Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1923-08-03
GENERAL LABOR NEWS

Ignoring the recent rebuke of the
United States Railroad Labor board d.
rected against the Pennsylvania rail-
road because Of the carriers defiance
of one of the boards decisions, the
northwestern region of the road COM
pleted election Of employee represent
atives of the shopmen and miscella-
neous forces under the road employee
representation plan, railroad officials
announced.
The Delaware, Lackawanna & West
ern railroad increased the wages Of
its shopmen 2 cents an hour beginning
July l. First-claSS mechanics, who
have been receiving 80 cents an hour,
now receive 80 cents. The new rate
for others follows: Grade B, II cents;
Grade 7, IA cents; Grade D, 72 cents;
Grade e, SO cents. There has been
strike on at the Lackawanna shops
since July 1, 1922.
More than a third of all Chicagoans
employed in gainful occupations In
1920 were engaged in manufacturing
and mechanical industries. The United
States bureau Of the census, which has
just completed the tabulatiOn of occu-
pational statistics of Chicago, reports
that 489,0O1 Of the 1921, ,434 persons
nSre than ten years old working for
pay in Chicago are employed in man
ufacturing.
Iron foundries In Youngstown, Ohio,
agreed to advance the wages of pud
dlers $1.76 q ton, based on the BIZ
monthly examination of selling prices.
The wage increase, which includes also
an advance of ST in the basic wage
rate, went into effect July 1. Finish
ing mill workers will receive an In
crease Of 71a per cent.
An office clerks union composed of
stenOgraphers, typists and bookkeep-
ers has been formed in the Order of
Railroad Telegraphers which has ma
tional headquarters at st. Louis. The
new union has obtained charter
from the American Federation Of La
Dor, the announcement added.
Longshoremen Of Hoboken, N. Y,
who struck for wage increase, set
tied their differences with shipping in
terests and are back on the job full
force. Details Of the settlement were
not announced.
Telephone operators went on strike
In all the New England states except
Connecticut. The strike was called by
one union for shorter hours and high
er wages.
The British Labor party voted $780,
600 against to 100000 for affiliation
with the communists; the vote was
tabulated in conference at which Sid
ney Webb, author-lecturer, presided.
4 decrease in the number of unem-
ployed in Great Britain on May IA to
1,16S 600 from 1,218,267 as of April 80,
is considered by officials of the min
istry of labor to be significant as indi-
eating a steady revival in trade.
In Venezuela the "tarea," or task
system, is used in almost all industries.
A certain amount Of work Is assigned
to each man, the quotas being fixed by
custom.
More than $4,000 girls between six
teen and eighteen years Of age work
in Connecticut factories.
An attempt is being made to union
ize the workers in the Troy IN. ~
shirt industry.
A dispute over an increase of 30
cents day was the cause Of the strike
of New York cement workers The
men are members Of the Cement and
Concrete Workers unions, 6, s and 90
An independent local, with an esti-
mated membership of 600, is not af-
fected. The strikers demand $3.50 a
day, while the independent workers
are contented with $7.2O.
One hundred thousand persons in
Berlin were unemployed on June /,
and of this number roughly one-half
were on government unemployment
pay.