The wageworker., 1910-03-26
News from All Parts Of

has secured more than /, 200 new men,
bers during the past four months.
Nearly 300 have been admitted since
February "a. On June the lodge
will endeavor to establish standard
minimum wage rates for the three
recognized subdivisions of the trade
specialists, all-around machinists
and tool makers and men employed at
special mechanical lines. It has been
decided to have two special district
organizing meetings each week from
now on. AS one firm has discharged
a couple of men solely on the grounds
that they have joined the union,
Thomas L. Wilson, international vice.
president, has instructed the members
to deny membership in the union, If
necessary. He says he does not be-
lieve in untruthfulness, but if the en-
ployers are INSCRIPTIONS the men
might just as well lie to them, if nec-
essary.
Boston. - International Printing
Pressmen and Assistants union has
reelected George L. Berry of San
Francisco as international president.
Charles B. Crowley, formerly of Hol-
yoke, won election as secretary-treas-
urer, defeating Secretary-Treasurer P.
J. McMullin of Cincinnati, who was
candidate for reelection. Boston
Printing Pressmen's union No. 67 and
Franklin association, No. 18, of junior
pressmen, assistants and feeders have
both elected committees which will at
once confer regarding pressrOom con-
ditions in this city and vicinity, both
in regard to sanitation and health, and
also for trade conditions. The pres
ent agreement of the unions expires
June 1. The new requests will be de-
cided upon next month.
Montclair, N. 1.-THE Master Build
ers' association of Montclair, in view
OIL the manifesto of the local building
trades unions that on and after May
1 no union man will be permitted to
work on a job where a nonunion man
is employed, has announced that it
will furnish bonds to guarantee the
completion of any Job that any of its
members undertake after that date.
The association claims to represent
every trade required in the construc-
ton of building and says it can fur
nish the necessary mechanics to finish
any job where the union men go on
strike because of the employment of
nonunion men.
Vallejo, Cal.-The trades that are
completely unionized, that Is, trades
in which not single nonunion man is
employed, are the BARRIERS, bakers,
carpenters, lathers, laundry workers,
io;o nil ri n1,1 1,ov-
sheet metal workers and printers.
Other unions in which 95 per cent. of
the men employed at the respective
trades are union men are the bartend-
ers, electrical workers, flour and
cereal mill employees, federal retail
clerks, machinists, painters and ship
joiners.
St. Louis.-Notice has been served
on employers by the union plasterers,
painters, granitoid men and sheet
metal workers that unless the wages
are increased 10 to 20 per cent. they
will strike. The new scales are to take
effect March. May and June 1, when
existing contracts expire. Plasterers
now get rs cents an hour and demand
ten cents more. The mixers demand
44h cents an hour. Painters now re-
ceive SO cents am hour and demand 55
cents.
Boston.-The proposed workmen's
compensation act introduced in the
Massachusetts, legislature proposes
that any workman injured at his en-
ployment shall be compensated by the
payment of half the amount earned by
him, and that the dependents of a
workman who is killed shall be paid
the amount which he earned for the
last three years, or $1,000, whichever
would be the larger. but in no case
over $4,000.
Trenton, N. 1.-The Trenton Street
Railway Company announced an in
crease from 1874 to 20 cents an hour
following the demands made a few
days ago upon the company by the
employees, who have been secretly or
ganizing for some months.
Savannah, Ga.-After being granted
an increase, in pay from 361a cents an
hour to 80. cents, boilermakers on the
Central of Georgia railway returned
to work e
Boston.-The various unions, more
than 200 in all, affiliated with the Bos-
ton C. L. u. are now voting on the
questing Of parading on Labor day.
San FranciscO.-The Alaska Fisher
mems union has voted to affiliate with
the San Francisco Labor council.
San Francisco.-Union stablemen
are starting a movement against un.
sanitary stables.
Worcester, Mass.-AH four of the
big railroad brotherhoods of conduc.
tors, trainmen, engineers and firemen
will have a joint union meeting here
April 2, 3 and 4, at which President
Taft, Gov. Draper, President Mellen of
the N. Y, N. H. & H. railroad, Presi.
dent Tuttle of the B. & M. railroad
Mayor Logan of Worcester and other
prominent men will speak.
Montreal. Canada.-At the next