The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1913-01-24


earners In the automobile industry In
the United States is 1921. and the
automobile wage standard is said to
figure out somewhat higher than In
other industries. The American au-
tomobile industry has grown 5000 per
cent. In ten years. The export OF
/ American auto machines and equip
ment amounted to sSO,O00,00O in the
last year; and the value of imported
machines was $4,000 600, a decline Of
so per cent in twelvemonth. OF
the 21,757 autos exported, 6,2SS went
to Canada, 5,716 to Great Britain, 1925
/ to Auseralia and New Zealand, 1,6l1
to South America and 1926 to con-
tinental Europe.
London, England.-In Great Britain,
during 1911, about 1,000,600 men OBJ
tanned wage advances without resort
ing to strike, and $4,000 men got
them after strike. The strike Of Welsh
miners cost them $3,75O,000 loss Of
pay and 100000 drawn from their
strike fund. The lockers strike cost
at least 100000. Although the work
ing time lost through labor troubles
during the year works out the huge
figure OF 100000 days, the Industries
of the United Kingdom are so enor-
nous that the stoppage was equal only
to the total closing down of all indus
tries on one extra bank holiday.
Los Angeles.-The trials Of the Nc
Namara brothers, the dynamiters, now
in San Quentin penitentiary, and OF
Clarence barrow, who was acquitted
of having bribed juror In the case
of James B. Mcnamara, cost Los An
geles county approximately a quarter
million dollars, according to state
ment by E. w. Hopkins, county as
SCISSOR. II was estimated by other
county officials that since the Los An
geles Times explosion fully half mil
lion dollars had been expended in this
county on criminal investigation grow
ing out of that case.
Toledo, O.-The core room OF the
National MalIeable Castings company
plant here continued to be operated
by 2S women and girls as the result
Of the walkout of 100 coremakers, who
struck because Of the introduction OF
women labor and for increased wages.
They are accomplishing the lighter
work and officials of the company said
that the plant will not be seriously af-
fected, unless the strike is long con-
tinued, as It had been operating only
on partial time. The women, like the
strikers, are Hungarians and Slavs.
Bosto6-Though Fire Commissioner
Cole is Opposed to the formation Of a
union in the Boston department and
its affiliation with the American Fed
Grafton of Labor there rs 4 strong pos.
sibility that the Russell club VIII vote
In favor Of unionizing at its coming
meeting. The Russell club has 735
members, about seven-tenths of the
department 1t has been an active
social and political force since its in
ception under Fire Commissioner
Russell.
observation-disclosures Of the heavy
toll of death by accidents in mines
other than coal the United States bu-
reau of mines is anxious to enlarge
next year on the work already begun
in Investigating conditions In lead.
zinc, copper and other mines. The
proportion Of deaths from tuberculo-
sis among these workers also is above
that in coal mines and in other occu-
pations.
New York.-A general scheme for
placing of the entire railway mail
service of the United States on a
merit and efficiency basis to obtain for
every one of the $4,000 employees the
full measure of benefits under the re-
cent legislation by congress, providing
for higher IVy. is being worked out
by a special committee, consisting of
Is railway mail service superintend-
ents.
London, England.-In study of
lead poisoning in potteries. tile works
and porcelain enameled sanitary ware
factories, recently made for the fed
eral bureau of labor, DR.. Alice Hamil
ton found that compared with Brit
ish potteries. American potteries, with
less than one-half the work people,
show almost twice as many cases of
lead poisoning 60 THOR.
Saarbrucken, Rheinish Prussia
The members of the Christian Labor
union, numbering 10000, voted to
strike. The strike will affect the
Saar coal miners. The other Catho-
lie unions, including $4,000 members
of the so-called Berlin wing, voted to
await the fulfillment of the mine own
ers' promises of higher wages,
Bombay, India.-Hindoo children
are remarkable for their precocity.
Many of them are skilful workmen at
an age when children Of America are
learning the alphabet. A boy of seven
may be skilful woodcarver, while
some of the handsomest rugs are
woven by children not yet in their
teens.
McAlester, Okla.-Fred w. Holt.
secretary, mailed a check for $4,000
today as a Christmas gift from the
United Mine Workers Of this district
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