Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1921-10-21
OTHER LABOR NOTES

More than 10000 eUservice men,
all of them suffering from some dis
ablement, are being trained in various
industrial trades by the British gov
ernment.
Manufacturing establishments at
Marseilles, Ill.,, and In the vicinity
which have been suspended or else op-
Grating with reduced forces have been
reOpened and forces increased to near
'ly normal conditions. The army Of
unemployed In this district is now
nearly extinct
The number Of unemployed In Ak
ron, Ohio, has nearly doubled in the
last two weeks, according to estimates
Of A. A. Berry, superintendent Of the
state-city free labor exchange. Two
weeks ago Berry estimated there were
1000 unemployed In the city. Berry's 8
! recent estimate shows nearly $4,000
out Of work.
Striking job printers Of Blooming
ton, ILL.,, members Of Typographical
Union No. 124, who were on strike
since July against a reduction In
wages, returned to work under an
agreement that increases the hourly
rate to the extent OF SO cents week,
with a further increase on January
Il which will bring 1t up to 81.
The foreign" deputy sheriffs were
nd
Qllinois) miners war Is ended, for the
present at least. Peace was officially
declared when, after q special session
Of the village board Of Elizabethtown,
Governor Smalrs peace commission
was notified that the outsiders" would
be dismissed and sent away.
After a suspension Of nine months,
the Pocahontas and the Matoaca
West Virginia) cotton mills, two of
the largest textile plants In that sec
tion of the state, will resume opera
tions as soon as there Is sufficient wa
ter in the Appomatox river to supply
power. Orders are being received In
increasing numbers, 1t was said. and
full-time operations are contemplated.
George F. Hedrick Of Albany, N. Y,
was reelected president of the
Brotherhood Of Painters, Decorators
and Paperhangers by the general
assembly of the brotherhood at Dallas,
Tex. J. G. Skemp, secretary-treasurer,
of Fayette, N. D., John NJ. Fiman
first vice president, Of Chicago. and
Joseph F. Kelly, second vice pres
ident, Of Philadelphia, also were re-
elected.
The shops of the Canadian National
railway in the suburbs Of Ft. Rouge
and Trascona have reverted to the
full-time schedule Of A hours a week
for the first time since early In 1921
More than 1000 men are thus given
full employment. and at 60 cents an
hour, which Is the average wage. The
return to normal working hours will
mean an increase Of nearly $4,000 a
month In wages.
among fifty Cleveland industrial
plants employing $4,000 workers one
year ago, Of whom the great majority
were men, the pay rolls on Aug.
of this year showed only 2O,95C
workers, or a shrinkage of some 5e
per cent says the Business Bulletin
of the Cleveland Trust company
''This is a slight improvement over
the corresponding figures for last
month. The average weekly earnings
of men In unskilled occupations In
these plants last year was $2s, while
now it is only $16.9O. The shrinkage
is 40 per cent as compared with u
per cent for the women. 1t Is to DC
accounted for by a % per cent droI
in the pay per hour combined with one
of % per cent In the hours Of work
each week"
The Wilys-Morrow company In Eli
mira, N. Y, which manufactures parts
for the Willys-Overland automobiles
issued a call for 1900 former employ
ees to return to work.
Cooperation between the War de
partment and congress In adjusting
claims Of Bethlehem Steel company
employees for more than 100000 al
a result Of q wartime decision of the
war labor board was suggested by
Secretary Weeks in formally notifying
congress Of the departments decasiOr
that 1t was without auterity 10 pay
ltAa dsim. 80.