The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-10-26
MINOR LABOR NOTES

Women butchers are among the In
novations brought about at Rhineian-
der, Wis, because Of the war. When
Mrs, Frank Durand, whose husband
operates market, learned that the
latter could not obtain sufficient help,
she donned a cap and apron and pro-
ceeded to demonstrate that she knew
how to cut meat with the best of them.
Sic is a permanent member of the
market force now.
For the first time in the history OF
the pottery business, women are to
be employed to fill the places of men
made vacant by the draft. One pot
terry at East Liverpool, Ohio, adver-
tised for forty girl mold runners. They
will be paid $3.50 day when they
have learned the job. Heretofore
women have been employed only in
the warehouse and decorating depart
ments.
Increased production of war sup
plies through training of workers, dis
t1ibution of more skilled workmen and
ascertainment Of methods of rendering
the present labor supply sufficient are
the aims of new branch of the de-
partment of labor. In the training OF
workers, it will cooperate with the
federal board for vocational educa-
ton and with school authorities.
The number of unemployed in Dub
lin, Ireland, during the winter months
has increased during the period of the
war, according to a report of the ma
tional relief fund. Instead of amel-
| iorating seasonal labor conditions in
urban districts the war has accentu-
ated them, the report says. In rural
districts there is virtually no unem-
ployment.
Work on the 100000 power plant
being built at Lorain, Ohio, by the Lo-
rain County Electric Co. was resumed
today upon Receipt of word, from the
| government that loan of $500,000
would be made and material furnish
ed. Work stopped some time ago
when the company's finances ran low
and the government stopped heavy
loans.
Investigation of working conditions
and wages paid by the telephone in
dustry, now under government control,
was ordered by Postmaster General
Burleson. This special committee
was named to conduct the inquiry and
report upon the feasibility Of standard
izing wages and making improvements.
The charter Of the Kansas City To-
cal union of the International Brewery
Workers of America, which was on
strike for week, for an increase in
wage scale, has been revoked, accord
ing to Carl Mueller, secretary of the
Liberal association, the organization
Of brewery owners.
President Wilson called upon the
Remington Arms company, the Union
Metallic Cartridge company, the Lib
erty Ordnance company and other
manufacturers at Bridgeport, Conn.,,
to reinstate all striking employees
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spouse to the presidents demands.
Journeymen plumbers of Salem,
Mass, who had been working for 621s
cents an hour, recently demanded 20
cents and were given 721a cents as a
compromise. Master plumbers boosted
the price of work to 81 an hour. 1t
formerly had been 80 cents.
The military commander at Stuff
CART, capital of Wuerttemberg, has or
dered all female domestics to enroll
in the compulsory military service be-
fore September 30, according to Ger
man dispatches. Only those found
medically unfit will be exempted
The new shop hours, called for un
, der the McAdoo award, became effec
tive in the Grand Trunk car shops al
London, Ont, and as a result several
, hundred workers discontinued the ole
ten-hour shift and started on an eight
J and half hour day.
The Cincinnati police strike was de
: clared off by the policemen Septem
r Der 16. The men went back to worl
: at 8 p. m. when the second shift re
: ported for duty. They went bacl
: without obtaining guarantees relative
/. to their demands.
Swansea, Eng, harbor trustees have
given all their dock employees sever
D days notice after which employment
r will be from day to day.
: Claims for deferred draft classifi
:. cation for all employees, skilled ant
: unskilled, in essential branches Of tn
: Lake Superior mining industry hav
been filed with the draft boards, i
8 was announced.
AT q meeting at Springfield, ILL.,, tn
e executive board Of the Illinois district
t u. M. w. A., authorized the purchas
= Of $500,O00 Of fourth Liberty loa
d bonds, President harrington ar
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