The Carbon County chronicle. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1924, 1924-05-02

BY vote Of SIG IL 262, members
Of Typographical Union No. 8, at New
York. decided to accept the offer of
the newspaper publishers with regard
TO wages In the composing rooms of
the New York newspapers. The print
drs receive an Increase of So week
In wages for the six months from jan
uary to July 1, 1924; an additional
dollar from July /. 1924, TO January /.
| 1928, and another dollar from January
1, 1925, to July /. 1926. The new con-
| tract does not meet the printers origi-
nal demand for a shorter workday.
! IT runs for thirty months.
Slackening In steel-mill operations
| In the Youngstown (Ohio) district ap-
| parently has been checked, tempo
rarily at least. While steel production
shows a slight increase-the first In
four weeks-operation of finishing
mills were curtailed somewhat, leav-
ing the industry as a whole operating
at about So per cent Of capacity.
To cut down expenses AGO employees
OF the Nashville, Chattanooga 4 St
Louis railway shops at Nashville,
Tenn, were laid off. The layoff is in
definite, although officials hope that
the men may be recalled within
month. The force includes about 200
mechanics and 260 helpers and I'M
skilled laborers.
Due to the recent depressed condi-
lions in the shipping industry. which
have been responsible for curtail-
ment In the demand for new ships, the
New York Shipbuilding corporation, In
: an effort to keep all Of its plants In
active operation, has converted one OF
Its fabrlcating shops into q structural
steel department
The League Of Nations is working
out a pension scheme for Its employ
ees. The tentative plan provides for
employees contributing s per cent Of
their annual salaries, the league treas
ury to contribute similar amounts. On
y retirement the employee would receive
the accumulated fund, plus interest
President w. M. Pettee Of the Con
cord IN. HI Carpenters union an
nounced that the union has accepted
compromise offer of so cents an hour
t offered by the contractors. with assur
y ance OF an additional Increase to "
: cents next year. The carpenters asked
for 90 cents an hour.
Il Bills for the creation Of minimum
wage board and establishment Of AZ
p hour working week for women ant
children In Industrial and mercantile
# establishments were killed when tn
l. New York assembly refused TO direc
o n committee to report them.
- Representatives of the St. Loui
City Firemen's union informed Comp
troller Nolte that the organization. b
a vote Of 7 to l. had rejected the offe
" Of a s15 per month raise for all fire
men up to and including the rank @
Mt captain.
I'd Car builders and inspectors VIII
h went on strike from the Boston
Maine in the shopmen's strike. tw
years ago. met at Chariestown an
=" voted not TO accept Immediately III
&c declaration Of the system federntio
nd executive committee that the strike
We officially ended
he The Bethlehem Shlpbuildlng corp
in ration is considering plans for the Co
struction Of a ship repair plant ar
lrnn and steel works at Honolulu.
~ A strike by union stevedores. true
- lrivers and other wharf laborers
m Havana, Cuba. arose over workil
TIC conditions.
q" The general swing toward Lab6
Use which showed In the West Australia
tic elections a short time ago, was acce
ma tuated In the recent South Australia
elections. Labor gained conslderat
ars and probably VIII form a ministry U
~ der John Gum. formerly a driver
an Aernted Water company's wage
,rd since its declaration on July |. 10
80 the shopmen's strike. involving appr'
-, imately 100000 employees on vir
NO ally every railroad in the Unit
WI States. has cost the railroads aht
led 112o,000 900. according to estimnl
prepared by railrond executives