The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-10-11
The World of Industry

GOSSIP OF THE TOILERS

oregon has II women attorneys
Gary. Ind. originated the vocational
school system.
New Jersey will vote on womans sui
ftaEe on October ~.
Employees OF New York City Street
Cleaning Department have band
There is little unemployment In Ems
land except In th, luxury trades
Brtan's Trade Union Congress repre-
sents more than $4,000 workers.
New Jersey State Federation Of Labor
refused to lndorse Womans suffrage
England new Income tax may Includ,
all salaries in excess " So weekly.
The Arkansas minimum wage law hal
been declared unconstitutional
Employees N mercantile establish
ments IN Mexico work T. TO 10 hours q
dal
Moving picture operators at Houston
Texas, have jan per cent organization
GresnVile s. g.. has ll0 organize,
textile workers
Coho-Rolo Porto Rico has four shoe
makers unions
\efnOuts Workmsn'H compensation
law went into eject ON July l.
An elght.hour publ. work law 10 be
ing enforced In Texas
one Of the ulN commissioners 4
Springfield Onto Ia trade unluuist
DomestIy servants are In great d.,
mand throughout Great Britain
city POINT Va -uucotton works nov
EMPLOYS llW mru
Connecticut Federation OF Labor
Il yampaignlng for Statewide siEht
hour d1N
The Australian Labor party Is in con
uol OF lhe isiera. Government an.
n,e State
Kansas 10 shortly In have Iu ms
iuries consisting OF both men unt
women.
Ner YORK city proposes to rut tt
salaries ot t"O VI more employees by /
per cent
Thirty thousand Of our fellow country
men ENGAGED In gaintul occupations A.
Killed every year
The Operative Plastsrers Interim
tonal Association has absorbed th
Brotherhood ~ Cement Workers
Iron ana steel plant payrolls In m
Pittsburgh Pal district have doubled h
the last aN months
Fifteen Manhattan school teacher
were found 10 be suffering from tnbel
Less than . per cent OF New Yor
city garment workers examined wer
found 10 be entirely free from disease
stlrllnEshre (scotlandl miners ha,
contribuied 1875 Of their total strsnEt
to the nghtlns forces Of England
Mrs Charlotte Smith Of Boston utr,
stsnographsrs he Gagged 20 prevent en-
ployers Nrtlng with them
II isosstimatsd that Canadian soldier
who worked In the harvest nelds wi
receive about $500 for their services
Every wear there are 10000 OF o,
wOrkmen injured and this ouly inClud,
those whose injuries extend over
period Of four weeks
The Governor OF Pueblo, Mexico, r,
Gently issued a decree increasing n
compensation OF all employees IN me
camille establishments 10 per cent
Englands Trade Union Congr.
adopted n resolution urging the appoin
ment OF Minister OF Labor with q
rank OF Cabinet member
samuel uompers. president of n
American Federation Of Labor. HI
Issued an appeal TO the school teache
OF the United States 10 organise union
Fred. Hewitt, formerly assistant ~
retary OF the International Asaoolatll L
Of Machinlsis has been elected und
the referendum as editor Of tho N
chlnlsts' Journal
EMPLOYEES In the stratford Cam m
milton factories are heinz dlscouraF
from enllstinE and are being CIV,
badges 10 show that they are doll
their "bit' for the country.
Toronto (Ont) trade unioni4ts are |
vestigatlng the claim that girls are 81
ployed Ions hours In that city The
workers are employed In war munitin