Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1920-11-05
GENERAL LABOR NEWS

Labor is better organized in Den
mark than in any other Scandinavian
country.
For acetylene welders hand shield
for protection from the intense heat
has been invented by a Missourian.
A reduction of 10 per cent in the
force of the main shops of the New
York Central railroad at Elkhart, Ind,
has been made.
Clarence A. Earl, vice president of
the Willys-OverIand company, an
nounced that all departments of the
plant have reopened.
More than 100000 Welsh miners
went on strike. They refused to ac-
cept the settlement which it was be-
lieved would avert the strike.
More than $4,000 workers who have
been idle in Mexico have gone back
to work on the promise of President
Huerta to bring their grievances to a
speedy settlement.
The Savage Arms plant at Sharon,
Pa, has closed down entirely and with
the Sharon branch of the American
Foundries company, also closed, there
will be no resumption of work before
the new year.
Nine hundred of the 1000 employees
Of the Timken Roller Bearing COM
pany's plant at Columbus, Ohio were
laid off. Until further notice, the COM
pany announced the plant will not op-
crate a night shift. 1t was announced
that this action was taken because of
the depression in the automobile in
dustry.
The secretary of the Boston Men
Teachers union has notified the Cen
trail Labor union that the teachers
union is returning its charter and will
sever it's connection with organized
labor because the men teachers did
not believe in the motto of organized
labor Equal pay for equal work, re-
garuless of SEX"
The strike of the longshoremen,
which was directed at transatlantic
shipping from Boston for several
weeks. was officially declared ended.
The men returned to work prepared to
handle cargoes on all ships, union Of
ficials announced. The wage agree
ment reached in New York was ap-
proved at meeting of the men.
The proposition to increase salaries
of New York city employees in addi-
tiOn to the advance in pay granted in
August has been defeated by the COM
nf nd hI1I NIo
position was led by Mayor Hylan, who
said that, even without the proposed
increases, the budget would be danger
ously near the constitutional limit.
Inability to find market for goods
at present high prices resulted in the
closing of the underwear departments
of the Lawrence Manufacturing COM
pany, throwing $500 persons out Of
work. The entire plant, including the
hosiery department, will close down
in the immediate future for the same
reason, according to officials of the
company.
Officers of the joint council of shoe
workers formally signed an agreement
with manufacturers at Lynn, Mass,
continuing present wage and working
conditions for 10 months and assuring
industrial peace during that period
SiXty-five manufacturers are party to
the agreement. Resumption of work
in plants which have been partly or
wholly closed has begun.
All coal mines at Dillonville and
Piney Fork, Ohio, which had been
shut down owing to the walkout Of
the miners, resumed operations. One
thousand miners were idle as result
of the shutdown. large part of the
supply of coal for domestic use in AL
lance is obtained from this district,
and as a result Of the shutdown deal
ers were out of coal and famine was
narrowly averted.
Two machine guns and $50 hand gre
nades have been found by police in a
field near Brescia. Italy, having been
hidden there by men who had evacu-
ated factories in that city. Six per-
sons have been arrested in connection
with the discovery.
Seven thousand clerks, freight ham
dlerS, station masters and other en-
ployees of the Canadian National rail-
ways and the Grand Trunk railway
are affected in a general wage in
crease averaging per cent, retroac-
tive to May 1, according to announce
ment published in the Ottawa Journal.