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About The Wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-???? | View Entire Issue (Oct. 10, 1908)
World of Labor News from An Parts of . the World, of General Interest to the Worker rsr 12I Boston. There Is danger of anoth- Chicago. The celebration of the strike of "the car cleaners at the twenty-flfth anniversary of the organl- North station terminal yards of the zation of the Brotherhood of Railroad B. & M. system, which may involve Trainmen at a banquet showed that others, as the car cleaners union Is the railroad managers and union men affiliated with the international car I are on the best of terms. F. ii. Mor workers, and all the car workers' rissey, grand master of the brother- unions are in the new federated pro- hood, and F. O. Melcher, general man- ! tectlve council of the shop and me-1 ager of the Rock Island road, each rhanUol nfirfinlvattnna nf tho AntlrA I trM nf thA nlAftsflnt. relations between KVfcilf III. i lie car Cleaners bituvk buiuo iu vuuiuauv nuu cwuiujcs. few weeks ago against the introduc-1 Clark of the interstate commerce com- tion of a piece-work and bonus sys- mission, former head of the conduc ted. The matter was adjusted after tors, also spoke. Mr. Morrissey was a ten-hour strike. The international presented with engrossed resolutions I officers have now been consulted, ana I commending mm lor nis gooa worn it is hinted that further steps will be for the brotherhood. taken If the present system is con- Pittsburg, Pa. Orders have been tinued. the men claiming that the sys- issued at the large iron and steel tem now in vogue Is but a compromise plants of the country to prepare for one and that their wages have been I resumption by October 1. A plan has reduced from the old figures. I been evolved at a series of meetings London. Eng. The difficulty be-1 in New York to get the jobbers and tween the shipbuilders of the north- dealers to stock up and not wait until east English coast and the engineers 1 after election. As a result fully 100, employed at -their yards, which has 000 idle iron and steel works in the led to a strike of fully six months' du-1 country will find immediate employ- ration, is a Btep nearer settlement. Ne- ment. Jobbers have been offered a gotiations between the two sides have long line of credits by manufacturers practically been suspended for the last I and have been guaranteed against any two months, but at last the men con- reduction in prices later. corned have voted in favor of the ex- Washington. Tne general strike of ecutlve committee being empowered machinists on the Louisville & Nash- to reopen negotiations with the em- ville railroad, growing out of a charge plovers, and bring about a settlement of discrimination in favor of nonunion on the best terms possible, such terms, machinists, half a thousand men en however, to be submitted to the gen- gaging in the original walkout on that eral body of members, who will vote system, has been declared off after by ballot as to their acceptance. almost 16 months' duration. James Philadelphia. The International Un- O'Connell, president of the Internation ion of Steam Engineers adjourned aft er electing the following officers: Gen eral national president. M. J. Cuner- al Association of Machinists, said that the action of the executive board in calling off the strike was due primar- ford of Brooklyn; first vice- ily to industrial conditions, president, A. M. Ordell of Boston; New York. As the result of a vig second vice-president, J. Skifficgton orous organizing campaign being con of Boston: general secretary-treasurer, ducted in this and nearby cities, more R. A. McKeo of Illinois; chairman than 5,000 new members have been board of trustees, George F. Allen of obtained by the International Labor Brooklyn. Denver was chosen as the ers' and Hod Carriers' union. It is pre uext meeting place. The convention dieted that within a few weeks New indorsed the political policy of the York city and all the vicinity within American Federation of Labor. a radius of 25 miles will be absolutely Pittsburg. What is said to be the union, as far as the building laborers largest single order for steel plate are concerned. ever received by the Carnegie Steel Manchester, Eng. More than 400 Company came from the Pittsburg cotton mills In Lancashire are idl6 Steamship Company, the general of- as a result of the dispute over flees of which are in Cleveland, when wages between operatives and employ the firm ordered 80,000 tons of steel ers. This means that 40,000,000 spin plates to be used in building ore ves- dies are wholly or partially stopped, els at the Lorain (O.) docks. To that more than $250,000,000 of capital fill the order work in the plate mills is not bringing in any return, and that previously closed was begun. Most 140,000 operatives are without work of the structural mills of the company and losing something over $700,000 in also will resume operations as a re- wages a week. suit of the order. Copenhagen, Denmark. In Butte, Mont. According to a tele- Den- gram received here, miners in Sheri- niark several stoppages of work have dan. Monarch and Carney, Wyo., have taken effect. Owing to the litho- returned to work. Although the basis graphic workers Insisting on eight of settlement of the strike is not hours, which the employers did not known, these mines will begin ship see their way clear to comply with, ping coal at once. No settlement, it they went out, to which the employers is understood, has as yet been reached responded by locking out the men in the other Wyoming coal towns in within the printing (except the dally volved. but negotiations are in prog press), and the paper Industries and ress. bookbinding, the men in their turn Boston. The largest machine shop striking at all the daily papers in the in Greater Boston has notified ma- country, except the socialistic. chinlsts' lodge 264 that it will at once What is Youir Ideal ira FOOTWEAl? Our Ideal in footwear is embodied in the Mayer Bros. Quality which quality is superior. The superiority is a fact, for every manufactur ers' line must stand a rigid inspection before any of his patterns will find a place in our store. Misses' School Shoes, an easy, soft, comfortable Kid Shoe, nothing better for fall and winter wear, stroner and durable, wears like a calf skin shoe, button, blucher and lace in all the new Q Q lasts, an excellent value, at, per pair ywiU Boys' Box Calf and Vici Kid School Shoes will stand the QfTj ruff and hard wear, excellent value, at, per pair. . . 0-"Ul!iJ Children's Foot Form Shoes, "Playmate" they fit the growing feet. Nothing better for the School Children, sizes 5 to 12. Remember that the Mayer Bros. Quality IS A QUALITY THAT IS SUPERIOR SEE OUR WINDOW FOR FALL AND WINTER STYLES A 7he Store That Head to Foot Clothiers The Advertisers in The Wageworker are Worthy of the Patronage of all Unionists Washington. President Samuel introduce the eight-hour workday sys Oompers of the American Federation tem. of Labor, testifying under protest con- San Francisco. Carpenters of this cerning some of the editorial expres- city will exert strong efforts to obtain sions of the current September issue the convention of the United Brother- of the American Federatlonist bearing hood of Carpenters and Joiners in on the contempt proceedings growing 1910. out of the Bucks Stove Company case Boston. Rev. Minot J. Savage has against the federation officials, cc- declared that all wage-earners should knowledged full responsibility for all be members of the unions of their the editorial ' utterances of the niaga- crafts, and in a recent sermon : he cine. v urged all non-unionists to Join. Birmingham, Ala. A telegram re- London, Eng. British coal owners ceived here called off the machinists' in the federation area have given no strike on the Louisville & Nashville tice of a 5 per cent, reduction in railroad, which has been on since May wages; the matter will, in due course, 29, 1907. The men are authorized to come before the conciliation board. If return to work if they can get posi- the parties are unable to agree, the tions. The telegram came from the dispute will probably be referred to headquarters in Washington, and is Lord James, of Hereford, as umpire said to affect the entire system. Fifty by the consent of both parties, mt-n have been on strike at this point. Ottawa, Canada. Labor unions Pittsburg, Pa. The open hearth fur- were almost unknown in Newfound naces of the Carnegie steel works at land up to 1892. Then the only or Homestead and two departments of ganization for the protection of the the Howard axle works started to run employed was the Typographical un on double time for the first time since ion. Since then, and especially of re last October. It is said the Carnegie cent years, unions and societies have plate mills will go on double turn, sprung up on all sides. Several thousand men are benefited Washington. An increase from 50 by tho resumption. cents to 60 cents an hour in the pay Boston. Sheet Metal Workers' union of linotype and monotype operators 17 and the employers have renewed at the government printing office was for another year tho $3.60, eight-hour put into effect on October 1. day agreement. The only changes are New Bedford, Mass. International those definitely providing for various Cotton Spinners' union has presented shop and job matters and rules, which Samuel Ross of this city, its veteran were Insisted upon by the union. secretary, with a silver service of 50 Belfast. Ireland. Employers have pieces, given notice of a reduction of two Amsterdam. Labor troubles are shillings a week In the wages of iron again to the fore In Holland. This tnolUers. It is rumored that the men time the trouble Is at Tilbourg, where will resist the reduction. 1,000 men are out. New York. The United Typothetae Mahanoy City, Pa. The Buck Moun of America has adopted a declaration tain and Vulcan colleries of the Mill of policy confirming the open shop Creek Coal Company, two of the plan. Among other planks it contains largest operations of the Schuylkill the following: "The United Typothe- field, shut down because of lack of tae of America is opposed to any water for the boilers. The mines will agreement between the local Typothe- remain closed until the drought is tae or individual members thereof broken. Fifteen hundred mine work and employes' unions for the control ers are rendered idle, of trad? or membership." Chicago. The railway trackmen are Mon'.real, Canada. There is a move- planning for the establishment of a ment to organize all the unskilled home for their aged and Indigent worklngmen into a big federation members. It is proposed to acquire along' the lines of the Knights of La- a tract of 600 acres near Fort Scott, bor which existed in that city about Kan., as the location for the icatitu 5 J ruars ago. tion. There Will Be No Scorched Breakfast At vour house the next morninar after you have installed one of MOORE'S Ranges, for you will be using Moore's Anti-Scorch Lid while cooking the oatmeal or other breakfast food. Moore's Anti-Scorch Lid is a double cover, the upper lid being venti lated. Place the cereal in an ordinary vessel and place right on this lid and it will not scorch. This means breakfast ready in half the time, and doing away with the old-fashioned double cooker. Moore's Anti-Scorch Lid is one of the handiest feat ures found on Moore's Ranges and it finds a friend in every woman who has ever used it. You can't afford to pass by a Range possess ing such a valuable feature. 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