The Connecticut labor news., 1923-09-15
AS THE WORKER
 SEES HIS WORLD
Summary and Digest of Important - Events of the Week, Here and Abroad.

Anthracite coal miners suspend work as Gov. Pinchot of Pennsylvania seeks solution to dispute between operators and workers.
 Condemnation of the steel trusts Pittsburgh plus" system of fixing the price of steel expressed by the attor- neys general of the United States at meeting in Minneapolis
 Workers and their emploers will CO., operate in running banks 1n industrial centers of Chile, United States Assis-
 New York theater stage hands win increase in pay and call off threaten cd strike.
 Earthquake fire and tidal wave cause great loss of life i'll Tokio, Yokohoma and other cities of Japan, United States Government and Red Cross act to rush immediate relief to stricken nation.
 Yardmasters and assistant yardmast- CTS of the Northern Pacific Railroad win 8-hour day
 American workmen sit on the world s pinnacle say Secretary of Commerce Hoover and Secretary of Labor Davis in Labor Day statements. Both have recently completed studies of European labor problems.
 Child labor is increasing in the United States Latest figures indicate an in- crease of child labor in 1922 as com- pared with 1921 and in 1923 as com pared with 1922.
 Unconditional pardons should be grant td to the Sacramento group of pris- oners convicted on charges of violat- ing wartime laws, says Senator Pepper of Pennsylvania.
 London dock workers return to work a fter strike of seven weeks called in defiance of their officers. United Textile Workers and Fedora ted Textile Workers to hold conference
 in New York Sept. g looking toward ar1algination of two unions. President Coolidge issues instructions for opening of big drive against boot leggers.
 Governor Walton of Oklahoma de clares that if necessary he will use every soldier in the state to end mob violence and fogging:
 Mines in the, Ruhr reopen as miners accept terms offered by employers. Interallied Federation of Former Combatants in Brussels conference calls on all citizens of world to urge new disarmament congress. Ebert H. Gary, Chairman of the On1Ied StateS Steel OOrpOrdt1On d1l- nounces that his concern had been conferring with heads of subsidiaries | companies on adjustment of wage | rates in connection with the elimina- | tion of the 12-hour workday. Ford Motor Company has cash bal ane of $21O,293, ,e22, said to be the lar gest cash holding ever reported by any industrial concern in the world. ] Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad grants wage increase of two cents an hour to its stationary fire men and engineers, oilers, water ten ders and coal passers. l Exchange of telegrams of congrat- ulation by Amercan and Mexican or ganized labor signalizes annpuncernenl of the recognition of the Mexican Gov. ernment by the United States. Col. Sam N. Hunter, in addressing | the Springfield, H., Federation of La bor attributes the Herrin massacre tc professional gunrnen members of the hired army of capital"
 Strike called in Lisbon, Portugal, ir protest against the increased price ot bread ends and many of the leader: are arrested.
 Car loadings. throughout the United States set new high record for all time
 Action to obtain wage increases con l sidered by general chairman of tht