The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1921-01-14
OTHER LABOR NOTES

More than pne-half the people in
the United States ride In street cars
made In Philadelphia.
Last year Philadelphia 115 hosiery
mills made two pairs of stockings for
every man, woman and child In this
country.
There was an approximate Increase
of 30 per cent In the value of Penn
sylvania's industrial production from
1916 TO 1918
Labor can speak only through It's or
ganzed voice individuals have opin-
ions, but the collective mind demands
organized expression.
4 leading metallurgical firm ut
Ghent, Belgium has decided to en-
ploy 100 women for the operation of
hahes. They will receive 1.45 francs
an hour
IN 1883. two years after the tnaugu
ration of the eight-hour work day, 81
per cent Of the total number of deaths
among cigar workers was due to tu-
| bereuIosis.
On the theory that music banishes
fatigue, a building contractor once In
troduced bagpipes to spur his Scot
tish workmen on The men worked
SO speedily they struck for more
money.
There are 100000 Industrial acci
dents In the United States annually.
Each of more than 100000 industrial
workers loses more than four weeks
every year us result of industrial ac.
cidents.
Official figures recently compiled
show that Birmingham has the high
est unemployment rate Of any city
In England, reaching a total Of 724 to
each 10000 Of population of greater
Birmingham
Twenty thousand working people
We're discharged at Osaka, Japan, In
June because of the economic depres-
sion. They included $500 women
Many small factories have been closed
In other cities.
Statistics gathered IN all Canada
show a marked increase over the year
just passed, the expenditure for 1920
on new building and construction work
being estimated at $500, 100000, against
total of S190.000000 In 1919
Samuel Insull president of the gas
company, by signing an agreement
granting an eight-hour day and 10 per
cent increase In wages ayerted a strike
OF $500 employees that threatened to
tie up every gas plant In Chicago.
A S5,000,000 appropriation to in
crease salaries of New York city en-
ployees, effective August 90, and pro
viding for q minimum advance of $500
a year each, was passed by the board
of aldermen Motion that maximum
Of 5000 be given each employee re-
ceivfng more than $1,000 was lost.
A coal mine and coal land deal In
volving nearly 100000 was eonsum-
mated at Duquoin, H., By which the
Aladdin Coal company of Chicago,
with offices at Pinckneyville, H., ac-
quires the entire property of the Col
ller Coal company at Tamarea.
Approximately 600 iron puddlers,
members of the Amalgamated Associa-
tion of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers,
went on strike at the plant OF the A.
NJ Byers company Girard. O. The
company announced that the bar mills
would be kept running on stocks now
on hand for two weeks, after which
500 bar workers will be made idle.
Employees of the East St Louis &
Suburban Railway company voted to
accept the wage award made by a
board Of arbitration, granting In
creases Of from 40 TO 50 per cent.
Motor men and conductors, under the
new scale, will receive 70 cents an
hour on a nine and one-half hour ba-
sis with time and one-half for over
time.
The most remarkable gain made In
class labor In Pennsylvania history
was IN negro labor. In 1915 the negro
working population numbered 32,35S.
In 1917 the industries gave employ
ment to 52,304, while In 1918 the re
ports show that there were 80 AS ne
groes engaged In industrial pursuits or
I approximately rs per cent more than
7 In 1916.
. Employees of the Aurora, Elgin &
/ 1ultdED ThlHbdu NUleu, OOO u 90 w
J accept the company's offer Of y per
cent increase in wages to car men and
less TO men In the other branches.
City and interurban tralnmen get
from S160 to S171 month, while third
rail- trainmen viii average about $500.
Shopmens pay win range from As
cents an hour to so cents.
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On the basis of 70 per cent ad-
vance on piece rates for weavers and
55 per cent on standard rates for tap
ers, dry tapers. warp dressers and
loom overlookers. the wage dispute In
the Lancashire, England, cotton trade
has been settled.
The longshoreman's strike at Phil
adelphia was settled by a decisive vote
Of the men who had been out more
than a month Nearly 1000 men voted
on the question. They agreed to re-
turn to work at the old scale of so
cents an hour. S1.20 for overtime and
SI.60 for Sundays and holidays.
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MINERS AID CO-OPS.