The Owosso times., 1922-07-14
OTHER LABOR NOTES

Women are now employed as secre
taries of London's smartest clubs.
Textile workers in New Hampshire
have accepted the states arbitration
plan for settlement of the wage con.
troversy between the employers and
employees.
Works councils are on the increase
in the United States and employees
generally are in favor of this plan Of
participation in the fixing of wages
and working conditions.
Declaring that the Kansas City,
Mexico & Orient railway must be Of
fered for sale as junk by July / unless
financial assistance Is obtained, Will
liam T. Tepner of Kansas City, Mo-,
receiver, appealed to employees of the
road to accept voluntarily a reduction
Of wages. His appeal was made at
conference attended by representa-
Oklahoma and Texas.
The American Car and Foundry
company of Terre Haute, Ind, will EN-
ploy about 300 wood car repairmen
July 5, at which time the plant, which
for the last several months has been
closed down, will resume operations.
The company, which will operate at
capacity, will also employ about 700
men for general work. The company,
said +. M. Buick, superintendent, has
sufficient orders 10 operate the plant
for number of months.
Commenting upon the decision of
the United States Supreme court in
the case Of the Coronado Coal COM
pany against the United Mine Workers
Of America, the United Mine Work
ers' Journal, official organ of the
union, said: "If labor union can be
sued, as was decided by the United
States Supreme court in the Coronado
case. then It can also sue. If a labor
union can sue, then there Is no good
reason why it should not utilize the
law and the courts for the protection
Of itself, its members and their well
fare against oppression, damage or
outrage.
A temporary restraining order, GOV.
ering the whole of the Kanawha coal
field not previously covered by in
functions was issued by Judge George
NJ. McClintoc Of the United States Dis
trict court at Charleston, w. Va. The
Injunction was issued on behalf Of the
Anchor Coal company and go other
companies against the United Mine
Workers of America, District II Of
that organization, all its local organ
izations in the field, and all the Off.
cials and union miners in the district,
as well as "any who would aid and
abet the union men, in trying to pre-
vent Open-shop workmen from going
into the mines. A feature of the or
der is that two or more persons must
not try to persuade" nonunion
miner from going to work.
Onion growers of Hardin county,
Ohio, where hundreds Of children from
Ohio, Kentucky, West Virginia and
Tennessee are employed, may not work
children under fourteen years Of age
for longer period than four hours
day or "a hours a week, Attorney
General John G. Price ruled. Employ
ment for longer period, he held, con-
stitutes a violation Of the new state
school law, enacted by the last legis-
lature. The ruling was made at the
request Of Percy Tetlow, state director
of Industrial relations, to whom re-
port was made by investigators Of the
state industrial commission and the
state health department, who declared
zone would not think such conditions
of living and employment existed In
Ohio today" Families were pictured
as living In squalor while the children
toiled long hours in the fields.
The strike Of the Mexico City Tram
way company's employees was settled
when representatives of the company
and the strikers met In the Office Of
Governor Gasca of the federal district.
The Boyne City plant of the Michi-
gan Iron & Chemical company and the
Charcoal Iron Company of America
have resumed operations after shut
down of II months. The plants will
operate to full capacity and employ
l25 men. The Michigan Tanning 4
Extract company at BoyDe City Is TAX
ing In hides and will be under fun
capacity soon.