Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1910-06-25

Washington. - Assistant Secretary
Beekman Winthrop has directed the
various labor boards In the principal
navy yards to make careful com
parison of the rates Of wages paid by
private manufacturing and shipbuild-
ing firms in their vicinity with those
paid by the government to its MASTER
foremen and quarter men In charge.
The purpose ls to rearrange the wage /
scales where that appears to be just.
In the case OF the Washington navy |
yard and gun factory the board is d. |
rected to extend the comparison to
wages paid in the nearby states Mary !
land, Virginia and Delaware for the
reason that the manufacturing plants
in the national capital are not large
enough to make a fair comparison.
Milwaukee.-Several agreements in
Wisconsin have been negotiated by
Phil Carlyn. an international organi
ger of the Brotherhood OF Carpenters.
who was in Milwaukee on his way to
Racine. Mr.. Carlyn terminated the
strike of Madison carpenters by Sc
curing n wage scale of 371k cents an
hour. In Green Bay he closed an
agreement giving members a wage OF
| 80 cents an hour. He secured the
same scale in Fond du Lac, and in
Racine he will represent the organi-
zation I'm a demand for so cents an
hour. Several masters in that city
recently were offering AN cents an
hour for unorganized workers.
New York.-Firemen on main and
branch passenger service get an in
crease of Is cents a hundred miles
The men had demanded 25 cents. Fire
men in irregular freight and mixed
service get an increase of Is cents
hundred miles on oil engines and 80
cents on coal engines. They asked
for 40 cents. Firemen in local or way
freight service get an increase Of 25
cents a hundred miles. Firemen on
the Mallet type of locomotive get 81
hundred miles. Firemen on yard
service get an increase of 20 cents.
Hostlers and other classes of em-
pioyees get an increase of 80 cents.
Milwaukee-A charter for the city
Italian workers who made application
for assistance in organizing a union.
was received on Tuesday from the
American Federation of Labor. The
union will be known as Italian La
= borers' Protective union No. 10000,
} and is affiliated directly with the ma
= tional body. Frank J. Weber, busi-
1 ness agent of Federated Trades coun-
: ell, met with the Italians on Tuesday
= and tentative organization was eff
: fected.
: Chicago. Representatives of organ.
lied labor are planning to fill the pull
pits in number of Chicago churches
i to preach the cause or labor and the
: gospel OF humanity" The Sunday be-
y fore Labor day has been officially des'
e ignated Labor Sunday" by the Amer
g ican Federation of Labor, and on that
a day ministers of the gospel Of every
4 denomination in all parts of the coun
e try will be asked to speak on some
phase of the labor problem.
4 Spring Valley. Ill.-Deputy sheriff'
s have served notices OF the writ of in
E. junction granted the Spring Valley
n Coal company against the heads o
IS all the local unions of the MineworlI
IS ers' union in Spring Valley. Ladd
al Dalzell, Seatonville, and Marquette
0 All are warned to keep of the com
L. paOy's property and desist from al
acts of intimidation or violence. A
lt these mines there has been no trou
g. BILE
y Gary, lnd.-Omcial announcement
Il was made by the United States Stee
le corporation that land had been al
ct lotted for a factory to be erected hor'
n. by the Pittsburg Bolt and Screw com
n, pany. This viii be the first of thu
ID minor industries to come here from
of Pittsburg. and is to be located nea
ne the steel mills and will employ so
IS. men I'm the first unit.
al Little Rock, Ark-Twenty-five irol
lg workers employed on the new stat
IT. capitol quit work. The strike wa
he caused by the discharge of one of tn
men by the superintendent. The tin
or ners who came here from st. Loui
le- to work on the building are still on
NJ and will be, they say, until their dc
la mands for IS per day are granted.
Aluliukus- nG lhNOihN ibi AAAN ies7
on year of International Cigar Maker
Ia union was SS2S,49S.S7 Benefits pal
RS out for the year were $55S,S3234
by New York.-The New York Federi
tion OF Women's Clubs has favored tn
hg label of the ladies' garment worker
OF and the women students of the I'm
ca verslty of Wisconsin have voted
TN wear only goods with the union labe
Several other unions besides III
sr' garment makers have Joined ii
We Woman's Trade Union league.
Boston.-The state law which pr
os vides that the fact that strike
" lockout exists must be stated in pu
~ lie advertisements for help to tai
"a "a the former employers places is no
-. in effect
,nt Washington,-The number OF fat