Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1921-12-16
GENERAL LABOR NEWS

Food riots occurred In many parts
of Berlin and the suburbs, large bod
les OF unemployed looting the provi-
sion stores.
Repair shops Of the New York Cen
trail railroad closed for more than d
year, at Toledo, Ohio, have been opened
by the Hecker company Of Cleveland.
The repair work was sent to Chicago
while the Toledo shops were closed.
Location of an American branch of
what is said to be a German corpora
tion controlled by the Krupp interests
OF Essen, Germany, at River Rouge,
Mich, where pressed brick and tile will
be produced, is announced.
William Walker, superintendent of
the Missouri Kansas and Texas rail-
way shops at Sedalia, Mo-, received a
message authorizing him to increase
his force by employing 100 experienced
car men for an indefinite period.
An extension from November 80 to
December 81 Of the wage schedule now
in effect In Nova Scotian mining areas
controlled by the British Empire Steel
corporation was voted at a conference
Of company officials and representa-
tives Of District 26, United Mine Work
ers Of America.
About 1900 employees of the Tide
Water Oil company in Bayonne, N. j.,
went on strike, shutting down the big
plant as a protest against the "A per
cent wage reduction. Representatives
Of the strikers were reported active
In trying to draw into their ranks the
10000 Standard Oil company workers
In Bayonne and in nearby Jersey COM
munities.
A general strike proclaimed at
Genoa, Italy, caused by differences
over reductions in wages, has extend
ed over the Ligurian coast region. The
men affected include the port employ
ees, making 1t impossible to handle
shipping, and it Is feared the move
ment will spread to other Italian ports.
The leaders are trying to induce the
school teachers to join the strikers.
Owing to the refusal of the Cen
tral colliery, near Pittston, Pa, to
promote helper to place made va
cant by a blacksmith's resignation,
the men employed in all Pennsylvania
Coal company operations, except Sc
baStopol and No. IL, In Pittston, went
on strike. Another grievance was an
alleged violation Of the contract min
er agreement at the Butler colliery.
The strike affected 10000 men and
boys.
The Kansas City Plasterers union
voluntarily agreed to a reduction of
73 cents an hour for plasterers and
1914 cents an hour for foremen.
By the agreement the present scale
Of $500 for plastering and $11 for
foremen was abrogated, although the
contract with the Employing Plaster
ers' association did not expire until
the first Of the year. A contract for
the new scale, SO for plasterers and
SO for fOremen, was signed, effective
until January i, 1923.
Samuel Gompers, president of the
American Federation of labor, In
speaking. of Armistice day demon
strations throughout the country, said
the celebrations were 'in reveren-
tial commemoration of the great sacri-
fee through which was gained the vic
tory of civilization and democracy over
-autocracy militarism and enslavement.
The general strike as a result of con-
filcts between railway workers and the
Fascist at Rome, Italy, has ended. An
Official report places the casualties at
FIVE dead, four being Communists, and
twelve Fascist wounded.