The Owosso times., 1922-06-09
OTHER LABOR NOTES

Application for an injunction to re-
strain enforcement of the criminal pro-
visions of the Industrial court law un-
der which he has been sentenced In
Cherokee and Crawford counties, was
filed in federal court at Topeka, Kan
by Alexander Howat, former president
of the Kansas Miners union. The ap-
parent intention is to make test of
the constitutionality of the law.
The nine shoe manufacturers who
on May l broke off relations with the
United Shoe Workers have announced
they will operate on "Open-shop" plan,
according to dispatch from Roches-
ter, n. Y. They normally employ about
1000. They announced, also, condi-
tions under which workers will be re-
engaged when sufficient business Is
obtained.
The Mckinney Steel company, oper-
ating several mines In Iron county,
Mich, announced wage increase or
20 per cent for surface and under
ground. workers. The rate for surface
labor is now So a day; trammers, $3.25
and miners, $3.50.
The board of directors of the Or
der of Railway Telegraphers ratified
the Joint resolution for closer alli-
ance between miners and the 16 stand
ard railroad labor organizations.
Eighty thousand telegraphers are
members of the o. X. L.
The Kansas court Of Industrial re-
lations issued statement, declaring
the old minimum wage order was still
in effect, and would remain in effect
until sixty days after the publication
of the new wage order which Is be-
ing prepared by the court
Approximately 1000 japanese rail-
way men, dismissed from the Shan
tung railway prior to the restoration
Of that line to China, have demand
ed five years wages from the Japan
ese government in compensation.
A minimum wage of $14 week for
experienced women and girl employees
of retail and department stores was
decreed by the Massachusetts state
minimum wage commission. The pre-
vious minimum was $3.50.
Postmaster Lueder of Chicago and
% other postmasters recommended In
creased pay for night workers while
40 postmasters favored shortening the
hours of employment.
Formation of the Consolidated Ma
rine Organizations of the Port Of New
York and Vicinity was announced by
Joseph Ryan, first vice president OF
the International Longshoremen's as
sociation. He said the union will have
a membership of $4,000 and will sue
ceed the old Marine Workers Affilia-
ton.
Employees Of the municipal stone
quarry Of Neenah, Wis, went on
strike. The committee on streets, high
ways and bridges Of the council or
dered a cut in wages from so to 40
cents per hour and the men walked
out in protest.
| Orders were issued by the Chicago
| & Eastern Illinois locomotive and car
| repair departments to increase work
ing hours to six full days week.
The men for six months have been
working but four days week. About
| 2,0OO men are affected.
| The government has asked the
Swedish parliament thus far this year
for appropriations equivalent to about
S21 100000 for relief of the unem'
ployed and the parliament has granted
about $9,2OO,OOO, which it has con-
sidered sufficient to tide over few
weeks when clearer view of the situa'
ton can be obtained.
Delegates to the Order Of Railway
Conductors terminal convention voted
down proposal to remove their head
quarters from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, to
Cleveland.
Twenty-seven hundred motormer
and conductors employed by the Cleve
land Railway company voted to accept
10 per cent reduction in wages.
The painters union of La Crosse
WIS.,, took voluntary cut In wages
signing an agreement with the con
tractors to work for 80 cents per hour
a drop of 7h cents.
Ottawa mine of Oglebay, Norton 4
company, Hurley, Wis, on Tuesda!
ordered to operate on double shift
the first mine I'm the district to speed
up production of ore.
An increase in the wage scale o
iron ore miners of several independent
mines in. the Gogebic county range II
announced, the new schedule to be
come effective at once.