Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-03-29
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eFs of every branch have agreed to.
the compromise wage rate OF the
union. 1t provides that an increase of
20 cents a day, which will make the
minimum rate S4.20 a day, shall be
paid until Jan. 1. next, when the wage
rate OF s4.40 a day will go into effect
Boston.-Tn addition to the lockout
Of several hundreds of members of
the Boston Ladies' Garment Workers
unions at seven local shops, which
has been on for several weeks, a
strike Of the same trade in New York
may effect other Boston shops IL they
attempt to do work for the New York
hfms, whose hands are on strike.
Observation-Disclosures by the gov
eminent has been accepted by the
railway strikers, who for the last ten
days have succeeded in largely tying
up traffic in. Argentina. Seven thou
sand employees ceased work when the
strike was called, and they had q
strike fund of $500. 0oo.s The govern
n1ent enacted a special decree per-
uniting the company to use temporar-
lily strike breakers not fully qualified
to operate trains. Many Chinese and
Japanese, who were members Of the
crews of Argentine vessels, also out
on strike, offered to take the places
of the railway strikers.
Chicago.-More than $4,000 was dis
tributed by Henry @. Lytton, head of
Ia department store, among the 500
employees as the annual dividend OF
the concerns p~roft-shartng plan.
Each one, from sorubwoman to de-
Ipartment heads, received either an
lenvelope containing currency or a
check for q substantial amount. The
largest check, one for $500, went to
Miss Clara sehm. She is the FIRST to
benefit under Mr.. Lytton's plan to
add a $500 bonus to the salary of en-
Iployes who have been at the store
for 20 years or longer.
Boston.-John Campbell Clsaye, a
wealthy young man of Cresson. Pa,
has dropped his studies at Harvard
college and, as a full-1edged member
fof the Massachusetts, Militia. is doing
strike duty 1t Lawrence, with 10 9TH
er Harvard men. The college soldiers
all are members Of Troop B, which
was formed about a year ago with the
idea of making 1t q sort Of gilt-edge
Rough Rider organization. On Its
Fosters appear the names of several
prominent Boston, New York and
philadelphia families
Boston.-Greater Boston Carpen-
Iters' District council, which repre-
SCENTS the nearly 5000 members of the
I2s brotherhood carpenters unions of
the district, last week sent to a refer
endum vote of the membership a
proposition that the employers be
asked for a wage increase OF ave
The present minimum rate is so cents
an hour, secured by arbitration gey-
leral years ago, when the rate was
47& cents an hour.
New York.-More than half a mil
lion skilled mechanics and laborers
are Idle and daily seeking employ
ment In New York city, according to
figures compiled by the manual labor
bureau of the National Employment
exchange. The labor market In this
gicinity, says an officer of the bureau,
never has been 80 ~stagnant and glut-
ted as now, and never has there been
such a small demand for labor of any
class.
st. Louis.-An offer OF all the Meth
lodist Episcopal churches south. in St
Louis, for the use of the poor as
places of lodging by night, has been
formally made to Chief of Police
Young through the presiding elder,
Rev. DR.. O. M. Hawkins. Those In
charge OF the churches have express
ed their willingness to heye the build
ings warmed each night SO as to make
them comfortable.
Brookvilie, Ind.-One hundred girls.
working at the Thompson Norris Pa.
per mills, went on strike because the
company painted the window panes
Iof the lower sash on the first and
second story OF the building where
they work. The company's building
KS along the railroad track near the
station, and the company officers say
the girls lost too much time watching
the trains.
London, England.-London, through
The system of water waste detection
introduced by the chief engineer of
the Metropolitan water board, has re-
Iduced the daily consumption ten gal
TONS per head Of population. In East
London enough water has been saved
to supply a city OF 100000 Inhabitants.
= Berlin, GermAny.--The Krupp
works at Essen are producing a steel
alloy which Is so hard that vaults and
safes made OF It are absolutely bur
glar proof.
Cleveland, ohio.-It may not hap
pen again for some time, but last
month Cleveland, sixth city, was the
third city IN the country in the value
of the buildings covered by the per-
nafts issued. Only Nsw York and
Chicago led the way for this town.
esCleveiand more than eQuaied Phila-
deiphia-
Winnipeg, Mantle ogilvie -four
mills will construct q big modern
piant somewhere west Of this city,
with initial capacity Of 1000 barrels
daily; elevator capacity, 100000 bush
els; -four storage house, 100000 bags
capacity.
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