Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1918-03-08
Bill Passed by Legislature Brings
Into Use Full Man Power of
the State.
IJAIL LOOMS FOR sHIRKERS
Governor Of Opinion That Stacker at
Home Is as EndictabIe as Stacker
at the Front-Other News of
Interest to the Worker.

New Jersey when Governor Edge al
fixed his signature to bill passed by
the legislature designed to bring into
full use the man power of the pOpu-
latiOn. Failure to work renders an
ment for three months or both.
Charles A. WolvertOn, speaker of the
assembly, who introduced the uleaS-
ure, said: "Ihe bilPs purpose f. to
utilize the full man power of the state.
Extraordinary conditions make It nee
eSSarily a war measure. a similar
law passed in Maryland Ia June has
met with general fav0E," Governor
Edge said "The Stacker at home is
just as indictable as the Stacker at the
front. The latter is cOurt-martialed.
Civilian tribunals must take care Of
the former"
The Commercial Telegraphers of
America have set April % aside as
"Open organization" day. An attempt
will be made to organize all the tele-
graph operators of the Western Union
and Postal Telegraph systems. They
have given notice to the companies
that any attempt to punish employees
for joining will be followed by an or
der for a general strike.
Cloth weavers in Philadelphia went
on strike for 10 per cent advance in
wages and changed working condi-
tiOns. About 1000 men and women
struck, and 1900 more remained away
from the looms. FOremen were as
saulted and weavers who remained at
work, In some instances, forced to Join
the strikers.
( Government employees won their
first victory in congress in the cam
paign for increased salaries. The
house post office committee, rejecting
a subcommittee report, giving postal
employees 5 and 10 per cent increases
only, reported out bill carrying sub
stantial Increases over those recon-
mended by the subcommittee. The in
creases vary, according to the classif-
cation Of the employees, but they run
all the way from 10 to 10 and in some
instances 20 per cent.
The war department has asked the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
to furnish 80 men for track service
and 1000 engineers for transportation
service in France. Warren S. Stone,
grand chief of the brotherhood, told
the railroad wage commission he
would furnish the department the
names of men available.
Five Staten island shipyards, en-
gagged in government work, closed as
q result of the walkout of 1900 shop
workers. Ten thousand other ship
wrights, employed in verious other
,shipyards in Greater New York, threat
ened to walk out in a sympathetic
strike.
DR.. Hipolito Irigoyen, president Of
the Argentine republic, by decree end
ed the general strike which had been
in progress for some time. The de-
cree cOmpels arbitration between the
strikers and employers and requires
the men meantime to resume work.
San Francisco labor council is as
sisting the newly formed Film Ex-
change Employees union to secure rec
ognitiOn from the film exchange man
ayers. The new organization includes
inspectors, shippers, poster handlers
and bOokers.
The wages paid to the employees of
the automobile and it's allied Industries
total $748,000,00O per year. This In
cludes $50 automobile factories, 1880
accessory plants, $500 distributors, 25,-
600 dealers, 25,500 garages and 1850
repair shops.
Four thousand Grand Trunk rail-
road conductors, trainmen and other
employees will get the eight-hour day
and increases in pay as result Of an
agreement between the officials of the
trainmen's organizations and the COM
pany.
Three hundred workers at the Sloan
shipyards at Olympia, Wash, struck,
forcing the plant to close. Two nom
union men were declared to be the
cause Of the dispute. The yard has
eight wooden vessels on the ways.
Salt Lake City (Utah) Boilermak-
erS union mas secured agreements
with every contract shop but one small
one. The eight-hour day is estab-
lished and wages are increased 15
cents to $1.35 day.
Rochester IN. W organized paint
ers and paperhangers have prepared
new wage scale to take effect April /,
1918. Rates are $500 day with
work week of A hours.
The United States employment serv-
ice will have the task of mObilizlng g.
100000 workers for agriculture, ship
building and war contract plants.
Department stores in Vancouver, B.
O., have accepted the new wage scale
of Teamsters and Chauffeurs' union.
Rates range from $3.50 to $21 week.
In certain industries centered at
Huddersfield, England, it has been
agreed that wages shall be regulated
by the cost of living.
New Haven (Conn.) silver workers
have organized under direct jurisdic-
ton OF the American Federation of La
hOr