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The Connecticut labor news., 1923-12-01
UNION TO RENEW
 WEST VIRGINIA
 COAL FIELD DRIVE
Mine Workers Launching Move to Organize 75,ooo Workers Smart
 ing Under Wage Cit.

A resumption of the West Virginia coal mine war IS feared as a result of the announcement by union offic- ia1s that the United Mine Workers of America are about to launch another campaign for the unionization of 75,- GOO non-union miners in the state, in c1uding those in Logan and Mingo counties.
 The announcement was made by C. F. Keeney, union president of Dis trict Y, who declared that new and more vigorous campaign had been decided on which would have behind 1t the entire staff and all the financial resources of the international organ ization.
 There are approximately I25, 1000 coal miners in West Virginia" said Keeney, "of whom about 5o,ooo are now members of the union. Former efforts to unionize the others have been met with armed resistance by company gunmen and guards. It will be recalled that the March on Mingo' resulted in Federal troops being sent there to restore order. Late "a number of union officials and members were arrested and tried in the courts of West Virginia, but the spirit of the men was never broken.
 These trials and prosecutions were nothing less than an attempt by the non-union operators to prevent fur ther organization of the miners out side the union, but the United Mine Workers never give up fight until victory is won"
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The Connecticut labor news., 1923-12-01
5000 R. R. AGENTS
 GET WAGE RAISE
Rail Labor Board Awards $364,ooo
 Without Granting Increase to All.

Rail Labor Board Awards $364,ooo
 Without Granting Increase to All.
 Chicago, Dec. 1-Increases III wages affecting approximately $500 railroad telegraphers and station agents, and .ag- gregating approximately $364,432. were awarded i'll decision announced by the United States Railroad Labor Board The board explained 1t had attempted to correct existing inequalities without at tempting standardization and without granting a general increase Payment of punitive rate of time and one-half for overtime to telegrpahers and station agents also was awarded and few other changes in rules were authorized
 The parties to the case are the Bro therhood of Railroad Station Employ ees, the Order of Railroad Telegraph CTS and twenty-six railroad companies. This plan pursued by the board was to deny increases on roads where 1t found the existing rates equal to the average paid on comparable roads in the same territory.
 In dealing with rules the board in the majority of instances reafirmed previous decisions. On the other hand it denied a request for punitive rates for work on Sundays and holidays.
The Connecticut labor news., 1923-12-01
HARTFORD PLUMBERS AND STEAMFITTERS
 IN JOINT MEETING

Hartford, Dec. l-The Hartford
 Journeymen Plumbers and Steamhtters
 held a very largely attended meeting
 Thursday evening, November Z2nd at Carpenters Hall, there being over 225
 members present The meteing was pre-
 sided over by Brother Frank Rizzy,
 President of the Steamhtters Local
 Union 218. After accepting the minutes of the previous meeting the regular or der of business was suspended and 1t was carried on under the order of good and
 welfare. The Business Agents report
 was listened to with much interest as he had statistics to show how erroneous an article appearing in the Hartford Daily Times had taken from Connecticut in dustry a publication gotten out by the
 Manufacturers Association claiming SO per cent. of all the work in the building industry in Hartford was being done m- der the Open Shop plan. The B. A. re ported that there were 81 apartment hou- ses built in Hartford this year ranging from 12 apartments to AS apartmens each There were 12 business buildings and public buildings at a cost of mill lions of dollars and the Open Shop ne yer put nickel in any of this work and this doesn't include the vast amount of small work that has been done in the city this year. The building trades of Hartford have been generous in the past i'll conceeding 109o of the work to the Open Shop but after close survey of the work done this year they consider this rather high. He reported the joint membership as being carefully consider ably over 300 and increasing steadily All members in good standing. All working and prospects good for all winter.
 Brother M J. Scanlon of Springfield, Mass, Fourth Vice President of the United Association spoke briefly con graduating the members in their good attendance and their duties toward their officers.
 Brother l. NJ Ornburn, Secretary, Treasurer of the Connecticut Federation of Labor addressed the members as to the work of the Federation its progress and achievements and the obstacles met with in the general assembly in trying to have laws enacted that. would be bene- hcial to the workers and to prevent the passage of those that would be harmful Mr. Ornburn's address was very en- Tightening to the members and they list ened attentive1y.
 The next speaker was M. F. Garrett, General Organizer of the United As sociation who revised the work of the Association as to its progress. He told of the vast amount of money paid out in sick, death, strike and lockout bene- fits. He told of the improvements made in the working conditions of the mem bers throughout the entire jurisdiction of the United Association and in con- clusion he gave the members some sound advice in regard to their duties to their Local Unions which I am sure will be beneficial to the members of both Local Unions
 The speakers of the evening were ex- tended rising vote of thanks and the : netting was pronounced a great success which indicates others will follow.
The Connecticut labor news., 1923-12-01
OUT FOR RESTRICTION
 OF IMMIGRATION
Governor, Sick of His Job, Now Dares to Defy State Manufac-
 turers' Association.

Once in awhile Governor Templeton, when let alone by the Roraback and other factions that have made his off, cia1 lifetime miserable, gets real good idea. He got one this week that Is prob ably going to get him in "more Dutch with the Manufacturers Association, for To and behold the governor comes out flat footedly for restriction of irnrnigra- ton. The manufacturers are for open ing the flood gates to cheap labor again and therefore the governor has put his foot in 1t there for certainty.
 Stating that the men of foreign birth did splendid work III OUT armies dur ing the European war, but that If we open the immigration door wide and let down the bars, we must expect to pay for such action. Gov. Te1npleton wrote to Charles s. Gates of Old Saybrook, telling his views on the subject of im1ni- grafton MT. Gates will represent the Go vernon at a conference on immigration i'll Washington soon.
 The chief executives letter says i've are all of us immigrants or descendants from immigrants, but there are more de sirable and less desirable immigrants"
 The Governor states that lon the whole, the immigration law is better than nothing, although it can be greatly improved "The best thing in the long run for labor and industry, immigrant and manufactures" is what Is best for the country as whole And 1t IS best for the country that we proceed slowly, not denying our hospitality to strangers, but on the other hand, not taking in so many that the hospitality is made valu- able by overcrowding
 The governor is heartily sick of his job anyhow and with reason. He made an address before a Hartford Mems Club during the week and declared with feeling that the New Years bells. on January 1, 1925 will be welcome sounds m his ears as then his term will end
 'I have done what felt was best" declared the governor, land Inn going to stick right through to the end of my term. But I want to tell you men that the New Years bells of 1925 will be a joyful sound to Governor Templetonl" !"
 The governor said that he had s'en- joyed being governor, though many things were not as pleasant as they might have been"
The Connecticut labor news., 1923-12-01
A. F. OF |. VOTES AID TO STABILIZE
 GERMAN UNIONS
Labor Leaders, Headed by Gompers, Approve Fund to Help Teuton
 Crafts Ward Of Monarchists.

Financial support for the trades unions of Germany was decided on at conference of American Federation Iof Labor officials, headed by Samuel Gompers, at the Hotel Aberdeen in New York Sunday The proposal will be placed before the executive council of the Federation next week to work out plans for raising the necessary funds No sum has been mentioned, it is said, but that 1t will be sizable one is virtually assured.
 This action was taken in the belief that the German trades unions are the one stabilizing force in Germany to- day which in the present precarious can be looked to for some defense against encroachments either from Bolshevik Russia or from the mon archist groups within the republic.
 The existence and functioning of these movements have become in- creasing1y difficult, and now their con tinuance is said to be seriously threat ened, due to the destruction of the1r treasuries by the depreciation of the mark Appeals for help from indi- vidua1 unions have been received.
 Recent developments in Germany convinced American labor leaders that some definite action would have to be- taken immediately, if the entire Teu- ton trades union movement was to survive. A number of leaders, there fore, were called into conference with Mr. Gompers Sunday for consider ation of the entire problem.
 They included George w. Perkins, president of the Cigarmakers, and Frank Morrison, secretary of the A. F. of L.; Morris Siegman, president; Abraham Baroff, secretary, and Louis Langer, of the International Ladies' Garment Workers Unionl Charles Howard, president of the Information al Typographical Union* B. A. Lar ger, secretary-treasurer of the United Garment Workers, and Hugh L. Frayne, New York state organizer of the A. F. of L.
 Following the session, MT. Com pers, in announcing the decision to
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The Connecticut labor news., 1923-12-01
LABOR BANK ADVANTAGES SHOWN TO BIG GATHERING
 OF INTERESTED WORKERS
Nearly 300 Representatives of International Unions Gather in New York and Near How
 to Put Their Money to Work.

New York, Dec. 1.-Near1y 300 rep resentatives of local and international unions met at Stuyvesant High School Sunday, at the invitation of Peter J. Brady, President of the Federation Bank, and heard speakers set fort hthe merits of the labor bank. A resofu- ton was adopted that the trade unionists report to their organizations on the .ad- visibility of depositing their funds i'll this recently established institution. It was decded to appeal to individual mem bers of the unions to become depositors in the bank The speakers included MT. Brady, Dr. H. Parker Willis of the Board of Directors, and Matthew Woll, Vice President of the American Fedora ton of Labor.
 Mr. Brady explained that the special irterest-hearing department of the bank paid interest from the date of the de posit up to the date of withdrawal and did not require that deposits should have been in the bank for a particular length of time before they should be subject to interest earnings.
 The investment bureau, said Mir. Brady was formed to aid those who wished to make inquiries concerning the safety of investments in various fields. The bank, it was said, has resources of $3,131 GOO, and expects to have resources of $40OO, by January. It has deposits from 25 In- ternational unions and 180 local unions Among the unions represented at the meeting were the bricklayers, the plas terers, printers, photo -engravers, book binders, musicians, longshoremen, plumb bers and steamf1tters.
 The Subscription Committee of the new bank to be opened soon by the h. ternational Ladies' Garment Workers Union issued a statement of the policies of the bank and announced the institu- tion will begin with a paid-up capital and surplus of ....500,000.
 It is the policy of the International Union Bank to make 1t a bank of labor, to serve labor," 1t was stated. We have sold stock only to labor unions, trade and synpathizers. Labor banks throughout the country have proved a great success, and twenty new bnaks are in the process of organiza- tion"
 The officers of the bank will larry oot the organization details, preliminary to the opening of the bank on Jan. 5. from the heanqnarters of the New York Cloak and Dress Joint Board, 130 East | Street.
 It was stated that the bank will specia- l Iize in transmitting actual American dol l lars to Russian and Centra European points for it's clients, and in purchasing | steamship tickets and arranging for pas sage to the United States of foreign re- latives of the banks patrons. Other | special service departments are to be perfected and announced shortly.
The Connecticut labor news., 1923-12-01
N. Fl. Road Lays Off
 1000 Men
Practically Fires Horde Who Took Strikers Places, as Thanksgiv- ing Gift.

Teh New York, New Haven & Hart ford railroad, having gotten the Schlci- fer case off its general managers chcsf, pueq ol GpM lusIogsusq sl! U! 'spseooId out Thanksgiving cheer to about 1000 of the skilled" help 1t recruited to take the places of the striking shop repair CTS. No the road didn't pass out turkeys, although 1t did feed the strikebreakers on turkey and the like for weeks when the strike first started It handed out instead an indefinite layof, which Gen due to the road now having on hand a H. w Oviatt, master mechanic, is not so optimistic but contented himself with agreeing with the Big Boss in the state nlent that he co:ildn't iel how long the layoff wouln last, but 1t will probably be until after the New Year.
 So the thousand strikebreakers and their families had cause this week for Thanksgiving If the predictions are as stated they will also have Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year and certainly have time enoogh on their hands to think over the Merry Christ mas and Happy New Year the families of the men whose places they took for 30 pieces of silver" had a year ago. Its retr1DutIon with big and just what was coming to them and what all along the. men out on strike knew would come to the strilcebreakers as soon as the road got the chance and believed 1t could get away with it.
 The layoff affects 300 or so in New Haven, 400 at ReadviIle, 200 at East Hartford and 200 along the system where repairs are made. After the fur ore raised over the layoH and the roads story of having enough cars wasn't swallowed whole, the road made an add enda in that the reduction would still leave it with normal force, the 1000 being men carried on since the railroad was returned from, government control But its more likely tsJe thousand were that many incompetent help put on in the futile effort to fill the strikers places only to be- in their ow nway.
The Connecticut labor news., 1923-12-01
Striking Printers Have Condo Mast on
 The Worrying List
Big Greenwich Firm Has to Send Publica- tions to Chicago and Call on Police to Stop Signs Telling of TrOu- ble.

Stamford, Dec 1.-The strike of printers and pressfnen and assistants at the Condo Mast Press just over the town line III Greenwich, IS apparently "gett- ing the goat" of the management de spite their bluff assertions that the stri- kers places have been filled and things are running normal at the big plant again. That the statements are bluff is evidenced by the fact that the anti Labor Hartford Courant at the same time carries statement that the pub iications issued by the Condo Mast peo- pie are now being published by the R. R. Donnelly company of Chicago, mo- torious non-union firm and will continue to be so published until the firm recruits enough non-umion help to do its own publishing. Judging from experience of other printers Tn this section who tried the same thing the publications will be printed i'll Chicago indehnitely-even un- to the time, like of other firms the Con- de Mast plant Is out of business.
 But this is not all Instead of the strikers places being filled they are gain ing recruits from the ranks of those hired to take their places. This is SO goading the Condo Mast people that on Tuesday they appealed to the authori- ties to stop an automobile parading the streets of this city with placards an- nouncing there is a strike on at Condo Mast The authorities, always ready. to oblige where Labor is to be soaked, promptly stopped the car and ordered the signs off invoking an ordinance that prohibits such displays without license. The strikers took it as huge joke as their purpose had not only been accom- plished but press dispatches went over the country telling of the incident, tfil1s
The Connecticut labor news., 1923-12-01
White Collar" Jobs
 Don't Attract Workers

Pittsburgh, Pa, Dec. I.-The aclaim that so-called white collar jobs are attracting workers away from the building industry, is refuted by fig ures made public by the Carnegie In- stieute of Technology. It is stated that of the I.2oo night students enrolled for he present year in the college of industries. so per cent have signed to take courses in the building trades. In some of the departments the num- Der of students enrolled for the year is from 200 to 300 per cent larger than in the previous year.
 The increasing interest that trade unions are showing in educational fa- cilities for their apprentices is a large factor in this increase
The Connecticut labor news., 1923-12-01
Trades Council To
 Hear City Engineer

City Engineer E. L. Nettleton of New Haven will address the Trades Council at its next meeting, December 6, on "Old and New Bridges in New Haven" with particular reference to the new million and a half dollar Tom1inson bridge now under con- struction. The address is filled with historical and technical interest and will be illustrated All members of Organized Labor whether delegates to the Council or not are urged to at tend. The lecture will start at 8:3o o'clock
The Connecticut labor news., 1923-12-01
Canadian Roads
 Settle On Wages
A. F. of L. Officials Secure Increases
 and Adjustment of, Working

Montreal, Dec LA wage agree ment affecting 3s,ooo rail shopmen was reached this week between the Railway Association of Canada and representatives of the American Fed eration of Labor after a hve-days' barley No general increase was granted, but minor adjustments were effected and in some instances classi- ifcafioRs raised.
 Wheel pressmen and belt men will receive two cents more an hour, while men operating paint spraying ma chimes were raised I2 cents, an hour. The classification of men operating .wrecking trains was raised
The Connecticut labor news., 1923-12-01

This action in the interest of organiz- ed labor of the country was decided up- on by MT. Daugherty long before the institution of the mjunctive proceedings in the great railroad strike last year. The attorney general was advised that movement on the part of building con- tractors at San Francisco was being launched with a view to curbing the power of the labor unions, and he inn mediately issued instructions that a sweeping investigation be made. It was discovered that an organization known as the Builders Exchange was formed, composed of nearly every building con- tractor and of every dealer in building materials in that city. This Exchange called the American plan whereby the inaugurated the plan which came to be purchase of building materials was reg ulated and controlled Under the plan thus adopted 1t was impossible, it was found, for any contractor to buy build ing materials of any dealer without a general permit issued by the secretary of the Exchange.
 The applicant for material, it was further discovered, MT. Daugherty ex- plalned, was required to state upon what building the materials sought to be pur- chased was to be used. An investiga- ton would then be made, he added, to ascretain what kind of labor the con- tractor was employing, whether union or non-rlnion. If more than one-ha1f of the laborers were union men, the secre- tary would refuse to issue the permit. Tnasmuch as the dea1eers in building SUD- plies were obliged, under the rules. of the Exchange, to refuse sales to con tractors having no permits to purchase, the result was to give to single man the power of life and death" over prac- tically all building operations in San Francisco.
 A contractor who was unable to pro- duce permit because employing a high CT percentage of union labor than the rules of the Exchange permitted was, as a practical matter, Mr. Daugherty fur ther explained, either obliged to sub-
The Connecticut labor news., 1923-12-01
JOURNEYMEN TAILoRS GAIN

Chicago, Dec. I.-Journeymen Tail ors' Union No. 5 reports that it has secured the eight-hour day, improved working conditions, and I6 per cent wage increase.
The Connecticut labor news., 1923-12-01
FEDERAL. COURT ISSUES INJUNCTION IN FAVOR
 OF ORGANIZED LABOR
Restrains Builders Exchange Which Prevented Sales of Supplies to Firms Which Employed
 Union Workers Even Daugherty Agrees.

Washington Dec lnjunon proceedings against the Build Exchange of San instituted by direction of Attorney Dagherty labor and also the of and fairness the building industry of the sustained by Judge Doong of the federal Francisco Judge Doongs decision building supply deal sell unable prdouce
 higher of labor than allow ed by the rules of Builders Exchange.
The Connecticut labor news., 1923-12-01
BARTON GOES OFF R. R. LABOR BOARD
 EARLY IN MONTH
Will Be Succeeded By E. P. Morrow, at Present Governor of
 Kentucky.

Washington, Dec. Edwin P. Borrow, who will retire as governor of Kentucky next month, this week accepted appointment by President Coolidge as a member of the Railroad Labor Board, succeeding R. M. Bar ton, who has resigned.
 Gov. Morrow vii enter upon his new duties soon after Dec IT, when his term as governor expires
 His appointment is in accord with an agreement entered into by Presi- dent Harding when Judge Barton was appointed last spring. Gov Morrow avs urged for the vacancy at that time, but asked to be allowed to serve out his term as governor.
 The place which Gov. Morrow will take on the board as as a member of the public group.
 BARTON DENIES ASSIGNING. 2 Chicago, Dec. Judge R. M Bar ton, former chairman of the United States Railroad Labor Board; said that he had not resigned, when in formed that Gov. Edwin P. Morrow of Kentucky had accepted President Coolidge's appointment to succeed him as a mmber of the public group of the board.
 T hadn't heard of Gov Morrow's appointment and I haven't resigned" Judge Barton said
 He refused to comment on re- ported agreement with the late Presi- dent Harding by which he was to con- tinue on the board until Gov Nor. rows term as Kentucky's chief ex- ecutive expired.
 Judge Barton was named in a re- cess appointment by President Hard ing last spring along with E. F. Grable and Horace Baker. The ap- pointments were made some time after the terms of Barton, Baker and Albert Phillips had expired and this gave rise to reports that three new members were to be named MT. Grable was the only new man select ed, however.
The Connecticut labor news., 1923-12-01
COOKS AND WATERS UNITE

Springfield, H., Dec. I.-Cooks and walters in this city have organized un- der the title Catering Service Elm p1oyes' Union
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