The Connecticut labor press., 1919-04-26
LABOR ITEMS OF INTEREST
Chronicle of Happenings of Import ance Gathered From All Parts
 of the World.

There are over 9O,OOO women en- ployed by the newspapers in the Unit | ed States.
 Fifty cents an hour after April l is l demanded by labOrers in Ottawa, Can | ada, and environs.
 The war labor board found in favor l of the right of workers to organize and | bargain collectively in four Illinois packing plants.
 For the first time in the history of the Trades and Labor council of Can ada, two woman delegates, represent l ing the waitress union, attended one 1 of the recent meetings.
 Two of the important features &C., 1 cepted by the commission on interna- tiOnal labor legislation in Paris are l the prohibition of child labor under sixteen years of age and the uniformity | of Seamen's wages.
 Refusing to accept an offer of the I school board of a 5 per cent increase in salary, representatives of the Vic torta (B. O. Teachers association have threatened to call a strike which | would cripple the schools in that city. Arrests by county and railroad de- | tectives of II men at MocanaQua, Pa, | Is believed to have frustrated a plot | to force a general strike in the an- thracite mines and the resort to ,sa- botage, if necessary. to enforce de- mands.
 Iowa's house of representatives passed the senate measure, declaring loh 3c ty, or an article of commerce, and per hitting organization of unions for the purpose of bettering conditions of workers.
 The furniture-making industry of Rockford Ill.,, was at a standstill as result of a strike of the union cabi- netmakers, wOOdfinishers and wood carvers. They ask an eight-hour day and minimum wage of 65 cents an hour for journeymen.
 Delegates representing 15O,O00 Welsh miners adopted resolution at Cardiff advising against acceptance of the governments terms proposed in an effort to avert strike. This action was taken against the advice of the miners leaders.
 Announcement of a reduction of metal miners wages of S1 day, ef- fective May 1, was made by the Iron Silver Mining company and by the Yak mines of the American Smelling and Refining company, Leadville, Colo. About 1000 men will be affected.
 Minister of Defense Wies said in a speech at Melbourne, Australia, that under the defense act employers refus- ing to reinstate returned soldiers were liable to a fine of f5OO. The minister added that the court could order the fine paid to an employee not rein stated.
 Unauthorized mine strikes are grad ually dying out in England. Thirty thousand miners returned to work in South Wales, leaving an equal num- her still idle In the Nottinghamshre district 5000 have returned, and the remainder are expected to be back at work soon.
 The new rolling mill of the Century Steel company officials has been put successfully in operation. On the first day it rolled 12 perfect rounds. This gives the company ability to handle any line of tool steel business and makes it possible to take certain large orders which have been pending.
 Approximately 400 employees of the Timkin Detroit Axle company, con- stituting the greater part of the night force left their work as protest against the discharge of an employee they claim was discriminated against because he acted as chairman of a workmen's committee.
 The war labor board decided that brass workers of Dayton, O., should be placed on the same footing as iron holders, who have agreed with employ CTS for minimum wage of $5.6O per day, an eight-hour day after May 1, time and half for overtime and dou- ble time on Sundays and holidays.
 Practically all the important pack ing houses in Toronto, Canada. have decided to reduce their hours from 60 and 54 to AS a week. The change will affect in all about $500 men. A corresponding adjustment of wages will follow, the managers in most cases announcing that they will pay the same rate as formerly.
 The S. Bleichroeder Banking com pany of Berlin, Germany, which owns nearly all the shares of the Great Op- peln mine at Oppeln, Silesia, has ar ranged to turn over its stock to mem bers of the miners union at par. The mine will, if the arrangement is car ried out. become the first in Germany to be owned by the employees.
 Striking members of the HHrbor Lighter Captains union of New York voted unanimously to reject an offer of 15 per cent wage increase, with no changes in working hours, submit ted to them on behalf of the New York Boat Owners association by T. w. OCOnnor, international president of the LOngShoremen's union. The unions chief demand is for an eight-hOur day.
 Bonuses running all the way from 20 per cent to POO per cent are being distributed among their employees by a number of the largest shipping and banking firms in Japan.
 The Panama Canal Zone Federation If Labor and the Metal Trades cOun- cil, both affiliated with the American Federation of Labor. have protested to national headquarters against the activities of two organizers from the