The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-11-12
NEWS FROM THELABOR WORLD

New York ministers are aiding letter
carriers in their crusade ior a national
law assuring one day Of rest In seven
for all mail men.
Unionists Of Nova Scotia are goin<
to attempt to secure the enactment OF
Z law compelling employers to recoG-
nize and treat with organized labor.
The sheet metal workers OF Toledo
O.. are revising their constitution
making 1t compulsory to attend
night school maintained by the union.
The members are striving to increase
their efficiency.
Four hundred ana flfty thousand
wage carriers In Greater New York
are receiving wages smaller than $500
q year. the minimum Of dccency"
fixed by the annual report Of the com,
mittee on congestion Of population.
The Boston, Revere Beach and Lynn
railroad recently announced per
cent wage increase for every employee
to date from March 81. It Is the third
increase voluntarily granted by the
road since 1908. The total wage In
creases since that time average about
20 per cent
The United Brotherhood OF Carpen-
tiers and Joiners. the second largest I'm
ternational union In the country. Inns
seut letter to its various locals an
nouncing that the twenty-ninth aupi-
versary OF its institution will occur In
August. The letter announces that
each local Is expected to observe ths
event.
A large number Of the Boston
unions. Including the teamsters: and
many Of the carpenters organizations,
have voted in favor Of Labor day
parade in Boston this year.
Salt Lake City labor oficials have
notified the unions Of the country tia;
there IS. no work for strangers in the
city and that the streets are thFonged
with men lured there by false state
ments.
Official announcement has been made
BY the Bethlehem Steel company Of m
Increase Of 50 cents . ton to all pud.
blers employed at the works. The
former rate was - ton for iron and
$3.50 for steel.
After a fight which has been waged
ct every session Of the New Jersey
legislature sfnce 1904 the senate has
passed bill prohibiting the employ.
ment Of minors under sixteen ia man.
ufacturing establishments at night.
The National Ulion OF Glass Work.
ers. which embraces all employees Of
handmade" window glass factories
recently received a Is per cent In.
crease ia wages. This IL the second
increase the men have been granted
In the last six months.
Strikers True Soldiers Of the Gross.
Rev. DR.. George Chalmers Richmond,
pastor Of st. Johns Protestant Episco.
pal church. Philadelphia. In recent
sermon on The Crucinxion In Modern
Life" declared there has been con-
tinuous crucifxion going on and that
the prosperity Of the nation has seri-
ously declined. Referring to the troll.
ley strike. Dr.. Richmond said:
These men who represent large
financial interests should assume q
greater degree Of responsibility for the
settlement OF our difficulties than they
have 20 far shown. They seem to fear
getting down on the level with bard
handed workingmen. The present
strike shows the absolute need for Z
practical brotherhood.
How nobly have our strikers dis
played their devotion to Christ's cause!
They are true missionaries Of the
cross. and I hail them as worthy ia
stand before any band Of eastern cru
saders who tried in ages past to save
the sacred tomb. They seek to rescue
suffering humanity from the curse Of
greed. sei6shness. evil mindedness and
vulgar human ideals"