The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-01-09

and contributory negligence rules OF
the courts.
The prospects of organizing the
non-union men of West Virginia, Ken
lucky. Tennessee and Alabama are
growing brighter. 1t is expected and
to be hoped that the mine workers
in those states can and will be organ
lied without resorting to the medium
of a strike.
There was recently a conference at
Philadelphia of representatives of all
the international unions of the tailor
ing trades to discuss suggested
changes of jurisdiction and plans for
strengthening all the organization by
Il system of cooperative unionizing
work in every vicinity
The trade union movement in Can
ada has shown greater progress iur-
ing the past year than in any pre-
vious year in its history. Numerical
ly, representation in the Trade and
Labor Congress has increased by 40
per cent over the year 1909, while the
balance in the treasury of the con
gress over that reported for 1909 was
almost 30 per cent.
Seven unions have joined the Cali
fornia State Federation in the last
month or So They are: Web press
men of Los Angeles. United Labor
ers of Point Richmond, Cooks Help
ors' No. 40. BARRIERS No. las, ma
chinists of Oakland. Carpenters No.
1913 of San Mateo and Machinists of
Los Angeles.
After a strike which lasted many
months. cost large sums of money
and entailed untold hardships on un-
ion hatters in three or four states of
the union, the members of the Unit
ed Hatters of North America have
gained nearly all they contended for.
Almost the last citadel of the enemy
has capitaluated to the organization.
A new organization has just come
into being bearing the title of
Strike Council and it has submit
ted to the supreme court in Manhat-
tan Incorporation papers on which
decision has been reserved. The pa
pers name as incorporators number
of women. prominently Identified
with the trade union movement. The
objects of the council are to antici-
pate and prevent il possible all
strikes among women workers, but
in cases where they occur regardless
of the council, to take steps to insure
the success of such strikes.
The number of federal employees in
the classified Civil Service working
eight hours is. recent authority,
367.794: the number of state. Coun-
~. and city officials recorded in the
census of 1900 working eight hours
was 7S.1l2. Adding to these the num-
Der of wage-workers enjoying the
eight-hour day. as achieved by the
trade unions of the United States. a
grand total of at least 100000 per
sons working eight hours in the Unit
ed States can be safely estimated.
The annual report of the Master
Carriage and Wagon Builders AS
sociation.. Adelaide. states that ow-
ing to the scarcity OF skilled mechan-
les in Australia. through which many
firms have been oblieed 10 refuse or
ders. the British immigration Leaeue
of Australia has been asked if it is
possible to secure mechanics from
the United Kingdom.
Fire Commissioner Waldo, of New
York. invited bids recently for the
construction of ten portable black
smith shops in which all the fire
horses are to be shod. The shops will
be on wheels and will travel from
engine house to engine house. Union
horseshoers will be employed at un-
ion wages and will be- appointed un-
der civil service rules.