Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1921-06-10
OTHER LABOR NOTES

ing reduction OF Alo III WdEeS.
Responsible employees of the Kay
nee company of Cleveland, O., partlci-
pate in the profits of the company as
a reward for their faithfulness.
Chesapeake and Ohio tugboat engl-
neers struck at Newport News, Va, in
sympathy with the seamen. refusing to
move either American or foreign ships.
The holders strike at the Chicago
Hardware foundry In North Chicago,
Ill.,, In progress since February 3, was
called Off. The workmen accepted a
20 per cent wage cut.
In New York the international Jew
elry Workers union IA resisting the
effort OF the employers to replace the
44-hour week with the 4S-hour and re-
establish other prewar conditions.
Coal mine operators In New South
Wales intimate that they must close
down at the expiration of government
control, claiming that to continue un-
der present conditions would mean
bankruptcy.
The Flint (Mich.) plant of the Chew
rolet Motor company began increasing
loo to 1900 men within the next two
weeks, with all departments operating
ON full time.
The port Of Boston was idle, follow
ing a walkout of union tugboat en-
gineers. The engineers struck when
an attempt was made by owners to
substitute non-union firemen for union
men ON strike.
The executive committee of the
Philadelphia Pressmen's union ordered
strike which affects 1900 CONNER
cial pressmen. Press feeders already
had Joined the compositors In their
strike for 44-hour week.
Governor Claiming Cox of Massa-
chusetts signed the Voluntary Assoc
citation bill. under which labor unions
can be sued in court. Labor leaders
have termed the bill the "most vicious
blow against labor ever made"
New York "wet wash" laundry wag-
on drivers now draw down an average
of 500 to Sis weekly. The only arti-
sans ahead of them are rabbit SINNERS
| and window cleaners, who are said to
sometimes make more than $500 a
| week.
Quelling riot of 400 striking build
| ing trades laborers and sympathizers,
| several policemen of Rochester, n. Y,
were severely bruised, two rioters seri-
ously shot and fifty others, both men
and women. stunned and mutilated by
riot sticks.
Admiral. w. S. Benson, chairman of
the United States shipping board, an.
nounced that six government ships
have been taken from the United
States Transport company because the
| company signed an agreement with
striking marine workers maintaining
the old wage rate. The vessels had
been allocated 10 the company.
BY vote of II to 8, the Illinois
house of representatives industrial af-
fairs committee reported favorably the
bin to establish commission to inves-
tigate and fix minimum wage scale
for women workers. This Is the bill
personally Endorsed for three months
by Miss jeanette Rankin, former mem.
Der of congress. The vote is consid-
cred distinct victory for the measure.
At Bridgeport, Ohio, the Aetna
Standard plant Of the American Sheet
and Tin Plate company resumed opera
lions In full. The plant will operate
three days week. The Wheeling Steel
| corporation tin plate plant at Yorkville
is working twelve mills. Early resump-
ton Of the Laughlin plant OF the Amer
lean Sheet and Tin Plate company In
Martins Ferry, idle two weeks, Is an
tlcipated.
The wage scale that viii be put In
to effect by the Building Employers
association of Holyoke, Mass, under
open-shop conditions was announced.
II provides 50 cents an hour or less
for general building mechanics, 65
cents or less for mason tenders, 50
cents or less for bricklayers, masons
and plasterers. The association pro
vides that none OF its members shall
make an agreement with any union
In the Building Trades council during
1921.
The Norristown (Pa) contractors
ana builders unanimously agreed to
stand by their original proposition to
pay carpenters so cents an hour. The
carpenters now are ON strike for 81
an hour. They have been receiving
slips an hour.
Light and power plants, as well as
utilities at 0ppeln, Upper Slesia, have
been virtually paralyzed by the gen
eral strike called there as a protest
against the allies commissions atti-
tude toward the Polish insurrection
! in the region. Reports reaching her.
Lin Indicate the walkout is general.