The Carbon County chronicle. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1924, 1924-07-09

opened at Great Falls when $4,000 |
of the 100000 capital stock OF the
Northern National bank was turned
over by former owners to the repre-
sentatives of the Great Falls labor
unions and the railroad labor organi-
cations having headquarters In that
city.
The League of German Labor Unions
issued call for May day demonstra-
tions, which said they should be held
only where they would be without Sc
rious damage TO the workers. and the
call omitted the usual demand for in
ternationnl reconciliation and perma-
nent peace.
Joseph r. Valentines resignation as
president of the international Mold
ers union and the succession of MI
chae ]. Koch of New York was an
nounced. 1t is understood Mr.. Vaien-
tine, long In failing health, will also
resign MS Vice president of the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor.
In the first nine months of 1923
Great Britain lost 20.509 skilled
craftsmen from It's metal and engi-
neering trades through emigration.
and 2.207 of these have taken up per
manent residence in the United States,
according to an official statement In
the house of commons
The Carnegie Steel company has re
ceived a contract for 5000 tons Of
steel material from the Newport News
Shipbulldng company, to be used In
steamships being constructed by the
Clyde line
Refusal TO join In q movement TO
extend industrial unionlsm among rail-
way workers was one of the recisions
of Division 4. Railway Employees de
partment Of the American Federation
of Labor. representing about $500
shopmen Of the Canadian railways, in
session at Montreal.
The lead belt OF ST. Francis county.
Mo-. was threatened with suspension
of lend ore production following
strike of miners employed In shafts
3 and Of the ST. Joseph Lead COM
pany's mine at Flat River. The gem
eral cause Of the dlsafection was the
objection of the men to scales the COM
pany has been using TO weigh ore.
An agreement extending the present
wage scale until March 81. 1927 was
reached by representatives OF the Mo-
pnnvohafo roof oococIotfor opt Cnf,
Coal District 10. United Mine Workers
OF America. The terms were the same
MS those of the Baltimore conference
wage scale agreement between the
northern West Virginia coal operators
and the miners union Mt Baltimore.
Operators representing about thirty
coal mines In the Kanawhn field held
a conference at Cincinnati and decided
to break Off all negotiations with the
union. AT least for the present. They
agreed that innsmuch as there Is no
pressing demand for coal. they would
make no effort to operate their mines
| for time
| The Washington Cd. CO. Master
Builders and Contractors association
| voted 10 forbid their boss plasterers TO
pay any Increased wages. lower work
ing hours or give bonuses. The union
| men, who are asking $14 day instead
| OF Sl2 and who want the working
week reduced from five and one-half
days to five days. Ind announced that
their demands would he insisted on
A wage reduction Of l2h per cent
has been reported from one Connect.
cut MILL but no general wage reduc-
tion movement has yet started.
A movement has been started In
Utah to raise fund Of 100000 for
the support Of the widows and other
dependents of the ITO miners who
lost their lives in the recent catastro
phe In the Castlegate mine.
The strike Of six crafts of railroad
shop mechanics Of the Boston & Milne
railroad. which hegan July l. 1920. was
called of by the union Of the federated
crafts. effective April 7. Financial
Inability 10 prolong the struggle fur
| AltFf WIS FlNFb no TIE ittr'iu iNf INK
unions action
i Boxing Is work or employment. al
least. according 70 the Ohio stnte in
dustral commission. when II decided
10 pay the medical expenses Incurred
nv Mrs Gertrude Davidson when sh'
broke her arm during a pugilIstic OK
hlhltion In Cincinnati theater las
! November
! Another outbreak Of labor troubles
in Great Britain Is threatened by M
election Of A. J. Cook. lender ~ III
radical faction Of the South Wales dis
trict as secretary of the Nnriona
Miners federation, succeeding Franz
Hodges. NJ. r. Cook was formerly
Baptist preacher. The miners are nov
demanding a wage Increase
A total Of aS6Ooo employees yer
on the pay rolls Of 1929 representative
United States factories ut the end o
Inst year. as against 2.016Oo0 an No
verlher 20 and lR7T 0(ll nj the pi,a O