AMERICAN HORSE SHOE COMPANY PHILLIPSBURG, N. J. Extra Light, Medium, Heavy, Long Heel Light, Long Heel Medium, Snow, "XX" A FULL STOCK CARRIED BY ALL THE PRINCIPAL DEALERS This is the official shop card of the International Union. are furnished to Local Unions at a price of twenty-five cents each. These cards MONTHLY MAGAZINE HUBERT MARSHALL, EDITOR AND MANAGER Second National Bank Building, Ninth and Main Streets., Cincinnati, Ohio. PUBLISHED BY THE INTERNATIONAL UNION OF JOURNEYMEN HORSESHOERS OF THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA. Progress of Our Organization. Phenominal Advances Made by Our Affiliated Locals Since Our Last Α Convention. on Saturday; seventy-five cents per hour for overtime through the week and one dollar on Sundays and holidays. No. 10-Toledo, Ohio. S our local unions are making such and floormen, with six months half-holiday splendid advances increasing the wages and reducing the hours, the secretary-treasurer thought that at this time it would be of great interest to the membership to make a survey of the progress of some of our most prominent locals. It is needless to say that this progress is most gratifying and we hope the contagious desire for advancement will spread to all our locals with its present rapidity. No. 2-Baltimore, Md. Brother Broening, of Local Union No. 2, reports that nearly every horseshoer in that city is receiving four dollars per day at the present time. This wage has been granted to individuals notwithstanding the fact that they have an agreement calling for $3.50 per day. No. 6.-Philadelphia, Pa. After a long and bitter struggle the members of Local Union No. 6 reached a settlement with the Employing Horseshoers' Association of Philadelphia, in which the wages were fixed at four dollars per day, with six months Saturday half-holiday. No. 9-Pittsburgh, Pa. Local Union No. 9, of Pittsburgh, Pa., was granted four-fifty per day for both fire men Brother J. C. Howard, of Local No. 10, reported that the horseshoers in that city are all getting four-fifty per day. No. 12-Cincinnati, Ohio. Local No. 12 was granted an increase of 25c per day in January. On July 1st, a number of journeymen, who were receiving over the minimum prior to January were granted $4.50 as individuals. No. 13-Detroit, Mich. The members of Local Union No. 13, of Detroit, Mich., are now getting four-fifty per day, and some of them are even getting as high as five-fifty and six dollars per day. No. 15-Cleveland, Ohio. Local Union No. 15 was granted the minimum scale of wages of four-fifty per day. Although there was an agreement to run another year, the employers granted this in crease. No. 16-Springfield, Mass. After a strike of short duration the brothers of Local Union No. 16, Springfield, |