United labor bulletin., 1913-06-28

New INSTRUMENTATION OF wire
less operators is becoming worldwide.
This was evidenced in a letter receiv-
ed by Wesley Russell, secretary of the
Commercial Telegraphers' Interna-
tional union. 1t was from E. r. Tuck,
acting honorable secretary of the
Association of Wireless Telegraph
lists" His headquarters are at Liver
pool. England. Secretary Tuck said:
"A successful effort has been made in
England to organize the British oper-
ators. | wish to convey to you the
fraternsl greetings and best wishes for
the success of the men on the Pacific
coast. In the near future drastic meas
ures must be used II any permanent
improvement in the conditions is to
take place. Il look forward with con-
siderable anticipation to an interna-
tional federation of wireless telegraph
lists, which should not be outside the
bounds of possibility within the next
few years"
ndianapolis.-Frank Hayes. vice.
president of the United Mine Work
ers, returned from West Virginia.
where he has been assisting in organ
izing several mining districts. Mr..
Hayes said the condition in West vir-
ginia was more favorable to the Unit
ed Mine Workers than ever before in
the history of mining there. He at
tributes this partly to the Kern reso-
luton passed by the senate. in which
federal investigation was ordered
and partly to the fact that the people
will no longer tolerate measures used
by the mine operators. Some of the
cid Baldwin guards, he said. were be-
ing used as private guards by mine
operators. but they no longer had
right to carry firearms and did not
have the official sanction of the state.
Victoria.-An interesting interpreta-
tion of Equal pay for equal work" in
operation. is made by the women typ
lists in Victoria. following the decision
of the wage board TO fix a minimum
wage for all az Ilt typists at As shill-
ings weekly. and for all adult stenog-
raphers at As shillings weekly. This
regulation, they beliese, will lead to
the dismissal of many ill-equipped
women typists at present employed at
an inadequate wage. and their replace
ment by male typists who have been
more fully trained. Nevertheless. the
women are said to be unanimous in
support of the acton just taken.
Columbus, O.-Lee Cage. a MEM
ber of the Iron Molders' Union of
Wheeling. w. Va. confessed in the
United States District court here that
ne killed John ]. Reardon. Pitts
burgh detective. at Steubenville. o..
in 1910. during a period of labor trou-
BILE. 1t developed that Cage had been
acquitted at Steubenville more than
year ago on a charge Of having muir
dered Reardon. His confession was
made in connection with civil hear
ing before Judge Safer. Having been
in jeopardy once, another trial on the
same charge Is barred under the con-
stitution and laws of Ohio.
Indianapolis.-The bricklayers' and
stonemasons' union and journeymen
stonecutters again have a disagree
ment 1t was thought by the officials
of the unions when the agreement
was made, in the spring. by which the
stonecutters were to be permitted to
lay stone, but had to charge the same
scale as the bricklayers. that the trou-
BILE had been settled. There win be
a meeting to arbitrate the difference
between the two locals. The contro-
versy covers work done by the stone
cutters that the original agreement
did not mention.
Indianapolis are be-
ing made by the members of the typo
graphical unions OF the state to at
tend the summer conference to be
held in Lafayette, July 20. The sum
mer meeting is held for the purpose
of establishing a closer relationship
among the unions of the state. OF the
26 typographical unions of the state.
10 are affiliated with the state organi-
zation. r. A. Hettle. Muncie, is presi-
dent There will be no election OF
officers at the summer conference.
Philadelphia. Representatives. of
5000 men and women employed in
the manufacture of womens garments
in this city have voted to strike, and
declare they will leave their shops as
soon as the order is given by spe-
cial committee appointed by the In
ternational Ladies' Garment Workers
Union of America. The workers say
walkout will be ordered within two
weeks
Duluth. Minn.-Four of the five
sawmills in Duluth are closed down
owing to strike of lumber pliers.
and about 1000 men are idle The
strikers. however, number only 100.
They demand an increase of 25 cents
day. They are now receiving $3.50.
In signed statement the millowners
blamed leaders of the Industrial Work
ers of the World for the trouble.
New York.-Steps are being taken
to organize a union OF bootblacks in
New York. and In this connection the