The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-10-16
=S1()RLI1
=. OF, -
]uAE3(9Es.
Socrates was a stone mason.

In Riga. Russia. there is a general
strike of all the building trades.
OF 237 industrial accidents IN Can
ada in August, 1O4 resulted fatally.
The best mill workers. in Osaka,
Japan, average - cents a day
/, is estimated in England that one
woman in six earns her own living
North Dakota Labor unions have
decided to organize a state fedora
ton OF labor.
Suspender workers OF New York
have recently gained an advance in
wages of s. per week.
4 strike of sea-going engineers
commenced recently III Copenhagen
Denmark.
There were fourteen trade disputes
reported in progress in Canada dui-
ing August.
1t is said thar union men spend in
the United States $l,50O,0GO.oGO an
nually for the necessities of life.
The increase in wages of the train
men in the United States in the year
1910 amounted to $37,000,000.
The miners strikes in Central Ger
many and Silesia have been settled
with small concessions TO the men.
Sly California. Connecticut,
Wisconsin, Illinois, Michigan and
New York-require physicians TO re-
port cases of industrial disease.
In the mines OF Austria the pre-
dominant hours of labor are y to ,,
and in factories 9 to 10 and 10 to
II.
Tie Stationary Firemens Union al
Boston. Mass, has secured for its
members an increase in wages Of 40
cents a day
It is said that an attempt is be
ing made by the manufacturers to
wipe ont of existence the Interna
tional Ladies' Garment Workers
Union.
The government of New Soutd
Wales has fixed the minimum wage
for all female worI; in government
employment at $500 a year.
The Bricklayers, Masons and Plas-
terers International Union of Amer
lea during August paid in death
claims a total Of $1,000.
The gain in the American Fedora
ton of Labcr since the convention
Of last November mas been 156,S9S
members of various trade unions,
The average per diem earnings OF
union labor employed in New York
during the first quarter of 1911 were
S3.26. as against s3.1S last year
and were the highest on record.
At meeting of the San Francisco
Steamfitters' Union held recently
il was decided to start a campaign
fo- the purpose of organizing the
helpers and improvers into guild.
During 1910 the unions in Swit2er-
land obtained total reduction OF
9G7.192 hours per annum for $3.50
workers, and increased pay of S34o,'
600 ner annum for 16,74S workers.
The California Shipwrights and
Caulkers Association will demand a
wage Of s. per day FOR all members
of the union an increase of 81 per
day for a goodly percentage OF the
membership.
Out of 59.25l vacancies that were
filled through PIT English labor ca
changes last June. $3.50 were fo'
men. 1882 for women, 1851 were
for boys and 1906 were for girls.
The International Brotherhood OF
Painters, Paper Hangers and Decora'
tors during the first six months
Of the present year paid in death ,
and disability benefits the sum OF !
$56,s25.
Carpenters at Prince Albert Sask, /,
have succeeded in reducing their
hours of labor from 10 to 9 a day. /
They also secured an increase III
wages of ) cents an hour.
For the first time in more than (
two years, all the building trades (
unions of Denver. Col, are united /
in one central body, known as the
Associated Building Trades Council !
of Denver and vicinity.
The members of the British Stee! ,
Smelters' Union have voted largely |
in favor of a move for the eight
hour day, and the officials OF the
union have asked for a conference
with the employers to discuss the
demand.
The organizing committee OF the
San Francisco, Cal, Labor Council IS
working to organize union of those
who work on the alteration OF cloth
.1- o,,J u-arnan Tharp a