The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-01-06

Dccu privileged TO examine copy Vi
the constitution and bylaws of the
Journeymen Iron Molders' union. of
Buffalo. organized June 2. 1859. says
the International holders Journal.
The preamble, or. as it is termed in
the constitution, the introduction, is
much similar to that adopted by l. M.
U. No. L. of Philadelphia. on June 16,
1855. The wage rate for day workers
was not veyy- -hig1 at that period. for
-.~-.~1-ad that no member was allowed
to work for less than $1,000 per week.
unless by consent of the price COM
mittee. How great a change has
come in the matter of apprentices is
indicated by a clause which reads:
mo member of this union shall take
boy to learn the trade unless it be
his own or adopted son; nor shall any
journeyman working by the piece be
allowed helper for any other pur-
pose than to make cores, skim and
turn out castings, unless by permits
sion of the union"
Wichita, Kan.-The officials of the
Kansas City, Mexico & Orient Rail-
road company, who met with repre-
sentatives of the trainmen's unions.
including fremen. conductors, switch
men and brakemen, turned down the
demand for an increase of 20 per cent
In wages. The men now are talking
strike. They say they will submit
the matter to their different unions
for final action. About $50 men are
affected. The officials of the road
gave as a reason for not granting an
increase in pay that the road is not
earning sufficient money to warrant
1t. The Orient scale of wages is not
standard and the workmen asked that
1t be made so. These officials at
tended the meeting: e. Dickinson,
vice-president and general manager;
A. Eaton. general solicitor: w. w.
Shauffler. freight traffic manager. F..
Mertzheimer. superintendent of mo-
tive power.
St Joseph, Mo.-The adoption Of a
new constitution and the establish
ment of pension fund are the two
big questions which will come before
the annual convention of the Inter-
national Bricklayers. Masons. and
Plasterers' union in this city, Janu-
airy 8 to g. The union now has q
mortuary benefit fund, which has OPP
Grated so successfully that demand
has arisen for a pension fund Since
the mortuary fund was established In
July. 1910, the sum of $1S5,000 has
been paid out in death benefits. VIII
liam Dobson, secretary of the organ
ization, says no opposition has de-
veloped to the reelection of any Of
the international officers and the only
contests will be for vice presidents,
which are honorary positions.
McKeesport, Pa--There is much
rejoicing here over the general re-
sumption of operations in one of the
big plants--the tin plate mill In Port
Vue, just across the Yough from the
city proper-and the prospects of 9TH
er plants getting busy in the very
near future. At the tin plate mill,
which has been running only spas
medically for long time past. it was
announced that work had been re-
sumed In full in every department.
and thxs about 1000 men. who have
been getting only a few days each
month, had returned on full time.
Observation-Disclosures that $500. 900
children are employed in sweat shops.
factories. and various other places in
this country was made by Bishop Fal-
lows of the Reformed Episcopal
church of this city before the Chill
dren's Aid society. in session at the
Congress hotel. The fact that this
number Of children. all under Is years
of age, are at work in this country.
stunning their mental and physical
growth, is a disgrace to the law max
ers and law enforcers of the states
and nation" he said.
Kansas City.--With the purpose of
restoring "hog-killing day" and the
old-fashioned smokehouse to the farm
and thus save the farmers of Kansas
millions on meat every year, Prof. H.
]. Waters. president Of the Kansas
State Agricultural college. inaugurated
plans for course in butchering to be
offered farmers sons attending the
college.
Indianapolis to Edgar
A. Perkins. president Of the State
Federation of Labor, the officers Of the
Indiana State Conference of Typo
graphical unions will be reelected
January 81, when meeting will be
held here. The officers will be elected
for six months. Revised bylaws and
constitution will be considered.
Nuncie. Ind.-Forty machinists en-
pioyed in a glass factory here OBJ
tanned a 10 per cent increase in