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- ' "tEl "e""" "N-r.- __ '_--.--- ' was»... 'li' . > V " 42'- '. l _'-'i't'mllll)l2 I] Cl DAY, El i 3'! 'll! 5903!! il,,,",",',,"':],",,",,",'.,",,':",,",":-,-;',",'-',-; Deputatlon m. , tervuews the Cabinet. i Wm... t, lGrievances of, Street Railway. I men and Telephone Girls. iNothing Revolutionary in Stages.» l . _ ' g trons, Says Premier Whttater--. '..' Changing Conditions Must be i'. man With as They artse-aiosr, i uses for Immigrants Opposed. i '"""-----.. i Legislation needed in the interest of {various classes of labor, as well as Mather questions of political economy. i were dealt with by a. deputation. repro- 'sonting the Ontario Executive of the Dominion Trades and Labor Congress. which waited on the Government SI Parliament buildings yesterday' moni- ing. The deputation. which was_iu~ troducod by Mr. J. G. O'Donotrhue, was ireceived by Premier Whitney. Hon. J (J. Foy, Hon. A. J. Matheson, Hon. w J. Hanna, Hon. Dr. Dyna, Hon. Dr lReaume, Hon. F. Cochrane and Hon t Nelson Monteith. ', Mr. O'Donoghue drew the attention ': ot the Government to the construction . of the Canadian Congress. He described ft as being an expression pt discontent :with present conditions, and an at- V tempt to remedy. it possible. under ex~ l isting Governments, some of the abuses lundcr which l_tyyor.surtered. i Mr. J. J. Gibbons. business agent or t the Toronto Street Railway men. urgel lthnt the Government should. compel {open cars to be constructed with-een, iii-e aisles. He suggested that all cars gshould be fitted with air brakes and 5 sanders. Another matter the Goverih i ment should take in hand was tho i limiting of a day's labor to nine hours. I The Toronto company were in the . habit of making a man take out a. car ' up to 12 o'clock at night and then an- other at 6 o'clock in the morning. That was not conducive to the safety ot tho public. and they asked the nine-hour day should be completed in twelve cou- socntlro hours, with an eight-hour day on Sunday. ' Should Get Stttricirnt, Rest. V With regard to the conditions under which telephone operators work, Mr. J. J. Simpson, Vice-President. of the Trades and Labor Congrcss, submitted . a, resolution calling on the Dominion l «ind Provincial. Governments to put in ', force the recommendations of the com- ? ', mission which sat in Toronto last year. , T The recommendations included the Nt , pointinent of a commission of. medical ' exports to determine the effect of teltr ' phone operating upon the health or those engaged in it, and to what extent women should be allowed to engage n: it. That overtime be absolutely prohr bited, as also compelling operators ti work a fraction of an hour either be- tore or after. schedule time. That work be permitted for only tux days a week. with a full twenty-four hours in "tervai at the end of that time before resuming work. That young women be _ prohibited from becoming operator? , , until they have completed their eighteenth year. That before beim: 'uocepted operators should pass a me- _ (heal examination. especnaiiy as to their ', nervous system. Timt an arrange- ment he adopted at the.Toronto ex» l Ichange for a week ot Six days, each 'day consisting of six working hours. spread over a period of from eight to eight and three-quarter hours at l stretch, with relief periods of twenty minutes. and tm intermission ot out: and one-half to.two hours instead Oi Utt.1e hour for those who desire it..'1'here