Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-05-30
For Union w orkers
Important Happenings in
 Industrial Circles in This Country and Europe


 Pawtucket, R. i.-Declaring that 1 pay ranging from fourteen cents to ] twenty cents is not fair wage for weeks work, the thirty-four young l girls who went on strike at the mill of the Regina Lace company here re- gently had writs served on the otf- cials of the company for their appear ance in court to show why wages of $1 a day should not be paid. The girls i ages average sixteen years. They say ] that their pay envelopes contained from fourteen to twenty cents each. l Two or three, who had taken work i home, where they were assisted by their families, received little more l than $1. The strikers allege that girls who received only twenty cents for weeks work had labored daily from seven o'clock in the morning until six o'clock at night.
 Boston.-The 100 or more engineers, dremen, oilers and gasmakers em- ployed at the several plants of the Boston Consolidated Gas company have been promised the eight-hour workday on July 1 by the officials of that company, 1t was reported at a meeting of the executive board of Sta tionary Firemen's union No. 3. The arrangement was accepted. The union had previously authorized a strike of it's members at the plants to secure the shorter workday, which is now in effect at practically every fireroom in Boston, 1t is said by union off cials.
 New York.-It is estimated that the average wages of matters employed in New York, including all the skilled and unskilled workers, is somewhat above $26 week. Computations, says the New York Times, have shown that able workmen, under the piece system, earn as much as $40 and $50 week, while in some fac tories experienced women, who sew in bands, etc, earn $2o per week; so that $5 hat represents a payment of about $2 to labor spent in prepar- ing it for the counter.
 Baltimore,, Md.7-The suit of Benja- min Mazer and others against the Cloakmakers' union, No. 4, to obtain an injunction to prevent an alleged boycott, was decided in favor of the union. Former Mayor Thomas G. Hayes, who was employed recently by the union, filed a motion to dis 4sfiifniss thes suis, az | e union is an unin- corporated volunteer association, and , such associations fmay only be sued by making it's individual members parties to the litigation.
 l San Francisco.-The California | Metal Trades association of this city, asserting that 1t cannot compete with outside firms whose employees work nine or more hours per day, is advo- eating nine-hour day. The Iron Trades council steadfastly refuses to relinquish the seight-hou1. day and will consider no proposition that does not provide for this concession.
 New York-Andrew Furuseth, pres ident of the International Seamen's Union of America, is opposed to the formation of transportation depart ment of American Federation of La bor upon the ground that such body would be composed largely of land workers, who are unfamiliar with the needs of the seamen.
 Holyoke, Mass.-Girls employed in the winding department of the Ameri- can Thread company left their work on refusal of their demand that pay be kept at the same point as it was before the 54-hour law went into ef- feet. Their pay was also cut two years ago when the 56-hour law went into effect.
 Londca, England.-The British ship building industry, which was adverse ly affected by the boilermakers' dis pute in the latter portion of 1910. showed marked recovery early in 1 1911, and employment was very good throughout the year.
 Sacramento, Cal-Organized labor of California will shortly acquaint the women voters with .iabor's needs, with view to enlisting their support in the interests of humane legislation.
 Duluth, Minn-It is reported on re- i liable authority that the Lake Car riers association has under contem- plation scheme to educate seamen for the Great Lakes.
 Brussels, Belgium. = A general strike of miners is threatened. Twen- ty-five thousand in the Borinage dis trict are out and the movement is rapidly spreading.
 Boston, Mass-ft1 Massachusetts a ] minimum wage law has been recom- l mended by a state commission ere i ated to investigate 1t.
 1 London, England-Fourteen large I British shoe factories are now using the union stamp.
 .Peekskill, N. Y.-Retail clerks have obtained reduction in hours.
 Washington. Germany when the miners go to work they take off their clean clothes. at the mines mouth | n,1 41,n, botho oud chon0o m 1pav.