SOME LITTLE ONES.
Brief Labor Notes About Some
World-Wide Matters.
The South Australian Amalga
mated Scxiety of Engineers is
knocking at the doors of govern
ment for better wages.
The dispute in the Sydney
( Australia) meat trade, which has
now lasted for many weeks, is
said to be in a fair way toward
settlement.
A big strike at Hamburg was
settled by the bosses accepting
conciliation proposals from the
German Industrial Workers
Uion.
Laborers employed on the per
manent way for trams at Hobart,
Tasmania, have laid down picks
and shovels for an increase of Is.
per day.
Fifty thousand ironworkers are
now idle in Scotland and the
Xorth of England, in consequence
cf the lockout in the shipbuilding
trade.
The theatened lockout of 150,
000 cardroom workers in Lanca
shire. England, has been stayed
oil through the intervention 01
rrime Minister Asquith.
The Adelaide branc hof the
Austrasian Typographical Union
has altered its rules to permit the
admission into tho branch of
every person employed in a news
paper office, and it now numbers
a journalist among its members.
After a strike which has lasted
for a year, in consequence of a
readjustment of wages owing to
the introduction of new machin
ery. iMH miners at Clifton colliery.
Nottingham (Eng.) have repected
an offer of amended terms.
According to the anual report
of the Victorian (Australia) An
ti-sweating league, much sweat
ing exists in liverv stables, anions
gardeners, watchman, clerks, wool
brokers employes, signalmen.
guards, porters and clerks on the
railways.
The annual meeting of the Fed
erated Furniture Workers of Aus
tralia in Sydney recently decided
to recommend all branches to
, make union benfitse uniform, and
to support the transference of all
industrial laws from the state to
the federal government.
The German shipbuilding firms
have withdrawn their therat to
lockout the unionists. Some one
has been telling the bosses that it
was not alogeher safe o trv the
starvation game with about 1,
000 .000 solidly organized work
ers: so the bosses are now offer
ing their employes increased
wages to settle matters.
CLERKS EAT 6-CENT MEALS
Postmaster General Allows Them
Seven Cents For Lodging.
A disbursement on the basis of
t cents for each meal and 7 cents
for each night's lodging has been
made by Postmaster Genera
Hitchcock of Washington, D. C
to the clerks in the railway mai
service.
"How's that for economy?' ex
claimed a railway mail clerk
whose position .would be worth
ess than 6 cents if the postmaster
general knew his name.
"Ou t of the 250,000 appropri
ated in the current postoffice bill
for the traveling expenses of rail
way mail clerks," continued the
angered man, "that's the price of
mv dinner!"
He held up a nickel and a penm
an the most effective method he
could devise of showing his un
limited contempt for Hitchcock
and all his ways.
When this matter of appropria
tion for traveling expenses of rail
way clerks was debated on the
floor of the house and in the com
mittee rooms, during the last ses
sion of congress, the clerks mod
estly asked for a daily allowance
of one dollar, upon which to eat
and sleep. This amount was
"economically" cut down by Can
non's lieutenants to 60 cents. But
Hitchcock, having never forgiven
these same clerks for making de
mands not first approved by him
self, cuts the daily allowance to
13 cents.
It is now charged that -over
$100,000 of this appropriation has
been used up in "clerk hire" to
figure out these 6 and 7 cent ex-
oenditures. By this" method it is
thought that Hitchcock is plan
ning to show congress, at the
coming session, that any such
plan entails too much expense,
and thereby secure the defeat of
the measure.
A BARBOROUS CHARGE.
Says Employes Injure Them
selves, to Get Money.
Judging from a recent article in
The Insurance World, the insur
ance companies don't fancy
changing: existing or;les. The
followig reason is advanced why
he cost of injury should not be
olaced on industry:
"Make the miscalled 'compeir
nation' specific and sure with no
questions asked, which is precise
ly what this maudlin legislation of
today seeks to do and you tempt
some workers to intentional in
jury, and tempt every injured one
to soldering.
"The influence of such legis
lation upon workmen is to pro
duce injuries, not to prevent
them."
It must be remembered that
statistics show that of he $23,
000,000 contributed to the six
largest insurance companies by
manuiacturers the companies
have only paid out less than $8,-
000.00fU-or less than one-third.
And herein lies the cause for
the advancement of the above
barborous reasons why we should
leave well enough alone. Toledo
Union Leader.
COURSE THEY DIDN'T.
Thomas L. Lewis, president of
the United Mine Workers, has
sent an appeal to the anthracite
miners, in which he intimates
that they did not get what was
their due when he srike commis
sion, appointed by President
Roosevelt in 1902, made its award.
He also advises the men to pre
pare for 1912.
WORKERS UN10M
UNI0RJ STAMP
Factory NO.
Named Shoes are Often Made
in Non-Union Factories.
Do Not Buy Any Shoe
no matter what the name unless
it bears a plain and readable
impression of this Union Stamp.
All Shoes Without the Union Stamp are Non-Union
Do not accept any excuse for absence of the UNION STAMP
Boot and Shoe Workers Union
246 Sumner St, Boston, Mass.
JOHN F. TOBIN. Pres. - CHAS. L. BA1NE. SecTr.
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