Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1919-11-28
In the Field of Labor.

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Of the 10000 people employed in
the spinning mills in Japan, $4,000 are
women.
London teamsters who are employed
by the city engineer are asking for 81
per hour.
Iron molders in Toronto, Canada,
are receiving rs cents an hour for
eight hours a day.
In 1919 it took 127 men employed
by the Pennsylvania railroad to do
tht work of 100 men in 1917.
Metal trades workers in Salt Lake
City, Utah, are demanding a blanket
increase in wages Of 81 day.
Among Pennsylvania railroad work
ers IA per cent more men did IL per
cent less work last year than in 1917.
Soda clerks of the first grade In
New York drug stores have presented
demands for a minimum salary of $40
a week, while third-grade dispensers
want $40.
Policemen of Ashtabula, Ohio, have
petitioned council for the establish
ment of an eight-hour day, also for
the creation of a pension fund. The
matter is now in committee.
The Western Brick company of Dan
Vile, ILL.,, has entered into a contract
with 450 employees that wages will be
increased or decreased every three
months in accordance with the cost
of living. The price of 13 articles of
food is taken as the standard.
Fourteen Of the leading retail stores
of Providence, r. l., have issued state
ments to their employees that they
will not allow them to join any union
They declare that while unions are of
use in many industries, the retail trade
is not suited to them.
One thousand employees of the Fed
eral Lead company were called out on
strike at Bonne Terre, Mo. They are
asking for a closed shop and 25 per
cent increase in pay. The company
has announced it is preparing for an
indefinite closedown.
AS the result of conference between
various German organizations, the
Clerical Office Workers union has
been organized. It comprises more
than 3500O0 members, making it, it is
contended, the biggest organization of
Office workers in the world.
The strike of metal workers in Ber-
lin, Germany, has been settled, accord
ing to announcement Gustav Noske,
minister of defense, speaking in the
national assembly, declared those re-
Sponsible for the strike would be pun
ished for "disturbing the vital func-
tions of public life"
The marked increase in the number
of highway robberies and burglaries
the last few days has resulted in the
issuance Of an order by Chief Of Po-
lice O'Brien of st. Louis which will
mean that all unemployed are subject
to arrest and prosecution as idlers.
The order also empowers the police to
investigate and search all motor cars
out after midnight.
A demand for a 35 to 65 per cent in
crease in wages and that all cOal-burn-
ing locomotives weighing 100000
pounds and more in road service be
equipped with mechanical stokers and
| two firemen be placed in all such en-
gines until they are so equipped was
adopted by a conference of 300 gen
| eral chairmen of the Brotherhood of
Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen.
The leather industry ranks as the
third greatest manufacturing industry
in the United States. According to
| the census Of manufacturers for 1914,
about 250,OOO persons are engaged in
| the leather industry of the United
States, some 55,936 of whom are in
the tanning and leather trades, the re-
mainder being principally shOemakers
and harness makers.
Houston, Texas, has produced some
thing new in the line of unions. 1t is
claimed that the Undertakers and
Embalmers' union, chartered by the
American Federation of Labor, is the
first of its kind in existence. Under
| takers and embalmers in Galveston,
Beaumont and other cities of south
| western Texas are also contemplating
pursuing similar course.
The report of the Indiana industrial
board includes the report of the de-
partment Of mines and mining, which
shows a coal production for the year
! ending September 80, 1918, of 28,795,-
$50 short tons. This coal was secured
from 239 mines employing 1882 work
men, whose average annual earnings
were 81 ,42406. During the year there
were ia fatal accidents, 1O6 to per-
sons employed in the mines and eight
to persons employed on the surface ;
this gives a rate of 40S persons killed
per 100 employed.
Notices were posted in the offices of
the Western Union Telegraph COM
pany of 10 per cent increase in pay
beginning Jan. l, 1920, for all en-
ployees of the company who have been
in service one year or more and a 10
per cent raise for those in its employ
for six months. 1t was announced
also that on Nov. all employees will
receive bonus of 80 per cent of their
salaries for the months of August,