United labor bulletin., 1913-07-19
OF Importance to Workers In
Every Branch of Trade and
Industry.
END LoNG-sTANDING DISPUTE
National Stone Cutters Society Anal
oamates With Journeymen stone
Cutters Association Of North
AmerIca-Unlon Official
Given High Position.

officers of the Journeymen Stone Cut
ters' association of North America
have recently completed negotiations
whereby approximately one thousand
men will eventually be added to their
organization, and have ended labor
dispute of ten years standing. accord
ing to Sam Griggs. general president
of the union, which has its headquar-
ters in this city. The negotiations
were the result of conference held
in New York city between the officers
of the union, the executive board Of
the National Cut Stone Contracting
association, and the president of the
National Stone Cutters Society Of
United States and Canada. By the
terms effected, Griggs said, the Ma
tional Stone Cutters Society is to be
disbanded, and the contractors enter
ed into an agreement to employ mam-
bers of the stone cutters union In the
future. AS their part of the conces-
sion, the stone cutters agreed to ac-
cept as members Of the union the men
who had been in the organization OF
the National Stone Cutters society.
Initiating members of this organiza-
ton is now being conducted by the
officers of the union and forty men
were recently taken in at Philadel-
phia. There has never been an or
ganization in Indianapolis of the mo.
2" movement, Griggs said.
Washington.-James O'Connell. who
has been nominated as a member of
the Industrial commission by Presi-
dent Wilson, has for more than twen-
ty years been president Of the Inter
national Association of Machinists.
For the past fourteen years Mr..
O'Connell has served as third vice
president of the American Federation
of Labor and at the present time is
also president Of the metal trades de-
partment of the federation. which
embraces all the various trades work
ing in metals, and which has COM
bined membership Of more than 3OO,-
900. Mr. O'Connell was nominated by
former President Taft to be member
of the industrial commission, but the
senate failed to confirm him, and his
nomination by President Wilson has
been expected.
Berne, Switzerland.-The Swiss
federal council has decided on Sep
tember Is as the date for the meeting
of a conference of delegates from the
government of the principal industrial
countries in Europe. By invitation of
the Swiss government the delegates
will consider the drafting of an inter
national agreement to prohibit the en-
ployment of girls and boys below spe-
Gifted ages, and to fix maximum ten
hour day for youthful workers within
certain ages.
Salem. O.-Declaring that the facts
had been misrepresented to them and
that their investigations had demon
strated that a strike would be entire
ly unjustif1ed. members Of the e1ecu-
tive committee Of the Amalgamated
of Street and Railway
of America have declared
off their threatened strike of all en-
ployes of the Youngstown & Ohio
River Railroad company.
Trenton, N. J.-After paying their
portion of the assessment to defray
the expenses of the labor dynamite
trials, the members of the Central
Labor union here refused to pass
resolution contributing to the strik-
ers in Paterson. The local union con-
tends 1t has no sympathy with the
work of Haywood or the /. w. w.
Springfield, Mass.-Plans for the
of an arbitration commit
tee composed of an equal representa-
ton from the Central Labor union.
the Ministers association and the
board Of trade, have been defeated for
the time being at least by the refusal
Of the board Of trade directors to
concur in the proposition.
Zurich, Switzerland.-At the annual
meeting of the women workers unions.
which is the political organization of
the Swiss women workers. 1t was de-
cided to enter into negotiations with
the labor party in order to unite the
local groups with this body. The or
ganization has its own Journal. the
Vorkampferin.
jena. Germany.-A conference OF "a
delegates OF the building workers' or
from II countries on the
occasion of the general meeting Of the
German building workers conference.
in this city, decided that the next or
binary international conference should
take place in Vienna.
Amsterdam, Holland.-Clerical au-
thorities in Holland have acquiesced
In the formation OF course OF instruc-
ton for Catholic trade union officials.
st. Louis.-Charles Lammert. presi-
lent of the building trades council.
has been elected q member of the
school board for a term Of six years.
Ghent, Belgium.-A conference Of
the International Society Against I'm
employment will take place in this
city on September 8. 4. s and 6.
Vienna, Austria.-At the Building
Laborers' national conference 1t was
decided by 20 votes to to unite with
the masons' union.