The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-08-18

hoC De USED In any sense as strike
breakers.
The news that young women in over.
alls will replace 10000 General Elec-
trio company workmen at the COM
pany's various plants as soon as the
men, many &f whom have already en-
listed, are called out, illustrates what
is going to happen all over the coun-
try in manufacturing establishments
where women will be called upon to
| take the place of men. Naturally, the
question will arise here, as 1t has risen
in England, whether women will con-
tinue to work in this way after the
war is over
A strike agitation has begun among
workmen in the shipbuilding industry,
particularly metal workers, at Ham
burg. They demand a reduction Of
working hours to So weekly and an In
crease in wages of SO per cent. Wom-
en- workers also have formulated de-
mands. The movement is due largely
to the increased cost of necessaries,
but radical socialist agitators also are
playing part, it is said.
Concerning New York's compulsory
workmen's compensation act, Justice
Pitney of the federal Supreme court
said: "The New York law cannot be
said to be arbitrary and unreasonable
from the standpoint of natural jus
tice. On the grounds of natural JUS
| tice it Is not unreasonable to require
the employer to contribute a reason
able compensation for loss Of earning
| power"
A strike at the National Conduit and
Cable company's plant at Hastings-on-
Hudson, N. Y, ended when the strikers
went back at an increase of two cents
an hour. They will, however, work
the nine-hour day, having lost out on
that demand. They compromised on
the increase in wages asked.
A safety survey Of the country's
navy yards and arsenals and other
government establishments where en-
plOyment is considered most hazardous
is being made by the new federal en-
ployees' compensation commission in
cooperation with the various execu-
tive departments.
Members of the Railroad Laborers'
union employed at the Chicago and
Eastern Illinois shops at Danville, Ill.,,
who struck for an incneaSe nfas7z54
cents an hour agreed to resume work
pending a conference between their Of
ficers and Receiver Jackson.
Employees Of the Monon railroad
system have been granted a large in
crease in wages. The machinists, boil
er makers, blacksmiths, pipe filters
helpers and apprentices will receive
cents an hour and the helpers will re-
ceive cents more.
The shortage of labor" cry has been
taken advantage of by employment
sharks in Houston, Tex, who are
charged with receiving so from indi-
vidual wOrkmen who are sent to Okla
homa wheat fields only to find that
they have been cheated.
One thousand shoplnen of the Inter.
national and Great Northern railroad
were granted wage increases that will
add $4,000 yearly to the company's
payroll, at a conference at Houston,
Tex, between representatives of the
road and shopmen.
Five thousand Japanese emigrants
are to be sent to Brazil each year over
new steamship line. In their new
home the japanese will be employed in
the cultivation Of rice, beans, pota-
toes, onions and coffee.
What is called an I. W. w. plot TO
cause strike at the Cleveland Cliffs
Iron company's plant at Kipling, Mich,
caused the arrest and deportation Of
Joseph Karlovich and Ignar Grunlck,
| Austrians,
Suspension of its age limit has been
announced by the Pennsylvania rail-
road. During the war persons be-
tween the ages Of forty-f1ve and seven
ty may be employed to supplant con-
scripts.
In campaign to promote efficiency
among girls Of New Brunswick, Can
ada, clubs will be organized and
courses will be given in food values,
canning, etc
Although but per cent Of SPANS
cultivated land is under irrigation the
irrigated sections yield about one
fourth of the nations agricultural pro-
auctions.
The Tasmanian government has
damned large lake and built n.y.
dro-electric plant for light and pow
er that will be distributed throughout
the state.
A school to teach women to become
car conductors is to be established In
New York under the auspices Of the
women's section Of the Navy league.
Increase in wages and war bonuses
taking effect in May resulted in total
increase of $22750O a week and af-
fected more than 100000 persons.
Detroit (Mich.) Horse Meat Packing
association has organized to promote
the sale of new table delicacy and
also reduce the cost of living.
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