The Carbon County chronicle. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1924, 1924-07-30

Four hundred buys between the ages
Of sixteen and twenty-one years are
now enrolled In the plumbers appren-
tIceshIp class ut the Lane Technical
High school in Chicago.
The rank and file OF the United
! Nine Workers Of America ratified the
I new wage scuie agreement. assuring
pence In the bitumInous Industry for
three years. The vote was i64.e58 TO
/ 26,153.
Eight men. all snid TO be members
Of the garment workers union. were
! charged with conspiracy 10 do an un-
lawful act nnd malicious mischief In
nm Indictment returned by the grand
jury In Chicago.
I Farm wages averaged higher in the
United States last year than In 1920.
The Department of Agriculture an
nounces that lart years average WIS
xS.l8 month with board. compared
with S29.i7 In 1879.
The first general Increase since
June. 1923. in employment In manu-
featuring Industries In the United
States was registered In February by
the Department OF Labor BaEed on
reports from s.222 establishments In
81 industries. there WAS .sn Increase
of ct per cent in the pay roll totals.
Replying to published reports that
wage reduction In Fall River cot
ton mills WAS pending as a means
81 reopening many plants al present
closed. Charles II. Smith. secretary
of the Fall River Cotton Manufac-
/ turers' association. has issued a state
ment denying thar wage reductions had
been discussed by thar body Curtail-
ment Of operations in Fall River mills
at present is estimated M 40 per cent.
Weekly salaries ~ S11l will prub-
ably he the usual thing for Chicago
Civic Opera orchestra musicians next
senson by virtue Of new agreement
entered into between the union and
the management Of the opera. The
raise in pay schedules is from SIT 10
$9l weekly for performances. and from
81 10 xI.2A an hour for rehearsals.
with the stipulation that $40 be paid
each player every rehearsal. whether
the two hours In consumed In work or
not
With the attention Of the basic build
ting trades In Chicago focused on wnge
negotiations Of brickIayers and pins
terers. officials OF the Journeymen
Plumbers union took the initiative of
breaking the wage boost jam by an
nouncing the retention Of the plumb
ers' present rate Of t1.25 an hour until
June l. 1925. The majority Of basic
trades have embodied In their agree
ments q clause which specifies q wage
rnse equal to fhe highest paid trsde
With the exception Of bricklHyers and
pIasterers. the other trades are willing
20 retain the existing 81 20 an hour
scale
Elimination ~ the i2-hour day In
the nlnnfS of fhe United States Steel
corporation hns been completed. &C
cortlng to the annual report OF Ebert
Fl. Gary. chairman Of the board OF d.
rectors. The eight-hour system, par
TALLY inaugurnted a year ngo. went
Into general effect on February I. the
report disclosed Other stee manu-
farturers are working on a similar
hnsis The wage rates ~ employees
whose day was reduced from ~ 10 s
hours were adjusted 40 as to AFFORD
compensation equivalent to an increase
nf 25 per cent In tie hourly and base
rates previously paid Mr.. Gary de-
cIared.
A two-year agreement, giving all
members Of the Chicago Retail Clerks
unlnn fiat wage increase of "a
week. was signed by officers OF the
Cook County Retail Merchants asso-
citation The minimum wages under
the old agreement ranged from $3.50
10 $40. depending on the class Of goods
handled by the clerks The local uniea
has ESQ members
Formation OF a farmer1 union No.
been started by the Lake County (xil)
Mnk Producer association II viii
include the milk producers Of uiinc1s
nh xurroundfnw sfafeA