The Monticellonian., 1918-12-20
MINOR LABOR NOTES.

1 girls was formed B years ago in New York city.
 There were approximately 4.516 1 union pressmen serving in the United States army.
 Japan has been added to the coun- | tries using motion pictures for educa- tional purposes.
 Farmers throughout California re- ceived much help during the summer from women workers.
 Women employed on street cars in the state of Washington are prohibited l from working after , D. m.
 Negro women of Williamsport, Pa. decided at q meeting that they would not work for less than $2 a day.
 Glasgow. Scotland. was the first city to introduce women conductors and motormen on it's street railways sys- l tenn.
 In one month the United States em- 1 ployment service moved 60,00O un- skilled workers to plants engaged i'll war work.
 Railroads are paying women less than men, despite the MeAdoo order. is the claim of the Brotherhood of Railway Clerks.
 In nearly all the railroad shops on the Pacific coast and in the middle West women are employed as machin- ists and blacksmiths.
 Arizona, which produced more than 1 3S per cent of the refined copper in the United States last year. is expect ed to exceed it's record this year.
 The number of children employed in l factories, mines and quarries has in creased rapidly since the federal child labor law was declared unconstitu- l tional.
 America stands 25 years ahead of Europe in textile machinery and labor saving devices, and manufactures more textiles each year than all of the Eu ropean countries put together.
 The Ford Eagle plant at Detroit will 1 be converted into shipyard for the construction of inland waterway car riers, it is announced Another large l plant will be constructed on the east ern seaeeast for the same work, and l 100000 men. it is said. The contract for Eagle boats will be completed first, according to Henry Ford.
 Five thousand more striking mem berS of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America reached agree ment with their employees. securing an eight-hour day. according to an an | tlement committee of the union. It was said that a total of 10000 work CTS, who have effected settlements, re- turned to work.
 Male clerical workers of the General Electric Works at Schenectady. N. Y., wer" given an increase of 15 per cent by the war labor board Women cler- | ical workers were given an increase of 20 per cent with a minimum of S16.50 week. The minimum for men clerks is S22.50 a week. Wages of other employees must be increased 20 per cent. Women are to receive equal pay with men for equal work. The reconstruction program of the Ohio State Federation of Labor in- cludes: The taxing of idle land and reclamation of swamp and arid areas by idle labor; income tax graduated up to 90 per cent for incomes of 20,- GOO and over; government control of utilities, including mines oil wells, etc.; standard work day of eight | hours, with reduction to seven and six hours where surplus of labor exists. A demand for 15 per cent in- crease in wages has been made by the Fall River textile council upon the executive committee of the Manu- lecturers association. The textile council represents 30,0O0 operatives Members of the manufacturers com mittee told the council that war con tracts had been cancelled and that the | business outlook did not warrant an increase in wages. Since 1916 wages have been raised 80 per cent and the highest scale In the history of the in- | duStry prevails.
 Approximately 2.500,000 workers were directed to jobs by the labor de partment's employment service from the time of it's orgaOzation last Janu- ary to October 30 The service also announced that the number of it's of fees had been increased from 90 to | 900.
 Striking pressmen at Rochester, N. Y, returned to work. Linotype men were ordered to return to work by the International Typographical union officials. Under the terms of the arbi- tration committee the strikers will re- ceive the fiat scale of S31.50 a week for night work and S2S for day work.
 The California federation of labor is working for health legislation unan- imously proposed by an official com mission of investigation appointed three years ago by Gov. Hiram John son.
 Marion K Clark. chief investigator of the New York state industrial com mission. believes that inability to un- derstand English is responsible for many accidents. He asserts that l. 600,000 factory workers in New York state are foreign-born, of whom one fourth cannot read or write in their own language, and one-half cannot un- derstand or speak English.