Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1923-09-07
GENERAL LABOR NEWS

There are nearly 10000 child work
,erS In New York city.
/, The most important industry of
southern India is the tanning Of
leather
Mems clothing workers earnings
dropped from $50 to $24.46, and wom-
EMS garment workers rose from
I$21.O5 to $21.9S.
Attempts are being made In sew
ieral parts of Pennsylvania to work
old zinc mines that have been aban-
doned for years.
Cotton workers in England received
increases during the war which
mounted up to 215 per cent in 1920
over prewar wages.
A four-day strike In the Chicago
Springfield Coal company at Devereux
Heights, Ill.,, ended when the 200 strik-
ing men returned to work.
i The strike of engineers in Budapest
which caused declaration Of martial
law to be issued, is collapsing. The
strike leaders were arrested.
Minimum wage scales for mems
coatmakers, to be gradually applied in
the New York clothing market, range
from $40 to $51 week for men.
; The textile industry in Greece Is
rapidly gaining ground and promises to
become of the utmost Importance to
the country within the next few years.
: Immigrants from eastern and south
ern Europe to the United States in the
last 20 years have been nearly double
those from northern Europe and the
British Isle.
A saving of from II to Is per cent
In power and better control of the car
trolleys which are equipped with
roller bearings.
The national congress of Honduras
has been petitioned for exclusive con-
cessions for silk culture for a period
of rs years, the government to furnish
free use of 5000 acres.
Steel workers of the British Empire
Steel corporation Of Sydney, N. S., who
walked out June 27, precipitating a
crisis which resulted in sympathetic
strike Of most Of the coal miners in the
province, voted to return to their Jobs.
The coal miners already are back, hav-
ing been directed to return by Presi-
dent John L. Lewis Of the United Mine
strike unwarranted and Ousted district
officials who sanctioned 1t.
The syndicalist movement among
bank employees of Madrid, Spain, was
extended to include the Westminster
bank, where the Spanish staff declared
strike. The English employees con-
tinued their duties. The directors of
the bank declined to agree to the pro-
posals Of the syndicalists.
Employees Of the Proctor & Gamble
company in 80 cities Of the United
States and Canada, who recently ar
ranged guaranty of full-time employ
ment, are advised by William Cooper
Proctor, president, that the guaranty
means up to the age of retirement,
when they will receive pensions OF
iithree-quarters pay as long as they live,
making another extension Of the COM
pany's profit-sharing plan.
! The Detroit United Railways an
nounced an increase Of cents an
hour In the wages Of all its platform
employees. An agreement with the
employees was signed. This brings
wages on all interurban lines and on
the city lines in Flint and Pontiac to
81, "a and 68 cents an hour, depend
ing on length of service. Employees
lon city lines in Ann Arbor and Mount
Clemens receive a like increase, but
their wages still are 2 cents an hour
below those in the other cities. OPP
orators Of one-man cars are to re-
ceive cents more an hour than other
employees. The employees Of Detroit's
municipality-owned street railway sys-
tenn, although not connected in any
way with the D. U. R., may benefit by
the wage increases, as the Detroit
city charter provides railway en-
ployees shall receive the same wages
as those paid employees Of private cor
porations engaged in similar work.
The Dutch parliament has increased
the legal working week from As to 4o
hours. The minister Of labor also has
power to grant exceptions from the
laws provisions where employers and
employees agree on such course, but
the maximum number Of working
hours a year must not exceed $500.
! One hundred and eighty employees
OF the Empire Steel and Iron company
at Belvidere, N. j., are out Of work as
a result of the company's decision to
suspend operations indefinitely. Over