United labor bulletin., 1914-01-03
NEWS OF INTEREST
TO THE WORKERS
Recent Happenings in Industrial
World Gathered From All
Parts of the Earth.
IDLENEss IN SOUTH CHICAGO
Thousands Of Men Laid of, and Des-
titution MISUNDERSTANDING Trades
Strike at indianapolis Ended
British Columbia Puts Ban
on immigration.

Chicago.-Thirty-tw employers Of
labor in the South Chicago district
have dismissed 5,498 men within three
weeks. according to their own state-
ments. Labor men say the Gary steel
mills have laid off $4,000 men until
January 1. Dispatches from the Calu-
met district, which embraces all the
Northern Indiana and Eastern Illinois
steel mills district, say the entire re-
gion is being overrun by desperate
men out of employment and regardless
Of any law except that of self-preserva-
ton. A bulletin issued by the Amer
ican Railway association discloses that
there was an increase of 1881 in the
number of idle freight cars throughout
the country December 1 as compared
with November 80, 1912. On the lat
ter date the total surplus was 26.125
cars and December 1 it was 67.406.
The latter figure represents an in
crease since November Is of 21,407
cars.
Indianapolis, Ind.-The strike of
the eighteen crafts of the local Build
ing Trades council is ended and the
men returned to work. The strike
was due to jurisdictional dispute be-
tween the International Bricklayers
union, which is not affiliated with the
American Federation of Labor, and
the Marble Workers union. a member
of the trades council. over the setting
of inside marble. The agreement.
signed by officers of the Indianapolis
Building Contractors association and
of the trades council, contains general
arbitration and non-sympathetic strike
clauses and is effective until Dec. 81,
1914.
Victoria, British Columbia.-An or
der in council has been promulgated
by the British Columbia government
prohibiting until March II entry to
the province of all artisans and labor
ers. The order is not retricted to any
particular race. The reason is conges-
ton of labor on the Pacific coast. The
matter was brought to head by the
Hindu question, arising out of the
Judgment of Chief Justice Hunter. of
British Columbia, which declared in
effect that restrictions heretofore i'm
posed by the government in respect to
immigration of this class were not
constitutionally operative.
Dublin, Ireland.-All the transport
and dock workers in Dublin have
agreed to resume work, according to
statement issued by the companies.
The port, which has been practically
closed since the end of August. has
b cen reopened and the regular sailings
across the Irish channel started. The
situation, as far as the Dublin fac
tories are concerned, is unchanged.
Philadelphia-The garment manu-
facturers of this city whose employees
are on strike refused to take up arbi-
tration with Ethelbert Stewart. statis-
tician of the federal department of Ia
bor Two men involved in the strike
have been killed. The workers demand
higher wages and better working con-
dit.ons.
Fall River, Mass.-A second demand
for a rs per cent. wage advance for
the textile mill employees was forward
ed to the Cotton Manufacturers asso-
citation by the Industrial Workers of
the World. 1.-The manufacturers will
| ignore this demand" said President
Hills of the Manufacturers associa-
ton.
Edinburgh, Scotland.-Last week
the first batch OF strike notices lodged
by the bookbinder3 over Scotland. ex-
cepting Dundee, took effect. and 1t is
computed that within ten days nt
least 1900 men will be idle failing a
settlement of the dispute regarding
female and nonapprenticed labor.
Washington.-In the federation OF
labor the cigarmakers head the list
of financial benefits with $562,271
paid out: carpenters ranked second
with $342,869. and the typographical
union third with $234,457 In this last
sum the annual expense of the Union
Printers home is not included.
San Francisco.-Samuel Gompers
president OF the American Federation
of Labor. accepted. on behalf of the
federation, the offer of building at
the Panama-Pacific exposition for a
labor exhibit in 1915. One hundred
and twenty international unions will
participate in the exhibit
Indianapolis, Ind.-The teamsters
strike was ended here when the union
voted that the men should return to
work for any employer who would
pay the scale and not discriminate.
Reading, Pa.-The Reading railway
company has put into effect its order
for reduction of its force in its shops
from to 10 per cent. AS a result 200
meD are laid off in this rifv and ahout