The Southern herald., 1912-04-12

able blast than in the entire history
OF hollowware making. All Of the
local factories and running al eapacl-
V with large orders that win carry
them through the entire season. The
men are turning out larger quantities
OF glass than they have ever done be-
fore and the wage scale is the highest
in the history Of the trade. At the
Cumberland eOmpany's plant during
January, taking the work Of all blow
ers employed. short shifts, supernu-
merary men and bad glass being ex-
eluded, the blowers averaged S7.O4 a
day for each working day Of the
month. Some blowers earned SIS a
day, while a large number made more
than Sl2 and 314 a day.
Berlin. Germany.-Journeymen com
positors, machine tenders. correctors.
stereotypers and electrotypers in Ger
many have system of fve-year con
tracts In operation with the Journey.
men Book Printers Association. A
new fve-year period under a readjust.
ment Of the scale Of wages began re-
Gently. The scale Of wages varies in
different cities In Germany, a 10 per
cent. Increase being the minimum Sc
cured by the printers, and ranging as
high as 14.3 per cent. increase, these
figures covering fifteen Of the pri ci-
pal cities In Germany.
Schenectady.-A union OF college
graduates formed with a view to pre-
venting the wages OF men trained In
academic theories from falling to the
level Of common workers, was pro-
posed by Prof. Vladimir Karapetoff Of
Cornell university at the annual ban.
quet Of the Cornell Association Of
Eastern New York, at the Mohawk
club. Professor Karapetoff said that
new college graduates produced the
same effect on incomes as low-grade
immigrants produced on wages.
Knoxville, Tenn. = The election
board of the International Printing
Pressmen and Assistants union com.
pleted the tabulation Of the refer.
endum vote on the election of officers.
George L. Berry Of Rogersvllle, Tenn,
wasre-elected president without opposi-
tion; Joseph c. Orr OF Chicago was re-
elected secretary, defeating Frank H.
Wilke Of Milwaukee. The board held
Its session at the pressmen's home,
at Hale Springs near Rogersville.
Fall River, Mass.-The Improvement
In trade for the cotton goods mills
here. while It has not been SUFFICIENT
yet to bring In much profit, has in.
duced the manufacturers to gradually
put In operation some OF the looms
and preparatory machinery that has
been Idle for months. The shortage
Of operatives continues. The total cur
tailment by the cloth mills here one
week recently figured 5000 pieces.
Helena, Mont-The record for the
number Of plaintiffs involved In a
srit In the Montana courts has been
broken In the filing of an action of the
Butte Mill and Smeltermens union to
enjoin the Western Federation of
from revoklng It's charter.
Seven hundred members Of the union
are named as plaintiffs in the suit
London, England.-In the 394 Brit
lsh trade unions with a net member.
ship of 7S8,9s6 making returns, 24,O74,
or 81 per cent. were returned as un-
at the end of December,
1911, compared with 2.6 per cent. at
the end Of November, 1911, and 5 per
cent. at the end Of December, 1910.
Manchester, England.-The Whole
sale Cooperative society headquarters
has procured ground and will erect
shoe factory in Leeds which will en-
ploy 1000 persons. The society al.
ready has factories in other large
cities in England.
New York.-Industrial disputes were
less numerous in New York state in
1911 than in 1910, the bureau OF medi.
alton and arbitration having recorded
215 strikes and lockouts in 1911, as
compared with $50 in 1910.
Washington.-Vital statistics ascribe
short lives to printers, on the average,
but the recent report Of the public
printer shows there are employed at
present in the government printing Of
fee, at Washington, 250 persons over
sixty-hve years old.
Chicago.-All the Brewery Workers
unions are to vote upon a proposition
to adopt a mutual compensation and
pension system with the Master
Brewers association, The terms have
been under consideration for some
months.
Muskogee, Okla.-The Muskogee
Trades Council and all labor unions
established boycott against all the
moving picture theaters of the city
because they do not employ. union
musicians.
London, England.-Of the nearly
nine hundred thousand women opera
tives in textile industries in England
about oAe-third are employed in the
Lancashire and Cheshire cotton mills
Girl operatives may earn from IS to
$3.50 a week, relatively high wage
rate for women in British industries.
Chicago-Mrs. Raymond Robins
president Of the National Women'r
Trade Union League, has announced