The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1927-08-19
GENERAL LABOR NEWS


Carl Berstrom, president OF the
Paving Cutters Union Of the United
States and Canada, Is dead.
The first labor contract under the
Fascist charter Of labor. has been con-
cluded between the miners and mine
owners Of the island Of Elba.
There Is no shortage of farm labor
this year, the Department Of Agricul-
ture announces, declaring the supply
to be 1904 per cent of the demand
The board or directors Of the Order
Of Railway Conductors selected Jack
sonville, Fla, for the next triennial
convention of the order, to be held
in May, 1928.
President Green Of A. f. of L.
pledged undivided support of organ
lied labor to effort to unionize en-
ployees Of subway and elevated lines
in New York city.
Last year the pig iron output Of
Germany increased 1873 per cent,
thanks to the beginning of the reor-
ganization. Germany's steel and iron
exports in 1926 were $114, 100000, rep
resenting AZ per cent of all German
exports.
The last hope of immediate AMIGA
BILE settlement Of the coal mine wage
controversy in any part Of Ohio was
blasted when miners of the Hooking
district refused to meet with operat-
ors In an attempt to agree upon
wage scale
The Ohio coal operators association
meeting definitely declined to accept
the proposal of the Ohio miners' un-
ion for reconvening of the Miami,
| Fla, joint wage conference to con-
| / der wage scale for the entire Gen.
.ral competitive field.
A strike Of 1900 employees Of the
Nited States Gypsum company at
Oakfeld, N. Y, was called of when
the company agreed to restore an
eight-hour day and the employees to
accept 12h per cent instead Of a
70 per cent cut In wages.
In outlining the attitude Of the Pan
American Federation of Labor toward
the peoples in the South American
republics, President Green Of the
American Federation of Labor said
1t was not the purpose Of the feder-
alton to interfere In the political or
domestic affairs Of any country.
The Pennsylvania railroad has Or
dered $4,000 tons Of rails, of which
$4,000 tons went to United States
Steel, 22,5OO to Bethlehem Steel and
$500 to Inland Steel. The Great
Northern also placed orders for $4,000
tons with United States Steel, 1000
with Bethlehem and 5000 with Inland.
Expenses of illness are shown as
the most common cause Of financial
stress among workers, according to a
study Of 1900 credit unions loans
made by Mildred John, fellow in the
research department Of the Women's
Educational and Industrial union,
Boston, Mass, and made public by the
bureau Of labor statistics, Department
of Labor, in the monthly labor review.
Foochow, China, city Of about
100000, first to record somewhat
reliable census Of Its women workers,
reports that all save few hundred
women in wealthy families are EN-.
ployed regularly at some kind OF q
"gainful occupation at wages that av-
erage less than so cents day, Chi.
nese money, or about 20 cents in
American coin.
Demands for wage increases OF from
81 to $3.50 are made by 10000 firemer
and enginemen employed on 45 west
ern railways In document served OF
the Western Managers association o
Railroad Executives by d. B. Robert
son, president of the Brotherhood O.
/ Railway Firemen and Enginemen. Thu
Increase in wages asked for Is esti
mated at S10,000,0O0 annually, and Il
another Of the demands on the 20
class / railroads Of the United State
for wage increases by nearly 2,OOO,O ,OO
employees
Something Like Long Life
When Napoleon retrsated from
Moscow in 1912, was the last time
Ivan Shapkov, Of Lahti, Russia, got
/ drunk, he told census takers recent
ly when he gave them proof that hs
had been born in 1882. As I young
soldier of thirty years Of age, he
helped repel Napoleon's invasion Of
Russia. He is now one hundred
forty-fve years old and enjoying
life and good heath with his sixth
wife. who ID sighty-eioht wears old.