Evening star., 1920-12-19
WAGE REDUCTIONS
ARE MORE GENERAL
Steel Employees Suffer Cut OF
25 Per Cent, Effec-
tive December %.

By the Associated Press.
JOTINSTOwN, Pa. December ia
general wage reduction OF 20 per
cent, effective December %. was an
nounced by the Cambria Steel Com
pany here today.
L. r. Custer, vice president OF the
company, who announced the wage
reduction, said that in addition to
the cut all but a few of the smaller
departments of the Cambria works
would be closed down for at least two
weeks.
prices of iron and steel made neces-
sary the wage reduction, according to
notices posted on all bulletin boards
in the big plant here today. These
notices said that all Cambria work
men, whether employed. by the hour.
day turn, tonnage or piecework, are
included in the wage revision, as we'll
as all salaried employees.
Other Mills to Cut.
PITTSBURGH, Pa, December 1S.-
Executive officers Of the principal in
dependent steel companies here to-
night, when informed of the wage re-
adjustment in the mills of the Cam
bria Steel Company at Johnstown.
frankly stated that while the rate of
pay had not yet been touched in
Pittsburgh mills, drastic reductions
would be announced for the begin
ming of the new year.
They took the position that while
production costs were on the present
basis there could be no stability in
the steel market, and it was proposed
to bring about the complete readjust-
ment of wages as soon, as possible.
VIII Refer to Gompers.
NEW YORK, December 1S.-The
executive board of the United Textile
Workers today decided to submit it's
application for a congressional in
vestigation of the entire textile in
dustry to Samuel Gompers. president
OF the American Federation of Labor
The international officers of the
union. it was announced, will lay the
matter before Mr.. Gompers and the
executive council Of the federation. in
Washington on Monday or Tuesday
of next week.
John Golden. president of the tex
tile workers. said today that the ac-
tion of several of the large mills in
arbitrarily ordering a reduction of
wages was part Of a th-eefold plan
ards and fnaugurate the "open shop"
No Knowledge of Cpt.
CHICAGO, December 1s-Oficials
Of Sears-Roebuck today stated thew
mad no knowledge of the 20 per cent
wage cut in the company's shoe fac
tory at Springyale Me descr;had iy,
news dispatches yesterday and that
NO pan 10 cut wages in other plants
oL une company mas ever been con-
.sTe
wases nave been cut at the
onoe factory IL was done without
notice 70 us and merely in keeping
Win market conditions in New Eng
ana ana was announced at the fac
'ory.
Strike Against Wage Cut.
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nurnher. went o,,t ~, usnC IN
aeainsf a wo,a c,,t y, ea5e ihe tooay
which 10 to o. ~ VI .e1s per cent
Should the strike coptin,,s q r,o,,;j
eventually affec. the entire plant e.n-
ploying about 1000.
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frefefit rates ana fnshiI;tv =, se.,,.. nsll .st
fsfactory contracts with the smelter.
were assigned by the manaea,nent as
reasons for the action taken
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