The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-01-10
IN THE WORLD
OF INDUSTRY
REVIEW OF The WEEK WITH
MECHANICS AND ARTISANS IN
EVERY LAND

The Musicians International has
a membership OF $4,000 Twelve
years ago it was 5000.
Boston Mass. Carpenters Uni.n
40 % has wives funeral benefit
system
There IS quite a boom IN the lace
curtain trade IN Ayrshire. In many
O.; the factories the men are work.
iue l2-hour shifts
The Legislature Of Saskatchewan.
Canada. recently adopted clause 20
the factories act. fixing the legal
working day for women at a max.
imum OF eight hours
The referendum vote f the Inter
national Pressmen and Assistants
U1ion on the proposition TO estab.
lish a home in Tennessee is favora.
Die in the general result by 1895.
Rates Of wages and hours Of
duty affecting the department of the
London, Brighton and South Coast
Railways was settled f.r three years
at meeting OF the Central Concili.
alton Board
The locals OF the International
Brotherhood of Leather Workers on
Horse Goods throughout the United
States and Canada intend 20 make
the fight for the eight-hour day
during the ensuing year.
Labor Commissioner McEwen, OF
Minnesota. is arranging for an ex.
hibit next February in Minneapolis
OF safety appliances for the proven.
ton 4 accidents 20 working men.
: II will be held under the auspices
, OF the Minnesota Museum OF Santa.
tion and Safety
, At the present time there are rep.
resented in the Union Label Trades
Department of the American Fedora.
tion Of Labor 81 National and Inter.
' membership of about 100000
After an active and successful
Il ston Boilermakers Lodge No 9.
is about to disband The lodge will
allow the members 20 act as indi.
y!duals in the matter OF joining the
international
The San Francisco Iron Trades
Council has instructed its secretary
to communicate with the California
representative in congress and ask
them 20 interest themselves in Sc
curing a uniform elght-hour day
for all iron trades under federal
direction.
San Francisco Cal. typographical
Union Is already making strenuous
efforts 10 secure the International
Convention for 1911. The coast un-
ions are strongly backing up the
movement
A court OF appeals in England
claims tha; football player Is
! workingman. 4 player who was In.
jured while taking part in a game
| sued his club under the working.
mans compensation act for damages.
/ And II was held by the court that he
is workngman within the meaning
I OF that act
Incorporation papers of the Ameri.
can Federation of Human Rights,
branch of the French labor. .rgaa.
ization which demands equal rights
for both sexes before the law. and
which propose to combat ignorance
with the recorder of deeds of the
under all forms. has been filed
District OF Columbia.
Union bricklayers all over the Unit
Union brcklayers all over the Unit
ed States and Canada are voting !
Oh the question of establishing
fund from which TO pay graduated /,
death benefit The plan calls for /
the payment OF from 500 10 5000 TO /
the heirs Of deceased members &C. !
Cording 10 the length OF term of /
mebership.
The union job printers of Seattle. /
Wash. recently presented 20 their /
employers 4 new scale calling for |
n reduction OF hours from eight To ,
seven and haf, and an increase /
OF wages from s24 10 s2s week. |
The employers rejected the scale /,
and announced that they would sus' .
pend business rather than pay 1t.
The strike OF the Ludlow Poles al |
Springfield. Mass. is on again, All |
hands returned 10 work recently. as |
agreed upOn ny the state hoard OF I