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

Philadelphia now has nearly $4,000
woman industrial workers
Children working in the cotton fields
in Texas toll on an average Of twelve
hours a day.
There will be no strike of grocery
clerks in Chicago pending the outcome
IF further mediation efforts by B. M.
Marshman. commissioner of concilia-
tion for the United States Department
Of Labor.
The Chicago Federation Of Labor
has denounced with vigor the proposal
to spend $7,5OOOOO of public money
on new geological park while chill
dren In Chicago lack decent school
facilities
Fulfilling an engagement. which he
made 30 years ago, Samuel Gompers,
president of the American Federation
of Labor. visited Astoria, ILL.,, and
made an address to a gathering of citi-
zens at the courthouse
-Four men were arrested by the po-
lice Of New Orleans for alleged VIOLA
tion of the injunction issued In Fed
eral court restraining striking long
shoremen from interfering with the
business of the port Of New Orleans.
The prisoners were charged with hav-
Ing intimidated nonunion workers
who have taken the places of strik-
erS
Union mine workers will be re-
quired, under ruling announced by
Judge Frank Youmans, to produce in
Federal District court at Fort Smith,
Ark, records Of their meetings from
1912 to 1915 in connection with the
forthcoming trial of the suit for dam
ages Instituted by the Colorado Coal
company against the United Mine
Workers Of America.
At meeting of the various organi-
cations of Los Angeles interested in
the construction industry, in conjunc-
tion with the Builders Exchange, the
following resolution was adopted:
THAT on and after Monday, October
10, 1928 the bricklayers' wage agree
ment Of SO per day will be strictly
enforced, and that all noneSsential
overtime. will be discouraged"
The International Labor bank, the
third to be started by union labor In
New York city, will be opened on De-
cember /, 1t was announced by Abra-
ham Baroff, secretary-treasurer Of the
international Ladies' Garment Work
ers' union. The new bank will be sit
uated at Fifth avenue and Twenty
first street. Forty per cent Of the
stock has been subscribed by needle
trades unions other than the Interna-
tional Ladies' Garment Workers union.
Success Of the system Of familiar
izing grade school pupils with the
workmen's compensation law was re-
ported to the convention of industrial
boards of commissioners In st. Paul,
Mimi, by Maj. 9. G. Kizer. industrial
commissioner of Virginia. Pupils in
Virginia public schools have been re-
ceiving instruction in workmen's COM
pensation laws for a full year and
Major Kizer feels that great prog
ress has been made, in this way, In
protecting the more ignorant classes,
since the children convey to their. par
ents knowledge of their rights under
the law.
Wages for woman workers through
out German industry are between 70
and 80 per cent Of those for male
workers.
Strikes and layoffs are rapidly aug
mentfng Germanys roll Of unem-
plOyed. Crefeld velvet workers walked
out aft er refusing a wage offer Of
40,OO0,N)O paper marks an hour. They
demand ed gold equivalent. Badisohe
Anlin und Soda Fabrik discharged 49,.
900 workers at It's Mannheim plant.
The fir trade also is laying of many
operaf prs because Of financial tight