The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-01-10

return to normal conditions. It is an
| nounced that the Case Pillow works,
which have been closed since Noyem
Der for inventory @and repairs, will
| open. The Case Thrashing Machine
| company will also resume operations
| in short time, it is expected. Com
paratively few men have been laid OFF
altogether. but in many cases the
| hours of labor have been reduced.
Washington.-It has been decided
! by the labor organizations whose
| members are employed at the Wash
ingtOn navy yard, to concentrate their
| efforts the coming winter in an effort
| to obtain legislation that will provide
the appropriation necessary for the
erection of the big steel casting foun-
| dry in connection with the naval gun
factory work. Such foundry would
make the Washington gun factory one
of the. most complete plants of its
i kind in the world
Paris, France.-The number of per-
sons in receipt OF pension paid by
| the French railway companies ex-
ceeds 10000, which number includes
widows and orphans, who are always
| very literally dealt with. In 1893 the
| number of pensions amounted to
about IA per cent. of the whole staff;
it now exceeds % per cent. The es-
tablishment of pensions was due sole
| ly to the free initiative of the compa-
MES, without any Intervention on the
part of the state.
| Washin gton.-In his annual report
to the A. F. of l.. convention, Secre
| tary Frank Morrison says that there
| was at the close of the fiscal year
1921, 910.O2 in the treasury, the high
water mark in the history of the fed
Grafton. OF the amount on hand $685.
078.89 is in the defense fund. The to-
tai receipts from all sources were
s174,330.26 and total expenses were
$159. 960.84, leaving balance OF re-
ceipts over expenses of $14,369.42.
| Jersey City, N. 1.-THE Erie rail
| road, from January 1, will cut down
expenses by reducing the salaries of
its employees. Every employee who re-
ceives from $50 to $50 month will
be cut two per cent; those who get
anything over 800 per month, five
per cent. Employees receiving under
$50 a month will not come under the
new order. The aggregate loss to
railroaders will reach hundreds OF
thousands of dollars.
Sheboygan, Wis.-The works of the
King Piano company in this city are
to be abandoned, the Sheboygan and
Chicago plants being combined into
one large factory at Blufftor, Ind.
Only so of the 1875 men employed at
the Sheboygan factory will be taken
to Bluffton, where 800 men will be
employed at the new plant. For the
year the company has shipped from IL
to Is pianos a day from the plant
here
Neillsville. Wis.-George w. frog
ner has shut down his saw and plan
ing mill, which will be converted into
a table factory in the spring, and to
that end will be cleaned out and the
machinery reset during the winter.
This is the last sawmill of any inn
portance to quit. Clark county, once
famous for it's forests, is rapidly as
Stunning the appearance Of a prairie
country.
Seattle, Wash.-The Master Build
ers' association and the recently OF.
ganized Seattle Builders exchange,
by almost unanimous votes passed
resolutions declaring for an open shop
on all contracting work done in Sc
attle
Philadelphia Announcement was
made here by the Baldwin Locomotive
works that, beginning January 1, the
output of the company will be reduced
rs per cent, which will be equivalent
to the discharge of 5000 men. None
of the workmen will be discharged.
however. the entire force of 10000
men being retained, although the
working hours will be reduced.
Athens, O.-Charles Hank, of Chi.
cago, president of the International
Brick. Tile and Terra Gotta Workers
alliance, was arrested on a warrant
charging him with tresspassing and In.
citing to riot in connection with q
strike at a local factory.
Ottawa, Canada.-The loss Of time
to employees through trades disputes in
the Dominion of Canada during Sep.
TENDER of this year amounted to 81 ;
900 working days. In 1906 the loss
from the same cause was $500, and
the year before, S7.140.
Pittsburg, Pa.-Announcement IL
made that the 8. w. Devices rod mill
near McKeesport, which has been
closed several weeks, will resume op.
erations in full January 6. About
} LOO men will be affected by the re.
sumption.
| Phillipsburg, N. J.-Between 400
, and 500 loom axers and weavers en-.
ployed in the Standard silk mills q
this place are on strike. claiming that
every day or two for several weeks
men have been discharged because
they belonged to the union or have
leanings toward the organization.
Northampton. Mass.-The North
amptOn Cutlery company's factory
I was shut down for two weeks. When