The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-07-10

tempting violations of the eight hour
law governing employment of tele-
graph operators, by discharging their
operators, equipping their wires with
telephones instead, transmitting all
train orders by telephone, and then
working the operators twelve hours
instead of eight Numerous cases
have been cited where the roads oA-
ployed two operators IL hours each
day, before the eight hour law passed;
put on a third and made the trick
eight hours when the new law took
effect, and then, when the telephone
equipment was in. they discharged
one and went back to the original plan.
The Interstate Commission held that
the law applied as well to the tele-
phone as to the Geographic transmits
sion of orders The railroads paid
no attention, and now, on a careful
investigation of the law, it develops
that the word telephone is actually
used in it Neither the railroads nor
the commission apparently knew this.
Chicago.-Judge Abbott of the SUI
perior court issued temporary writ
enjoining District Lodge No 1 of the
International Association of Machin-
ployes of Chalmers & Williams of Chi
cago Heights The union men have
been on strike since May Is The
firm alleges that the difficulties be-
tween it and the union followed its
refusal to agree to closed shop 1t
is alleged that members of the union
are annoying and threatening en-
ployes. as well as attempting to bribe
them to walk out
London. Eng-It is stated that
there is every probability of the fac
tory operatives in the chain trade in
the Cradley Heath district accepting
a reduction of ten per cent in wages.
Negotiations have been carried on be-
tween the employers and employed,
and the masters are understood to
have agreed to certain terms sub
mitted by the leaders of the men on
condition that steps are taken to raise
the wages of the outworkers, so as to
bring those more into line with the
factory rates
Kansas City--The hodcarriers'
strike is over. At meeting of the
Builders club it was decided to
offer the hodcarriers BIZ cents
an hour, a compromise suggested by
the state board of arbitration. Rep
reSentatives of both organizations met
and the union accepted the offer. The
union called the strike about two
weeks ago when the contractors re-
fused to increase the carriers pay
from So cents an hour to 40 cents
Christiania, Norway-The National
Federation of Trade Unions of Nor
when five national unions and a few
local societies, with total member
ship of 3.494, made up the available
force. On February 1, 1909. there were
1s central or national unions and IL
local societies federated, with a total
membership of II 1877 Outside the ma
tional federation there are still six
unions with 1896 members
Cleveland, GA campaign to enlist
all women's organizations in the state
in the fight for the passage of bills
to be introduced at the next session
of the legislature for the betterment
of the condition of women and chill
dren employed in factories and work
shops has been begun by the Ohio
Federation of Labor
Indianapolis the Locomotive
Firemen and Enginemen's Magazine,
the Official journal of the Brotherhood
of Locomotive Firemen and Engine
men, the matter of a more nearly COM
plete organization of locomotive men
is discussed It is pointed out that
there is at present nothing more i'm
portant to the brotherhood and each
of its individual members than COM
plete success in the work of organiza-
ton
London, England--In Great Britain
child may begin working in a fac
tory or above the ground at a mine
when IL years of age. but must at
tend school regularly half time; at
Is years of age he may begin work
ing full time under certain restric-
tons. From IA to IL years of age. in
| elusive. he is a young person in the
eyes of the law.
Columbus, O--These officers of the
| Train Dispatchers' Association of
America have been elected: Presi-
dent, D. T. Tillman, Youngstown. O. !;
| vice-president, E G. Hagner, Reading.
Pa; executive committee, J. d. Har-
rod. Columbus, o.; w. H. Halter, VIII
Transport, Pa; E. ]. Mengel. sunbury.
Pa; and E. A. Strauhber, Salamanca.
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Indianapolis.-Miner in the middle
western states are agitating the Ques-
ton of establishing jointly with the
| operators an old age pension system
| Some also want the state to take an
| interest in the matter and found
homes for old incapacitated crafts
men,
| Boston--B & NJ. R R has restored
the cut of 10 per cent in salaries of
over 500 a month made Is months
| ago. At that time it was urged that
| the train service and other employees
| al acconf of fvo nap