Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1910-12-03
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the employees OF the c.. IA. & ID. rail-
road who belong to unions affiliated
with the American Federation OF La.
Dor. There is at present a railroad
department OF the American Fedora
tlon Of Labor. and the body TO be or
ganized would be part Of It, II
would be something after the order
OF the local organization of the metal
trades department OF the federation,
but would consist only Of employees OF
the c., II. & d.. and would include
the following crafts: Boilermakers.
machinists. carpenters. painters, car
repairmen, telegraphers. switchmen,
members Of the Brotherhood of Lo-
comotye Firemen and Enginemen.
blacksmiths. pipe filters and copper
smiths. Similar organizations have
been formed on various other roads,
especially I'm the southeast. II Is ex-
planned that the various crafts repre-
sented in # would stand together in
making their agreements with the
company or in presenting grievances.
New York.-The question OF seven
day labor In continuous processes I'm
the iron and steel industry will be in
vestigated by a committee appointed
by Il. H. Gary. chairman OF the United
States Steel corporation, and president
OF the American Iron and Steel insti-
tute. The committee appointed fol
lows: y. A. S. Clarke, president of the
Lackawanna Steel company: William
B. Schiller. president OF the National
Tube company: +. w. Wood president
Of the Maryland Steel company;
George G.. Crawford, president Of the
Tennessee Coal and Iron company; j..
A. Campbell, president OF the Youngs.
town Sheet and Tube company. The
appointment OF this committee IL in
pursuance OF a resolution passed at
the meeting of the American Iron and
Steel institute. held In New York on
May 81.
New York.-After meeting In
Grand Central palace, attended by
more than 10000 brlcklayers, this
statement was issued by Vice-Presi-
| dent Thomas X. Preece. The most
| important change in the old order OF
|
walking delegates will no longer have
power to order strikes. and that the
local executive committee will nc
| longer have power to order strikes on
! questions OF Jurisdiction where the
bricklayers and some other trade lay
claim to the same kind of work. Any
such strike. II ordered. must come be
| g,f
any such action is taken"
Washlngton.-Stati for the 2r
year period. from 1881 to 1905. show
strikes in the United States number
ing 36,757 and lockouts ! $40. The TO
tai number OF persons who went on
strike during the 25 years was 6,72s.
04S, and the total number locked out
! 716,231. The dependence of one occu
patton on another in the same estab
lishment swells the aggregate OF EN-
ployes affected during the period tc
9.529.434.
Toronto. Canada.-One Of the objects
aimed at by the building trades OF To
ronto will be to prevent a genera
strike in the early spring Of 1911 anC
to have matters so arranged that there
will be no lost time, but instead SIT
isfactory understanding between the
bosses and the men regarding wages
and hours. Recently at the labor tenn
Pile many unions advocated the move
ment, which promises considerable
success.
Syracuse, N. Y.-The Eight-hou
league, which has the backing o
every labor organization in Syracuse
has started a campaign for the eight
hour day in the city. The unions dl
rectly interested are the meat cutter
and butchers boot and shoe workers
horseshoers, machinists, pressmen, re
tail clerks. pattern makers, modelers
beer drivers, malsterers and four gar
ment workers unions.
London, Eng.-The value OF the Eng
lish conciliatiQn boards as a means o
preventing stoppages OF work is show
by the fact that OF 1903 cases settle,
by these boards in ten years 1900-l9O9
only l04 were preceded by cessation
OF employment The rules OF mos
| Ol the pAONAhS NhoN ~ 9NelSA
sion of work shall be brought abou
by either party until the matter In dis
pute has been discussed.
New York.-The seventeenth bier
NAL convention of the United AssC
citation OF Plumbers. Gasftters an
Steamftters' Helpers increased tn
war fund" of the organization froI
100000 to $250,OOO. This fund is TO
use in cases OF strikes and locEouts
and has been of such assistance tha
it needed little argument to induce
favorable vote on the proposition I
make the increase.
Paris, France.-Advices from Gel
bere, on the Spanish border, say tn
town of Sabadell is stricken with fan
Inc as a result Of the general strike
which has cut Off supplies. The popr
lation is excited and disorders are fr'
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