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

once.
Samuel Gompers, president of the
American Federation of Labor, left the
hospital where he has been confined
for more than two weeks with infiu-
enza
Announcement Of 10 per cent ad-
vance in wages for the 1,750 opera
tives in it's mill at Clinton Mass, was
made by the Bigelow- Hartford Car
pet company.
"Ln appreciation of the needs of our
workers." Arbuckle Brothers, import
ers and refiners, advanced the wages
of their employees in all plants from
10 to 1872 per cent
BY a vote Of 81 to % the New York
senate passed the Cotillo minimum
wage bill Creation of a commission to
investigate and determine what is a
minimum wage for women in industry
is provided in the bill.
The Sutton mills, North Andover,
Mass, manufacturing woolens, posted
notices Of a wage increase of 121a per
cent, effective April 80. The mills en-
ploy about 400 operatives.
The labor report of the Employers
Association of Detroit shows an in
crease of 1868 men for the week ended
March 13. The total force of the 70
firms reporting is now 216,975.
The Monomac Spinning company,
Lawrence, Mass, which employs 925
IN, nly INN of
yarns, announced a 1919 per cent ad-
vance in wages, effective April 30.
A wage increase of 10 per cent in
all departments, effective April 2, was
announced by the Bigelow-Hartford
Carpet company, Thompsonville, Conn
About 5000 persons are on the pay
rolls
At Andover, Mass, a 12h per cent
wage increase, effective April 30, was
announced by the Smith & Dove Man
ufacturing company. The company en-
ploys about 400, and manufactures
linen threads, yarns and twines.
Twenty thousand Welsh miners
went on strike to enforce demand
for one big union. The strikers, men,
bers of the South Wales Miners fed
Grafton, want non-union workers and
members Of a rival mechanical work
ers' union to affiliate with them.
An important addition to the indus
tries of the Maritime province is be-
ing made by the erection of a large
? newsprint mill at Bathurst, n. B. The
work Of the construction was started
on October 2 last, and it is hoped that
the first machine will be turning out
paper by June.
Textile mills at Leaksville, Spray
and Draper IN. o. have announced an
increase Of 40 to So per cent in the
bonuses paid their employees which
it was said means a net increase OF
slightly more than 10 per cent. The
increases will add approximately
$25O,OOO annually to the pay rolls of
the mills.
Two hundred employees Of the fire
door department Of the COburn Trol-
ley Track company In Willimansett,
Mass, went on strike after the com
pany had refused to redress several
grievances. These included the re-
quest that the present working sched'
ule be reduced from 30 to 48 hours a
week A wage increase also Is asked
Railroad employees promoted to
clerical work but not receiving the
technical rating Of clerks will receive
the same rate Of pay as other men per.
forming the same work, according to
an Interpretation on a decision issued
by the United States Railroad Labor
board. Roads heretofore paid such
employees under the inexperienced
classification.
The employees of the American
: Woolen company, Lawrence, Mass.
which recently announced wage in
crease of 1914 per cent to it's New
England operatives, have accepted the
increase, the labor department Of the
company announces.
Because they say that their attempts
to meet the management for the pur
pose Of negotiating an agreement rec
ognizing the union and establishing
a uniform hourly wage rate failed, x
molders and coremakers of the Brook
Locomotive works, Dunkirk, N. Y, re
fused to go to work.
Wage increases ranging rom 174 u
31b cents an hour for all grades o.
common labor employed by the north
western region of the Pennsylvania
railroad were announced, following ne
gotiations between representatives o
theB employees and the road.
From South Carolina about 22,75(
negro farmers, or per cent Of thu
total negro farm population, have de
parted for northern points; Alabam'
reports 31k per cent has moved north
and Arkansas shows movement o
about 1900 negro farmers.
The Maryland State and District o.
Columbia Federation Of Labor, in an
nual convention, quickly turned dow
, propositions to enforce q third part.
movement and to form one big union
by amalgamating all the unions In re
spective industries into single organi
cations, each of which would cove
an entire industry