The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-05-03
In the Labor World
RESUME Or CONDITION AND
NEWS TN TN WORLD OF LABOR

~ #AlASLOAE
men and conductors Of the Interna-
tional Railway CO.. was. settled
Through the mediation OF Mayor Fuhr-
mann. Both sides made concessions
The men Teceded their demand
that after the resumption of car serv-
ice negotiations should be carried on
with a committee of the association.
The strike leaders accepted the com
pany's suggestion that questions which
cannot be thus settled be left TO three
arbitrators. During the six days OF
the strike 500 cars were damaged and
several blocks of overhead wires with
their supporting poles were torn
down.
Chicago.-Ihcreases in wages
amounting to $750,000 will be distrih-
uted among the 1000 employees of the
Chicago elevated railways in the next
two years, according to a decision
made by the arbiters. There was nc
umpires, the representatives of the
company and employees agreeing on
Iall points. The increase will date
from June 4, 1913. and the new con
tract will expire May 81, 1915.
Glarksburg, W. V~a,-Charles H.
Boswell. John w. Brown and George
Il. Parsons, sentenced to prison by
the state military commission In the
thcA 10 AHtN AShp aAAuti NSEiLiSE DlOAt&ttt
here from the Point Pleasant Jail,
were denied their liberty on habeas
corpus proceedings in the criminal
court here. Judge James w. Ribil-
son held that their petition contained
nothing not already passed on by the
state supreme court.
Boston, Boston concern, which
keeps an elaborate cost system to de-
termine the efficiency of employees, re-
IGIIpoat Has y rsyorl-iVanr y do " frnra & 80, Al
nine hours and found he employees
did SO much more and better work that
q reduction TO eight u followed.
The Improvement IN duality and in
-creases in quantity OF work again was
50 gratlfylng that the company has
announced 1T viii establisha seven
hour day,
Philadelphia. The Philadelphia.
RAPID transit Co., which operates all
the street cars IN this city, announced
an increase in wages to Its 1000 en-
ployes, ranging from one-half to l cent
agreement with the employees, was to
become effective July l, but the
company decided to shift the date to
May i.
Indianapolis.-The United Mine-
workers lead in the gain in wages
during the recent years, with an in
OF $s,00o,oo0, the Western
F~ederatior of Miners following with
$3,244.500, the boot and shoe workers
being third with 200, 900, and the
maintenance of-way aemployes being
fourth, they having obtained an in~'
crease in wages of $4,000, 900.
Geneva, SWitzerland.-The Swiss
federation, or government regularly
subsidies the public labor bureaus to
the amount of about $40, 900 or $12, 900.
Out of this the union of Swiss labor
exchanges receives $105 yearly. The
federation allows the labor colonies,
which amounts to a total of about
$4,000 per year.
San Observation-Disclosures are that
a cooperative shoe factory will be es-
tablished here in the near future, as
a result of a conferences held recently
between representatives of the San
Francisco Labor council, the Boot and
Shoe Workers union and the C~alifor-
mia Rochdale Cooperative Co.
Cleveland, O.-The j~ourneymeI
painters are jubilant. Practically all
of the union contractors in the city
have signed their new scale providing
far an increase in wages of 5 cents
an hour. and besides, twenty-five
contractors with whom no agreements
had been made heretofore, also signed
the scale.
Kansas City, Mo.-Twenty-four
men employed as yard cleaners at the
stock yards went on a strike. They
have been receiving So a day, and the
Walkout came when their demand Of
$3.50 was refused. The stock yards Of
fieials say they expect no trouble from
the strike"
Cleveland, O.-Railway clerks Of
this city are interesting themselves
in raising funds for the federated
trades on strike against the Illinois
Central and Southern Pacific railways.
The struggle has been in progress for
nearly two years.