Labor Notes

The stone work crafts are aetfVO In crganizing again. The printers chartered seven new unions last month. Two A. R. U. unions were orgam'zed in Minneapolis. The laundry drivers of Chicago have organized a unión. The Iarge iron works of Pennsylvanii have work for a year ahead. The molders have issued twelvt charters since their annual convention. The new bicycle workers' national union star'.s out with 20,000 members. Barbers of Minneapolis have formed a union with eighty-seven chartei members. In the province of Mogiley, Russia, eight-hour experiments are proving a success. The use of convict labor is increasing in Germany, according to consular reports. Honolulú Typographical Union is the only labor organization on the Hawaiian Islands. A union label league, composed of unions having a label, has been formed in Chicago. The Minneapolis Trades Council has decided to hold open meetings for the next three months. The journeymen plumbers and gasfitters held their state convention at Minnt polis last week. Fedetal Labor Union, of Cinoinnati, hojds open meetings to discuss political and economie questions. A arge number of unions of clerks have been formed in different cities ssince their late convention.