Eastern Utah advocate. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1895-1915, 1912-09-12

. Ntibdheh og ine teucrui government
The investigation IL the direct out
come Of the Mcnamara dynamite out
RACES at Los Angeles. Cal. and the
revolutionary strike at Lawrence,
Mass. Il was sought by employers
associations. labor unions. and Rabbi
Wise OF New York. Miss Jane Adams
OF Chicago. Dr Edward r. Devine Of
the Columbia university. and Alien
Burns Of Pittsburgh aud other social
settlement Workers. The result. u Is
hoped. will aid In solving the trench
dous problems confronting the state
aud nation. and to facilitate the adop-
ton Of policies which will prevent
strikes and lockouts or enable their
prompt settlement. and place capital
and labor In more satisfactory touch
With each other The investigation IL
To be conducted by a commission OF
nine persons to be appointed by Presi
dent TAFT. and with the advice and
consent ~ the senate n the appoint.
ments be Of hirh-class men and WON.
en-. the Investigation will produce pro.
llhc results n they should not be.
then II will be failure.
Cheyenne. wyo. The coal mine
owners and national representatives
Of the United Mine Workers OF Amer.
lea have reached an agreement on
Aug after tcn.dny conference
here. IN which the interest OF 10000
miners In tho Wyoming coal field was
involved and strike averted The
new agreement will run until Sept
7. 1914 u provides for substantial
wage Increase aud very material
Improvement In ,ho working condi
Tons " The coal mines Of that field
The United Mine Workers organiya.
ton II IN good shape and the mem
hership steadily increasing.
Buffalo. y. Y-wmiam J. Corners
made an unsuccessful attempt to set.
Tie the strike OF I 800 lake freight
handlers who went out for an Increase
In wages and bettormcnt OF working
conditions Mr. Corners was ready TO
oonccde every point demanded except
the advance IN wages from % 20 20
cents an hour. his contracts with the
railroads aud the lake lines making
that Impossible. he declared The
meeting ended N a noisy dcmonatra-
ton. during which Mr. Corners left
the hall
Cincinnati Tho lowest wages paid
10 plasterors II In this city. the rate
here being t3.0G for n nine.hour day.
and NJ Reading. Pa. the rate II $3.50
for an cighthour day. The highest
rates are IN California and the inter.
mountain states. whore the minimum
wage II seven dollars per day. with
the elshthour day and u week Of ~
hours with Saturday half holiday tho
year round Tho number Of mem.
beers IN good standing at last report
n the Operative Plaatorcra' lntorna.
iional association. was 1884.
Holyoke. Mass The paper makers
organizations have obtained an eight
hour day and what IL known In the
trade as the "threehour system" N
seventeen mills In and around this
I city. None OF the men now enjoying
the eight hour day have received any
I reduction IN wages Some received
an increase. The rates run from 1915
day 10 machine tenders and heater
engineers 10 si.7b n day 20 fourth
/ hands.
/ Adams. Mass.-There seems little
prospect Of an immediate settlement
| Of the weavera' strike. which has
closed the four mills OF the Berkshire
I Cotton Manufacturing company here
and made about $500 operatives idle
I The strike was called on August 9.
after the company had refused TO dis
charge four operatives who did not
I belong TO the weavers' union,
Ottawa. Canada. July 3.fii
/ British immigrants were distributed
among the farmers OF Ontario. This
h about double the number for last
year II IL estimated that 10000 Brit,
lsh immigrants have been distributed
IN the province o. Ontario for the last
year
Des Molnes. Iowa-The Iowa com
mission appointed At demand OF or.
ganized labor. 20 investigate prison
contract labor In that state, has filed
report IN which all objections
against the system. made by organ,
lied labor, are fully sustained. and the
system is unquRllhedly condemned
San Francisco. There are some
20. 600 wage earning women employed
in about 1000 establishments In san
Francisco,
Cleveland. Ohio-seyeral hundred
women are doing the work OF men
and alongside the men IN Cleveland
fOundries.
Pittsburg. Pa-By an almost unani.
nous vote OF the entire membership
on referendum declared In favor OF
postpOning the opening OF the interna.
tional convention OF the molders'
union. 10 be held In Milwaukee. from
the early part OF September 70 the
23d. because the annual state fair for
Wisconsin will open early In septem-
Der
New York -Telegraphers OF the
West Jersey and seashore railroad.
and the Trenton division OF the Penn
sylvania, have Joined the other teleg-
raphers east OF Pittsburs and Erie
who are demanding better conditions