Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1923-08-31
IN OTHER FIELDS OF LABOR

PRESIDENT hoa OF the EennSylVau1a
railroad, voluntarily appeared before
the Railroad Labor board at the hear
ing Of the dispute involving 10000 or
more clerks and freight handlers,
members Of the Brotherhood Of Rail-
way and Steamship Clerks, Freight
Handlers. Express and Station EN-
ployees union. Mr. Rea emphatically
asserted that the road would insist
upon the fundamental and inalien-
able right to deal directly with it's en-
ployees" This statement, it is held.
denies the right of the union to repre-
sent it's members before the labor
board.
Employment conditions In Detroit
are sound, according to the industrial
employment information bureau Of the
Department Of Labor. The informa-
ton Is based on reports from all fac
tories employing 500 or more persons,
and from farm organizations. In Mich
igan, In general, there Is sufficient
work to provide all with employment.
The number Of employed ha. increased
in Grand Rapids, but decreased slight
ly in Flint and Detroit Fruit growers
need much more labor than there
seems any probability Of their getting,
and farms in general are short-handed.
Automobile employment Is steady.
Clerks and freight handlers Of the
Cumberland division, Baltimore and
Ohio railroad, numbering about $50
we're granted an increase In salary,
effective July /. Beginning August i,
all overtime after eight hours, and
work done Sundays and holidays is to
be paid for at the rate Of time-and-
one-half.
Three thousand capmakers, support
ed by $4,000 from the Joint Executive
Boards Of the Capmakers' union, are
striking for the establishment Of mini
mum wage scales In all New York
shops
The slate roofers' union Of st. Louis,
Mo-, has won its fight for an increase
Of wages from $40 to s12 day.
-Four thousand Cape Breton coal
miners voted to continue on strike In
defiance Of the order issued by John L
Lewis.
The loading Of Atlantic liners at
Liverpool, England, was stopped In con.
sequence Of serious extension OF
the doctors strike. Several thousand
men quit work after demonstration
by strikers at Birkenhead. across the
Mersey. All coastal and cross chan.
mel service also was stopped.
The average weekly wage Of Illinois
manufacturing employees was higher
during June than at any time during
the last year, according to the Illinois
department Of labor. The average
weekly earning for each factory worker
in June was s2s.s8, nearly 20 per cent
Increase over the average Of s28.72 for
July, 1922.
Laws Of the International Stereo-
typers and Electrotypers' Union OF
North America will not be subject to
arbitration In 1923, the annual con-
vention Of the organization decided.
A decision to this effect was first
reached In Cincinnati last year follow
ing expiration Of an arbitration agree
ment with the American Newspaper
Publishers association.
Bank clerks who have been looking
enviously at the high wages earned by
laborers may hesitate before doft1ng
their white collars for overalls. Heads
Of some Of the biggest banks In the
city have been discussing plans to in
crease the salaries Of their employees
and bring them more nearly in proper
tion to living costs, according to re-
ports in the New York financial dis
trict.
A resolution providing for a depar-
ture In the election Of officers to the
executive board was defeated by the
National Brotherhood Of Operative Pot
ters at their convention at Atlantic
City. The resolution provided for cleo
ton Of the president and secretary
treasurep by the entire trade at large
with limited powers and other members
by the particular branch which they
represent.
Railway labor, as represented by the
heads Of the sixteen standard unions,
with one exception, tentatively mapped
legislative program for submission
when congress reconvenes next De-
cember While ''mum" was the only
word forthcoming following a secret
conference at Chicago, 1t became
known that the fate Of the United
States railroad labor board NAV hang