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iu«* oui\ mum hi tut? ihuvi Hacbury street joinery works in the east end of l^cmdon.At Woonsocket, R. I., uti anti-tuber-cutouts association has been perfected, and among the committee appointments is a Factory Committee, which will care for and Investigate conditions in the local mills.Word cornea from Providence. R. I., that the typographical unions are con-siderliig the formation of a New England label conference of their own. timiiar to those of the cigar makers olid other unions.Two union men out of a possible live, under the new commission plan of city government, were recently clouted at C^clar Rupld.t, la., while the newly elected mayor Is an honorarymember of the iron workers.Three English railway companies—the Tuff Vale, the Rhymney and the Somerset Dorset—-have completed the election of representatives to the Cocci Illation Board; all the candidatesof the union were elected unopposed. Master horseahoers at Boston, Mass.,have perfected sin *mraniziH ion thei ne vt omen nai ^rs i nion„ wnicn was established In Spokane, Wash., last March, and was the first of Its kind In the country Is reported In a nourishing condition. The women barbers of Seat tip have made application for membership.The first time in the history of any labor organization Miss Anna C. Wilson, a member of Columbia Typographical union, Washington, D. C,, leads the list of elected trustees of the Union Printers* Home at Colorado Springs, Col,Trade unions in the British leather industry, with a membership of 11570, reporting for April to the London Board of Trade, had 8 per cent of theirmembers unemployed, as comparedwith 6.8 per cent in March, and 5.7 a year ago.International Longshoremen's Association will hold its annual conventionat Erie, fJa.. July 6. On the same dateInternational Jewelry Workers* Unionwill meet in Buffalo, N. Y.f and Brush-makers* International Union at Cincinnati, O. .Pmint iHa tnl Ai#nsi f Irma 1 hufulfiiin rtdft?Dunging me touil uu to 47,953 mem-bers.Figures taken from I he annual report of the State Commissioner of Labor of Missouri indicate that in thatState are 642 labor unions, of which 208 are in St. Louis; 86 In Kansas City; 39 In St. Joseph, and 309 outside vii these cities. In St. Louis there are45,599 members of organized labor.During the year 1907, 6.483 new industries were reported in the South, compared with 6411 in 1906, which was the best record ever made. The leading states were Texas, 1,328; Oklahoma. 794, and Virginia, Tenessee, North Carolina, Alabama and Arkansas, from 400 to 650 each.Coal operators and miners of the Eastern Ohio district reached a two-year agreement at Cleveland, Ohio, recently, after a stormy session. All differences were adjusted and work in allminer will he resumed. In the EasternOhio Held 10,000 miners are employed. They are directly affected by this action.The Wisconsin Federation of Labori mis* wneu a cuun is seen in me streets carrying too heavy a load a prosecution follows if it Is employed by an Industrial concern, but nothingis done if it belongs to a commercialhouse. The minister of labor, M«Vivani, has introduced a bill to remove this illogical distinction.Boston.—The subject of a state Industrial college Is being considered in Masachtiset ts. U Is purposed to establish the Institute in Boston or vicinity, and that it shall maintain both day and evening classes. The main object of such a school is to develop men for the lower and middle supervisory positions.Glasgow.—The Scottish coal owners have put forward a demand for a reduction in wages of 25 per cent. Only a short time ago a matter of reduction was referred to arbitration, as the conciliation board could not agree. The award was for a reduction of G!4 per cent.; now comes the claim for 25 per cent.Boston.—Practically every labor organization which met here indorsed the strike of Boston Cigar Factory Tobacco Strippers* union 8,156. A, F. of L„ at the shops of one big local manufacturer. The C. L. U. has appointed
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Lincoln Wageworker
Lincoln, Nebraska, US
Sat, Jul 04, 1908
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