The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-06-27
In the World Of Industry

aSve .o-ne5 a Uasoa.
Bakers and oontecaoae-s az Denver,
Colo. an. ou s. strike
a ueV uasoa q retail grocery clerks
a1S been organized il san Jose. Cal
The cotton industry os England en-
ploys considerably more women than
lea
C.ac.naau, o. s-anite PAYERS have
gained an increase IN wages Of 50
cents a day
Tallahassee Fla, has ou; one labor
union. that Of The typosraphers
On July i. Al New York. y. Y. In
ternauonal I,ongshoremen Assoc.a-
tion viii hold it, annual convention.
Fon Du Lac. Wis, millmen. who
have been unable TO secure satistao-
. tory contracts with the employers. are
on strike.
Little Rock Ark, painters recently
. received An advance in wages ranging
from % TO 50 cents per day making
their minimum wage scale $3.50 per
day of eight hours
/ Onicial census figures by the gov
eminent show that the average annual
salary Of the ministers Of the gospel
is 1868 in the United States.
/ Twelve hundred local members o.
| the United Garment Workers OF Amer
| lea Went on strike in Syracuse, y. Y.
recently for 10 per cent advance in
wages
Railway engine ers in Bohemia begin
with salary OF S1S2.7O a year which
is increased $4O.6O every second year
until the maximum s527.S0, is reached
In the last seven years the member
snip in the building industry in Sacra-
mento. Cal. has doubled. al the pres
ent time having loo names on the
roster
/ Announcement has been made that
all the employees OF the Atchison. To
peka * Santa Fe Railway receiving
less than so per month have been
granted an increase OF 10 per cent in
wages.
At recent meeting the iron ship
builders and boiler makers OF America
refused 70 amalgama:e with the inter
national ship builders and boiler max.
ers.
All the teamsters in Portland, Ore,
recently struck for slight increase in
wages. An early settlement OF the
trouble is expected
The Lathers strike al Toronto, Can.
- is practically over and the men will
5 all return to work at an increase of 40
cents a day. The rate before the strike
5 was 1910.
10 All unorganized reamsters in the
, South san Francisco, Cal, butcher bus
mess have decided to AFFILIATE with
= union teamsters A cut in wages was
p the moving cause
: According TO the United States Geo
D logical survey, 22.s4O men have been
5 killed in coal mines of this country in
+ the last Il years, and nearly $4,000
: have been seriously injured
j Carpenters at Washington, d. c.,
j. will 90 on strike because the contrac-
J tors for whom they have been working
e have not agreed 70 a Saturday half
r holiday proposition with full pay.
e The eight hour day was ushered in
e recently in the iron industry in san
= Francisco, Cal. The eight hour day is
2 scheduled not only for that city but
I for the entire Pacific coast,
5 Hundreds of Hindoos are pouring in
;. 20 San Joaquin County, California, and
probably in the hope Of securing work
a, once most OF them having discarded
the turban for American hats, much
to the surprise OF the more deyout Of
, the race
Structural ironworkers in Des
Moines, Ia, who We're engaged in a
fight with the contractors for an in
crease in pay from % cents to 50 cents
an hour and the introduction of an
eight-hour day. have won and the men
are al work again
Elevator constructors in Pittsburg
Pa, recently had their agreement sign
ed for three years, gaining increased
wage Of 81, cents per hour for mechan-
les and IS cents per hour for help
ers Hours We're reduced from forty
eight hours per week TO forty-four
hours per week.
In many employments requiring dex-
,erity and quickness with the hands,
women are far more valuable than
men. For instance. where the folding
or large quantities OF books or maga-
zines is required. one woman can 10
as much as Two men
After several years OF idleness a re