Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1910-06-11
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lumber yards on the water front IN
Alameda county. and the representa-
tives OF the teamsters, lumber han.
dlers, tally clerks and the building
trades council the employers offered
compromise proposition which gave
an advance I'm wages of so cents day
to all men on the rollers, 80 cents a
day to pickup men in the yard, 20
cents a day to the tally clerks. They
also agreed to pay the teamsters over
time after $3.50 p. m. II was further
understood that a closed shop should
prevail The above proposition was
submitted through the committee TO
the unions directly affected and was
accepted by large majority vote.
The increased wage scale goes into
effect at once.
Berlin, Germany-German manufac-
turers are proverbial for their astute-
ness in respect of overcoming labor
troubles The latest illustration is the
enthusiastic response to the proposi'
tion that they should insure against
strikes. Insurance companies, en-
bracing practically all lines of Indus
try, have sprung into being in Ger
many within the last couple of years
or so, and at the present time manu-
facturers employing in the neighbor-
hood OF 100000 men are carrying
antistrike insurance.
Turin, Italy.-The Italion bricklay-
ers' union held a congress in this city
from March 10 to 2S, at which 1t was
resolved to join the General Fedora
tion of Italian Trade Unions. to press
for a reduction of hours to nine
day, to increase the contributions,
which have hitherto only been levied
during the summer months, and to
make them payable during 40 weeks,
also to reorganize the executive COM
mittee, the board of control etc.
New Haven. Conn.-The N. Y. n. Fl.
& II. r. r. telegraphers have adjusted
their wage scale matter. The new
agreement raises the pay OF station
operators seven per cent. and that OF
towermen five per cent. The men
asked for an increase averaging about
IL per cent. The locomotive engi-
neers on the New Haven system have
also secured an increased wage sched-
ule.
New ork-International President
M. z. LIGHT, head of the retail clerks,
is advised by the local In Sacramento,
Cal, that the conditions in that city
are better for the clerks than In al
most any other city in the United
States. The hours are shorter, wages
more liberal, and the large stores do
not require the clerks to work Sat
urday nights.
Berlin, Germany. - The troubles
which recently led to the lockout OF
many thousands in the building trades
council in Germany have been settled
for three years. The Berlin Industrial
courts arbitration award has been
accepted by the union.
Honesdale, Pa.-Members of the
honesdele branch of the shoemakers'
union will incorporate a company for
the manufacture of miners shoes, the
product to be marketed direct to the
members of the United Mine Workers
of America, F+
BoGton. - Boston Hebrew bakers
union will not this year enforce its de-
mands for an eight-hour day. The
local has decided to postpone the mat
ter for a year, in view of the general
high cost of living.
Dallas. Tex.-Laws have been passed
providing for bureaus of labor In Ok
l. nd oh
existing office in South Carolina so as
to give 1t largely the chaSacter of a
labor bureau.
Providence, r. six thousand OPP
eratiyes employed in woolen mills In
this vicinity have been placed on a
short time schedule by the manufac-
turers In order to curtail production
Boston. = Journeymen BARRIERS
union has decided to insist upon bet
terments in wages and hours this
year. The men say their conditions
have not improved for ~ years,
Melbourne, Australia-The labor
PARTY OF Australia carried the last gen.
eral elections. That party will have
a majority in each house of the com
monwealth parliament
Sioux Falls, S. DIN Sioux Falls
there are 27 unions. and Aberdeen,
Lead, Huron and Deadwood are all
well organized.
London, Eng.-The British trade
union congress this year will open at
Sheffield on September ~ '~
New Orleans.-Bakers' international
union has decided to start the six-day
working week in this city.
Guthrie, Okla.-Oklahoma has a law
providing for two-inch square label
on all conyict-made goods.
Boston. Title Layers union an
nounces that its wage scale is for
Jnly.1. The Molders' and ,OoHemakers'
unions OF Boston. which have not had
a wage increase since 1906. have de-
cided to make a request for better
ments this year. There are SO en-
ployers. The scale established in
1906 was SO for the nine-hour work
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