The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1919-06-27
GENERAL LABOR NEWS

Widows outnumber widowers in the
United States by over 3 to ].
over $4,000 women are employed in
the factories Of osaka, Japan.
New York's public schools uow teach
girls cafeteria work, manicuring and
shalnpooing
The development Of the oil industry
in Wyoming is due largely to the eff
forts of women.
Over 10000 women were employed
in the British Royal Naval service dur
ing the war period.
a ministry Of health is being de
manded from parliament by the work
ing women ia Great Britain
While women physicians are not
numerous in Japan some Of them
there have been eminently successful
Fort Wayne Gnd) council has
passed an ordinance stpulating that
union labor shall be employed ou ali
municipal operations
The Pacific Coast Metal Trades
council has voted in favor of amalea
mating an metal trades international
unions into one organization
IN Pennsylvania during 1917 the
number of lives lost through accident
per 100 employees was 3.55 in anthra-
cite and $50 In bituminous mining
The output Of coal in Sheffield Eng
land, has been seriously restricted ow-
ing to the ravages Of influenza, which
attacked the workers in large mum
bers.
Fifteen hundred men are temporari-
~ out Of employment in the Globe
(Ariz) district through the closing of
the Old Dominion and Arizona Com
merciaI mines.
Since August, 1915 the number Of
women trade unionists ia Great Brit
ain has more than doubled, and at
the present time there are nearly 750,-
600 of them organized.
Longshoremen at Baltimore viii re-
ceiye 60 cents an hour for their labor
and a dollar an hour overtime. the
national adjustment commission of the
United States shipping board decided
Another battle between the strikers
and the government forces began 1T
Buenos Aires at the Vasena Iron foun-
/ dry The strike movement is spread
ing, and more than SO unions have
Joined.
| Premier Clemenceau told q delega-
tion from the General Labor confed-
GRAFTON that plan to make an inter
national labor day guaranteeing an
eight-hour day was viewed fayorably
by the French government
All constables on the Toronto (Can)
police force are now working on an
eight-hour shift Policemen on station
duty and attached TO the ambulance
and patrols started an eight-hour day
recently. Previously they had been
working u hours
Several persons have been killed or
wounded In fighting between the POI
lice and striking gold miners at Cas-
apalco, Peru, town on the Oroya
railway situated at an altitude of
1900 feet Troops have been sent
to the district to re-establish order
Increase of ten cents ton in the
price of coal probably will result in
Chicago, it was said from an Increase
In the wages of coal teamsters award
ed by Mayor Thompson after a confer
ence with Representatives of the Team
sters' union and the Team Owners
Contracting association. The mayor,
who acted as arbitrator, fixed the in
crease at so cents per day more for
drivers, chauffeurs and helpers and TO
cents per ton more for the team own
ers
Two thousand strikers reported for
work at the plant Of the General Flee
trio company at Fort Wayne, Ind.
on word that the national war la
Dor board had taken charge OF
the situation None Of the men
went to work, however, officials 81
the plant making the announcement
that because of the short notice opera
ton could not be resumed in any de-
partment. The workers walked out
two weeks ago in sympathy with the
employees of the Erie (Pa.) plant
no demanded changes in working
aonditions.
r. r. F
CHILDHOOD BILL OF RIGHTS
Every child has the inalienable right
TO be born right
To be loved
TO have his individuality respected
To be trained wisely in body, min,
and spirit.
To be protected from evil person
and influences,
TO have fair chance in life
W H. Lockwood.