Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1921-06-17
GENERAL LABOR NEWS

demanding week work instead OF
piece work.
Belgian diamond cutters work Al
hours a week, the same as In the
United States.
Employees Of the Illinois company
at Joliet suffered 20 per cent cut in
wages, effective May 16.
Manufacture of Industrial alcohol is
about the only feasible method Of
utilizing lumber mill refuse on a large
scale
German textile unions have decided
to form an international association
of the Christian Textile Workers
unions.
More than 100 building contractors
In the Elizabeth district of New Jer-
sey have agreed to renew last years
wage ;Ates.
The Krupp interests In Germany
now employ more than $4,000 persons,
Of whom $4,000 are employed in the
Essen works.
The Brotherhood Of Locomotive En-
gineers In triennial convention In
Cleveland voted not to join the Amer
lean Federation Of Labor.
The Amalgamated Clothing Work
ers of America has brought suit
against the Clothing Manufacturers
association for anti-union activities.
Deciding to accept the 10 per cent
wage cut, effective May 2, sheet metal
workers Of Windsor, Ont, and ada
cent municipalities returned to work.
According to Department Of Agricul-
ture reports, the farm labor situation
in the United States is decidedly
easier" than 1t has been for many
years.
Exclusive Of the jobs found directly
within in it's own institutions the Sal
walton army during 1920 placed In
paying positions 52,219 men and 1904
women.
New England had a thriving indus
try in the manufacture Of wooden
shoe pegs that was destroyed when
the shoe cobbler adopted the plan OF
using nails.
It has been unOff1cially announced
that the Rock Island railroad Is plan
ming to spend more than $4,000 In
rebuilding the shops destroyed early
in May at Trenton Mo.
Neenah, WIS.,, building contractors
have resumed operations with the
"open shop" program In force. Some
work that had been brought to a
standstill by the strike Of building
trades workmen is being resumed.
The miners In the Syrian (Austria)
coal fields went on strike. This aggra-
Yates the scarcity in the fuel supply
due to the stoppage Of shipments from
Upper Sllesia owing to the disturbed
conditions there.
The syndicate Of metallurgical
workers, assembled at Santander,
Spain, In national congress, decided to
join the Third Internationale Of Mos
COW. The delegates from the Asturias
and Vigo voted against the proposal.
Eleven independent railway employ
ees' organizations were made parties
to the railroad labor boards decision
abrogating national agreements. Re
instatement Of II Delaware, Lacka-
wanna & Western railroad checkers
on Pier Al, New York city. was denied.
A reduction In the wages Of union
moulders In Boston became effective
May 16, with the consent Of the un-
ions involved. The cut amounted to
about 81 for the eight-hour day. The
employers had originally proposed a
reduction Of $1.80. Under the former
agreement the men received $7.2O.
The executive committee Of the
Northern Counties Textile federation
(England) adopted resolution de-
clining to accept the employers pro-
posed 80 per cent cut in wages. Three
hundred thousand operatives are In.
volved.
Many of the molders and core
makers Of the General Electric COM
pany, Schenectady, N. Y, who walked
out last June in sympathy with strik-
ing foundry employees at the Erie
(Pa.) plant Of the company returned
to work, thus ending the longest strike
in the history Of the company.