The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-04-21
Ohio Supreme Court Upholds Dis
puted Section of States
Compensation Act.
BOARD CAN ASSESS DAMAGES
Several Hundred Cases Are Settled by
Decision--Three Thousand New
York Tailors Get 20 Per Cent
Wage increase - Other
News of Labor World.

compensation act, which provides that
employers falling to insure their work
men are liable for damages awarded
by the state Industrial commission.
Several hundred cases throughout the
state were left undecided until the
highest court rendered final decision
on the legality of this section.
The strike of 5000 tailors employed
by the Cut, Make and Trim Manufac-
turers' association of New York, cater
ing to the mail-order trade, ended when
representatives of the union and en-
ployers. signed an agreement. The
men receive 20 per cent increase, a
4S-hour week and are permitted to be
affiliated with the union.
Commissioner General Caminetu OF
the immigration service announced that
the United States employment service,
with its more than eighty branches, was
prepared to unity the labor resources
of the country. Plans are being made
for locating ready for call persons to
replace men taken into the active serV-
ice of the army or navy.
Cardiff has become known as the
Pittsburgh of the British Isles. Like
the American city, the coal mines are
largely responsible for its boom, al
though shipping has played no small
| part. Some men who were shipping
| clerks two years ago, now own a
string of ships and coal miners are
making 500 week.
Daniel Guggenheim, president of the
| American Smelling and Mining COM
pany and the American Shelters Sc
curitieS company, announced that the
two companies had undertaken group
life insurance for their $4,000 en-
ployees and officers.
Organization of teachers in the pub
lie schools OF San Francisco under the
| American Federation of Labor, is a
part of the program Of activities for
the coming year outlined by the eXecu-
tive committee OF the San Francisco
Labor council.
New York Central railroad an
nounced that all its switchpen would
get the increased pay as provided IN
the Adamson act, believing switchmen
equally entitled to the advance with
the members of the "big four" broth
erhoods.
Cincinnati Coopers' union has Sc
cured three-years' contract with
wage increases that amount in some
cases to 81 week, Wage increases
granted by certain breWerieS are 10
and 90 per cent.
Twenty British woman carpenters
who have gone to build soldiers huts
In France are but an advance party
for the many other women who are
anxious to help the army in this first
hand manner.
The Wyoming state legislature
passed q w0manS eight-hour law
which provides for Il maximum week
of 60 hours for seven-day employ
ments and - hours for six-day en-
pigments.
The Wyoming state legislature
passed womens eight-hour law
which provides for maximum week
of 60 hours for seven-day employments
and 50 hours for siX-day emplOyments.
st. Louis (Mo) Typographical union
has signed a contract with newspaper
publishers which increases wages 8
per cent. About 400 workers will be
benefited $40 a week.
Under the terms of proposed
agreement, Frisco uphoSterers' wages
will be raised from $3.50 to 81 a day.
mattress makers, now receiving "a per
day will get S. per day.
An Edmonton (Canada) brewing
company does not employ women. ever
for office work, and the number of EN-
ployees since prohibition came has
been reduced to one-fourth.
An increase in the wages of all EN-
plovees of the Lake Shore Electric
railroad was announced by company
officials at Toledo, O. The increase
adds one cent an hour.
Vancouver (B. CD Carpenters uniOr
reports that employers are accepting
It's new wage scale which increases
the rate from $500 TO So a day, effcC
tive May I.
At Fresno, Cal, officials Of the ma
chinists' union announce that practi
cally every machine shop and garage
in that vicinity is now on an eight
hour basis.
II is proposed TO raise a contingent
of Canadian girl clerks for France t
relieve men for the trenches.
, New York tea. hers are making 6
: strong plea thar their pay may be
raised to at lest equal that of day
lahOrers.
The workme'i'S compensation act Ii
: Nova Scotia in making good. The ac
! went into operation January l.
: New Haven Comm Cap Makers
} union has secured the H-hour weel
and raised wages 81 a week.
: It is proposed to raise a contingent
of Canadian girl clerks for France tt
. relieve men for the trenches.
) Toledo (O) union BARRIERS will work
, one hour less Il day aS y result of AZ
: agreement with rnr!9ye rs.