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New York. With the hope of carry-
ins out the )olitical program outlined
last fall by the American Federation
of Labor, an organization known as
the Workingman's Political Party has
been started in New York. Work is
being done in every assembly district
and an attempt will be made to con
centrate the votes of union men on as
sembly candidates who will pledge
themselves to work in the legislature
for a modification of the injunction
laws. The movement was started
soon after the conviction of President
Goinpers and his associates for con
tempt of court, and it was at first
hoped to enlist the unions in the plan
as unions. But as this has failed
missionary work is being done among
the labor men individually.
Chicago. An eight-hour day for
women workers in Illinois will be
asked of the state legislature and the
support of all- women will be asked
for it. The Women's Trade Union
league, of which Mrs. Raymond Rob
ins is president, decided to co-operate
with the Waitresses' union to advo
cate such a measure and a bill will
be drawn immediately and presented
to the legislature. The active support
also of every women's organization in
the state will be asked for the measure.
Reading. Pa. A committee repre
senting the 3.000 employes of the
Reading Iron Company appeared be
fore the superintendents of the differ
ent plants and laid before them the
decision of the employes not to sub
mit to a reduction in wages of from
seven to fifteen per cent. The' Car
penter Steel Works posted notices of
a reduction of ten per cent, in wages.
It will affect 700 men. This industry
furnished many projectiles during the
Spanish-American war.
Chicago. Work for 7.000 men de
veloped when the Chicago Railways
Company and the City Railway Com
pany opened up the spring work on
the rehabilitation of their tracks.- The
Chicago Railways Company took out
permits with the bureau of streets for
track rehabilitation on 11 streets.
They propose to start with 4.000 men
at once. The Chicago City Railway
will put 1.000 men to work to com
plete their rehabilitation work.
Winnipeg, Man. Telegrams received
from MacLieod. Alberta, indicate a
peaceful termination of the coal
miners conference on the wage-scale
agreement. It was announced that
the Crow's Nest Pass Coal Company,
which controls the Coal Creek, Michell
and Charbonde mines, owned by the
J. J. Hill interests is ready to sign
the agreement and will withdraw from
the Western Operators asociation.
Chicago. Electricians are threaten
ing to strike unless the employers
grant the demands of the union for an
increase trcn ?- to $5.50 a day. Elec
trical contra..-ors have announced they
wilt fight tlie demands to a finish.
Steauifitters have failed to reach an
agreement with the employers relative
to their demand for a raise in pay.
New York. The average earnings
for organized workingmen in New
York state in the third quarter of
1908 was $207, as compared with $227
in 1907, or $223 in 1906.
San Francisco. Bakers and Confec
tioners' union recently decided to or
ganize all the helpers in local bakeries
into an auxiliary to the local.
Seattle, Wash. An effort is' being
made by Seattle musicians to have
the convention of 1910 American Fed
eration of Musicians held in that city.
Boston. The executive officers of
the A. F. of 1- have issued a circular
letter addressed to state federations
of labor bodies, urging such to secure
legislation in the matter of enforcing
anitary conditions where wage earn
ers are employed, establishing special
hospitals for the, treatment of tuber
culosis, where such do not already ex
ist, and to promote the union label.
New York. Officers of the Interna
tional Photogravers all commend the
proposed international union compact
with' the allied printing trades, and
recommend that the union proceed
along the lines of the same.
Berlin, Germany. house-to-house
census, which has been taken under
the auspices of the trade unions,
show a total of unemployed persons
in that city of 67.267, in addition to
33.393 unemployed in the suburbs.
The municipality will take a similar
census, but has called upon the un
ployed to report at various centers.
Boston. Boston Typographical
union 13 has decided to postpone ac
. tiou on the book and job scale until
the July meeting.
Minneapolis, Minn. A branch of the
American Association for Labor Leg
islation has been formed.
Reading, Pa. The coal traffic on the
Reading railway is very heavy, as
all of the mines of the company have
been working full time. The coal
dealers all over the country, who fear
trouble in the regions, are sending in
orders for fuel, and the cars are being
unloaded as- rapidly as possible at all
of the terminal points.
New York. The Musical Mutual
Protective union has adopted an
amendment to its constitution which
exempts from all dues and assess
ments members over 60 years of age
who have been members of . the union
23 consecutive years. -
Parsons, Kan. The Missouri, Kan
sas & Texas Railroad Company has
ordered a reduction of the working
time in the shops all over the system
.of from nine to eight hours a day and
five days in the week, not working
Saturday. The order includes the
shops at Denison, Tex., and Sedalia.
Mo., as well as the principal shops
here, and the new schedule will be in
force until June 30. The shops here
have been working nine hours and
seven days a week since they re
opened July 6. 190S. Several men have
been let out of the shops here and all
the night operators on the Kansas
City division have been taken off ex
cept at Moran, while there are only
five night operators on the Sedalia
division. The company says that the
passenger and freight traffic on the
"Katy" system is larger than It ever
has been before and gives as the rea
son for the reduction of the working
schedule that a cut of $10,000 has
been made in the equipment appropri
ation.
Boston. As a demonstration against
the sentences of imprisonment im
posed upon Samuel Gompers, John
Mitchell and Frank Morrison by Judge
Wright in the superior court of the
District of Columbia more than 5,000
members of labor unions paraded
through the streets of this city. After
ward a large meeting was held in
Fanueil Hall, and several overflow
meetings in the surrounding streets
attracted large crowds. Judge Wright
was accused of using "intemperate
and bitter language to representatives
of organized labor," and it was said
that "he was not a fit person to handle
the case.". Copies of the resolution
were sent to President Taft, Vice-Pres
ident Sherman and Speaker Cannon.
Paris, France. At a mass meeting
of 6,000 striking government tele
graph and post office employes, it was
voted by an overwhelming majority
to resume work. Only about 200 of
the men voted to continue the strike.
The strike committee' telegraphed
broadcast to its adherents in the prov
inces the decision of the employes to
return to work. After a parade through
the streets, the men in Paris went to
their posts. Owing to the disorganiza
tion caused by the strike it was a
week before the telegraph and postal
services became normal.
Boston. The New England printing
trades organizations are all sending
notifications to their ' senators and
congressmen asking them to sustain
President Roosevelt's veto of the bill
which would permit of the census
work being done outside the govern
ment printing office.
Washington. Members of trades
union affiliated with the Central La
bor union, do not take kindly to the
so-called "mixed union" of bosses and
workmen.
San Francisco. Since the ad
journment of the State Federation
convention, held here last October, 25
new unions have been organized and
11 have reaffiliated with the federa
tion.
Cleveland, O. The Brotherhood of
Locomotive Engineers has let the steel
contract for its new 13-story building
which will cost $1,000,000.
Minneapolis, Minn. In the state of
Minnesota there are 330 unions, out
side of the railroad organizations, and
185 of these are affiliated with the
State Federation.
Lawrence, Mass. A new lodge of
the Brotherhood of Railroad Clerks
has been established here. :
Portland. Ore. A bill that has been
presented before the Oregon legisla
ture, providing for the protection and
safety of persons engaged in work on
buildings, bridges, etc., is commented
on editorially in the Bridgemen's
Magazine, the official organ of the In
ternational Association of Bridge and
Structural Iron Workers. In speaking
of the need of suitable legislation, the
editorial says that "owing to the ex
treme hazard surrounding our employ
ment any protective measure, in the
way of legislation or attempted legis
lation, should receive our hearty and
unqualified support.
Washington. The cost of the la
bor political committee of the Ameri
cancan Federation of Labor during
the campaign of 1908 was: For speak
ers. $6,361; postage, $1,024; printing,
$580. and clerk hire, $504; total,
$8,469. The contributions to the cam
paign fund amounted to $8,531.
Philadelphia. A bill has been intro
duced in the legislature which limits
the day of a hoisting engineer in the
mines to eight hours.
San Francisco. Moving picture
operators have been organized into a
union, as auxiliary to the union of
theatrical stage employes.
London, Eng. With a view of con
solidating the labor movement in the
boot trade, the English National Union
of Boot and Shoe Clickers has recent
ly been taking a ballot of its mem
bers on the question of whether they
should join the National Union of Boot
and Shoe Operators, and the proposi
tion was carried by 123 to 1.
Chicago. A report from the inter
national office of the Cigar Makers'
union, shows that during the year 1908
there were sent to local unions 27,
173,156 blue labels. In 1907 the num
ber was 31,586,094. The decrease la
attributed to depression.
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