The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1921-07-14
OTHER LABOR NOTES


ceeded 100000 tons for the first time
In two years.
There are now almost 100000 more
persons engaged in British coal min.
ing than In 1913.
Bakers In Muncie, Ind, have organ.
lied and affiliated with the general
labor organization.
There are eight meat-packine
plants in Indianapolis employing more
than 1900 workers.
In Denmark idle workers are al
lowed on an average of from $40 to
$12 per week by the government.
Increases Of 10 per cent In steel
plant operations have brought mills of
the Youngstown district to a basis
slightly over 40 per cent.
The Brierhill Steel company OF
Youngstown, o., will sell $4,000 shares
of its common stock to employees at
S27 a share under a monthly payment
plan.
Canada's new program for proven
tion Of unemployment centers in a ma
tional employment service working in
close touch with the immigration de-
partment.
California proposes spending $780,
100000 for the installation of giant
power plants to utilize the energy
from the waters of the Kern and San
Joaquin rivers.
The United States bureau of mines
has devised a r%espirator that is thor
oughly effective for use by workers in
industries where there Is considerable
dust to contend with.
A wage reduction Of 20 per cent, af-
fecting 1000 employees of the Mobile
& Ohio railroad has become effective,
e. E. Norris, vice president Of the
road announced. Representatives Of
the employees agreed to the reduction,
Mr.. Norris stated.
The number Of anthracite mines
worked In Austria in 1920 was IL; In
1919, IL. Sixty-one Ignite mines were
worked In 1920, as compared with SO
In 1919. The largest anthracite out
put In 1920 came from the Gruenbach
mine, near Schneeberg, and was ap-
proximately 114,O0O tons, an Increase
Of $1,000 over the previous year.
The hundred thousand mark has
been passed in unemployment OF
workers by the larger industrial
plants Of Detroit, according to the
weekly survey Of the employers as-
ISOLATION. The aggregate force Of the
70 concerns represented In the report
was placed at 100,347, an increase
over last week of 6,126. Only 10 Of
the shops are now working on part
schedules.
The most recent comprehensive
study of women's earnings by the
States bureau of labor Stats
tics shows that for nearly $4,000 work
.rs, for whom payroll records we're
available, the average weekly earnings
1919, a high wage year, were s18.54.
This average of earnings was lower
than any minimum wage set during
the last year by any minimum wage
commission In the United States.
All miners, engineers, electricians,
and mill men employed by
the Belmont Development company,
the Tonopah Extension company and
the Tonopah Mining company, num-
700 men, were Qp strike at
ronopah, New, as a result Of a new
wage scale reducing wages 10 cents
per shift. The North Star and Res
Eula mining properties, controlled
by San Francisco interests, will op-
under the old wage scale.
The American Steamship Owners
association, negotiating a new work
ng agreement with its men, decided to
wages on expiration Of the pres
mt contract (May y and to eliminate
overtime pay.
The Philadelphia district council OF
The Brotherhood Of Painters, Decor
stors and Paper Hangers, claiming to
1900 workmen Ia that city,
Chester and Camden, N. j., decided
call q strike II the employers at
tempt to enforce wage reductions. The
various local unions had voted to give
c~,nctl full uower