The wageworker., 1909-08-07


can Flint Glass Workers union was |
defeated by a vote of 1877 to SO. By |
unanimous vote the convention issued |
the following statement. which was
sent to the American Flint Glass |
Workers convention now being held
in Brooklyn, \. Y: your union
took its disputes with our association
into the American Federation of La
Dor. and there made an agreement
which you later repudiated. When
you are ready to carry out the agree
ment at Minneapolis we shall be
ready to meet you"
Milwaukee.-Rev Charles Stelzel,
who spoke before the glass bottle
blowers, speaking on a square deal.
said: The most important thing
about the labor question is to give the
other fellow a square deal. The aver
age workman is too close to the labor
question to understand it; but what is
true of the average workman, is prob
ably just as true of the average en-
ployer. Thousands of men are being
deiuded by the vain hope that if they
can abolish the labor union they will
have solved the labor question. If
every union were to be abolished to-
day the labor question would still be
present"
Pittsburg. Pa--Advocates of the
open shop principle in the iron and
steel trades received surprise in the
significant announcement of the sign
| ing of the Amalgamated association
wage scale by the Republic Iron
| and Steel Company The action
affects $4,000 men in the Pitts
burg and Youngstown districts. The
| mills are at Youngstown, Massillon
and Toledo. O.; East Chicago and Mo-
line. H.; Gates City, Ala. and East
| st. Louis. By the decision the Repub-
tic Company has left the steel corpora
ton to fight the union without its as
1 sistance
| Utica, n. Y.-Sixty-five inspectors
in the Remington Typewriter works
| at Ilion who struck in sympathy with
| the aligners some time ago, decided
| to return to work in the factory. This
virtually settles the fight in favor of
the company, and it may be consid-
cred that the strike is broken. The
company now has 500 men at work
| and a still larger number will soon
be engaged. Some of the striking
| aligners are seeking work elsewhere,
and a number of them will leave town
The places of the old aligners are be-
ing filled without great difficulty.
| Charleston, w. Va.-Because their
demand for an increase in wages of
2o cents on a hundred axes was re-
fused. 800 grinders and edgers en-
1 nro E1lvx
ing Company, said to be the largest
plant of its kind in the world. went
on strike. 1t is claimed that unless a
settlement of differences between the
men and officials of the company is
reached within few days, the entire
plant will have to be shut down, there
by affecting 1000 men. Most of the
| strikers are Poles
Milwaukee, Wis.-After being out on
strike since July 1, marble workers
returned to work. The men quit work
in three of the largest works in the
city because their demand for an in
crease of so cents day had not been
granted. The employers made a COM
promise offer and the union accepted
the proposition. The terms of settle
ment are being withheld.
L New York-B. A Larger, general
secretary of the United Garment
Workers. left for Europe the latter
part of last month to represent the
American Federation of Labor at the
British trade union congress.
Denver. Col--Unless the organixa-
ton scale is recognized a strike of all
Western Federation of Miners mem
bers employed by the American
Smelling & Refining Company was
recommended on the floor of the CON
vention in session here The report
was referred to a special committee
without debate
Montreal-Three hundred and nifty
mechanics employed at the Tongue
Point Locomotive works near here
are on strike against the installation
of new time system The company
is making no efforts to replace them.
the officers declaring the men do not
understand the proposed change OF
they would not object to it
Boonyille, Ind-The striking miners
of the T. D. Scales Coal Company re
turned to work when the company
agreed to weigh the cars as they came
from the pit instead of averaging the
weight by guesswork- After loading
three cars and accepting the miners
method of weight work was suspend
ed for three weeks
Dublin, Ireland.-The Irish depart
! ment of technical instruction has
! given a grant of $1,000 for the estab-
lishment of a school of commerce in
Limerick
|. Pittsburg, Pa--Members of the dis
trict executive board of the United
; Mine workers called on the strike of
, the Is. 600 miners of the Pittsburg Coal
: Company This decision followed a
conference with the oficials of the
company.
: New Castle, Pa--About 5000 men
walked out of the tin plate plants