The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1912-07-27
World of Labor
Neu0s from All Parts of the World,
of General Interest to the Worker

Denver, Colo.-The biennial conven
. ton of the International Union o.
United Brewery Workmen will be held
here, beginning September 8. Be
tween July 10 and August 10 refer
endum election will be held to elect
three international auditors to go over
the books Of the organization, that a
report may be submitted during the
early days of the convention, in ar
cordance with the custom of the or
ganization. Frank Ankenbrock, sec
J rotary of the beer drivers union OF
this city, is one of the candidates for
auditor. There are three regular aud
ltors, elected by the executive board,
Of which Joseph Obergfell is one, but
1t is the custom of the international
to elect three other auditors to go
over the work done by the regular
auditors.
elphia.-Employes Of the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company on Its
lines east Of Pittsburg and Erie will
not strike. Acceptance by commit
tee Of the men of an arbitration pro
posal and concession offered by the
company brought about a way of set
ting grievances. The federated com
mittee Of the Brotherhood of Train
men, Order of Railway Conductors and
the Brotherhood of Firemen and En-
ginemen regard the agreement as a
victory. 1t is provided that in the
event Of the company extending the
identification of its lines the steam
railroad men affected shall hold their
positions or others paying the same
wages.
Berlin, Germany-According to Off
cial statistics, just published, there
were 2,466 strikes during the year
1911 in Germany, in which 219,S09
strikers were involved, a considerable
increase as compared with 2,117
| strikes, and 155,680 strikers in 1910.
OF the total number of strikers, 1891
were attacking strikers and ITS de-
Tending strikers The greatest num-
Der were connected with the building
trade. OF the total number of strikes,
AIT ended successfully, partly success
full were 1,1S6, non-successful, $685.
The lock-outs amounted to 232, when
1873, 1854 were locked out.
New York.-As q sequel to the an
EouncementA that seven coastwise
teamship @hpaniAa with, whom the
D IsaanRarS MA ysess leg iatitag$ wosIsl
not recede from their decision to en-
ploy labor on an open-shop basis, lead
ers of the unions of the firemen and
seamen issued an order for a general
strike. The leaders say $4,000 men,
flremen and seamen, are well organ
lied, and they hope to induce 10000
longshoremen in New York and other
Atlantic coast ports to go out.
Chicago.-To large extent, says
the Chicago News, steel and iron are
taking the place of lumber as raw
materials for manufacturing purposes,
made OF iron ore products supplanting
many OF those made Of lumber. And
Chicago is now becoming the great
center Of the iron and steel industry.
In addition to the huge plants at Gary,
Indiana Harbor, South Chicago and
Joliet, another plant Is soon to be con-
structed at Hammond, Ind, Just out
side of Chicago.
Ch1cago.-The rules of the Illinois
Central railroads pension department
have been so changed that a man who
has been in the companys service CON
tinuously for rs years and woman
who has been in the continuous serv-
Ice for 20 years may be retired on a
pension for permanent disability, re-
CARELESS of age.
London, England.-An official of the
board of trade has been sent to Not
tingham to inquire into the sweating
in the lace trade, which has been car
ried on by the middle women, who
have been In the habit of deducting
two or four cents to the shilling earn
ed by the workers, ostensibly to pay
for the coal and gas used by the mid
die woman while giving out work.
London, England There has been
large increase In the membership of
the Amalgamated Society of Railway
Servants in England, Ireland, Scot
land and Wales. The fortieth annual
report shows an increase from 1878
to 1855 during the year.
Galesburg, Ill.-Trade unionists of
the city have organized labor tenn
pl association. and the active spirits
IN the association are working dill
gently to raise sufficient amount of
money to buy site and erect build
ing for home for union labor.
New York.-Track foremen of the
New York, New Haven & Hartford
company have demanded a
change in their ten-hour daily rule to
eight hours on Saturday and time and |
half on Sundays, as wen as on other
days for all overtime
San Francisco.-All crafts employ |
ed In local theaters are now affiliat- |
ed with the Theatrical federation,
which will conduct its business on the
policy that "the concern of one Is the
concern of all"
st. Louis.-As reward for faithful |
service the management of the Iron
Mountain railroad will issue annual