The wageworker., 1910-03-05

De1ng erected at Saint Clair avenue
and Ontario street by the Brotherhood
of Locomotive Engineers. The build
ing will be completed about May 1.
The Brotherhood of Engineers decided
on the building venture as an invest
ment for surplus capital on hand.
When completed the skyscraper will
represent an investment of about ST.
100000. Work was begun last March.
An auditorium with a seating capac-
ity of 1,400 will be a feature of the
building. A $4,000 pipe organ, which
citals, will be installed. The Brother
hood of Locomotive Engineers will oc-
cupy all of the eleventh floor.
Butte, Mont.-Unless there are un-
foreseen developments, all the mines in
the Butte district will close as n
result of a jurisdictional labor dis
pute. A comittee representing the
International Engineers union waited
on the superintendent of the Amalga-
mated Copper Mining Company and
announced that the jurisdiction of the
union must be recognized. The COM
mittee also claimed jurisdiction over
men and oilers. officers of the min
ers' union said that the Western
Federation of Miners would furnish
enough engineers to operate the mines,
and thus a long shut down may be
avoided.
Boston.-The work for the raising of
the fund for a memorial monument on
the grave of the late Frank B. Mon
aghan at Forest Hills cemetery has
been started by the executive board
of the Massachusetts state conference
of steam engineers union. The fund
will be the tribute of the engineers of
the country, and no other persons or
organizations will be asked or allowed
to contribute. Mr.. Monaghan was an
eX-international president, for years a
national councillor, and at the time of
his death last summer was the editor
of the international union journal.
ST. Louis.-Following a conference
in this city with James Elliott, presi-
dent of the Southwestern Coal Opera
tives' association, Thomas L. Lewis,
president of the United Mine Workers
of America, departed for Indianapolis.
Before leaving the city Lewis said
that Is questions of minor Importance
relating to the affairs of the miners in
the southwest had been taken up, but
that no decision had been reached.
Wage agreements were not discussed,
he said.
Boston.-March 1 the 65-cents- an
hour rate will go into effect for the
members of Boston Operative Plaster
ers' union 10. The men struck
last summer for an increase from, 60
to 65 cents san hour. A compromise
was made by which the men then re-
ceived 62k cents an hour and the 65-
cents-an-hour rate was to go into eff
feet March 1 of this year. The union
will enforce the agreement if neces-
sary, it is stated.
Topeka, Kan.-The work of orgari-
zation is being carried on steadily in
Kansas New unions have been
formed within the last two months
as follows: In Emporia, typograph
ical union; in Atchison machinists
union; in Horten, telephone opera
tors union; in Kansas City, Kan, a
plumbers union, and in Pittsburg, a
pTSSSIuCu > uuiOH.
Boston.-Boston building laborers
district council has decided that its
wage request this year will be for five
cents an hour, which, if secured, will
make the new rate 35 cents an hour
The members of the six unions OF
Boston, Cambridge and Brookline will
have mass meeting Sunday, Febru
ary 81, to take final action on the
matter.
Indianapolis, Ind-The Information
al Typographical union has taken q
special referendum vote on the prop
osition to establish a mortuary bene
fit in accordance with resolution
adopted at the recent convention OF
the international.
Worcester, Mass.-In this city April
), Will be held meeting of the train
service men of the United States, Can
| ada and Mexico, and the head of prac
| tically every railroad system of the
! country will attend and speak.
Washington.-Six countries already
| have agreed to send representative:
| to the international congress on chile
welfare in this city in May.
| Indianapolis, Ind.-Of the 600,00l
coal miners in North America, onl.
100000 are within the United Mine
| Workers.
New Bedford, Mass.-There are q
700 cotton mill operatives here ant
about the same number in Fall River
Chicago-In death benefits the car
penters paid out 1921, ,742.56 last year
Augusta, Me.-General organizin,
work will be undertaken in an en-
6eavor to absolutely organize machin
lists in New England states before Ma,
1, when according to the present pre-
gram, a demand for the eight-hou
work day and substantial wage in
creases will be made at every point
Wheeling, w. Va.-The $50 girls EN-
ployed in stripping tobacco in tn,
| polIack tStOgie factories who bav,