The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-02-22
GENERAL LABOR NEWS


earners is to be opened in Fond du
Lac. Wis.
Labor at Tacoma (Wash.) has
elected one commissioner out Of five
on the ciry council.
With membership of over 300 the
Toronto PolicemenS union is now fair
ly well established.
Before the war there were employed
In aud around the coal mines of the
United States approximately 100000
men.
A member Of organized labor has
been appointed on permanent COM
mission to administer New Bruins
wick's compensation act.
Employees of the Northwestern Tel
ephone company struck at Minneapo-
lis because the company had not ac-
copied their demands for increased
wages.
Although the strikers in the Clyde
shipyards recently voted by a small
majority against returning to work,
their executives ordered them TO re-
,es.Ine operations.
mo drinks for those miners who
labitually absent themselves from the
coal mines is the slogan adopted by
the saloons in eastern Ohio, and 1t
Is said to be bearing results.
An agreement was recently reached
at Cardiff between the South Wales
Collery Examiners association and the
coal owners whereby the examiners
wages are increased at most collieries
By from 10 10 30 shillingS, bringing the
wage for a six-day week up to 40 IS.
The negotiations have lasted since last
November
Thousands Of walters and cooks re-
turning to New York after the aban.
donment of many war industries, com
bined with the desire of II majority OF
the strikers to return to work and the
substitution of women for strikers,
have broken the ho:el-restaurant EN-
ployees' strike, says a statement is
sued by the Hotel association of New
York city.
In anticipation Of government or
ders for the rehabilitation of l2,0O0
highly paid workers in the United
States gas defense plant at Long Is
land City, the management announced
that employees would be given an OPP
portunity to obtain positions else
where before they are dismissed, Men
and women earn from $50 to $50 a
week, and the company has offered
them assistance in getting placed in
other lines.
Machinists of Newark, n. j., repre-.
senting, 2T,S00 men and women, filed
complaint with the national war Ia.
Dor board against 80 companies. They
asked that the present thesis of pay
be discontinued and that four classlti-
cations, with q minimum wage for
each be established. The rates asked
are Toolmakers, So cents an hour;
machinists, Is cents; specialists IS
cents. and helpers, 80 cents, with 10
cents differential in favor of night
workers.
The nine labor leaders whose arrest
| In connection with the strike of the
! federated harbor unions at Havana
brought about general sympathetic
strike which virtually paralyzed the
| city's industries and traffic, have been
hardened by President Menocal The
! men had been sentenced to serve 81
DAYS in prison on charges of coercion.
| Members of the labor unions quit
work more than week ago and their
lenders We're arrested soon afterWard
The presidents action ended the strike
| Seventy-fve thousand stenographers
clesIls, Office boys, messengers, watch-
men, section men ard others i'll the
employ Of the Canadian railways were
granted an increase il wages amount
ing to more than 22,000000 Il year
Instructions from Ottawa to stop the
work of fitting guns on board ships
ana also to stop the providing OF quar-
ters on board some vessels for gunner
crews, have been received by the rep
resentatiyes of the imperial munitions
board engaged III supervising the mt
fling and machinery installation y
wooden steamers being built at Que
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