Labor Legislation-Continued. classes of employés, except in farm or domestic labor, though overwork for extra pay is permitted in private employments. North Carolina.-Traln despatchers. etc., on railroads may work only eight hours, unless otherwise permitted by the corporation commission. North Dakota.-Eight hours are a day's labor on public roads. Ohio.-Eight hours shall constitute a day's work in all engagements to labor in any mechanical, manufacturing or mining business, unless otherwise expressly stipulated in the contract. Oklahoma.-Eight hours constitute a day's labor on all public works, and in underground mines. Oregon.-Eight hours constitute a day's labor on all public works, and in underground mines yielding metal. Pennsylvania.-Eight hours of labor shall be deemed and held to be a legal day's work in all cases of labor and service by the day where there is no agreement or contract to the contrary. This does not apply to farm or agricultural labor or to service by the year, month or week. hours constitute a day's labor for all mechanics, workmen, and laborers in the employ of the State, or of any municipal corporation therein, or otherwise engaged on public works. This act shall be deemed to apply to employés of contractors. Engineers hoisting workmen at anthracite coal mines Eight may work but eight hours per day. Philippine Islands.-Eight hours constitute a day's work on highways. Porto Rico. -Nolaborer may be compelled to work more than eight hours per day on public works. Texas.-Eight hours constitute a day's work on the highways, and by train despatchers, etc., except at stations where but one operator is employed. Utah.-Eight hours constitute a day's labor on all works carried on or aided by the State, county or municipal governments, and in all underground mines or workings, and in smelters and all other establishments for the reduction of ores. Washington.-Eight hours in any calendar day shall constitute a day's work on any work done for the State, or for any county or municipality, and in underground coal mines. West Virginia.-Eight hours shall constitute a day's work for all laborers, workmen, and mechanics who may be employed by or on behalf of the State, and for telegraph operators directing the movement of trains where three or more passenger or ten or more freight trains pass in 24 hours. Wisconsin.-In all engagements to labor in any manufacturing or mechanical business, where there is no express contract to the contrary, a day's work shall consist of eight hours, but the law does not apply to contracts for labor by the week, month or year. on the public highways. Employés on public works and train despatchers may be employed but Eight hours constitute a day's labor eight hours per day. Wyoming.-Eight hours' actual work constitute a legal day's labor in all underground mines, in smelters, and on all State and municipal works. United States. -A day's work for all laborers, workmen and mechanics who may be employed by the United States, or by any contractor or sub-contractor upon any of the public works of the United States, including dredging and rock excavation in river and harbor work, is limited to eight hours. THE WORLD ALMANAC is indebted to Commissioner Royal Meeker of the U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics for this Summary of Labor Legislation revised to date. STATE LABOR BUREAUS IN THE UNITED STATES. Title. District of Col. United States Bureau of Labor Stat.. LOCATION. Arkansas... California... Colorado..... Bureau of Labor Statistics.... Connecticut... Bureau of Labor Statistics.. Georgia. Hawaii. Idaho.. Illinois.. Indiana. Iowa. Kansas. Department of Commerce & Labor. Kentucky.. Louisiana Maine. Maryland Michigan. Minnesota.. Missouri Montana.. Nebraska... Bureau of Labor & Industrial Statistics Bureau of Labor Statistics & Inspection N. Carolina... Bureau of Labor & Printing.. North Dakota Department of Agriculture & Labor Ohio Oklahoma.. Oregon. Bureau of Labor Statistics 1883 Jno. P. McLaughlin. San Francisco. 1887 M. L. Shipman.. Pennsylvania Bureau of Industrial Statistics *. Rhode Island. Bureau of Industrial Statistics. Lincoln. Concord. Trenton. Albany. Raleigh. Bismarck. In 1913 the State of Pennsylvania established a Department of Labor & Industry, of which John Price Jackson is the commissioner. General Labor Organizations. AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR. PRESIDENT, Samuel Gompers, 801-809 G Street, N. W.. Washington. D. C.; Secretary, Frank Morrison, same address; Treasurer, John B. Lennon, Bloomington, Ill. First Vice President, James Duncan, Hancock Building, Quincy, Mass.; Second Vice-President, John Mitchell. 3 Claremont Avenue, Mt. Vernon, N. Y.; Third Vice-President, James O Connell, 512 On ay Building, Washington, D. C.; Fourth Vice-President, D. A. Hayes, 930 Witherspoon Building, Philadelphia, Pa.; Fifth Vice-President, Wm. D. Huber, 71 Lombard Blding. Indianapolis, Ind. Sixth Vice-President. Jos. F. Valentine, Commercial Tribune Building, Cincinnati, Ohio; Seventh Vice-President, John R. Alpine, 401 Bush Temple of Music, Chicago, Ill, Eighth VicePresident. H. B. Perham, Star Building, St. Louis, Mo. The Federation is composed of 113 national and International unions, representing approximately 27,000 local unions, 5 departments, 42 State branches, 615 city central unions, and 673 local umons. The approximate paid membership is 2.000.000. The affiliated unions publish about 540 weekly or monthly papers, devoted to the cause of labor. The official organ is the American Federationist, edited by Samuel Gompers. There are 1.760 organizers of local unions acting under the orders of the American Federation of Labor. The objects and aims of the American Federation of Labor are officially stated to render employment and means of subsistence less precarious by securing to the workers an equitable share of the fruits of their labor. INTERNATIONAL UNIONS COMPRISING THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR, Asbestos Workers, International Association of Heat and Frost Insulators and. Thomas G. McNamara, 2516 Slattery Street, St. Louis, Mo. Bakery and Confectionery Workers' International Union of America. Otto E. Fi-cher, 212 Bush Temple of Music, 221 Chicago Avenue, Chicago, Ill. Ind. Barbers' International Union, Journeymen. Jacob Fischer, 222 East Michigan Street, Indianapolis, Bill Posters and Billers of America, International Alliance of. William McCarthy, Fitzgerald Building, 1482-90 Broadway, New York City. Blacksmiths, International Brotherhood of. Wm. F. Kramer, Rooms 1270-85 Monon Building, Boiler Makers and Iron Ship Builders of America, Brotherhood of. W. J. Gilthorpe, Suite 7-12, Boot and Shoe Workers' Union. C. L. Baine. 246 Summer Street, Boston, Mass. Brewery Workmen. International Union of the United, Louis Kemper, Vine Street, near Hollister, Cincinnati, Ohio. Brick, Tile, and Terra Cotta Workers' Alliance, International. William Van Bodegraven, 2341 West 12th Street, Chicago, Ill. Bridge and Structural Iron Workers. International Association of. Harry Jones, 422-424 American Central Life Building, Indianapolis, Ind. Broom and Whisk Makers' Union, International. C. T. Dolan, 2925 Sheffield Avenue, Chicago, Ill. Brushmakers' International Union. George J. Vitzthun, 2052 Gates Avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y. Carpenters and Joiners of America, United Brotherhood of. Frank Duffy, Carpenters' Building, Indianapolis, Ind. Carriage, Wagon and Automobile Workers of North America, International Union of. William P. Mavell, 30 Chapin Block, Buffalo, N. Y. Carvers' Association of North America, International Wood. Thomas J. Lodge, 10 Carlisle Street, Roxbury, Mass. Cement Workers, American Brotherhood of. Henry Ullner, Room 705 Clunie Building, California and Montgomery Streets, San Francisco. Cal. Cigar Makers' International Union of America, George W Perkins, Monon Building, Chicago, Ill. Cloth Hat and Cap Makers of North America, United. Commercial Telegraphers' Union of America, The. H. J. Conway, Lock Drawer 248, Lafayette, Compressed Air and Foundation Workers Union of the United States and Canada. Henry Kuhlmann, 238 Ten Eyck Street, Brooklyn, N. Y. Coopers' International Union of North America William R. Deal, Suite A, Bishop Building, Kansas City, Kan. Cutting Die and Cutter Makers, International Union of. William Lalor, 642 Concord Avenue, New York City. Brooklyn, Diamond Workers' Protective Union of America. Andries Meyer, 323 Washington Street, N. Y. Electrical Workers of America, International Brotherhood of. Charles P. Ford, Pierick Building. Engineers, International Union of Steam and Operating. James G. Hannahan, 6334 Yale Avenue, Firemen, International Brotherhood of Stationary. Foundry Employés, International Brotherhood of. C. L. Shamp 3615 North 24th Street, Geo. Bechtold. 200 South Broadway, St. Freight Handlers, Brotherhood of Railroad. George H. Kroeger. 816 Harrison Street, Chicago, Ill. Fur Workers' Union of United States and Canada, International. Samuel Korman, 89 East 10th Street, New York City. Garment Workers of America, United, B. A. Larger, Rooms 116-122 Bible House, New York City, Garment Workers' Union, International Ladies'. John Alex. Dyche, 32 Union Square, New York City. GENERAL LABOR ORGANIZATIONS-Cmtinued. Glass Bottle Blowers' Association of the United States and Canada. William Launer, Rooms 930 A. J. Scott, 118 East 28th Street, New 932 Witherspoon Building, Juniper and Walnut Streets, Philadelphia, Pa. Glass Workers' Union, American Flint. William P. Clarke, Ohio Building, Toledo, Ohio. Granite Cutters' International Association of America, The. James Duncan, Hancock Building, Hatters of North America, United. Martin Lawlor, Room 15, 11 Waverley Place, New York City. Hod Carriers', Building and Common Laborers' Union of America, International. A. Persion, Box 597, Albany, N. Y Horse Shoers of United States and Canada, International Union of Journeymen. Hubert S. Hotel and Restaurant Employés' International Alliance and Bartenders' International League of America Jere L. Sullivan, Commercial Tribune Building, Cincinnati, Ohio. Iron.. Steel, and Tin Workers, Amalgamated Association of. M. F. Tighe, House Building, Smithfield and Water Streets, Pittsburgh, Pa. Lace Operatives of America. The Chartered Society of Amalgamated. David L. Gould, 545 West Lehigh Avenue, Philadelphia, Pa. Lathers, International Union of Wood, Wire and Metal. Ralph V. Brandt, 401 Superior Building, Cleveland, Ohio. Laundry Workers' International Union. Charles F. Balley, 604 Second Avenue, Troy, N. Y. Leather Workers on Horse Goods, United Brotherhood of. J. J. Pfeiffer, 504 Postal Building, Kansas City, Mo. Leather Workers' Union of America, Amalgamated. James J. Brennan, 223 Perry Street, Lowell, Mass. Lithographers' International Protective and Beneficial Association of the United States and Canada. James M. O'Connor, Langdon Building, 309 Broadway, New York City. Lithographic Press Feeders of United States and Canada, International Protective Association of. Longshoremen's Association, International. John J. Joyce, 702 Brisbane Building, Buffalo, N.Y. Machinists, International Association of, George Preston, 908-914 G Street, N. W., McGill BuildP. E ing, Washington, D. C. Maintenance of Way Employés, International Brotherhood of. S. J. Pegg, 27 Putnam Avenue, Marble Workers, International Association of. Stephen C. Hogan, 406 East 149th Street, New York City. Meat Cutters and Butchers' Workmen of North America, Amalgamated. Homer D. Call, 212 May Metal Polishers', Buffers'. Platers', Brass and Silver Workers' Union of North America. Metal Workers' International Alliance, Amalgamated Sheet. John E. Bray, 325 Nelson Building, Mine Workers of America, United. William Green, State Life Building, Indianapolis, Ind. Moulders' Union of North America, International. Victor Kleiber, 530 Walnut Street, Cincinnati, Ohio. Painters, Decorators and Paperhangers of America, Brotherhood of. J. C. Skemp, Drawer 99, Lafayette, Ind. Paper-Makers, International Brotherhood of. J. T. Carey, 127 North Pearl Street, Albany, N. Y. Pattern-Makers' League of North America. James Wilson, Second National Bank Building, Ninth and Main Streets, Cincinnati, Ohio. Pavers, Rammermen, Flag Layers, Bridge and Stone Curb Setters, International Union of. Edward Paving Cutters' Union of the United States of America and Canada. Photo-Engravers' Union of North America, International. Philadelphia, Pa. John Sheret, Lock Box 27, Louis A. Schwarz, 228 Apsley Street, Piano and Organ Workers' Union of America, International. Charles Dold, 1037 Greenwood Plasterers' International Association of the United States and Canada, Operative. T. A. Scully, 442 East Second Street, Middletown, Ohio, Plate Printers' Union of North America, International Steel and Copper. F Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. Charles T. Smith, 612 Plumbers, Gas Fitters, Steam Fitters, and Steam Fitters' Helpers of United States and Canada, Printing Pressmen's Union, International. Barre, Vt. Joseph C. Orr, Rogersville, Tenn, Pulp, Sulphite and Paper Mill Workers of the United States and Canada, International Brotherhood GENERAL LABOR ORGANIZATIONS-Continued. Railway Express Messengers of America, Brotherhood of. William F. Morrison, 326 Lee Building, Seamen's Union, of America, International, Thomas A. Hanson, 570 West Lake Street, Chicago, Ill. Slate and Tile Roofers' Union of America, International. Joseph M. Gavlak, 3643 West 47th Street, Spinners' International Union. Urban Fleming, 188 Lyman Street, Holyoke, Mass. Stage Employés' International Alliance, Theatrical. Lee M. Hart, 1547 Broadway, New York City. Steel Plate Transferrers' Association of America, The. J. T. W. Miller, 1024 Park Road, N. W., Washington, D. C. Stereotypers' and Electrotypers' Union of North America, International. George W. Williams, Room 29, Globe Building, Boston, Mass. Stonecutters' Association of North America, Journeymen. Walter W. Drayer, Central Life Building, Indianapolis, Ind. Stove Mounters' International Union. Frank Grimshaw, 1210 Jefferson Avenue, E., Detroit, Mich. L. Hughes, 222 East Michigan Street, Indianapolis, Ind. Textile Workers of America, United. Albert Hibbert, Box 742, Fall River, Mass. Thomas Tile Layers' and Helpers' International Union, Ceramic, Mosaic, and Encaustic. James P. Reynolds, Tip Printers, International Brotherhood of. T. J. Carolan, 6 Plum Street, Newark, N. J. Travellers' Goods and Leather Novelty Workers' International Union of America, Murt Malone, 191 Boyd Street, Oshkosh, Wis. Tunnel and Subway Constructors' International Union, Michael Carraher, 150 East 125th Street, New York City. Typographical Union, International. J. W. Hays, Newton Claypool Building, Indianapolis, Ind. Upholsterers' International Union of North America. James H. Hatch, 234 First Avenue, Long Island City, N. Y. Weavers' Amalgamated Association, Elastic Goring. Alfred Haughton, 50 Cherry Street, Brockton, Mass. Weavers' Protective Association, American Wire. E. E. Desmond, 27 Woodland Avenue, Woodnaven, L. I. White Rats Actors' Union of America, W. W. Waters, 227 West 46th Street, New York City. NATIONAL UNIONS NOT AFFILIATED WITH THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR. Bricklayers and Masons' International. William Dobson, University Park Building, Indianapolis, Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. Warren S. Stone, Grand Chief Engineer, Cleveland, Ohio; W. B. Prenter, General Secretary, Cleveland, Ohio. Ind. Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen. A. W. Hawley, General Secretary, Jefferson Building, Peoria, III. Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen. A. E. King, General Secretary-Treasurer, American Trust Building, Cleveland, Ohio. Order of Railway Conductors of America. A. B. Garretson, President, Kimball Building, Cedar Rapids, Iowa KNIGHTS OF LABOR. General Master Workman, John W. Hayes, Washington, D. C.; General Secretary-Treasurer, I. D. Chamberlain, 43 B St. N. W., Washington, D. C.; General Executive Board, Chris. Hill, Brooklyn, N. Y.: John C. Patterson, Philadelphia, Pa.; M. F. Holleran, New York City. Population Engaged in Endustrial Occupations. THE following table gives the percentages of total occupied population for the principal groups in the eight leading industrial countries: Ger- Aus- HunBel- United Great France. many. tria. gary. Italy. gium. States. Britain. 35.11 60.80 70.15 6.30 2.56 59.06 21.90 35.64 12.00 OCCUPATION GROUP. Agriculture. 41.42 Commercial occupations. 6.54 3.34 Conveyance of men, goods and messages. Mines and quarries. Metals, machines, Implements and conveyances. Building and works of con Endustrial Workers of the World. (A distinct organization from that given below bearing same name.) HEADQUARTERS, 164 West Washington St., Chicago, Ill. Treasurer; George Speed, Assistant Secretary and General Organizer. Ettor, Clarence Edwards, F. H. Little, Ewald Koettgen, John M. Foss. Vincent St. John, General SecretaryExecutive Board-J. J. PREAMBLE-The working class and the employing class have nothing in common. Between these two classes a struggle must go on until the workers of the world organize as a class, take possession of the earth and the machinery of production, and abolish the wage system. We find that the centring of the management of industries into fewer and fewer hands makes the trades unions unable to cope with the ever-growing power of the employing class. unions foster a state of affairs which allows one set of workers to be pitted against another set of workers in the same industry, thereby helping defeat one another in wage wars. The trades trades unions aid the employing class to mislead the workers into the belief that the working class have interests in common with their employers. Moreover, the These conditions can be changed and the interest of the working class upheld only by an organization formed in such a way that all its members in any one industry, or in all industries, if necessary, cease work whenever a strike or lockout is on in any department thereof, thus making an injury to one an injury to all. Instead of the conservative motto, "A fair day's wages for a fair day's work," we must Inscribe on our banner the revolutionary watchword, "Abolition of the wage system." It is the historic mission of the working class to do away with capitalism. The army of production must be organized, not only for the every day struggle with capitalists, but also to carry on production when capitalism shall have been overthrown. By organizing industrially we are forming the structure of the new society within the shell of the old. The organization differs from syndicalism in that great stress is laid upon having a form of organization to correspond, cell for cell, tissue for tissue, with capitalist industry itself, and also because it seeks to build a new union on revolutionary lines rather than to attempt to change the present reactionary and out-of-date craft unions. practical features of socialism, anarchism, and syndicalism, and yet it is distinct from all three. The organization claims to have blended the The I. W. W. is composed of 300 local unions, 3 national industrial unions (textile, lumber and Marine Transport Workers), having a total membership of 70,000, four national administra tions, Hawailan, Australian, New Zealand and South African. Excerpts from Constitution and By-Laws follow: The Industrial Workers of the World shall be composed of actual wage-workers brought together in an organization embodying thirteen national industrial departments, national Industrial unions, local Industrial unions, local recruiting unions, industrial councils, and individual members. The annual convention of the Industrial Workers of the World shall be held on the third Monday of September each year at such place as may be determined by previous convention. Members-at-large shall pay an initiation fee of $2.00 and $1.00 per month dues and assessments. No working man or woman shall be excluded from membership in local unions because of creed or color. That to the end of promoting industrial unity and of securing necessary discipline within the organization, the Industrial Workers of the World refuse all alliances, direct or indirect, with existing political parties or anti-political sects. INDUSTRIAL WORKERS OF THE WORLD. (A distinct organization from that given above bearing same name.) Secretary and General Organizer, Adolf S. Carm, Chicago, Ill. PREAMBLE-The working class and the employing class have nothing in common. Between these two classes a struggle must go on until all the tollers come together on the political. as well as on the Industrial field, and take and hold that which they produce by their labor through an economic organization of the working class, without amliation with any political party. The rapid gathering of wealth and the centring of the management of industries into fewer and fewer hands make the trades unions unable to cope with the ever-growing power of the employing class, because the trades unions foster a state of things which allows one set of workers to be pitted against another set of workers in the same industry, thereby helping defeat one another in wage wars. The trades unions aid the employing class to mislead the workers into the belief that the working class have interests in common with their employers. Excerpts from Constitution and By-Laws follow: The Industrial Workers of the World shall be composed of actual wage-workers brought together In an organization embodying thirteen national Industrial departments, national Industrial unions, local Industrial unions, local recruiting unions, industrial councils and individual members. A national Industrial union shall be comprised of the local industrial unions of the various localities In America in a given industry. The industrial departments shall consist of not less than ten local unions, aggregating a membership of not less than ten thousand members. unions of closely kindred Industries in the appropriate organizations for representation in the departThe Industrial departments shall be sub-divided in industrial mental administration. portation Industry; Metal and Machinery Industry; Glass and Pottery Industry; Food-Stuffs Industry; The departments included are: Brewery, Wine and Distillery Industry; Floricultural, Stock and General Farming Industries; Building Department of Mining Industry; TransIndustry: Textile Industries; Leather Industries; Wood Working Industries; Public Service Industries; Miscellaneous Manufacturing. The annual convention shall be held on the third Monday in September of each year at Each place as may be determined by previous convention. Individual members may be admitted to membership-at-large in the organization on payment of 50 cents Initiation fee and 25 cents per month dues, together with assessments. None but actual wage-workers shall be members of the Industrial Workers of the World. member of the Industrial Workers of the World shall be an officer in a pure and simple trade union. No member of one Industrial or trade organization in the Industrial Workers of the World can at the same time hold a card in another industrial or trade organization of this body. No workingman or No working woman shall be excluded from membership because of creed or color. |
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