The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-10-17
IN THE WORLD
OF INDUSTRY
REVIEW OF THE WEEK WITH ME
CHANlCS AND ARTISANS IN EV
ERY LAND.

Okla.
MachiniSts at Portland ore, are
on strike for eight hours, with vic
tory in sight,
Clyde bolershop employees have OBJ
tanned a per cent increase in wages.
Steam engineers at Toledo, o., re-
Gently formed union, to be affiliated
with the international.
Wisconsins Labor Commissioner
recommends an eight-hour day for
children.
On October Is. at New York, n. Y,
United Textile Workers of America
will hold its annual convention.
Carpenters at Hot Springs. Ark,
will now receive As cents an hour
and 80 cents per hour after May LIST,
1911.
Dubuque. Ia, plumbers who were
on strike for an increase from 81 to
$3.50 a day have compromised at $3.50
a day.
A campaign is being made by union
men for the eght-hour day in SYRIA
cuse. y. Y, with excellent results
thus far.
The election for international Off
GERS of the United Mine Workers OF
America will be held in December.
It is asserted that about 5000 ma
chinists are on strike for better con-
ditions throughout the country.
All the unions are recognized by
the employers at Halifax n. s., and
all union men have the nine-hour
work day.
For trying to form a rival organi-
cation, the Winnipeg Brick'ayers' and
Masons Union recently fined six OF
their members 500 each.
The brotherhood of Locomotive
Firemen has appropriated funds for
the establishment of course of sci
entific firing.
At Jefferson City, Mo, the State
Federation of Labor by unanimous
vote recently went on record as
against statewide prohibition.
Building trades at Louisville, KY"
especially are enjoying good season
and their reports show an increase
of 20 per cent over the corresponding
month of last year.
II is estimated by the American
Federation of Labor that 100000
trade unonists were in line in the re-
cent labor day parades in this coun-
try.
A building trades council is being
contemplated by the trades affiliated
with the central body at Portsmouth,
n. H.
The unions of Kansas City, Mo, are
now meeting in their new Labor Tenn
pie which has twelve meeting halls
and is a four-story structure.
The Japanese laborers on the Cali
fornia fruit farms are organizing.
They have a union of 1000 in one
county alone, and fixed a minimum
scale at 81 day of nine hours.
The first annual convention OF the
Trades and Workers Association, an
organization seeking to solve the la
Dor question by peaceful methods,
ended its sessions recently at Battle
Creek, Mich.
An increase of from 5 to 10 per
cent in wages has been secured by
the Brick, Tile and Terra Gotta Work.
ers in Brazil, Ind, through a strike.
This strike embraced about 600 men
and was settled with all the compa-
nies affected.
Labor statistics, compiled by the
State Labor Commissioner, and the
State Statistician, show that there are
10000 laborers employed in Colorado.
This is the first compilation of that
kind ever made in the history of the
state.
During the past fiscal year $1,000
was paid out to the beneficiaries OF
112 iron workers affiliated with the
Association of Bridge
and Iron Workers, who were killed in
accidents during the course of their
work
Ninety per cent of the strikers call
ed by the United Brotherhood of Car
penters and Joiners during the last
year were successful. The union now
has 2O0,712 members, which is an in