The Connecticut labor press., 1920-08-28
IN OTHER FIELDS OF LABOR

IN OIHER FIELDS OF LABOR Building operations in and about Pittsburgh were resumed for the first time in six weeks by the return of most of the 4,400 striking carpenters, who accepted a settlement at $1.20 and $1.25 an hour for an eight-hour day. The Building Construction Elm ployers' association turned to the task of bringing about settlement be- tween the brick contractors and the brfcklayers, the second largest union involved in the building trades strike.
 Eleven woolen mills in eastern Con- necticut are closed down, putting 4,OOO hands out of work, according to a sur vey made by Deputy Federal Employ ment Supervisor Burke for Connecti- cut. Tie survey, which covers the eastern section, was made for the de- partment of labor. Mr. Burke found that mills have been closed in Moosup, Central Village, Norwich, Halville and Putnam, and HTS women and 1863 men have been rendered idle. Cancel lation of orders is given as the cause.
 Following the adjournment of the annual convention of the International Glass Bottle Blowers association at Chattanooga, Tenn, it was announced that a demand for a 20 per cent in- crease in wages of all members except those employed in factories where high-grade bottles are blown, a 30 per cent7raise being asked for this special class of workers, will be presented to tEe Atlantic City convention of em- ployers the latter part of this month.
 The plant of the Hartford City Qnd.) Paper company is closed as 8 result of a strike, when workmen's demands for increases, ranging from 50 eto 75 cents day, were refused by the company. One hundred and fifty men quit work. The strikers be continued and that Harley Mo Maxim and George Upton, officers in the Workmen's Protective association, who were discharged, be reinstated.
 Working conditions in the seven. pa per mills of the Kimberly-C Clark conn pany in Wisconsin are regulated by the employees themselves through the newly organized mill council plan. Each mill is governed by representa- lives elected by the workers, who. act with an equal number of men appoint ed by the management in all matters relating to working conditions, hous- ing, recreation, wages and sanitation.
 The average wages paid for farm help in Canada during the last year show considerable increase compared with the previous year. For Canada as a whole the wages per month paid during last summer for males, inclus- i've of board, was S78 and for females $43 per month. During 1918 the cost was $70 for males and $38 for fe- males.
 A general strike has been declared at Rio Tinto, Spain, and the mines are reported, but strong military forces have been drafted into the district. Workers at the naval yard at Ferrol have also struck. Both disputes are due to the refusal of the employers to concede further wage advances.
 There has been little if any decrease in production by factories in Portland and throughout Oregon. In some lines the output has been increasing recent ly, with no prospect of let-up. The one marked exception is the shipyards, most of which closed down, as their war contracts were completed or can celed.
 A cloth factory gives the following figures: Increase in number of em- ployees,. 21 per cent; decrease in out put, IA per cent; increase in labor cost per yard of cloth, 40 per cent.
 Employees of the Duluth Street Railway company, who went, on strike demanding an increase in wages of 20 per cent, voted to return to work and at once began running cars.
 The Massachusetts department of labor last year reported that the in- dividual output of cripples was 25 per cent greater than tEat of able-bodfed l men.
 Eight million workers are estimated | to have participated in Great Britain's l observance, of May Day by taking the | day off parading and making speeches. l
 Nottingham (Eng.1 lace makers to | the number of four thousand went on strike for an increase of 40 per cent l in wages and a 44-hour week.
 Ship tonnage now building in the United Kingdom exceeds the amount | under construction in the United | States by 1872, GOO tons, according to returns published by Lloyd's register of shipping. The aggregate amount now under construction in Great Bri- tain is 3,578,OO0 tons-the highest amount ever recorded.
 There were 369 strikes in Kansas in thirty-two months. They cost labor in wages $1,60O,OOO. They added only $7S8.94 to labor's wages and union members were compelled to pay $15S,- 900 in strike benefits.