The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-09-29

Street railway operation as an in
uustry knows no rest day. The roads
are In operation seven days week.
Individual employees do not all work
every day, however, but are absent
because of one cause or another. DC.
casionally road makes provision for
regular days off, but the general rule
is that men are allowed time off duty
on request. Out Of total of 81, 1855
regular motormen, including 43 horse
car drivers, for whom information is
available, 1921, or AZ per cent,
worked seven days in the week. OF
1924 extra motormen, including four
horse-car drivers, 1926, or 46 per cent,
worked seven days in the week.
Blame the kaiser for the loss Of an
industry at Thuringen,' Germany, and
its removal to this country. Ernest
Reinhartz employed over 100 workers
manufacturing china doll heads in Ger
many. His business was wrecked by
the war He has just established a
big plant at East Liverpool, O. Rein
hartz made over 100000 dolls per week
in Germany and plans to equal that
capacity in his new plant. A five-kiln
pottery has been leased for this in
dustry, il being the only one of its
character in the United States.
Granting a permanent injunction
against enforcement of the federal
child labor law, Federal Judge BOYD
at Greensboro, N. c., held it was IN
constitutional. Judge Boyd held that
congress had exceeded its powers un
der the Interstate commerce clause OF
the constitution. The suit was brought
by a father to prevent the cotton mills
at Charlotte from refusing employ
ment to his two sons. 1t is believed
the case will be q test one for ss.eEszsa
tons employing child labor. The gov!
eminent will appeal at once.
Connecticut's new workmen's COM
pensation act is now effective.i Here
after only seven days will have to
elapse before compensation is due and
the maximum compensation allowed is
S14 instead of $40. The commissions
ers are given authority and are per.
mitted even to issue attachments
against employers who violate the law
: Although Occupational diseases are not
included the commission has the pow.
, err of decision as to cause, and the
: right of appeal is given the worker.
In regard to a telegram from Score
tary of War Baker asking an eight
, hour day for lumber workers, John M
| Pritchard. secretary of the Gum Lum
t Der Manufacturers association, stated
} he considered the adoption Of these
) hours in the lumber camps of thu
: Mississippi valley as impracticable a
/ this time. Wages have been raised
about 20 per cent to meet the higf
} cost of living he said, and the putting
| into effect of an eight-hour day woult
cut down the production % per cent.
! Eleven thousand hands employed b.
t the NIidvale Steel company at Phila
$ delphia are to be turned to manufac
: ture of guns and equipment to hell
Y outfit a fleet of destroyers and mer
: chantmen the Emergency Fleet cor
! poration is constructing. Henry D
d Booth. general superintendent, aske'
exemption for $500 employees subjec
: to draft.
5 A temporary Injunction stopping tn
r enforcement of the Adamson law wa
t granted the Fort Smith & Western
Y railroad by Judge Day of the Unite'
q States Supreme court. Receivers o
the road pleaded previous contrac
e with employees and declared the roa'
, did not have earnings enough to com
r ply with the law.
= A few conscientious DIRECTORS still
: teaching in London (England) elemen
tary schools are to go. After a Ion
r debate recently the London count
council decided by 81 votes to Is +