The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1919-04-18
IN WORLD OF LABOR

Six thousand Welsh miners went on
strike as a protest against the action
of the coal inquiry commission in not
making q favorable report Oh all OF
their demands.
The Russian soviet government, says
a wireless dispatch, is insttuting d
system Of registration preparatory to
enforcing the principle of compulsory
work for all.
Advices from Barcelona, Spain, state
that the recent solution TO the strikes
there appears to be merely of pro-
visional nature and that the present
calm in that city may prove transitory-
Refusing to work under the super
vision of a newly appointed general
foreman, more than 1000 shipworkers
at the Merill-Stevens Shipbuilding
yard, near Jacksonville, Fla, went on
strike. Work in the yards was practl-
cally suspended.
More wages and shorter hours will
be asked for 10000 railroad telegraph
ers of the Pennsylvania lines. The ex-
ecutive committee of the Railroad
Telegraphers association. in meeting,
decided to take the question to the
railroad administration.
The secretary of the loomtixers'
union has received word that the war
labor board had granted the demand
of textile workers in the Blackstone
Valley Or. - for 10 per cent In
crease which will date back to July l
and affect about 10000 employees.
More than 200 granite cutters de-
clared strike at Milford, n. H., claim
ing that manufacturers failed to keep
an agreement made recently relating I'd
a proposed increase In wages. Inc
wage increase was held up by the Ma
tional Granite Manufacturers associa-
ton.
Approximately $1OO,00O,O00 will be
spent in road building in Pennsylvania
in the next four years. A bill authoriz-
ing the state to issue bonds up to $j0,-
100000 is going through the legisla-
ture. In addition, the state will re-
ceive federal aid, and the counties are
expected to expend many millions or
dollars for road purposes.
Employees Of the Brooklyn Rapid
Transit comp any, which operates the
subways, elevated lines and many OK
the surface lines in that borough, de-
cided at meeting to submit demand
for new working conditions to Lndiey
NJ. Garrison, recently appointed federal
receiver Of the company.
The Boston & Albany railroad inau-
gurated ive-day working schedule Tor
its employees in the railroad shops In
West Springfield, Mass, the plan to
continue until business improves. The
plan was accepted In preference 90
laying off any Of the skilled workers.
Between $50 and 900 men are affected.
The men are said to be agreeable to
the plan.
The national committee Of the Gen.
eral Federation Of Labor has decided
to placard the walls of France with an
appeal to workers and to public Opin-
ion generally. A protest will be made
against armed Intervention In Russia.
the incomplete character Of the inter
national labos charter and "the ab-
sence of guarantees in the league OK
! nations covenant, which does not full
fiji the conditions set forth by Presf-
dent Wilson's fourteen points" 1t ~
said.
Mems clothing workers affiliated with
tbe Amalgamated Workers OF America,
involving two locals, were called out
on strike at Cincinnati by Sidney Hill
man. New York. general presiden.
| The demands are said. to be for 70
per cent increase in wages. a system
of collective bargaining, time and
half FOR overtime and d division OF
work among employees in slack sea
sons. Recently the men were granted
a 44-hour week. Approximately 1.OOs
men went out.
! Members of the Portland (Ore.)
| Boilermakers' union adopted resofu
ton in which they expressed their de
termination to Ego to work Mt the
regular time" disregarding the turn
ing forward Of clocks on March 30
Committees were appointed to endeav
/ or to obtain the cooperation Of thu
Metal Trades council and the Contra
Labor Union council In the plan. Boil
ermakers said they believed the tin'
change would benefit the street ca
company, ami that this was one rea
son they were opposed to 1t.
Dining car conductors have becom'
unionized. ]. A. Hennessy, nationa
chairman, says there are now 500 h
the union, 104 of which are Chieag
men.
Denial of advices made public a
Portland, Ore, that the Washingtol
shipyard wage conference had reache
an agreement to extend the Mac
award six months from March 80 wa
made by C. n. Barrett. secretary Of tn
Tacoma Metal Trades council. He sal
| the denial was contained IN a tel,
gram from representatives OF the con-
ell attending the Washington coufe