The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-08-30
in THE LABOR WORLD


voted in favor of the zone big union
Germany finds that propaganda is
not so attractive when viewed from
the muzzle end.
Norwalk tO) telephone girls VINO
threatened to strike decided to con-
tinue work when the two companies
offered an increase in wages and other
concessions.
Denver's street car strike ended, fol-
lowing conference between Mayor
Dewey C. Bailey, his cabinet and
. Charles Boettcher, chairman OF the
board of directors of the Denver Tram
way company.
Twenty-Five freight engineers OF the
Cincinnati-New Orleans & Texas Pa
cific railroad between Danville, ky.,
and Oakdale, Tenn, went on strike as
protest against the use of the big
Mogul engines.
From the wide variety OF opinions
+! about the labor situation, it seems to
| be clear that labor is at least poorly
| distributed, with some localities fun
of iobless men and others suffering
from manless jobs.
The Tri-Mountain, Baltic, Champion
and Michigan Smelling companies
! Houghton, Mich, announced resump-
/ ton of a former high scale OF wages
in effect before June Is. This means
an increase in pay to 5000 copper min
ing employees.
i BENJAMIN Schlesinger, president OF
the International Ladies' Garment
Workers union, has addressed a letter
TO $50 Chicago manufacturers OF wom-
ems waists asking for a conference TO
look into alleged grievances OF the
. workers. He says they want 44-nour
a week, d union scale Of wages, and BET,
ter working conditions.
By an award signed on June ~ Dy
Judge Snider Of Hamilton ana FREQ
Bancroft Of Toronto over 400 boot ans
shoe workers employed in three iarg'
Toronto factories obtain a 46h-hou
, week, with increased pay for hohri.
piece-workers, in proportion to the re
duction of hours, time and half 10
overtime, with wages dating back Z
Nav | for two factories and June TO
: one.
J If is learned that Henry Ford ha
decided to increase the minimum Wag
of Ford Motor company employees I
NJ per day. More than 10000 emplo!
ees will be affected by the increas
: The. present minimum wage OF 20 Ga
3 was fixed January last. The Detro
n Journal says it is proposed throug
II the reorganization of the Ford Mot'
u rompany to make it possible for Ell
T. nlovees to share in the dividends.
y The National Brotherhood of Oper
tive Potters issued an official star
S ment from headquarters that s,V'
e. potterv workers in the United Stat
ne will submit demand for % per &c
s. wage increase to the manufacturers
%. meeting in September. The prese
81 wage scale expires October ], ana
N, addition to the increase the neV sct
to will contain a provision for an elgl
eir hour day with four working hours
ny Saturdays.
Conductors and motormen OF the
at dianapolis Street Railway compa
he have received an increase OF Gel
an IN hour. The new schedule rams
w from 81 to AZ cents an hour. me &C
is pany estimates that the increase '
he amount to $125,000 annually. In
ing nouncing the increase the compa
Big saws it "will rely on the co-operat
lcil of those in authority to grant additl
re- nj revenues, which will be required
enable the company to discharge
ale full obligations"
for Demands of union corset workers
the bridgeport, Conn, for wage increa
at and Improved working conditions W
and met with the announcement OF
fer Warner Brothers company that
ent factory, employing $500 hands, will
J of closed indefinitely. The plant is
ac- largest corset manufacturing f1rm
be- Bridgeport, which has three otn
and each employing less than 5oo.
rlOE Union WOTkCE6 dphC1 IVA q ~ r.
bru- increase in wages and Substitution
one the 44-hour week for the present
hour schedule.
lid The walters strike at Paris, Era
n Of has been settled, an agreement D
laid reached between representatives
hort tile strikers and the employers at
ministry of labor. All cafes and
kers ta,irants reopened.
d at A minimum wage Of $500
, for for women employed in all merca
VIII establishments in Washington,
.lect- been agreed upon by conferene
1000. employers and workers which
pres called by the minimum wage boal
tary- the District Of Columbia. The
ssist- is said to be the highest yet rea
sook, through minimum wage legisiatio
women.