Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1920-11-12
GENERAL LABOR NEWS

Salt miners in the Netherlands now
number more than 25,OOO.
Workers in the New York Ship
building company at Camden, N j.,
invest $4,000 weekly in War Saving
stamps.
More than 5000 factories in Russia
have been nationalized. This is about
80 per cent of that cOuntry's produc-
tive activity.
The Detroit Housing corporation
proposes to float a bond issue of $780,
600 for the building Of additional
homes for workers in that city.
Between Labor day, 1919, and the
same eventful day in 1920 members
of the Granite Cutters international
Association Of America secured the
greatest increase in wages they have
received in their organized existence.
A layoff of approximately One-third
Of the shopmen Of the Wabash rail-
road shops at Springfield, ILL.,, was an
nounced. The retrenchment program
will be general over the entire system,
according to A. Field, assistant super
intendent Of motive power Of the road.
Labor leaders at Manila organized
q speaking campaign against pro
posed legislation to admit oriental la
borers into the Philippines. PrOmi-
nent vernacular writer's and speakers
have been organized into squads which
will stump Manila and other cities.
Large manufacturing companies OF
Kenosha, Wis, are dismissing hun
dreds Of employees in preparation for
what they call "slack season" In
nearly all the plants the working
week has been cut down to five days of
eight hours each with no overtime.
This reduction has resulted in the
loss Of thousands Of dollars in wages.
Two thousand men, making up the
entire clerical staff of the Post Office
savings bank at Vienna, Austria,
struck, demanding more rapid promo
tion and better working conditions.
The daily turnover Of this bank ap-
proximates 1,OOO,OO0,0OO crowns, and
the strike is strongly resented by the
public, which attempted to storm the
building.
Thousands Of dock workers have
been dismissed at Dublin, Ireland, as
a result of the unauthorized strike of
seamen and fremen for increased
wages. begun several days ago, and
the port is almost completely closed.
With the exception Of passenger serv-
ices, the only steamship lines open are
those to Bristol and Glasgow. Sim
liar conditions prevail at other impor-
tant Irish ports, except Belfast.
Trouble in the needle trades, threat
ening since the strike of the buying
public against high prices and the con-
sequent lack of business and employ
ment, loomed larger at New York
when, after a meeting of the Cloak,
Suit and Skirt Manufacturers associa-
tion executive committee. it was an
nounced that the contract between the
association and the international La
dies Garment Workers union had
been abrogated The members of the
association employ 10000 hands.
The lower house of the Texas legis-
lature passed the bill proposing more
stringent laws relating to industrial
troubles at ports by a vote of SO to
20. This was nine votes less than
the number required to give the meas
ure the emergency clause. The bill
was amended on third reading to pro-
vide that only when violence or force
Is used in violation of the act shall the
offense be a felony, and to provide
that the change of venue section shall
not abridge the defendants right to
apply for change of venue.