The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-08-05
One Hundred Employers to Fill
Suits in District Court.
Temporary Injunction Prohibits
. Enforcement of Order No. 12.
TO BE DECIDED AUGUST IA
Nfne-TenthS of Entrants Said
To Be Laundry Owners.
Circular Letters Go to Kansas
Laundry Owners Association.

Approximately one hundred Kansas
laundry owners and manufacturer
have filed or authorized their attor-
neys here to file appearance in the
minimum wage for women Injunction
suit pending in the Shawnee county
district court. A temporary injunc-
ton prohibits the industrial court
from enforcing NO. 12"-the order
effective July 19 fixing the minimum
wages for women in industry in Kan
saS The temporary writ granted by
a. In the petition filed by the As
ISOLATED Industries of Kansas and
some of its members the power of
the industrial court to fix wages IN
question is denied and a permanent
Injunction will be sought by the pc
titioners.
Keep Separate Accounts.
Under regulations by Jduge Nc
Clure, any industrial employer at
fected by the minimum wage Order
No. IL may come under the ruling OF
the temporary Injunction by filing ap-
pearance in the suit and keeping sep
arate book accounts, one showing
wages actually paid and the other the
wages due under order No. IL.
Naturally, only those employers who
are paying less than the minimum
wage are entering appearance in the
suit. About nine-tenths of the en-
trants are said to be laundry owners.
or Kansas Industrial employers as a
whole, only a comparatively small per
cent are paying less than the sched-
ule esta blished by the industrial court,
according to Harry Sharp, secretary OF
the Associated Industries But, never
theless. all are DESTROYS of having the
courts powers in this particular thoro-
ly established by law-hence the
friendly test suit.
Send Out Circular Letters.
Circular letters recently have been
sent to all members of the Kansas
Association, Frank
Ripley of Topeka, president. and the
Associated Industries by Harry Sharp,
secretary, informing members of their
right to join in the injunction pro-
ceedings. 1t informs the members
that each one desiring to do so must
notify the attorneys of the association
and file a statement with the district
court here each week on wages. The
difference in wages paid and those
due under the industrial court order
also are to be deposited weekly with
the court. In case the Industrial court
order is upheld, the fund accumulated
will be paid over to the employees In
case the employers win, it will be re-
funded to them
Weekly Wage Scale
The weekly scale specified in the
wage order affecting factories and
laundries. follows;
Apprenticeship:
First three months -.-....$ 7-5O
Second three months .......-. 500
Experienced help ....---..--- HOO
As 10 factories. scale same with
these exceptions:
In garment factories and industries
operating on piece work basis where
learner handles material subject to
possible injury and loss and where
average speed must be developed:
First month. $3.50.
In millinery workrooms and dress
making establishments, apprentice
period IL months: First three months,
$3.50; second three months. $3.50;
last six months, 5000. and experienced
help. $11.
Hours also are altered some. IN
der the new order 49.5 hours constt-
tute weeks work while under the
state law nine hours is the maximum
for women. In submitting wage re-
ports to the court. employers must
also take the number of hours into