The Devils Lake world., 1921-03-09
GENERAL, LABOR. NEWS

mined In Indiana during the last year.
Over a million and q half people
were employed In New York factories
during 1920.
Women employed In industrial work !.
in Michigan are paid the same rate OF
pay as men for the same work.
The United States Steel corporation
expends nearly million dollars q
yeare for pensions to employees ! rss
About 80 per cent of the population
Of Holland is dependent on the gov
ernment. due to unemployment. ,s.
White gold miners in South AfricGs
work an eight-hour shift, while the
100000 natives work only five hours.
The leather industry in Finland can
produce nearly twice as much as tsi
required for domestic consumption. q
three days work In week, was
agreed to by the spinning section; cf
the Lancashire (Eng.) cotton indus
try.
The average weekly earnings of
New York state factory workers was
q
over the September average. sa
Ten thousand coal miners employed
by the Hokkaido Colliery and Steam-
ship company (Japan) struck, refusing
to accept 20 per cent cut in wages.
After being closed since, January 8.
the Borden condensed milk plant at
Modesto. Cal. employing approxi-
mately 300 men, opened February q.
Twenty-seven hundred union fac
tory employees of the Hamilton Brown
Shoe company, st. Louis, Mo-, voted
to work 4S hours week beginning
March l, instead of A.
Pressed pulp is to be used in the
construction Of the tNilAing which
will house the Welsh National Indus
trial exhibition to be held In Cardiff
next year..
At Endicott, N. z, the International
Time Recorder company, one Of the
largest concerns Of It's kind in the
world, announced that Its workers
have accepted a 10 per. cent reduction
in wages.
A strike of 10000 needle workers, so
per cent of whom are women, was
called at New York by officials Of the
joint board of Dress and Waistinakers'
unions in an effort to enforce the
closed shop III the women's clothing
manufacturing industry. Hundreds Of
small shops in the Madison and Union
square districts were affected.
Detroit building contractors an
nounced a cut in wages Of approx
mately 20 per cent. The reduction fol:
lowed a recent meeting at Lansing, at
which builders all over the state sook
the reduction under consideration. The
wage reduction, together with lower
material costs, It is, estimated, would
reduce building prices, about 30 per
cent,
Juan Castillon and his associates
are making preparations to operate
mines in the Sierra Mojada district of
Mexico. Nearly all. of the big mines
in the Sierra Nojada district have
been closed down for the last two
months, but will resume operAt tiohB
soon. The American Smelling and Re
! fining company has a number Of pro
ducing mines ia this group which will
be opened up again soon. Il
John L. Lewis has been reelected
president Of the United Mine Work
ers Of America by the largest major
ity ever given a candidate for head
| Of the union. Lewis majority over
Robert n. Harling Of Washington is
| between $4,000 and 81, 900. It was an
nounced. Philip Murray was re-elect-
ed vice president and William Green,
secretary-treasurer, was returned to
cerwithout opposition. Al
Samuel B.S Mont Vest vir-
ginia state labor commits ssioner. intro
duced in the senate and hotise Of
delegates ''bili Of right It'd check
labor strife in the state. Il meas.
ure would prevent employers nom ina
Istsrfering with the rights oks theirsem-
Tployees to belong to 5labos xani3a.
tons The law would provide pen.
atty of ten days impris0nn md 4 4
fihe of from $5o to 200. S,;.ss lssss q
The latest \ compila lation irl,i icates
that there are; now In SWit4aEl1pd
i0oOoO unuaem1Dpi Dyed perso II 4 ID 'lslSn e 4
these are workers ID the anA
textile industr Hes. unembl6 6yment l1
increasing daily throuE Ehout the eoun-
~. Ss55ss
Gs,ssn Ala.) union pri lvoauHs
tarily sreduced lhsir pay rom
cents ans hour aice.
TAs fintsr TN sas.fhei 90 Tor
tic reduction. TIT belief that tho tiIne
has arriyed fog labor to AZ I'M paTt %
turning aiius,A ~
! las Il II II
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