The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1921-03-25
OTHER LABOR NOTES


on loo more employees.
The Grand Trunk shops at Battle
Creek Mich. reopened with force
of 525 men
Further reductions In shopmen's
forces on the Union Pacific, at Omaha,
have been made
The locomotive shops of the New
York Central Railway company at
Avis Pn., which we're closed on Feb
ruory 10. resumed fun operations.
The Chevrolet Motor company of
Texas resumed production at its
southwestern factory on steady
daily basis.
Work has been resumed in almost
every place IN Florence. Italy, without
further untoward incidents in conse-
quence Of labor officials calling off the
strike
The Reading Iron company, operat-
Ing five plants IN Reading and four
in other Pennsylvania towns an
nounced n cut In prices of IS to $40
per ION in tubular products
The working force of the central
region Of the Pennsylvania railroad
system Will be further reduced, OPP
Grafton of the Pittsburgh terminal as
a separate organization is to be dis
continued.
Notices were posted announcing the
reopening Of the New York Central
locomotive repalr shops at Collinwood,
o. which have been closed since Feb
ruary IL More than 1900 men VIII
resume work
Brewery workers Of the Hazieton
(Pa) district served notice on the
owners Of the plants that they will
not stand for any reduction Of wages
at the expiration Of their present
agreement, April /
The Chilean chamber OF deputies
has passed bill for the expenditure
Of 50.00o000 pesos in roadbuldlng and
public works. IN order to aid In soly-
Ing the unemployment problem. This
sum would be obtained from the pro
eeeds Of a S2Ioo0000 loan placed In
the United States
At nopedale Mass, the Draper
corporation employing 2.3o0 In the
manufacture Of cotton machinery,
posted notices Of q general reduction |
In wages an hour and for piece work,
with an adjustment at the same time |
to give the more sktllful employees
recognition.
There IS no unemployment IN Fin |
land, says NJ Vilpanef. chief Of the |
trade and industry department Of the
Finnish government He attributed |
Finland's good fortune In this re-
spect as compared to most other
countries, to the prohibition of I'M
ports
With a view to meeting open com
petition officials Of the Walworth |
Bros min. Lawrence, Mass. manu-
facturers of fancy worsted announced |
q wage reduction Of ~ per cent |
This. added to previous 10 per cent
cut brings the total to that made In
other local mills lately.
A strong point was made at a recent
congress Of natives at Maitland, South
Africa when they pointed out that the
native pays exactly the same price for
all the necessities Of life as is paid by
the richest white man, while the wages
of native are not even half those Of
the white laborers.
The Thomas Oakes woolen mills in
Bloomfield. \. J., resumed operations
on a 5S-hours a week basis, with 20
per cent reduction IN wages The
plant has been closed Saturdays since
December The decrease in pay was
announced three weeks ago and 300
workers went on strike. 1t Is said the
extra working hours Will enable the
men to make up part Of the loss and
most of them returned TO work.
At Fresno. Cal, formation of "48-
Hour Per Week League" was an
nounced, following the annual meet
ing Of the Pacific Coast Employing
Printers and Allied Trades council.
Announcement was made that the
league viii launch an open shop"
campaign in the printing industry after
May ] If the unions continue to make
demands for a 44hour week.
Tie General Fireproofng company
and the Truscon Steel company an
nounced reductions Of 20 per cent In
the hourly wage scale at their plants
at Youngstown O. The new scale is
from 36 to 80 cents an hour.
A measure in the Massachusetts
legislature which proposes the ap-
pointment of commission by the
governor to make q study Of the In
dustrial court plan, as now in opera
ton in Kansas, was vigorously OPP
posed by organized labor when 1t was
the subject Of a hearing before the
committee On labor and industries.
MEN TEST THE SCOUTS PACE.
Seventy business and professional
men of Springfield, Ill, who are In
raining to be scoutmasters, took
est of their ability to maintain the
marching pace Of the Boy Scouts
The men were required to take fifty
-unning PAGES and then fifty walking
PAGES for mile, and by the time they
.eached the end some Of them were
yiad.
Arriving at their destination, the
men found a big log fire built and
settled themselves down TO listen to
IN address giving instruction In knife
and axe work, cooking and fire
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