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Sandusky.-Jay C. Mason:

Condition of organized labor is good; employment steady. A union of brick, tile and terra cotta workers has been formed and the electricians are discussing organization.

Springfield.-C. W. Rich:

During the past month wage-scales providing for increases have been put in operation by the typographical union, plasterers' and brewery workers' unions. The increases average from $1 to $2 per week. The machinists and patternmakers are conducting an organizing campaign. The metal polishers have increased their membership. The Trades and Labor Assembly recently put on a spring festival that proved profitable for the central body. The Women's Union Label League in commemorating the silver anniversary of the Trades and Labor Assembly made a donation of two handsome drinking fountains to the Labor Temple. Work is slowly improving in all trades but there are more than enough workmen to supply the demand. The city charter provides that all municipal work, including that done by contractors, shall be on an eight-hour basis.

OKLAHOMA

Chickasha.-A. W. Bennett:

Organized labor is in good condition compared with unorganized. Our unions have maintained their wage-scales throughout the industrial depression of the past winter. With the advent of spring all union men are at work. The unorganized have been in a deplorable condition and many of them are still unemployed. Our central body has a label committee at work. A workmen's compensation law, a nine-hour law for women and a plumbers' inspection law was passed by the last legislature.

Oklahoma City.-T. T. Harvey:

Condition of organized labor is improving. Employment is practically steady at this season. We are canvassing business houses in the interests of the union label. The hodcarriers and lathers have organized and the clerks, butchers, blacksmiths and broommakers are discussing organization.

PENNSYLAVNIA

Allentown.-Henry Steinacker:

Conditions for the organized workers are improving very much. Employment is fairly steady with the exception of one craft. Millmen have received $2.50 increase and six hours less work a week. There is a greater demand than ever for the union label. The state legislature passed a workmen's compensation law, a child labor law and defeated the proposal to increase the state police. A union of plumbers and steamfitters has organized, and the retail clerks are discussing organization.

Butler.-Earnest C. Faber:

Employment is unsteady. Wages and working conditons among some of the locals are better than at any other time. Effective work is being done for the union label. A barbers' local has been organized at Kittaning.

Creighton.-Louis Federkiewich:

The condition of organized labor is very good. The building trades unions have received wage increases. Employment is fair. Wage increases have

All interests are Local No. 266,

been secured without a strike. working for the union label. Journeymen Barbers' Union, organized the past month.

Easton.-Wm. Slaybecker:

Organized labor is in good shape. Hodcarriers have secured a raise in wages of 5 cents an hour. There is a good demand for the union label. Textile workers are discussing organization.

Wilkes-Barre.-John J. Yonhon:

Because of the activity of our unions in enforcing the old laws and demanding new ones, there will be some changes in our unorganized industries in regard to hours of child labor. Employment is fair, although there are many idle in our vicinity. The horseshoers' union has signed an agreement with their employers. Several gains have been secured. Several large stores have given contracts for remodeling with a clause calling for union labor. We can report the formation of several new locals in the very near future.

RHODE ISLAND

Westerly.-Nelson Dore:

Condition of organized labor is good; employment steady for the organized workers. We are doing good work for the union label.

SOUTH CAROLINA

Greenville.-H. C. Cole:

Employment is steady, though wages in some trades, particularly street railway employes, painters, carpenters and textile workers are below standard. The two latter are now organizing to better conditions. Merchants are buying unionmade goods.

TEXAS

Paris.-F. E. Griffis:

Employment is very unsteady. Organized labor. is trying to secure the initiative, referendum and recall in this city. Union label goods are being demanded. A union of hodcarriers, building and common laborers is under way.

Sherman.-W. M. Alexander:

Condition of organized labor is good compared with the unorganized. The demand for the union label is increasing.

VIRGINIA

Bristol.-J. E. Benson:

Condition of organized labor is very good. Employment steady in some branches and in others about three days a week. Unions are agitating for the formation of a central body.

Roanoke.-T. H. Adams:

Condition of the organized is far better than that of the unorganized. Employment at present is very encouraging. Plans are now being perfected for a labor forward movement with good prospects of success. There is a big demand for the union label.

Portsmouth.-James H. Wilson:

Organized workers have better working conditions and higher wage rates than the unorganized. Em

ployment is normal. The Central Labor Union has an active union label committee. A union of general helpers and laborers, both white and colored, has been organized.

WASHINGTON

North Yakima.-M. E. Murray:

Nearly all members of labor unions are employed. A number of unskilled are unemployed. A free employment office under federal supervision has been established in this city. A union of horseshoers is under way.

WISCONSIN

Ashland.-J. M. O'Brien:

Conditions of organized labor are better than those of the unorganized. The coal hoisters have formed a union and are asking for a new contract with wage increases. We are demanding the union label.

WYOMING

Cheyenne.-W. W. Gildroy:

Condition of the organized is better than the unorganized. Employment is irregular. Good work is being done for the union label. Three unions have

been organized the past month and several are under way. The injunction against the fifty-sixhour law for women is still pending.

ALASKA, CANADA AND NOVA SCOTIA.

Juneau, Alaska.-F. L. Alstrom: Condition of organized labor is fair; that of the unorganized is poor. Employment is steady.

Lethbridge, Alberta, Can.-J. M. Ritchie:

There is a large number of unemployed here and unions are appealing to the federal government to open up work in this district.

New Glasgow, Nova Scotia.-Clifford C. Dane: Organized labor is fast coming to the front here. We have made several important gains. Employes of the Eastern Car Company raised wages and bettered conditions without a strike. Employment at some plants is steady. The number of unemployed in this district is very small. Unionists have requested the town council to insert a fair wage and a shorter workday clause in all city contracts. We are continually agitating for the union label. The Nova Scotia Workmen's Compensation Act which was passed May 7, is the first legislation of this kind in Canada. The machinists are conducting a vigorous organizing campaign.

CONVENTIONS OF INTERNATIONAL UNIONS, 1915

July, Atlantic City, N. J., National Brotherhood of Operative Potters.

July 5, New York, N. Y., Piano, Organ, and Muscial Instrument Workers' International Union of America.

July 5, Chicago, Ill., International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employes of America.

July 17, Holyoke, Mass., American Wire Weavers' Protective Association.

July 19, Philadelphia, Pa., International Steel and Copper Plate Printers of North America.

July 19,- —, Upholsterers' International Union of America.

July 20, Milwaukee, Wis., Retail Clerks' International Protective Association.

August, San Francisco, Cal., International Brotherhood of Composition Roofers, Damp and Waterproof Workers of the United States and Canada.

August 2, Detroit, Mich., Amalgamated Sheet Metal Workers' International Alliance.

August 2, San Francisco, Cal., International Seamen's Union of America.

August 2, East St. Louis, Ill., Glass Bottle Blowers Association of the United States and Canada.

August 2, Cincinnati, Ohio, International Brotherhood of Stationary Firemen.

August 3, Detroit, Mich., International Glove Workers' Union of America.

August 9, Los Angeles, Cal., International Typographical Union.

August 16, San Francisco, Cal., International Photo-Engravers' Union of North America.

September

International Union of Carriage, Wagon and Automobile Workers of North America.

September - San Francisco, Cal., American Brotherhood of Cement Workers.

September, Bangor, Pa., American Brotherhood of Slate Workers.

September 6, San Francisco, Cal., National Federation of Post-office Clerks.

September 9, Boston, Mass., Spinners' International Union.

September 13, Rochester, N. Y., Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employes of America.

September 15, Minneapolis, Minn., Brotherhood of Railroad Freight Handlers.

September 17,

Pocket Knife Blade Grinders and Finishers' National Union.

September 20, San Francisco, Cal., International Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers. September 20, San Francisco, Cal., Coopers' International Union of North America.

September 20, St. Paul, Minn., International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers of America.

October 4, San Francisco, Cal., International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Stablemen, and Helpers of America.

October 18, New York, N. Y., United Textile Workers of America.

November 8, San Francisco, Cal., American Federation of Labor.

November 8, San Francisco, Cal., International Longshoremen's Association.

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