The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1910-05-06
THE WORLD
OF LABOR

a week increase
Coolies in Borneo are ihdenmred al
Sis % sSc year, with board and cloth
ing.
The Alaska t'isherman's Union haze
voted to affiliate with the san Fran
cisco Labor Council
Union metal workers In italy mum
Der 5000. Owing to tsade depression
the membership has fallen from l5,-
400.
The special referendum vote taken
throughout the country recently by the
piano and organ workers resulted in
favor Of the temporary reduction Of
the initiation fee from s5 to 81
There was but one strike in Seattle,
Wash, during 1909, that Of the eleva-
tor constructors, who struck for soc
a day increase and obtained it in a
very short time.
Labor exchanges have been started
recently in the Midlands, Eng, and
have already been instrumental In
finding work for numbers ofunem-
ployed
OF the 10000 saleswomen In New
York department stores, one-third are
wives and mothers, the greater part Of
these having taken positions after
their marriage.
"A proposed employers liability law
will be drawn up by the San Francisco
Labor Council and submitted to the
next legislature
AT Il conference held recently at
marlborough, Eng, between the
Cleveland mine owners and the rep
resentatiyes Of the men. 1t was agreed
that the wages at the Ironstone mines
should be advanced IA per cent foi.
the ensuing quarter.
At the next meeting of the Mon
treal. Can, Trades and Labor Council
the question Of forming civic fed
GRAFTON for the purpose Of settling all
labor troubles by conciliation and ar
ton and arbitration will be consid-
cred.
The building labdrers of Fresno,
4 Cal, have been organized into a union
of the international hod carriers and
building laborors Of America and will
be affiliated with the central labor
Of that city.
Before the recent election the mem
bers Of the Montreal, Can, Tpyograph-
ical Union decided to vote only for
such municipal candidates as use the
label on their printing stickers to
that effect were posted everywhere
Boston, Mass, Stationary Firemen's
Union No 242 is now the second larg-
est local Of the craft in the country
! The organization has a membership OF
more than loco and has planned to
get within the fold every one working
at the craft within the Boston iurisdic-
tion.
Mrs. Eva Mcdonald Valesch is at the
head Of movement to establish a
new trade union among the working
\ women of America The object Of this
movement is to get rid of the socialist
influence which is alleged to affect the
present Womans Trade Union League.
The organizers Of the pressers in
1 tic garment trade at Toronto, Can,
have succeeded iD affiliating into one
the Hebrew and EngIish-speaking men
and women, and expect because Of this
move to improve this branch Of the
trade about 100 per cent within year.
The cost to English employers Of
lnsuring their workmen against acci-
dents in 1908 amounted to $4,000 600.
4 Under the compensation acts the en-
ployers do not themselves pay out
the money to their men in case Of ac-
cldent That is done by accident in
surance companies that bond the en-
pIoyers.
Boston Metal Trades Council has
voted in favor Of the building trades
department or the A. r. OF L.. naming
the day when all the metal crafts of
the country will strike for the estab-
lishment of the eighthour work day
The council names May !, 1911, as the
latest time for such action
Portland, Ore. BARRIERS local is ask
ing for the Endorsement Of proposed
amendment to the international laws,
So that barber who joins the union
shall always be q member. II five
locals indorse the proposition the in
teinatlonal will have to call for ref
crendum vote on the matter