Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1913-02-20

Argentine y
At the beginning OF December Con-
crosses Of the two Federations of
Trades Unions were held in Buenos
Aires. These unions, although both
under anarchial and syndicalst influ-
ences, had up to then strongly fought
each other. Since the brilliant year of
1908 the membership, especially under
the regime of the Anti-Laber laws,
has fallen OF. This drought about
common meeting arranged in order
to consider the amalgamation of the
two unions. AS no decision to this
effect was arrived at, another COM
mon congress will be summoned.
Australia
Tasmania is the first state of the
commonwealth to extend the principle
of providing free emedicaT treatment
for school children. - Replying to
questions asked in the N. s. w. AS,
sembly, Premier McGowen said that
the state employed about 200 emigra-
ton agents in Great Britain, paying
them no fixed salary, but allowing
them 20 for each adult agricultural
laborer and domestic servant secured
, Il for each wife of an immigrant and
each child of twelve and upwards, and
s. for each child between and -
years of age. The Australian trade
unions are sending out warnings to
intending emigrants as there is acute
unemployment in almost, every trade
in the commonwealth. - Fifty-seven
slaughterers' assistants in Sydney
have been fined to the extent of from
G. to 300 for going on strike in op-
position to the decision of the Wages
Board. = The Syndicalists of Austria
liza appear to be taking up the atti-
tude of the Englishman Osborne.
They are boasting of their success in
evading, through court judgment,
the compulsory payment of levies in
support of the Labor Party imposed
by the Miners Organization of N. S.
w. This action nullifies the compuE
sorry nature of the levy.
ANstri0-
Many collective agreements termin.
ate in the building trades this year
Negotiations between the organiza
lions of the employers and employees
have been without issue. as the EN-.
ployers stipulated in -the beginning
that all question ofsthe REDUCTION III
hours must be omitted. - The Union
fishing monthly paper with a sup
VeIeinsblatt. Weggasse Is, Vienna
VID. NJ The Governemnt is going to
lay before Parliament a bill for the
compulsory establishment of munich
pal agencies for apartments in com
oAo .kaiv - L.
will be compelled to announce that he
has empty ropmss and to announce
again when they, are occupied, while
the municipality will have, to give in.
formation to- seekers of apartments
and Issue regularlyEa list of free
rooms = A petition, with more than
10000 signatures has been sent to
Parliament by the Bakers Union, in
which it is desired that the Govern.
ment,s improve Its own bill for the
protection of workers in this trade
which is now before the House. =
The new Association law passed by
the Imperial Parliament, but which has
to pass the Upper Hoase,, gives wo-
men the right to join political assecia-
tons for the first time.
Belgium y:
Since the end of December over
1000 textiles workers have been. on
strike in RodIers on account of a
lockout. They demand 10 per cent
increasel1in wages while the employ
ers are only willing to give Z per
cent in some branches. - The Belgian
Trades Unions Commission has decid-
ed to recommends the discontindance
of the common strike fund, and that
the contribution shall not be levied
any more until the next Trades I'm
ions Congress. The ground of the re-
commentators istthe formation of NUM-
erous National and centralized unions.
= The glass workers in Jeamppes
have held a protest meeting against
the methods Jenp1oyede to make them
teetotaIersQ AT the entrance to the
factories they are met by gendarmes
who see that no alcoholic drinks are