The Hayti herald. (Hayti, Mo.) 1908-1922, 1916-04-27
GRANT INCREASE
IN NINE SCALE
Operators in Conference Adopt
New Wage Contract Agreed
On by Subcommittee.
EiEANs MILLIONS FOR MEN

tVc agreement nuVB VIII % IN
creased by Fifteen Million
ooiIars-Women In Wash.
inoton Poorly Paid.
The interstate joint conference q
mine operators from the soft coal
fields Of western Pennsylvania. Ohio.
Indiana and Illinois. representing
nearly 100000 mine workers. adopted
the new wage contract agreed upon
by the subcommittee OF employers and
employees. The agreement will In.
crease the income Of the mine work.
Ell in those states about 9l6.000.O0o
during the two.year period the con.
tract is to run. Some Of the Ollie
and western Pennsylvania operators
voiced their dissatisfaction with the
new scale and many Of them placed
themselves on record against some Of
it's features. w. H. Haskins Of Ohis
and w. w. Keefer Of western Penn.
sylvania. in voting to accept the
agreement. announced that they were
opposed to parts Of It and gave rea.
sons for voting for the contract % .
whole.
About 4s per cent Of the sales girls
and women and 81 per cent Of the
women in all other lines Of work IN
the nations capital receive less than
So a week. according to Secretary Falk
Of the Consumers league IN that city.
She declared that Warrington has
sweatshops and that remedial steps
must be taken Immediately. She also
averred that women in domestic ssrv.
ice often worked twenty hours dsy.
and in answer to . question - 70
what the league was doing to remedy
this condition she replied that the met.
ter was being Investigated and tAss
evidence as to existing conditions II
all parts Of the country is now bsiaO
gathered. When completed this WIN
be compiled to determine Just what
problems are uppermost In this wos1
and what can be done to remedy pre-
ent evils.
Tho huge 4a.acre plant Of the On
Products Refining company st Ara
ILL.,. the largest Of IL kind IN the Unit.
ed States. was closed following .
strike OF $50 workmen In the starch
department. Fear Of riotinS among
the 100 men out Of work ~ . 1esuN
Of the shutting down OF the fastor1ss
led the authorities Of the village Of
Summit to close Is saloons an hour
later
Differences between the two Wash.
ington street railway companies and
their employees which resulted In .
strike Of the motormen and conductors
recently have been settled follo~ans
conferences between committees rep
resenting both sides. The men are 70
receive part of tho wage increase
asked for and shorter worldly.
An average increase Of two cents
an hour in wages Of every msehinist
employed by the Atchison. Topeka anl
Santa Fe Railroad company vas IN.
nounced from the general omees Of
the company. The order. which BE-
came effective Immediately. will affect
$4,000 men over the entire system. \
was said.
The bureau Of salesmanship 70
search. q new phase Of education. ana
said to be the nrst Of the kind in his
tory. 10 to be anllisted with the Car.
nesie Institute Of Technology Of
Pittsburgh. and will be fpsosd fse
study in juno
Chattanooga (Tsnn.) capitalists a..
nouncsd they would build there . two
million.dollsr open hearth steel plant
and rolling mill to use hydro-eleetTie
power. generated on tho Tennessee
river. Construction will begin immS
diately, Il was said.
Demands for q general increase Of
IL per cent in pay. time and half for
all overtime work and . minimum
wage OF 32.25 . day have been made
ON all New England railroads BY the
eastern Federation Of Railway Clerks
shopmen. car inspectors and track.
men employed In the New York. On.
tario 4 Western railroad shops d
Middletown. N. Y. went ON strike.
The strikers demand an eight.houy
day and wage increase Of three
cents an hour. Considerable delay
was reported in he starting OF trains.
due to the absence OF Workmen.
Portsmouth (O.) Brewery Workss6
union has signed . thres.yssS sgYss.
ment with employers. The wages OF
brewers. bottlers and drivers have
been increased two dollars . week.
An increase in pay for $4,000 opera
tives in virtually all the textile csnters
OF Rhode Island has been assured.
8. H. Walker. retiring mayor Of Al.
toons. Pa. has resumed his humble
Job In the railroad shops.
Bensine and wood alcohol poisoning
are the two newest forms Of occups-
tional diseases.
Englsnd's trads-union congress he's
100000 affiliated members.
Winding Watches BY Eisstrlsity.
n Q New Yor,, watch repairing 60
tsblishment. where more THAI ssvsa