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The Long Winter
World of Labor
News from All Parts of
the World, of General
Interest to the Worker
Nights
May be made bright and cheerful by illuminating
the home with either Gas or Electricity. And the
disposition of the housewife may be sweetened
by relieving her of the drudgery of filling "smelly"
kerosene lamps and cleaning smoky chimneys.
Nothing is so well calculated to make home happy
as bright lights and cheerful dispositions. We
will furnish the illuminationand the cheerful dis
positions will follow as a natural result.
If It's a Question of Cost
Let us prove to you- as we can -that it is
cheaper, more convenient and far better to illu
minate with gas or electricity than it is to illumin
ate with kerosene amps. Counting cost of
kerosene and chimneys, to say nothing of the
drudgery connected therewithit costs no more
to use gas or electricity. And as for the results
dollar for dollar you get immensely more and
better light always ready, no cleaning, no break
ageby using our illuminants.
Equipping a Modern Kitchen
Mr. Mechanic, you insist upon having the
best and most up-to-date tools. Why deny your
good wife the same conveniences for her trade.
If you think hocsewifery is not a trade, just try
it Equip the kitchen with labor saving devices
-first a gas range, then electric irons, toasters,
etc Come in and let us show you a few things.
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Boston. In its campaign to abso
lutely organize the craft before June
1 Boston Machinists' lodge. No. 264,
bas secured more than 1,200 new mem
bers during the past four months.
Nearly 300 have been admitted since
February 24. On June 1 the lodge
will endeavor to establish standard
minimum wage rates for the three
recognized subdivisions of the trade
specialists, all-around machinists
and tool makers and men employed at
special mechanical lines. It has been
decided to have two special district
organizing meetings each week from
now on. t As one Arm has discharged
a couple 'of "men solely on 'the grounds
that they have joined the union,
Thomas L. Wilson, international vice
president, has instructed the members
to deny membership in the union, if
necessary. He says he does not be
lieve in untruthfulness, but if the em
ployers are unscrupulous the men
might just as well lie to them, if nec
essary. Boston. International Printing
Pressmen and Assistants' union has
re-elected George L. Berry of San
Francisco as international president.
Charles B. Crowley, formerly of Hol
yoke, won election as secretary-treasurer,
defeating Secretary-Treasurer P.
J. McMullin of Cincinnati, who was a
candidate for re-election. Boston
Printing Pressmen's union No. 67 and
Franklin association. No. 18, of junior
pressmen, assistants and feeders have
both- elected committees which will at
once confer regarding pressroom con
ditions in this city and vicinity, both
in regard to sanitation and health, and
also for trade conditions. The pres
ent agreement of the unions expires
June 1. The new requests will be de
cided upon next month.
Montclair, N. J. The Master Build
ers' association of Montclair, in view
oi the manifesto of the local building
trades unions that on and after May
1 no union man will be permitted to
work on a job where a nonunion man
is employed, has announced that it
will furnish bonds to guarantee the
completion of any job that any of its
members undertake after that date.
The association claims to represent
every trade required in the construc
tion of a building and says it can fur
nish the necessary mechanics to finish
any job where the union men go on
strike because of the employment of
nonunion men.
Vallejo, Cal. The trades that are
completely unionized, that is, trades
In which not a single nonunion man is
employed, are the barbers, bakers,
carpenters, lathers, laundry workers,
musicians, pile drivers, plumbers,
sheet metal workers and printers.
Other unions in which 95 per cent, of
the men employed at the respective
trades are union men are the bartend
ers, electrical workers, flour and
cereal mill employes, federal retail
clerks, machinists, painters and ship
joiners.
St. Louis. Notice has been served
on employers by the union plasterers,
painters, granitoid men and sheet
metal workers that unless the wages
are Increased 10 to 20 per cent, they
will strike. The new scales are to take
eftect March, May and June 1, when
existing contracts expire. Plasterers
now get 75 cents an hour and demand
ten cents more. The mixers demand
44 cents an hour. Painters now re
ceive 50 cents an, hour and demand 55
cents.
Boston. The proposed workmen's
compensation act introduced in the
Massachusetts legislature proposes
that any workman injured at his em
ployment shall be compensated by the
payment of half the amount earned by
him, and that the dependents of a
workman who is killed shall be paid
the amount which he earned for the
last three years, or $1,000, whichever
would be the larger, but in no case
over $2,000.
Trenton, N. J. The Trenton Street
Railway Company announced an in
crease from 18 to 20 cents an hour
following the demands made a few
days ago upon the company by the
employes, who have been secretly or
ganizing for some months.
Savannah, Ga. After being granted
an Increase in pay from 36 cents an
hour to 39. cents, boilermakers on the
Central of Georgia railway returned
to work. . i!.-
Boston. The various unions, more
than 200 in all, affiliated with the Bos
ton C. L. TJ,. are now voting on the
questing of parading on Labor day.
San Francisco. The Alaska Fisher
men's union has voted to affiliate with
the San Francisco Labor council.
San Francisco. Union stablemen
are starting a movement against un
sanitary stables.
. , Worcester, .'Jtfassl Ay,.' our ; of the
big railroad brotherhoods of conduc
tors, trainmen, engineers and firemen
will have a joint union meeting here
April 2, 3 and 4, at which President
Taft, Gov. Draper, President Mellen of
the N. Y., N. H. & H. railroad, Presi
dent Tuttle of the B. & M. railroad.
Mayor Logan of Worcester and other
prominent men will speak.
Montreal, Canada. At the . next
meeting of the Trades and Labor coun
cil the question of forming a civic fed
eration for the purpose of settling ail
labor -troubles' by conciliation and arbi
tration will be considered.
New York. The Brotherhood of Lo
comotive Firemen and Engineers of
the 32 eastern railroads have submit
ted to the General Managers' associa
tion a formal demand for an increase
in wages. - This demand is similar to
that presented to the same roads last
December by the Order of Railway i
Conductors and the Brotherhood of
Railway Trainmen, and which are now
in- their final stage of negotiation.
General Manager J. C. Stuart of the
Erie refused to accept the demands,
as chairman of the General Managers'
association, declaring that he would
meet a committee of the Erie firemen,,
but that the brotherhood would have
to deal with each railroad separately.
and not through the General Managers'
association, which he said had no
agreement concerning wages. This re
ply is similar to that given the con
ductors and trainmen.
Boston. For the first time in the
history of trade unionism in this city,
members of the bartenders' union were
called on strike at three shops to en
force a union wage scale and working
hours schedule. The schedule, which
establishes a minimum wage rate of
$18 a week for the men, was adopted
by practically all the employers on
January 1. A dozen or more did not
agree at that time. Since the commit
tees of the union and the Boston C. L.
U. have been endeavoring to amicably
adjust the matter and had succeeded
with all but five firms. The union men
won its contention at two of the
places struck last week. It is expect
ed that the other shops will be struck
if the conditions are not established.
Boston. April 1 is the date set by
Boston painters' union 11 for its 1910
wage scale to go into effect. It calls
for a minimum rate of $20 for the 44
hour work week for house painters
and $22.20 for decorators. The pres
ent rates are 41 cents an hour for
house painters and 46 cents an hour
for decorators. .The men already have
the 44-hour week. East Boston paint
ers' union also last week adopted the
same scale and hour demands for
house painters, and for ship painters
the same rates per hour, but permit
ting the 48-hour work week in that
branch.
City of Mexico. There will not be
a walkout of American engineers and
conductors in the employ of the Na
tional lines of Mexico", the employes
and the railroad . management having
agreed upon terms of settlement of
their difficulties. The wording of the
peace pact may never be published.
Both the employes and the railroad of
ficials refuse to divulge its contents,
saying only that the agreement was
satisfactory to all concerned.
Paris, France. The old-age working
man's pension bill, which insures to
every laborer in town or country a
pension at the age of 65, and 'Will cost
France an additional $100,000,000 year
ly, may now be considered as voted.
The senate has agreed to make only
very slight amendments, and the
chamber, on the eve of the general
elections, will undoubtedly pass the
bill when it comes back to it from the
senate.
Chicago. The report of the Interna
tional Union of Plumbers for the last
year shows that during that period 39
charters were issued to new unions,
53 unions surrendered charters, 29
strikes were Inaugurated, the cost of
which was $29,422, and sick benefits to
the amount of $27,920 and death bene
fits amounting to $8,600 were paid.
Joplin, Mo. Seven hundred miners
employed at the plants of the Ameri
can Zinc, Lead and Smelting Com
pany struck for higher wages. Re
cently, when the price of zinc ore fell
to $40, the men's wages were cut, and
although zinc blend , has gone to $45
the former pay has not been restored.
New York. The special referendum
vote taken throughout the country re
cently by the piano and organ workers
resulted in favor of a temporary reduc
tion of the initiation fee from five to
(wo dollars.
Indianapolis, Ind. The smallest av
erage monthly paid-up membership of
the United Mine Workers of America
since its organization in 1890 was in
1896, wheu the number was 9,617.
New York. Of the 12,000 saleswom
en in New York department stores,
one-third are wives and mothers, the
greater part of these having taken po
sitions after their marriage.
Newark, N. J. Typographical Union
No. 103 is the first union to abolish all
overtime in book, news and job offices.
No member is allowed, hereafter, to
accumulate any overtime.
Washington. Union metal workers
in Italy number 8,000. Owing to trade
depressions the membership has fallen
from 15,400.
Boston. The 65 cents an hour wage
rate for the Boston union plasterers
went Into effect without friction. The
men struck for the rate last summer.
An agreement was then made by
which the men's wages were raised
from 60 to 62 cents an hour then
and the 65 cents an hour rate to be
come effective March 1.
Boston. Boston pavers' union 1, the
larger number of the members of
which go south to work during the
winter, resumed meetings last week.
The season 'will begin within a week
or eo,. It vis-stated. .Some of the men
this year worked in' Havana.
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