Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1920-05-14
OTHER LABOR NOTES

New York city has nearly ll0,o0o
people on its payroll.
Dutch manufacturers are planning
campaign 10 introduce wooden shoes
to the American continent.
In Trinidad carpenters receive from
60 cents 10 $1.20 day, while estate
mechanics receive from 81 cents 10 ST
per day.
The shipbuilding plant of the Tide
water company at Quebec, Canada,
closed down because of strike OF 9U'
wOrkmen.
The coal strike in Chile which has
lasted 80 days and has involved 10
900 men, has been settled by an agree
ment TO arbitrate.
Philadelphia is in need OF from Be-
600 to 10000 houses TO meet the de
mands Of the people who are without
or soon to be without homes.
The main plant of the United States
Steel corporation at Gary, ind, Ell
pIoys about 10000 workmen and is
one of the largest in the world.
The total number OF strikes which
occurred in Massachusetts during the
quarter ended September 80. 1919, was
1873, as compared with 161 during the
preceding quarter.
UnskIled lahorers In some Of the
brass shops at Waterbury, Conn, be-
gan a strike for minimum wage OF
~ cents an hour and a 44-hour week.
They had been organized by the Con
necticut Federation Of Labor and no
tice of the strike was given several
days ago.
The Lawrence, Mass, textile c0un-
Gil claiming to represent $4,000 EN-
plOyees Of local mills, presented q de
mand Ia manufacturers for a so per
cent wage Increase for all employees,
effective May 8 The demands were
made in letters sent to the heads OF
each mill.
Announcement was made by the
various trades unions In Lake county
I'll. thar after May the wage scale
for carpenters. plumbers stone and
brick masonS. fathers. steam filters
painters and other basic trades will
ceive 81 an hour. There are 900 car
penters in the county and the mem
berS OF allied trades will approximate
1000. The building program for the
county this season Is the greatest ia
its history, and there is an acute
shortage of tradeSmen.
Indictments charging q persons, de
Clared 10 haze been concerned in the
rnilroad SwitchmenS strike In south
ern California, with violation of the
Lever food law were returned by the
federal grand jury AT Los Angeles.
Warrants for the arrest of the accused
were issued by Judge b. f. BledSoe
of the United States district court
and turned over TO United States dep.
uty marShaIs Bail was fixed at 5000
In each case.
Only about so p,. sent Of the looms
in Dunfermllne, Scotland are run
ming If supplies OF yarn were plen
tiful. along with ap adequate number
of women mill workers, half the looms
would not be idle. In fact, the de
mand for linens is so insiStent that II
is safe TO say every loom would he
kept going ~ full pressure
Ten steam roller engineers who
struck with the Chicago city hall clerks
two weeks ago went hack to work, sub
hitting their demands TO the arbitra-
tion hoard This left the public Ii
brary window washers the ouly city
employees on strike. They have been
getting $25 a week and want $36.
Revised schedules of wages and con-
ditions Of employment affecting over
10000 workers in certain sections OF
the making up (clOthing) trades In
London have been arranged between
the London Employers association
and the trade unions cOncarua6