Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1923-08-17

trade union workers in Westchester
county, New York, received increases
in pay from So to SO day.
Unless the piecework system is
abolished a general strike in the gar
ment industry in the United States
and Canada is predicted by the eXecu-
tive committee Of the International
Garment Workers union.
Three manufacturing corporations
not affiliated with the Cotton Manu-
,facturers' association announced
'12R per cent wage increase, effective
April 80. The corporations are the
Fall River bleachery, Massasoit Manu-
featuring company and Globe Yarn
mills.
Orders went out to she 10000 long
shoremen In the port of New York that
the International LongShoremenS
union would stand by the arbitration
award of Gen. George w. Goethals,
and coal handlers affiliated with the
union were advised to continue their
activity and fill the places of the 300
coal handlers who went on strike.
Dissatisfied with the 121a per cent
wage increase recently granted by
New England textile mills, the eXecu-
tive board Of the United Textile WORK
ers of America have decided on CAM
paign not only for an additional In
crease Of 14.9 per cent, but for cut
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dent Thomas f. Mcmahon announced.
Beginning April Is an increase in
wages for the 200 employees Of the
Franklin mill Of the international Pa
per company was announced. Inc
amount of the increase, which became
effective April Is, was not stated.
Loyalty of the employees and increased
costs of living we're cited as the rea-
sons for the company's action.
The strike Of 300 compressed air
workers on the New York and New
Jersey vehicular tunnel, In progress
since April g, was settled at confer
ence arranged by Col. Michael ].
Reagon, industrial mediator OF the
New York State Industrial commits
sion. The settlement also affects
sixty-six workers on the sewer tunnel
under construction at Woodside, l.. l.
A S55O,OOO annual increase in wages
was grained by the paper mills OF
Kalamazoo, Mich, to their $500 men
and 700 women employees. The new
scale fixes the minimum wages for
common labor at 40 cents an hour, 40
cents an hour for beater helpers and
fourth hands, 70 cents an hours for
beater engineers and 70 cents an hour
for machine tenders.
Representatives Of the six needle
trades In Cleveland voted unanimously
in favor of amalgamation along lines
advocated by the Trade Union Educa-
tional league, Of which William q. Fos-
ter is the head. Trades represented
were the International Ladies' Gar
ment Workers, the Amalgamated
Clothing Workers, the United Garment
Workers, the Journeymen Tailors' Un-
ion Of America and the international
Cloak Workers union.
Wage Increases affecting nearly 1OO,-
600 workers In two Of Chicago's prin-
cipal industries, the packing plants
and building trades, have been made
public. The pay Of approximately
81 900 employees Of the big packing
plants were increased an average OF
IL per cent and 1900 Lands award
workers in the building trades are to
receive increases of from 121@ to 10
cents an hour. The increases go into
effect at once.
The contract miners at the Jeddo
No. and collieries of the Jeddo
Highland Coal company, Hazelton,
Pa, struck In q renewed demand that
they receive their wages on pay days
at 2 o. M, when they come from the
workings, instead Of being obliged to
wait until 8 80 when the pay windows
open.
The wage increase announced by
the International Paper company OF
New York amounts to approximately
per cent and affects all Of the 1000
employees, it was announced. Inc
Increase became effective April 10.
Wage increases averaging 12h to
IS per cent for mine workers in the
pits of the Tennessee Coal, Iron and
Railroad company were announced by
the company. The increase affects
approximately 10000 coal and ore
diggers Of the Tennessee company,
and brings the new wage close to 5O
per cent higher than the Level Of May,
1922.
The Exeter IN. H.) Manufacturing
company is on a 54-hour week. Treas
urer Hervey Kent asserted that for
the last three months the company has
been operating at loss on 4Shour
weekly schedule. He said that the
company had been willing to take this
loss while awaiting the outcome Oh
the bill before the New Hampshire
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