The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-03-22
TRACTION MEN
GET ADVANCE
Increase of Wages Granted by
Indiana Company Without
Strife or III Feeling.
MONTANA LAW IS ENFORCED
Shorter Hours for Woman Workers
Made Satisfactory Gen.
eral Increase of Wages Marked
End Of Year-News of In
terest to Labor.

terest to Labor
1t is announced at the general Offices
of the Union Traction company of In
diana that interurban conductors and
motormen on its entire system will re-
ceive an increase I'm wages of ? cents
on the hour, effective April l. The
advance effects 300 trainmen and came
unsolicited The present wage scale
of from % to 80 cents an hour will be
increased from "a to "a cents.
The number of general wage in
creases in November and December,
1916, was SIG. of which 217 report
more than 100000 employees in
volved. Nearly half Of the increases
noted We're voluntary and the other
half We're divided about equally be-
tween increases forced by strikes and
those reached through agreements be-
tween employers and employees.
There seems to be no limit to the
class of work women can do. At first
it seemed strange i'm England to see
girl conductors on the buses, girl win
dow-cleaners, van drivers, and mes
sengers But as the war progressed
the field broadened. and now even in
building, mining and quarrying scores
Of women are employed.
To help toward meeting the ever
increasing demand for munitions OF
war; numerous groups of young stu
dents belonging to more than two hun
dred Italian state universities have
signified their willingness to quit the
lecture halls for the workshops.
The officers of the Bakery and Con-
fectionery Workers union. in their re-
port of the last year show that they
have a total membership of 22,255.
For sickness and disabled members
they have paid out 81 LAB. They have
POS local unions.
Woman porters are to take the place
of men eligible for military service on
the Great Western railway. They are
to be put in uniform. The goods por-
tiers are to get the highest wages, as
their work is the roughest-23s
($5.75) a week.
1t is estimated that between six
and eight million persons now EN-.
ployed by the British government, rep
resenting half the wage-earning pop
ulation of the United Kingdom, will
have TO be discharged at the end of
the war.
According to Canadian census sta
tistics there are 2,1S8,0O0 women be-
tween the ages of fifteen and eighty
in the dominion. OF these 1851, 1S2
were married and 364,S21 were occu-
pying paid positions in stores.
An effort will also be made to OBJ
tain the passage of a law abolishing
! all employment agencies In California
operated for profit, thus diverting the
business to the free employment office
operated by the state.
Missouri unionists are making &
third attempt to secure q compensa
ton law and there have been three
commissions appointed by the gov
ernOr and the state legislature to In
/ vestigate the question.
England has now about three anC
one-quarter million woman workers
and of these nearly three-fourths of 1
million are said to be filling places va
Gated by men, who have gone to the
'front.' eH. e4e
! Owing TO the shortage of help, 4,
number of Belfast (Ireland) shops ant
warehouses have closed between thu
hours of one and two o'clock each da,
since the first of the year.
Wyoming labor unions Will introduce
an amended compensation law, eight
hour day for woman workers and a la
Dor commission bill In the present leg
islature.
/ The Ohio Bar association has rec
commended that the legislature of tina
state allow women to become notarie
public. fnaH ~ffrnNrtr.
Slender girls are given the prefer
ence when applying for positions al
conductors on the Vienna street rail
ways.
The International Machlnists mad,
an average gain in wages during tn,
last year of so cents per day per man
The White Rats Actors union will
hold in allegiance its demand for unioI
shop conditions in vaudeville theaters
A general organizer for the Shee
Metal Workers union will tour eastern
/ Canada in the interests of his trade.
Plans are complete for special new
course for women in the Royal Colleg,
Of Dental Surgeons in Toronto.
Nearly 100000 British women hav,
registered with the board Of agricul
ture for working on the land.
In 1897 Electrical Workers Interna
tional had only 100 members. 1t nov
has In excess of 10000.
International Molders union pal,
out S68,129 for death benefits the las
\ year. ~ fa1
| Police will DrOcped aRainsf mira n