Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1923-01-26
GENERAL LABOR NEWS


Petroleum products are carried botn
ways through the Suez canal.
Miners Of the Ruhr region, in con-
ference at Bochum, decided to give no
tice that the overtime agreement now
in operation will terminate on Febru-
airy %.
The Fostoria (Ohio) plant of the
Electric Auto Lite company opened
with 450 employees. The new build
ing has been completed and two new
departments have been added.
Orders for 5000 freight cars have
been placed by the Baltimore & Ohio
railroad, 1000 all-steel hopper, the re-
mainder steel gondolas. The cost will
be between $10,OOOOOO and $4,000
600. Bids are being considered for be-
tween 1000 and 1000 steel under
frame and steel center sill box cars.
Circuit Judge J. NJ Woods, at Berk-
ley Springs, w. Va, set February 70
as the date for the beginning of the
trial of c. Frank Kenney, president
of District II, United Mine Workers
of America, who was indicted as
murder accessory in connection with
the armed march against Logan county
in August, 1921.
The SIG minimum wage scale for
women in the California mercantile
industries was sustained in an order
entered by the State Industrial Wei
fare commission. Almost 10000 WON
en- workers were affected by the de-
cision. In 1914 more than 50 per cent
of the women mercantile workers re-
ceived less than $40 a week.
Plans for establishment at Spokane,
Wash, by the Brotherhood of Locomo-
tive engineers, Of cooperative ma
tional bank, similar to the one op-
Grated by the organization in Cleve-
land, became known when it was
learned application for a charter had
been filed. The bank would be cap
italized for 100000.
Workmen's compensation incurred in
Pennsylvania in 1922 aggregated $1O,-
S53344, there being 1925 accident
reports received, showing an increase
Of 6,05S from 1921. The summary of
the work Of the bureau, sent to Com
missioner of Labor Connelley, shows
effects of the rail and coal strikes
and the employment of 100000 more
persons in general industry than were
at work in 1921.
Plans for the alliance of the five
needle trades unions, comprising 4OO,-
600 members throughout the country,
were submitted by the United Cloth
Hat and Cap Makers of America to
the executive boards of the other
unions in New York. The proposal
calls for the establishment of a feder
alton, modelled after the American
Federation Of Labor, and to be known
as the Needle Trades Worker ALI
ance.
The British Labor party arranged
national unemployment Sunday for
January T. Every labor meeting held
in Great Britain on that day was de
voted to unemployment, and special
demonstrations were arranged in all
the large centerS, at which, the same
resolution calling for an immediate re
assembling of parliament to pass legis-
Iation for the relief of the unem-
ployed was passed.
A general strike in the women's gar
ment industry in Cleveland has been
averted by renewal of the cleveland
Plan" agreement between the Cleve-
land Garment Manufacturers associ-
alton and the Ladies' Garment Work
ers' union. The question of wages and
other points in dispute will be left to
the impartial board of referees, which
is maintained at the expense of the
manufacturers and the union. Both
sides have agreed to abide by it's de-
cisiOn.
A minimum wage Of $40 week will
be demanded by the United Textile
Workers of America, employed in
woolen mills throughout the country,
it was announced by Organizer
Francis German. The majority of
Boston and South Barre shops are
already paying such wage and are
not affected. 1t is said many Penn
sylvania mills are affected The wage
now being paid averages $34, Ger
man said.
Average earnings of factory work
ers in New York in October were
no h{Uhar thon a >,o,n