Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1910-08-06

The British trade union congress
this year will open in Sheffield OF
September IL.
Philadelphia street car men nov
have a women's auxiliary which has {
membership of six thousand
| A permanent arbitration board ha:
been appointed for five years to dea
with longshoremen's disputes at Mon
treal, Canada
Birmingham, Ala, is making great
preparations to entertain the conven
| ton of the Brotherhood of Locomotive
Engineers, which meets there in DC
tober
The Japanese laborers on the Cali
f2rria fru t farms are organizing.
They have a union of two thousand
IN one county alone, and fixed a min
mum wage scale of So a day of nine
hours.
The founder of the Window Glass
Workers Association, L. Michels, died
recently. He called together the first
labor un on convention in the United
States in Pittsburg sixty-four years
ago.
The Arkansas State Federation of
Labor is active in urging upon the
people of that state an amendment to
the constitution providing for the in
itiative and referendum. 1t is form
ing clubs for the purpose throughout
the state.
The trade union:sts of Los Angeles
Cal, have organized union labor
party and are preparing to enter the
field of politics. 1t is expected by the
leaders of the movement to exercise
1abOTs power N me CITY anu cor,rs.
elections,
Protests from all parts of the state
are pour ng into Jefferson City, Mo-,
against the signing of the proposed
contract for the sale of 21O0 Missouri
convicts, for four years at the rate of
70 cents day to a combination of
prison labor contractors.
The attempt to amalgamate the two
principal unions of railway workers
n Great Britain has failed. The Gen
eral Railway Workers Union definite |
y refused the proposal that it should |
combine with the Amalgamated So
eety of Railway Servants
The American Federation of Labor,
which is organizing the Sugar Rein
Try employees, has just issued char
ers to three newly formed unions
With total membership of one thou
iand. The refinery workers are en-
to obtain a minimum wage
Gale of IS cents an hour.
The Associated Blaeksmiths of
treat Britain have made request of
he federated employees for an ad-
ance in wages, which means the reg
stration of reduction enforced last
ear The blacksmiths are negotiat-
lg for an amalgamation of other kim
red societies, so as to have one
nited association.
An agreement has been made be-
yeen the United Brewery Workers
Mon of Boston and the United States
rewers' Association by which the
nployers will submit to the union
II consideration a plan of liability
surance for the werkmen 1t is the
st plan of the kind between an en- *
oyers' association and the union of L
nployes.
Recent investigations in Egyptian !,
story disclosed the details of labor
fficulties at Thebes in the year 400 -
c. The strike was very similar !,
those going on today. 1t was in >,
e build ne trades, and the strikers =,
re masons. They were paid in ra- -
ms at the end Of every month, and
~ claimed that these were insuffi- -
mt to sustain them and their fam
IS until the following pay day. 40
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