The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-08-10
FROM THE WORLD OF LABOR
Review of Industrial Situation In In.
dustries in All Parts of the
Civilized World.

| pending the establishment of q uni
form standardization for the govern
ment now under consideration by the
board. This is the gist of resolution
of the board directed at all depart
ments of the government advising that
all wait on unity of action concerning
government labor.
The experiment of the employment
of girl apprentices at the Atchison, To-
peka & Santa Fe railroad shops at To-
peka, Kan, has proved a decided sue
cess, the superintendent Announces
The force of 30 girls will be augment
ed from time to time. They are clad
in overalls, with their hair done up
and completely covered by cap. The
girls are working alongside men in the
tool and upholstering departments of
the shops. A rest room has been pro-
vided for them.
One-half of the 5000 bakers en-
ployed in the city of Buenos Aires
Joined the general strike movement
under the direction of an anarchistic
strike committee. Efforts have been
made by the committee for two weeks
to bring about general strike of all
labor throughout Argentina. The en-
ployees of power houses threaten to
walk out within the next few days and
the government is preparing to use ma
val engineers and firemen in their
places.
The $4,000 men employed aboard
New York's harbor craft will receive
wage increase of about SIS month,
according to the provisions of the new
salary standards, announced by the
board Of arbitration for New York
harbor wage adjustment. The board,
which was formed last year, standard
lied harbor workers salaries for the
first time in November. The increase
is the result of numerous conferences
with labor leaders and boat owners.
About 675 coal miners at Linton,
Ind, who were out on strike for sew
eral days because of change in the
schedule Of q miners train leaving
Linton daily, returned to work after
the Indianapolis & Vincennes railroad
had restored the former schedule. The
miners struck because they claimed
that the change put an extra hour on
them daily in going to and from the
mines. Most of the miners worked for
the Vandalia Coal company.
Atlanta, Ca, was without street car
service as result Of strike of en-
ployees which tied up every car with
in the city and on the interurban lines.
Union officials charge that the Georgia
Railway and Power company refused
to arbitrate differences arising from
dismissal of men for joining the union.
The first warning Atlanta had Of a
strike was notice in the morning pa
pers, and few minutes later people
were walking to work.
Lake county's first war factory, built
exclusively for women, is being con-
structed by the Chicago Hardware
company in North Chicago. Its COM
pletion will mark the entry Of women
into new industry, the making of
cores for iron castings. One hundred
girls and women will be employed in
the building. The structure will be
finished in 20 days.
A committee representing the Amer
lean Federation of Labor and the ma
tional committee on prisons and prison
labor asked President Wilson to in
dorse bill now before congress au-
thorizing employment Of prison labor
for production of war suppno. and the
purchase of the supplies by the gov
eminent.
Work at the Lynn (Mass.) plants of
the General Electric company was
hampered when 10000 employees
walked out. Between 10000 and 49,
600 are employed in the several fac
tories. The strike was called FOR in
creased pay and changes in working
conditions. The men are not union
lied
Sale Of the American Mills company,
wooden manufacturers, to the Hocka-
mum Mill company, was announced at
Rockville, Conn. The sale price is
about 100000. The new owners will
continue to operate the plant without
change Of officials. There are about
200 persons employed.
The North Ludington (Wis) Saw
mill company raised the wages Of it's
men % cents a day. The other com.
panies on the river have done the
same, and the minimum wage in the To- |
cal sawmills is now So. More than
200 men are affected by the increase.
Twelve thousand London (Eng) |
woman teachers are threatening to go
on strike unless their salaries are in
creased. They charge that they helped
the men win increases and that the
men are now failing to support the
demands.
Organization Of a company union Of |
of the Western UniOn Tele-
graph company was begun at meet
ing of 16 delegates from various Sec
tons of the country. The delegates
said that they were loyal to the COM
pany and the government, and had no
desire to strike.
The establishment of a wholesale |
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