Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-10-06
Labor News

Coal miners in Belgium average SO
cents a day.
Plumbers at Baton Rouge, La, de-
mand IS a day.
Brewery workers in California are
100 per cent. organized.
In Germanys clothing industry 140,-
600 workers have wage agreements.
There are 2,643 local unions in New
York State.
Krupp's armor plate works employ
$4,000 men.
There are but 629 union coopers ir
Spain.
New York has $3.50 organized
female tobacco workers.
Farm wages have increased 81 pei
cent. in twenty years.
Englands jam factories employ
10000 women.
There are 1886 local unions in the
French grocery trades.
Motifs (Eng) miners at several OF
the largest pits have voluntarily
agreed to q weekly levy of cents a
full member and 2 cents for boys to
the National War Relief Fund.
Ohio's Legislature has recently
passed a law making $40 a month for
eight months each year the minimum
salary that can be paid teachers in
that State.
The authorities of the London eng
metropolitan city police force recog-
nizing the increased duties of the men
owing to the war have granted an
all-round increase of pay.
The Federation of American Must
clans is now endeavoring to have the
government prevent the marine and
naval bands from competing with or
ganized musicians.
Ohio State Federation OF Labor has
issued a call for the thirty-f1rst an
nual convention of that body, to be
held in Youngstown, starting Monday
October H..
Pipe Caulkers and Trappers' Unior
of Long Island City has just secured
an increase from 81 to $3.50.
At least 10000 persons are directly
dependent upon the wine industry In
California for a living.
Detroit Journeymen BARRIERS Unior
and barber-shop proprietors hav,
Joined hands in an effort to stop Sun
day work.
The Governor of Indiana has JUS
appointed the editor of the Union, o
indianapolis, Ind, labor commission
er of Indiana.
The London, England, buildin,
| trade dispute has now lasted for 81;
months, during which the men hav,
lost over $10,0oo,o0o.
The International Alliance of Thea
trical Stage Employees has recent
signed Jointly with the New Yor
theatrical managers representative
the new agreement which will be /
force during the present theatrics
season.
! A recent official report for t91
shows that there were employed un
foreground 576 persons and abov
ground 1914 persons in mining coal i
| Ireland.
The number of members enrolled |
the Interna tional Federation q
Trades Unions at the beginning @
the year 1919 was 12.36s, 1903.
The Senate has agreed to the bi
authorizing the secretary of the int
rior to purchase and equip mir
rescue car for advancing mine safet
work in the Southwestern coal field
with headquarters at Forth Smitl
Ark.
/ The attorney general of the state ,
Washington has rendered an opinio
that the eight hour law of that Sta
Is constitutional. This law provide
that no laborers on public work sha
work more than eight hours da,
except in cases of emergency.
At the recent convention of the II
ternational Photo Engravers' Unic
the executive council was instructe
to take steps to bring about a fort,
four hour week instead of a fort,
leight-hour week, which now prevail
This would mean Saturday hal
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