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All' er fl'lI'r hub III hustle In lIe ha'clest
kind of way ;
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'IImll\l1l1 crop /111I good
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III numb ehrst I ,
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wants hit understood ,
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NEWS OF THE LABOR WOnLD.
Items of Interest Gathered from Many
Sources
I
HocheRlol' , N. Y. , labor unions are
endeavoring 10 raise
! ! funds 10 erect a
labor lellIple in that city.
'I'ho SW ! ( ClIHIon's Union or North
Anterlca ! will hold ( Its convention In
Illellanapolls May Hi , 1J05. !
Firemen ! ! ! of Chicago have organized
thelllwh'C'H Into a hotly for the 111I1'-
111110 of renowlng their light to secure
shorter hOllrs
The Cal'1logle Steel Company ) and
ho I llIel'lclln 'l'In Plate and Sheet
Steel COIIIJlanr have ol'dered every
furnace and \ plant put In operation ,
which wlll require ) almost 8,000 additional -
tIolIH I mOil.
The realization : that lie ( mun of ore
galllzcel labor have a defense fund
whleh can ho ccncentrnted upon any
given IIOlllt 10 protect the rights and
interests : 01' our fellow-wol'lwrs hits
hall a palpable ntHI heunl1clent effct.
-lly Halllllci GOl1illCrS
A proclamallon haH been ! issued by
GoToole of l\Iqntana ? declaring the
11Illllllon ! of the anWllllments to the
I'laiu Constitution relating to child
labor and the elghlholllaw voted 011
at the recent election , and these arc
110In Cull force and offect.
A call Is out to hold a conference
of governments : for the protection ot
thc workers against accidents In May ,
110fi ! , at Swllcl'land. : The British rued
Continental govel'nments wIll bo repre-
Hcntecl , and the United States and
Hnssla wIll also Call Into IIno
Settlements have hoen made with
the Jewish II al\C 1'5' union by nine of
the thirteen Chicago employers at
whose shops strikes have been on
In consequence of the settlement the
entlloyors failed to prosecute five
IInloll mOil , arrested charged with acts
of \'Iolence
The General Confederation of Labor
of France at Its recent congress In
Bomges considered the Illleslion of the
union lahel. By a hugo majority It
was decided that , instead of a label
for each trade , there should 1JO a single .
gle label for products ) of all sorts
mantle by members of at1llIatell IInlons
'I'hoso who join an organization
with the expectation of having their
I wages immediately increased , or their
wrong righted al once , or that they
wIll at receive '
once large dividends
on the amount invested , are not the
desirable members , nor the ones upon
whom the order can depend for Its
ultimate sllcce'3s-Hallwa Clerl\
At n meeting the New York Central .
tl'lll Federated union delegates , representing .
senllng more than 150,000 workers III
the miscellaneous trades , they have
appointed ) ) a committee or ten to fight
employers who Insist on tits " 01)011
shop , " In complIance with the sentiments .
ments expressed at the recent CItI-
zons' Industrial alliance convention.
The strike of the miners at the
Century Coal Compllnr's : plant at
Tower Hill 111 . Invol\'lng aoo men
baa been nlUcd by a tomn\lttlO rath
slating oC state onIclals , the United
l1newOI'I\CrH of America and the coal
cOll1panr. The ] settlement Is considered .
ered a victory for the miners , the
operators agreelllg to- pay the Pilna
scalo.
The Bulletin of the National ! Metal
' Trades association 18 to ho rechristen-
etl and will appear Jiln. 1 as the Open
Shop The ] policy , however , will re-
lIIalll the saute , which will ho an attack -
tack on labor unions for what they
have done , and also for 'what they
have failed 10 elo. III other words , 11
will continue to give It to them "go-
Ing and coming "
The child labor law of Illinois Is
now enforced In all the coal mines of
the stato. Under the interpretation
or the law made hy Factory Inspector
Edgar I \ 'I ' . iavies ) and sustained hy the
courts no boys under 16 years of age
will bo Ilermilted 10 work In the
mines. It Is estimated the enforcement .
ment of the statute will tale 2riOO
ho 's away from employment under ,
.gJ'J\IIIII.
g 1 , A , Rysdon , a Chicago contractor ,
who hits fought the Sheet Metal ! Wc'I
en ; ' nation In courts and outside of
theta for the past two years , owned
imp a few clays ago hat I he had enough
of 11 , and ( signed the union scale IIe
Is now employing union men exclu-
sively Sometimes It costs an employer .
er a lot of money 10 find out where
his best interests lie , but he usually
gets there In time
'allloV. . Valentine , a clerk In the
money order department of the New
York poslomco ( , has been suspended
for lIuH1hordlnallnn , In consequence
the postmaster general , It Is under-
stood , wIll have a test case before him
shortly , as the caim : Is madc ! that Val-
enllnc'li refusal to work more titan
sight hours a day was : the basis for
his suspension atlll the preferring of
charges against him ,
Snit twits flied In he t Colorado Dist ,
trict Court b I ) ' the Victor Fuel Com-
pany against the United ltiueVork .
ers of America , John Mitchell and
eleven other officers : of the organization -
tion for $4tHOOO damages alleged to
have been sustained hy the company
during the strike of coal miners This
snit docs not tale the place of the
snit for $85,000 , filed about a year
ago and still 11011111ng
The scan. on's convention , In session
i
at San Francisco , adopted resolutions
asllng Congress for the passage of a
law abolishing the punishment ) hy imprisonment .
Jlrlsonment of seamen for desertion
In foreign ports : urging upon Congress .
gress the passage of the bill to amend
the laws relative to seamen , to pre'
vent the undermannlng of American
vessels , and to encourage the trainIng
of boys In tae : merchant marine.
The plan of the Illinois Steel cent-
pan of South Chicago to equalIze
I
wagei li nuw in effect , affecting all '
the employes of the plate mill A large
reduction has been made In mho wages
or the mIll aristocrats , such as rollers
Those workmen who formerly received "
od $5 , $6 and $ S a dar before the shut- .
down , are now getting only $3 , $4 and ; .
$ ii and there Is much dissatisfaction
among thom This feelIng Is balanced
by the rejoicing among the poorly paid
laborers and mechanics , who went to
work III $1.85 , $2 and $2.15 rates instead .
stead of $1.-10 , $1.50 and $ L60.
Reports J from the slIIIell trades In
England are to the effect that there
Is a decreasing demand for labor.
October and November conditions
compared unfavorably with the cond1-
tIons during the same months In 1903.
As the demand for workingmen Calls ,
employers suggest reduct'ons In
wages for those who are still at work.
A dent tfld : for a reductions of 5 ner
cent in the w 'n6ca of bollormlllt'rs blU
lJOcl1 ; > uPde br the 'l\1f1lc "rt , but the
United Society or boilermakers has
made answer that the demand Is pre-
mature. At last reports the question
waR In abeyancc.
Members of the ( International Typographical '
graphical Union are very much pleas'
cd at the action taken by the"Ameri-
ran Federation of Labor on the subject .
ject of the elght.hour tlny for printers
Typographical union has set January ,
1906 , as Ito time for the inauguration
of the elght'hour work day In all establishments -
tablIRhments under the jurisdiction
of the organizalion. At the convention
of the American Federation of Labor
In San Francisco , the demand of the
printers was Indorsed and a motion
was carried pledging the federation to
render financIal support by the levy
of an assessment upon its two nIil-
lIon members should time printers need
the help.
The Amalgamated association has
received word from Denwood , \V. Va" ,
that the Wheeling Iron and Steel
Company had } bell compelled to shut
down for lack of Rkllled men to man
the furnacps. A similar condition Is
reported from cUter secUons There
are not enough skilled men offering
themselves to fill places and men arc
securing higher wages than the scale
calls ( or , This Is due to the great
reductIon In he I working force made
last spring and the closing down of
many mills and furnaces. The men
do not care to return to work for the
same wages and It Is said } that a
general advance wlll have to he made
to secure enough men to fill positions
The Dartcnders' union of Texas has
begun a movement to purify ) \ \ and ele-
vate the saloon. Organizer Husted ,
who has been studying conditions In
Texas for the last ) month , has reached
the conclusion that the low dives and
the "joints" are not only a menace
to society , but bring ollium and disgrace -
grace upon all who are engaged In the
saloon huslness. Therefore the Dn 1'-
tenelers' union , 8S an organization ,
wIll give aid and support ) to a bill that
wIll suppress all these tough places )
and rid the saloon of gamblIng dens ,
wlnorooms , etc , According to Mr. Hus-
ted , a bill embodying these and other
reforms Is now being prepared and
wIll be introduced In the next legisla-
ture.
ture.Tho
The National Association of Heat ,
Frost , General Insulators and Asbestos .
bestos Workers of America , organized
!
recently under a charter of the International -
national BuIlding Trades CouncIl held
a ratification convention at Plttsburg ,
adopted a constitution , made officers
permanent for term and filled existing
vacancies , besides selecting time and
place ) for next convention. Following
arc the permanent ) officers : Presi-
dent , C. G. Rice , Pittsburg ; first
vice president , P. C. Trlggo , Cleve'
land ; second vice president , John
Grab , Chicago ; third vice president ) .
dent , L. E Fassett , Buffalo ; fourth
vice president ) , Charles Uhr , Boston ;
fifth , vice president , A. C. Newman ,
' '
Wa's'hlngton , D. S , ; secretary , J. G.
Jesson , Sl. Louis The next conven-
tion wIll he held In Boston , Aug 7 ,
1905.
Au interesting point ) In the question
or industrialIsm as against trade
autonomy may bo seen In the recent
affilIation of the United Order of Box
Makers and Sawyers : oC America with
the American Labor union. 'rho latter
organization stands for industrialIsm
first , last and all the time , according
to the leaders , and the unions which
compose It are supposed ) to he founded
on Industrial l1nes The interesting
point ) Is that for years the United
Order of Boxmalcors kept applying to
the American Federation of Labor for
a charter and was denied one 011 the
ground that the Amalgamated Wood-
workors' International union had jurIsdiction -
Isdiction over all wood box makers. In
other words , the American Federation
oC Labor In that particular case stood
for Industrialism by reCusing to recog-
nlzo the hoxmakers as a separate organization .
ganization and yet it Is recognized hy
an organization which avowedly
stands for industrialism Truly , It
would require the proverbial PhIladel-
phia lawyhr to recognize just where
the Ilna between tndlJstrialie111 and
trade aulOnomr beltn and ' 4'berltb '
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DOGS TO FIND WOUNDED.
Animals Being Trained for Service on , ' .
Battlefield.
Major Richardson the other day let
loose on Wlmbledon Common the dogs
of Will' These were two or his half-
bred collIes ( helf-hreds are much bet-
tar for the work than any other kind ) ,
who do Hell Cross work , and either
succor the wOIIIIIled or fetch them reo . . .J (
ilef hound the dogs Is strapped a '
sort or harness , bearing the Red Cross
badge , and fitted with pockets ) on each
side Coil talning triangular bandages ,
and round the neck hangs a keg of
spirits. If the wounded is unable to
"help himself , " the dog Is trained to
fetch him assistance , The dogs found
men supposed to UO wounded lying on
the heath , invisible to the spectators ,
and , having ) found them , gave tongue.
Dogs trained for this ptu ) ' pose ) are In
use in the German service , many bee
lug now In 1Iorrerolond InVest
Africa , with the German troops In the
,
War.Dogs at Wlmbledon.
field , \lnd \ there are also many with !
the Russian army In Manchuria It
IH Interesting to add that the Central
British Red Cross CouncIl , of which
the Queen Is president , proposes ) 10
form a Red Cross committee ( which
had nothing to do with the dogs ) for .
each county , and for towns with a pop- t
uhtiou of over 10,000 The object Is
so to organize the voluntary aid resources . 1
:
sources of the country that should war
break out the preparations for dealing ,
with the wouudod may ue complete- t
Liverpool ( Eng ) 1\lercury. . . .
Why Hen Turns Eggs 'vcr.
"In the country last summer , " said , J
a young city man , "I saw a setting
hen rise wearily from her eggs one afternoon . I
ternoon and turn them over , one by '
1
one. Then she resumed her scat upon
them
" 'What made the hen do that ? I I 1
said to the milkmaid beside me. )
" 'Bless you , sir , all setting hens do 't
so They do so every clay " said the ,
mll1mah1. 'Every afternoon at about &
this time they turn their eb'gS Thus > >
the eggs get the same treatment all I
around. One part Isn't overwarmed
and another part overchiJIod. The .
temperature inside Is kept uniform. . j
"If hens dldu't turn their eggs ,
every day some or the egg would " - .
never hatch , while out of others mal- . I
formed chickens , monstrosities would
come. "
A Tender Avowal.
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To Miss : Chimpanzee said the monk ,
As cunning ! as a 1108s11m he ,
"I'\'e got a life pass 011 this road ,
Come , my chlmpansy blossom ue.
The subway trains are very swift ,
I bear they never bump any ,
Como , take the limited with me ;
, And . be my xtJresl5 company ! "
-New York sun
