Vernon Parish Democrat., 1921-03-03
OTHER LABOR NOTES

During the past year 1,1S0 finished
ships were delivered by American ship
building firms.
Reductions in working forces in all
departments of the Union Pacific rail-
road system have been in progress.
For the first nine months of 1920 the
weekly output per person in the Brit
ish mining industry averaged 3.9 tons.
The Hannibal division Of the Bur
lington railroad reduced the force of
the shops Is per cent, or about 115
men.
The bricklayers' union at Ottawa,
ILL.,, voted to reduce wages Of mem
bers 10 per cent. The present wage
is $40 day.
At Worcester, Mass, Reed & Prince
Manufacturing company announced
wage reduction Of 10 to 20 per cent for
1,10O employees.
The painters, decorators and paper
hangers union of Helena, Mont, vol
unteered to accept a wage reduction
of 80 cents a day.
The Woonsocket (Rhode Island)
Rubber company, employing, $500 an
nounced a downward wage revision,
effective February z.
Notice of a reduction in wages which
employees figure will reach 15 per cent
have been announced at the Crucible
Steel company plant at Syracuse, N. Y.
A 20 per cent decrease in wages was
accepted by the Hat Finishers' local
No. 4, Orange, N. ]. The men will return
to the schedules of November, 1919, So
day. About 1000 men are employed.
Twenty thousand workmen are idle
in Barcelona, Spain, as a result Of the
labor crisis. Several plants have
closed down entirely and some textile
factories are working only three days
a week.
The laws of different states show
wide variance in the weights which
working women are permitted to lift.
Ohio and Pennsylvania set a limit Of
15 pounds, New York of % pounds and
Massachusetts of 40 pounds.
Robert A. Pottinger, building cOntrac-
tor, filed suit at Chicago for 100000
damages against seven labor and build
ing organizations. Refusal to deliver
supplies because he was doing busi-
ness with a nonunion firm is charged.
Fifteen per cent reduction in wages
was announced by q. w. Hopkins,
range manager of the Oglesby- Norton
mines, IronwOod, Mich. four-day
week will also go into effect. Il. G.
Jussen announced a reduction of Is
per cent in wages at the TOwnsite
mine Other mines on the Gogebic
range will operate one shift.
The wage scale board for the lum-
Der mills in the HoQuiam (Wash.) dis
trict reduced wages of common labor
from $4 to $3.50 day. The prices Of
board in company camps was cut from
S1.50 to S1.30 a day. Lumber workers,
however, won a virtual victory when
the scale board abrOgated a reduction
of One-third in the wages of all wood
men and substituted a 16 per cent cut.
Reports circulated that the Stand
ard Oil company was planning a 10
/ per cent wage EGuuClAOu dHECLluB lLS
employees in all parts of the United
States received added currency follow
ing news of cuts made by Standard Oil
subsidiaries in widely separated fields
New Jersey and West Virginia. Two
general increases of 10 per cent each
were granted by the Standard Oil COM
pany Of New Jersey during the war.
In Great Britain. where the unem-
ployment situation is becoming more
serious, the. government has recon-
mended employers to institute, as far
as practicable, the system of short
time, so that work may be spread out
and as many workers as possible EN-
ployed.
Employees Of the Canadian Car and
Foundry company, Fort william, Ont,
who walked out after the company an.
nounced a 10 per cent reduction in
piece work rates, returned to work
The men voted to accept the reduc-
ton.