Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1923-08-03
OTHER LABOR NOTES

l1ery Of the Leh1gh valley COdl COLI
pany, at Hazleton, Pa, voted to re-
turn to work "under protest" Their
return was demanded by officials OF
the coal company before they would
discuss the dispute that arose when
an assistant mine foreman struck
driver.
Three hundred employees of the Chi
cago, South Bend & Northern Indl-
ana railroad, including city and inter-
urban motormen and conductors, were
given wage increases Of 3 cents an
hour The increase brings the wages
of city street car employees up to 5O
cents and of the interurban employees
up to SO cents.
Because amicable adjustment OF dis
putes involving the maintenance or
way brotherhood and the railroad sta
ton employees union and roads repre-
senting about 60 per cent Of the coun-
try's mileage has been expected, the
Railroad Labor board remanded for
further conferences cases upon which
it had been requested to pass.
Shopmen Of Canadian railways sub
mitted to the Railway Association OF
Canada a request for 10 cents an
hour increase In wages and proposals
for altered working conditions. The
new scale would give mechanics 80
cents an hour, freight carmen 20 cents
and helpers 81 cents.
The French royalist newspaper,
L'Action Franchise, which has been the
storm center Of communist and social
list attacks. was forced to suspend.
The men in the Job shop where the
newspaper iS printed refused to set 1t
up on the ground that 1t is a mon
archist publication ~
The strike of about 1000 BARRIERS In
the Yorkville and Harlem IN. ~ sec
tions which began more than a week
ago and affected 600 shops was ended.
The settlement gives the BARRIERS reg
ular hours Of labor and $50 week
plus commissions.
The strikes Of coal miners and shop
men were responsible for a decrease
of nearly 100000 In the net income
Of the New York Central Railroad
company for 1922 compared with 1921,
according to the company's annual re-
port.
Mrs. Annie Markowitz Cross, for five
years an assistant corporation coun-
sci, has been appointed general coun-
sci to the New York Building and AL
lied Trades bureau, which represents
10000 employees comprising 7S unions.
Abolition Of the Labor day parade
this year was voted, 78 to 10, by the
st. Louis Central Trade and Labor
council 1t will be the first abandon
ment Of the parade In 80 years. or
since the labor council was organized.
A wage increase Of between 4 and 5
per cent for the employees OF the
BROOKLYN Manhattan Transit corpor-
alton was approved by the board OF
directors of the new corporation. The
Increase goes into effect August 3.
Fred Nader, former head Of the Chi
cago Building Trades council, must
serve a year in prison and pay tine
Of 81 600, as the result OF his convic-
ton on a charge Of conspiracy to him
der construction Of the Drake hotel,
the Appellate court ruled.
The report of the Federal Labor bu-
reau for the year 1922, shows that IA
labor unions availed themselves Of the
statistical services of the bureau last
year. This is an increase of 1873 per
cent over the previous year.
The Paige-Detroit Motor Car COM
pany Is beginning the erection of a
81 500, 900 addition to its Detroit plant
which, when completed, will make pos
sible an increase Of nearly 100 per
cent.
In the seven years the Pennsylvania
compensation act has been in effect,
only 329 persons have been permanent
ly disabled, while 95 per cent Of the
total has been In the temporary dis
ability class.
Formal notice was served by Attor-
ney General Daugherty that any con-
tract between the United Mine Work
ers Of America and a similar organiza-
tion of foreign country to prevent
shipment of coal to the United States,
while coal miners here are on strike,
would be a violation of law, and would
be met with prompt action by the gov
ernment.
Coal operators are seeking to in
crease the use of machines, hoping
thereby to reduce the number of mine
employees and lessen the cost of TAX
Ing the coal from the shafts.