Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1923-09-28
OTHER NEWS OF LABOR

The twelve-hour day has been abol-
ished at the steel plant at Morgan
Park, suburb of Duluth, Mimi, Sam
uel B. Sheldon, vice president and
general manager Of the Minnesota
Steel company, said.
Addressing a meeting Of the anthra-
cite miners at Wilkes-Barre, Rinaldo
Capellini, president of district num-
Der one Of the miners union, said:
Breathe the fresh air and enjoy your
selves while you can, for you will only
be idle for short time and you will
get more when this fight ends than you
did after being idle for eight months"
The National Federation Of Federal
Employees went on record in its con-
vention in Denver in favor of closing
all United States government offices
In the Dominion Of Canada, as far as
possible, on Canadian holidays. The
convention also announced its desire
that overtime pay be given all civilian
employees of the government for over
time work.
Private employment agencies in Gal
ifornia, charged by their opponents
with levying exorbitant fees from pa
irons, mostly from working girls, are
making their last fight In the Los An
geles Superior court, seeking an In
junction to restrain the state labor
commissioner from enforcing the new
law fixing the maximum fees at 10
per cent.
II. K. Skyles of Evansville, Ind, gen
eral chairman of the Order Of Railway
Telegraphers on the Chicago & Eastern
Illinois railway, has announced that
new wage schedule and working agree
ment has been secured Increases vary
ing from to cents an hour, averaging
3h cents for every man, were secured
Those drawing 72 cents an hour are
not affected. Working conditions have
been greatly improved under the new
schedule, 1t LIS claimed
Fifteen railroads which foster the
organization of company unions"
among their men insist upon the
check-off as a means Of collecting
dues, B. M. Jewell, president Of the
American Federation Of Labor's rail-
way employees department, Informed
President Lewis Of the United Mine
Workers. Some Of the roads, Mr..
Jewell declared, own or are otherwise
interested in anthracite and btu
minous mines, the operators Of which
have denounced the check-of system
as un-American.
Pay increases of $5 and SO month
for foremen and assistants and inspec-
tors in tha maintenance of way de-
partment Of the Pennsylvania railroad
have been granted, according to infor-
nation received at the railroad labor
board. Track foremen receive an In
crease of $40 a month, and bridge and
building department foremen and as
sistant foremen and inspectors of the
bridge and building department re-
ceive an advance Of So monthly. The
Increase aggregates 1862, 1O2 annual
ly and will affect 1894 employees.
Installation Of the eight-hour shift
in continuous processes In iron and
steel is helping to take up the slack
the last four or six weeks. At GARY,
South Chicago, Pittsburgh, Youngs-
town and other mill points, the labor
supply is proving more abundant than
the companies expected and the change
from the 12-hour day to the 8-hour
turn seems to be progressing faster
than was looked for when the Grape was
formally hung on the long day In steel.
The Indiana State Federation of La
Dor, which met in annual convention
In Muncie, is the oldest state organiza-
ton Of its kind in the United States,
according TO its president, Thomas N.
Taylor. The Indiana federation was
organized 80 years ago with less than
5000 members. The membership In
Indiana now totals approximately
100000, and the organization extends
through the state. There are TOT local
unions affiliated with the organization
at the present time, as compared with
90 at the time Of Its formation.
The rush to the lumber camps Of
northern Quebec and Ontario Ia al
ready on, about $50 to 200 men leaving
each week, this being about the aver
age. Wages for lumberjacks run
from $40 to $50 month, which is an
increase Of $40 to $40 a month over
last year. 1t Is understood that over
1900 men are employed In develop
ment work In the North, and this 10
likely to be increased over 5000 before
the snow flies.
The native women of Porto Rico
shOw A great desire to learn To oxS-