Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1922-10-06
OTHER LABOR NOTES

Ireland. have been reduced per cent.
OF every 100000 workmen employed
in the United States seven are killed
every year in industrial accidents.
| Australian statistics show that the
! workers lost S6,15000O in wages by
554 industrial disputes during 1920.
One hundred and eleven employees
of the Italian state railways who took
part in the last general strike were
dismissed.
Announcement is made that more
than 10000 German government rail-
way and postal employees are to be
dismissed in the interest of economy.
The British Empire Steel corpora
ton, the largest manufacturer of steel
| products in Canada, announced the
award of a 15 per cent increase in
wages for all its employees.
The Central Labor union, compris
ing all labor bodies Of Knoxville, Tenn,
importuned President Gompers of the
! American Federation of Labor to au-
thorize a nationwide strike vote of
| all crafts.
Revival of shipbuildlng is indicated
by the fact that the largest months
output this year was recorded in Au-
gust. The Clyde shipyards in August
launched IA vessels aggregating
$4,000 tons.
| Fifteen men were killed and six
teen injured in the explosion in No.
4 mine of the Canadian Galleries,
Dunsmuir coal properties, Cumber-
land, B. @. All Of the bodies have
been recovered
Approximately 700 men were In
volved in the strike Of cotton handlers
who walked out when the cotton op-
orators and the New Orleans cotton
exchange refused to renew the four
year-old wage agreement.
Four hundred men were idle at the
plant of the Steel Car Forge company
in Ellwood City, Pa, ten miles south
of Newcastle, Pa, as a result OF a
general strike of all workers The
men asked for 20 per cent increase
in wages in all departments.
More than 60 per cent Of the men,
bers of the Boston Typographical
Union 1S have been placed In fair
shops" and in the fall, when work
regularly increases, 1t is expected
that every one will have position,
according to the strike committee OF
the union.
A further evidence of improvement
in the lumber business In New Bruins
wick is reflected from the fact that
some of the leading mills will increase
their output about so per cent over
last year, and others are preparing to
increase their cut Several operators
who have not been operating for sew
eral years will resume this coming
winter
Nearly 400 pulp and paper workers,
employed by the Marinette and Me-
nominee Paper company, Marinette,
Wis, who went out on strike as pro-
test against the discharge of fellow
employee, named Jarvis, who the
company claimed was discharged on
account of inefficiency, went back to
work. The exact agreement Of the
company with the employees Is not
known, although Jarvis was not re-
employed.
Jacob Cohen, editor and publisher of
the Labor Review, was arrested at
Memphis, Tenn, following the filing
of a criminal information against him
by S. E. Murray, United States district
attorney. Cohen Is charged with vi
olating injunctions granted several
railroads recently by Federal Judge
J. w. Ross by the publication of an
editorial In his paper on September z.
The editorial was a denunciation OF
non-union men for taking the places
of the striking union shopmen.
A wage reduction ranging from
TO II per cent, to be effective at once
for lasting machine operators en-
.ployed in Lynn (Mass.) shoe factories
was announced by the mayors arbi-
tration committee which has been re-
adjusting wages in the various depart
ments This completes the readjust'
ment with the exception Of the WON
en- stitchers and the packing room
workers Employers and representa-
tives of the United Shoe Workers OF
America are represented on the arbi
tration board.
The minimum wage for women in
mercantile establishments in Kansas
is $1,000 a week after the employee
has had one years experience. Fol
factories the minimum is 81 week
Figures compiled by the Nortt
Carolina deDartment of labor show 6
decrease Of 16 per cent In wager
paid at this time, as compared with 6
year ago This percentage is given al
the average for both skilled and un
skilled labor.
Ten to Is per cent of all cloth nov
manufactured in Germany is made o.
seD<x0n waste.