The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-10-26
IN THE WORLD
OF INDUSTRY
REVIEW OF THE WEEK WITH
MECHANICS AND ARTISANS IN
EVERY LAND.

Typographical Union No. 6, New York
City.
f. Emmy Lyon, of Chicago, is seek
ing to have prisoners paid by the
state for the labor they perform.
The cornerstone of the Sacramento
Labor Temple was laid with elabor-
ate ceremonies Sunday, October 16.
The telephone industry three years
ago furnished employment for more
than five times as many persons as
telegraphy
The automobile factories of Michi-
gan employ $4,000 men in addition TO
10000 engaged in the manufacture Of
parts.
The Union Label Department of the
A. F. of L. communicate the fact that
union label gloves are now on the
market.
Actors Union No. 4 of Chicago is
developing plans to organize the col
ored performers of that city. There
are around 500 of such performers.
The twelve different unions that
cover one class or another of. trans
port workers in England are discuss
ing the question of amalgamation of
forces.
Massachusetts, last year disbursed
in wages in all industries $27S,19l,113,
the three principle industries being
boot and shoe manufacture, cotton
goods and machinery.
The Machinists' Union has had the
greatest number of strikes and has
won. So the statistics show, a great
er number of its contests than any
other National union.
Nine hundred motormen and con-
ductors of the Georgia Railway and
Electric Company, operating the At
lantic City and suburban lines, have
received an advance in wages of one
cent an hour. The action of the com
pany was voluntary.
New York Upholsterers' Union has
obtained an increase from s4O0 to
$3.50 per day. All contracting firms
except two whose heads are abroad,
are said to have agreed to the raise.
The increase will affect around 1,40O
members.
The New York State Workingmen' s
Federation in convention at Niagara
Falls decided to ask the next state
legislature for an extension of the
scope of the employers liability law
to include hazardous occupations not
now mentioned in the measure.
in his report of the conditions sur
rounding the employment and work
of woman telephone operators in Tex
as, State Commissioner of Labor
Myers says their duties are arduous
and their salaries exceedingly small,
the average in the state being S22S0
per month.
The Missouri State Federation Of
Labor has gone on record, by unani-
nous vote, against statewide prohi-
bition. Resolutions were adopted in
which it is claimed that the success
of the present statewide prohibition
movement in Missouri will result in
the total destruction of industries
wherein nearly 100000 trade unionists
now earn their livelihood.
One of the most important steps
taken by the biennial convention of.
the Brotherhood of Carpenters and
Joiners, was that which orders the
incoming general officers to investi-
gate the feasibility of establishing a
home for aged and incapacitated
members.
A wonderful change has come over
the carpenters in their views on the
question of industrial education and
instead of viewing such step as
menace TO the members of the craft
they now are found voicing their be-
lief that technical education Is a ne
cessity if workmen are TO become
mechanics.
Nominations for offices of the In
Cigarmakers' Union are
now being made by locals through
out the jurisdiction. The election
will be held in December and is by
vote of the membership. Nominations
close November S and Immediately
hereafter a list of successful ones
will be sent to every cigar makers
ocal.
The Department of Commerce and
4abor reports that the Brotherhood of
carpenters and JoiEers has had the
.reatest increase in membership of
III labor organizations during the