The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-07-18

that the policemen and firemen be
required to buy their uniforms in
Kansas City, made by Kansas City
workmen.
The South Metropolitan Gas Com
pany, of London, Eng which estab-
llshed, in connection with its system
Of compensation for accidents, a sys-
tenn Of inquiry into all accidents with
a view to their prevention, reduced
the number OF accidents per thousand
in seven years from 50 to 30.
In Canada the number Of trade dis
putes in existence in May was 81
an increase of twenty compared with
April and - compared with May
1910. About 2l2 firms and 1907 en-
ployes having been involved in new
disputes.
The compensation law OF Germany
had not had the effect Of retardins
the growth and efficiency of the la
Dor organizations Of that country; on
the other hand, the organizations OF
labor had made thcir most prodigious
growth since the law had been put
in general operation.
one unique feature in the Van
coper Il. G., building trades strike
is the fact that the Chinese carpen-
tcrs have made common cause with
the organizations Of labor. The Chi
nese are not organized into LABOR
unions as We understand them, but
are, however. members Of what are
termed trade guilds
There is another dispute in the
Sheffield. Eng, engineering trades.
The whole Of the moulders have ask
ed for an increase of a shilling C25
centsl per week of $l0.50 and the
Engineering Trades employers Fed
Grafton have decided either to sub
nit the question to arbitration or
10 grant me iH'l tdS' Su'J''l "
piecework system being introduced.
Travelling statesmen, Insurance
agents and collectors at Toledo, O.,
recently held a meeting with the OBJ
iect in view of forming a union. Def
mite action has not as yet been re
ported, lut it is understood that those
in attendance pledged themselves as
favorable to such an organization.
statistics compiled by the officers
of the International Molders Union
show that the increase in member
ship during the first three months of
the present year was 2,ol5. During
the same period the sum of $45,327
VAS paid in sick benefits, making
the total amount of sick benefits paid
since 1896 $l,9l6,O76.
Despite the prompt settlement OF
the sectional strikes there can be no
doubt that the great unrest prevails
throughout the British woolcombing
industry. The discomfort is due 10
the low rate of wages and on behalf
of the Machine Woolcombers' Union
the secretary Of the wages board has
ocen asked to convene a meeting of
that body to consider a demand for
a general all-round advance in the
wages OF both day and night workers,
about 1000 in number,
The Minnesota labor bureau was
started in 1857 and has grown unit!
thirty rour people are employed, nine
teen of whom are inspectors in the
field. The work of the bureau is
growing. Il has taken ON new
efficacy and become a vital factor to
De reckoned with. 1t has recently
carried ont three important inresti-
cations. made legisla",- iccommonu-
otions and enforced the laws ad
brought about better conditions. SAT
eu bulletins have been sent out and
a museum Ol Stl'lN h'Nl'N9 0'h' ''''
The trade unions OF England were
officially recoenized at the ccremo-
MICS az the coronation OF the king and
queen W. j. Davis, of Birmingham,
secretary Of the National Society 81
Nmagama,cd Brass Workers, and W.
Mullen, chairman of the Parliament
arv Committee of the Congress, were
extended an invitation to attend by
the Earl Marshal. Mr., Davis Is one
Of the Oldest trade union leaders in
Great Britain. He entered the brass
trade in lS6l. and at the formation
of the Brass Workers Society, in
+ 1872, became its beneral secretary, Il
position which he has held ever since.
\ report issued by the Information.
1 al CigarmakerS Union shows tina;
the death rate from consumption has
been reduced - per cent. among the