Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1922-09-08
GENERAL LABOR NEWS

Formal acceptance of a wage reduc-
tion of 10 cents an hour by employees
of the Chicago Elevated railways was
completed.
Reports that men had been laid on
In large numbers In the Tucson shops
of the Southern Pacific were deniedby
Supt. William Wilson.
The demand for hats has so i'm
proved that the largest factory in
this line in Philadelphia has increased
its working time from 43 to 4S hours
a week.
Industrial reconstruction Is we'll ad-
vanced in the northern portion OF
France, where &c per cent of the
destroyed factories have been wholly
or partly replaced.
Six striking shopmen Of the Omaha
road at Altoona, Wis.,, were arrested
and taken to Madison to face charges
of violating the injunction recently is
sued by Federal Judge Luse.
The Brotherhood of Locomotive En-
gineers have obtained control of more
than 5000 acres of valuable coal land
in the United States and will operate
mines on a cooperative basis.
Four hundred striking shopmen of
the Central Vermont railway paraded
through the streets of St. Adams, Vt,
with a band at their head Officials
Of the unions led the parade.
French iron mines produced 14,1O6,-
1853 tons of ore in 1921, an increase OF
235,171 tons over 1920. The output
during 1921 was "a per cent of the
country's normal prewar production.
Three more ships loaded with Brit
ish-mined coal and one from Nova
Scotia arrived In New York with near
ly $4,000 tons. A few days ago eight
British ships arrived with 10000 tons.
About $50 cutters employed in shoe
factories of Lynn, Mass, quit work,
saying that they were dissatisfied with
the wage adjustment recently made.
The cutters say that the adjustment
took 40 per cent of their wages
Two hundred paper mill employees
at Monroe, Mich, went on strike
against q change in their working
schedule, which they claimed required
them to work In II and 13-hour shifts
instead of hours, as heretofore.
At Ware, Mass, notices were post
ed by the Otis company, textile manu-
facturers, announcing the reopening
of the mills. The mills, which employ
several hundred hands, have been
closed several months, following
strike of weavers. A notice Of reopen
ing was posted May 20, but was with
drawn. |
The congress Of the International
Federation of Miners, meeting at
Frankfort on Main, Germany, adopted
a resolution of the Belgian delegates
to proclaim a general strike in the
event of war. Sponsors Of the resolu-
tion claimed that stoppage of the min
ing industry throughout the world
would make 1t impossible to conduct
war
A society for the prevention OF
strikes and other forms of Industrial
strife, under the name Of the Society
of American Commonwealth, has been
incorporated under the laws OF Hi
nois. The organization will seek con-
nections with other groups and work
in cooperation with them, so that the
public will not be "the butt OF wars
between capital and labor"
The general strike in Lisbon, Port I
ugal, ended following a declaration
from the government that the price !
of bread would be reduced. The strike
was called in protest against the In
creased cost of bread. A number of |
bomb outrages occurred. 1t is under
stood that the various political parties
have reached an understanding on the |
future working of the chamber, this
understanding embracing the govern
ments financial measures.
The decision of the Canadian rail-
ways to follow the view of the govern
ments' lawyers and to rescind the cuts
In shopmen's wages pending the con-
clusion of arbitration proceedings has
eased the situation regarding the rail
troubles.
Idle freight cars on railroad lines In
the United States totaled 387,322 on
July %, as compared with 417,029 on
July Is, according to reports received
by the American Railway association
OF the total 2O3,332 we're listed as
"ssrpIus freight cars" and the remain
ing $4,000 as bad order cars"