The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-01-27
AWAIT DECISION or COURT
Railroads Announce There Will Be
No Compromise on Hours
sor Wages.


question of the constitutionality of the
Adamson eight-hour lew, the railroad
managers declare they will not be par
ties to any action that might tend to
nullify or anticipate in any way the
court proceedings. The railroad work
ers of the country have been notified
that the Adamson law will te ignored
lin making up pay rolls aftel January
| l, and until such time as the issue
is finally determined in the courts"
| The notices contain the first formal
declaration that pending the decision
of the court there would be no compro-
mise on hours or wages between the
railroads and the brotherhoods. I'm
make revenues conform proportionate-.
ly to expenses federal control of the
country's railroads is inevitable, ac-
cording to the annual report of the
general executive committee of the
Railway Business association.
The national industrial conference
board was organized recently at the
annual convention of the National
Founders association. At present the
boards membership includes IL ma
tional associations of industrial en-
ployers, comprising more than 10000,
who furnish employment to about u
100000 workers. Eight billion dollars
of capital is said to be represented. II
| &c YIn l,Yip al, 10
of similar character into the cooper
alive work until the new organization
is recognized as fully typical of the
progressive industrial movement
! throughout the country.
The British government has partial
~ settled the trouble in the Welsh coal
fields, according to the London OBJ
server which says the workers were
given a wage increase of Is per cent.
/ This was all the wage increase asked
| by the miners However, there remain
| several other factors to be disposed Of
before the mine controversy is entirely
settled. When the strike threatened,
the British government took over the
/
owners had refused to grant the mems
demands.
The number of women applying at
employment agencies in Berlin in
of 1856. While the number of male
work-seekers dropped notably, there
were 206,9S0 men who sought work of
the so-called Central Employment
agency" the largest in Berlin, while
157, 514 women registered as looking
for jobs. That is decrease of 121 ,466
men and an increase of about $4,000
woman applicants
In order to check dissensions and to
restore peace among the building,
trades, officers of the Building Trades
council will serve five years instead Of
one, as in the past, it was announced,
following the election Of these men:
Simon O'Donnell, president; John A.
Metz, vice president; James ]. Con-
roy, secretary-treasurer
The plant now being built by the
Bethlehem Steel company at Sparrows
Point, Md, will enable the company to
construct one large vessel every II
weeks. Automatic machinery will re-
place men on many jobs. The plant
will afford employment for 1000 ship
builders.
An increase of 10 per cent in wages
to all it's employees working on an
hourly wage basis, and very liberal
bonus in addition, has just been an
nounced by the Chandler Motor Car
company of Cleveland, according to
Thomas J. Hay, Chicago dealer.
More than 800 officers and employees
of the American Museum of Natural
History of New York will receive an
increase of 10 per cent in their sal
aries this year, as result of a special
grant provided by private subscription
announced by the trustees.
A contract for 100 heavy freight To-
comotives from the Paris, Lyons &
Mediterranean Railroad company Of
France was closed at Philadelphia by
the Baldwin Locomotive works of this
city. The order amounts to about S4,-
100000.
The industrial accident list this year
J in Pennsylvania to November / passed
the 100000 mark, with over 200 deaths,
and will approach 100000 by the end
J of the year, with the corresponding
number of deaths.
Omaha Plasterers union has issued
a rule that between November / and
! April Is plasterers will not work in an
; open building and that the windows
must be put in.
, South Cardinals new child labor law
l prohibiting the employment of children
= under fourteen years of age in the tex
/. tile establishments has gone into eff.
1 feet.
: Hamilton (Canada) Printing Press
= mems union has signed an agreement
for two years with the newspaper Of
t fees for an increase of 50 a week.
| Winnipeg (Can.) local council OF
E women has asked the city council tG
appoint a commission to inquire into
( the high cost of living.
2 The province Of Saskatchewan, Can
A ada, has 81 local trade unions, with 9