Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1920-05-28
GENERAL LABOR NEWS

member of the bricklayers' union.
There are sc unions in Great Brit
ain with exclusive female member
ship.
Since 1916 the wages Of gold beat
ers in the United States have been in
creased 1913 per cent.
Brisbane. Australia, has $3.50 regis
tered factories employing 29,287 per-
sons, and 5,2S1 stores, employing TO-
5S7 persons.
The total union membership in the
Netherlands has now reached 373,-
600. In 1913 the total number was
1O1 900.
Nearly all the cities and towns Of
Switzerland, and even many Of the
small villages, have technical schools
specializing matchmaking.
Railroad traffic was suspended
throughout the northern island of New
Zealand as a result Of the strike of
locomotive engineers and firemen.
strike of seamen for higher wages
tied up inter-island shipping through
out the Philippine group. Acting Gov
ernor Yeator is seeking TO arbitrate
differences between ship owners and
the men.
1t Is estimated that the labor costs
In clothing are now so high that fully
so per cent of the prices charged go
into the labor required in making the
cloth and trimmings and putting them
into the finished suit.
Shipping in all Porto Rican ports
was paralyZed as a result of the strike
Of longshoremen and dock clerks. Su-
gar shipments are being held up and
all communication with\ the United
States has been interrupted.
Under the Ontario (Canada) govern
ment's scheme for assisting the build
ing of workmen's houses, 1,4OO houses
have been erected or are in course
of erection, and 1t is expected that
over 1000 will be completed this year.
One Of the most prOtracted and bit
ter contests In the history of British
trade uniOniSm was that Of the recent
strike of the iron mOlders. More than
$4,000 men were involved and only
went back to work when they We're ex-
hauSted.
The American Federation of Labor
will stand behind the organized teach
erS Of San Francisco if they decide
10 fight an order of the board of edu-
cation to diSband their union or re-
sign their positions. Frank Morrison,
secretary Of the federation. has an
nOunced.
All street car traffic in Rochester
N. Y stopped recently. The EN-
ployees at a meeting voted to 80 on
strike, Notwithstanding an agreement
between their international union, the
AmaIgamated Association Of Street
and Electric Railway Employees, and
the company to arbitrate all differ
ences. The men demand an increase
of approximately 90 per cent. The
company made compromise Offer the
terms of which were not made public,
but the men refused to accept it.
Statistics of the second annual cen
sus of South African industries for the
wear 1861, show that during that
period there were 5301 establishments,
as compared with 1898 recorded in
the first census for the year 1856.
The number of employees, which in
19l5-16 was 101, ,178, increased to 123,-
842 in 1867. OF these, 46 100 were
Europeans 1929 Asiatics, 46,Sl3 ma
tive blacks, and 1900 others, colored.
The increase was more largely made
up of native blacks than of any other
of the aforementioned classes.
The Woonsocket Or. ID Rubber com
pany has announced it would give its
2.2OO employees a weeks vacation
with pay. Heretofore its plants have
been shut down for two weeks dur
ing the summer without pay TO the
employees.
The movement among the teachers
in the California rural schools for
more salary has eliminated in the rec
ommendation Of the executive CON-
mittee of the County Teachers asso-
citation that a request be made that
minimum Of 500 per month be estab-
Iished.