Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1925-03-20
WAGE QUESTION
OPENS ARGUMENT
IN MANY STATES

i During the past iNo weeks, The fol-
I lowing adjustments oI matters ia con
troVersy were Feporte,l.
Bonnaa Embroidery Morkers-NeW
I York. y. T.. March l2,-Agrcemeuts $
covering wages and working eCndi-
tions have beer MADE between the
union and thirty seven members of
I the Manufacturers Association ans
/ ls0 independent firms, as the result
Of which business Is nov normal and
operations have been resumed all
along the line.
! Coal and Shirtmakefs-Ph Philadel-
phia, Pa, March l2.--DemandS for
/ the renewal of agreement With
! changes in working conditions was
finally followed BY a strike. Which af-
/ fected upwards OF 1000 elcak aRd
/ shirtmakers of Philadelphia. Pa. An
I adjustment was eHected hN the grant
! ing of the demands and the signing Of
a new agreement which Incorporated
| the changes requested.
! Buttonmakers-~-Ne York. y. Y.
March l2.-An alleged violation #
agreement led to strike involving
four firms and lT5 workers. An ad-
/ justment was promptly affected by
I the HINH4eS " viz AAAAkAiAtE 10 W.
serve all terms OF the agreement.
Electrical Mofkefs - indianapolis.
/ Ind, March l2.--Joufneymen electri-
cal workers Of indianapolis, Ind.
have signed an agreement renewing
last years wages and conditions, un.
der which inside yhopmen and fixture
hangers viii receive increases Of from
eighty and ninety cents to 81 per
hour.
/ U. S. Raincoat Company-New
York, N. V. March l2.--About one
/ hundred strikers thus protested
against an alleged violation of agree
ment by the u. s Raineoat Company,
of New York, N. Y, a company
operating under closed union shop
regulations. which. II MAS charged,
had been sending work to shops moi
In contracturaI relations with the
union. The company denied violating
the agreement and the men returned
TO work.
Plasterers-Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
March 12--in this case the plasterefs
had made demands fer an increase IN
wages. Employers eountered with the
request for a reduction of 81 per day.
An adjustment was reached on the
basis of last years agreement, with
no change in wares OF conditions,
Shoe Manufactures - : Spence
Mass, March i2.-The |. prouty Com
pany, shoe manufacturer, had asked
for reduction of ten per cent in
wages, and the employees struck in
protest. Commissioner Meinstock re
ports that an arrangement has been
made whereby the company withdraws
hte proposed reduction for the pres
ent, readjustments TO take place
later on. The striker have returned
to work TO the nuigaber of six hundred.
Painters, ee ais&eeaur Rapids, IT,,
March 12.-Painters, structural iron
workers, and fathers, In Cedar Rapids,
Iowa, have reached an agreement,
under which wages and working con
ditons of the previous year are re
newed and the iron workers arc grant.
ed a Saturday half-holiday.
Jurisdictiona Trouble -- Indiana
polls, Ind, March l2.--The conciliatof
at Indianapolis, Ind, reports lurls-
diction dispute between the brlcklay-
/ ers and plastererS on certain work be
ing done on the Columbia Club IN
that city. The points in dispute have
| been put in the hands of the national
officers of the unions concerned ana
il is confidently anticipated that an
arrangement will be made whereby
work will be continued without inter
ruption.
Hatters-0range Valley, N. j.
March t2.-The threatened strike OF
700 hatters of the Orange Valley, N.
j., has been ayerted Commissioner
| Mofritt reports that an arrangement
has been made whereby the points IN
dispute are to be carefully con1d-
cred by the manufacturers and the IN.
ternational officers of the hattefs
union.
Colliery Workers-Taylor County
w. Va. March 12.-Following one
day strike. $50 miners at the Gallo
way mine of the Simpson Creek Col
lieries Company in Taylor County,
| W. Va, were back at work the next
day, with operations on union OASIS.
| The strike, called because nearby
mine was working open shop, was
| halted when union officials ordered
the men back 10 work because the
Galloway mine was being operated IN
accordance with the union agreement
Plumbers Apprentices--Dayton, O.'
March IA day school for plump
ers' apprentices will be opened IN
Dayton within few days. The In
stitution will be made possible through
the cooperation of the master and
| iourneymen plumbers. Boys learning
the trade will be required to attend
school half a day during the fve
years of apprenticeship, and win be
/ paid for the time spent at study.
Report of Conciliation--Washing-
ton. March 12.-During the week end
ing February q, 1925, thirteen ne"
cases were referred to the Service Tor
settlement. These compare with thif.
teen and fourteen for the first ana
second weeks preceding. The new
cases involved metal polishers, coat
miners. clothing workers, show work
ers. street car men, building trades,
paper makers, bus drivers, and STOVE
mounters. During the same period
of time seven cases were satisfactorily
adjusted There are now AZ strikes
before the Department for settlement
and % disputes in which the workers
are remaining at work pending efforts
AZ adjustment. making a total number
of So receiving attention.