The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1920-07-16

p per cent and the working week re-
duced from 40 hours to A hours.
Union linemen, electrical workmen
and gas stokers of the Denver Gas
and Electric company went on strike
to enforce demands for increased
wages.
The plumbers strike at Urbana, O.,
was settled by the workers accepting
an offer Of 25 per cent Increase. The
men have been receiving 65 cents an
hour
The General Electric company
Lynn, Mass, announced the laying off
of 1000 to 1000 employees. Re
trenchment is necessary, it IS said, be-
cause of delay in receipt of raw mate
rials.
The minimum wage bin and the
eight hour day bill for women and mi
nors IN factories and mercantile estab-
lishments have been killed by the New
York assembly.
All Quincy industrial plants Joined In
a signed agreement to conduct their
plants in the future as "open shops"
and used page advertisements ln the
city newspapers in making the an
nouncement.
At Pawtucket, r. l., d. Goff 6: Sons
braid manufacturers, posted notices
announcing an upward wage readjust-
ment effective on May 81, but not
stating the amount More than 1000
employees will be affected
Delegates from the 20 locals OF me-
chanical workers employed by the New
England and Providence Telephone
companies, concluded a two days con
vention at Boston by organizing the
International Brotherhood of Tele-
phone Workers
The strike of the timber workers at
Iron Mountain, Mich has been settled
by mutual agreement between the
union and the Won Platen Lumber
company Although the eight-hour day
was not granted the present good
wages will likely be increased soon.
The walkout took place on May l.
Because of the disturbed labor con-
ditions In the United States, orders
for tin and steel plate lately poured
into South Wales from all over the
world buyers being willing to pay al
most any price for early shipments
One order for tin plate amounted to
100000 boxes. Some workmen were
getting 500 week
A proposal that members Of carpen-
ters' unions be buried In caskets bear
Ing the union label has been sent to
labor headquarters by Local Union No
262 at San Jose, Cal 1t Is in the
form Of an amendment to the constl-
tuition of the United Brotherhood of
Carpenters and Joiners Of America.
Delegates attending a meeting at
Chicago Of the national boaA of farm
organization refused to nhdorse
movement to bring Chinese labor into
the United States temporarily to meet
the shortage Of labor The plan was
proposed to the meeting By repre-
sentative Of the national industrial
and agricultural development commit
tee, which has offices here. THE re-
suit Of such action would be to XIII
farm and labor organizations said
Charles A. Lyman, secretary and
treasurer Of the farm board.
10 two of the largest provincial
towns in Denmark the strike of dock
workers has been broken and men who
have been idle are returning to work
Satisfactory adjustment of wage
scale for the cement fnishers' local
union has been made and the mem
bers have returned to work after an
fdleness of six weeks, 1t was an
nounced by c. C. Pierson, secretary OF
the Building Contractors association
of indianapolis. The inishers will re-
ceive 80 cents an hour until June IS,
from which time their pay will be ST
an hour according TO the agreement.