Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-02-25

STICOu or carpenters and JOinerS with headquarters in this city, and Thomas Neal, general treasurer of the same organization, are in Wash ington, D. C., to take part in con ference called to draw up terms of an agreement whereby the Amalgamated Wood Workers International union will be consolidated with the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Join CTS, in accordance with action taken at the last convention of the Ameri can Federation of Labor. In addition to MT. Huber and MT. Neal, those who represent the United Brotherhood at the meeting are w. J. Kelly of Pitts burgh, Pa., George Lakey of Chicago and George Feisler of New York.
 Ottawa, Ont.-Ofticers of the Cana dian section of the American Fedora tion of Labor have prepared an elab crate legislative program which they hope to persuade the government to approve in toto. The reforms de manded include the abolition of the senate of Canada as useless and un necessary; discontinuance of iron, steel and other bounties; exclusion of Asiatics, an eight-hour day for letter carriers and also on all public works, establishment of federal department of public health, fortnightly payment of railroad employees and more rigid enforcement of the alien labor law
 Milwaukee.-Mr. Gompers is q thinker and student, says the Mil waukee Journal. He is man of great ability and not undeserving of the name of labor's statesman. He is a very pleasing and effective speaker and an extremely clear and forceful writer. His diction, even in ordinary conversation, would pass muster in a college faculty. This is surprising in view of the fact that he began work ing at the cigarmaker's bench at the age of fourteen. His achievement in this respect is the result of wide reading and deep study.
 Toledo, O.-FollowiAg closely the temporary agreement to give the city three-cent fares for four hours during the day and six tickets for a quarter the rest of the day, the Toledo Rail- ways and Light company announced that the wages of the motormen and conductors in the employ of the com pany would be increased one cent an hour. This will be effective January 16. The scale. of wages will be 22 cents an hour for the first year, 23 the second, "A the third and 25 there after.
 Columbus. O.-At a meeting of the executive board of the Ohio Fedora ton of Labor held here strong resolu- tions were adopted indorsing Presi- dent Samuel Gompers of the American i Federation of Labor. The board de- clared that the attacks made upon MT. Gompers were inspired by enemies of organized labor and those opposed to honest dealing and fair wages"
 Berlin, Germany.-The year 1910, for which definite figures as to wage movements, strikes, lockouts and their results are now available, was year of the greatest activity yet recorded in Germany. There were altogether 9,G90 wage movements, in which 1,025,542 persons participated, the to- tai expenditure being $4,665, 1000.
 Milwaukee.-Wiscon new 55- hour-a-week law for women clerks is playing havoc with the retail clerks union. It is said the union is losing many of its women members as tie re- suit of the law. The women argue that the state law protects them, and does for them what the clerks union was expected to do.
 Boston.-The attorney general of the state of Massachusetts has recently given an opinion against the system of grading practiced in many of the tex. tile mills of that state. It is claimed that, in reality, this system is but an other form of fining. practice which is prohibited under the laws of the state.
 inneapolis.-Under direction of the Minnesota state bureau of labor, a state conference of employers and employees in the Twin Cities was recently held to discuss the problems of safeguarding machinery and pre- vention of accidents. T.
 New York.-For the first time in the history of New York city, complete school census figures were given out recently. The census reveals that 26, 900 children are out of school illegal ly, violating the child labor and com pulsory education laws.
 St. Paul. Minn.-St. Paul steam en- gineers' union has made arrangements for course of practical and tech- nical lectures bearing on the work of the craft to be delivered in meetings of the unions during the coming win ter.
 New York.-The Amalgamated As sociation of Street and Electric Rail way Employees paid out during the year 1910 $60,612.52 for sick. dis ability and death benefits. The mum. Der of agreements with traction com panies in force in 1910 was 151 as com. pared with 123 the year previous.
 Indianapolis. During the last fiscal year. the International Printing Press men and Assistants' union issued 36 charters and four were surrendered.