Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1919-12-26
IN OTHER FIELDS OF LABOR

A labor union college has been es-
tabfishpd in Boston which holds night
classes.
About 1900 tons of iron and brass
are made into pins every year in the
United States.
In Pennsylvania it is against the
law for girls to work around the an
thracite coal mines.
The most important industries in
Aguascalientes. Mexico, are mines,
flour mills, zarope and tobacco and
tanneries.
Policemen in Sweden are forbidden
TO join trade unions or any national
organization which may order them 10
br dislOyal.
During 1918 4,190226 tons of coal
were mined in Maryland. This is an
increase of 233, ,655 tons, or 80 per
cent over 1917.
Wages Of motion-picture operators
in Peoria, H., have been increased 30
per cent and the weekly working hours
reduced from ~ to SO.
Each trade union in Germany pays
quarterly into the treasury of the Ger
man Trade Union federation the sum
Of ID cents per member.
At least three-ffths of the upper
leather used in the United Kingdom
in the manufacture of boots for the
British and allied armies was supplied
from East Indian kipS.
The legal maximum hours in Aus
trian factories are II per day. Work
carried on in excess of II hours is
considered overtime, and must be re-
ported to the industrial authorities.
\ strike at the Braden copper mines,
al FL Teniente. Chile, is expected to
lead TO a general strike of all the en-
plOyeeS, because the company officials
refuse to recognize the labor union, re-
Gently organized.
The general strike In Saragossa,
Spain. has been called off. The syn
dicaliSt labor union leaders, whose ar
rest and deportation TO Barcelona was
the cause of the strike and the declar
alton of martial law, having been re
work.
The reports Of international and ma
tional labor organizations carry the in
formation that they issued during the
year total of 6,743 charters, and that
1,719 lapsed or were surrendered The
gain in individual membership as re
ported by the secretaries of sc inter
national organizations was S26, ,449.
recently formed the General Trades
Union association of Germany, claim
on their books a total of 6400,00O
members. Last June their total was
only 100000. In other words, or
ganized labor in Germany is conduct
ing an active campaign for member
ship which is meeting with big sue
cess.
Unskllled laborers employed by
stock yards packing firms in Chicago,
Kansas City, st. Louis, Denver, Omaha
and other western cities are granted
an increase in wages of about 10 per
cent, by an award made by Federal
judge Alschuler, arbitrator. The in
creaSes are effective beginning De-
cember !, and affect about 70 per cent
of packing house employees.
Anthracite pump runners in the
Pennsylvania district, getting 1920
day for a 12-hOur shift on Sundays,
were given 100 per cent increase for
Sabbath assignments by a decision
handed down by Charles =. Neill of
Washington, umpire Of the cOnciliation
board.
Statistics on coal production in Ar
kansas for the year ended June so,
1918, show a total of 2,373,687 short
tons produced in 155 mines by 4425
miners and company men. There
were IA fatal and $50 non-fatal acci-
dents during this period, giving a ia
tality rate of S,16 per 1000 smpleHNd.