The copper era and Morenci leader., 1912-08-30

 they be paid 2S cents an hour for their first year of service and 30 cents an hour for the succeeding years. They were receiving at the time of the strike 23 cents an hour 1 for the first six months of their em- ployment, 25 cents for the year there after, and 27 cents for the following years. Under the new agreement the men will still be paid g cents an hour for the first six months, 27M cents an hour for the year following and 291a cents an hour for the fol- lowing years. The working day of nine hours is now spread over 13 hours, instead of 121a, as asked. This is a temporary arrangement. to en- dure until it is given a tryout. If found unsatisfactory, 1t can be sub- mitted to arbitration.
 In accordance with an act passed in December, 1910, the government of New Zealand is now putting into operation a plan for the sale to work men, in cash installments, of dwell ings especially suitable to their use. In addition to this plan of construct ing houses for workers the govern ment has had in operation since 1894 plant of advancing to settlers, either agricultural or suburban, money on first mortgage on lands and improve ments.
 In reference to machine-made chains, the annual report of the Grad ley Heath and District Chain Makers and Strikers association states that these are not so successful as antici- pated. Some of the so-called wonder full machines are failures, inasmuch as they cannot produce so good quality of chain as can be made by hand The cost is also enormous, and places machine-made chains out of the market entirely.
 The Brotherhood of Railway Clerks appointed committee to select suit able site near Cleveland for large brotherhood farm, where the unem- ployed and the aged members of the brotherhood may have a home, and at the same time earn their living by farm work. The farm Is expected to reduce the cost of living for members of the brotherhood from $15 to $20 month by furnishing them produce at lower prices.
 The Brotherhood of Railway Clerks appointed a committee to select a suitable site near Cleveland for a large brotherhood farm, where the un- employed and the aged members of the brotherhood may have a home and at the same time earn their living by farm work. The farm is expected to reduce the cost of living for members of the brotherhood from $15 to $20 a month by furnishing them produce at lower prices.
 The French labor department re- ports 155 strikes and three lockouts in June. In 40 of the new disputes 18,125 workers took part as com pared with 21,193 who took part in 169 disputes in the previous month. Of 1s1 new and old disputes report ed to have terminated. 32 ended wholly in favor of the workers and 69 wholly in favor of the employers. while 80 were compromised.
 Labor unions in Colorado have bought coal mine near Erie, which promises to furnish them fuel on 20 year contracts at a price lower than current rates. It Is a union project throughout. The mine is owned and worked by union men an dthe coal will be delivered to unionists by union teamsters-
 A strike of street railway men in Trieste. Austria, has ended with the men obtaining small increase of pay, the minimum rate being now fixed at s21s cents a day, and number of small concessions as re- gards anual leave, free uniforms, etc, having been made.
 The formation of what is now the
 fz~ mated in a meeting held in Terre Haute, Ind, August 2 and 3, 1881. The meeting resulted In the issuance of call for convention to be held in Pittsburg. opening November 15, 1881.
 Because. the union refused to supply union workmen and because he lost a contract as a consequence, Louis Or bits, a non-union contractor of To ledo, Ohio, has sued the Plumbers union of that city for $500.
 The National Boot and Shoe Cut ters' assembly, K. of L., was organized in Lynn, Mass, October 22. 1907. It has, says the Journal of the Knights of Labor, local assemblies in every shoe center in the United States.
 One auto plant in Detroit covers two blocks and gives employment to S,308 persons. A new building ob- tained last week will employ 1000 more workers.
 Five thousand garment workers held a mass meeting recently, at Chi cago, to celebrate the signing of an agreement which resulted from the garment workers strike last year. It provides for restroomf, proper venti1a- ton and an increase in wages of from 10 to 20 per cent.
 The International Brotherhood of