The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-08-25

8l34ss bla5 makers BE- the AEnerfeaN
1lnc and line glass manufacturers At q
conference with union representa- 1Iaes..
The Increase Is operative In I25 pEangs
in Pennsylvania New Jersey. Eew
York, Ohio, Maryland, West virginia
and Oklahoma It win bring the nsEns-
mum wage for bulB makers to sB475
per day with maximum Of $3.50
Much Of Californfa's crop VIII 20 m
harvested for lack OF Labor, according
20 & report made By Pref r. Z. Adams
o9 the University Of CALIFORNIA;. who
has been assisting the state cDunca oe
defense TO obtain help for farnera-
Professor Adams suggested that con-
seTfptiCn q labor may be necessary CO
solve the problem.
Canada reports comparatively little
unemployment In urban cenrers, except
ID two OF three cities in tie far West.
The outlook for the coming winter Ia
considerably brighter than at this tilne
last year There IL 70 strike n0r La
Dor dispute Of magnitude in the Do-
minien.
Krupp's employees at the end Of
1915 numbered 1890, an increase OF
1900 during the year. The number
Of women workers increased IN the
same period from 1880 to 1890. The
report ~ the workers sick fIlnt8 shows
tAat the war has had Bad effect on
the health Of the worirpeople.
When Luxembourg miners, demanding
a share Of the profits being made en-
work for the German government,
struck. German troops arrested the
leaders and brought il Belgian slaves
70 work the mines. The strike then
collapsed.
In Japan's II shipbu!dtng yards
there are 1s9 steamers each exceeding
1900 tons, now building or on which
work VIII soon be begun The govern
ment grants subsidy for each steam
er. The combined tonnage represent,
ed IL a4s084
a number Of German women have
cut off their hair and given It for war
PURPOSES. The longer strands are used
to make beltfng for nagnftioas factories
and the shorter ones are rnaaa.z.-.n a.
felt. -4 -----sr-'-s !.
In order to ts,eonne better acquainted
with railway men and their conditions
Rev. ". r. 1liIson, q Methodist pastor
il ST. Thomas, Canada, has made
roT1d mp AZ fireman On Wabash
engine.
Deputy State Labor Commissioner
/ AoTTisey Of Colorado has refused to be
sranapeded by the shortage Of labor"
K cry and has notified employers that
I the wOraen's eight-hour law win not be
suspended
Women who have replaced skilled
men in England are paid at the same
/ piece rate as men, but because they
cannot turn out as much work their
/ earnings are only about IS per cent Of
that earned by the men
/ Women IN overaIls doing the work Of
men just az they have for some time
been doing in England and France
have made their appearance in Chi
cago.
I Worknen in various trades at Rio
| de Janeiro have declared peaceful
strike and others have announced
their intention Of adhering to the
movement
| Equal pay for equal work. without
discrimination as to sex, is urged as a
war measure In a bulletin issued By
the American Association for Labor
Legislation.
( The secretary Of war and the secre-
tary Of the navy have agreed to prefer
woman employees heaceforth ia APP
Eointments to the clerical forces of the
war and navy departments
The English trade union movement
has larger membership than before
the war and It has surrendered 10
standards definitely, although some are
suspended for the time being.
BOatmen on the PanucO river at
Tanpico, Mex, went on strike for
higher wages. They are members of
the Industrial Workers Of the World.
/ The house Of representatives has
passed bill suppressing the activities
In Australia Of the Industrial Workers
Of the World.
A JO-hour work week for women has
gone into effec. in Ohio, suppIanting
the former statute, which provided for
54-EOur maximum.
The Australian house Of representa-
tives has passed blu suppressing the
activities in Australia Of the Industrial
Workers Of the World.
To teach domestic science in rural
regions a Kentucky school official has
mounted two-room house ON wheels
and takes it around HIS territory.
Women are employed as car couplers
and swftchmen on the Paris under.
ground railways.
silks are now printed by means Of
color photography by some French tex
I tile manufacturers
Compulsory national service for
women in Germany may be extended
to agricultural labor.
In the city Of Seville, Spain. the
right police are armed with long
spears. such MS the knights Of Ole -.sed