Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1923-03-16

The Illinois DltumlnOuS coal nel0S
are the pride of American trade union
ism. The 10000 coal miners of the
state are 100 per cent unioniZed and
the Illinois district OF the United Mine
Workers of America is rich and
powerful organization.
Idle or striking railway shop men
are free to take employment as
switchmen if they will apply to T. G.
Cashen, president of the Switchmen's
Union of North America, according to
strike bulletin issued by the Fed
Grated Shop Crafts. Several railroads
need switchmen, the bulletin stated.
Twelve million Europeans are job
less and virtually in bread lines, de-
pendent upon charity or government
aid for their subsistence According
to official figures of the ministry of
labor, l .443. 600 British workers are de-
pendent on government aid-common-
ly called "the dole"-for warding off
starvation.
Abrogation of the agreement en-
tered into with the railway employees
department of the American Fedora
tiOn of Labor is sought by the Grand
Trunk railroad, the reason being given
that that organization does not repre-
sent a majority of the employees OF
the road. The road has held that it
will deal only with majority Of en-
DloyeeS.
Fines, aggregating S9,SO0, composed
the sentence in Federal District
court at Los Angeles against eight
railway union men convicted of con
spiracy to obstruct interstate com
merce in connection with the strike
last August against the Atchison. To
peka 4 Santa Fee railway. United
States District Judge Bledsoe pro-
nounced the sentence after assurance
by counsel for the defense that the
fines would be paid by the union or
ganizations of which the defendants
were members.
Ohio has Is iron and steel plants,
normally employing over 1000 men,
seven rubber plants. six car plants,
six electric plants. five automobile
plants, five foundries. four shipyards,
three automobile body plants, two pipe
factories and - other concerns.
For the first time in weeks the Fal"
con Steel company, Niles, Ohio, is op-
Grating eight mills The situation at
'he Republic Iron and Steel remains
UNCHANGED.
James Duncan, general president of
the Granite Cutters International asso-
citation, announced that as q result Of
i conference between New England
granite cutters, building granite manu-
facturers and New York building con-
tractors in New York full settlement
had been effected by five leading New
England building granite manufacture
ers and their striking employees. The
agreement. Mr.. Duncan said, called for
q one-dollar-an-hour minimum wage
and a 44-hOur week. the contract to run
until April l, 1929.
Union carpenters and painters of the
Cincinnati district reached an agree
lnent with the Master Builders asSO-
citation, whereby the workers will re-
ceive an increase of 10 cents an hour,
computed or the "step up' plan. cover
ing a period Of 13 months. Under the
agreement wages will be increased five
cents an hour the first four months,
five cents the second four months and
five cents the remaining five months
Of the period Under the present scale
receive 81 an hour and the
painters S71a cents an hour.
Nearly $4,000 in Christmas cash
gifts were distributed among the 900
odd employees of the r. p. Hazard |
Shoe company, Gardner, Me. Each |
worker who has been in the employ Of |
the company six months or more re-
ceived a full weeks pay and those who |
have been employed at least three |
months received one-half a weeks pay. |
An attempt to form federation of !
the labor unions of Japan has ended |
In failure, owing to the inability Of the !
Socialists, who T. g t\ control of some |
Of the unions, to s&ree With the regular
unionists, who avoid poatics.