The Wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, April 18, 1908, Image 8

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Boston. The general reduction of'
ten per cent, in the wages of New
England cotton-mill operatives which
was recently decided upon became ef
fect! re in mills employing 120,000 per
sons. The redaction is doe to the de
pression of the cotton-goods market,
which forced many mills to curtail
production. The city at Fall River,
Lawrence and Berkshire county are
not included in the general reduction,
hot may be affected later on. The
curtailment is general throughout
New Kn gland. The average curtail-
it is placed at from 30 to 25 per
cent, of the production. " The cotton
mills of New England have about 15.
000.000 spindles. In Fall River, pro
duction of print cloths was lessened
by about lsS.000 pieces, the largest
amount held from the market this
r. It is probable that most of the
FaU River mills will adopt M. C. D.
Borden's policy and run on half-time.
closing every other week.
Washington. In the next 60 days
the railroads of the United States will
have to find between 230,000 and 300,-
000 men to mend their tracks and
road beds and another large army to
go into their shops and repair their
cars and their locomotives. The rail
roads centering in Chicago alone will
require more than 100.000 laborers,
who will be employed in remedying
the ravages of the winter months
hlch, with their frosts and their
snows, nave made many miles or
shaky track and as many more of
softened roadbed. The managements
of all Chicago roads have decided to
cage in repair and renewal work
this spring and early summer on
extensive a scale as ever, owing to
the fact that labor will be plentiful,
and possibly cheaper, and also owing
to the fact that there are signs of busi
ness renewal everywhere.
Chicago. Employes of the Chicago,
Milwaukee St. Paul road, by coop
erating with the management to ob
tain the most rigid economy in opera
tion, have saved the necessity of
reduction in the rate of pay. During
January SI 60.000 was thus saved, of
which $38,000 was on coaL This is,
perhaps, the one Item in which the
greatest economy is possible, as care
less firing of locomotives is one of the
most nroductive fields for extravn-
gance to be found.
Readme Pa. At the dose of work
in the Beading Railway company's car
and locomotive shops March 31 000
employes were laid off. This is in
addition to 350 who were indefinitely
suspended last week. The force had
been previously reduced, so that less
than two-thirds of the men are now at
work. Foremen have been placed in
the ranks and the plants are working
four days of eight hours each. Sim
ilar susnensions took place at Palo
Washington. The Employers" i
ciatios has t" rown down the gauge of
battle the tattle for the open shop
and it is said similar organisations
of employers in the large cities.
backed bv the Manufacturers associa
tion, will make united and determined
efforts to maintain open-shop condi
tions, and that the contest in the com
ing spring will be general.
Springfield. 111. Illinois operators
and miners were unable to reach
agreement on the differential between
machine and hand mining. The oper
ators want the price for machine min
ing ten cents per ton less than for
hand "'"'"g the same as it is in Indi
ana. The miners want the difference
now existing, of seven cents per ton
retained.
Pittsburg. Pa. From the year 1890
to the close of 190C, 22.849 men met
death in the coal mines of the United
States. Not since 1897 has the an
nual list numbered less than 1,000, and
each year the number has grown
larger. In ISO the fatalities were
2,061, and 1907. when the figures are
all in and compiled, will number more
than that.
Paris. France. Statistics snow that
in 1906 there occurred in France no
fewer than 1.300 strikes, in which 438,
466 persons were concerned. This
number included 3S6.455 men, 31.331
women and 16.710 young persons
both sexes. Most of these strikes
were successful in seenring shorter
hours for the wage earners.
Springfield, m. William Scaife. for
11 years employed in the office of the
secretary of the Illinois state bureau
of labor, has been appointed editor of
the United Mineworkers Journal, pub
lished at Indianapolis. Ind.
Sedalia. Mo. A notice was posted
at the Missouri. Kansas & Texas rail
way shops announcing that the shops,
which employ 5no men. would be shut
down on April 1. No explanation was
given.
New York. Controller Metx received
three letters threatening him . with
death unless work on proposed sub
ways is begun at once. The writers
declared themselves to be neither
black hand operators nor anarchists,
but laborers out of employment who
must either work or starve.
New Haven. Conn. As an outcome
of a strike of cigannakers in the fac
tory of J. P. Kilfeather, the Cigar Man
ufacturers association threatens to
close all factories in if- "ity unless
the Kilfeather shop is declared open
to union men. This will affect ap-
I proximal sly 2,000 men.
Indianapolis, Ind. The Boot and
Shoe Workers International nnkm
makes claim that its system of 25
cents a week dues saves it from the
fear of strikes, and in such emergency
does away with the necessity of call
ing upon sister crafts for financial aid.
High dues also enable the union to
prosecute more sceeessfully its cam
paign for the union stamp. In Great
Britain the stamp has never been
adopted by the onion of that country.
though agitation for its . adoption Is
now going on. because the Britishers
are beginning to recognise the power
tnere is behind the American stamp
with a reasonably high rate of dues.
As one argument they mint to tha
successful operations of the American
union with its surplus of $100,000 in
bank.
Austin. Tex. Judgment enjoining
the Western Union Telegraph com
pany from doing an interstate bnst-
s except in the transmission of
messages of the federal government
until such time as it shall take out a
permit to do business in the state and
pay the required occupation and fran
chise taxes was rendered by District
Judge Calhoun, who stated that he
adopted the finding of the itib su
preme court in a similar case, under a
like statute there. The Judgment In
no way affects nor interferes with In
terstate business of the telegraph
company. Motion for a new trial was
filed by the defendant and acts as
stay of the injunction order.
Pittsburg. Pa. An order issued by
the Pennsylvania railroad to discharge
all foreigners and employ none hut
American citixens has caused a sem
tkm. The order affects only the la
borers, as the office force, operating
and mechanical departments have al
ways been operated by English-speak
ing men. The Pennsylvania railroad
system, when operating to its fall
pacity, employs about 180,000 per-
Chieago. Officials of the Wholesale
Grocery Employes union signed the
new wage agreement for the coming
sr. The old scale, ranging from $11
to $16 a week, was agreed upon. The
men receded from their demand tor
nine-hour day, ten hoars constituting
a day's work under the agreement.
The union is affiliated with the freight
handlers organization.
Chicago. The strike voted by the
milk wagon drivers union was ap
proved by the teamsters joint council
The indorsement - was., unanimous.
Nothing now remains to make the
strike legal but the sanction of the ex
ecutive board of the International
Brotherhood of Teamsters at . Indi
anapolis, Ind.
Boston. Nineteen cigar manufactur
ers locked out their union men to en
force the ultimatum given to the
union to the effect that they must
take off the ban against a shop in
which men had struck following n dis
agreement with a foreman over a shop
rule. The union men in 33 other shops
are working.
Washington. In the April number
of the Federationist President Samuel
Gompers of the Federation of Labor,
again declared that there is no law
nor court decision compelling union
men or the friends of labor to buy any
of the things noon which labor has
placed the stamp of disapproval.
Boston. At a conference representa
tives of 8.000 employes on the system
informed officials of the road that
change from day work to the piece
work and bonus system would result
in a strike.
Columbus, O. Strong pressure has
been exerted by manufacturers
Gov. Harris to veto the Reynolds child
labor bin, now passed by both houses.
Arguments have been used both from
the factory and the children's point of
view, and delegations who have, vis
ited the governor have expressed
belief that he would veto the measure
with a view of having one less drastic
passed by the legislature.
Pottsville, Pa. Orders were Issued
by the Philadelphia and Reading Coal
& Iron company for the resumption of
the 55 collieries and washeries of the
company, after having been on half
time for the last two months.. This
will affect about 25,000 men and
boys.
Harrisburg. Pa. About 1,000 men in
the shops of the Pennsylvania railroad
In and about this city were suspended
indefinitely, and an order was issued
to put the men still on the rolls on in
creased time.
Seattle. Wash. Only nine of the
salmon canneries will be operated this
season, and Chinese labor contracts
are being let on a basis of less than
half of the pack of an average sen
son. New York. The relations between
the Erie Railroad company and its em
ployes took an abrupt turn for the bet
ter when it was learned that the com
pany will not attempt to enforce the
DroDOsed ten per cent, reduction in the
wages of its operating forces. Rather
than face the disastrous conditions of
Des Moines, la. A home for aged
and needy Iowa coal miners probably
will be established here this year. The
sentiment in favor of this project ap
pears to have grown rapidly, and when
the question is resubmitted it prob
ably will be carried bv a large
jority.
(J No better flour sold on the Uacdn market.
Every sack warranted. We want the trade of
Union men and women, and we aim to deserve it.
H your grocer does not handle Liberty Flour, 'phone
us and we wOI attend to it. Ask your neighbor
.how she Ekes Liberty Flour. We rely on the
recommendation of those who use it.
barber & rosira
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Solid Gold Rings, worth up to $10. at CXOO
Solid Gold Set Rings, worth up to $4.00 - -3.50
YouTJ llavo to Harry
MGHDERSOH & HALE)
132 North lOt Oppose P. O.
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At Low Prices
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are made by Union Labor and
Fair Employers agreeing to arbi
trate an differences.
, Believers m Industrial Peace
and Fair Treatment of labor,
should ask their shoe dealer for
shoes bearing this stamp.
The product of Fair Employers and Fair Labor merits
the patronage of all fair minded persons.
Ask your dealer for Union Stamp shoes, and if he can
not supply you, write
BOOT AND SHOE WORKERS' UNION
24Q Summer St., BOSTON; MASS.
The Dr. Benj. P. Daily Sanatorium
Lincoln, Nebraska
f For non-contagious chronic diseases. Largest,
best equipped, most beautifully furnished.
Your Cigars Should Bear This LabeL
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It is insurance against sweat shop and
tenement goods, and against disease. ...
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