Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1921-12-02
OTHER LABOR NOTES.


do not regulate in any way the hours
in which women may work.
Menasha (Wis.) is to have a new
broom factory. Work on the plant will
be commenced soon. A. L. Priemes-
berger will be the owner of the plant.
Three thousand Chicago truck driv-
ers, in meeting, affirmed the agree
ment reached between their union off,
GERS and their employers for a yolun-
tary So weekly wage cut.
The plant Of the Potomac Glass COM
pany, Cumberland, Md, resumed full
operation with $50 operatives. 1t had
suspended in July and this was the
first shutdown in II years.
There has been a recurrence OF
labor unrest in Trieste, notably among
the shipyard workers. These workers
announce that they purposed calling
another strike, owing to a disagree
ment over wages.
The strike of the full-fashioned
hosiery workers, which had been In
effect ten months, was settled through
the efforts of the Philadelphia chamber
Of commerce. The strikers, 1t was
said, agreed to return to work on the
"open-shop" basis.
A group of l. w. WIS sentenced In
the Kansas Federal District court un-
der the espionage act, lost their ap-
peal to the Supreme court. These Will
now 60 to the penitentiary: G. w.
Anderson, F. J. Gallagher, W. Fran
elk, o. 8. Gordon and M. Sapper.
At Scranton, Pa, seven hundred
men, boys and girls employed in the
Olyphant factory Of the Derry silk mill
went on strike when Superintendent
Thomas A. Lynn announced per
cent cut In wages Of all employees
earning In excess of $21 a week.
The Illinois Federation Of Labor, in
thirty-ninth annual convention, called
upon the federal government to take
over the coal mines now and eventually
all natural resources Of the nation. The
body also called on the government TO
recognize the soviet government OF
Russia.
Calls were sent out at Pontiac, Mich,
for the return to work of some oOO
employees Of the Oakland Motor Car
company. The production schedule
for the plant has been raised to lOO
cars a day for November, according
to officials.
President Williams of the Interna-
tional Transport Workers federation
announces that British workers have
agreed to form new council OF strike
action, like that which prevented the
British Polish alliance, If necessary to
prevent London from forming a new
alliance with Japan.
Declaring that business is better,
the II. G. Frick Coke company, sub
sidiary of the United States Steel cor
poration, extended its order providing
for the resumption Of operations In
the Connellsville (Pa.) coke region
Orders so far received provide for the
operation of six plants with a total OF
1880 ovens.
Edward Hoskins, Toledo, defeated
Patrick F. Richardson, Chicago, fol
the grand presidency Of the American
Federation Of Railway Workers, by ls
votes. The convention adopted the
initiative and referendum as means
Of governing the organization, there
by taking away much of the former
power centered in the grand officers
o~a Tho hoard ~ fYl1 cfoQ
Proposals for an immediate 20 pei
cent reduction In the wages OF the
1900 shoe workers In factories atf1ll
ated with the Lynn Shoe Manufactur
ers' association were submitted to the
workers unions for approval. Under
an agreement with the unions, change:
In rates of pay are effective only wheI
both sides are agreed that such
change Is necessary to stimulate busi
ness.
Iron puddlers and fnishers working
under the national agreement betweer
the Western Bar Iron association anC
Amalgamated. Association Of Iron
Steel and Tin Workers are given {
rent bimonthly settlement. The price
of pudding is now $9.48 a ton an(
finishing is 32A per cent above base
| The new scale Is new low level II
| the industry since pre-war days. Pud
ding at the last settlement was f1xet
at S9.12 ton.
There were 2,943 coal mines worket
in Great Britain In 1919, as compares
with 2,8O7 in 1913. OF these, In 191l
512 were in Scotland and 16 in ireland
Nearly 100000 persons will b
without employment In Great Britail
during the coming winter, declared 7
]. Mcnamara, minister Of labor, dun
ing debate In the house of common
on the unemployment bill. The govern
ment, he said, had decided to extern
the scope of the measure SO that
would apply to Ireland. This Is cor
| 10 1rfnd f~A nA n