Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1922-04-28
GENERAL LABOR NEWS

The labor unions In Japan are said
to be fighting vigorously to hold the
gains made during the war.
Resumption of production In the
porphyry copper mines of the Utah,
Ray, Chino and Nevada copper COM
rcnies has begun.
The Potomac Glass company, Cum
berland, Md, is pushing an addition
to the plant which will give employ
ment to 300 more men.
All the mills Of the American Roll
Ing Mill company at Middletown, Ohio,
are again in operation for the first
tins since January 1, 1921.
Among the Frick plants which have
received orders to resume operations
are the Whitney, Hecla, Marguerite,
Phillips and the Lisenrings.
The Dorothy plant of the II. @. Frick
Coal and Coke company, at Dorothy
Pa. reopened after a shutdown of five
mouths About 200 men will be needed
at the plant.
| A number Of communist leaders have
been arrested in connection with al
legged attempts to bring about gen.
eral strike in various Danish pro-
vincial towns.
An increase of more than 30 per
cent In employment is shown by sur
vey Of II cities from New Hampshire
to Georgia, made by the Philadelphia
chamber Of commerce.
A minimum weekly wage OF $l4 for
experienced saleswomen In retail
stores, with special rates at $40 and
S12 respectively for minors and ap-
prentices, was recommended by wage
board at Boston.
Carpenters Of Champaign and Ur-
bana, ILL.,, have agreed to a reduction
In the scale Of pay for the coming
year. The scale last year was 81 an
hour. The new scale Is 80 cents, ef-
fective from April /.
rhe United States Steel Corpora
tion's subsidiaries are reported work.
ing at rs per cent Of capacity. AT this
, rate. 1t is estimated that the corpUla.
tion is shipping almost 100000 tons
of finished steel per month.
. Members of the La Sale Qll.) paint
ers' union were among the first local
labor organizations to accept a cut In
their scale and signed an agreement to
work for so cents an hour commenc-
! ing April /. Last year the scale was
] 81 an hour.
\ Richard H. Houlihan, for fifteen
j years an official of the local branch
\ of the International Association OF
Bridge Structural and Ornamental
4 Iron Workers, was indicted at Chicago
by the grand jury charged with EN-.
\ bezzling approximately $4,000 from
the union.
i Labor elements in the state OF
I Washington view with alarm the pro.
j posed extension of convict labor. Al
I I the Walla Walla state penitentiary ma
] chlnery Is installed to manufacture
!; shoes, clothes, overalls, auto plates
and other articles. officers of the
!; State Federation of Labor declare thai
] the new program will undo the human
I itarian work of the former warden.
Three hundred striking electricians
y and electrical fixture workers returned
D to work at Cleveland, Ohio, the frs
! break in the building trades strike, IL
. effect since March 1. Eleven hundred
i members of the electricians unioi
voted to return to work at their oil
i wage scale of $1.10 an hour, ending
. a conciliation agreement with the cleo
i trical contractors on wages and work
2 ing conditions.
i Chicago clothing workers and manu
. facturers signed three-year agree
j ment providing for a wage cut aver
2 aging ten per cent. The 44hour wee
i Is provided In the agreement, whic
q runs from May /, 1922, to April 81
s 1925, and is national in scope.
g Figures made public by the burea
s. of vocational guidance and employ
g ment service for juniors, at Philade
S phia, indicate that in 1921 almost thre
g times as many children Of w0rkin
81 age were looking for jobs as In th
g preceding year The bureau had 21
81 204 young applicants in 1921. q
n against 1899 In 1920.