Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1921-02-17
OTHER FIELDS OF LABOR

There are 5000 salmon fishers In
San Francisco who go once a year to
Alaska for the annual pack. Their
wages aggregate 100000.
The Swiss railway clerks union has
adopted resolution in favor Of pre-
venting the shipment Of war materials
through Switzerland.
Dock workers in Callao, Peru, who
were on strike, resumed work, having
reached an agreement with the dock
administration relative to their de-
mands for higher wages.
The Republic Truck company, Alma,
Mich, which closed temporarily, will
resume operations in some depart
ments within two weeks and all de-
partments within thirty days.
The cotton mill of the Cabot Manu-
featuring company, Brunswick, Maine,
started on full time again. The mill
started on part time November 1 after
being closed 10 weeks by strike.
Approximately $500 employees on
the Southern Grand division of the
Pennsylvania, which has its headquar-
tiers at Wilmington, Del, were laid off
as result Of general order for
20 per cent reduction in the working
force.
After a series Of protest meetings,
at which they declared they would not
accept wage reductions from IL to 20
per cent, announced by Inland Steel
officials at Hammond, Ind, the en-
ployees have finally given in, They
will accept the reductions for the time
being.
at Muskegon, Mich, the Continental
Motors corporation resumed operation
with several hundred men. Other in
dustries plan to resume work in a
few days with small forces, which will
be gradually increased. By the middle
of next month, it is said, they will be
operating at full force.
Gradual resumption Of manufacture
of automobiles at the Toledo (Ohio)
plant Of the Willys-O Overland company
was announced by Charles B. Wilson,
in charge of operations. The plant
has increased its working force be-
tween 400 and 500 men, bringing the
total from practically zero to approx
mately 1900, Mr.. Wilson said,
The wage reduction of II per cent
announced by the Dominion Iron and
Steel company, Sydney, N. S., viii not
be recOnsidered, e. P. Merrill, general
manager Of the company, told dele
cation Who waited on him. Cost Of
production, he added, must come down,
but he was willing to discuss means Of
reducing the cost Of living among en-
ployees.
The Morgan Engineering company,
Alliance, Ohio, employing over 1900
men announced that the plant could
be kept running steady for seven
months, provided the employees would
accept reduction from 10 to 20 per
cent in wages. Otherwise the orders
would have to be Cancelled and the
plant shut down. The employees
agreed to accept the wage cut.
The Pittsburgh Coal Producers as
ISOLATION notified officials of District
No. 8, United Mine Workers Of Ameri-
ca that the organization would refuse,
to deduct, under the "check Off sys-
tenn, 81 a month from miners wages,
levied by the union for the support of
striking miners and their families in
the Mingo county, West Virginia and
Alabama fields.
Employers of job and commercial
Int
have been asked to organize against
the demands of the International Typo
graphical union and allied unions for
Inauguration Of the forty-four hour
working week plan, 1t was announced
by the advisory committee of the st.
Louis branch Of the Printers League
Of America.
Approximately 1900 workers are
idle in the eight counties served by
the state employment bureau in AL
tOona, Pa. OF this number 1000 are
men who came into the district look
ing for work. Industries that have
closed, and those that are run
ming with materially reduced forces or
are on part time, include railroad, silk,
coal, iron, candy, paper wooden, stone,
brick and lumber operations. Ordinar-
lily 10000 men are employed in indus
trial pursuits in Blair, Cambria, Clear
field, Jefferson, Center, Bedford, Hunt
ingdon and Fulton counties.
Two big motortruck plants, the foun-
dries and several of the smaller con-
Germs at Lima, O., are planning to re-
sumo operations on full-time basis
within the next two months.
The executive council of the Belgian
Federation Of Labor has approved a
law prohibiting virtually ali business
activity between six O'Clock Sunday
morning and the same hour Monday
morning. This measure also forbids
the sale Of newspapers and periodicals
between three O'Clock Sunday after
noon and the same hour Monday, ex.
cept on the occasion Of elections.