Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1910-09-16


convention of the organization one
OF these is proposition to Increase
the salaries OF the president and the
secretary-treasuror to $4,000 from s2..
OOO. Another proposition is to reduce
the monthly dues from As cents TO 40
cents: change the pension assess.
nent, which at present Is one-half OF
per cent. Of the earnings OF the
members. to 35 cents a month a mem
Der. and levy tax of 25 cents
month member for a mortuary fund
AT present it is explained. tho pen.
sion assessment averages about 80
cents a member. The new method
would make the total dues 81 month
a member Another proposition is for
mortuary benefit ranging from $50
Tor membership OF one year or less
10 $3.50 for membership of five years
or more At present there Is a bene.
III OF $40. with tax at the rate OF
~ cents month.
Washlngton.-Julien l.. Brode. spe.
cial agent of the Department OF Com.
merce and Labor, writing of labor
conditions in Germany. declares that
the organization for solving labor
problems Is superior in its efficacy to
that OF any other nation. There is an
imperial labor exchange. headquarters
at Berlin. which receives an annual
subsidy from the government of ST..
900. Altogether there are over 700
exchanges in the empire, all tribu.
tary' In sense, to the imperial. Col.
lcctlVely, 100000 positions are filled
every month. All of the expense OF
the Labor exchange at Munich is
porne oy the municipality. 1t is man.
aged by a committee consisting OF
three employers, three employees and
chairman appointed by the munici.
pality. The three employees are chosen
by the Industrial court which is n
special court of justice in every town
OF 10000 people and more empowered
to investigate wrongful dismissals.
nonpaymont of wages. etc, and which
acts as an arbitrating board for in.
dustrial disputes. but without authorl.
ty to enforce its findings
Toronto, Possibility of
strike OF the employees of the Toronto
Street Railway company. apparently
imminent for many weeks past. was
preciuded when the men accepted the
wage award of the board OF concllia.
tion. First and second year men re.
ceive an increase of one cent an hour.
those longer in the service IL cent.
St Albans. Vt.-Tho engineers OF
the Central Vermont railway will re.
ceive an Increase In wages averaging
~ per cent. rs result of an agree.
ment Just signed by officials OF the
company and representatives OF the
brotherhood OF Locomotive Engineers
Most Of the yardmen who participated
In the strike have obtained their old
positions, but with the trainmen the
process is slower. Many men were
hired permanently as conductors and
trainmen during the strike. Not
single passenger conductor who jolned
the strike has been returned to his old
run, and many OF the freight con.
ductors are still out OF work.
Milwaukee, visa resolution has
been passed by the Federated Trades
council, urging the establishment ~
permanently located, salarled or.
ganizer OF the American Federation
OF Labor in Milwaukee. The resom.
tion has been forwarded to the head.
quarters OF the federation and a dele.
gate from the Milwaukee council will
make similar request at the copyen.
lion hall. The American Federation
OF Labor Is at present aiding several
city central bodies in organization
work by defraying salary and field ex
penses Of organizers.
Milwaukee, Wis.-The Milwaukee,
typographical union and the Mllwau
kee newspapers have reached a new
agreement which has been signed for
Period Of three years. BY It's terms
printers employed on evening papers
receive an immediate increase OF 81
a week and an additional increase OF
DO cents week at the expiration OF
one year. Printers on morning papers
receive an increase Of 81 a week
Time and one-half will bo paid for
overtime.
New fork.-Preparations were start.
ed by the Assortment Workers union.
made up of the men who make tin
saucepans, tin plates and a great va.
riety OF kitchen utensils, for a general !
strike for a fifty-four. hour working
week. This union was formed as
Local 500 Of the international Sheet
Metal Workers union. The assert.
ment workers now work from fifty. |
eight to ffty-nine hours a week
New York.-Five local unions of
have voted to call OF the
strikes ordered by their international
officers on the contracts of F. T. Mes.
bit & Co.. and the other eight unions
have voted to continue the strikes. |
II is now thought that there will be
no lockout and that the fight will be |
among the locals of the brich,ayers. /
The FIVE rebellious unions will be sus.
pended by the international union. but