Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1922-10-27
IN OTHER FIELDS OF LABOR

TWenty-SIX steamers arrived in New
York with 1609S5 tons Of British coal
| Total imports in September for all
United States ports will be we'll over
100000 tons.
The strike Of Polish textile workers
at Lodz has been settled through the
Intervention Of the minister of labor.
The workers are to receive an in
crease of wages of 40 per cent.
Announcement was made by the
Chino Copper company, Silver City,
n. NJ, Of 10 per cent wage increase
to miners effective October 1, due to
improving conditions of the copper
mining industry in the Southwest.
The strike of seamen spread from
Marseilles to Bordeaux, France. The
crew and personnel of the French
steamship Lutetia quit rather than ac-
cept the modification Of the eight-hour
law recently decreed
Czecho-Slovakia is developing its
silk industry. This year some 1000
600 young mulberry trees have been
distributed. There are 20,0OO,0OO silk
worms in the country and 5000 grow
ers.
Wages of employees of the Gary and
Southern Traction company were re-
duced 10 per cent, effective October 1.
Officers of'the company, at Gary Ind,
said it was necessary to make the cut
if the line were to continue operation.
The employees have been receiving 60
cents an hour.
The International Longshoremen's
association, after negotiations with
representatives of the various steam
ship companies, accepted last years
wage agreement in its entirety. The
agreement going into effect October l,
stipulated an eight-hour day, hourly
pay Of 65 cents, and 81 an hour for
overtime work.
One hundred maintenance-of-way
men returned to work at the Monon
railroad shops and yards at Lafayette,
Ind, after having been idle since July
l, when they walked out In sympathy
with the striking shOpmen. The agree
mont that was reached with the rail
road company by the shopmen included
the reinstatement of the maintenance
of-way men, but several questions
arose which had to be settled before
the men resumed work.
Employees of the Ames Shovel and
Tool works, North Easton, Mass, said
to number 275, walked out on strike
because of failure to restore Is per
cent wage cut The wage reduction has
been in effect several months 1t was
said to be the first general strike In
the long history Of the Ames works
The workers belong to no union, but
steps were taken to organize one.
Official figures on the pay Of work
men in various British industries show
that In shipping there has been an ad
vance of approximately 100 per cent
above the pre-war level.
Facing the opposition Of William T.
Foster and his radical labor adherents
Oscar +. Nelson was reelected vice
president Of the Chicago Federation of
Labor, defeating Ben F. Ferris of the
plasterers' union, 270 to 95. Other
federation officials elected for the en-
suing year are John Fitzpatrick, presi-
dent; Edward Nockels, secretary /;
Thomas Kennedy, treasurer, and Fred
G. Hopp, financial secretary.
President John T. Wood Of the Ma
tional Brotherhood Of Operative Pot
ters, issued instructions to 1000 gen.
eral ware pottery workers In Ohio
Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Indiana,
New York and New Jersey to quit
work on the night Of September 30.
This action was taken as q result Of
a referendum vote, by which the men
rejected the proposal to renew the
existing wage contract, which expired
October l.
The National Window Glass Work
ers' association and the National AS
sociation Of Window Glass Manufac-
turers reached wage scale agreement
for five per cent increase for blow
ers, cutters and flatteners and Is
per cent increase for gatherers, effect
i've September 25, to cover the first
period Of operations, continuing In ef-
feet until next June.
Plans are under way for an interna-
tional alliance between the coal min
ers OF Great Britain and the United
States to aid each other in time Of
strike, 1t was learned when William
Green, secretary treasurer of the Unit
ed Mine Workers Of America, said
plan Of cooperation suggested by the
miners Of Great Britain had been IA
vorably received by the American un-
lon officers. Such an alliance, Mr.
Green explained. would prevent the ex
portation of British mined coal /
America to aid In breaking strikes
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