The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1911-05-20

that Chicago will soon see big lock-
out in the building trades one which
will affect thousands Of workingmen.
And from union sources, also, 1t is
said that the fault will be that Of the
unions, If such occurs. The trouble.
which has been leading to temper
airy suspension of work, has been due
to much pickering among the various
unions engaged in the building trades
as to purely local jurisdictional CUES
tons. Efforts to settle these have
not been successful and the employers,
although not to blame, have been made
to suffer, 1t Is said A general lock.
out of the unions in order to furnish
the men with an incentive to get to-
gether and settle their internal af,
fairs, is said to be contemplated by
the employers.
Indianapolis. The charter from tne
American Federation of Labor, which
was applied for few weeks ago by
a number of railway postal clerks,
seeking to form local Of the
Railway Mail Clerks Protective as
ISOLATION, have been granted by the
A. f. of L. The organization Of the
new union has been matter OF much
discussion among local railway clerks,
and strong sentiment both for and
and against affiliation with the A. F. OF
L. has been developed in the local
field The names of the men who
have Joined the new union have not
been made public, as the movement
is known to stand in disfavor with the
postoff1ce department. 1t is said, how.
ever, that the union has as its mem
bership about IS Of the 500 or 600 rail.
way postal clerks who work out OF
indianapolis.
Grand Rapids, Mich.--The biggest
strike now ON is the one among the
furniture workers in the factories here,
these being members of the Carpenters
and Joiners union About 5000 men
have quit work. The strike bears the
Endorsement of the executive board,
given a few weeks ago. 1t win be
financed by the general organization,
and it is said the general organ
ization expects to help the men put
up fight to d finish. " The St Louis
strike, which affects !, 1000 men. will
so0la ba settled, according To ltgotlieial
inform i5lT SENT q. III 4 81 D0| q
This strike was ordered BY the ST.
Louis district board without consult
ing the general board The ST. Louis
men have been financing their own
trade movement.
II Ravenna, O.Throwing down their
picks and shovels here, 140 Italians
stopped work on the double-tracking
of the Erie railroad eastward from Ra-
VIENNA. The men, furnished by an en-
ployment agency in Buffalo, received
$1.40 day with free lodging in box
cars, and demanded $3.50 and station
airy habitations When a switch
crew attempted to move their box
cars to another point down the road,
at their supper hour, the Italians ran
out with eating knives. The railroad
men ran for their lives. The work.
men then demanded $1.50 day and
a permanent location. The contractors
discharged all Of them, but the men
are still in the cars, and the company
has made no further attempt to move
them
Boston.-Louis d. Brandeis, the
eminent lawyer, addressed the Bos-
ton c. L. U. the other day on his
scientific management economy plan
and answered questions of the dele
gates. He declared that he was OPP
posed to the bonus system; that his
plan was not one to increase the bur-
dens of the workers, and he stated
that labor never secured any general
benefits except by thorough organiza-
ton and demands, and that never be-
fore was thorough organization Of all
so necessary as at pres
ent to secure a larger proportion of
the value of their product
Norfolk, Va.-The second Sunday in
May was designated by the commit.
tee on education of the American Fed
Grafton of Labor at the convention Of
1907 as. @rlabor's memorial day. day
upon which the men and women Of la
Dor in every section of the country
might meet, and by appropriate cere
monies pay the tribute of honor and
respect to those who have served
their fellows in the humane work OF
the labor movement but have gone to-
the great beyond.
Holyoke, Mass.-Holyoke tailors
won strike. According to the old
scale the journeymen, bushelmen and
coatmakers work ten hours day for
s14 week. The new scale calls for
a wage of SIS a week. The old scale
for pantmakers was SITE per pair;
the new scale calls for So per pair.
The old scale for coats was $3.50, and
tbs new scale asked is $6.75.
London Eng.-In Bailey the Taylor
Textile mill has had an apparently
successful system Of profit sharing
with employees for some years. The
company has apportioned to its work
ers as their share of the profits APP
$250,O00 In shares and
paid cash dividends thereon of about
100000.
New York. Miss Mary Van Kleek.
secretary of the womgn's committee
If the Russell Sage foundation. :l.s. g !
proved that every fourth woman IN
New York city Is a wage-eatner OF