The Oklahoma miner. [volume] (Krebs, Okla.) 1912-192?, 1912-05-02

west and south or chicago, hBBTSBdt-
ing more than 100000 men, was per
fected at a meeting Of the union rep
here The boiler-makers,
blacksmiths, machipists, carmen and .
sheet metal workers form the new or
ganization. 1T is the aim of the or .
gan!zation to unite all the mechanical T
trades on all railroads west and south
of Chicago so concentrated action may
be taken when disputes arise" j. A.
Franklin, international president Of
the boiler-makers, said. Other union
officials said the organization was nee
essary to combat the railroad man
ayers association SO the unions can
deal Jointly with the railroads when
controversies arise
indianapolis, lnd.-The present sea-
son has been a good one for members
of the International Union of United
Brewery Workmen, as, according to
Joseph Obergfell, of this city, mem
Der of the international executive
board of the brewery workers, about
10000 Of the $4,000 members of the
union have gained advances in wage
scales. Also about fifty wage con-
tracts will expire May /, and some
will expire in June, and Obergfell ex-
poets that when these expire the
workmen affected will fare equally as
well as others have In the last few
weeks.
Boston.-Boston c. L. u. has sent a
petition to congress asking that 1t
make an investigation Of the produc-
ton, transportation and sale of coal,
including wages, cost price and profit,
to whom the profits are distributed.
and also as to whether or not there is
any criminal restraint Of trace in the
conduct OF the business. 1t also asks
that in case Of a strike, congress take
possession and continue the mines
and coal-carrying railroads in opera
tion as a means OF protecting the pub
lie.
Boston.-Building LabOrers' District
council which includes all the unions
OF Boston, Cambridge and Brookline,
voted to recommend to the locals that
q wage increase Of five cents an hour
be asked for on June /. AS some
/ Misunderstanding has existed over the
terms of the last schedule and some
employers took advantage of techni-
cality in It's wording, the council def
nitely states that the new rates 1t rec
ommends for June l are 40 cents an
hour for building men and 35 cents
an hour for excavators.
New York.-John p White OF In
dianapolis, Ind, president of the Unit
ed Mine Workers of America, made a
favorable impression at the confer
ences held with the anthracite opera
tors. He is almost six feet tall, broad
shouldered and blue-eyed, with clean
cut features and a shock Of hair that
is just beginning to gray. He is in the
early forties and Is a good talker.
Boston.-Five hundred employees OF
the Roxbury Carpet company struck
when their demands for ten per cent.
increase in wages were denied. Most
Of the strikers are women and are en-
ployed in the weaving and drum de-
partment of the mills. About six hun
dred persons work in the mill and the
strikers were confident that most OF
the operatives would join them.
Sydney, n. S. WIN Australia the
New South Wales labor government,
in defiance of the trades hall, whence
II draws the bulk Of its support, has
decided to import 1000 laborers from
Britain. mostly uavvies and bridge car
penters, who are wanted in pursuance
OF the governments active policy on
public works.
Minneapolis, Minn.-Carl Legien,
the head OF organized labor in Ger
man reichstag, and Frank Morrison,
secretary of the American Federation
OF Labor, and possibly Samuel Com
pers, its president, will be prominent
among the guests of honor at the
Union Labor Forward Movement here
Boston.-A convention Of the repne
sentatives OF the railroad clerks Of all
the Is great railroad systems eas OF
Buffalo and north Of Pennsylvania was
he4d here. Ii was decided that wage
increase and new working hours regu
lations be submitted at once to al
roads within the jurisdiction,
Upper SandIsky, O.-The entire
force Of the National Lime and Stone
company, at AhIey' NShe OH a o. ans
on account OF dissatisfaction with {
foreman. Strike-breakers brought from
Toledo went back on the next traiI
because they could not get accommo
dations in the town.
London. Eng.-The total funds o
the Boot and Shoe Operatives unioI
OF Great Britain now amount te 1868
OOO, which is a gain in the last hal
wear of $23 600. The membership o