Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-04-17

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. orders Issued by Vice President G. s
| Clark. of the Missouri PacificIrou
Mountain system. more than 100 EN-
poyes In the auditing. engineering
and mechanical departments OF the
system were dismissed from service
and II is understood others will be dis
missed until 500 are out The state
ment Is made that the order resulted
from the geseral stringency and an
oVerplus or employees.
lioughton, Mich.-It was announced
at the Isle Royale, Tamarack. Osceola
and Ahmeek mines and stamp mills
and the Lake Superior Smelling works
and Tamarack and Osceola docks.
all Blgelow properties. that wages will
be reduced TO same level as a year
ago. which is practically reduction
OF five per cent. The cut was expect
ed and affects about 5000 men
Boston -Patternmakers association
has received the most favorable assur.
ances from government officials and
congressman in answer to its appeal
that sufficient amount OF work be
sent to the Charlcstown navy yard 70
prevent the necessity OF laying of any
large portion of the working force
there now that the battleships have
all been gotten away.
Gloversville, N. Y.-The Glove Man.
ufacturers' association OF Fulton coun.
~ expressed confidence in continued
prosperity at their quarterly meeting
by adopting the former wage scale
They passed resolutions TO continue
full force OF employees on part time
rather than a diminished force on full
time to meet the needs of the situa.
ton.
Gardner, Mass.-Three of the chair
factories which form the principal in.
dustry OF this town have entered upon
short time schedule. Notices were
posted at the factories of the John Il.
Dun company. p. Derby & Co, and S
*. Pierce & Son, announcing that the
concerns would be operated eight
hours a day for five days a week.
Dayton, OFT is announced that tn,
Friend paper mills of West Carroll
ton will resume operations. About
l,5OO people will be employed The
National Cash Register plant will also
take on several hundred employees who
were laid off recently. Other plants
VIII add TO their present forces, but
no definite figures are obtainable.
Rochester, N. Y.--The United Team
sters OF America, in convention,
adopted a resolution calling upon con
gress to submit to the state legislat
ures for ratification an amendment tc
the United States constitution prohib
iting disfranchisment on account of
sex.
London. Eng-Branch councils of
the Amalgamated Society OF Engineers
Of Great Britain are maintained In
Scotland, Australia, South Africa, Can.
ada and the United States. Since the
formation of the society $4,000, 900
has been paid in benefits to its mem
bers.
Pittsburg, Pa.-The Isabelle furnace
of the American Steel and Wire com
pany at Etna has been closed in
definitely, throwing over 1000 men
out OF employment. The pipe mill of
the Spang & Chalfant company shut
down, $50 men being affected.
Ottawa, Can.-The bill which the
government will introduce this session
in regard to old-age annuities is to en-.
courage the opening up of savings &C.
counts by the working classes so that
they may have the provision for old
age after reaching co.
Buffalo, n. Y.-The Show steam
Pump works has ordered its forces
back on full time. Elgood G.. Lufkin.
general manager Of the plant. said that
the whole industrial and financial sit.
uatlon has so greatly improved that
the company has been obliged to re-
store the full schedule of working
hours to keep up with its orders.
About 1000 men are concerned. The
working time was cut during the finan.
cial furry.
Birdsboro, PA reduction in
wages that will average ten cents a
day from each workman has gone into
effect at the blast furnaces of the b.
q G. Brooke Iron company here and
will apply to all the earnings until
further notice.
Birmingham, Ala.-The receivers OF
the Southern Steel company. the big
Industrial corporation which was
thrown into involuntary bankruptcy
several weeks ago, have decided tc
close down all the mines. furnaces and
plants OF the company
St Johnsbury. Vt--The r. e. T
Fairbanks Scale company, employing
1900 men, which went on a five-hour
schedule two weeks ago, started on an
eight-hour basis
Washington.-The TIE Fang olga
rette factory in China employs about
80 persons in producing its goods
The majority or the employees are
boys, whose wages range from one
dollar 20 $l65 a month, while the
skilled workmen are paid $3.50 10
$3.50 a month. The workers are givep
their meals twice a day.
Marlboro Mass.-The three local
shoe factories Of the Rice e Hutchins
company. which have been operated
on half time since Noven Der 70. re
sumed work at least five dJys a week
About 1900 hands are employed 70,
the three factories