The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-08-15
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la, recently formed union.
The strike of the building trades of
Christiania, Norway still continues.
The membership of the Western
Federation of Miners now is 10000.
The Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern
Railway recently increased the wages
of its engineers.
Iowa's non-union miners have voted
to loan the striking Illinois union
miners 100000.
Negotiations have begun to prevent
the threatened strike of Chicago con-
mechanics,
a new union of iewelry workers, to
be affiliated with the international,
was recently formed at Providence,
Rhode Island.
The membership of the American
Flint Glass Workers Union is now
S.911 Of whom 1856 are on the EN-
ployed list.
Building laborers and hodcarriers at
Dubuque. Ia, have obtained an in
crease of 21h cents an hour, and an
day.
As the result of a strike the de
mand of the Carpenters of Portland,
Ne. for s32S per day was compro-
missed at So and the eight-hour day.
Demanding recognition of their un-
ion and settlement of wage griev-
anocs. photographers in Boston, Mass
recently went on strike.
According to statistics, the union
men in the United States spend no
less than 81 900, 600 year for the
necessities of life.
The City Council of Los Angeles,
Cal. passed an ordinance prohibiting
all forms of picketing within the lin
its of the city.
A satisfactory adjustment of the
between the Virginia Rail
way company and its engineers has
been reached at Washington, ID. c.
Men employed in the pipe-fitting
shops of San Francisco, Cal, have had
several meetings of late and it has
been decided to organize into a labor
union.
Plans are being devised for a settle
ment of the Machinists' strike on the
Missouri Pacific system. Machinists
involved number 400 together with
During the last three months over
600 agreements have been signed by
the international for a raise in wages
and better conditions for the street
car men.
In answer to the appeal issued by
the American Federation of Labor on
behalf of the Amalgamated Associa-
ton of Iron and Steel Workers. the
sum of $39,15232 was realized, from
January I to May 21, inclusive.
The Oakland, Cal, Board of Public
Works has let a contract for the con
struction of a police telegraph and
alarm building to cost $44,794, with the
proviso tha; Oakland union labor mer
be employed.
1t has been decided by the Union
hodcarriers at San Francisco, Cal, tC
enforce the resolution adopted at the
Monterey State Building Trades Coun
ell convention that the eight-hour day
should obtain for all hod carriers. The
men are now working eight and a hall
hours day.
The strike begun over a year ago by
the Amalgamated Association or Iron
Steel and Tin workers, against the
American Sheet and Tin Plate com
pany. is to be referred, it is said, TO q
vote OF the mill workers soon, TO de
termine whether it shall he declared
off. 1t is believed the vote will be call
ed for before September !.
The accounts of the South Wales
Miners Federation show that the in
come during 1909 was $37S,6S5 and the
expenditure $352,9lO the credit bal
ance of $6l5,O55 at the beginning OF
the year having arisen to S6iO,0O0 odd
over $4,000 being thus added to ac
cumulations. which now total $l,130,
$50.
The International Molders Unior
of North America is about TO start
strictly life insurance feature. The
amounts TO which members will be in
sured will run from $500 TO $4,000
The union proposes to take out char
ter in the state of Ohio. which viii
permit it to operate in all the othel
states and Canada.
1t is understood that the amicabl'
agreement entered into by the BoarC
OF Cancellation between the Canadian
commercial Telegrapher company ant
thair commercial telegraDherS pro