The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-04-11

tons, produced by 1871 employees in
the bituminous region and 167,927 in
the anthracite region, total of 355,-
63S employees.
Agitation for early closing of retail
stores, which was started several
years ago by the trades assemblies of
tie twin cities, in conjunction with
the two locals OF the Retail Clerks AS
sociation, is to be renewed shortly.
Vancouver, b. c., city council has
appointed a special committee to go
into the question of civic employees
wages generally. This action resulted
from the demands of employees in va
rious departments.
New York City bakers unions are
getting ready to start an active cam
paign for increasing the demand for
their union label, and they will pre-
sent their plan to all the central la
Dor bodies of the greater city for CO.
operation.
Among the important conventions
to be held in the twin cities the COM
ing summer is that of the Information
al Boot and Shoe Workers Union in
ST. Paul The sessions will be in the
nlA GtatA initial thn
opens the third Monday in June.
At the request of Rev. Mr.. ireland,
OF San Jose, Cal, the Santa Clara
County building trades council has ap-
pointed a fraternal delegate to attend
the regular meetings of the pastors
union which is devoting much thought
To labor organizations.
\ national union of express EN-
ployes has been announced from
Freeport, ILL.,, to be known as the
United Brotherhood of Expressmen of
the United States. Organizers say that
around 10000 express company EN-
ployes have already enrolled. The OBJ
jects are to obtain better pay and
shorter hours of work.
Shoe factories of Missouri in 1910
turned out products to the value of
S5O,O0O0O0, gave employment to 2O,-l
OOO men and women; paid out about
$S,OOO,OO0 in wages and had capital
of s2O,OOO,O00 invested in the business.
Local unions subordinate to the In
ternational Association of Machinists
in Connecticut, especially at New Ha
ven, it is stated, have started a move
ment looking toward the retirement
of International President James
O'Connell from the National Civic Fed
Grafton. Failing that. O'Connell is to
be asked to resign the headship of
the machinists union.
A new tariff agreement has been
made in the graphic trades OF Vienna,
Austria, which will run till 1916. The
principal features are; the eight hours
day, minimum wages for Young men
having served their apprenticeship
-four years., s. a week the first year
and S5,6S the second year. color print.
ers to s6.65, $3.50 and $3.50; legal
holidays, of which there are 16 in the
year to be paid for; regulation OF the
number of apprentices practically
one per four journeymen), the supply
of labor to be controlled by the EN-
ployment office of the union An In
crease of 40 cents on all wages to take
place on January /. 1914.
The coming into force OF the legal |
nine hours day for miners has led TO
a great strike in a part of the Bel
gian coal fields. Whereas the adjust
ments necessitated by the law were
carried out without particular friction
in the coal fields OF Charleroi and
Mons. the mine owners Of the Liege
district considered il a suitable op-
portunity OF filching away what small
benefits the act brought with il, by a
revision OF the scale Of fines, by re-
drcing the hitherto prevailing system
Of pauses or rest-time. by setting old
miners 10 work on unsuitable and bad