United labor bulletin., 1913-08-23

k10DOkon, N. J.-f1OOOAou SxpU
rienced one of the shortest and most
successful strikes on record when 800
longshoremen employed by the Ham
burg-American Steamship company
went out on strike at l o'clock and
went back to work four minutes later,
after having won a victory. In the
noon hour Captain Jarka, supertnten-
dent of the company's pier In Ho-
boken, had an order posted at various
parts of the dock saying in the fu-
ture the men who quit work to collect
money due them from the other steam
ship companies in Hoboken would be
docked for the time they were away
from their jobs. The men objected
and the order was rescinded.
Passaic, N. 1.-The Elias Taradash
company. employing several hundred
hands In the manufacture of dresses,
announces it's intention to move TO
South Norwalk, Conn, to get out, of
the Jurisdiction of the New York
Cloak Makers UDicn, whose interfer
ence with the business, 1t was stated,
is responsible for the move. Officials
of the company stated that the mill
worked only eight hours day and
paid the best wages, but that New
York agitators had been here for some
time because the mill was an open
shop
Kansas City.-Four thousand en-
ployes of the Metropolitan street rail
way of this city will receive a five per
cent increase in salary as the result
of an order made by Federal Judge
Hook. Judge Hook ordered the re
ceivers of the company to grant the
increase. The action of the court was
a surprise to the receivers, as there
had been no recent demand for an in
crease from the employees. Seventy
two thousand dollars a year will be
added to the salaries of the employees
as the result Of the order.
Atlantic City, N. 1.-The executive
committee of the American Federation
of Labor approved wage scales call
ing for material increases in many
branches of building trade industries
at a joint session with the executive
board of the building trades depart
ment here. The dispute between the
brewery workers and teamsters' un-
ions was decided and the finding will
be transmitted to the officers of the
organization Sampel Gompers. pres
ident of the federation. presided.
Baltimore.-Demandin that they be
given a ten per cent increase In
wages and a 50-hour working week.
which would permit all shops to close
at o'clock on Saturdays. more than
600 men and women, cloak and skirt
makers, went on a strike. All the
strikers are members of Cloakmakers'
Union No. 4, which is allied with the
International Ladies' Garment Work
ers. The strike affected about 40
shops throughout the city.
Indianapolis.-Wor has been re-
ceived at the headquarters of the
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and
Joiners' International Union Of this
city that the Federation OF Ship Car
penters, Joiners and Caulkers, in con
vention at Portland, Ore. has voted
to affiliate with the Carpenters Inter
national union. This will add about
$500 members to the international
London, Eng-For some time past
the view has been held that the
statistics of unemployment prepared
by the board of trade were an under
statement Of the volume of unemploy-
ment, and now, for the first time It
is possible to obtain official confirma-
ton of this view. At the present
time the number OF unemployed in
London is estimated at 100000.
Buffalo. N. Y.-The arbitration
board appointed last April to settle
the differences that led to a strike of
International Street Railway employees
gave out a\dividend report. The ma
jority give the men an advance of one
cent an hour, but retain the sliding
scale, to which the men objected. The
dissenting report holds that the award
is inadequate.
Buenos Aires.-Brazilian workers
have made desultory attempts to inn
prove their conditions by united ac-
tion. but invariably have been beaten
back by the rifles and sabers OF the
soldiery, and Imprisonment and exile
on the part of the judges.
Madrid.-A general strike is expect
ed to take place throughout Spain as
the result OF the walkout of the EN-
ployes in the textile trade. The latter
strike continues to spread. Forty thou.
sand men have quit work, and the in
dustry is at a standstill
Philadelphia.-Ten thousand dollars
were distributed by the relief commit
tee Of the Cloak and Suit Makers
union to those men and women who
are out on strike. Financial help was
given to every striker who applied for
1t.
Winnipeg. Manitoba.-A training
school for hotel employees will be one
pf tho v,oftors IN ha dta