Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1920-03-19
GENERAL LABOR NEWS

The physicians and surgeons OF
Brest, France, are demanding an eight
hour day.
The age limit for child workers in
Japanese factories is to be set at f1f.
teen years.
The coal mines of Zoungouldak, in
Turkey, have a daily yield Of 1000
metric tons.
Beaumont (Tex.) railway employees
have been granted q substantial In
crease in wages.
Germany is threatened with q
strike Of insurance clerks, who de.
mand a wage increase of 100 per cent.
Brotherhood of Maintenance Of Way
men are to establish purchasing CEN
ter in Chicago for their $4,000 mem
bers.
1t has been estimated that the loss
In metal due to the methods used at
present for brass melting exceeds 3d.
100000 annually.
One hundred and seventy-nine box
board mills in the United States con-
| sumo on an average of about 3,369,5OO
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An Increase In wages Of So per week
was granted by Chicago employers to
the merchandise teamsters and truck
chauffeurs, taking effect March /.
AS compared with December, 1917,
the total number of persons employed
by the railroads In the United States
on June l, 1919, had increased 11.2 per
cent.
The Glasgow (ScOtland) labor coun-
ell has asked the government to ma
tionalize the thread industries and use
the profits to erect homes for the
workers
Announcement has been made by
the Ontario Knife company at Frank
linville that all employees would be
granted an additional 10 per cent in
crease in wages.
Cooks and walters In so restaurants
Of Sioux City went on strike demand
ing recognition OF their union and
better working conditions. Increased
pay is not an issue.
Official statistics Just issued in Den
mark show wages OF manual workers
have been increased 337 per cent since
1914, and that the cost of living has
increased 142 per cent.
Resolutions urging a wage of 81 an
hour for carpenters and proposing the
opening of home for aged men Of
the craft were passed at the final ses-
sion of the annual convention of the
Pennsylvania Federation of Carpen-
ters at New Castle.
The newly organized leather work
ers' union in Concord, N. H., has re-
duced the work week four hours, or
to 54-hour week, and has also Sc
cured 10 per cent increase in wages,
with a provision for time and half
time for all overtime.
A sign that shipbuilding on the Del
aware river, the american Clyde" is
fiourishing is seen in the application
to the government by one ship0uildlng
company for permission to build an ad-
ditional granite and steel shipway at
its plant in Chester, Pa. Some Of the
largest ships turned out In this coun-
try are being built on the Delaware.
The outlook for settlement OF the
labor conflicts In Sweden seem dark.
The Svenska Dagblad says the workers
In the sawmills have rejected the pro-
posal for mediation In their strike, and
it is expected the iron workers will do
likewise. The strike pay distributed
totals more than 100000 groner week
ly. Enormous losses are being suffered
through the stoppage of production.
A bill has been introduced in the
French chamber Of deputies, the terms
Of which provide for the appropria-
tion of Is per cent Of the profits de-
rived from business, Of which 10 per
cent would be distributed among en-
ployees and salaried men In proportion
to their salaries. The remaining per
cent would be deposited with re-
gional syndicate as fund to be dis
tributed yearly among the employees.
What Is probably China's first labor
union has just been launched at Shang-
hal by a group of laborers returned
from the war zone In France. The new
organization Is an Outgrowth OF two
unions of 5000 members, that were
formed overseas by Chinese workers,
according to Shah Chifung, who heads
the new body In Shanghai as presi-
dent. The Shanghai organization, he
said, is to be the first Of a number Of
similar units.
Spanish sacristans and parish clerks
numbering. several thousand have
Joined the movement started by priests
some time ago for increased stipends.
The movement has created quite a
disturbance In clerical circles.
Members of Ohio Lodge 572, Broth
erhood of Railway Clerks, at Rich.
mond, Va, have pledged themselves
not to buy spring clothing until pres
ent prices are reduced, and have alss
bound themselves to use all the infiu-
ence at their command to get all wage
earners to follow their example In q
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