El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-06-14

a day in the working time in the shops
| throughout its lines 1t is expected
Z that the shOrttime schedule VIII be kept
in force several weeks.
The demands Of the Press Feeders
and Assistants union o. san Francisco
on employing printers for an increase
in wages of 81 per week is being con-
sidered in conference by the executive
I committee Of the San Francisco labor
council and representative Of the
Franklin Printing Trades association
The Canadian Pacific has raised its
shopmen's pay 10 percent This is the
result OF negotiations which have been
in progress at Montreal for the past two
weeks between delegates Of the feder-
ared shop trades and the officers Of the
railway. All the employees Of the me
chauiCal and car Departments on the
cOmpany's eastern lines. some $500 in
number viii benefit by the increase.
Arrangements are being made by the
members of the Typographical unions
Of Indiana TO attend the summer con-
ference TO be held in lafayette, July
20. The summer meeting is held for
{ the purpose of establishing a closer
relationship among the unions Of the
+. state OF the 20 Typographical unions
of the state. 19 are affiliated with the
state organization X, A Kettle,
Muncie, is president. There viii be no
election Of officers at the summer con
ference.
The Brooklyn Rapid Transit company,
operating surface and elevated street
railways in Brooklyn. n. y, announces
an increase in the pay Of employees. to
take effect July 4 next which viii
amount to from 4 to is percent, the in
creaSes varying according to length of
service and the records Of individuals
for efficiency. About 5000 men viii en-
JOY the benefit of this increase. and the
additions to the pay roll viii amount to
several hundred thousand dollars
year
Trouble among the members Of the
Dr1Cklayers union and the contractors
in the provinces OF Alberta, Manitoba
and Saskatchewan is expected within
short time. as a result of a stand
taken by the contractors, by which
they agreed not to deal with the brick
layers as a union The contractors
nave offered wages OF 20 cents an
hour, and the members Of the union
wish % cents an hour a strike viii
be called unless some adjustment is
reached in a short time.
The bricklayers' and stonemasons'
union ana JOurneymen stOneCutters
again have disagreement 1t was
thought by the officials of the unions
when the agreement was made. in the
spring, by which the stOnecutters were
TO be permitted to lay stone. but had TO
charge the same scale as the bricklay-
ers, that the trouble had been settled.
There viii be a meeting next week to
ar5itratC the difference between the
two locals. The controversy covers
work done by the stonecutters that the
original agI cement did not mention.
This is the greatest building season
in rs or 20 years, according to Frank
DuIIy, secretary of the United Broth
erhoOd OF Carpenters and JOiners Of
America. ar. Duffy said there was
more carpenter work I'm the country
than there has been for years and that
there was less trouble among the union
men ana lne employers Reports re-
celVed at the rational headquarters. in
Indianapolis, Ind, show increases of 8
cents an hour at Philadelphia Pa
chester Pa, Erie, Pa. Alliance. o..
bay city, Mich, and Berkshire county
Massachusetts The men I'm Dallas
Tex, got an increase from 81 to $3.50
day.
The Human DereliCts' Protective as
ISOLATION whose members include the
lame. halt and blind. has been formed
in Boston Mass. Philip kenneu. blind z
man, was elected president; John Leavy,
an armless man, secretary, and James
Carroll, legless man, treasurer Fifty /
Of the city's unfOrtunates. who make l
their living by selling papers. pencils :
and almanacs. were called together By I
Kennen and voted to form the associa- I
ton. in addressing the meeting Ken
men said we have the ambitions of \
normal men, but. because Of our affliC-
livelihood such rs our normal brethren {
cannot dream. ] feel that through this /
organization our voice may be heard /
and we viii be able to buy necessities I
of life at a price we can afford to pay
Perhaps those Hoboken boiler makers /
who went on strike because their Cana /
dian foreman spoke disrespectfuly of !
the American flag were a little hasty-
They should have remembered that the 1