Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1915-07-29
LABOR TROUBLES
HEREABOUTS ARE
! CLEARING UP
Lathers and Hatters Adjust Diff
ferences-Other Strikes
May End Soon.
ANOTHER SHOP SIGNS
UP WITH IRONWCRKERS
Electricians on Public Service
Plant May Go Back
Next Week.

Labor troubles in the local field ara
quiet today, and outside of the prob
able prolongation of the machinists
difficulties through extending the de-
mands to foundries all strikes or
parts of strikes will probably be
cleared up within few days. With
the settling of the lathers' strike and
the adjustment OF the wage scale OF
the hatters, which took place yester-
day, two Of the disturbances have
been ended, while the inside iron
workers anticipate the bosses sign
Ing UP so that their strike will be over
before the end of the week. The diff.
erences which led to the walkout of
the electricians on the Public Services
new power plant at Point-No- Point
is expected to be adjusted at meet
ing of the building trades council to
be held next Wednesday night.
Bernard Hollander, secretary of
Local No 1S, Hatters' Union, an
nounced today that the manufacturers
and union had reached an agreement
yesterday and that all of the hatters
who had quit work pending a settle.
ment had returned to work this morn
ing.
The strike of the Lathers' Union was
facturers and employees was reached
amicably, and there was no threat
ened strike at any time by the em-
ployes, the workers stopping work
while the manufacturers and union
heads were comforting on the settle
ment. The disagreement between the
hOGGnG ~.
enforcement of certain clauses in the
yearly agreement which Is signed by
both sides and in which some of the
shops We're lax in carrying out.
Lathers Get Now Scale.
The strike of the Lathers Union was
also announced as settled this morn
ing. Fred Veth. business agent of the
local, said that all of the shops, with
the exception of one or two small
concerns, had signed the new agree
ment and these shops would undoubt-
edly sign when they had work to do.
The lathers' demands were for SO per
thousand for wooden iaths; $3.50 per
day for metal and wire lathing; eight
hours to constitute a days work; /;
four cents each for plaster boards;
stair strips and patch work to be
paid for at the rate of $3.50 per day;
WOiA Ofi puDilC pullQlIlBS 10 De PAID
for at the rate of wages as stair
strips, with the exception of wire
lathing. for which $3.50 per day Is to
be paid.
The strike of the thirty-six electri-
cal workers at. the Public Service
plant at Point No-Point will probably
be settled at a meeting of the New
ark Trades Council. which will be held
next Wednesday night. and not at a
meeting of the Essex Trades Council,
which was at first stated. There Is
no question of wages involved. the
point at issue being whether or not
the union electrical workers are to
work with the non-union switchboard
workers, which are employed by the
Public Service Corporation, and who
were sent to the plant to install the
switchboards, the action which caused
the walkout.
Ironworkers Make Progress.
At the headquarters of the inside
iron workers 1t was stated that Israel
Goldberg, who conducts a foundry at
107 Hunterdon street. had signed the
union agreement and the men had re-
turned to work in that shop today.
The signing by Goldberg made four
shops that has signed the union
agreement out of the twelve shops on
strike.