The Owosso times., 1922-07-21
OTHER LABOR NOTES

nucI WcIC lC-ClIiDlOy Cu III thC
freight department at the NJ, X. & Il.
shops at Sedalia, Mo. They were laid
off January 10.
In the opinion Of President Hard
ing, consistent effort is being made
to abolish the twelve-hOur day In the
steel industry. 1t was said at the
White House that the committee ap-
pointed by Elbert II. Gary is making
canvass of the situation.
At present the New England cotton
mills are not making much effort to
stimulate production because the price
of cotton Is so much higher than the
price of cotton goods that 1t Is actual
ly more profitable for the mills to be
closed down than to run at present
cloth prices.
Organized labor should answer re-
cent decisions of the Supreme court
with campaign to obtain the enact
ment Of law which will protect 1t
from suits for damages by employers,
instead of denouncing the laws, the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
stated In q bulletin.
The police at Cherbourg, France,
are insisting that passport regulations
must be observed and state that
France does not want striking coal
miners from America to remain In
that country. A number of men were
refused admission from the Majestic
and were described rs miners.
With the avowed purpose of meeting
all legal attacks aimed at labor unions,
the American Federation of Labor
added to its program for curbing the
powers exercised by the courts by di-
recting the establishment at Washing
ton of labor defense council, COM
posed of lawyers selected by the fed
erations officers. The council prima
rily will defend the unions against any
suits that may be filed under recent
Supreme court decisions adverse to
labor.
Due to sharp advances in the cost
of living there has been Of late con-
siderable agitation for increased wages
in Poland. The textile workers in
LOdz have made a general demand
for so per cent increase In wages and
mill owners have recognized the neces-
sity of granting some advance. A
compromise probably will be arrived
at without stOppage in the mills, al
though there has been recent tend
ency for orders to slacken, says Acting
Commercial Attache Smith, Warsaw.
The Help Wanted" sign, which was
makes It's belated appearance, only to
find that the worker In many States
has been absorbed in agriculture or
some other industry. In fact, points
out the Christian Science Monitor of
Boston, whereas within recent months
there was much unemployment
throughout the United States, 1t Is
shown today that virtually all work
ers who are not voluntarily idle or on
strike can find profitable employment"
In two states, Kentucky and New Mex
leo, according to reports to the Depart
ment of Labor, the unemployment
problem has virtually solved itself. "In
almost every line of business" notes
the Washington Star, there Is
steady, If slow, increase in employ
ment. There is no boom, just as there
has been no panic; the reaction is
gradual, just as the decline was grad
ual and this Is more wholesome than
a spasmodic revival would be-" In
more than twenty states says the Ce-
partment of Labor, there Is already a
shortage Of workers in some industry.
In large number of agricultural
states the reports tell us that, there Is
a shortage of farm help.
Three nonunion mines near Knox
VILE, Ind, were closed following a
visit of a large group of union sympa-
thizers from Pershing. The nonunion
workers were ordered to leave the
mines. which they did. There were no
disorders.
Employees Of the United Railways |
of Havana, Cuba, went on strike. A |
few passenger trains, manned by In. |
spectors, were running, but no freight |
traffic was reported. The strike is q
protest against rearrangement of
wages and hours and affects about 10.
600 men.