The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-03-03
St. Louis Central Trades and La
Dor Union States Fact in
Its Report.
POINT APT TO BE FORGOTTEN
so-CalIed "Gifts," of Which So Much
Has Been Said, Must Come From
Profits Made by Workers
General Labor News
From All over.

| OF 81. Louis HAS duOpleu Il TepOII suc-
claring that the employers of labor
recently commended for paying DO
muses. to their employees at the end
of the year did no more than pay the
men money already earned. Putting
the case in the words of the commit
tee: "This is true of all bonuses and
increases of wages regarding which
there has been so much notoriety re-
Gently. If the employees had not al
ready earned the same the employers
would not be able to give it to them"
st. Louis Globe-Democrat.
The members of organized labor in
Canada are not satisfied with the ac-
ton of the Dominion government in
dealing with the high cost of living
and there is movement on foot to
have an army of workmen march to
Ottawa and, if possible, to press upon
the government the necessity of acting
Immediately.
Labor in California will endeavor
to procure amendments to the work
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guarantee payment of compensation
after same becomes due; to give
to the injured worker a voice in the
selection of his doctor, and to reduce
the waiting period to one week instead
of two.
Members of the trades union move
ment in Canada will follow the lead
of the members Of the British trades
union movement and urge better care
of the returned soldiers. They will
urge upon the government by petition
and conference the necessity of pro-
viding for their future.
The annual report of the United
States Steel and Carnegie pension fund
shows Sill, 1908 was distributed in
1915. The average pension was $2l.O5
a month, the minimum $12, and the
maximum 500. Total distribution
since 1911, $2,945,541.08.
To help toward meeting the ever
increasing demand for munitions of
war Numerous groups of young stu
denks La1nngIRg, to Taasse thar 2ttsQl 4tseslr
. ian state universities have signitie(
, their Willingness to quit the lecture
halls fer the workshops.
Salar.es Of teachers in the East
and North Atlantic states are highest
with $699 and 1895, respectively, an6
the loves: in the South Atlantic states
(S329) ard varies from 1924 in Mis-
sissippi to 1911 in California and $941
in New York
According to Canadian census sta
tistics, there are 2,1S6,000 women be,
tween the ages of fifteen and eighty in
the Dominion. or these 1851, 1872 were
married and 364,S21 were occupying
paid positions in stores.
A convention of Hooking district
miners, representing 10000 of these
workers, has voted to ask the state
convention of Ohio miners to demand
wage increases at the expiration of the
present contract.
There are 5000 women engaged in
munition making in Canada, and this
number is being rapidly added to- The
number of women has increased about
10000 over the number who applied
hast year.
In the long run, no corporation Is big
enough to resist the spirit Of the age
or to wage a persistent fight against
fair play. II Is time for the steel trust
to change its tactics.-Chicago Jour
nal
Four girls who refused TO wear
trousers and male attire at their
work brought suit against a Clyde
shipbuilding firm for discharging them
The court declined compensation.
Five thousand miners in the Cabir
Creek CW. ya.) coal district will re
ceive a 10 per cent increase in wages
beginning March 1, it was announced
by the employing companies.
Trade union and labor organiza
lions of Glasgow, Scotland, have
called for an increase Of so per cen
in the allowance to soldiers and san
ors.
Canadian railway employees in al
departments are ltlhtLiS dbN dAtd6V "
the scarcity Of labor to demand an in
crease of wages.
The Irish government proposes to In
! stitute without delay a considerabl
scheme Of compulsory tillage.
More than 500 union printers hav'
. already enlisted in the Canadian arm.
for the war in Europe.
Congressman Van Dyke of Mime
| sofa is a member of the Railway Mai
Clerks union.
Great Britain hopes to make farm
! ers out of many soldiers invaiide
, from service because of wounds o
{ disease.
Thirty-fve hundred women hol
positions in Canadian banks alon
e who were not there before the wal
/ Stove founders have established
Z uniform minimum of $4.25 day 70
day workers in the stove industry.
Kansas City (Mo) Butchers Worl
Y mems union is conducting an agitatio
a against Sunday employment.
{ Pueblo (Colo.) labor unions hav
: purchased building for labor ten
nle at cost Of $1,000.