The Arvada enterprise., 1917-11-15
MANY ENLIST FOR
INDUSTRIAL WORK
rhousaads; :; Are Enrolled. sx the,
United States Public Ser
VICE Reserve.
MEN PLACED where NEEDED
object .ors.n'..}ienA... to Equal. =.
Ize the Distribution Of Labor
an Country During: the.
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Within three months after its or.
ganization the United. States Public
Service reserve had enrolled more thap
14,OOO citizens for Industrial work, g..
600 of whom were skilled engineers,
The reserve was organized us an .in.
dustrial clearing house" to eaualize
the distribution Of labor durlag the
war, and these men, who represent al
most every state, have signlaed their
willingness to leave their present EN-.
ployment II they can serve their coun.
try to better advantage In some other
line of activity.
William E. Hall, named by Secretary
Of Labor Wilson as director Of this
work, is pushing as rapidly as possible
the work Of organizing state branches.
Care will be taken not to interfere
with men now working In essential In
dustries. and such workers will be rec
ognized by the award Of some insignia
showing they are directly aiding the
nation in the prosecution Of the war.
At present the reserve is rapidly
placing men In various departments Of
the government where special skill and
training are required. More than six
hundred divisions have been estab-
lished and every name filed is cross-in-
dexed SO that 1t is possible to pick
men for any special tax at a moments
notice.
Directors Of the Western Union Tel.
egraph company have authorized the
payment Of bonus July 1, 1918, to all
regular employees, except the presi-
dent. who will have served the com.
pany continuously from January 2,
1913. This will give messengers $3.50
each. employees receiving less than ST..
200 year, 8 per cent Of the semi-an-
nual wage, employees receiving 81 200
and up to $1,000. 9 per cent, and EN-.
ployees receiving $1,000 and more, 8
per cent Of the semi-annual wage.
The threatened strike Of 10000 sea-
men employed on lake ore, grain and
cOal ships was averted by an eleventh
hour compromise agreement reached In
Washington. Under the terms Of the
agreement, which was drawn up by the
United States shipping board. the sea-
men obtained an increase in wages
from $72 to sos q month for able sea.
men and from $45 to 500 a month for
deckhands. This Is the largest raise
ever secured for the Like sailors.
Seattle (Wash.) Central Labor coun.
Gil demands that new wage boards i'm.
medIately convene and readjust rates
for women. 1t Is stated that no change
has been made in wOmen's wages since
the boards awards, three years ago,
and In the meantime living costs are
mounting higher aud higher.
Captains, mates and pilots Of 200
Pacific cOast ships have presented de-
mands for general wnge increase up
proximating SIS q month. q II per
cent advance over the present scale.
The demands were made on behalf Of
1900 men employed on ships out Of
San Francisco and Seattle.
Probably the first payment ever
made BY the United States government
to schoolboys for army contract work
was recorded when a war department
check was received at Philadelphia to
pay high school students for the manu-
facture Of tent pegs supplied some
time ago.
A class Of Is girl employees Of the
Bush Terminal company In New York
recently qualified to operate electric
locomotives. The company expects to
lose at least 100 men by the army draft
and has taken these means Of being
rendy to nll their places with women.
Montreal (Canada) Typographical
union has signed up Q new scule for
Its Job printers that hxes the minimum
ut &24 per week for day work and
$27.00 for night work. being an In.
crease Of a per week.
California canning corporations have
accepted the recommendation Of the
mediation committee appointed after
the recent Gamers strike. Wages are
increased.
Boston Cigarmakers' union II urg-
ing Massachusetts trade unionists to
support an amendment to the state
workmen's compensation law which
will include Occupatlonal diseases.
Women have become 10 popular In
the trades In London and other cities
Of England that when the war is over
the men whose places they have taken
will likely have to hnd other Jobs.
The Evansville 1 Indianapolis Rail.
road company. through Its superinten.
dent, @. B. Fslley. agreed to grant nn
Increase to the telegraph operators Of
from g to so Z month.
A Dag Of defiance was raised against
Colorndo's ''can't.strike" law by the
convention Of the State Federation Of
Labor. which called on aiiliiutes 10 iR.
more the state industrial relations com.
mission.
The Tacoma (wash.) shorter work.
day movement has reached local
butcher shops. which will hereafter
close at seven O'Clock on Saturday
flights instead Of nine O'Clock.
Denver (Col.) Barbers' union II e.
tabalshlng its new wags scale of SlS
week and 90 per eSnt over no. holiday
closing and Ten o'clock claping On S6t4
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