The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-05-23
In the World Of Industry
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ployod 220.ll9 persons AT last report.
Carpenters at Washington. u. C..
have applied for 10 per cent raise.
to take effect June
Oklahoma has a law providing for
twoinch square label on all convict
made goods.
Bakers international Union has de
ciood to inaugurate the six day work .
in week In New Orleans, La.
On June 6. at Chicago. ILL.,. Inter. ,
national Association oi Marble WORK /
ers will convene.
Portland, ore, Brewery Workers
will work under the san Francisco
waSc scale. whi,h INCREASES wages 81
per week
The Chicago. H.. Bi!l Posters TN
ion. after a five months strike secur-
ed an Increase for its members of 81
/ per week
The 5000 carpenters of Boston anu
/ vicinity have asked Tor a wage in
/ crease on June / OF from Il 3-l cents
to 30 cents an hour.
In Sioux Falls. 5 d.. there are
f. twcnty-seven unions. and Aberdeen,
Lead. Huron and Deadwood are all
well organized.
The machinists arc among the first
OF the labor organizations To make a
concerted move to have all their wage
scales expire at the same time.
The labor party of Australia carried
the last general elections That party
will have a majority in each house OF
the commonwealth parliament.
Organize. labor is fast gaining in
Santa Cruz County. Cal. Recently the
bricklayers. cement workers. plaster.
ers and carpenters formed unions.
The Illinois supreme court recent
" declared constitutional the law
which prohibits the employment of
women in factories and stores over
ten hours per day
In Massachusetts, and Rhode Island
the hours of labor for women and
children have been reduced to 80 per
week in manufacturing or mechanical
establishments.
Laws have been passed providing Z
b. for bureaus of labor in Oklahoma and
! Texas, and changing an existing of.
i flee in South Carolina so as to give II
: the character of a labor bureau.
: Eill to license master electricians In
D New York developci such opposition
! on the part of the Electrical Workers
I Union and kindred organizations that
/ It was killed in committee at Albany
y Boston, Mass. Hebrew Bakers Tn.
ion will not this year enforce its de.
mands for an eight-hour work day
The local has decided TO postpone the
p matter for "A year in view of the gen.
Il eral high cost OF living.
by vote of three to one the mem.
n bership of the Brotherhood OF Leather
s Workers on Horse Goods decided in
I favor of increasing the wages OF their
n general president and general secre-
tary.treasurer from $50 to SIPS per
month.
. Members OF the Homes !ale. Pa,
a branch OF the Shoemakers' Union will
!. incorporate "A company for the manu-.
5 facture of miners shoes. the product
! To be marketed direct 10 the members
of the United Mine Workers of Amer
lea
, The label trades section of the
, American Federation of Labor is no
? tifying the central labor bodies that it
4, is prepared at this time to furnish the
names and addresses OF all manuiac-
turers who use the union label
1t is announced that the Information.
al Convention O' Hod Carriers called
fo" May has been postponed till the
h"., Monday in June. The arrange
mcut committee asked for this change
so as to be able to complete the wor,
lai out for it.
Brewery owners in Washington, u
c.. have cranted an eight-hour day
In return the employees have agreed
IL To take no. more than two drinks %!
u beer during these 'ght hours
\ labor party has recently been or
'' ganzed In Toronto, Can. and it in
e tends to take an active part in the
next municipal campaign, with the eN
j. pectation of getting a number of can
d,dGtcs from the ranks OF labor ID
q municipal Offices
II The coal industry OF Illinois now
produces nearly 5O,00O,0oO tons of Goa
AT more than 900 mines in iifty-three
, counties and gives employment tc
nearly 10000 persons During 1870,
there We're thirty-hve men killed and
u 96 injured tor each 10000 persons em
ploycd.
During 1909 the United Brotherhood
of Carpenters paid the sum of s254,35(