Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1921-05-13
GENERAL LABOR NEWS

made of paper.
1t is estimated that there are SO,-
600 unemployed in South Wales,
A London carriage manufacturer
employs more than 800 one-armed
men.
Nearly 100000 unemployed in
Germany are receiving aid from the
government.
Seventy-two labor unions in the
United States have indOrsed the plan
for the opening of trade relations with
Russia.
Over 100000 iron and metal
workers in Sweden have threatened
to suspend work unless they are
granted an increase in wages.
Approximately 10000 employees of
the central railroads in the United
States have decided to oppose any
wage reduction.
Several thousand plumbers, metal
workers, electricians, and painters
struck at st. Joseph, Mo-, rather than
accept a decrease.
Organized labor in California is
strenuously opposing pending legisla-
tion which would substitute night
schools for part-time educational
classes.
Employed members of the Anal
gamated Clothing Workers in Boston
are now paying 20 per cent instead
of a 10 per cent assessment into the
unions defense fund.
Over 100000 days were lost to
industrial Pennsylvania in 1920
through industrial accidents. Most of
this time was suffered by the 100000
fOreign-bOrn wOrkmen In the state.
At Avila, Spain, the doctors declared
general strike because the munich
palty and the provincial authorities
have declined to increase their allow
ances for attendance on the poor.
the Montana Printing Employers
league announced that the 44-hour
week demanded by the printing trades
crafts of Montana will not be granted.
Every female employee of the Sta
QUOT Shirt Manufacturing Company
of NorristOwn, Pa, was given silk
waist at a dinner celebrating the first
anniversary of the opening of the
plant.
Nine hundred and ninety-seven
cutting tools alone are required in
manufacturing a rifle. The twist drill
is one of the busiest of these. To
supply 100000 rifles 94000,0O0 holes
must be drilled.
Thirty-five representatives of the
ten thousand shop employees Of the
Reading system refused to accept an
18 per cent reduction in wages pro-
posed by NJ Falck, general manager
of the system.
More than 300 separate products
are made from petroleum. High ex-
! plosives are distilled from it, medi
ings-and yet we have but begun to
understand this modern wonder
| worker
The Cleveland Chamber of Com
merce has proved a big boon to in
| dustry In the city. Reports from
.423 firms in the United States on
| March ! show that there were on
that date 1925 more idle men than
on January !.
The car shops of the Delaware 4
| Hudson Railroad company, at COlonie,
| y. Y opened with about 75 per cent
| of the employees back at work. The
! shops. which are the largest the com
pany owns, were closed indefinitely on
March 26, with all hands laid off.
During the five years that the
| compensation law has been In effect
in Pennsylvania, 995,863 accidents
were reported to the Department of
Labor and Industry. During this pc
| riod wage earners have received more
than $21 100000 for injuries and dis
abilities.
Fewer employees to the number Of
more than II 900 were on the pay roll
| of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pa
cifc Railway company on February
| %, 1921, than were there the day the
government relinquished control of
the road February %, 1920, according
20 the annual report of the road.
New Zealand Is experiencing short
| age Of labor which is interfering with
the Industrial progress of the country.
| The tide of immigration is not suffic-
lent to keep up with the demands,
and it has become imperative that the
depleted ranks of workers be filled
by natives, who must be taught
trades.