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Norfolk. Va. The machinists and
blacksmiths of the Seaboard Air Line
railway general shops in Portsmouth,
who have been on a strike, returned
to work following an agreement
brought about through a grievance
committee headed by H. M. Fallon of
Savannah. Ga.; E. R Pace. Raleigh,
N. C, and W. G. Bagwell of Ports
mouth. According to the strikers the
differences were setUed in a manner
satisfactory to all concerned.
Hartford City, Ind. There is every
indication that the American Window
Glass Company is preparing for a long
contest with the only two skilled work
ers it employs, the 300 window glass
cutters and flatteners, who are on
strike. No word has been received
from Pittsburg which would indicate
that the company proposes to accede
to the demand of the workers.
Pittsburg, Pa. Labor day in west
ern Pennsylvania presented a unique
and grim anomaly. Nearly thirty thou
sand men are idle as a result of
strikes, lockouts and walkouts. The
5,000 glass workers of the American
Glass Company, who paralyze the
glass industry throughout the coun
try; 3,500 unskilled and nonunion
strikers of the Pressed Steel Car Com
pany at Schoenville; 18,000 organized
but dissatisfied coal miners in this
vicinity and 5,000 union Unplate work
ers aided in making the day set apart
for -the workingman one to be re
membered in labor circles for years
to come.
Vienna. The report on the activity
and finances of Austrian trade unions
for the year 1908 shows that there
has been a diminution of the total
membership amounting to 18,815,
which is equal to 3 per cent, on the
total for 1907, 501,094.
Albany, N. A large pavilion for
consumptives has been erected by the
unions in this city and is now in op
eration. The unions of Rochester.
Syracuse Buffalo and other cities are
also taking steps to acquire similar
institutions.
Washington. Advices from Manila
indicate that the strike fever has
reached the Philippines. It is said
that the leaders of the strike and boy
cott against . the Manila street rail
way and one of the commercial houses
of that city have called them off. Both
strikes have . failed from their incep
tion, but the boycott against the street
car system has been partially effec
tive. The union in control of the strike
has announced plans to reorganize
along lines which will lead to greater
sympathy between labor and capital
The general labor situation has im
proved and it is doubtful if any more
strikes will occur.
Cleveland. The newest thing in
trade schools probably will be estab
lished by the s.ractural ironworkers
this winter, says Secretary Charles
Smith of the union. He declared that
the technical part of the trade was
learned by the men at work, but that
the theoretical part of the trade
should be taught. He and others of
the union will urge the hiring of a
teacher to give instructions to the
members of the union at least once
a week, so that they may be better
fitted for the work. Thomas Graves
a member of the executive 'committee
of the union, will aid in establish
ing the school.
Chicago. The constitutionality of
the ten-hour law prohibiting women
in factories from working beyond that
limit is attacked in a suit filed against
State's Attorney Wayman and State
Factory Inspector Edgar T. Da vies.
W. C. Ritchie & Co., paper bos mak
ers, and Anna Kussorow and Dora
Windeguth, two of their employes, are
the complainants. - It is charged that
unless overtime is permitted, the busi
ness will be ruined and the employes
will suffer, for the business is such,
the petitioners say, that for six months
the demand exceeds the normal ca
pacity of the factory. The two women
aver that conditions are healthful and
comfortable, and that they need to
work overtime when the opportunity
offers in order to support their
families.
Pittsburg. Pa. Reports received
from towns in the Pittsburg district
are that 5,000 men employed by the
American Window Glass Company are
idle as a result of the Btrike inaugu
rated to obtain an increase in wages.
Notices were posted in six machine
blower factories of the glass company
that the plants, would be closed forth
with. These notices constitute all
that the company officials have to
say In regard to the trouble. The
men have asked for an advance ap
proximating 20 per cent, this being
refused by the company.
Stockholm. The labor federation
has called off the general strike, which
has been in progress for several
weeks. This decision was the out
come of government intervention.
which was directed toward arranging
a settlement of the difficulties satis
factory to all parties.
London, Eng. Workmen employed
in the British ordnance factories have
recently been negotiating with the
British secretary of state for a pen
sion scheme.
New York. Upward of 1,400 girls
are members of the Women's Bindery
union in this city.
Chicago. The Compressed Air
Workers' union and the employers have
agreed on a new scale of prices. The
lower the work the greater the air
pressure and the more destructive to
health and even life. So the wages
are increased with the depth. At 22
pounds pressure the pay will be $3.50
for a six-hour day. At 40 and 45
pounds pressure the day's work wfl!
be only 80 minutes long and the pay
$4.50.
Hartford City, Ind. The fight be
tween the American Window Glass
Company and the Window Glass Cut
ters' & Flatteners association is on in
earnest. Both sides are confident of
winning and no one can predict at
this time which side will be success
ful. The company has informed the
only two skilled trades it now em
ploys that it will pay the same scale
of wages that has been agreed upon
between the National Window Glass
Workers association and the inde
pendent, or hand-operated manufac
turers, and no more. The workers
have demanded a differential of 12 per
cent, more than this scale and 20 per
cent, more than has been paid the last
year.
Pittsburg, Pa. The McKees Rocks
strike, which has been in progress 53
days at the Pressed Steel Car Com
pany, is over. The workmen, number
ing over 5,000, have won. Practically
all the demands made by the men
have been granted. One point, that
of an increase in wages, has been
compromised. The company is said
to have promised to pay the 1907 rate
of wages as soon as present contracts
are filled.
St. Paul. Minn. It is the intention
of the officers of the Minnesota State
Federation of Labor to make every ef
fort to bring about peaceful settle
ments of all labor disputes where such
thing is possible. Whenever any
controversy comes up, these officials
will at once proceed to the seat of
war and will use every honorable
means so to arrange matters that a
settlement may be arrived at by con
ference, or arbitration should this
means fail.
Evans ville, Ind. The loom fixers at
the Evansville cotton mills are on
strike. The men say they have been
subjected to what is practically a re
duction in wages. They say that in
addition to tending the 128 looms they
have been asked to measure the cloth.
but for the same wage scale, J1.7o a
day. They demand 25 cents a day
extra for measuring the cloth.
Lynn, Mass. Arvid Erlando of Chi
cago was elected general organizer
at the closing session of the first na
tional convention of the United Shoe
Workers of America in this city. The
next national convention will be held
at St Louis, Mo, September 6-10, 1910.
The United Shoe Workers of America
represent the so-called independent
shoemakers of the country.
Norfolk, Va. Machinists and black
smiths at the Seaboard Air Line rail
way's general shops at Portsmouth
have struck because of the alleged
employment- of non-unionists. It is
stated officially that 46 per cent, of
the machinists and all but six black
smiths have gone out.
St Joseph, Mo. John A. Crawford,
local manager, and Frank Hutton,
night manager of the Western Union
Telegraph Company here, pleaded
guilty and were fined ten dollars and
costs on two charges of violating the
child labor act by employing boys
under 14 years old.' The costs were
$29 in each case. Several cases in
which the deputy state labor commis
sioner is complainant are yet to be
tried.
Washington. Timothy . Healy of
Yonkers, N. Y, who came to Wash
ington several years ago and settled
the brewery strike of the stationary
firemen in a jiffy, nas been re-elected
president of the International Union
of Stationary Firemen. He Is a vet
eran of the war with Spain. Two
years ago Mr. Healy was the Demo
cratic, and Labor nominee for con
gress from the Yonkers district. He
started into the political campaign
with but 85 cents in his possession.
He was not elected, but the majority
of his opponent was whittled down
to a splinter. He is again being
urged to enter the race for congress
by his friends.
London, Eng. Four-fifths of the
Lancashire mills which spin American
cotton are on systematized short time
owing to the depressed condition of
trade in cotton goods aaroad. The
president of the Master Cotton Spin
ners Federation says that the pres
ent crisis is one of the worst the
trade has ever experienced.
London, Eng. Last year there were
309 important disputes betweeen work
men and their employers in England,
of which more than 65 per cent were
settled by compromise.
Detroit, Mich. The marine engin
eers now have a total membership on
the coasts, the lakes and the rivers of
the United States of more than eleven
thousand.
New York. State Labor Commis
sioner Williams issued a bulletin stat
ing that only 21.6 per cent of the
350,000 organized laborers of that state
are unemployed, against 35.7 per cent,
this time last year.
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Comforts
Mr. Inside Man, you have an' electric fan.
How about your good wife? Has she an electric
fan? Is she still broiling herself and the steaks
over a red-hot coal range? Why not pause and
consider her comfort and convenience a little bit?
If not both electric fan and gas range
(Set a Qus
It will make the kitchen comfortable; it will
save hours and health, and make home happy.
Cheaper than coal and so clean, convenient and
comfortable. We sell the ranges (cash or pay
orients) and furnish the gas. You furnish the
match. And then the housewife is equipped
with labor-saving machinery. Once used, never
abandoned. Ask 5,000 Lincoln women who
cook with gas.
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