The Arvada enterprise., 1917-11-15
NOTES OF LABOR WORLD

WOu6o Vt 10O0 WUhlU
By vote that lacked one of being
unanimous. and that one not a dele
gate. from Reading. Pa, the conven-
tion of the International Molders'
Union Of North America voiced ap-
proval Of the war policies of Samuel
Gompers, president Of the American
Federation Of Labor, and adopted the
adverse report of the committee on
resolutions on the resolution Of censure
proposed by the Reading (Pa.) local.
Three hundred miners returned to
work at the Blackburn mines at Peters
burg, Ind, when district officials up
held the coal mine company and or.
dered the men back to work. The mine
drivers quit and asked for a removal
Of one Of their number who had been
hired as boss driver. The company re-
fused to discharge the boss driver.
"Womanalls'' are the latest thing
In women's working apparel. They
are nothing more than modified over
alls, exactly like those worn by work.
men. They have been adopted by the
General Electric company for force
Of girls working on lathes, drilling ma-
chimes and punch drills.
Girls are taking the places Of por-
ters. chefs and walters on trains Op-
Grating on the Wheeling & Lake Erie
between Wheeling and Cleveland. 1t
Is not a question Of wages. The girls
get as much as the men. "They give
better satisfaction" said General Pas
senger Agent McRoberts.
Fourteen labor business agents. con-
victed In the Chicago criminal court
two years ago Of conspiracy to conduct
boycotts, destroy property and extort
money. must 60 to the penitentiary or
pay fines. according to decision of
the appellate court affirming the GRIM
lnal court conviction.
The United States Steel corporation
has announced a 10 per cent advance
In the wage Of Its workers. This Is the
fourth increase granted the corpora.
tiOn's employees since the beginning
Of the war In Europe, and will bring
the total advance In that time up to
As per cent.
Machinists employed by the govern
ment at virtually every navy yard and
arsenal have presented revised de-
munds for a further increase In wages
over the 30 cents day demanded last
October. The proposed new increases
run up to 81 day.
The Canadian Press, q news.gather-
ing agency, has signed a union shop
agreement which includes its coast-tO-
coast Jurisdiction. The new schedule
establishes the highest average wage
paid by any press association In North
America.
The wages In eastern Siberia are So
cents . day, while those In western
Siberia often are as low az 10 cents
day. The men In the mines Of eastern
Siberia work morning. noon and night
recognizing neither Sunday nor fenst
day.
The Tenants union of Pittsburgh
announced that It hud asked the Co
operation of the Central Federated
union and the American Federation Of
Labor In a campaign for the erection
Of municipal tenements.
In q bulletin issued by the federal
bureau Of labor statistics the Intcrna.
tiOnnl Typographical union II quoted
US reducing deaths, due to tuberculO-
sis, from 3l.2 per cent In 1900 to 1911
per cent In 1915.
The biggest strike In the history OF
the Australian commonwealth has
been settled. 1t began August md
involved railways. docks, coal mines
und other industries, In addition to the
seamen.
The Pan.American Federation Of La.
Dor conference committee In uniting
the organized workers Of North Amer.
icn and South America.
The Baltimore 1 Ohio Railroad com.
pany employs 1000 women. not includ.
Ing xtenographcrs. clerks, charwomen.
car cleaners, etc.
The most Of Jupan's pearl divers
are women. who begin to learn the
trude At the age Of thirteen or four.
teen.
Canadian immigration ofiicials have
succeeded In their fight to keep !. w.
w. sgitstors south Of the Internal ationnl
border.
Chicago Building Laborers' union
has more paid.up members thnn there
are psid.up members Of the ]. w. W.
throughout the country. H..
Han Francisco restaurant managers
have adopted 4 new wage scale which
raises rates from 10 to ~ per cent. anf
foreAefs - high ~ LOO per cent.
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