ceptance on the union.
Chicago-Northwest railroad or
| CARNATIONS will unite to form branch
| of the railway department of the
| American Federation of Labor. T. F.
Richardson of Chicago, secretary
| treasurer of the general organization,
has sent out the call for convention
| of representatives of ten different
crafts employed by the railroads cen
| tering in St. Paul and Minneapolis, to
be held at ST. Paul, beginning No
vember l.
| Homestead, Pa.-Ground was bro
| ken for the construction of four new
open hearth furnaces for the Carnegie
Steel Company's works to cost approx
imately $1,500,O00. The purpose of
| thus increasing the capacity is to sup
| ply steel for a new plate mill which
is also to be erected this fall for roll
ing smaller sized plates, and also to
supply steel for the enlarged steel
car wheel plant.
Orange, N. J.-There was great re-
joicing among the striking employees
of the hat factories here and in New
ark when it was announced that the
strikers of the E. V. Connect factories
were to go back to work, and that the
union label was to be retained. About
900 men and 400 women, all of whom
have been on strike since January Is
last, are affected by the order.
i Kansas City, Mo.-The convention
of the International Stereotypers' and
Electrotypers' union, which met here
recently, ratified an agreement with
the International Printing Freshmen
and Assistants union that no combina-
ton pressmen and stereotypers should
be recognized in the unions in the
future.
London, Eng.-A recapitulation OF
the benefits of all kinds paid by the
Amelgamated Society of British En-.
gineers during the So years in which
benefits of any kind have been paid
shows that a total of $10,727,905 has
been expended in the work.
London, Eng.-The proposal to
amalgamate all the engineering trade
unions in Great Britain is rapidly
gaining ground among the members OF
the Amalgamated Society of Engineers
and kindred organizations.
Boston.-At the convention of the
Wood, Wire and Metal Lathers' as
) sociation recently it was decided to
increase the per capita tax from 2e
. cents to 80 cents a month.
Concord, N. H.-The city council
has voted for the weekly pay law fol
city laborers, extra pay for overtime
work, and preference given to Ameri
can citizens.
| Minneapolis, Minn-Another new
! union has been admitted to the list OF
Minneapolis locals, and gives promise
of becoming one of the largest and
strongest. 1t is the Twin City Cement
Workers union
Minneapolis, Manufacturers of the
7 Minneapolis Carpenters union have
started a movement to obtain site
, and erect a building of their own.
Sharon, Pa.-The Mercer works Of
:. | the American Sheet and Tin Plate