El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-04-19
NEWS OF TIE
LABOR WORLD
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signs of an early completion of the
Panama canal there are more men
actually employed on the canal zone
than at any previous time-more than
forty thousand The whole OrSanlza-
ton is working at its maximum ca
pacity.
4 new building trades council has
been organized at Danville. Ill, and II
is expected that all eligible crafts VIII
be affiliated in a short time. Two
organizers of the American Federation
Of Labor have succeeded in organizing
several new unions at Decatur, ILL., IN
the last month The cement workers
are the latest to be organized and the
stationary firemen viii be the next
The executive council OF the Inter
national Typographical Union an
nOUnCes that the history OF the TYPO
graphical Union" viii be issued IN
the near future. The work viii con-
tain more than one thousand pages and
more than forty illustrations. lnclud-
ing pictures Of all the past presidents
of the organizations. The edition will
be limited.
The lower house of the Pennsylvania
legislature has passed a bill providing
for the esta Enlistment of a commission
of three citizens to fix the minimum
wages to De paid 10 all women anu
children who work in Industrial es-
adjustments in the state; and there
are provisions relating to railroad en-
flagman must have had IS months eX-
perience on trains.
Edwin Perry. secretary and treasurer
of the United Mine Workers and Joseph
Poggani. manager of the Mine Work
ers' journal, have returned from bus
mess trip to Wyoming. While five
miles east Of Sheridan, WyO., the train
on which they were passengers was in
a headOn collision with another pas
/ senger train Two men were killed in
I the smoking car. which Perry and
POggani left a few minutes before the
collision occurred
( Machinists whose headquarters are in
Washington D c., has just issued an
interesting brochure containing the re-
suit of the efforts of that organization
during the past fiscal year. 1t is
almost exclusively devoted to a de-
( tailed statement relative to the in
crease in wages. secured by the local
unions throughout the country. These
\ pamphlets are tO, be distributed by the
international association for the pur-
! pose Of interesting nOnuniOn men in
the benefits to be derived by member
ship in the International Association
| of Machinists.
The striking wOodwOrKers at Quincy.
/ Ill. have won their contest against one
/ plants according to information that
3 has reached indianapolis. The new
/ agreement specifies that all nOnuniOn
of the big showcase manufacturing
men brought into the city are to be
! dismissed, that the strikers are to be
/ taken back, and none but union men
! employed in the future. Men of two
/ factories are still on strike. but it is
believed the settlement of the trouble
| in the largest one will have an in
fluence toward a similar outcome on
/ the other two.
The local plumb ers' organization has
; received Information from the United
Association OF JOurneymen Plumbers
regarding the growth of the parent
! organization last year. The association
/ organized Y local unions with a mem
! berShip of more than 1000 making a
| total fmembe for the organization
/ of $4,000. During the twelve months
| there were so strikes As Of which were
Won. compromised and lost and 10
pending. Strike benefits amounting TO
I SS2 29S and death benefits aggregatinS
/ S145O0 were paid. The plumbers now
| have SIS local unions with an average
wage Of s. day. A majority OF the
local unions are working hours a day
with a half holiday on Saturday the
/ year around.