The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-05-12
STATE VIOLATING OWN 1
New York Commission Says Employ
Work Under Conditions Not Tol;
Grated in Private Plants.

of employees In the capitol bfiidlS
are suffering from eyestrain ana otIa
ailments readily traceabIe tf
lighting and defective sanitation
that costly structure. ERE fh IN
2,1S7 men and women employed ii Il
factory In the gate, .,..heir working
ditions would not be tolerated foil
moment" the report says. ''The pfl
prietors of the factories would Il
served with 314 orders to ainelid I
conditions, from safeguarding mag 4
cry, improving sanitation, instaelsil
better lighting and repairing eleya 3
to equipping their plants with nls a
OF exit required under the law for 4
protection of their workers III the =
of fire or panic"
Flint Glass Workers Union MOI y
has organized the Tiffin Co-operagE
company at Tiffin, O., and opene&
grocery and meat store. The coinp3n.
is an Ohio corporation with $40, "
capital, divided into 1000 shares. =
unionists hold all preferred stES
which is the voting stock, but the cpl'
mon shareholders have all benefits ~
cept voting. Each member must ha
two shares and is limited to fis
Dividends will be paid on the am0f
of goods purchased. The store is 4i
>Ylying the needs of 100 families.
The Illinois State Federation of "
sor and the joint legislative board n
labor. the latter including represelEa
tives of the four railroad brotherfodi
have Endorsed the stand taken Nv ~
tional labor leaders in Washington '
"stand by the flag" in connections -
the war. Announcement to this EN-
was made by Victor A. OlanderS n
rotary of the federation.
In 1915 New York state cofnpensEe
10000 industrial accidents, of wy
1900 resulted in death. This WasVa
the rate of five persons killed, 81 IL
manently crippled or MANNED and \
suffering serious temporary injuY
each working day. The aggreE
amount of co,nnensation naif, swns an
200 ooo exclusive of madica, hcnef,E
A,ron,on,onts have Noon ,roctis I III
comn,ated hv mo nom;n,ar gayf r
ment for co-onerot ,on hetwaars sll De
ninion ana ~ nrov,ncos u Msnss ba
sosLotchovon and A1horto ,v,,o I'll
aond 90 ooonts ~ tho Irn;taa Sf,Ae
IN camna;cn 70 attract orlcuIf,,ta
,ohorars 10 ,restarn Canals
Cost 30 ,,,,;na fo,. q, rrs,r,,,a,,
hora,. in Now Yo,t WITH
.ts'.l, ! OH s7t1st IN 5, w
.to sSoo ~ the Two years endlns FePFt
afv' l9lG according 70 1ne poara y
estlinaIe' food advanced IFom NSo
10 S4S@.
Inc charge OF murder aganst Jpn
II. lawson leader OF the famous uolt
fado miners STRIKE, was virtiall
quashed "heh attorney Generai ftpt
pard recommended writ Of errOf.
me tennessee legislature has passe
q law directing mat IRON Toundf1ess en
pioylhg more than II Hoiders mus
provide shower baths ana other mean
OF sanitation for these employees.
Two hundred and ffty miners Gol
merry employed by the west Ciint0
Coal company We're expelled by the ~
diana United Mine Workers union 70
striking without sanction.
woman police for South Africa az
recommended by an authority onslla'
and order ITO meet social problems
present day" as brought about Dyl To
war.
Notice issued by the British miiltar
authorities calling certain collier
workmen In the South Wales coal flel
to the colors have been Cancelled.
Wages OF miners In NOVA Scou
have Increased by approximately 3
per cent since November !. 1915 W.
bonuses have also been granted.
Representatives of Machinist'
unions In several Ontario (Canada
cities have decided to inauguratet
joint wage movement.
The United Mine Workers OF Anne
lea is conducting a vigorous orgaai'
ing campaign In Maryland and adt0if
ing coal fields. s.
A mammoth oil-driven haiveste
that is being tried on Australian whee
fields strips about sixty acres day.
A war hOnus of 50 cents a week lin