The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-05-09
IN THE WORLD
OF INDUSTRY
REVIEW OF TAE WEEK WITH ME.
cHANlCs AND ARTISANS IN Ev.
ERY LAND.

In many German factories the ie- /
male employees are forbidden TO wear
corsets during working hours.
San Francisco. Cal, steam laundry .
workers union now has 1900 mem.
bers In good standing
Eight thousand painters of Chicago. /
H.. recently Obtained raise from
81 To 80 cents az hour.
Cleveland. o. bricklayers have de-
cided To organize the stone masous
and cement block workers.
On May 9. at Louisville. Ky. ANAL.
gamated Meat Cutters and Butcher
Workmen of North America VIII CO..
venc.
Montreal Can. street railway com
pany for the second time in two years
has granted voluntary increases IN
pay.
Boston. Mass. Stone Masous' Union
has unanimously voted against any al.
tempt 10 introduce the contrac, sys-
TEN of work IN their craft.
Eighteen hundred Boston. Mass.
painters have obtained an increase
OF 81 90 each a week. making a weekly
wage of $50.
Organized labor in Denver. Colo,
has united in demand for the public
ownership of the water supply for
/ that city.
Eighty San Diego. Cal. firms have
signed an agreement advancing the
minimum wage scale OF union carpen.
tcrs from $3.50 TO 81 day.
The machinists are planning for
general wage increase June |. and re-
port the craft better organized than
at any time in its history.
Since the adjournment OF the Calf
fornia State Federation OF Labor in
Sar Rafale. last October. SO unions
have affiliated with the Federation.
The House of Representatives has
passed a bill making 81 the standard
wage for laborers on Government work
in the District of Columbia
: The Court OF Appeals has adjudged
: unconstitutional the section of Ken.
tucky's statutes prohibiting the opera
tion of barber shops on Sunday.
There are 23 labor unions in the
labor council OF Stockton. Cal. and 90
building trades organizations in the
building trades council OF that city.
e At recent conference OF the Is .
900 members of the Australian Work.
= ers' (shearers) union. II was decidei
' to begin the issue of a daily paper
= Industrial accidents are twice as
= frequent in the United States In pro.
: portion 10 the uumber OF men employ.
ed as they are in the European coun,
7 tries.
] Disputes between masters dnd Wen
u in 1905 in the United Kingdom meant
a loss of l0.S34.ls9 working days
which. at an average OF only 3s a
day would represent l.625.12S pounds
3 The special referendum vote taken
h throughout the country recently by IN,
j. piano and organ workers resulted in
i favor of temporary reduction OF the
initiation fee from five To two dol
4 lars
D. Boston, Mass. labor unions have In
{ dorsed proposed legislation to the ef
4 feet that there shall be inquiry into
D. public utility disputes before either {
y lockout or strike may take place
The t. :. Steel Corporation Is Ia,
largest employer OF labor In this coun
y try. about 10000 men appearing OF
its rolls last year. The amount eX
, pended for labor, including salaries
for the same period was sl5l. .G63 .39i
n The Essex Trades Council of New
n ark, y. j.. has appointed a committe,
- 20 take up with the EurGns ant
a Metal Trades Councils the question
% of establishing central headquarteri
- for all unions OF the jurisdiction.
o. j. \. Rodler one OF the pioneers o
=, the labor movement In Canada, die,
o recently. lie was labor editor OF "L,
Patrie' for past nine years. He wa
one OF the organizers OF the Knight
OF Labor twenty years ago
/, Since the Introduction OF the eigh
hour day I'm the ranks OF the cigar
makers OF the United States within
the last few years the average III
OF men engaged in the craft has in
creased fifteen years.
Boot and shoe workers union inter
IN rational body makes the assertion
-s that the system OF % cents per weel
n dues saves il from the fear OF strikes
4. and that in case OF such an emergenc
: 1t avoids the necessity OF calling upol
# sister unions for financial assistace
\. In Rhode Island the industrial por
,r ulaton has received many advance
in wages. The cotton mills have bee
running full time Notwithstanding .