The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-06-09
TO PROTECT CHILD La loRERs
Massachusetts, Legislature Indicates
That 1t Will Not Let Down
Standards During War.

| i""oi cAs uuiihS war may Ue lHulCdtet
by the vote Of Is to A, by which the
state senate passed bin reuuirins
children between fourteen and sixteer
to attend compulsory continuation
school four hours each week.
In one typical British munition fac
tory 1t is estimated that $500 hours
per week are saved by prompt atten
ton to slight accidents and Illnesses
while another factory, which has in
creased its output by 10 per cent. re
ports that substantial proportion OF
this increase is directly traceable tC
the lessening of fatigue by the intro
duction of chairs in the women's
shops.
AS a result of compromise agree.
ment. $50 striking employees of the
National Drawn Steel company OF
East Liverpool, o., returned to work
The men were granted 10 per cent
wage increase, as demanded. but theiI
request for the reinstatement of two
discharged workers was rejected.
A strike involving 600 union carpen-
tiers in Rock Island, Moline and Dav-
export, and which had tied up prac.
tically all bulldog operations for two
weeks was settled when the contrac-
tors signed two-year agreement to
pay 6215 cents an hour, with an eight;
hour day.
officers Of the White Rats Actors
union have declared the strike against
60 theaters in various parts of the
country suspended because of war con.
ditions. The strike was caused by q
lockout policy of the Vaudeville Man
ayers Protective association.
At the conference at Leeds, Eng, OF
the Independent Labor party a reso-
luton was unanimously adopted call.
ing on the government to prohibit alb
solutely the use of foodstuffs in the
manufacture of alcoholic liquors dur
ing the war.
Wheeling wv Va) contractors are
signing the new wage scale of Latlt
ers' union No. 1874. A piece work rate
| VI 90 Is dShSu. HOl LAWS "ClC Pp
a thousand for soft lath and S3.5l
for hard hath, with $3.50 day fol
time work.
Joplin (Aio.) Iron holders unior
has secured an agreement with emf
ployers in the city and nearby local
tiles. These workers will be paid 81
per day for nine-hour day. This
means total increase of so cents
day.
Circulars in foreign languages an1
embodying lessons in first aid to thf
| injured are to be distributed by tfF
bureau of mines in furtherance Of ik
safety-first campaign among the 1,00Qi
600 miners In the United States.
The Cotton Manufacturers assoeiaG
ton of New Bedford, Mass, -vv'0ted
increase in wages of 10 per cent "a
the $4,000 operatives in the local mills
The advance will add about $2000OOss
a year to the pay rolls.
The San Francisco employment bu
reau. since its organization, has beef
drawn upon for ] ,461 employees and
sent 29,505 candidates to employer
and succeeded in placing 22,680,
The Brazilian government has de,
creed that products offered for SAX
as butter must contain at least 81
per cent of butter fat and not mort
than 10 per cent of acid content.
It has been decided to start at ones
a vigorous agitation to have the De
miniOn government Immediately d
something to increase the pay of Cana
dian letter carriers.
Seven thousand general war pottery
workers in the United States werl
granted voluntary wage increase d
5 to 10 per cent by the United State'
Potters' association,
Virtually every member OF TIN
colored population of one town Il
North Carolina has been attracted t.
Philadelphia by high wages.
The output of manganese ore in thi'
country in 1916 amounted to 27,00i
tons. which was three times the pro
ductiof in 1915.
Mills in England have succeeded il
making Irvine and yarn from fla,
straw, generally regarded as vast
product.
To meet the increased cost of liv
ing 100000 female munition worker
in England have asked for an fncreas,
in pay.
Toronto {Canada) retail clerks de
mand early closing. Sheet meta
workers at Hamilton, Canada, win OF
ganize.
A 10 per cent wage increase for %,
600 operatives has been announce,
by cotton mills in Rhode Island.
. Two unions Of BARRIERS with mem
bership of $50 have been organized a
Montreal, Canada.
Women are working in the fields O
North Dakota because of an acute Ia
t Dor shortage.
e An organizing campaign is to be con
Quoted among the sailors on the Grea
: Lakes.
a Cabinet makers at ST. Louis, Mo
will get 40 cents an hour in the FIJI
D ture,
e There are 100000 factory workers Il
Finland
/ Magnetized plates, to be fastened Il
:. a finger with clips, have been invente,
D to save carpenters time picking II
nails