The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1919-01-11
GENERAL LABOR NEWS

Public school teachers in New York u
are agitating for higher salaries. -
Forty-Six women craftsmen are now a.,
employed by the Pennsylvania rail \
road. d
Four large steel plants to cost Sl5.- 9
100000. are to he established in Du- J.
lutil. q
Wives of men in military service are ,
now admitted in the Kansas City post ,
office. ,
Blyth (England) Soldiers and Sail ,
ors' federation has refused to join the
labor party. :
1t is proposed to increase the wages
of the Glasgow Scotland police
81 81 a week.
Derry QrcIand) workers resumed
work pending the reopcnins of the
wage question.
Over 1000 girls are employed in the
| big Seaplane factory at the League
Island navy yard.
The war labor board is to make an
Investigation into traction problems in
New York city.
cent of the labor and machinery Of
British shipyards.
The Augusta (Ga.) Builders aSSo-
citation has recognized trade uniOniSm
for the first time in its history.
A large number of Irish carpenters
over military age have gone to Eng
land to work on government buildings.
The Scottish institute of account
ants has decided to admit women to
membership on the same terms as
men.
The Massachusetts minimum wage
commission has established a minimum
rate for women employed in retail mil
lnery workshops.
AerOdrome contractors from Great
Britain are at present in Dublin for
: the purpose of employing men for their
: work in England.
A new find of coal seams in the
Irish Midlands promises to give an
: situation in Ireland.
e Unskilled workers employed in the
Illinois Central railway shops ut Wa
d terloo. Iowa, are being organized into
o federal labor union.
It Secretary Daniels asked congress
TO make permanent the double-pay
: given the enlisted men of the navy at
8 the beginning of the war as tempo
II rary measure.
d Liebknecht's appeal for general
strike is meeting with more response
T. with many strikes in big factories
re Liebknecht himself, entering buildings
IT, backed by force. has persuaded work
re ers to quit. The coal mine strike n
to Essen has taken serious turn, th'
IS. miners trying to enforce their demand
or bv threats to destroy the mines OF
RS Monday.
he Every employee of Morris & Co
ge packers, was given Christmas bonu
m of 10 per cent of the amount OF thei
1t- salary for the six months period enc
ing November. The total amount di
no trihuted aggregates several hundre
fl thousand dollars. II. A. Timmins, SCI
no rotary and assistant treasurer. SAL
,ar The bonus brought a smile from II
1m office boy up.
he The National Alliance of Employee
no. and EMPLOYED. whose object ii is
off bring British employers and worke
together in harmonious cooperate
on recently held successful meetings
IN the Midlands of delegates from trad
o+ and labor councils. AS the result
tho activities of the alliance, joint CO.
Nv mittee of employers and employed n
.aS- been formed at Liverpool.
ace The house bill providing for the p'
ory ment by the government of the ra
road fare of war workers returning
their homes was passed by the sen;
ORC and now goes to conference. i
all measure applies only to workers
re- reiying not more than S1.4OO All
but alIy. and to encourage reduction in
ROC number of government employees
lrch quickly as possible the senate Qme
off ed the bill so that ii will apply
ting workers whose services will termin
n 90 nv next January Il instead Of Ma
81. as provided in the house draft.
duc- The board of directors Of the Ca
rom dian railway has ordered the CIR
tion Northwestern Telegraph company
,any include chiefs and linenien in its I
con- schedule, thus avoiding strike.
re- The strike of policemen. firemen
been other city employees of Montreal
settled and the men returned to W
r re- The strikers agreed TO arbtrate a
the the city council had voted to acc
@ at to their demand for the dismissal
was the director of public safety. his
,ania sistant and the chief of detecti
for While the strike lasted only 33 he
the gangs of hoodlums caused damage
:. timated at more than s2jO,0OO.
, and The strike in Berlin has reached
alum rious proportions, according to
Id be patch received at London from
whom sterdam. Only two newspapers ar
They ing published ind these are small
lets. II is said that 100000 worl
[ the are out.
docks Demanding an increase in wa1
work from S7h to s1.25 an hour
have plumbers and steamfitters. emp
fl the at government nitrate liant No.
veters Mussel Shoals, walked out on s
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