Lawrence-M. W. Stevenson:

Condition of organized labor in this city is above the average. All men have been steadily employed, but during the winter the textile workers are on short time. Since last report painters and paperhangers received increase of 25 cents per day without strike.

Malden. John G. Cogill:

About 90 per cent of the workers here are organized. Most trades steadily employed. Carpenters organized during the month. Have two new unions under way.

Milford.-John M. McRae:

Employment has been unusually steady this fall. Condition of organized labor good, but the wages received by the unorganized workers are very poor. Plumbers have formed union.

Readville.-John J. Gallagher:

Employment is fairly steady in all lines. Organized machinists in railroad shops average 7 cents more per hour than the unorganized. A union of carmen was organized at Newport during the month. Have unions of carmen under way at Calias, Me., and Waterville, Me.

MINNESOTA.

Crookston.-John D. Chubbuck:

The workers are steadily employed at good wages here. Brewery workers of Virginia, Minn., obtained reduction in hours from ten to nine hours a day without strike. Street-car men of Winona adjusted threatened strike after a conference with officials. Plumbers and brewery workers of Virginia, organized during the month. Carpenters and painters of Crookston are organizing. Through the use of the union labels tailors in Virginia have increased their wages about 5 per cent since they organized. The union carpenters in Virginia get 45 cents per hour and ninehour day, while the unorganized carpenters there get 35 and 40 cents per hour for the ten-hour day. Machinists of International Falls organized recently.

Minneapolis.-Frank Fisher:

Employment is steady. Have formed union of electrical workers in Birmingham, Ala. Have electrical workers' unions under way at Charlestown and Huntington, W. Va.

MISSOURI.

Joplin.-Charles W. Fear:

Interest in union labels here is reviving. The women's auxiliary to typographical union is arousing much general interest, and a move is now on foot to form a women's union label league.

Also a retail clerks' union was recently formed as a result of the constant hammering for a clerks union in the columns of the labor paper and agitation by union workers. The tailors are expected to reorganize and there are several other crafts which see the need of an organization at once. The theatrical stage workers have recured recognition of their local by all the theaters in the district. Farmers' unions in Southwest Missouri reported to be growing in numbers and influence. News of a special session of the Missouri Legislature has been received in Joplin. Governor Hadley has been asked to call a special session to consider the advisability of passing a bill giving cities of this State the commission form of government; also the passage of an Employers' Liability Law.

Kansas City.-John T. Smith:

Organized labor is recognized by all fair employers. The shopmen on the Harriman lines are out to a man, and prospects are good for the men to win. We look for the passage of a city ordinance creating factory inspection. Several new unions are under way.

St. Louis.-J. C. Shanessy:

Through agitation of the union shop card the organized barbers have been greatly aided in organizing a large portion of the barbers in the country, and by so doing the labor movement has to a great degree aided us in stamping out the dread disease tuberculosis, so prevalent among our craft, caused by the long hours of labor and Sunday slavery. The Journeymen Barbers' Union of America stands for the sanitary shop, for courteous and honest treatment of its patrons, and is opposed to the imposition and overcharges characteristic of the nonunion shop with no fixed schedule. We trust that all will join us in a united effort to create a greater demand for union-made products and by so doing aid materially in organizing the unorganized workshops of all crafts throughout the country.

MONTANA.

Billings.-H. W. Nelson:

Organized labor has the advantage here. A street railway is being constructed and we have succeeded in having agreement with them to work the eight-hour day at $3 instead of ten hours at $2.75, which rate was in force when the job was started. Newsboys are organizing.

Bozeman.-J. W. Davis:

Organized trades show improved conditions. Laundry workers and plumbers organized recently. Musicians and possibly clerks will form unions in the near future.

NEBRASKA.

Lincoln.-Frank M. Coffey:

Condition of organized labor fair. Work has been steady in most lines. There are a number of trades yet unorganized and hope to get some of them organized in the near future.

Omaha. - Harry Wilson, W. A. Chrisman, and J. R. Wanberg:

Employment is fairly steady. The scales of wages for union men are higher than the unorganized. Barbers are waging a struggle for the Sunday closing of barbershops. Painters and decorators obtained increase in wages without strike. Steam

engineers secured several new eight-hour contracts. There has been general increase in wages of the organized trades. Bartenders, laundry workers, creamery employes of this city are organizing; also painters of Fremont, bartenders of Fremont, sheet metal workers and stationary firemen of Lincoln are forming unions.

NEW HAMPSHIRE.

Concord.-Chas. J. French:

Organized labor excels unorganized labor in every respect as regards wages, hours, and conditions. The union labels are well patronized.

Manchester.-John J. Coyne:

The condition of organized labor is far in advance of the unorganized. Carpenters have increased their membership. Cigarmakers are doing good work for the union labels. Carders organized union and affiliated with the textile workers.

NEW JERSEY.

Morristown.-A. B Losey: Condition of organized labor is superior to the unorganized as regards wages and hours. The unions have been instrumental in establishing a shorter workday for the unorganized workers generally. Teamsters have organized and are increasing their membership. Hope to have clerks' union under way shortly. All members of organized labor have been steadily employed.

NEW YORK.

Albany.-Wm. A. McCabe:

State of employment is fair. Condition of organized labor very good. Street railway employes obtained increase in wages through arbitration. Riggers and ice handlers have organized and affiliated with the central body.

Auburn.-James C. Carroll:

Organized labor making steady progress. Work is steady in most lines. Cement workers gained a scale of $4.50 for finishers; $2.50 for helpers, 27% cents an hour for mixers, and the nine hour day, without strike. Boot and shoe workers are organizing union.

Brooklyn.-Rudolph Modest:

The two butcher workers' unions here have won the struggle for the nine and half hour workday for 1912 and beginning October 1, 1912, they will enforce the nine-hour day. This agreement was reached in a conference with the master butchers, who also agreed to recognize the union. In addition to the improvement in hours, the starting time for all union shops has been regulated so as to do away with night work. Have a union of butchers under way at Poughkeepsie.

Gloversville.-Chauncy Thayer:

Organized labor in good shape and steadily employed. The glove-working industry is not organized and, while work is plentiful in that line, conditions are not so good. Efforts are being made to organize the glove workers.

Hudson.-Alburtis Nooney:

Union men are steadily employed at good wage scales. Street railway men of this city have organized and joined the organization in Rensselaer. Bartenders are organizing.

Newburgh.-John Rothery:

Organized workers are obtaining better conditions day by day, while the unorganized trades

stand still, satisfied with whatever is offered. Several trades have improved wages without strike. The carpenters of Cornwall, who organized a month ago with nineteen members, now have a membership of seventy-five. Stage employes of Walden are about to organize.

New York.-Chas. A. Sheraton:

Two unions of longshoremen are about to affiliate with the international organization. Have one new union under way. Steam engineers and marine engineers also are organizing.

Norwich.-W. E. Miner:

Conditions are decidedly in favor of the organized workers. Painters recently obtained increase of $2 a week without strike. Have one new union under way.

Peekskill.-B. A. Dietz:

Organized labor is in the best of condition as regards wages, hours, and working conditions. All unions are steadily increasing in membership. Retail clerks have gained reduction in hours from eighty-two to sixty-eight hours per week without strike. A union man was elected to the office of town auditor. Stationary firemen, barbers, and trolleymen are organizing.

Penn Yan.-Evert Brown:

Union men work shorter hours, receive more pay, and are given the preference on higher class of work than the unorganized workers. Millmen report work steady, full time, and good prospects. Schenectady.-John J. Henley:

Most trades steadily employed. Street railway carmen bettered their conditions after three days' strike. Boilermakers are on strike. Street-car men, public school janitors, and pipefitters have organized. Slate and tile roofers, teamsters, and firemen are organizing.

NORTH CAROLINA. Raleigh.-W. H. Singleton:

Organized labor in good shape, and steadily employed. Bindery women obtained 10 per cent increase in wages without strike. Painters, decorators, and paperhangers organized during the month.

Dayton.-W. O. Chase:

Very few union men out of work, although state of employment is not so good. Hoisting engineers obtained increase of 50 cents per day. Laborers are organizing.

Lancaster.-E. P. Hunter:

Carpenters, brick masons, railroad trainmen, and glass workers are organizing. Union men are receiving higher wages and better hours than the unorganized.

Pomeroy.-John W. McIntosh:

Carpenters, mine workers, and stone and brickmasons are forming unions. Work has been steady. Condition of organized labor is good.

Steubenville.-A. C. Johnston:

Organized labor in good shape. Retail clerks have reorganized and are making progress. Bakers are forming union.

Wellsville.-Frank Smurthwaite:

Work is plentiful in all lines. Condition of organized labor steadily improving. We elected labor candidate as delegate to the next constitutional convention. Trades and labor council is being formed.

OKLAHOMA.

Chickasha.-A. W. Bennett:

Organized labor in much better condition and more steadily employed than the unorganized trades. Plumbers succeeded in signing up all employers in this city for the union scale and better working conditions for 1912 without strike.

Enid.-J. H. Pieh:

Organized labor fairly well employed in all lines, although there are a number of unorganized workers walking the streets. Several trades are talking of organizing.

Muskogee.-Thos. Leach:

Teamsters, cleaners, pressers, and dyers organized during the month. Bakers, butchers, clerks, and laundry workers are organizing. Organized trades in good shape.

OREGON.

Klamath Falls.-C. B. Rector:

Organized workers get the preference in the better classes of work. Prospects bright for next season. Painters are getting ready to organize.

Medford.-Frank W. Cotterell:

Organized workers are holding their own. Conservative work on the part of the Central Labor Council is making for better conditions. Cement workers obtained advance in wages and the eighthour day after but little opposition. Expect to organize cooks and waiters at Klamath Falls shortly.

PENNSYLVANIA.

Blossburg.-W. H. Jones:

So far, the miners are the only workers organized here. Retail clerks have a union under way. Carbondale.-C. J. Rechsteiner:

All trades working full time. The wages of union men are higher and they have shorter hours than the unorganized workers. Federal labor union has been organized and has increased its membership to over a hundred members. Have prospects of organizing tailors, horseshoers, and bartenders.

E. Greenville.-Chas. E. Shenk:

All shops are working full time, in some cases overtime. Musicians of Readhill have organized, and have prospects of organizing a band in this city. Forest City.-F. A. Burdick:

Union labor here receives full union wage scales, while the unorganized workers accept what they can get. Work is steady. Union mechanics have the eight-hour day.

Hazelton.-Albert Walck:

Work is plentiful at present. Organized trades generally in good shape. Bartenders organized during month.

Lancaster.-H. Tillbrook:

All unions flourishing and increasing in membership. Central labor union is very active booming union label products and pushing organization work.

Dallas.-R. H. Campbell:

Conditions of labor are fair for this time of the year. Building trades council card is being enforced and recognized. Over 1,000 new members from this city affiliated with the State Federation of Labor. Hodcarriers and building laborers and cracker bakers have organized recently.

Longview.-W. T. McDuffie:

All union men working at this writing. Carpenters and painters advanced wages to 40 cents per hour without trouble. About $200,000 is being expended by city officials in improvements on streets and roads. Painters, paperhangers, and decorators organized recently.

Palestine.-S. A. Taylor and E. M. Ware:

Butcher workers have organized and in less than thirty days secured contract with the proprietors, closing all markets on Sunday, and without reduction in pay. Stage workers, after one night's strike, won their contention. Condition of organized labor fair. Two new unions under way.

Paris.-J. J. Cunningham:

A trades council has been formed and we expect good results from more concerted action. Blacksmiths at Hugo will probably organize in the near future.

Port Arthur.-C. B. Maitrejean:

All organized trades receiving standard wage scales and hours. Longshoremen here get the highest wage paid on the Gulf Coast, and the nine-hour day. Cooks and waiters and pile drivers have organized. Laundry workers, teamsters, and federal union are organizing. An eight-hour ordinance is being submitted to the city commissioners; this ordinance also provides for a minimum wage scale. Pile drivers obtained increase of twenty-five cents per day.

Sherman.-Josh McGrew:

Organized labor in this vicinity in good shape. The eight-hour law, which was passed by the Legislature and vetoed by the Governor, has been held constitutional by the Supreme Court.

Teague.-J. W. Kennedy:

Work is steady at present. The eight-hour day at $3.60 has been obtained without strike. Laundry workers and teamsters are organizing.

Temple.-J. A. McCalmont:

All trades are steadily employed; union men get the highest wages. Clerks are talking of organizing. All merchants are carrying union label goods.

VIRGINIA.

Roanoke.-J. L. Allen:

There is a decided revival in the trade union movement here, among the railroad organizations, and we are looking for a general revival in all the trades. Work is steady and prospects are bright. All employes on the line and in the shops of the N. & W. railroad obtained substantial increase in wages and reduced hours from ten to nine per day last September. The system federation of all crafts is recognized on the N. & W. railroad, and an agreement is in force. Everything is working in harmony, and the men are endeavoring to prove daily that unionism is good for the employer as well as the men.

WASHINGTON.

Seattle.-Joseph Sorensen:

Boot and shoe workers, upholsterers and carpetlayers, and stove mounters have formed union during the month. Elevator operators, street-car men, carriage workers, and blacksmiths have unions under way. The women's eight-hour law was passed by State Legislature.

Spokane.-Wm. J. Coates:

Preparations have been made for the convention of the State Federation which meets here during the month. Federal union has been organized at Rockford. Workmen's compensation act is now in effect and awards have already been made to injured workmen.

WEST VIRGINIA.

Charleston.-Frank W. Snyder:

Organizations are making steady gain. Employment steady for this time of the year. Plumbers organized recently. Have a number of unions way.

Chester.-W. B. Stewart:

Union men are working steadily at fair wages at this writing. Unorganized workers while steadily employed do not have as good wages.

Fairmont.-Dixon Riley:

All organized workers in fine shape. Musicians at Fairmont and Mannington have organized recently. Expect to form a central body soon. Work is steady.

Mammoth.-C. N. Pickering:

Five unions of mine workers have been organized during the month, and have two other unions under way. Condition of organized labor is fair.

WISCONSIN.

Oshkosh.-S. L. Sanders:

Union men are steadily employed. Stage employes obtained raise in wages and contract signed without strike. Organized labor has the best of it as regards conditions. Expect to have flour mill employes and stationary firemen's union under way.

Superior.-William M. O'Carroll:

Hope to report organizations of the building laborers, street-car men, and stationary engineers next month. An ordinance creating the office of building inspector is before the city council. Work is fairly steady in most lines.

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FINANCIAL STATEMENT.

The following is a statement of the receipts and expenses for the month of November, 1911. (The months are abbreviated thus: j, f, m, a, m, etc.) Balance on hand October 31, 1911..

1. Horse nail makers 7073, tax, a, s, 'll, $5.55; df, $5.55

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2. Mineral water workers 12674, tax, s, o, 'll, $9.50; d f, $9.50..

Flour and cereal mill employes 13206, tax, oct, '11, $1; df, $1

Hat makers and trimmers 13191, tax, a, s, o, '11, $1.05; d f, $1.05..

Railroad helpers and laborers 14066, tax, oct, '11, $1.40; d f, $1.40.

Boilermakers and helpers 13148, tax, oct, '11, $1.20; d f, $1.20...

Embalmers and helpers 13180, tax, sept, '11, 70c; d f, 70c

Tuck pointers 10384, tax, oct, '11, $3.50; df, $3.50...

Gold beater; 12899, tax, oct, '11, $3.90; d f, $3.90 Firemens asso 12270, tax, oct, '11, $5; d f, $5 Bookkeepers, stenographers, and accountants 12646, tax, nov, 'll, $2.75; d f, $2.75... Central labor union, Stamford, Conn, tax, a, s, o, '11..

Trades and labor assem, Sandusky, Ohio, tax, j, a, s, '11..

Intl brick, tile, and terra cotta workers alliance, tax, oct, '11..

Switchmens union of N A, tax, oct, '11.
Brushmakers intl union, tax, oct, '11..
Intl broom and whisk makers union, tax,
a, s, o, '11....

Suspendermakers 9560, sup.

3. Flour and cereal mill employes 14030, tax, oct. 11, 35c; d f, 35c.

Central labor union, Amsterdam, NY,
tax, jan, to and incl june, '11.
Central labor union, Auburn, NY, tax,
may, '11, to and incl jan, '12..
Machinists helpers 14116, tax, oct, '11, $1.90;
d f, $1.90

Florists and nursery employes 14134, sup.. Calumet joint labor council, Chicago, Ill, sup...

Federal labor 8786, tax, oct, '11, $1.10; d f, $1.10 Federal labor 12837, tax, oct, '11, $6.90; d f, $6.90.