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Indianapolis, Ind. Of the national
labor organizations, none, it Is be
lieved, is ' gaining 1 more rapidly in
membership than the united Brotner-
hood of Carpenters and Joiners of
America. At the present time tne or
ganization has 185,000 members in
good standing and more than seventy
thousand members who are between
three and six months behind in their
dues. This does not exclude them
from membership In the organization,
however, but they are not entitled to
international benefits unless their
dues are paid up. President William
D. Huber says that at the rate the or-,
ganization is . growing at present he
expects the paid-up membership to
oass the 200.000 mark by June 30, the
end of the calendar year. The organi
zation Is in good condition financially
and otherwise, according to the state
ments of its officers. By far the larg
est per cent, of the membership is em
ployed. Demands have been made by
the workmen for higher wages in
New York, Dallas, Memphis, Cincin
nati, Columbus and other places, but
no serious difficulty is anticipated at
any point, although there may be
strikes, April 1, when the new wage
scale takes effect. In some of the
smaller cities the men are demanding
that the number of hours be reduced
from ten to nine and in others from
nine to eight.
Philadelphia: The Philadelphia &
Reading Railroad Company has Issued
an order reducing the working hours
in some of its departments because of
the slowing un of business. The offl-
'cial announcement of the company is
as follows: "On account of falling off
in volume of traffic and consequent
loss of revenue, the Philadelphia
Readme Railway Company have is
sued orders reducing the hours of la
bor in all locomotive and car shops to
eight hours a day, beginning on Mon
day, the 28th of February. This will
effect a reduction in shop expenses of
about 15 per cent." The Reading em
ploys many thousands of men In these
shops who have been working on an
average of about ten hours a day,
The reduction was not, looked for by
the men.
Cleveland, O. "We are not con
cerned in the cost of coal, freight
rates, or other railroad finances; what
we want is a fair day's wage for a fair
day's labor," said President Lee of the
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
here, in reference to the statement of
representatives of the eastern rail
roads that the increased cost of opera
tion prevented an increase of wages,
Our men know they should receive
higher pay," he continued, and they
mean to set it. They are in dead
earnest. The railroads west of Chi
cago pay higher wages, and there is
no reason why the eastern roads can
not It is probable that within thirty
days it will be demonstrated that the
roads should pay the increase asked
by our men."
London, Eng. The year 1908 was
not a good year for English trade
unions, according to a report issued
by the Registrar of Friendly Societies
The report says that the total mem
bership of the 634 unions making re
turns was 1.971.238. a decrease of
2,822: total income, $16,479,705, an in
crease of $1,799,230; total expenditure,
$18,C22,480, an increase of $6,722,745,
as compared with the figures for the
previous year. The amount of funds
at the end of the year was $29,980,160
or $15.10 a member. During the year
40 trade unions were registered, and
49 dissolved or gave notice of ter
mination.
New York. The first Italian Central
Labor union was formed in this city.
A call was issued by the delegates of
the Rockmen's and Excavators' union,
the Italian Stone Masons' union and
several other unions of Italians for a
meeting for the purpose. Thirty
unions were asked to send delegates,
Most of the delegates were elected in
anticipation of the call. All the unions
are affiliated with the American Fed
eration of Labor.
Edinburgh, Scotland. In connection
with the movement for. obtaining for
boys apprenticeships to trades, and
thus preventing their drifting into the
casual ranks, the Stirling school board
has decided to establish a labor bu
reau for Juveniles. A register will De
kept of the boys about to leave school
and the trades they wish to follow, for
the information of employers, and all
children, after leaving the school, up
to the age of 16, may also place their
names on the register.
Denver, Col. The Denver City
Tramway Company increased the
wages of its conductors and motor
men five cents an hour, the new scale
being from 25 to 30 cents.
San Francisco. To eliminate the
sweat shops and the Chinese factories
from the city is the task that the
members of the Garment Workers'
union have set for themselves. In or
der that all the union members of
their craft may have work, and that
conditions may be improved in the
shops, they are asking that their
friends look for the union label on
garments they purchase.
Chicago. There is a general de
mand for an eight-hour day among
leather workers of the west, prepara
tions for the inauguration of which
will be begun soon.
Philadelphia. The demand of the
bituminous miners of the central
Pennsylvania field - for an increase in"
wages was refused at a conference
between the executive committee of
the United Mine Workers, district No.
2, the Clearfield district, and the ex
ecutive committee of the association
of bituminous coal operators. The
committee met to discuss a new wage
scale agreement to take effect April 1.
The miners' representatives were
bound by the resolution passed by the
Indianapolis convention demanding an
increase for all other classes of la
bor.1 The operators refused to pay in
creased wages as long as they are
compelled to compete with non-union
mines in Pennsylvania and West Vir
ginia. A strike of 17,000 miners may
be called In the Pittsburg district,
claming the mines of the Pittsburg Ccal
Company, as the miners declare their
contract is being violated by the com
pany because more men are in the
works than the contract calls for.
Seven hundred men have already quit
work at Suterville.
Baltimore, Md. The two powerful
railroad labor organizations, the Order
of Railway Conductors and the Broth
erhood of Railway Trainmen,- which
have Undertaken to secure a general
increase of the wage scale for all em
ployes in those branches of the serv
ice on the ' principal lines ' in the
eastern part of the United States and
in Canada, have suffered a repulse at
the very inauguration of its better-pay
campaign. Three weeks of negotia
tions with the Baltimore & Ohio rail
road, among the first to be approached
in the matter, ended when the com
pany, through President Daniel Wll-
lard, declined to accede to the de
mands of the organization.
New York. The latest trade to have
a union was announced recently by or
ganizers of the American Federation
of Labor as that of the sheepskin
workers. It was found that somehow
this trade had been overlooked, , but
organizers here and in Boston got'into
communication on the subject, the re
sult being the forming of the Sheep
skin Workers' union In Boston, which
it is said is to be followed by a sim
ilar organization in New York. When
sufficient enrollments have been made
in the two unions scales of wages will
be agreed upon, covering every kind
of work from preparing parchment for
writing to the making of drumheads.
Kansas City, Mo. On account of the
increased cost of living, 1,500- organ
ized carpenters in Kansas City ' have
made a demand on the contractors for
an increase of ten cents an hour for
their work., There are about 3,000
carpenters in Kansas City, the ma
jority of whom are non-union men.
About 150 of these already have
enlisted with the union in their
demand for an increase. The date
set for the 4ncrease to take effect is
May 1. The unions demand 65 cents
an hour for foremen and 55 cents an
hour for journeymen carpenters.
Paris, France. The threat of a gen
eral strike of the firemen and en
gineers on the State railroad is due to
the dissatisfaction of the employes of
the Western railroad, recently, taken
over by the state, with the adjustment
of premiums accruing under the old
management. M. Millerand, minister
of public works, posts and telegraphs,
offered to make certain changes, but
the employes were not appeased. The
engineers on the State railroad voted
in favor of a strike unless an increase
in wages was granted them.
Cleveland, .The replies of the
southern railroads to the wage de
mands of the Brotherhood of Railway
Conductors were opened here. The
refusal of the railroads to meet the
men's terms was unanimous. This
places the southern railroad situation
in practically the same state as that
in the territory north of the Chesa
peake & Ohio and east of the Missis
sippi. It is now certain that any ac
tion taken by the men to press their
demands will be simultaneous in the
east and south.
Washington. According to the bu
reau of vital statistics of the United
States government, American bakers
and confectioners have a death rate
due .to consumption of 250.1 per 100,-
000. The death rate from pneumonia
amounts to 117.4 per 100,000. From
these two causes, both growing out of
their occupation, their death rate is
367.5 per 100,000. The average death
rate among all people is 110 per
100,000.
Boston. March 1 the 65 cents an
hour rate went into effect for "the
members of Boston Operative Plaster
ers' union, according to the terms of
the agreement which settled the
strike last year.
Manila, P. I. Following the refusal
of the owners to grant a series of de
mands, the crews of the inter-island
steamers struck, tying up the vessels
and so holding up the mails. It is
claimed the strike was instigated by
Dominador Gomez, former president
of the Nationalist party. The strike
breaks a two years' pact entered into
by the owners and crews last fall.
Minneapolis, Minn. This year's
scale will be 45 cents an hour for
painters and paperhangers in Minne
apolis, which is a raise of 2 cents
from the rate prevailing last year.
This will apply to St. Paul also.
Where the Big Meetings Will Be Held
This Year.
April 4 St. Paul, Minn., Internation
al! Association of Fur Workers.
April 18-23, New Orleans, La., Broth
erhood of Railway Clerks.
May 2, Philadelphia, Pa.; Chartered,
Society of Amalgamated Lace Opera-1
tives of America.
May 9, Louisville, Ky., Amalgamated
Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of
North America.
May , Cincinnati, Ohio, Tin Plate
Workers' International Protective iAs
sbciation. ".' . !.,':vV
May 11, Cincinnati, Ohio, American
Federation of Musicians.
May 23, Buffalo, N. Y., National
Print Cutters' Association of America.
June 6, Chicago, 111., Internationa
Association of Marble Workers.
June 13, St. Louis, Mo., International
Brotherhool of Boilermakers, Iron Ship
Builders and Helpers.
June 13, place not selected, Interna
tional Ceramic, Mosaic and Encaustic
Tile Layers and Helpers' Union.
June 13-19, Omaha, Neb., Internation
al Stereotypers and Electrotypers'
Union of North America. '
June i3, New York, N. Y., Interna
tional Brotherhood of Tip Printers.
June 13, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Inter
national Brotherhood of Bookbinders.
June, third week, Columbus, Ohio, In
ternational Printing Pressmen and As
sistants' Union of North America.
June 27, St. Louis, Mo., International
Union of Pavers, Rammermen, Flagg-
ers, Bridge and Stone Curb Setters.
June , Kansas City, Mo., Interna-
ional Journeymen Horseshoers' Union
July 4, not decided as to piace. Amal
gamated Leather Workers'" Union of
America.
July 11, New York, N. Y., Inter
national Longshoremen's Association.
July 11, Pittsburg, Pa., International
Jewelry Workers' Union of America.
July 11, Atlantic City, N. J., Glass
Bottle Blowers' Association of the
United States and Canada.
July 11, Washington, D. C, Theatri
cal Stage Employes' International Al
liance.
July 12, Dover, N. J., Stove Mounters
and Steel Range Workers' Interna
tionalUnion, -r. ," .
July 16, Springfield, Mass., American
Wire Weavers' Protective Association,
July 18, Ottawa, Ont., International
Steel and Copper Plate Printers'
Union. '
July , Atlantic City, N. J., National
Brotherhood of Operative Potters,,
August 1, Peoria, 111., International
Brotherhood of Tteamsters. ' --
August 8, Minneapolis, Minn., Inter
national Typographical Union.
August 22, Detroit, Mich., United
Garment Workers of America.
September 5-6-7, Chicago, 111., Na
tional Federation of Postoffice Clerks,
September 5, Chicago, 111., Interna
tional Slate and Tile Roofers of Amer
ica.
September 5. Boston, Mass., Interna
tional Brotherhood of Maintenance of
Way Employes. ' ' ''
September 6-10, Louisville, Ky.', In
ternational Photo-Engravers, Union of
North America. -i ' i-
September 6, Bangor, Pa., Interna
tional Union of Slate Workers.
September 8, Boston, Mass., Interna-,
tional Spinners' Union. --
September .12, Kansas City, Kan.,
Coopers' International Union.
September 12, Denver, Colo., Inter
national Union of Steam Engineers.
September 12, Cliter, Interna
tional Union of United Brewery Work
men of America. ' . -
September 12, Philadelphia, Pa., In
ternational Union of Elevator Con
structors. -
September 12, Streator, 111., Interna
tional Brick, Tile and Terra Cotta
Workers' Alliance., , ; 1
September 13, New . York, . N."-Yt
American Brotherhood ;' of . Cement
Workers.
September 19, Des Moines, Iowa
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and
Joiners of America. . ';
September 19, Rochester, N. Y., In
ternational Association of Bridge and
Structural Iron Workers.
September 21, St. Paul, Minn., Broth
erhood ' of Railroad Freight Handlers.
September 26, Columbus, Ohio, Oper
ative Plasterers' International Associa
tion of the United States and Canada.
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triaL .-,YM can save money on, your
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good ia every way as these that have
been costing you higher prices.
If yon could visit ear large factories
at Brockton, Mass, and see for yourself .
how carefully W. L. Douglas shoes are
made, yen would then understand why
they hold their shape, fit better ana
wear longer than outer makes. 1
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high prices and Inferior shoes. Take Me-SJunsU-tete.
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therefore said that he would know a
little of everything if he only knew a
little lav. Graciously conceding that
his court could not interfere with
the action of congress, this interest
ing judge nevertheless holds that it
can interfere with ' a congressional
committee because congress has no
power to delegate its duties to com
mittees. , It will be an instructive speo
tacle, the " appearance' before JudKe
Wright of a congressional committee
to purge itself of contempt of court.
Chicago Public.
THE TEMPLE DIRECTORS.
uectae on Date tor First Annual Labor
Temple - Association Ball. -
The board of directors of the Labor
Temple Association met Monday even
ing,, with a bare quorum present. Beo
retery Ihringer was prevented frsat-
tending.,hy, illness. in4 his family. .Tin
property when the Temple was openeflj .
and it was discovered later that, the
property was covered by chattel mort
gage. , Manager. Rudy was instructed
to file complaint against the) fellow
vlll baIi! i Aw1 4ki Ill
pushed to the limit. -
It was decided to hold the first an
nual Labor Temple Benefit Ball at
the .Auditorium on the evening of
April .20, and the necessary commlt-
iveu - were itiTiuiKeu- iur.'V-mr.nfluar-
r en will attend to the hall and the
music and Mr. Manpin to the printing
and publicity. A number from each
stockholding union will act on the re
ception committee, and another : on
the floor committee. The orchestra
will be composed of fifteen pieces, and
the, admission will be $1, extra lady
50 cents, and ladies without escorts
will not he admitted. t" --'.V
It is the intention to make this ball
the greatest social affair in the hls
tory of Lincoln trades unionism, and
every union man and woman will,. be
expected to get into . the game and
help to make it a success. ..
JUDGE WRIGHT AGAIN.
Notorious Washington Judge Again'- in
the Lime Light.
Judge Wright of Washington, that
interesting judicial product of Cincin
nati, who, as an appointive judge at
Washington, threw the network of
contempt -proceedings around Gom
pers, Mitchell and Morrison last year
(Vol. XII, pp. 1, 3, 1188) in order to
throttle freedom of the press for la
bor papers, now reaches up for higher
game. In a committee to consider of
ficially something which it had offi
cially decided not tcoonsider (pp. 146,
156), Judge Wright holds that his
court has jurisdiction over them. His
argument is worthy the lawyer uf the
anecdote who was a dabbler in many
subjects, and of whom a candid friend
TEXAS AGAINST EMMTT IMUrV
- LAW, .i. " "' . ,; .
Th0 st-ota lour A-naAifc-, a ttuk tasrtV
Texas legislative se&atim - fijsfng-aa-
eight-hour workday for telegraphers
has been declared invalid in a deci
sion by the court of civil appeals, sitting-in
-Galveston. ."The court con
tendsvthat the state '-law.-.-cenfiicts witti
the nat'onal statute, which nrnvidea
a nine-hour day for dispatchers.
FAIR BARBER 8HOP6.
Vou Will Find the Union Card lit the
Following Places. .
When you enter a barber shop, see
that the union shop card is in plain
sight before you get into the chair.
If the card is not to be seen, go else
where. The union shop card to : a
guarantee of a cleanly shop, a smooth
shave or good hair-cut, and courteous
treatment. The : following . barber
shops are entitled to the patronage ol
nicin '.men: N ... ',-.'. .;
George Petro,, 1010 O." ;
J. JT. Simpson, 1001 O.
George Shaffer, Lincoln Hotel.
C. B. Ellis, Windsor Hotel.
D. S. Crop, Capital Hotel.
M. J. Roberts, Royal Hotel.
A. L. Kimmerer, Lindell Hotel.
C. A. Green, 120 North Eleventh.
W. G. Worth, 1132 O St.
E. A. Wood, 1206 O. - .
Chaplin & Ryan, 129 North Twelfth.
E. C. Evans. 1121 P.
Bert Sturm, 116 South Thirteenth,
J. B. Raynor, 1501 O. . - '
Muck & Barthelman, 122 South
Twelfth, i .
J. J. Simpson, 922 P. ,
t Frank M alone, Havelock.
C A. Hughart, Havelock. , ... ,