The log cabin Democrat., 1909-11-16

III BostOH snort tune ago, that or the eastern association of general chair men of the joint boards of arbitration and adjustment of the conductors and trainmen on the "A railroad lines and systems east of the Mississippi river, north of the Chesapeake and Ohio lines and including eastern Canada. The convention decided that the time was now opportune for a general de- mand for a substantial increase in wages and equalization of working hours on all roads. Now some have 10. II and 12-hour day schedules. A straight general 10-hour schedule is wanted. The western association se- cured such a workday several years ago. The eastern association consid- cred following that action at it's con- vention last year, but it was passed up as the time was not considered the proper one owing to business and traf- fic conditions.
 Washington. - Industrial education will be again considered by the A F. of L. convention at Toronto next month. The special committee to re- port, and which is now in session here. includes James Duncan of Quincy. first vice-president of the A. F. of l.; John 1 Golden of Fall River. head of the | United Textile Workers union; l Charles NJ. Winslow of Someryille, member of the Massachusetts com mission. and Stewart R. Reid of Lynn. national organizer of the Machinists' union. Prof. James Monaghan of New York, speaking on the subject at the Boston City club recently stated that our present education system seemed to have gone astray. 1t would be bet 1 ter to educate the masses in Voca- l tonal lines It would be better to educate the masses for their life work, 1 than care only for the so-called upper classes, who can take care of them selves
 Chicago.-Denials c. an emphatic kind that $10,000 had been paid by certain interests tD have an anti-local option resolution passed by the Eelle- vile convention of the Illinois State Federation of Labor have been made by those most directly interested Sec retary Edward N. Nockels of the Chi cago Federation of Labor, who was member of the resolutions committee of the State Federation, said there was no truth in the report. F. A. Whitney of Peoria, who represents the Gipps brewery of Peoria, said the same.
 Boston-A H Gill and J. N. Clynes. both labor members of the British parliament, who are the fraternal dele gates of the British unions to the A. F. of L. convention at Toronto next month arrived in Boston on the Gun 1 arder SaXOnia. The Boston C. L. U. officials met and greeted them. MT. Gill is the head of the Cotton Spin ner's union of Great Britain and he will make a tour of the New England textile cities after the convention. MT. Clynes is the head of the Gasworkers' and General Laborers union of Great Britain.
 Boston-Boston Bricklayers' union No has sent notification to each of the 56 bricklayers' and stone masons' unions of the state that Gov Draper has given the contract for rebuilding his Boston residence, recently dam aged by fire, to a nonuni0n firm which has been especially antagonistic to the Bricklayers union. The letter calls upon every member to work and vote against Gov. Draper and to get every friend to do likewise.
 Brockton, Mass-The difficulty be- between the Douglas company and the boot and shoe workers union has been partially adjusted and the indications are that complete pleasant relations will again exist. The firm has al- ready given notice of the close of it's new factories in several other places and the bringing of the work done at them back to Brockton.
 Chicago - Martin B. ("Shnny'O Madden, convicted of graft in connec- tion with the calling and settling of strikes, resigned from the position as president of his rapidly dissolving AS sociated Building Trades as the re- suit of a strike called on a new build ing of the Cosmopolitan Electric com- pany at Twenty street and the river.
 Pittsburg, Pa-The Norfolk Western has ordered 32,000 tons of steel rails for delivery next year. About 12,000 tons will be rolled by the Maryland Steel Company, Balti- more. The company is now running about 90 per cent of it's capacity.
 Buffalo, N. Y.-A strike of grain elevator men is imminent at Buffalo. The men gave the elevator owners two days to meet their demands for 8 20 per cent. increase in wages.
 Pittsburg. Pa-The Iron Trade Re view reports as the leading transac- tion of the week the purchase of 50,- 900 tons of Bessemer pig iron by the Cambria Steel Company from inter- ests in the central west for delivery |. during the first half of the year, the price being s1S50 at the furnaces.
 Boston.-The new Boston Furniture 1 TradpS' cnuncil will seek bett or cnndi-