Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1921-09-02
OTHER LABOR NOTES.

Sixty carpenters of Ann Arbor,
Mich, have formed building
corporation and will compete with con-
tractors.
The sixty-sixth convention Of the In
ternational Typographical union is to
be held at Quebec the second week Of
August.
Canadian railways, following the ac-
tion Of roads across the border took
preliminary steps to cut wages IL per
cent July 1 and later to revise work
Ing conditions.
Hod carriers and mortar mixers of
Worcester, Mass, asked for an in
crease Of 15 cents an hour in pay.
They are now getting 60 and Is cents
an hour, respectively.
Decatur (Ill.) carpenters allied with
the union have agreed to work for
80 cents an hour, instead Of 81, the
scale previously in effect, but con-
tractors will only pay so cents.
The Parker Hosiery mills, Frost
burg, Nd which had been operating
fon limited time for some months, an
nounced a general Improvement In
conditions and orders sufficient to
keep the plant operating at capacity
for many months.
At New Bedford, Mass, the Bakers
union, which has been nine weeks on
strike against the open shop ultimat-
.um Of the Master Bakers association,
has voted to accept the open shop
policy and the strike has been de-
clared off. The master bakers agreed
ito take back the strikers as places
are available.
A contract on the 1920 basis Of
wages and working conditions was
signed at Galveston, Texas, by the
Independent Oil Transportation COM
pany and members Of the various
unions of seafaring men. The COM |
pany operates a number of tugs en-
gagged in towing barges in the oil
trade in gulf waters.
The United States public health
service reports that out of more than
1000 miners who were examined AZ
| per cent showed definite signs of dust
injury to the lungs. It was found that
! the death rate from tuberculosis in
Butte, Mont, In one year was nearly
| 13 times as great as that of the State
of Michigan.
Three and one-half cents a bushel
for oats and cents for wheat will be
paid farm hands employed during the
threshing season, this scale being
fixed at meeting Of the Central nli-
nois Farmers association. Last year
5 cents was paid for oats and 10 cents
paid for wheat. The decrease In the |
quotations for the two cereals was |
given as the reason for the reduction. |
Newspaper compositors, Of Boston,
who walked out, voted to return to
work. The walkout did not have the
sanction of the union, and when the
men quit work they asserted that they
were acting as individuals. The pub
fishers announced that the men would |
return under the wage scale and work
ing conditions that prevailed when they
left work.
Milton Smelling, national president
Of the Steam and Operating Engineers
union of Washington, D. c., who was
in Denver as a delegate to the Ameri-
can Federation Of Labor convention.
was found dead in bed. Mr.. Snellings.
who was tifty-two years old, had been
president Of the union for the last
five years. He also was q member
Of the executive council Of the Fed
eration's building trades department
Acting upon orders received from
their international officers at Wash
ington, members Of the marine engi-
neers beneficial association in Balh-
more called their strike off and ap-
piled for work. Twenty-Five Of the
men are hired by the representatives
of the United States shipping board.
Announcement Of the abandonment Of
the strike was made by a union off,
cial.
officers and shop delegates Of the
International Brotherhood Of Paper
makers and the International Broth
erhood Of Pulp Sulphite and Paper
Mill Workers drafted reply to the
latest proposal Of a group of paper
manufacturers to settle the strike in
many plants in the United States,
Canada and New Foundland. The
officials declined to make public the
proposal Of the manufacturers or the
'eply Of the unions.
Statistics compiled by the chill
iren's bureau Of the United States
Department Of Labor show that TO-
1874 minors took out permits in II
representative cities to go to work in
1920.
More than 100000 employees in
Pennsylvania have been ignoring the
workmen's compensation law, and to
end this condition the legislature
passed a bill which provides a fine of
81 day for every day an employee
Is not insured by his employer. Farm
workers and household workers ara
: q tnssuasd. .. FROM, 7t 20 ro ..1=.
In daily wages for mine workers were
announced by the Copper Queen and
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