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Wilmington, Del. Carpenters to the
number of 209 went on strike to en
force a demand for an Increase of
wages from 48 cents to 45 cents an
hour.
Spokane. Wash. About 50 elec
trical, workers quit work because con
tractors refused to grant the new
wage Bcale of five dollars for eight
hours.
London. One of the best features
of British unionism Is that upward of
130,000 women and girls are now mem
bers of the Woman's Trade Union
league.
Toronto. Lathers, cab drivers, gild
ers and picture frame workers and
about 600 altogether, are on strike
In Toronto for more money and short
er hours.
Paterson, N. J. One thousand jour
neymen carpenters went on strike for
an Increase in wages from $3.50 to
M a day. Building operations are at a
standstill.
Denver, Col. Union mill men and
woodworkers employed In the planing
mills and lumber yards went on strike
for a closed shop. One thousand men
are involved.
Los Angeles. Cal. Several hundred
union teamsters here went on strike
against the open shop and to enforce
a demand for an increase in wages of
60 cents a day.
Tours, France. The policemen re
cently formed a union and placarded
the town with printed statements of
heir grievances. Soldiers ejected them
from their barracks.
. Aberdeen, Scotland. The dispute
between the pattern makers and the
employers has reached the twenty
seventh week, and a settlement ap
pears to be as far off as ever.
Ottawa, Ont. About 200 masons,
stonecutters and bricklayers went on
strike. The bricklayers get 45 cents
an hour and the stonecutters 43,
They want 50 cents all around.
Butte, Mont. The demands of the
Worklngmen's union have been gen
erally granted, and a majority of the
men are at work. They asked an in
crease of from $3 to $3.50 per day.
Tacoma, Wash. Unless demands
for an eight-hour day and a minimum
wage scale of $3.75 a day are granted
a strike of ail iron molders along the
Pacific coast is expected. About 2,500
men are affected. t f
Chicago. Michael Donnelly, presl
dent of the Amalgamated Meat Cut
lers and Butcher Workmen of Ameri
ca, has resigned. No reason is given.
Howard W. Potter, of Utica, N. Y.,
has been elected his successor by
the executive board.
New York. Posters were affixed to
wans in the vicinity of the power
bouses of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit
company stating that tnere was
strike of firemen in five of the power
houses and asking all men to refrain
from accepting positions therein. The
firemen ask Tor an Increase in wages,
The company states that only 35 men
quit and that the places have already
been filled. '
' New York. The International Asso
ciation of Steamfitters is conducting
an active organization campaign in
the railroad shops throughout the
country and Is meeting with great suc
cess. Thousands of steamfitters are
employed In railroad shops, and they
have never been organized. Until the
present campaign no attempt has been
made to bring such men into the or
ganlzation, as the membership has
been limited to outside building work
Washington. The New Zealand ar
bitration labor act has proved a de
cided success. Rumors of possible
failure circulated by its enemies have
no foundation in fact. For 12 years
there has not been a regular strike
and the late dispute, which hardly
might be called a strike, of the Can
terbury slaughtermen ended In the ar
bltration court settling the points at
issue. The men,, after finding that
the decision of the court was final, all
returned to work.
San Francisco. Men are being re-
crulted by the detective und strike
probable strikebreaking agencies of
the west for this city, In anticipation
of a street car strike on May 7. 'The
agreements with the companies and
the employes In this city expire on
that date with little prospect of their
being renewed and a probable strike
Members of. the local unions are doing
everything In their power to prevent
men from reaching San Francisco to
take the places of their brother labor
ers and the' strike breakern will be
met from point to point en route and
have the situation explained Jo them
by union men In an effort to hava
them quit their employers.
Newark, N. J. One thousand throa
hundred carpenters struck to enforcs
a demand for an Increase !. wagea
from 47 Vi cents to 60 cents An how.
Wheeling, W. Va. The ctrpentera
In the Wheeling district struck for an
Increase in wages from $3 to $3.C0 a
day and an eight hour day. Telephone
linemen also went on strike for higher
wages.
v Baltimore, Md. All the carpenters
t Cumberland about 150 struck for
'a minimum wage of three dollars per
day. No further disturbances in the
tndustrlal situation In Maryland have
been reported.
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St. Louis. Employers and labor
leaders of St. Louis and the aouth-
west report labor conditions better
for may 1 this year than for many
years past. Practically all wage
scales in St. Louis and the surround
ing territory for 200 miles are signed.
In St. Louis alone this includes 120,
000 union men. The unions allied with
the building trades council here are
all signed for the year with the ex
ception of a few men employed In
small shops. There are about 40,000
men in these unions.
Ottawa, Ont. Members of the gov
ernment are greatly concerned over
the news from the strike district of
Alberta and eastern British Columbia,
The fact that so many of the striking
miners have refused to return to work
as required by them . by the new In
dustrial disputes act after a board of
conciltation and investigation had
been appointed renders each man lia
ble to a minimum fine or $10 a day.
The question is asked: Will the gov
ernment prosecute each of the 3,000
miners or will the law become a dead
letter?
Fall River, Mass. Unless unexpect
ed developments occur, more than 30,-
000 cotton mill operatives in this city
will have their wages advanced about
ten per cent, on May 27, when the
working agreement In force between
the textile council and the. Fall River
Manufacturers' association expires.
At a meeting at which representatives
of the textile councils and Manufac
turers' association were present, the
official announcement was made that
the wage scale had' been discussed
and that satisfactory progress has
been made.
Marinette, Wis. All of the 200 em
ployes of the N. Ludlngton company
(the I. Stephenson company) were
surprised when getting their 'pay en
velopes to find that their wages had
been raised ten per cent. The in
crease was made without any request
by the men or any public announce
ment and was a complete surprise.
It is said the step is in accord with
Mr. Stephenson's custom of pront
sharing with the men who have been
with him from five to 20 years, al-
thoueh all of the employes are in
cluded in the raise.
Chicago. The annual report of the
Cigarmakers' International union has
just been issued by President George
W. Perkins, and shows that the past
year has, been a prosperous one for
the cigar makers. As the organiza
tion pays benefits to its members
while they are out of work, the report
is a good barometer of the state of
trade for the year. A total of $23,911
paid for out-of-work benefits is the
smallest expended in that direction
for several years. During the year the
general fund in the treasury increased
$25,827.01, making a balance on Janu-
ary 1 of $714,506.14, the , largest
ampunt ever in the treasury.
Washington. One hundred and
eighty-five monthly and 19 weekly
journals In the United States and Can
ada are devoted exclusively to the
advocacy of trade unionism. These
364 publications, which number does
not include socialist periodicals, reach
a not inconsiderable portion of the
laboring community and exercise an
Influence in It which is little sus
pected. There are In North America
approximately 2,500,000 working peo
pie organized Into trades unions, and
each of them receives the official or
gan of the craft to which he or she
belongs and usually one of two other
labor papers. world Today.
Pittsburg, Pa. May day In Pitts
burg and vicinity passed off with less
labor disputes than In previous years.
Heretofore considerable difficulty has
been experienced between the work
men and building trades, hut this
year scales have been signed and the
men are apparently satisfied. With
the exception of the machinists, about
300 of whom are already on strike, it
is believed all. the wage scales will be
amicably adjusted. The machinists
are striking for an increase of wages
and shorter hours.
Havanna. In consequence of the
lockout in all tt3 independent cigar
factories in Havanna s.oOO cigar-makers
joined the ranks of the 3,000 em
ployes of the Havanna Tobacco com
pany who struck two months ago, de
manding that their wages be paid in
American Instead of Spanish coin. A
committee of the strikers visited Gov
ernor Magoon and told him they had
decided not to hold any meetings or
demonstrations and would guarantee
the preservation of order. They said
they opposed any sympathetic strikes,
nreferrlng that all the union workmen
Bhould remain at their posts, which
would assure financial aid,
St. Paul, Minn. About 800 union
plasterers went out on strike be
cause their demand for a raise in pay
from $4.50 to $5 a day was refused
Sixty machinists of the Twin Cities
went out Monday night. They want
a nine hour day and recognition of
the union.
Bloomington, 111. The strlk of the
Chicago & Alton boiler makers was
virtually ended when a large number
of the strikers gave in and went to
work at the scale in effect wbea they
struck February 1. The company has
been securing nonunion men without
difficulty,
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PRESIDENT IS WORRIED.
Big Daily Newspaper Says Union Pro-
1 tests Strike Deep.
Mr. Roosevelt is worried. If it were
anybody but this president of the "big
stick" administration, the many pil
grims to the Jamestown opening who
dabble in politics, and who gather in
Washington more to talk politics than
to see the exposition opening, would
say that he is scared.
At the White House every adherent
who gets a private talk is cross-examined
on the labor strength and the
labor feeling in his section. Labor of
ficials who happen to visit Washington
are welcomed by the president and can
hear a most gracious explanation of
the attitude toward Haywood and
Moyer, the martyrs who languish in an
Idaho prison. St. Louis Times. 1
CAPITAL AUXILIARY NOTES.
Give the Labor Temple Project a Neat
Little Boost.
The regular semi-monthly meeting
of Capital Auxiliary No. 11 to Typo
graphical Union No. 209, was held at
the home of Mrs. W. C. Norton, ,1533
North Twenty-fifth street, Tuesday
afternoon, May 14th. Friday is the
regular meeting day, but on account
of the necessity of getting the vote
for the International officers into head
quarters at a given time the meeting
was held three days early. Besides
the international officers voted for, the
Auxiliary 'elected a delegate and an
alternate to the Hot Springs conven
tion. Mrs. J. E. Marshall was selected
as delegate, while the position of alter
nate was given to Mrs. F. H. Hebbard.
After the business session of the
Auxiliary the ladies set about to pre
pare one of those picnic suppers which
are becoming so popular, and in the
evening the bread-winners (husbands)
filed into the Norton home and were
soon seated on the floor and other con.
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venient places, with "phat takes" in
front of them. The remainder of the
evening was spent at cards and in gen
eral sociability. ,
. Mrs. Bruce Gilbert and Mrs. Jones
are new members of the Auxiliary.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Turner have
gone to Waterloo, ia.,' for a visit with i
the former's parents. They will visit
other Iowa points and expect to be
absent several weeks. -.
The Auxiliary boosted the labor
temple building fund to the extent of
$5.00.
Mrs. C. B. Righter, Mrs. C. E. Barn-
grover and Mrs. F. W. Mickel form a
committee to act with the union to ar
range for memorial day exercises. :
Early in June the Auxiliary will hold
a market at a down town grocery. .:''.
By removal from the city the Aux
iliary has lost a few members of late.
However, it is expected that -the loss
will be more than made up by new
members in a few weeks.
The Barngrover family expect to
move to Twenty-eighth and Star
streets soon. '
MRS. J. E. MARSHALL.
. A LONG VISIT.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles S. Turner, left
Thursday morning for Waterloo, la..
where they will spend the summer
visiting with friends and relatives. It
is their intention to return to Lincoln
in the fall and their many friends here
sincerely hope they will do so. Both
have been active in union affairs in
Lincoln, Mr. . Turner in the Typo
graphical Union and Mrs. Turner in
the Auxiliary, and they are held in
the highest esteem by all , who have
had the pleasure of knowing them.
SHOP PHILOSOPHY.
Rev. Charles Stelzle Draws Some
Lessons From the Factory. .
Miller weighed about three hundred
pounds. He looked it, anway. That
is,' when he was quietly seated. But
you would never have dreamed it by
watching him at work. He ran a speed
lathe, and the little whirring machine
tool, with its countless revolutions had
so influenced the big German, that
his movements were of the speed
lathe type.
Thompson was a young American
tall, well set up, and a good specimen
of the athlete. He was in charge of a
big lathe down in the basement, on
which were turned off the three ton
cylinders that went into the powerful
printing presses made in the machine
shop in which both were employed.
Thompson was the kind of a fellow
whom you would expect to move at
a lively gait,' because he was built
that way. But young Thompson haS
been gripped by the tool of which he
had become a part, with the result
that his movements were slow and
ponderous in harmony with his slow
ly, revolving lathe.
Here were two men, who were ex
actly opposite to what they would
naturally be by birth and by temper
ament. The phlegmatic German be
came a veritable engine. The nervous
American a slow-moving draught
horse.
Sometimes a chipping hammer could
be heard In thenar end of the shop,
with its steady rythmic blows, and
with varying speed. Soon another
hammer began its "rat-tat," and
strange to say, but for its own peculiar
tune, it seemed to have become as one
with its mate. The same rythm the
same number of blows per minute
number one had set the pace! - And
nearly every other hammer in the shop
followed its speed fast or slow, ac
cording to its leading accents.
Sam could whistle. Everybody knew
his familiar tunes. Especially did the
boss know them, because Sam's mood,
determining his selection, was the
shops by well paid laborno sweat shop, Chinese, Childish or
made dear vou add to th vnlnmc of th CAtv Knin KmiM,
force that decided the rapidity of
nearly everybody's selection. Most of
the men moved legs and arms accord
ing to Sam's music. What a pity that
some ingenious employer has not in
troduced into his shop a band, or, at
least, a gramaphone that plays only
waltz time.
:- Think of the possibilities! At any
rate, here's my point we are all of
us being tremenduously Influenced by
the character of our work and by the
men with whom we work. But even
an inspired writer has said, "No man
liveth unto himself." But even an un
inspired man could say that if he saw
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