The Connecticut labor press., 1919-04-19
IN THE LABOR WORLD

Only about 500 of the 4OOO garment workers who went on strike at Cleve- land, O., remained out.
 The National Association of Laundry Workers has a membership of over 5000.
 Three thousand flour mill employees in Mexico City are demanding an eight-hour day and higher wages.
 Demands of metal workers in eight manufacturing plants in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., for a substantial wage increase have been granted as we'll as the eight hour day.
 The directors of the Guaranty Trust company of New York have adopted a proft-sharing plan for the payment of compensation to it's 2,2OO employees in addition to salaries.
 Coal miners of the province of AL berta, Can., yielded 4,594 200 tons in the nine months ended with Sep tember, as compared with 3,182,826 tons in the same months in the prev1- ous year.
 Inexhaustible energy, conservative ambition and natural adaptabil1ty have been the means of Miss Carolyn Wolfe, a Philadelphia girl, being made an international organizer for the Mill linery Workers union.
 Requests for female workers to the United States employment service have decreased AS per cent since the sign ing of the armistice. During the same period registrations by women for employment have decreased only IF per cent.
 Plans to defy the decision of the war labor board reinstating the discharged woman conductors of the Cleveland (O.) Railway company were announced by railway company officials, who said they would abide by their agreement with the city and carmen's union not to employ woman workers after March 1.
 Virtually all the surface car lines of the Public Service Railway com pany, which operates through Al cities and towns in northern New Jersey, were tied up by the strike of 4,5OO employees, who are affiliated with the Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employees of America.
 The problem of the army and navy departments in handling transports in New York harbOr because of the strike of marine workers was increased when crews of IA tugs chartered to coal troop ships walked out because the gov ernment had not made up the differ ences between the wage they were re- ceiving from private boat owners and Inc
 Girls under eighteen years of age may not be employed in public messen- ger service in Pennsylvania after May 1. 1919, according to a ruling made by the industrial board of the department of labor and industry. The ruling is made following a hearing held recently by the industrial board in Philadelphia at the request of the Consumers league and attended by representa- tives of the telegraph companies.
 Dr. Jacob H. Hollander of Baltimore visited Cumberland, Md, as arbiter in the dispute between the employees and operators of the Emmons Coal con- pany at Bayard, W. Va. Doctor Hol- lander declared that the operators could not reduce wages without break ing the basic agreement entered into by the miners and operators more than year ago. He will render a written opinion in the case.
 Members of the Cleveland Fedora tion of Labor are almost equally divid- ed on the question of forming a labor party, 2,633 voting for and 2,523 against it, according to Secretary John G. Owens. A referendum vote is ex- pected to be completed before May i.
 The Belgian government, the social ist newspaper, Peuple, announces, has agreed to accept the principle of an cight-hour day and to further efforts to have it included in the peace treaty. Instructions to this effect have been telegraphed to MT. Vanderveldte, the socialist member of the Belgian peace delegation.
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