The Devils Lake world., 1921-10-05
GENERAL {: |! !! l-AB ! or NEWS

Abbeyville Is. C.) cotton mills have
begun the construction Of al. M. q.
a. building for the employees. &
The Italian chamber Of deputies
voted more than 1000, 900 lire for pub
( lie works to be undertaken during
the present period of unemployment.
All the Office force and other sal
aried workers of the American Chain
company have suffered ID per cent
reduction In pay. & 5ssS .sgs5 9S
The engineering tfndes union mem
bers in Great Britain rejected the pro-
posal for wage reductions by q vote OF
two to one. !. ..:53 {.
It is estimated that gold production
in British Columbia this year will ag7
gregate. IS, 500 900 or nearly 81 1OOO,0 600
better than last year. s
Despite reduc tions In wages in the
United States, reports show that the
efficiency Of workers In Industry Is
greater than at anr time In the last
six years. 3 + & &
II Wage cuts Of s. per day or more
have been asked BY the Building
/ Trades Employers Association Of New
York. The cut VIII AFFECT more than
& 0OOOs workers. n NJ, q: Y
Three hundred boilermakers Of Cas-
peT. Wyo., who went On strike August
!, In protest against q wage cut Of
about 81 day, returned toSwork at
the Standard refinery under the re-
duced scale of pay. .3ss5 s,s &
"a wage reduction Affecting Z. 600
employers Of the General Electric COM
pany's plant, lynn. Mass, was, an
uoanced: The cut win vary. In amount
with several classes OF employees. .un-
skilled workers. wages being. reduced
3 most s s<s,sgss 'ssss ss
q Seven hundred ID sjonrneymen; plumb.
ers lii Newark, !. ), agreed to accept
q wage reduction of.91 a. day. They
have been receiving SO day. The
new wage rate will be 50 . day and
WIN continue In Force until August
4, 1922 when the men will. accept an.
other reduction Of 81 day, bringing
their wages to So day from August
!, 1922. to August !, 1928.
Termination Of strike which since
April. 16shas virtually 5sussp pended oper-e=
atioas isaths Tonopsh fNsy. pining,
district gass voted BY the Hnistlrg, En-:
! gineers union. The strike followed
reduction of wages seventy-nve cents
. q day. Silver production WAS cur
tailed. 0De0QO ounces. q month By the,
strike, it was eatimat .s s5s ssS51s5 Il
The general strike On Mexiean raiill- iill
roads operated BY the government
which was threatened ~ the railroad.
swofknen Sffoilo wing the receat 20 per
cent wage reduc ction, apparently viii
not materializa since several: unions,
have voted to continue work at least;
for the present, with the understand.
Ing that an adjustment VIII be madee'
later 4. ..s.55 i.ss ,ss
~ ten-cenf heurl reduction III the
,wagess sofscarpsnterss md paintef went
Into eject mt Kalamas djlSs MIC Tie
reduction was voted Voluntarily ~
the workers after the empa pying con-
tractors asserted the step M. .neces-
:saryato bring abont Z revival Of bnild-
Ing acttyity in the city. new
scale provides u wage of 10 cents an
hour for. carpenters snd "a csnts IN
hour for painters q; S,s,ss
a statement by r. q; Stearn1s; sll1l rem rem
eral chairman 81 the Brot rhppd of
Railway and Steamship Gsfkssof the1
New Y0rk, New: Haven Hartford
railroad, denies that the freight clerks'
group Of employees had aceepted q
new wage scale carr wing strellct Hon.
Nj stearns says that tl1a matter of
acceptance q rejection 0f tue opposed
schedule q 10 80 ~ the sempllpy pyesaass foss
q referendum ball
Eight Of the thirteen coll ties op-
Grated BY the f Iehi sh yalley C;oal
company, esbarTe. were lied
following q 9strike yote ZEN ;by
the semplo oyees. who contend q recent
dareement made with t0remen the
comp allewing q minimum daily
w fesrs d q Iaboter fpr
q miner n not being obsef
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