The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1928-08-31
LABOR NOTES

The automotive industry In all, It's
branches in the United States EN-
ploys 100000 persons, or 10 per
cent Of the country's population.
Edward J. Evans, international vice
president of the Brotherhood of Elec-
trical Workers and a national figure
in organized labor, died at Chicago of
heart disease.
The Mexican government depart
ment of national statistics announced
figures showing that only 16 strikes
occurred in 1927, with only 1000 EN-
ployees affected.
James Gilboy, secretary of the Metal
Trades union, was elected an interna.
tional vice president of the Technical
Engineers, Architects and Draftsmen's
union In convention at Washington.
In 1852, the bookbinders became
part of the International Topographic
cal union, which at the beginning en-
braced the entire printing industry
The bookbinders left the |. Z. u. In
1892 and formed the present organi-
zation.
The Ohio Coal Operators associa-
ton, representing a majority Of the
employing coal companies OF the state,
declared 1t would not abandon its
open SHOP policy and would have no
further negotiations with the United
Mine Workers of America.
Both the government unemploy-
ment commission and local unemploy
ment committees care for the unem-
ployed in Sweden, the Department of
Labor says In review just made pub
lie of recent consular information on
unemployment In that country
Fewer miners were on strike and
less days lost by miners on ac-
count of strikes and lockouts in the
Pennsylvania anthracite coal fields In
1927 than in any of the five preceding
years, according to figures made pub
lie by the bureau of mines of the De-
partment of Commerce.
An industry employing 200 was
started when fires were lighted under
the kiln of the new Keystone Port
land Cement plant by Fred B. Franks,
its founder and builder. The mill, a
100000 enterprise, is unique in that
1t Is the first cement plant In America
equipped with German machinery.
The first labor union organized by
city employees in Reading, Pa, has
been established by 80 municipal
workers under the title of Reading
Workers Union" The move is the
sequel to cityWide Join the union"
campaign, in which various city off,
cials, members Of the Socialist admin
istration now in control Of city affairs,
are interested.
The Cornell mill at Fall River,
Mass, which employs 900 operatives,
has closed down for an indefinite pc
rlod, ostensibly because of poor busi-
ness. Recently the Cornell, which was
formerly engaged on coarse print cloth
yarn goods, changed over TO the man
ufacture of line of semifancy goods,
and had been running an overtime
Shift up TO few weeks ago.
Through the efforts of the Veterans
club OF the Louisville & Nashville
railroad, a group insurance pension
plan has been created and placed at
the disposal OF all employees of that
road which represents one of the
largest single transactions ever en-
tered into by a life insurance COM
pany In this country, according to an
nouncement by the Inter-Southern
Life Insurance company, In which the
pension policies will be written.
The hymn singing" injunction re-
straining union miners from singing
near the mines of the Clearfeld Bi-
luminous Coal corporation at Rossi-
ter Pa, has been made permanent.
Under the injunction miners who were
idle during the long suspension Of
union mining may not gather near the
company property to sing songs,
which the Clearf1eld corporation
claimed intimidated nonunion miners.
The Kansas public service commits
sion refused to reopen the long-train
case. After long hearing in the
brOtherhoods were seeking to compel
shortening Of trains to about seven
ty-f1ve cars or the development Of a
new system of signaling, the commits
sion directed the railroads to try to
work out a new signaling system. The
railroads obtained a Supreme court
ruling that the order was too indef-
mite. The trainmen then sought to
have the case reopened.
A cut of 2k per cent In the wages
Of British railroad workers and off,
cials, including directors of compa-
nies, was accepted after a three-day
conference between railroad mana
gers and railroad trades union lead
ers. The wage cut was necessitated
by the decline In industry's revenue.
At the same time the railroad compa-
MES undertake to provide full-time
work wherever possible for workers
governed by national agreements.
More than 100000 railroad workers
are affected by this provision.