Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-11-02

Central Labor union of Brooklyn, N.
Y, has applied for and received per-
mission to erect a tuberculosis SAM"
tarium and camp on its grounds in
the town OF Brookhaven. The site
chosen is in Suffolk county and com
| prises more than sixty acres Of land'
This is the first application TO be
granted under the law passed by the
| legislature which gives TO the state
| health authorities the authority in
such matters.
The Central Labor union, In con-
junction with organized labor gener-
ally throughout the city of New YORK
and Long Island, proposes to erect a
building to cost $500 900. The war on
/ tuberculosis has been carried on py
the labor unions of New York Tor the
past ten years. and STATISTICS recently
| published show that a marked de-
crease in the number of deaths and
new cases has resulted because of, the
| aggressive warfare carried on 1or
cleaner and sanitary workrooms ana
| living quarters. In Albany the unions
established about two years ago Wna'
is called a tuberculosis pavilion whicn
is doing much good.
These headlines recently appeared IN
a daily paper: Canadian Manufactur-
ers in Opposition-Propose to rake
Vigorous Measures to Kill the Eight
| ! our Day Bill" Commenting on the
above, the San Francisco Clarion says;
From all sides the employer hghts
that which is surely coming. 1t is only
a. question of time until the eight-hour
workday will be the rule-not the eN-
| ception-in the manufacturing world
The employees will gain-so will the
employers. More well-spent leisure is
an asset to a community. 1T represents
n larger citiZenship-affords more time
for civic duties. 1t is true some work
ers do not spend their spare hours 70
either their own or other peoples ad-
vantage, but neither do the million
aires of this age comply with the ideal
If they did they wouldn't be million
aires"
International Brotherhood of Book
! binders announces through Presldehl
Robert Clockling that it has registered
| a label in the various states through
out the country. The label is designed
for use in blank books, such as do MOI
contain printed matter-day books
ledgers, journals, blotters, etc.-which
| the allied printing trades label does not
cover. The label is to be pasted on the
inside of either the front or back cover
of the cheaper grade of books, but OF
the better class it will be stamped or
the side or back, as preferred.
There are about $4,000 members in
the lake seamens union
w. E. McEwen of Duluth, member
OF the United Association Of Plumbers
and for many years secretary of the
Minnesota State Federation of Labor
has been chosen state commissioner o.
labor of Minnesota:
Two government contractors-A. M
Morrow and r. L. Leonard-were re
Gently fined $50 and costs in the United
States court at Little Rock, Ark, OF
the admission that they had worked
employees over eight hours on Missis
sippi river levee contracts.
The eight-hour day has been estab-
ushed in SO per cent Of the bool
binderies in the country, according Il
Robert Glockling, president of the
Bookbinders' union.
And now we have an obsequiou,
Judge In Chicago upholding the con
tention of the Illinois Manufacturers
| association that the law. enacted at th'