The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1915-10-29
WORLD or LABOR

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have gone on strike to secure a So
hour week. They demand that the
firms involved sign an agreement
that they will not in dull periods
take away privileges gained by the
strikers.
The strike at the New Departure
Manufacturing Company of Bristol
Conn, was settled when the EN-
ployes voted TO accept a compro
mise offer mace by the comrany Of
a 50-hour week, with 571a hours
pay. The 1900 employees have re-
tIrned to work.
The raincoat makers of Cleve-
land Ohio, held hue meeting to
discuss the question Of organizing,
and as a result the entire number
| signed the charter application. Or
ganizer Solomon sent in the docu
ment, and II bore the names Of
three fourths ot all the raincoat
makers in the CITY.
The Pawtucket R. l., steam fit
ters VINO have beeu on strike for a
week have returned to work fol-
lowi & an agreement made with
their employers to the effect that
they finish existing contracts at
the old wage rate ard that on sub
sequent contracts they receive 50
cents day additional, making 81
a day.
The strike of Chicago painters,
the last of the building trade trou-
bles which began last spring, has
ended with a substantial victory
for the union. A three-year agree
ment has been entered into which
provides for union shop, arbitra-
ton and 721z cents per hour
wage in the last year of the agree
ment. More than 10, 900 men are
affected by the settlement.
All station agents and telegra-
pliers employed by the Wabash
Railroad system will receive salary
increases of nine per cent, begin
ming with November, l, it was an
nounced at the executive Offices of
the road. In addition the working
day of station agents will be re-
duced from twelve to ten hours
and telegraphers will work eight
hours day. Overtime pay will be
increased from twenty FIVE to thirty
FIVE cer IS an hour. The new
schedule will increase the payroll
by $40 900 annually.
Judge Paul Little Of Fort Smith,
Ark, has declared the minimum
wage law for women unconstitu-
tional. A laundry proprietor who
had been found guilty in a justice s
court took an appeal to the circuit
court, with the result noted. State
officials announce they will appeal
the case to the State Supreme
Court. The law was passed by the
last Legislature, and was intended
"to regulate the hours of labor,
! safeg the health and establish
minimum wage for females in the
State of Arkansas.
Eight thousand men are now in
volved In the strike at Clinton,
Morenci aud Metcalf, Ariz., against
the Detroit Copper Company, the
Arizona Copper Company and the
Sherman Copper Company. The
. electricians, machinists and boiler
: makers have joined the miners.
| The strike resulted from the or
5 ganization of Western Fedora
: tion of Miners Union in the camps
and the refusal of operators to deal
5 with its representatives: 7 b {
t strike has closed the mines of the
e Arizona and Detroit companies al
: Morenci and the mines of the Ari
. zona and Shannon company a
r Metcalf, also the smelters of the
Shannon and Arizona company a
e Clifton, the smelter of the Detroi
e company at Morenci and the con
Il centrators of the Detroit and Ari
Y zona companies at Morenci.