Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1920-10-01
GENERAL LABOR NEWS


A steel milling machine that will
do the work of four old-type machines
has been invented by Milwaukee
man.
There are at present nearly 10000
employees of the federal departments
in this country who receive less than
So per day.
There Is no standard wage in the
shoemaking industry in Spain, the
large part of the production being the
product of home labor.
In Lorraine, O., stove mounters have
abolished a bonus system of the Ma
tional Stove company, raised wages
and established an eight7hour day.
The highest point yet reached in
trade union membership in Canada
was during 1919, when the total num-
ber of trade unionists reached 337,-
0S7.
The International Typographical
union convention adopted a resolu
ton authorizing the appointment of
one member of the typographical union
to cooperate with other industrial
committees in the protection of for
eStS.
The British government is said to
have definitely decided to reject the
demand of the miners for the national
ization of the industry, but the prom
iSes made some time ago that pro-
vision should be made for the miners
to be offered a share in deciding the
steps to be taken to insure the gen
eral safety of workers in the mines
has been carried out.
There was only a very slight de-
New York state during July, accord
ing to a report issued by the New
York state industrial commission, de-
spite the general belief that mills are
closing and shops shutting down. The
net decrease in the number of factory
workers employed between June and
July is given as only one-half of l
per cent.
Seven members of the executive
committee of local division No. TAG,
Amalgamated Association of Street
and Electric Railway Workers, which
went on strike August l, were sen
fenced at Denver, Colo, to 90 days in
the county Jail for contempt by Judge
Greeley w. Whitford in district court.
They began their sentences at once.
They also must pay the costs of court
action, under the ruling.
The International Typographical
union convention ratified the 44-hOur
negotiations of the executive council
and the United Typothetae of Amer
ica at Chicago, whereby it was
agreed all publishers under the juris-
dictiOn of the Typothetae and all print
ers under the jurisdiction of the In
ternational Typographical union enter
negotiations to establish the 44-hOur
week, without decreases in wages.
Between 1900 and 1000 textile op-
eratives in the mills of COhOes, n. Y,
returned to work under "Open shop"
conditions. after a strike which went
into effect on May 26 last. The strike
was ordered by the emergency COM
mittee of the United Textile Workers
of America, which declined to permit
its members to work with members of
the Amulet Association of Jack Spin
ners, a local organization which seced-
ed from the international union. The
strike. the manufacturers estimated,
had caused a loss of $1,00O,000, $780,
600 being in wages alone.
The United States possessed II toy
factories in 1913, producing toys TO
the value of $7.OOO,OOO, but in 1918 the
number had increased to 165 and the
value of the product had reached 500
100000
Electrical workers employed by the
Cleveland (O) heat and light depart
ment accepted the city's wage increase
offer of 221a per cent. Wages will
range from rs cents an hour to $305
a month for foremen. The advance
was based on government statistics
showing an equal increase in the cost
of living since a year ago.