Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1907-09-05

ing company sued the Amalgamated
Sheet Metal Workers International
Alliance and Local Union 141 of the
same organization, together with their
officers, for $4,000 damages. The suit
is the outgrowth of trouble between
Jacob Freund and Edward Barry, bust
ness agent and general organizer OF
the Metal Workers Union. 1t is also
a retaliation for a suit for the same
Freund, charging that Freund assault
ed him at the New Avondale school
during an alteration over the calling
of a strike of Freund's employees.
Freund, through his attorneys, COM
plains that because he would not
agree to certain exactions of the union
strike of his employees was called,
his place was picketed and he was
prevented from filling the strikers
places. AS the result of his diminish
ed forces, he says, he has been pre-
vented from properly prosecuting his
business and earning his customary
profits.
Paris, France-A nice point of law
in regard to the relations of employer
and employee has been raised by the
decision of some 200 journeymen bak-
ers of Paris, who recently went on
strike, and whom their former en-
ployers declined to take back, now
that the strike is ended, to sue for
damages, on the ground of brusque
dismissal The mems contention is
that the cessation of work because of
a strike is not rupture, but a legiti-
mate suspension of the contract en-
tered into between employer and en-
ployed
Los Angeles, GAIA settlement of
the boilermakers' strike on the Pacific
division of the Hartman roads, which
threatened to extend to all roads in
which Hartman is interested, has
been made. A telegram received from
thesuperin tendent Of motive power,
who is at San Francisco, informs a
committee of boilermakers' that Fore
has resigned. AS the removal of Cart
er was the sole demand upon the com
pany, a reconciliation was effected
at once.
New York-In order that 5000 up
to-date factory girls may enjoy the
tan and sunburn and the hundred 9th
er joys which go with a summer vaca-
ton, three thread factories, the great
est of their kind in the world, closed
their doors Aug. "a and will remain
locked until Sept s. Campbell Clark
representing the Clark Thread com
pany of Marlborough and Newark, N.
j., declared that he had to close his
immense plants to give the girls their
outing.
Cleveland, Ohio-The 900 women
employed at the Perth Amboy cigar
factory, who went on strike three
weeks ago, have returned to work at
the old scale of wages. They were
receiving $3.50 a thousand for max
ing cigars and wanted SO. The COM
pany could not see its way clear for
an increase and a strike followed.
Belfast Ireland.-The strike of iron
founders continues with no signs of a
settlement. The men on strike get
Is shillings a week, the unions af-
fected being well off for funds. 1t is
said that there is a probability of the
dispute extending to the Clyde and
Manchester.
Cape Town, South Africa-A gov
eminent bill for granting state ad-
vances to farmers for agricultural i'm
provements, similar to the system of
agricultural banks in existence else
where, will be introduced next session
in the legislature.
Trenton, n. POTTERY manufac-
turers and operators will meet at the
Hotel Astor, New York, to fix a scale
of wages in place of the present
agreement, which will expire on Octo-
Der l. Unless either the men or EN-
ployes yield, great strike in the pot
terry trade within the next six weeks
is possible The demands of the
men are: Increases ranging from IA
to 81 per cent. for kiln men, increase
OF Is per cent. for pressers, increases
VI 10 pei CGIl. IOI Jle SlIlRerS-uD and
for the big-jiggers, increase of so per
cent. to turner's for producing the
Saint Denis cup, increase of ten per
cent. to jiggmen for making plain
edge fiat goods. The manufacturers
say that to yield to the men is impos-
sible
Belfast, Observation-Disclosures be-
tween the arbitrators and the leaders
OF the strikers resulted in a settle
ment CT the labor troubles here.
Superior visa consignment of
$50 men, mostly Hungarians, passed
through here en- route for the iron
range to take the places of strikers.
1t is said the companies plan to weed
out the Firms, who have given the
most trouble.
Jersey City, N. J.-Women of this
city have started a unique organiza-
ton. To establish a school to instruct
women how and where to spend their
money most beneficially for union la
Dor will be one of the features of the
body besides boosting union labels