Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1923-06-01
OTHER LABOR NOTES

One-Quarter Of the women workers
in Rhode Island earn less than $13
per week.
Since 1893, to and including 1921,
5,118 Illinois coal miners have been
killed in mines and 32,S18 have been
injured.
The Swiss government has appro-
priated 100000 francs for assisting the
emigration Of unemployed men, espe-
cially farmers, to Canada.
A wage increase for building trades
workers in Pittsburgh, ranging from
10 to 25 cents an hour, was an
nounced by the Employers association.
An increase Of 10 per cent In the
wages of all it's employees was an
nounced by the Toledo Shipbuilding
company. The increase Is retroactive
to March 26.
The asbestos output In Canada
showed great revival In 1922, when
$4,000 tons were produced, valued at
S5,20OOOO, compared with 92,7e1 tons
in 1921, valued at $4,9O6, ,23O.
r. A. Knoff,. formerly a brakeman
on the Pennsylvania system between
Fort Wayne and Chicago, and who is
now general chairman Of the Brother
hood of Railway Trainmen for the
Pennsylvania lines west of Pittsburgh,
has been selected as head Of the new
union labor bank to be opened in
Pittsburgh May l.
Strikes in six Of the building trades
unions Of Indianapolis began as the
result Of the failure Of the contractors
to sign new agreements with the rep
resentatives of the trades unions
whose agreements as to wage scales
have expired. This action practi-
cally stops construction of buildings
being erected, including several large
ones in the downtown district.
e. 1. Du Pont de Nemours & Co. OF
Wilmington, Del, announced distribu-
tion to it's employees Of 14,484 shares
Of its own stock Of. par value Of 81
44S, 400 and $4,000 in other securi-
ties as the matured portion Of bonus
awards made during the years 1913 to
1921, inclusive. Bonuses awarded for
1922 amounted to $500 shares and
were distributed among 800 employees.
Wage increase agreements with the
steamship owners committee affecting
workers at Portland, Me-. Boston, New
York, Baltimore, Newport News and
Norfolk were announced by Joseph P.
Ryan, vice president Of the Interna-
tional Longshoremen's association.
Wages Of checkers are also to be In
creased proportionately, the exact fig-
ures to be decided at a conference OF
the steamship and association COM
mittees.
The Telsgraphers National bank,
which probably will open at st. Louis
about June /, will be conducted along
the lines Of the Locomotive Engineers
Cooperative National bank Of Cleve-
land, according to e. ]. Manion, pres
ident of the Order Of Railroad Teleg-
raphers, who will head the new insti-
tuition. which will have capital stock
of $500, 900 and a 100000 surplus. The
capital and surplus have been sub
scribed, Mr.. Nanion stated, and the
majority Of it by members Of the
union.
Forty-seven thousand miners In the
Rhondda district Of Wales started q
strike with the object Of forcing g.
600 nonunionist miners to join the min
ers' federation. The surface men and
stokers organized q union which the
federation refuses to recognize.
Five hundred members Of the CHI
cago Retail Clerks union were grant
ed an average wage increase Of Sc a
week in a new agreement signed with
the Cook County Retail Clerks as
ISOLATION. The new agreement be-
comes effective April ! and extends
enc yaAs.
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