Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-06-07
For Union w orkefs
Important Happenings i,, Industrial Circles in This Country and Europe

,eo Brotherhood of Carpenters and Jolners will have 8 referendum vote on the question of employing menl- bers of the general executive board all the time in union work instead of during the quarterly meetings as at present. The vote is returnable Feb ruary 6. A similar proposal was made by the Des Moines convention in 19l0 but was defeated at referendum The convention proposal was that when not attending board meetings the members of the board should act as general organizers and receive the pay of organizers. The present pro- posal is that in the interim between board meetings members of the board shall be "on the road settling dis 1 putes, and when not engaged in this work shall be under direct orders of l the general president" w. D. Huber, president of the union, in statement to the membership, has estimated that the additional expense of having l board members act as general or l ganizeTs would be 22,000 a year z
 Fall River, Mass.-The cotton goods mills here will lose considerably in FTUuuctio1f til f4less the the 54 =hour law, and the operatives will lose in wages The reduction in output figures 3!57 per cent and the sum lost to the opera4 lives in wages will amount to nearly. s11,0O0 weekly. The loss will fall automatically upon the piece work CTS, among whom are '.speeder-tenders, mule spinners, sppolertende1s and weavers. Time workers 4'in# all tie mills are now paid by the-i hour, ins stead of by the day as fofmerly.. eits weekly wages will be cut down Eiri2 amounts equivalent to two. AopTsH work '=f ff%4f-FsHF Aaf
 1ndianapolis.-The refesendplil Nots; of the machinists which closes lJanuA any 31, comes up in the form of S,fsrg appeal seeking to set aside theaactfofI of convention. : The appeal was pro mulsated by Columbia lodge. IsNp. 174.s of Washington, and indoraed, by sthe, required number of lodges. [ Thb3 fses turns from the recent referendum vote, at which maehinists were asked to designate their choice between In. dianapolis and St. Louis as interna- ton headquarters. have not been made public yet.
 St. LoIliz.-A per capita assatS}f3ent of five cents or a total of about $3000 was voted by the St. Lcais Trades and Labor Council as fund to push the strike of about dozen waitresses at downtown department store The girls recently walked out when the management refused to compel all waitresses employed in the cafe to join the union At recent meeting of the central body the store was placed on the unfair list and boy colt was declared.
 Chicago.-Cigarmakers' Information al union issued eleven charters and surrendered fourteen last year, had | f1fty-six strikes and won twenty-four. compromising three. with twenty-one pending, eight being lost; number of members involved, 9.664; benefited, 3,395; not benefited S5: death bene- fits paid, s226,71753; sick benefits. /! s1s9,43s.59; travelling benefits, $39,- S2S.77; unemployed benefits. $39,917; cost of strikes, $221 ,04470,
 Sharon, Pa.-It was officially an nounced that the Mercer works of the American Sheet and Tin Plate com pany at South Sharon would resume operations, affecting about 900 men. The five sheet mills will be started and three turns will be worked. Man. ager w. c. Tamplin stated that the re. pairs are progressing rapidly. This mill has been idle for fifteen months
 Pittsburgh-With the beginning of 1912 fully 100000 idle workmen find employment ;n the iron and steel in- dustries of the country Each plant in operation will largely increase it's complement of workmen and scores of idle mills and furnaces will resume operations.
 New York.-The committee on amusement resources of working girls of New York city has been incorporat- ed to investigate, study and improve i the general amusements Of working l girls and vocation conditions.
 St. Louis.--Austln w. Biggs, state | labor commissioner, conferred with l private labor agents of St. Louio and l obtained their inGorsement of a uni. form contract they will adopt in deal ing with laborers.
 London. Eng-In England and Wales the average weekly wage foF skilled carpenters, masons. piulubers. i painters. pattern makers and printers i does not exceed S9 a week..
 San Francisco.-Ninety per cent Of l the retail shoe clerks Of this oity gro organized. s
 Omaha. Neb-Tne steam engineers have secured several eight-hoir aa,.- tracts.
 Lorain. Ohio.-At the iooai plant ol the National Tube company announce. ment was made that four out cf the five skelp mills which haves been closed down for several weeks will 3se. ready for business on Monday ana that the chape mili wili if pc ,blea begin operation on Wednesday,. The mills employ about 1.600 mel. N
 Chicago. .--The arbitration arrs ss f Sas<sx