The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-04-12
LABOR NOTES or
VIDE INTEREST

to the measure on the part of the rail
! roads appears to be that it will increas
to some extent the cost of operation
by reason of the fact that a few NOR
men will have to be employed on som
of the trains. The same objection coult
, be urged with equal force to any i'm
provement in the method of railroad
operation My Judgment is that the con
servation of human life and limb is Al
important to the people as little nd
ditional expense in the operation o.
these common carriers. The state, iol
its own welfare, has a right to demand
the employment upon the railroads OF
every safety appliance, whether me
ehanical or human, in the interest Of
life and limb and greater safety stand
ards. At all events between the extra
cost in dollars ard the extra cost OF
lives, if / err at all in reaching All
equitable conclusion regarding official
action on this bill, ] prefer to err on
the side of life and limb and flesh and
blood" Governor Sulzer then reviews
statistics gathered by the interstate
commerce commission, in which it is re.
vealed that during the twenty -four years
covered lsS.03T persons have been killed
| anu isOoo,blc ptiSpio liiIhitu pli hit IhiA
roads of the United States. and the gov
ernor concludes by saying: "This bill,
| | believe. is in the interest of human
ity, for the general welfare and will 20
! far to change for the better these de-
| plorable statistics in the future, and
once upon our statute books will meet
with popular approval and will never be
repealed. Hence, all things considered,
shall sign the bill for the good OF
the state"
Scion A. Richmond, the union labor
member of the board of Cancellation and
arbitration, is president of the piano
and organ workers union of Brattleboro.
He is considered by organized labor a.
man well qualified to fill this I'M
portant Office | am sure he has the
fraternal regards and good wishes of
every man in this section and we wish
him Godspeed in the duties that may
come before him.
Carpenters in East Barre. Webster
vile and Graniteville have organized and
will appoint officers as soon as the new
charter returns from headquarters. The
organizing work has been conducted un-
der the auspices of the Vermont State
Federation of Labor, the Central Labor
union of Barre and vicinity and the To-
cal union of the United Brotherhood of
Carpenters and Joiners of America.
A general organizing movement has |
been in progress in St. Johnsbury Tor |
the past three weeks. with the result |
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Scale company have formed strong I
local of their craft. Other unions in
st. JohnsDury report large aecessions 10
their ranks. Splendid addresses were
delivered by President Fred H. Beal OF
the Vermont State Federation of Ia
Dor, General Organizer McGfee of the
Iron Moulders' union, and
the local Congregational and Presbyte-
rian ministers and local labor men.
The employees of the Inland Steel COM
pany, who have been on strike for
some time in Chicago and who were
by the American Federation
IF Labor. have secured settlement
which includes a concession of all their
demands and have returned to work.
This is the second victory of steel work
RS organized by the American Fedora
ion of Labor since the campaign began.
The strike in this place was complete,
rot single man having been left in
he mill when the strike took place and {
continued for four weeks without a ]
ingle strikebreaker having been en-
'loyed.
All union mems wives and their lady :
friends who have not vet enrolled on
he charter application for the Ladies' :
lnion Label league should do so at :
he meeting next Thursday evening, :
lpril IL. at 1880 p. m. in the carpenters
lst chance for those desiring to join :
S charter members. !,
The local ministers union of Barre 4
nd vicinity is henceforth to be repre- l.
,nted in the councils of the Central u
abor union of Barre and vicinity.
Harry Kulp. former detective of =
likes Barre, Pa, has been found guilty :,
the United States court on charges y
peonage and white slavery in secur =.
g women ostensibly for domestic serv- :,
e in West Virginia hotels. 1t was :,
ought out in the testimony at the =.
ial that the women were promised en- -
oyment in hotels. but that when they :,
ached West Virginia they were taken "
mining camps and compelled TO as l.,
ciate with men who had been chi -
owed to take the place of the striking II
inc workers. The women who testi y
d against Kulp came from the Penn
lvania anthracite mining towns.
Because the Trades and Labor council ca
Grand Rapids opposes the sl,000,000 Tn
nd issue asked for by the board of Ia
ucation, the board has appointed one an
the men used to break the printers su
ike some years ago as an instructor 10
printing. The Observer. the local la an
r paper of that city. says: eff the ne
ard of education believes il can win
e labor vote by methods Of this kind. VI
has another guess coming. All the en-
ion men want is square deal, but res
2 appointing of an open enemy of sol
,anized labor will only tend 20 make th'
, rupture greater.
Baltimore.-After a strike. which has Pr
N in progress for nine weeks, repr" n.
ltatives Of the garment workers and at'
firm of l. Greif & Bros. arrived dei
an adjustment of their differences.
e garment workers have secured vie -
y as thev have been granted the de