The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-08-01
in THE WORLD
OF INDUSTRY
REVIEW OF THE WEEK WITH
MECHANICS AND ARTISANS m
EVERY LAND.

Painters Union Is S25
The average pay OF women in the
industries is $3.50 to $3.50.
The Maryland pepitentiary is pay
ins the convicts but 26 cents a day
for making shirts
While strike is on in Massachu'
sets employers who advertise for
men must mention that a strike eT-
lists.
Official reports of the United Mine
Workers of America show 3l0j52
msmbers IN good standing.
rhe Central Trades and Labor
Unions oe st. Louis, Mo, have de-
cided not to parade on Labor Day.
Railroad telegraphers have receiv-
ed wage advances since January |
aggregating $1,000, 900,
AT the recent city election in ilo-
quiam Wash, seven out of nine
cuuncilmen elected were union men.
rhe children's jacket makers OF
Chicago, H., have a union nov.
About 100 workers in this trade
started it recently.
Congress gave scant attention to
labor laws, the important legislation
for the workers being shifted to
the next session.
The International Convention of
Transportment in Copenhagen, Den
mark, opens August 90. 1t is OK
pected the sessions will last abou,
a week
All contracts have been signed
for three years in the brewery busi-
ness in Sacramento Cal. The San
Francisco wage scale prevails in the
capital city.
On August l. at Milwaukee. Wis
National Association Heat, Frost
General lnsulators and Asbestos
Workers of America will convene.
Carpenters of Everett, Wash. haze
secured an advance in wages OF
from 81 to $500 per day. They also
secured the eight-hour day.
Former President Martin p. HiS-
gins, OF the International Printing
Pressmen and Assistants Union has
neen appointed foreman of the press
room of the boston. Mass. Municipal
Printing Plant.
declaration against its members
becoming enlisted men IN the Ma
| tional Guard was made by the Ma
tonal Brotherhood of Operative Pot
ters of the United States and Cana
da at its recent convention.
President Gompers. of the Ameri
can Federation of Labor has filed
with Secretary Nagel of the Depart
ment of Commerce and Labor a pro
test against peonase in the Ha
wmian Islands.
The Amalgamated Society of Clr,
penters and Joiners recently cele.
hrated the fiftieth anniversary .!
the formation of the union. 1t has
paid $l7.355,255 in benefits to date
The secretary of the California
state Federation of Labor states that
during June IS locals affiliated. The
eleventh annual convention of the
] InI,t-atfA, ,st1I In "a.
seies. beginning October 8.
Wages are going up in New YORK
With the other advances. and house
/ servants are receiving on an aver.
/ age 81 more a month than they did
one year ago.
/ Miss Rose Schneiderman. one OF
the leading members in the Wom'
/ ems Trade Union League, is CON
. Quoting an ashation tour of the
country with a view to securing
/ the organization Of working girls
Office building scrubwomen AZ
/ Cleveland o.. struck recently for
/ sl.25 day The payment of SIS
/ per day for eight hours al the
/ B;otherhood OF Locomotive Ensi
reers' new building is responsible
for the unrest.
\ general railway strike in France
is threatened. The men. who de-
maud an increase in wages and oth.
er ameliorations, have voted to strike
in principle pending the result OF
negotiations with the companies.
Houston, Texas. has entered the
fight for the 1912 convention of the
. International Typographical Union
and has appointed a boosting com.
mittee headed by Mayor II. Il. Rice
to make beginning this year.
The Western Federation of Min
ers votes in favor Of affiliatiHs with
me \. +. % L. The proposition was
carried by a majority Of more than
1000 votes. But five of the 265 10
Gals voted against the plan.