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The Connecticut labor news., 1925-02-28
JURISDlCTIONAL AWARDS BOARD HAS ! PROVED ITS VALUE
So Reports Special Investigating Com. mittee of the Engineering
 Council

By International Labor News Service. New York, Feb. 28.-Five years of trial have shown the worth to labor, to contractors and to the public of the National Board for Jurisdictional Awards in the Building Industry, 1t is found by special investigating com mittee of the American Engineering Council
 As result of the findings of the committee, just made public, the En- gineering Council vii continue its af6liation with the board, to which it has re-appointed as it's representative Rudolph P Miller of New York City, former superintendent of buildings in Manhattan.
 The committee, of which w. E. Bryan, representing the Associated En- gineering Societies of St. Louis, is chairman, asserts that the board, which settles disputes among unions in the building trade, has during the five years of its existence performed valuable service, the benefits of which have accrued nos only to albor, the contractor and the building owner, but to the public as we'll
 The work of the board, according to the committee, has been of definite advantage to that large branch of the engineering profession engaged in the design and construction of building projects The boards decisions, it is said, have helped materially to stabil- ize building conditions, and have en- couraged the investment of new capital in the industry
 The point had been raised among the engineers, the report says, that the board makes decisions which seeming I ly dictate the conditions under which men may or may not work.
 "The committee feels," the report continues, that the broad basic ques- tion of labor unionism is not involved The situation is one which involves a condition and not a theory Any at tempt to restrict the rights of men to work comes from the union as an act precedent to the disputes which are appealed to the board
 "The board is judicial body and has no power to coerce individuals concerned in it's decisions. As mat ter of fact, the labor organizations have voluntarily made themselves amenable to the decisions of the board and have, practically without excep- ton, complied with it's findings
 The committee believes ths engi- neers and architects are fitted both by training and by the nature of their
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The Connecticut labor news., 1925-02-28
MINERS MAKE FIRST
 WAGE AGREEMENT IN COKE INDUSTRY
Covers Workers in the Northern West
 Virginia Field for the First Time in History.

By International Labor News Service.
 Indianapolis, Ind, Feb. 28.-What IS ! said to be the first wage agreement ever negotiated in the coke industry has just been concluded with the Con- so1idation Coal Company by the United Mine Workers of America. The contract is in immediate effect and will run until March 31, 1927, the life of the present Jacksonville wage agree ment. It covers wages for all classes of coke workers in hte northern West Virginia field and vii be felt particu- larly in the Monongah field where the Consolidation Company has large number of coke ovens.
 It is generally agreed that this will be the beginning of the. enlargement of the coke industry in this field.
 The conference at which the agree ment was accepted was held at Fair mont where the general offices of the Consolidation Company are located. C. H. Tarleton, general manager of the company for West Virginia; D. A. Reed, assistant general manager for the district, and H. E. Peters, acting labor commissioner of the Northern West Pirginia Coal Operators Asso- citation, represented the company, and Van H. Bittner, James McCleary, William .Feeney of Brownsville, and James L. Studdard and C. Fremont Davis, international union representa- tives, appeared for the United Mine Workers.
The Connecticut labor news., 1925-02-28
CHILD LABOR FIGHT GREAT AS STRUGGLE
 TOFREE SLAVES
Rabbi Leon Tram of Chicago Deliv- CTS Stirring Sermon On
 Subject.

By International Labor News Service
 Chicago Feb. 28-Scarcely week passes that there is not declaration in favor of the National Child Labor Amendment coming from some Chica- 20 minister, priest or rabbi. The latest sermon the subject here was delivered by Rabbi Leon Tram of Temple Judea. He said, in part:
 "We have just been celebrating the birthday of the great emancipator Abraham Lincoln. The whole nation delights to give honor to tie man who redeemed our land from the shame of slavery.
 "We of this generation are also en- gagged in a great struggle for eman- cipation of the child slave. A half million boys and girls, many of them under IA years of age, are employed in the mines, mills and factories ot this, the wealthiest country in the world. Thousands of them are work ing at night, and more than eight hours day. They are being denied the natural rights of chifd's education, play and mental and physical upbuild- ing.
 dust as Abraham Lincoln was told that emancipation of slaves was against the Constitution, against the tauS nf nature and even against the will of God as expressed in the Bible, so the champions of the American child are being solemnly cautioned to- day that grant of power to Congress to legislate for the protection of the child is an act against the integrity of the Constitution, the rights of states, the honor of the home and individual liberty.
The Connecticut labor news., 1925-02-28
MINERS WILL NOT ACCEPT ANY CUTS
 IN WAGE SCALES
President Lewis Tells Operators to That Effect After Bief Tour
 of the virginias.

By International Labor News Service Indianapolis, Ind, Feb. 26-John r. Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers of America, and Philip Mur- ray, vice-president, have just returned from brief tour of the West Virginia coal fields of north West Virginia. A number of towns where the miners have been evicted from their homes were visited. The visit went long way in strengthening the morale of the strikers who are making determined effort to win in the fight against gigantic reduction in wages.
 A number of operators of the North ern West Virginia field called on the Hotel in Fairmont President Lewis took occasion to explain to the oper- ators that it would be impossible for the United Mine Workers to chanpe its policy relative to the wage question.
 T have checked up on every angle of the situation here," MT. Lewis told the operators, and mwell satisfied with which the business of the United Mine Workers is being conducted by the representatives in the field. The aggressive campaign of resistance to the operators who have broken their agreement with the United Mine Workers and others will be continued.
 "The agreement made at Baltimore between hte Northern West Virginia Coal Operators Association and our organization on the basis of no reduc- tion in wages will be protected with the full influence of the international union. The same is true as regards the agreement made in New York by and between the Monongahela Coal Operators Association and the United Mine Workers of America.
 Regardless of any statement being made to the contrary there will be no change in the policy of the United Mine Workers of America upon the question of wage reductions. The fu- ture success of the coal industry and of our nation does not lie along the books, gl1nmen and >sluggers camou- f1aged as detectives" and imported to act as strikebreakers would be com pelled to register with local police authorities upon their arrival in community, and their acts of violence and other unlawful acts more readily
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The Connecticut labor news., 1925-02-28
PASSES
 POSTAL EMPLOYES
 PAY INCREASE BILL
Senate Accepts the House Substitute For It's Own Bill and Measure
 Goes to President

Washington, Feb. 28-The postal pay and rate increase bill received final Congressional approval Thursday and now goes to the President.
 The conference report, practically substituting the House bill for that passed by the Senate, was accepted by the Senate after short debate.
 The vote was 69 to F. eight Demo crats and four Republicans voting against the conference report The Republicans were BoraI, Idaho: Brookhart, Iowa; Howell, Nebraska; and Norbeck, South Dakota The Democrats were Bruce, Maryland; Doal, South Carolina George, Georgia; Glass, Virginia Harrison, Mississippi; Pittnlan, Nevada; Swanson, Virginia and Underwood, Alabama
 The measure provides for an aver age increase of about $500 annually in postal employees salaries, effective as of January l, this year, and increases postal rates, effective April IS. next, to raise about s60,000, 900 of the S68I 100000 required for the pay advances.
 The salary increases are the same as carried in the measure passed at the last session and vetoed by President Coolidge, with the rate advances added, however, administration leaders are hopeful the bill will receive Presiden- tial approval
 While no time limit is, placed on hte rate increases, the bill idss for joint congressional comfl con duct hearings this summer view to recommending further rN h of these schedules at the next session
The Connecticut labor news., 1925-02-28
CAN'T STRIKE BOBS UP AGAIN
 IN HARTFORD
Lively Hearing Held On the Bill On Thursday, With Manufacturers
 For and Labor Against It.

Hartford. Feb 28.--A hearing was held on the bill known to Organized Labor as the Cant Strike" measure, before the legislative committee on labor in the Senate chamber of the Capitol Thursday afternoon.
 One William Sin1ons of New Haven, said to be organizer of the Workers Party of Connecticut, denounced the manufacturers of Connecticut as class of capitalists who were bearing down on the laboring classes so hard that the reaction was multiplying the Len ines in this state.
 He said that tae goal was to have the factories owned and operated by the workers in the factories for hte mutual benefit of the workers.
 The bill, as in the past. was intro duced by the Manufacturers Associa- ton and was described by MT. Wells, (the manufacturers attorney) as CO., dification of requirements already made by the common law.
 Nearly all the leaders of Organized Labor of the state attended the hear ing to register protest against the measure.
 John w. Murphy, president of the New Haven Trades Council. was pres ent to represent that body, and had verbal battle with Mr. Wells, ii, the course of which MT. Wells disclosed that the purpose of the bill was to give employers, whether public or private, the right to bring injunctions to re strain labor unions or others from from striking.
 Patrick F. O'Meara, president of the Connecticut Federation of Labor. said that the purpose was odeprive the la Dor unions of their only weapon. Mr Wells pointed out that the way to settle differences between capital and labor was through arbitration.
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The Connecticut labor news., 1925-02-28
TRADE UNIONS THRIVE DESPITE
 LABOR EATERS
San Francisco American Planners" Score Complete Failure in War
 Against Organized Labor
By FREDERICK w. ELY Staff Correspondent, International
 Labor News Service.


 San Francisco, Feb 28.-Quite re- gently there appeared in several daily newspapers published in eastern cities report that "San Francisco is now an 'open-shop' city" These reports" emanate from the Industrial Association. the so-called American plan" organization of this city, and the wish therein contained is father to the thought, but these alleged reports are absolutely false and with out foundation in fact
 For nearly three years the Indus trial Association of San Francisco has been fighting the unions" with the following results:
 Not single union has been put out of existence.
 Many new unions have been organ ized.
 There are more unions in this city operating under union-shop agree ment than there were before the ad- vent of the so-called American plan ners."
 Wages have increased and, in some cases ,hours of labor have been re- duced.
 Every first class hotel and cafe in this city has been 100 per cent union ized. St
 The numerical strength of the San Francisco Labor Council and the San Francisco Building Trades Council and their affiliated unions is far greater to- day than ever before in their history.
 The San Francisco Building Trades Council has paid off a mortgage of $45 ,O00 on the Building Trades Temple.
 At municipal and state elections dur ing the past three years every candi- date sponsored by organized labor was elected by an overwhelming majority vote of the candidates of the "Amer- ican planners"
 The Labor Day edition of Organ ized Labor" the official journal of the San Francisco and State Building Trades Councils of California, was the largest edition in the 25 years of it's existence, containing PA pages-the largest Labor Day edition of any labor paper published last yaer in the United States-and was made possible because of the friendly attitude of it's adver- tisers-the merchants and other busi- ness men of this city.
 Two of the largest daily newspapers adopted the policy of publishing a daily column of labor news, which have
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The Connecticut labor news., 1925-02-28
MINERS IN w. VA. DEMAND WAGE SCALE
 IN ORDER TO LIVE
Jacksonville Agreement Must Be Lived Up to Before Men
 Can Return to Work.

By International Labor News Service. Indianapolis, Ind.l Feb. 28-Stri<ing miners in West Virginia are not de handing higher wages to be captious. The Hare demanding the Jacksonville wage scale in order to live.
 The international union has figures showing exactly what pay miner must have in order to meet the end of the year clear of debt. A miner at Longacre, w Va, who keeps family of five recently submitted his budget for year.
 Taking the 1917 wage scale basis, which some operators are offering. and working SIS days out of the 365, which is unusual even in West Virginia, at the rate of A cents ton for loaders, the average miner would load 10 tons Ia day, or 3,130 tons in 313 days, which would total S1,377.2O gross. From this deduct his overhead expense of $274 for house rent, gas and electric light bills, doctor, hospital and burial fund, carbide, blasting powder, etc.
 Tn addition there must also be de- ducted $S03 for food, clothing, shoes, school supplies and all other inciden- ta1s not including union dues and lodge dues. This sum IS computed on basis pathway of reducing the earning pow CT of the mine worker and forcing him into economic degradation"
 In respect to the conditions in the Fairmont field President Lewis said, after his tour of inspection, that he was "astounded at the preparations made to intimidate ,coerce and brow beat our people by the non-union coal companies at Grant Town, Barracks vile and Dakota. could not believe my eyes when I saw searchlights and machine guns mounted and swash- buckling gunmen parading around It seems stronge that these conditions coudl prevail in civilized community. As saw these things I just wondered what these non-union coal operators wouldn't dol"
 President Lewis announced that the work of organizing the Fairmont field would continue.
The Connecticut labor news., 1925-02-28
Eight-Hour Day
 Regains Loss In
 German Industries
By International Labor News Service,

Washington, D. C., Feb. 28.- More press service of the International Fed eration of Workers, with headquarters at Amsterdam, Holland, says:
 At a joint Belgium and German trade union conference which was held few days ago, to discuss the com mercial treaty between the two na- tions, and the eight-hour day, special emphasis was laid on the fact that the violation of the eight hour day in Germany is welcomed by the Belgian industrialists as useful way of set ting Belgian workers against their German comrades. The restoration of the eight-ho day is therefore of the greatest importance for the workers of both countries.
 The recent inquiry instituted by the German National Center shows, however, that the eight-hour day is gradually being restored. Only in the heavy industry of Rhenish Westphalia QOeS the SlludIlOu HI IOSdlu lO WOA N- ing hours give-rise to serious anxiety, and this is due to the pressure of the occupation and to the universal pow erty of the population. The following reference to conditions in this district occurred in Vorwarts few days ago : The inquiries of the National Trade Union Center show that at present the heavy industry is the chief offender in disregarding the eighthour day. When the three-shift system has been re- stored in that industry, there will be no serious obstacle in the way of the ratification of the Washington conven. tion.'
 "A hopeful feature in the situation is moreover, the fact that the social committee of the Provisional Economic Council has after weeks of discus sion adopted a proposal to recommend to the ministry of labor that from March 1st next all blast furnaces, and all coal bye-product and coke works should come under the scope of Article 7 of the Decree on Working Hours. The Economic Council has thus pro- nounced in favor of a return to the three-shift system (of eight hours each) in the heavy industry"
 WISDOM
The Connecticut labor news., 1925-02-28
N. Y. GARMENT MAKERS BEGIN BIG
 SPRING DRIVE
Expect to Win Better Conditions nj the Trade By Regular Spring
 Activity.

By International Labor News Service
 New York, Feb. 28.-As certain a hamburger of the approach of spring as the groundhog Is revolt in the garment industry. Usually at this time there IS a wave of strikes in the largest in dustry of this city-the making of women's clothing. This year is no ex- 'ception. Spring is approaching, for there IS not one but two strikes. Things are shaping up also that with the arrival of the new seasons work even the important cloak industry may become involved in another altercation
 Just now some 15,000 workers, 95 per cent. girls in the children's dress and the house dress, kimona and bath! robe making trades, are on strike. 1t IS in the nature of an organization movement to extend the union to smaller shops and also to win 20 per cent. wage increase. The District Council of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union is in charge.
 Similarly some 5000 workers in the important dress trades are moving forward to extend the union agree ment to independent shops. This is the group that two years ago estab- lished the 40-hour, fve-day week, the first trade to do so in the United States
 The new agreement calls for unenl- ployment insurance and guaranteed average as we'll as minimum wages. This. is one of the most interesting ad vances that has yet been made in collective agreement by union labor. A majority of these workers also are girls
The Connecticut labor news., 1925-02-28
ORGANIZED FARMERS BACK FIGHT OF UNION
 WORKERS CAUSE
Have Joined Hands With City Work srs of LouisviIle, Ky, i'm Fight
 On -Open Shop"

By International Labor News Service.
 Louisville, Ky, Feb. 28.-Organized farmers and organized city workers have joined hands here to fight "open shop conditions on the new Kentucky Hotel, now in course of erection at Fifth and Walnut streets.
 Fifteen building trades unions have removed their workers from the new hotel, in protest against an attempt to put up the building under "open shop" conditions. The job is tied up tight and at no time in the history of the Louisville Building Trades Council has there been more thorough and effec- tive demonstration of the solidarity of the building workers in uniting against the "open shop"
 The Jefferson County Farmers Union lost no time in declaring for support of the strike, adopting the fol- lowing resolution:
 Whereas the workers of the build ing industry have declared a strike against the Kentucky Hotel because of unfairness in handling the agreement between the owners, the contractors, and the union men employed in its construction, and
 Whereas the trades union movement of this city and state have. gone on record in support of the Farmers Union, to the end that workers on the farm, and workers in industrial centers can help each other in their struggles against common enemy who seek to break down the organized labor move ment and at the same time further en- slave the farmer; therefore be it
 Resolved, That we, the farmers of the Jefferson County Farmers Union, go on record indorsing the Louisville building trades mechanics in their struggle for justice and assure them that we will do ali in our power to assist them in winning their fight for justice and square deal"
The Connecticut labor news., 1925-02-28
ILL. LEGISLATURE MAY CURB ACTIVITIES
 OF DETECTIVES
Strong Effort to Be Made to Enact a Law Providing for Licensing of
 Private Agencies.
By JOSEPH A. WISE Staff Correspondent, International Iahor News Service


 Chicago, Feb. 28.-It is probable that another strong effort will be made to enact law providing for the licensing and regulation of private detectives and agencies at the present session of the Illinois General Assembly.
 A bill for that purpose was defeated at the 1923 session. It made it un- lawful for any person to act as pri- vate detective, or engage in the busi- ness of furnishing special or private detectives without a license issued by the secretary of state. It also required such persons to register with the local police department or the sheriff of the county in which they might operate, and prescribed license fees and penal ties.
 Law Would Hit Strike Breakers.
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The Connecticut labor news., 1925-02-28
Most Homes Badly Lighted, Eye-Saving
 Council Reports
By International Labor News Service.

New York, Feb. 28.-Most of the nations homes are badly lighted, 1t is asserted by the Eyesight Conservation Council of America in a report disclos- ing conditions in school, household and workshop, and asserting that mans ef- forts to do the work of the sun are in human happiness.
 The kitchen is regarded by conserva- tionists as a prolific source of vision de fleets because 1t has too often been ne glected in home lighting plans
 "One reason for the prevalent bad ligh ting" according to the council, 'is that in a great many homes the lighting equipment has not been changed to keep pace with the rapid development in the art of lighting.
 "A great many of these old residences are rented and the occupants are reluct- ant to make improvements at their own expenses, even though they recognize the inadequacy of the faulty illunina- ton.
 One of the most common evils found in home lighting is the bare lamp. It is usually so low as to be directly in the line of vision, causing eyestrain, at the same time providing poor illumination. There are specially designed fixtures for correcting not only this condition but also the many other objectionable fea- lures of old style equipment.
 Where the present installment does not provide sufficient light, portable lamps in great variety are available and can be used advantageously. Floor lamps, table lamps and small ornament al lamps in addition to augnenting the lighting are appreciated by the house. holder because of their hexibility and decorative value.
 Although the essential requirement of lighting in the home is the elimina- ton of eyestrain, the decorative possi- bilities should not be overlooked. The most pleasing and comfortable effect is produced by sl1illfully combining utility and ornamentation.
 Artistic shades and colored lights are mediums of expressing individuality Ill furnishing our homes. However, great care should be taken in the use of co1ored lights, in order not to defeat their real purpose. Colored lamps and dimly shaded lamps are not intended for reading and close work, for eye strain is caused by improper and insuf- hcient light"