United labor bulletin., 1913-11-01

ters in tabulating the result Of a refer
endum vote of the general member
ship of the union, which was taken
on the question of a plan for the, con-
solidarion OF the carpenters Internar
tional with the American branch OF
the Amalgamated Society of Carpen-
ters. International officers say the
returns Indicate that the membership
favors the affliation. The Amalga-
mated society is mad up Of skilled
workers. whose trade is similar to
the carpenters. which society has its
don. England There are about 5000
members of the old world organization
on this continent Labor leaders in
this country have long sought a con-
solidation with the carpenters union.
believing that It would be to the ad-
vantage of both organizations. A COM
mittee of both organizations met in
New York last spring. and voted to
sdbmit the question to referendum
votes OF both organizations. The tabu-
lation Of the vote of the old world or
ganizauon is not expected to be COM
pleted before January 1. There are
no members of the organization in In
dianapolis. The Carpenters union
has membership of about s2S0.000.
Cleveland. O.-The Upholsterers'
union. which is one of the baby or
ganizations in the city. has astonished
some OF the older bodies by signing up
a first-class scale with all the local
firms. about a dozen all told The
men received ten per cent. increase
in wages, the nine-hour day. time and
one-half for over time. double time on
Sundays and holidays and union con-
cessions. The men were assisted by
General Organizer Dennis German.
They have solid union, and in the fu-
ture they will be able to supply the
union label on all work they turn
out
Philadelphia.-The Triangle Waist
company OF New York kept safety
doors locked and sustained a mourn
full loss" when a fire happened and
burned 80 OF its girls. But justice
has been done at last a member OF
the firm has been fined $50. This es-
| tablishes a value of about 14-3 cents
! per girl, and supports the contention
OF very ordinary persons that it is
great deal cheaper to burn girls than
to discharge them. when you want to
put or a new force.-North American
Woodbury.. N. Fires have been
placed under another furnace at the
bottle works and work will begin with
in a week. The glass trade seems to
be fairly booming. but fri are handi-
capped both in hand and machine
| plants by a great shortage of boys. In
some Instances young men are taking
the places usually held by lads. and
/ the additional expense is heavy for the
manufacturers.
London. England.-The syndicaIist
resolution. passed by the Miners Con
/ ference at Scarborough. requesting the
/ executive officers to approach the com
mittee OF other large trades unions
! with a view to cooperative action in
/ support OF one another's demands is
viewed in trade union circles as the
most far-reaching proposition yet put
forward by the labor organizations
Indianapolis-wi Green. inter
national secretary OF the Mine Work
ers. spoke at Mount Olive. where he
represented the International organi-
zation at the virden memorial cele-
bration. President John P. White
could not attend owing TO his sudden
call to Oskaloosa. Iowa on account OF
the serious illness of his mother.
New Haven. Conn.-The situation
| developed by the opposition of the en-
gineers and trainmen on the New Ha-
ven railroad to the revised rules pro
mulgated by General Manager Bardo
has again become so acute that engt-
neers say they would not be surprised
If strike was ordered at any time
Cape Town. South Africa.-The Rail-
waymen's Union Of South Africa has
threatened that IL the reasonable de-
mands they will shortly present to
the government are not granted
general strike throughout the union
will be called.
Montreal. Canada.-General Presi-
dent James Kirby and Secretary Frank
Duffy of the United brotherhood of
Carpenters and Joiners. attended the
meetings of the trade and labor coun-
Gil. which met recently.
London. STANDARDIZATION thou
sand cotton operatives OF Nelson. Lam
cashire. recently held the annual
feast" in which they spent between
sl0o. 900 and sl50.000.
New York.AInternational Transport
Workers federation has member
ship OF approximately $4,000.
Mrs. Alice Waxham of New York
calls herself chauffeuse-chaperon.
Which means that II you are lone
woman In a great city you can phone
her to take you shopping. calling. to
the theater, the concert or to view the
Great White Way.
Biddy. Brown Leghorn owned by
Marshall Hatch OF Norwell, which had
the distinction OF being the oldest hen
in the country. is dead. The bird
lackad n few days of being twenty-one