Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1922-04-20
OTHER LABOR NOTES


New York has more than 200 women
stevedores. Ten years ago there were
only seven in the entire state.
Wages Of glass workers in the dis
trict of Charleroi, in Belgium, are
reduced 20 per cent as from March /.
Printing is now the seventh largest
industry in South Africa. There are
2S9 printing establishments there.
The appearance of Communist cir
culars in the textile strike districts of
Rhode Island and the mill centers Of
Lowell and Lawrence, Mass, and Man
chester and Nashua, N. H., was re-
ported by federal authorities.
There are 1881, 421 workers in New
York city, Of whom 81, 729 are wom-
en-. Semi-skilled operatives in coat,
suit, cloak and overall factories are
given at $3.50 males and 1889 fe-
males.
1t was announced that the Missouri,
Kansas & Texas shops at Sedalia,
Mo-, shut down in every department
since February l, putting $50 en-
ployees out Of employment, would re-
open April /.
A petition for a rehearlng of the
Howat cases will be filed Immediately
in the United States Supreme court
P. H. Gallery, attorney for Howat
said. The adverse decision was not a
surprise to the Howat forces, he said.
A reduction Of 10 per cent in wages
of employees Of shoe factories in
BrOckton and the South Shore district
was ordered by the Massachusetts,
state board Of Cancellation and arbi-
tration. The decision affects A fac
tories employing about 81, 900 workers.
The actors in Mexico City are on
a strike and are threatening to be-
come managers and run their own
theaters. Most of the principal thea
ters are closed. The labor unions are
backing the strikers and prohibit men,
bers of unions from entering theaters
where nOnunion talent is employed.
Agreements have becn reached with
the sign painters union by the Thomas
Cusack company and the Harry Fl.
Packer company, largest employers
of sign painters at Cleveland, Ohio,
under which the former wage scale
Of $1.20 an hour is to be continued
this year. Other firmG are expected
to sign.
Bricklayers Of Lorain, Ohio, signed
a 1922 contract with mason contrac-
tors bringing to a close strike, which
lasted two weeks. Under the new
agreement, bricklayers will receive the
old scale Of $1.12h an hour until May
1, and a fiat 81 an hour rate there
after. About so men returned to their
posts, resulting in the continuance Of
100000 worth Of building jobs.
Announcement was made by the
Michigan City Qnd.) chamber of COM
merce that an eastern manufacturing
company has bought and paid for 100
acres of land lying adjacent to Michi-
gan City on which a $1,OO0,00O factory
plant will be erected. Work on the
ground will start early this summer
and from 500 to 1000 skilled laborers
will be employed from the start.
Announcement that the locomotive
department of the Beech Grove (Ind.)
shops Of the Big Four Railway com
pany, which has been closed since
February 10, would resume operations
under the contract plan In about ten
days was made by D. ]. Mullen,
superintendent Of motive power for
the railway company.
Notwithstanding the adoption OF
artificial employment, such as govern
mental work, extending railroad yards,
erecting public buildings and road
building, unemployment is increasing
Ia Switzerland.