The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1919-07-18
GENERAL LABOR NOTES

'N'VVV DCieidLS nave Dee0 re-
patriated from England, but there are
still 100000 who want to stay, accord
Ing to home Office figures. British la
Dor unions object.
Eleven hundred machinists, tool and
die makers on a strike and locked out
from score Of shops, went back to
work at Chicago. They were granted
their demands for the union scale of
wages and hours.
District President Kennedy Of the
United Mine Workers announced at
Hazleton, Pa, that the convention of
the anthracite district will be held on
August 49, when the delegates will
frame the new demands to be made on
the operators at the expiration of the
present wage agreement. which runs
to April l. 1920
The strike or lockout of 600 en-
pioyes of the Hamilton Beach Shoe
company is settled and the factory
at Racine, Wis, is again open. Fred
Osius, president of the company. said
that the strike had been settled and
that the company had granted every
demand of the employees. The labor
dispute started in April.
Samuel Gompers' salary as presi-
dent of the American Federation of
Labor, despite his vigorous protest
was raised from $500 to $4,000 a
year. In voting against the increase
of his own salary, Mr.. Gompers stated
to the convention that enemies OF Ia
Dor had made his salary the subject
of criticism while he was In Europe
CHASING him with millionaires.
The amount of unemployment In
Great Britain is still serious. Accord
ing to the latest figures given In the
Labor Gazette, at the end of March
there remained lodged at employment
exchanges 1,O6O.245 out of work. dona-
tion policies, 519,047 of which were
those of women and girls. And these
figures. OF course. only represent part
of the unemployment in the country
A bill limiting work aboard all pub
Tic and priyate vessels to eight hours
a day of forty-eight hours week
was adopted by the French chamber
of deputies. During the debate sew
erai deputies expressed the wish thai
negotiations be opened with othel
powers to enact similar legislation fol
their seamen on the ground ina
France would be handicapped If she
were the only one to have eight hours
The government promised to begiI
negotiations.
An amicable adjustment OF iapol
troubles between cotton mill owners
ana operatiyes at Charlotte. N. Z.
which had existed for ten weeks, ha'
resulted In the return Of the EN-
ployees to work. Mill operatives
went ON strike at Charlotte and Con
cord and walkout was imminent a
Annapolis when the settlement wa
reached. The mills were reopened OF
Inc Aopen shop basis, anc 70 futur'
no discrimination will be made agaihs
union operatives.
'The A. +. Of L. convention reJec'e'
cronosa, that organized labor faso
.xtens,o. of the civil service to al
smnloyees Of the federal government
an the ground that such system
wonId lead to a transfer from S
nublican form Of government 20 W
reaucratic form OF government.
Tra Iabor faction of Montreal wa
srccessful for the first time IN eiec,
,ng candidates to the new house. wmcl
Mi, contain seventy liberals. nine eol
seryatiyes and two labor party mem
beers. - rsoas
narars' union were fined or sentence'
y IAN NJ Chicago for violating an =
5s1.cs,on issued by Judge DeniS
ivan Of the superior court q COO
! county. 20 get 81
!. ae-hour week. under the ne'
so,es ! with employers. s'ml .l.'
s,sses are paid even when tne ,,. wos
49, aoas not take 4s hours. Nurse
n a,s" have established q 4s-hour ave wee'
I - England no nurses are paid sz'o :,
!, na.r la and have special allowances ST., $
Uniform. lodging win ioo go
provided.