Denver labor bulletin., 1915-08-07
TODIVIDE PROFITS
ON WAR MUNITIONS
Eastern Manufacturers Agree
to an Increase in Wages
Bethlehem Steel Works, Mohawk Cop
per Company and Colts FirearmsCom-
pany Among Those to See Light


from industrial centers, the corporations
engage in the manufacture of war mum
itions quite generally announcing plans
to shara profits with their employees
From South Bethlehem. Pa, announce
ment was made at the Bethlehem Steel
work by +. G. Grace. president, that a
genera increase for all the employees in
every department. had been agreed upon
and that il became affective Monday OF
this week
At the present time there are about
100 men on the payroll of the com
pany. i. Is said While the amount OF
the increase was not announced. it Is
belieyed it will average about 10 per
cent
The announcement says "this action is
taken in recognition of the loyal and
faithful service the company has re-
ceivec from its employees and Is made
possible at this time by the general i'm
provement OF business conditions result
ing IT. the operations of both the Saucon
and Lehigh plants on practically a 100
per cent working basis"
Copper Mines Get More.
Al Calumet. Mich, the Wolverine and
Mohawk Copper Mining companies, in
paving their l 200 employees Saturday,
included an extra check for per cent
of tn total wages of June as a bonus
because of the high price at which cop
per i now selling II came as a sur
prise 10 the men. 1t is unofficially
Announced that the two companies will
continue to pay the same bonus every
mont az long as copper remains at 20
cent q pound or better. 1t was said
that several other mining companies will
do Tie same.
Increase BY Colt Company.
Employees of the Colt Patent Fire
arms Manufacturing company OF Hart
ford. Conn. were informed that a bonus
OF y per cent would be paid to all.
base on wages earned. and dating from
MAY last The action was voluntary
on tlr part Of the company.
No ee was given to 5000 workmeH by
the loslmohile company Of America at
Bridgsport. Conn. that profits would be
share with them The plan Is to in
crease wages proportionately with the
increase of product
Oil Company Grants Increase.
4, Bayonne. y. J.. notice OF imme-
diate wage increases OF from 5 to Is
per cent were posted by the Tidewater
Oil company. whose ! 500 employees
were on strike last week in sympathy
with the adjoining plant of the Standard
OIL cNmpany.
A new time schedule was announced
at the plant of the Winchester Repeat
ing Arms company, New Haven, Conn.
based upon a reduction of the normal
schedule from fifty-five to forty-eight
hours week.
-, ,zsaan will
Increases in wages and 81 per cent BON
will he given for overtime to all except
piece workers
Powder Company Raises Employees.
The Hercules Powder company of Will
mington. Del. announces an increase of
~ per cent in the wages of all employees
who have been in the service of the
company fifteen days.
The Hercules company was one OF
those separated from the Dupont com
pany as a result of the governments
antitrust suit against the Dupont cor
poration. II has several plants and
large number of men are employed.
Officials of the International Paper
company announce that John Lindrsgon.
Industrial superintendent of the COM
pauy, has negotiated new working
aEIeeWent win the paper makers ana
pulp makers which embraces 95 per cent
OF the $500 employees in the thirty one
mills operated by that concern.
Carpet Workers Raised.
he new agreement supersedes an old
one which provided for arbitration OF
all disputes between the company and
its employees.
officials of the International Associa-
ton of Machinists said the new sgrce-
mont would have no effect on their Ce
mands for an eight-hou day.
even thousand employees in tine " ills
oi the Alexander Smith & Sons Carpet
company in Yonkers were notified of a
II per cent increase in wages.