Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1921-08-26
GENERAL LABOR NEWS


Printers in jamestown, N. Y, have
been granted a 44-hour work week.
The Pullman company, which lost Its
open-shop fight, employs more than
10000 people.
Textile workers in some parts OF
Rhode Island are receiving about $40
on piece work In 48-hour week.
A general strike was proclaimed in
Italy as the result of the killing OF
many communists by the Fascist at
Grosseto.
Barcelona Is the leading paint and
varnish manufacturing city In Spain,
having more than twenty factories OF
various sizes.
About one-third Of the worlds gold
comes from a strip of land In the
Transvaal six miles long and fifty
wide.
Twelve million persons can claim
unemployment benefits under the
terms of the unemployment insurance
act in Great Britain.
Accidents in coke ovens In this cOun-
try last year caused the death Of 40
employees and the injury Of 3,415 9TH
ers. The industry employed 28,139
persons.
A vote taken by the employees OF
the Lehigh Valley railroad to ascertain
the sentiment Of a company union
showed that 80 per cent were In favor
of trade unions
A ten per cent wage reduction was
announced by the Waltham Watch COM
pany, Waltham, Mass, to go into effect
August Is. The company denied re-
port that several hundred employees
would be laid off.
The strike of the Kobe (Japan)
shipyard workers apparently has been
broken, many Of the workers return
ing to work. The government Is
withdrawing the troops sent to pre-
serve order during the recent rtot1ng.
San Francisco union, Marine Engi-
neers, voted, 48O to 80. to return to
work Immediately 1t is announced by
their officers. The engineers had been
ON strike since May /, when the nation
wide maritime strike was called.
Employees Of the National railroad
lines, with the exception Of those earn
ing less than 100 pesos monthly, will
suffer q 20 per cent reduction, ac-
cording to a decision reached by the
new railway board Of directors. A re-
duction in the number Of employees
also has been ordered, says a dispatch
from the City Of Mexico.
Drastic reductions in the enlisted
personnel and the civil service force
Of the Rockwell field air station, San
Diego, CAL, has been made in line
with the policy of the government to
reduce expenses to a minimum. More
than $50 employees, including skilled
mechanics, guards, telephone opera
tors and radio experts, have been dis
missed.
Union painters Of Albany, N. Y,
have voted to accept 81 day reduc-
tion In wages, 1t was announced by
Harry A. Wilhelm, a member OF the
union, and secretary of the Albany
Building Trades council. The paint
ers, with other building tradesmen
went on strike May l, In protest
against wage reduction of 25 per
cent. Before the strike, the painters
received $76O a day. They now get
$500.
One thousand employees Of the For
mosa Sugar company at Kobe, Japan
have been dismissed and the plants
Of the company closed. says dispatch
from that city, and another 1000 work
ers In the Dunlop rubber factory have
gone on strike. The leaders OF the
opposition parties are protesting
against the dispatch of troops to Kobe,
where dock workers are on strike. The
arsenal workers are endeavoring to
start a general strike involving ten
arsenals.
The Reading (Pa.) Iron company,
one Of the large Independents, posted
notices that some of its mills would
resume for a run of two weeks, at
reduction in wages. Puddlers are to get
So q ton and ordinary labor 80 cents
an hour.
In Scotland current wages for a
week of A hours are as follows: Iron
factory workers, $40 to $50; coal min
ers, $780, shipwrights and joiners, $25
engineers, $40; painters, $25; ship
platers and riveters, $40 to $50; rail-
way and municipal workers, $50, and
masons, G2K