Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1923-08-31
OTHER LABOR NOTES

creased per cent by joint committee
because Of the increased cost Of living.
A modern golf course for workmen in
the mills at Ambridge, where structural
steel Is manufactured In great Quanti-
ties, Is the latest development Of the
game in the Pittsburgh district.
Of all occupied men and boys in %
leading countries, b18 per cent are
engaged in agriculture and, of all oc-
cupied women and girls, eos per cent
follow agricultural pursuits.
Seeking higher wages, the dock
workers at the port Of Hamburg went
on strike. The renewed collapse Of
the mark, they declare, has rendered a
substantial wage increase imperative.
More than 800 negro and Mexican
laborers have been sent from Austin
and San Antonio to south Texas cotton
fields for the harvest, declared a sum-
mary issued by Labor Commissioner
Myers.
Trade unions in England have lost
315,503 members during the last year.
This decrease Is said to have resulted
from the absorption by the govern
ment of some Of the functions5 at one
time performed by the unions
A labor union Of "white collar"
workers in New York banks and trust
companies is being sought by the
Bookkeepers, Stenographers and Ac-
countants' union with the backing of
the American Federation Of Labor.
Directing that a dozen of his old
employees shall take over his printing
business and continue it, Newell O.
Mansir Of Holyoke, Mass, set aside
100000 in his will for incorporation
of the company. His will disposes OF
an estate of $200,OO0
Thirty thousand bricklayers went on
strike at Rome, Italy, owing to the re-
duction In their high cost Of living sub
sidy. The fascist decided to break
the strike at all costs, importing labor
from other provinces If necessary.
Some disorders have occurred.
The Commercial Telegraphers' Union
of America signed a new wage scale
with the Universal, United and Inter
national Press services. Under the
new contract, working conditions re
main unchanged, but wages are ad-
vanced from $1.75 to $8.75 a week.
Four of the largest cigar factories In
Boston were closed when cigarmakers
struck for higher wages. Officials of
the cigarmakers' union estimated that
between 5000 and 5000 workers
walked out in Boston, Springfield, Wor-
cester, Hartford, New Haven, Port
land and Bangor.
One hundred and forty seven cities
and towns in New Jersey were without
trolley service as a result Of the strike
of $500 platform and shop men Of the
Public Service Railway company. The
men struck for 80 per cent increase
in wages, q six-day week and better
working conditions
A special investigation conducted by
Dor into the shoe industry in Man
chester, N. A., has disclosed the fact
that women are more extensive con-
tributors to the family income than
men, Notwithstanding that men are
paid more than women for the same
work.
An ordinance providing for salary
Increases for certain Cuyahoga Falls
employees, effective in thirty days, was
passed by city council. The salaries ::
Street commissioner, increase from
$40 $3.50 a month; city hall janitor,
$50 to $75 month; teamsters, 500 q
month; 81 an hour for hired horses
and driver.
A rule requiring prospective en-
ployees to sign an agreement that they
will not join labor union or talk with
a union representative in effect de-
prives the job seeker Of constitu-
tional right, according to an answer
filed in Federal court at Chicago by
attorneys for the International Ladies'
Garment Workers union.
Representatives of $4,000 main
tenance Of way employees OF the
PENNSYLVANIA railroad convened at Buf-
falo for discussion of wages and other
matters relating to their work. G. l..
Hawkins of Youngstown, Ohio, chair
man Of the Pennsylvania fraternity d.
vision. announced that the road had
just granted Increases from $5 to $lO
a month to supervisory employees. La
borers and other employees were given
increases recently, he said.
A census of employed In Milwaukee
shows an increase Of 6S per cent In
the number of men employed In COM
parison with two years ago.
Plasterers, whose average employ
ment is, according to the Federated
Engineers waste study, ITO days a
year, receive $12 for full days, but
their yearly earnings come out at
5000, which is an average of $S.oS
for each of the 254 possible working
days in the year. Painters, technically
at $40 day, really earn only SILT