Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1923-10-26
OTHER NEWS OF LABOR

f: Wages Of furniture workers are at
least 80 per cent higher than a year
ago.
Ninety per cent Of the workers In
the silk and cotton mills In Japan are
girls under twenty years Of age.
Demanding higher wages, an eight
hour day, better working conditions,
and a recognition Of their union,
seven of the eleven telephone opera
tors employed at the exchange OF the
Sullivan Telephone company OF Sulli-
van, Ind, left their posts The strlk-
ing operators issued a notice appeal
ing to young women Of the city not
ito accept the places made vacant by
their leaving.
General chairmen of the Brother
hood of Railroad Trainmen and Order
of Railway Conductors have presented
requests for wage increases OF ap-
proximately II per cent to railroads IN
the eastern, western and southern Sec
tions of the country, following COM
pletion of the counting Of ballots In a
joint referendum vote Of trainmen and
conductors, which was practically
unanimous in favor Of presenting the
wage increase proposal.
The strike Of boatmen and steve
dores, called as a protest against the
landing of Japanese sailors and ma
rines at Annoy to protect Formorsans
from attacks by Chinese, has been
called off. Business had been virtu-
ally at a standstill as a result OF the
strike. The chamber Of commerce In
duced the strikers to return to work,
assuring them that the strike would
mot affect the Japanese seriously and
that the Chinese themselves would De
the ones who would suffer.
Fines totaling more than $4,000
were assessed against ten Chicago
manufacturing firms, eleven officials
lof the companies and fifteen officials
;of the carpenters union who were
found guilty last spring Of violating
the Sherman antitrust law. All de-
PENDANTS were connected with what
was known az the Andrews Mill ad
Lumber case. They were found guilty
of conspiracy to restrain the sale and
installation of mill work and sash ma
terial manufactured outside Chicago
in factories operated on an open shop
basis. Federal Judge Adam @. Cliffe,
who imposed the fines, also ruled that
the defendants must pay the cost OF
the trial.
Officials Of the International Long
shoremen's association have demand
ed approximately Is per cent In
crease in wages and reduction In
hours from 48 to A week on behalf
of $1,000 dock workers on the Allan
tic coast. Joseph R. Ryan, vice pres
ident of the longshoremen, said that
the union will not recede from Its de-
termination to obtain half-holiday on
Saturdays. The negotiations are on
behalf Of the longshoremen Of New
York, Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore
Hampton Roads and Portland, Me.
The basic demands are for 80 cents
instead Of 70 cents an hour; the A.
hour week, double time for overtime,
an Increase from $6.40 to So day for
checkers.
Secretary Of Labor Davis was noti-
fed that the striking shopmen OF the
Lehigh Valley railroad had voted to
return to work. This concludes months
!of effort by Labor department concil-
iators to work out a settlement.
Cooperation Of the International
plasterers union In aiding ex-service
men to become efficient building trades
mechanics was pledged in resolu-
ton adopted at the American Fedora
ton Of Labor convention. The resolu-
tion was introduced by John Doulin,
president Of tha building trades de-
partment