Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1923-07-13
GENERAL LABOR NEWS

An agreement TO dTDlITdlo Ile wage
dispute between the Chicago traction
companies and the union men was
reached, and with that announcement
came the positive statement that there
would be no car strike.
Thirty-four contracting plasterers In
st. Louis were paying the S14-a-day
wage scale demanded by the journey
men plasterers who went on strike,
and 1874 Of the plasterers were at work,
1t was announced at a meeting Of the
journeymen.
twenty-five states now require the
physical examination Of every child
applying for an employment certificate,
according to the newly revised edition
of a bulletin on physical Standards
for Working Children" issued by the
United States Department Of Labor
through the children's bureau.
More than 100000 acres Of farm
land remain idle in Pennsylvania this
summer largely as a result Of the
shortage Of farm hands, report Of
the bureau Of employment to Com
missioner Royal Meeker of the state
department Of labor and industry
showed.
There was less unemployment dur
ing May than at any time during the
last IL months, a survey Issued by
the United States Department OF La
Dor indicated. In many Of the larger
industries the demand for common and
skilled labor greatly exceeded the sup
ply and the outlook for employment
conditions Is bright, the report showed.
More than 1900 employees Of hat
factories In the Orange Valley, N. j.,
struck for wage increases of 20 to 40
per cent. A similar strike Is expected
in Newark, where the hatters have de-
manded increases Of 10 to Is per cent.
A hatters' strike at Orange fourteen
years ago caused much of It's business
to be diverted to Danbury and other
Connecticut towns.
Issuance Of injunctiOns in labor dis
putes in Wisconsin has been restric-
ed to circuit judges or judges Of con-
current Jurisdiction and then only after
4S hours notice A bill to this effect,
passed by both houses, was signed by
Gov. ]. J. Blaine and means the end
in Wisconsin of Snjunctions In labor
disputes issued by court commission
ers and judges Of minor courts.
The steel trade in Great Britain Is
watching with great interest the con-
troversy over the 12-hour day in Amer
II forhf do hac hSEn unI.
unfairly adopted there in the iron and
steel trade for a number of years.
During the war;" said statistical
expert, "the mills reverted to the 12-
hour day for three years, but In 1917
the eight-hour day was re-established."
New York bricklayers solid1ed
their opposition to the 81 day wage
plan proffered as compromise in the
strike called May 21 against the
Mason Builders association when the
Williamsburg Local 8 followed the
lead of Manhattan Local "a and voted
unanimously to reject 1t. Decision
was said to be overwhelming to hold
out for $12 for two years, for which
the strike was ordered.
Assuring representatives Of employ
ees of United States navy yards that
the workers will get square deal, ;
If humanity possible, Rear Admiral ].
X. Robson, chairman Of the general
wage board of the Navy department,
announced that the aim of the board
was to set a new wage scale that
would wipe out any present unjustif-
able Inequalities which might now be
In existence.
Twelve thousand workers In the
Orlzaba (Mexico) district are on strike
because of difficulties with their en-
pfoyers over the Vera Cruz workmen's
compensation law. Cotton mills, brew
cries and bakeries are affected.
Tho general strike, threatened by
5000 workers affiliated with the old
New York Building Trades council, has
been averted. It was announced at a
mseting Of delegates to the council
that employers in 3S out of A crafts
Arrested had acceded to the demands
Of the men for fiat Increase of 81 a
day for the remainder Of the year.