Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1920-06-18
GENERAL LABOR NEWS


world is mined in eight-hour shifts.
There are now more than 100000
railroad workers In the United States.
Industrial deaths fell from 40 in
1917 to 81 in 1918 anl AZ in 1919,
saving of 6S wOrkmen
The eight-hour day has been estab-
lished in all factories and shops at
Mayaguez, POlt0 Rice.
due for the biggest Industrial boom
the country has ever had.
Owing to the fact that labor is en-
tirely dominating conditions in South
Wales, the coal production In that
country Is said TO be dropping off.
The men Of White Plains, n. Y,
are now shaving themselves since the
BARRIERS in that city suspended work
to enforce higher wages and better
working conditions.
In the nine months, April TO De
cember. 1919. the cotton spinning and
weaving mills of India produced 5O8,-
100000 pounds of yarn and 3l2, 10000
pounds of woven goods.
Milk deliveries in Manhattan and
Long Island City were almost com
pletely shut off by an unauthorized
strike of milk wagon drivers. The
strikers voted to return to work.
Resumption of operations Of the
Brown-BOnnell mills of the Republic
Iron & Steel company. Youngstown.
O., after six weeks shutdown. was
announced. More than 1000 men re-
sumed work.
Street car men employed by the De
rr0it United Railway company voted
to accept wage schedule providing
for 20, 70 and Is cents on hour. ac-
cording to length of service, contingent
upon the city councils action upon an
application by the company for six
cent fare.
The General Electric company of
tention Of laying off $500 employees
because of delays in shipment OF ma
terial and cancellation of orders, an
nOun1ed that the plant would be OPP
Grated in full and that no operatives
would be dropped. The raw goods
which have been in transit have ar
rived, il was said.
The Rochester. n. Y, joint council
Of the United Shoe Workers of Amer
lea announced that all its 1.2OO meU1-
l. T. g, MI l. rftn.v
misses,' chidrens and infants shoes
went on strike. The manufacturers af-
fected admitted they had signed an
agreement with the Boot and Shoe
Workers of America, and said their
factories were being operated.
Two hundred weavers in the fac
tories of the McGill company. Union
Hill and West HOboken, n. Y,
struck, blaming the company's refusal
TO recognize the union and discrim-
inatiOn against union men. The COM
pany says the men are dissatisfied
because the Slackening Of demand has
caused the shutting off of number of
looms, thus decreasing the wages OF
Judge Pierce of the Massachusetts
Supreme court ordered an injunction
restraining the officers and members
Of Lodge 348 of the international Ma
chiniStS' association from continuing
strike at the plant of the United
Shoe Machinery company at Beverly,
The strike was called to compel the
company to abandon individual con
tracts and to preserve to the union
''the principle of collective bargain
ing"
All st. Louis boiler makers, number
ing $50, went on strike for a wage In
crease. They are demanding ST an
hour for lay-outs. 90 cents for boiler
makers, and 20 cents for helpets.
This is an advance of Is cents an hour
over the old scale.
Employees of the Bevis Salt COM
pany, Lyons, Kan, quit work and Is
sued a statement that they cannot live
on the wages they are paid. A tele-
gram has been sent by them to the
state industrial court asking that an
investigation be made of their situa'
Han,