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New York. "Not only have the
wages of the workingnien -been raised
by the strikes in this country, but the
whole moral tone of the labor ele
ment has been appreciably elevated.""
said John Mitchell to the members
of the League for Political Education
who gathered to hear him talk on
"The Moral Uplift of the Strike." .
Altoona. Pa. Twenty-eight o;iera
ators in the Central Pennsylvania bi
tuminous fielil. it was announced at
the United Mine Workers" conven
tion, have signed the wage scale for
the ensuing year. This leaves, it is
said, a few independent operators
who will sign and the Berwiud-White
company which always pays the scale.
Mr. Lewis, national president of the
mine workers, sent this message to
the convention: "If there was ever
a time when the United Mine Workers
of Central Pennsylvania should be
united it is now."
Washington. Declaring that the
district court of appeals erred in mod
ifying the injunction of Justice Gould
restraining the American Federation
of Labor and President Gouiers. Sec
retary Morrison, and Vice-President
John Mitchell from publishing the
name of the Buck Stove and Range
Compauy of St. Louis in the "We
Don't Patronize- list. he St. Louis
concern made a motion for au appeal
to the United Slates supreme court.
The company claims its annual loss
during the continuance of the boy
cott amounts to $-.".(Khl. which, it is
claimed, will give the highest tribunal
in the land jurisdiction. Xo decision
has been reached by the lalior leaders
a? to the filing of a cross bill.
Boston. An effort to. organize the
teachers in the United '. States and
Canada, numbering nearly half a mil
lion, will be made under the auspices
of the North American Teachers"
leaane. according to an announcement
made here by Frederick A. Tupper,
head master of the Rrighton school.
Thv league has the patronajre of lead
ing educators in this country and
Cnads. and an energetic campaign
Is planued. The object is to extend
the scoe of the league, obtain higher
salaries, pensions for teachers and
national and state aid to education.
I'.erlin. Germany. The number of
women employes! ia industrial under
takings and otherwise earning their
living has increased enormously in
rr?sia. In 1SS2 the tosal number of
women arid girls over 16 years of age
returned as being "employed n gain
ful occupations" was close on 3.000,
00: in 1907 the number was 4.233.792,
or which S9.S29 worked in factories
or undertakings coming under the
factory act. Trade unionism is making
re pit! progress, though not yet as
strongly as among the male workers.
Bethlehem. Pa. The Bethlehem
Steel Company announced a ten per
cent, cut in the wages of fnmace
men. to go Into eiTect April 1. About
meu are atfecte;!.
Manila, V. 1. The l"atlers of the
strike and boycott against the Ma
nila street railways and one of the
commercial houses of this city have
called them 'off. Both strikes have
failed from their inception, but the
boycott against the street car system
has been partially effective. The
union in control of the strike has an
nounced plans to reorganise along
lines which will lead o greater sym
pathy between labor and capital. The
general labcr situation has improved
and it is doubtful if any more strikes
will occur.
Peoria. HI. The resolution brought in
by a special committee on political
action, denying official assistance of
the United Mine Workers of Illinois
to members who should become po
litical candidates for state offices, was
almost unanimously adopted. The re
sult is considered by Socialistic mem
bers a victory for their cause. Retir
ing President John Walker: the new
president. Frank Duncan McDonald,
and Secretary Frank Hayes, urged the
delegates to continue political and
financial assistance, after announcing
their pride in being members of the
Socialistic party.
Mahauoy City. Pa. There Is a
growing belief here that out of con
sideration for the large number of
men not in the union rtie anthracite
coal Oeraiors will not close the col
lieries in the event no agreement is
reached with the nuion miue workers.
Estra train crews have been put to
work to rush coal from the mine, to
the storage plants.
Pittsburg Pa. It was announced
here to-day that the wages of em
ployes of the Republic Iron and Steel
company would be reduced at once.
It is said the reduction will affect
4.000 men.
Loudon, England- In London wom
en are employed in the tramway and
omnibus service, in what capacity, by
the way. the census return does not
state; but. at any rate. SO' women earn
their living in this trade.
Dover, N. J. The Wharton Steel
Company announced a ten per cent,
reduction in the wages of its blast
furnace employes and miners. The
cut affects 500 men. Similar cuts by
other furnace owners are expected.
Boston. James H. Jlaton and the
organising committee of the Boston
Upholsterers" union have formed a big
union of the Hebrew mattress makers.
Washington. The metal trades de
partment of the American Federation
of Labor has been rejuvenated. The
department has elected the following
officers: President. James O'Connell.
International Association of Machin
ists; first vice-president. Joseph Val
entine, iron molders; second -vice-president,
A. B. Grout, Metal Polish
ers' union; third vice-president, J. W.
Kline. Blacksmiths' union; fourth
vice-president. Joseph A. Franklin.
Boilermakers' union: secretary treas
urer. A. J. Berres, Patternmakers'
league. The forming of the depart:
meat is the first step toward solidify
ing the crafts In the metal trades.
Plans were mapped out at the meeting
for an aggressive organisation cam
paign throughout the entire jurisdic
tion. Readiug. The executive board of
the eastern division of the Amalgama
ted Iron, Steel and Tin Workers as
sociation decided not to accept a re
duction of wages as made by iron
companies of the division. The ac
tion will afTect nearly 10.000 iron
workers, comprising the puddlers and
helpers. The employes of the Read
ing Iron Company, to the number of
1.000. in session followed the board
meeting, sustained the action of the
board and decided to reject the wage
reduction of the company. The cut
is from $4.50 to $3.73 per ton for pud
dling, and proportionately for all oth
ers. The eastern division comprises
all of the eastern half or Pennsylva
nia. Iincashire. England. From a mea
ger capital of a few dollars, accumu
lated from small weekly payments
by S weavers in a small manufactur
ing town in the north of England, who
in 1S44 formed themselves into a so
ciety to support' their families with
the necessities of life, to 2.262 co-op
erative retail organizations, with 9.
000.000 customers, with an annual
turnover of $750,000,000. such is the
development of co-operative trading
in the British isles.
Washington. A somewhat unique
situation confronted the members of
the executive committee of the car
penters in this city the other day. ac
cording to the Trades Unionist. A
communication was received from one
of the members who stated in pat
language that he had consulted his
conscience and found that he could no
longer remain a member of the Car
penters" union. "The Lord told me to
got out of the union." he added. vand
as a Christian I had to obey."
Pittsburg. A general reduction in
wages in the steei industry is ex
pected to follow another cut in steel
products. The fight between the
United States Steel Corporation and
the independent interests is acute and
general demoralization prevails
throughout the industry. It was re-
lorted in Wall street that the United
States Steel Corporation will an
nounce a general cut in wages on
April 13. Many of the independents
have already reduced their scale.
Albany. N. Y. The National Free
ltltor association, with principal offi
ces in New York city, organized to
limit competition of prison-made
goods with the products of free labor.
was incorporated.
llaxleton. Pa. The laborers at the
Hasleton Sheet Steel Mill have accept
ed the ten per cent, and the other em
ployes the 20 per cent reduction made
recently in their wages and work at
the plant was resumed.
Berlin, Germany. Berlin has the
largest industrial school for women
that there is in all the world. ,In this
school, the Lette Yerein. in a great
building containing more than 200
rooms and the most admirable equip
ment, many hundreds of young girls
are learning everything, from photog
raphy to fine sewing, from French
and stenography to cooking every
thing that will fit girls to make their
way in the world.
San Francisco. Cal. The organis
ing committee of the Labor Council
is making an effort to form the glove
makers into a union.
Paris, France- The resumption of
the strike of the postal employes,
which was threatened, has been avert
ed as a result of a conference between
M. Bart hou. minister of public works,
posts and telegraphs, and the strike
committee, at which the committee
explained that an offensive manifesto
which, had been placarded had not
been" drawn up.
Boston. Dennis D. Driscoll, J. J.
Lyons, of the American Federation of
Labor; the Boston Central Labor union
and barbers from different parts of
Massachusetts favor a bill making a
ten-hour day law for barbers.
Washington. It looks as if the Bal
timore union will join forces with
those of this city in the matter of
conducting a label campaign. F. C.
Roberts, a member of the label com
mittee of the Central Labor union,
visited the monumental city the other
day and conferred with the label com
mittee of the Baltimore Federation of
Labor. He came back much encour
aged, it is said.
Hazleton, Pa. The wages of the la
borers at the mill of the Hasleton
Sheet Steel Company were cut ten
per cent, and of the rollers, 20 per
cent.
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