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

TIE at-sEfae GT these Doctors OF tsafaia'~
-rT closely resembles that y Dhysi-
Clans u the early days Of Specialize
r.0E waen the medical profession eon~
eenuatsd upon the diagnosis and
treatment Of disease in the patent
heg!ecflEg the social ard economic
coalitions which are the culture beds
Of disease,
Employment If several hundred
women as Iaborers By the Ryan Car
plant. South Chicago. begun as an eT-
pertinent several weeks ago, has prgTed
20 successful that several large HlaLG-
facrGrers are considering aGopriag the
plan The women range In age from
eighteen to forry-Avs years, receiving
30 cents an kour and WORK eight hours
a day. Experience has shown rEat in
the lighter tasks the women perform
"a naucE as men, bat Ia the heavier
Gnes one man VIII often do twice az
rauch az a woman. About . per cent
Of the women who begin work at the
plant remain, while the Others quit
after a few days, The women wear
overaIis.
TEarty-fye hundred employees Of
me Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific
railway win receive 2 10 per cent in
crease tn wages. The Increases viii
affect only unOrganlzed employees Of
the company who receive salaries Of
less tfaa 800 month. This includes
Le5asExs. diSpaEGbers. traInnaasfeFs and
station agents Employees who bene-
fitted under the terms Of the Adarason
/ law are not included.
An agreement for the settlement Of
I the strike Of 900 butchers employed at
the plants Of Swift q "a. and the Colo
RADIO Pacing end Provision company
ct Denver, Colo, was announced under
which the men returned to work at
onee. The companies agreed to rein
state u employees No change IN
wages is involved in the settlement.
Representative Of wornen's clubs
/ in Tacoma, Wash, have declared
against women taking the place Of
men in the industries, on the ground
that ct viii not be to the best Inter
/ esgs If the childhood and motherhood
( ~ oar nation"
4 Il Demonstration By many thousands
I n wetxraen organized by the British
W9rkevs' league, vas held in Hyde
( PARK. L1zd0n, to express fFaternal
( 1seeess1s ~ rhe peoples Of allied coun-
.g;sa @zE she determination Of the
pgts-LesE ~ continue the war.
~ g.E>s III The Joplin g. Pittsburgh
/ Eaawag company, competing the two
! cftiea and nearly all the towns OF
Cra wfotd and Cherokee counties, were
tied ~ by strike Of the stationary
engineers. The motorTnen and conduc-
tors were called out In sympathy.
After breaking up a peace meeting
and rioting in the streets for an hour
cannery strikers at San Jose, Cal.
agreed to return to work and leave
their case In the hands Of raediatOrs
]. w. w. agtators were directly
charged with starting the trouble
one thousand shopmen Of the Inter
national & Great Northern railroad
we're granted wage Increases that VIII
add $4,000 yearly to the company's
pay roll, at a conference between rep
resentatives Of the road and shoprnen
Seattle (Waah.) shlpbuilding anG
metal trades have made rapid strides
in the last few months, one local from
/ 300 10 $500 members and still grow
Ing.
Toronto (Can.) linotype operators
and compositors engaged in newspaper
york received an increase In pay Of
$50 a week.
English women have released 370OC
men from banking houses, 1900 mer
IN transportation work and 117y000 In
the government employ.
The various women's organizations
NJ Brapiford, Canada propose to fur
n.gh house for a club and htadquar
ters for returned soldiers.
Ohio wOmcn h2Te organized to enter
the various fields Of labor made pos.
slbIe BY the war.
Russian radicals demand the limlta.
ton Of the workday to eight hours in
all wage-carning occupations.
Ten per cent Of the strikes which
occurred In this country last year had
their locale In New York dty.
A further war bonus Of 81 week
has been granted to the clerical Stafs
In the royal British dockyards.