The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-09-01
LABOR LAWS WERE RELAXED
England and France Now Regret Fall
ure to Protect Women and chii-f
dren in Early Days of War.

suits that frantic efforts are being
made to restore earlier standards, not
only to protect the health and morals
of the workers, but for the sheer sake
of industrial efficiency.
In striking contrast to those coun'
tries Australia and New Zealand, in
spite of Vie great armies of men they
have SEM 20 the front, have main
tanned their labor standards, and es'
capped the Industrial and moral disOr.
ders so bitterly regretted by England
and France.
No change whatever in restrictions
on women and child labor is reported
from New Zealand and Australia.
The frequency of accidents among
railroad and factory workers, due to
the failure Of men Of foreign birth to
understand warnings or orders, In
duced the Pennsylvania state intus-
trial board recently to adopt a rule
making it necessary for persons c9m-
handing groups of laborers to be tble
to understand the language spoken by
their co-laborers.
Although agreements exist betseen
the brewery workers unions and en-
ployers in Philadelphia, the latter lave
voluntarily raised wages on the scllim
Of their employees that this was neeeS,,
sary to meet the high cost of liYlhgf
The increase means an additional SIT
600 week to 1900 workers.
Winnipeg (Can.) Trades and Labor
council recently adopted motion CALI
ing upon the Dominion government tb
provide pension Of 500 per month
for soldiers who have been totally OF
permanently disabled in the war an9
war widows with dependent childrenA
Samuel Gompers Of the American
Federation Of Labor said there is M
basis in truth" for the Copenhagen rel
port that American trades unionlStf
are to attend the Stockholm peace cor
ference.
Organized woman bindery WorkelR
in Philadelphia have asked enployerS
to raise wages. The request includeE
a 49-hour week, time and one-hnlf III
overtime and double time for SundayM
and holidays. sses
Anthracite mip,ia5ln the Likens val
ley in Pennsylvania, who had been on
STRIKE Tor three weeks decided to re-
turn to work and let Umpire O'Neih Of
the miners Cancellation board decide
the controversy.
The average per capita eaegs Iol
more than one-third Of tiA factory
in New York statet for one
week in May of this year was GID,
as compared with $3.50 in April. This
includes woman workers.
An arbitration board has conceded
two-thirds Of the wage demands Of
Louisville Ky) Typographical union.
Day men on newspapers are increased
from $24 to $26 week and night men
receive $3.50, an increase of $40.
Prevention Of child labor and other
abuses is to be undertaken by the de-
partment of civic relief of the Penn
sylvania state committee of public
safety.
When anthracite coal companies In
crease the size of their mine ears they
must pay miners proportionately
higher rate or reduce what is known
as topping"
Stationary engineers employed atice
plants in Dayton, O., have secured the
eight-hour day and raised wages So a
week. The former work day was 10
and II hours.
Single manufacturers in the state
Of Washington are spending money
without stint in an advertising cam
paign against the eight-hour demand
Of their organized employees.
Local Consumers leagues through
out the United States are Investigate
ing plants where women are employed
on war work to see that best welfare
conditions are being maintained.
The State Industrial commission has
prohibited night work for women In
manufactures and laundries In Wis
cOnsin.
If the war continues for three years
more many Of the railroads Of the
United States will be operated by
women.
It is stated that 1000 employees Of
the Santa Fe railroad in Colorado will
receive a 10 per cent bonus next De.
cember.
A union Of ex-soldiers and war inva
lids has been formed In Germany to
advance their economic and political
interests.
California's Industrial Welfare com
mission has established S10-a-week
minimum wage for women in mercan-
tile industry.
Wage increases that total $4,000 q
year have been secured by Baltimore
(Md.) Yeast Makers union, affiliated
with the A. f. of L.
Eighty expert workmen employed by
the e. w. Bliss company to test tor
pedoes at its Sag Harbor IN. 70 plant
struck for more pay.
Since the beginning Of the war I'd
inburgh (Scotland) domestic servants
have contributed the sum of $4,000
for various war charities.
Norwegian experiments with fishing
with the aid of electric lights Lowered
into the sea hive been failures, the
III. lion frirktenlnp the fish AWAY