The Owosso times., 1922-06-30
IN OTHER FIELDS OF LABOR

David b. Robertson, Cleveland, was
elected president of the Brotherhood
of Locomotive Firemen and Engine
men.
The st. Paul (Minn.) police union
charter in the American Federation
of Labor will be surrendered, and the
st. Paul Police Mutual Benefit associa-
tion reorganiZed.
That only one ship, and that small
passenger craft of % tons for foreign
owners, was built on the Clyde during
April is clear evidence of the slump
there is in British shipbuilding.
Despite talk that the coal strike
soon will affect the steel industry
mills in the Youngstown district are
operating with an increased schedule,
averaging about So per cent.
Bricklayers, who recently began an
attempt to restore the closed shop in
the Youngstown (Ohio) district, won a
victory when one of the largest con
tractors in Youngstown signed closed
shop agreement with the union.
Orders were issued at the Nickel
Plate railroad shops, COnneaut, Ohio,
to employ forty additional men in the
repair department, bringing the car
shop roster to more than 700, the
largest number ever employed.
Industrial conditions in Racine, Wis.,,
are fast picking up, according to
survey just completed. Increased fac
tory outputs, new building operations
and county road work has created jobs
for more than 500 men the last month.
A proposal that President Harding
be asked to appoint a tribunal to set
tie the anthracite coal strike, sub
mitted by the operators before the
joint subcommittee on wage contract
negotiations, was not accepted by the
miners.
The wage dispute between printers
and Sioux City Uowa) newspaper pub
fishers was settled and the striking
printers returned to work, having ac-
cepted the proposal of the publishers
for $41 a week for day work and $44
for night work.
At San Francisco, William C. Van
Fleet, United States judge, issued
second temporary injunction against
the chauffeurs' union restraining that
organization from interfering with the
operation of automobiles belonging to
companies involved in the chauffeurs'
strike.
AT Trenton, n. j., the Ingersoll Tren-
ton Watch company started operation
with 500 employees to manufacture
watches, electric clocks and radio
equipment. The company recently pur-
chased the plant of the old Ingersoll
Watch company, which went into bank
ruptcy.
The general strike on the East In
dian railway, after dragging on for
more than two months, finally has
come to an end, according to Calcutta
advices. The strikers have accepted
the offer made recently by the agent
of the railway, and are resuming work
at practically all points along the line
At Indianapolis, construction of
two-story brick building with basement
at the rear Of the headquarters build
ing Of the United Brotherhood of Car
penters and JOiners of America TO
house the printing plant of the union,
is planned by officials Of the organiza-
tion. The building will cost approxi-
mately 100000
Mine unionism had its origin in the
anthracite regions of Pennsylvania,
and today it tops the list of states In
the number of union miners within its
boundaries. Its union population is
divided between the hard and soft
coal regions, with the former claimed
as almost solidly union and the latter
divided.
A temporary order restraining Off
GERS and members of the United Mine
Workers Of America from interfering
with, or attempting TO organize en-
ployees of two coal companies in
Boone county, w. Va, was issued by
Judge George w. McClintic, i'm United
States District court. The restraining
order, like others, forbids any attempt
to organize the employees Of the plain
tlffs or the holding Of meetings on
or near their property.
Reductions in the wages of freight
and rail shop mechanics. in
to those ordered for Ameri-
can workmen by the United States
railroad labor board, will be sought
by Canadian railroads, II was predic-
ted.
Mrs. Maud Swartz of New York was
elected president of the National Wom-
ems Trade Union league at the eighth
biennial convention. Miss Rose
Schneiderman of New York was elect
ed vice president, while Miss Eliza
beth Christman Of Chicago, was re.
elected secretary ana treasurer.