The roundup record., 1910-10-07

rate system OF benefits. The organ
izatfon pays an out-of-work benefit of
50 a week, grants loans to travelling
members when looking for employ.
ment. to the amount of $40; pays q
sick benefit of IS a week; pays a dis
ability benefit Of $3.50 after five years
membership. $500 after ten years
membership. and $500 after fifteen
years membership; pays q death ben.
eft Of $50 after membership Of two
years. 5000 after i've years. $3.50 after
ten years. $3.50 after fifteen years,
and pays $40 on the death Of a wife
or widowed mother. The total bene
fits paid out up to the time Of the
last accounting are: Out-of.work, g..
s0.75S.11; travelling loans. $1.139,.
106.4e; sick benefits. $2.722.433.61;
disability and death benefits, $2,128,.
678.74. All these large expenditures
are made possible by the payment OF
dues and assessments on the part OF
the employed union cigarmakers.
Chicago.-Interest is manifested by
the working men Of the entire coun.
try in the plan Of the Chicago Gar.
nent Manufacturers association in
considering plan to centralize the
business. One promised advantage
will be the abolition Of the sweat
shop. Instead there will be homes,
clubhouses. libraries and gymnasiums
for $500 employees. The plan, as out.
lined, is to buy land outside the
crowded part Of the city and erect
great group Of buildings. The estt
mated cost is $5.OO0,OOO. The con.
Germs interested do an annual bust.
ness in Chicago Of $4O.0OO.O00 or
more. Their plants are scattered,
and 1t is thought that by grouping
them large saving in rent, insur.
ance, building repairs and other ex.
penses would be effected It is pro.
posed that the buildings devoted to
manufacturing be built of rein.
forced concrete and with liberal pro.
vision for light and air.
Boston.--A wage increase OF eight
per cent. for all the men in the shop
and mechanical trades employed by
the N. Y, N. H. & H. railroad system
WIN AAIo SACSIs uO "dSc TdJc W66
decided upon at conference in this
city between General Manager Samuel
Higgins of the road and seven interna-
tional officers Of the various trades.
The probability of an immediate
strike If an adjustment was not made
was put up quite strongly, 1t is stated.
to General Manager Higgins. The
federated council of the mems dele.
gates accepted the eight per cent. of.
fer at its meeting, which was in ses.
sion during the conference. The men
originally asked for a six cents a day
increase. The roads first offer was OF
six per cent.
Chicago.-The executive board OF
the International Bakers union, re-
Gently in session here, has ordered
the sale Of 100000 government bonds
the proceeds to be invested in Mil
waukee city bonds. This move was
made when it appeared that certain
moneyed interests were refusing the
Milwaukee bonds because the pres
ent administration in that city 10 So
cialist Other national and interna
ttonal organizations. It Is asserted,
will follow the example Of the
bakers.
Washington.-Statistics published
in the Imperial Labor Gazette show
that there were 1,34; strikes in Ger.
many, in 1908 alone. against 399 In
England. France and Austria had, re
spectively, 1913 and 721. Germany,
too. had far more strikes than any
other country in Europe in 1909. OF
1.419 German strikes for higher
wages. 255 were successful. 4S8 part.
ly so and GIG failed. The German
trade unions disbursed, on account of
strikes. in 1907, the sum of $3,5O0.0O
lndianapolis.-The molders are
stronger now numerically and finan.
cially than ever before The sick
benefit plan established fifteen years
ago has proved an unqualified success
SO much SO that the beneficial fea
lures of the organization are to be in
creased by the addition of an insur
ance plan giving to the molders an
opportunity for life insurance at a
rate far below that offered by any
other organization in the country.
Boston.-Boston machinists' union
won its strike at the plant Of the
Miehle Press company at Dorchester
The GA men who struck June l re
turned to work. Nearly a score more
shops. large and small. where confer
ences were in progress. agreed to In
creased wage rates. The GOO men EN-
ployed at 13 large shops are still on
strike. International Vice-President
Thomas L. Wilson predicts a complete
victory.
Fall Ilver. Mass.-The Fall River
Iron Works mills. owned by M. C. D
Borden Of New York. have closed and
will be run alternate weeks. Orders
to this effect were received from New
York. The mills. seven in number
have 467 900 spindles and are equipped
with $4,000 looms. They produce 80.
900 pieces Of 28-inch goods weekly TO,
the American Printing company. which