The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1910-11-30

boiler makers and iron ship builders
as well as the helpers OF the Pittsburg
district Is still on. More than 1000
men are affected. Every man in the
Pittsburg district with the exception
Of the Jones & Laughlin steel com
pany is completely tied up. this firm
paying the union scale on all con.
struction work done. The trouble be-
gan when the men demanded an In
crease OF five cents for both inside
and outside work. There Is no con-
tention between the :men and the en-
ployers in regard TO hours. as the
eight hour day exists In this district.
Many firms throughout the country
are raising wages and as the men in
this section have not had an increase
in several years. they asked for an
advance on account Of the high cost
OF living. The only other concession
sought by the men Is that, hereafter,
two men be employed on pneumatic
tool work. this custom prevailing in
the large cities.
Dallas. Texas.-The blacklisting OF
employees has once more fallen under
the ban Of the courts. The Supreme
Court Of Texas has virtually abclishd
this unfair and un-American practice
In the big state over which Il has
jurisdiction. 1t seems that a brake.
man refused to go out with a train IN
Texas because the brakes were dan.
gerously out Of repair and the roadbed
In such a condition that complete con-
troll OF the train was necessary. Per
force. he had to quit the service Of
the company. When he applied for
his, service letter It was refused him
on the ground that he had been dis.
charged for INSTRUMENTATION. This viz.
tually amounted to blacklisting. as he
could not obtain employment on any
other railroad without showing a sat.
~isfactory letter. He sued the company
and the Supreme court has upheld a
judgment for $500 In his favor.
Fall River. Mass.-The seven big
mills OF the Fall River Iron Works
company. which have been running
only alternate weeks since early in
June. shave resumed operations IN full.
Fully 5000 operatives are affected by
the order. which Is only q little less
welcome than hat issued a short time
ago for the resumption OF work at the
American Print Works after a shut
down OF three months. The starting
up OF the print works made It only a
question OF time before the iron works
should again put its $4,000 splndles
on full time.
New York.-A letter from Andrew
Furuseth. from Copenhagen. states
that a federation embracing all ma.
tional unions Of transport workers In
Europe had been decided upon by the
congress In that city. A committee
was appointed. Of which Furrseth is
chairman. to draft a Legislative pro,
gram for all maritime workers. The
work OF the committee will be pre-
scented to all legislative bodies in Eu-
rore. q
Davenport, lowa.-The Chicago &
Northwestern Railway company was
made defendant on thirty-:our counts
in a suit began here IN the federal
court before Judge Smith Macpherson
for alleged violation of the nine hour
law. The case is based on alleged VIC
lations IN Northwestern lines between
Clinton. Boone and Westlake, lowe
The possible penalty is $500 70. each
violation. making q total OF $4,000.
Washiaston.-The safety OF employ
ecs n mines Is the subject o. a nun.
Der Of laws. The increasing employ.
ment of electricity for Lighting and
other uses in mines received attention
in Idaho. Ohio and Oklahoma. where
proper insulation and other rrecau.
lions are prescribed ventilation. in
spection and the exclusion Of intoxI
carts and intoxicated persons are tea
lures OF several laws relating tc
mines.
London. Eng.-There was a time
when a workman In England receive
s cents a day as sn ordinary wage
when skilled artisans commanded y
cents a day. and when women worked
in the field at such tasks as reaping
straw. hoeing. planting beans and
washing sheep for . cents a day. an6
a wise student Of the subject las ex.
pressed the opinion that the British
workman Of that day was better of
than he has ever been since.
New York.-Unflled orders on the
books OF the United States Stee! cor.
poration September 80 amounted tc
S.15S.106 tons. a decrease OF 3I9,02c
ons during the month. AT the end OF
1909 the untitled orders were 1921 ,03l
tons. and they have been decreasing
ever since then. A year ago they
were I.7s6.S33 tons. The minimum re.
sorted since the steel corporation. be-
gan business was 3.o27.436 five years
ago.
New York.-The number OF trades
represented by labor unions in Great