The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-04-18
IN THE WORLD
Of INDUSTRY
REVIEW OF THE WEEK WITH
MECHANICS AND ARTISANS IN
EVERY LAND

lied at Cleveland. O.
The new labor temple at Kansas
city. Mo. will be occupied May ].
Boilcrmakers in railroad shops at
El Paso. Tex. have obtained an in
crease of two cents an hour.
American Diamond Cutters Pro
/ tectiye Association has obtained a
II - per cent raise in wages
The farmers organization. the So
ciety of Equity. is growing rapidly
B in North Dakota
1t is announced that every cook
and waiter in Wallet Cal. has be-
come n member of the union.
New unions affiliated with the Ce.
ment Workers International are y,
ing formed throughout Texas
The annual convention OF the
steam engineers union of Massachu-
sctts will be held at Lynn sunday,
June l2.
The National Print Cutters Asso-
citation will hold its annual conven.
tion ut Buffalo y. Y. May %.
There are 10000 unoreanizcd VIC
men workers in New York. and only
$4,000 women trade unionists.
The new headquarters of the In
ternationa Laundry Workers Union
has been established at Troy y. Y.
\ vigorous campaign for union
made goods has been started by the
local branch of the women's union
label league at Pittsburg. Pa.
About three.fourths OF the indus
tries at Des Mones. Ia. are askins
for increased wages this spring sni
prospects are bright for concessions
The federal government itself and
fourteen of the states now prohibit
the contract system of labor IN then
prisons.
\ bill To have the employees of the
city work the Ieight-hour day has
been introduced in councils at Louis.
vale Ky This will most likely be.
come a law.
Within the past two months nea..
ly 200 men have Joined the ranks OF
the various unions OF Grand Rapids.
: Mich.
While the city OF Waycross, Ga.
! can only claim a population of 10000
> it has Is local unions and a trades
i assembly.
Membership of the international
Union OF Bridge and Structural Iron
Workers is increasing. II is said. at
the phenomenal rate of COO new mem.
bers month.
The carpenters scale at Minneap.
oils. MINI. Is now a. cents an hour
. and the membership is approximately
LOO, which is an increase in the last
. year OF about 500
Every retail shoe clerk In Oakland
: Cal. carries union card. This tact
4 makes Oakland the banner city on
the Pacific Coast so far as the retail
shoe clerks are concerned.
] The bakers union os Sacramento
| Cal. has adopted a resolution to the
effect that the members OF the uu,
ion must wear hats bearing the label
> of the United Hat Makers OF Amer.
| ica.
The stone cutters at New bedford
Mass. are stlll locked ou:. and an ap'
peal has gone out TO all labor organl.
zatioss to render the out OF work
men at that place all financial as
\ sistance possible.
All trade unions reporting to the
imperial statistical office in Germany
returned PC per cent OF their mem.
bers rs out OF work on January J.
1910, compared with "A per cent at
the close OF the year 1908.
Members of the Steamfitters' Tn.
ion at Minneapolis, Mimi. want an
increase OF 50 cents day. The
change to the higher rate will be ef.
iectiye July /. Workmen are now
paid at the rate of s. for hours.
After fourteen weeks the dispute
in the granite belt at Vermont is al
an end, and the result is a complet,
victory for organized labor, \ gain
of two and one.half cents an hour
has been secured, reduced hours e
torty-iiyc a week and working con
ditions improved
For tho first five months OF the fis
cal year ending February 2S, the
American Federation oi Labor is,
sued charters TO l02 new unions 70
aniliation as against SO for the pre-
yious year The affiliated interna
tional unions issued 400 charters dun
ing the same pe'.od.
In Chicago. it is said 10 be pro
tically certain that there will be
strike OF lathers soon. The presen
agreement will expire and the en-
ployers are preparing to resist III
demands OF the men for scale O