The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1910-11-09

Manchester, England.-The lockout
OF their employees by the Federation Of
Cotton Spinners has gone into effect.
About eighty per cent. OF the mills
owned by members OF the federation
shut down and some 10000 employees
were locked out. All efforts at set
Element Of the trouble were abandoned
when representative Of the board Of
trade found It impossible to get the
employers and men to reach an agree
ment. The lockout originated over a
small strike in the Fern mills at Old.
ham over working conditions there.
Only some seventy.hve men were in.
volved. but the unions all through the
district supported the strikers and re
fused to arbitrate the trouble. The
employers thereupon gave notice that
unless the strike was submitted to
arbitration a general lockout would be
! inaugurated. 1t is thought that many
thousands in addition to those at once
thrown out of work will be ultimately
affected by the strike. AS the result
OF further attempt at Cancellation
on the part OF Councillor Howell. the
Uniontst candidate for parliament in
North Manchester, an agreement Of
some sort may be expected in few
days.
Melbourne. Australia. = Australia
claims the Oldest trade unionist Off
cial in the world He is Mr. James
Wardley. the president OF the Mel
bourne bakers union. and he is in his
ninety-ffth year. In spite of his great
age, he is bale and hearty, and regu.
larly takes the chair at tie meetings
Q! the union. Not only that. but he
works every night at his trade. He IS
native Of Exeter. Devcnshire. Eng.
land, and he confesses that he is a
beer-drirker. But that. be explains. Is
an acquired Australian taste. In his
native land he imbibed nothing but
Devonshire cider, which he considers
the finest drink in the world" He
emisrated to Australia in 1852.
New York--As an effect OF the lock-
out and strike of bricklayers. other
trades were thrown into idieness, in.
GLIDING carpenters. tin and sheet iron
workers. housesmiths. sheet metal
workers, plasterers. plumbers, electri-
clans. steamftters and cement ma
sons. Delegates appointed to investi-
gate working conditions in different
parts Of the city reported that 100
derrickmen employed by the Mason
Builders association were forced to
quit. and that hundreds OF buildings
on each SIDE of which there were large
numbers OF building mechanics at
work will be deserted. ~
Lynn. Mass.-The employees Of the:
Boston 6 Northern Street railway
voted to accept the offer Of the com.
paay granting them IL cents an hour
Increase in pay. Four weeks ago the
union asked for an. increase OF five
cents an hour. TIE increase effects
the Old Colony railway also. Another
trouble was the price for work on the
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