United labor bulletin., 1913-12-27
Happenings of Importance Gath
cred Up From All Parts of
the World.
BLACKLIST UPHELD BY JUDGE
Massachusetts State Supreme Court
Hands Down Momentous Decision
Affecting Workers-Movemen
to Withdraw Union Funds
From indianapolis.

Boston.-A person who joins in a
strike is not entitled to damages If
he is not employed again by the par
| ties against whom the strike was d.
rected, according to an opinion rem
dered by Judge Loring of the state
supreme court. The opinion was
given in the appeal of the Haverhill
Manufacturers association from the
decision of a master that John Cornell
lier, who had participated in a strike.
was entitled to damages because
so-called blacklist" had prevented
him from securing employment.
Judge Loring held that the manufac-
turers had right to combine to resist
the strike and that the blacklist"
was not In the nature of boycott.
Terre Haute, Ind.-In the hope OF
causing the withdrawal of bank de-
posits, which they said amounted to
100000 in cash and 100000 in gov
ernment bonds, members of Typo
graphical Union No. 76 adopted resolu-
tions calling for a referendum vote
On the proposition to remove the head
quarters of the International Typo
graphical union from Indianapolis.
The resolution stated the business
and professional men at the capital
were unfriendly to organized labor.
1t cited the recent resignation of
Mayor Shank and the swearing in of
business men as special policemen in
the teamsters' strike.
Washington.-Navy yard employees
have been recommended for general
reduction of wages by the board OF
naval officers which has been consid-
ering the question. In almost every
Instance the board has recommended
a decrease in the wages of those en-
! ployed at the yard. although In very
few positions the present wage scale
has been recommended to remain in
force. In no case has there been a
! raise, according to those in position
10 talk authoritatively about the mat
| ter
Chicago. - Contractors, architects,
officials of all building trades unions
and the rank and file of labor, are said
20 be watching with the keenest inter
est the campaign of the Building
Trades Council to prevent strikes and
insure work for every department of
labor. The watchers see in this cam
paign the strongest effort yet made to
settle all disputes between labor and
capital by arbitration, though 1t is
known that this result will not be at
tanned without a struggle.
Washington.-Inste of protecting
women by limiting their hours of Ia
Dor, the Ohio woman labor law of
1911 is charged with having driven
them out of trades to be succeeded by
men. In an attack upon the laws
constitutionality brief was filed with
the supreme court by ]. M. Sheets
of Columbus, O., charging that some
labor leaders have fostered such legis-
lation for the very purpose the Ohio
law has accomplished"
Terre Haute, Ind.-An agreement to
permit employees of the Terre Haute.
indianapolis & Eastern Traction COM
pany to organize a union without inter-
ference averted a threatened strike
here. Announcement was made after
conference tonight between repre-
sentatives of the union and officers of
the traction company that there would
be no strike.
hington.-Increased wages for
employees of the government printing
office totaling $4,000 year are rec
commended in the annual report OF
Public Printer Ford. 1t Is urged that
the pay of compositors and bookbind-
ers be increased from so to 55 cents
I an hour, and of bookbinder machine
operators from SIS to 60 cents an hour.
South Bethlehem, Pa.-High Off cials
of nearly all the big Industrial con-
Germs in the Lehigh valley, represent
ing probably q million workmen and
all interested in industrial safety, met
at the Bethlehem Steel works and or
ganized Lehigh Valley Council No
| 5, branch of the National Welfare
| and Safety organization.
ST. Louis.-Members OF the board
of permanent seat of government and
the state capitol commission turned
down the demand of representatives
of the Missouri building trades for q
union clause in the contract for the
construction of the new state capitol.
Quincy, Mass.-The 800 employees
of the Fore River Shipbuilding COM
pany, who struck. resumed work. their
differences with the management hav-
Ing been settled.
hiladelphia.-Labor bureaus will
| be established in five of the principal
cities of Pennsylvania by the commits
sioners of labor.
Berlin, Germany.-A German sci
enlist has invented a ''firedamp whis-
tle." device to give warning of gas
In mines.
Pittsburgh.-Five thousand female
workers in silk mills in eastern Penn
sylvania have been organized within
year.
Washington.-Train laws in IS
states will entail an additional e1-
pense to the railroads Of 100000 q