Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1922-01-06
OTHER LABOR NOTES

Approximately $50 Frisco section
men between Springfield and Kansas
City, who had been laid off, have re-
turned to work.
The International & Great Northern
has served notice on its employees OF
further wage reductions and asking
for conferences, it was announced at
Houston, Tex.
The Monon railroad shops opened
at Lafayette, Ind, on five-hour basis
after an almost complete shutdown
since Nov. 20 because of power plant
breakdown. Only sufficient power Is
obtainable to operate on short shifts.
An assessment Of ST. per week to
raise a fund to fight wage reductions
has BEEN levied on commercial teleg-
rapherstof the United States and Can
ada, according to an announcement
made by Frank B. Powers, information
al secretary treasurer Of the CONNER
cial Telegraphers' Union Of America.
Hours of work for government en-
ployees in Baltimore were increased
from 38 to AZ a week. At confer
ence with the collector of internal
revenues, the government employees
agreed to report for work half an
hour earlier each day, retaining the
halliday holiday on Saturday.
The strike of the New Orleans river
front workers Is ended. After an Idle
ness Of more than week, $4,000 mem
bers of "a unions returned to work.
The terms of the settlement call for
the loading Of 225 bales of cotton
day by each gang at the fiat rate of
20 cents bale.
An order restraining John l.. Lewis,
international president of the United
Mine Workers Of America ct al from
suspending or removing from office
any Of the officers Of District No. IA
or of the various local unions under
Jurisdiction Of the district, was issued
at Kansas City by Judge Samuel A
Daw in Jackson county Circuit court
The federal employment survey for
New England said it's reports indicat-
ed that worsted spindles were operat-
ing on q 922 per cent basis; wooden
spindles, 79.1 per cent, and cotton tex
tiles on an. 80 per cent basis. Thls
summary also mentioned marked I'M
proyement In building Shoe industries
were said to be comparatively quiet
A further reduction In the number
of employees on the D.. T. & I. railroad
was made at Napoleon. Ohio. One
hundred enginemen and trainmen were
laid off. The layoff Is to be for 30
day period only, it is said. This Is
the second reduction Of it's kind to be
made by the road within the last few
weeks. Two hundred and fifty track
laborers were laid off during Novem-
Der.
T Five sheet mills Of the New Phila-
delphia (Ohio) mill and three mills OF
the Dover plant of the American Sheet
& Tin Plate company became idle,
with approximately 250 men affected.
Production of the New Philadelphia
mill will be on a so per cent basis and
in the Dover mill about 33 per cent
Both mills have been operating at full
capacity since early In September.
Every hot mill Of the New Castle
and Shenango plants Of the American
Sheet & Tin Plate company is now
in operation. With the resumption OF
the last ten mills of the Shenango
plant, 60 hot mills Of the two plants
were put in operation giving the en-
ployees of the plants full time Thir-
ty mills have been operating at the
Shenango plant and 20 at the New
Castle plant for several weeks.
Wages of from 10000 to $4,000 shoe
workers In New York are cut 10 per
cut of from l to per cent in proper
tion to falling living costs beginning
May 1, 1922, by the terms Of decis-
ion rendered by board Of arb1tra-
ton chosen by the American Shoe
Workers Protective union and the
Shoe Manufacturers Board Of Trade
of Greater New York. The immedi-
ate reduction involves a saving OF
100000 labor cost to 40 employing
firms in the city, which for the cur
rent year have had an aggregate pay
roll of $9,OOO,OOO.
n At Pontiac, ILL.,, Judge >. II. BAKER
granted an injunction to the A. M.
Legg Shoe manufacturing plant, pro-
hibiting strikers maintaining pickets.
The strike followed reduction In
wages.
The mines of the Georges Greek
Coal Mining company at Lonaconing,
Md, closed down, following the refus-
al of the men to accept 15 per cent
reduction. The men had been receiv-
ing the union rate Of $1.31. The mine
will be closed until an agreement is
reached between the men and tha op-
orators.