Vernon Parish Democrat., 1922-05-18
GENERAL LABOR NEWS

Denver mas nearly SO,OUO women
ge-earners.
The miners in the province Of Bis
caya, Spain, have gone on strike. Bis
caya, the northwestern of the Basque
provinces, borders on the Bay Of Bis
cay. 1t is rich in iron ore.
Nominations of three members Of
the railroad labor board, J. II. Elliott,
Texas, representing the managers; G.
Wallace Hanger of Washington, rep
resenting the public group, and A. 0.
Wharton of Missouri, representing the
labor group, were confirmed by the
senate.
The effect Of the American coal
strike is already being felt in the Brit
ish fields. For the first time since
the end of the war, coal shipments
from the Tyne for the last month ex-
ceeded those of the corresponding
month of 1913, the figures for which
were 1.463, ,797 tons.
Manufacturers in Virginia who en-
ploy child labor without federal per-
mits stand to lose millions of dollars
in back taxes if the federal govern
ment enforces the law governing the
employment of such labor, according
to John Hopkins Hail. Jr., state COM
missioner of labor.
The section men of the Arkansas
Valley Interurban railway appealed to
the Kansas industrial court for an or
der to maintain their wages at the
present level. Last spring the track
men we're paid 40 cents an hour and
this was reduced to 35 cents an hour
in the summer. The company has an
nounced that it purposes to reduce the
wages to 80 cents an hour.
The board of control of the granite
industry in New England has engaged
John P. McGrath of Sioux City, Ia,
as manager of its american plan" or
"Open shop" which it declared in ef-
feet with the refusal of the Granite
Cutters International union to accept
a wage cut from So to S6.40 a day.
Mr.. McGrath has introduced the
american plan" in packing houses,
brickyards and other Western plants.
More signs of reduced unemploy-
ment: In March, 825 firms in Illinois
with some 100000 workers on the
pay roll, reported an increase of 1.6
per cent in employment over Feb
ruary, according to the monthly bulle-
tin of the advisory board of the state
department of labor. The report says
If industries were omitted which nor
mally cut their forces at this time of
year, the increase would be much
larger.
BY a vote Of 1O3 to GO, the house of
representatives approved the amend
ment added in committee of the whole
to the bill providing appropriations
for the Department of Justice express
ly forbidding the use of funds in the
prosecution of labor unions for agree
ments relative to wages or conditions
of labor. The amendment also pro-
hibits the prosecution of agricultural
producers for cooperative marketing
of their products. This is the third
time the house has voted on the ques-
tiOn during the last few days. A few
days ago the house, in committee of
the whole. rejected the amendment by
a vote of 75 to 69.
The city corporation of Cork, Ire
land decided by a vote of 18 to 13 to
grant Henry Ford the site of his trac-
tor factory in fee simple. When the
corporation recently issued a threat
of eviction, Mr.. Ford sent a cable mes
sage to the effect that, unless he was
granted the lands in fee simple, he
would move the factory elsewhere.
A general strike was declared
throughout Portugal in protest against
the arrest of 120 syndicalists. So far
however, the call has not met any re-
sponse worthy of note from the work
ing men.
The management of the Buffalo
shops of the American Car and Foun-
dry company expects to triple its
working force during the next 80 days
to meet the demand for freight cars,
it was stated by William 81. Sanfort.
assistant to the president. Recent or
ders aggregate 1000 cars, of which g.
700 will be built there