Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1913-06-12

A law has come into operat ion in the
state of Texas which provides for an
eight hour law for all state and NUM-
cipally employed workers as we'll as
those engaged either directly or indi-
rectly on work being carried out by
the state or municipality. - The Lo-
connective Drivers and Suckers Jour
nal is strongly advocating a closer CO.
operation between the different rail-
way workers organizations, in order
that the playing off of one group of
workers against another by the various
companies may be rendered impossible
in the future. = The membership of
the affiliated trade unions now exceeds
two millions. The exact number at
the end of March was 2.007, $50, ac-
cording to the Ann erican Federation of
Labor news letter. ~ In Memphis,
Tennessee" half of the working popu-
lation are negroes. They have not the
right to enter any of the numerous
publice parks. The Building Workers
Trade Council decided to urge the town
authorities to provide a public park
for the exclusive use of the negroes
1851 persons were engaged in the
automobile trade in the year 1912. -
The labor council of the city of Port
land, Oregon, has decided to call con-
ference of delegates from the neigh
boring cities and states ito DISCUSS the
prevention of the flooding of the wes-
tern territory with emigrants upon the
occasion of the opening of the Panama
Canal A joint campaign on the part
of the American and European organi-
cations is urged for, in which the latter
shall explain to all who are desirous
Nof going out to i this country, what
awaits them there ~ According to the
official figures, $4,000 boys and girls
under 16 years of age are employed in
factories. OF this number Hill are
engaged in knitting factories, II OBS
in the canning industry, 10000 in the
wool industry, 8,134 in the silk fac
tories, and over $4,000 in other indus
tries. According to all accounts these
figures are too low. The mayor of
Boston intends to raise the minimum
wage of all workers employed by the
town to SIS per week, as he maintains
it is impossible for them to live de-
Gently on lesser sum. A number of
employers got an injunction against
the Wood Workers Union in New
York preventing them from calling
strikes against the use of building ma
terial produced by non-union men, or
non union labor. = The manufacturers
in Manila have requested the govern,
ment to have the children taught cigar
making in the national schools.
Pension laws for mothers are already
in force in nine of the American states
whilst fourteen other safes are con-
sidering similar law under which
mothers who have children depending
upon them will be granted a monthly
pension The Legislature for the state
of Missouri, for instance, are discuss
ing bill which provides pensions for
mothers whose husbands are either al
ready dead, unable to work, or inmates
of state institution, asylum, prison,
etc. if such mothers have to support
children out of their earnings. Divorced
women shall ALSO receive pensions if
the children are legally given into
their keeping The bill proposes that
mothers with children dependent upon
them be- granted ten dollars per month
for the first child and five dollars per
month for every additional child.
Similar laws are in force in Illinois,
Wisconsin, Colorado, California. Penn
sylvania, Ohio, Oklahoma, Michigan,
and Utah.
The state OF Oregon which lies in