The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1929-11-01
GENERAL LABOR NEWS

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men and women are employed in the
post offices throughout the country.
An eight-hOur day for sailors Is the
| principal item of the agenda Of spe-
cial maritime session Of the Interna-
tional Labor conference at Geneva.
Operating capacity of steel mills In
the Chicago district has increased, ac-
cording to Bradstreet's weekly review
OF Chicago trade The rate is now
called 80 per cent of capacity.
The New York Central railroad an
nounced that 1t Is acquiring 35 new
locomotives, 30 passenger and baggage
cars, and 4,370 freight cars of various
types at total cost of $1O,2OO,OOO.
The label trades department of the
American Federation Of Labor laid
plans for additional Union label pro-
motion work and expressed utmost
satisfaction with the achievements of
the year.
Union workers at tie Warren Man.
ufacturing companys cotton mill.
Providence. r. l., have accepted
longer working day Instead of six
S-hour shifts, they will work five days
of 8 1-3 hours
According to Facts for Workers.
the Labor Bureau, Inc, there were but
TO advances in wage scales In Septem-
Der. This Is the lowest total number
or Increases for any month since
April of this year.
The drift of industrial development
In the United States is toward the
Middle West and South, and to the
Pacific coast, it Is revealed by the
newest data prepared by the United
States Commerce department.
The unemployed insurance law,
which for time threatened to break
up the German cabinet, was passed In
the reichstag by vote of 23S against
155. The law provides for certain in
creases in doles for the unemployed
Miners in the Pottsville (Pa.) re-
gion are mostly working full time to
meet the squirt In anthracite demand.
If this trend keeps up, 1t is estimated
the miners will have $2,0O0,000 more
to spend at Christmas than last year.
new labor court has been re-
Gently inaugurated In DanZig, Ger.
many, which has Jurisdiction In all
disputes arising from the relations Of
employees and employers, exclusive
OF that OF the ordinary courts of law.
Houstons (TeXas) trades and labor
council Is expanding with the rest Of
the city into larger headquarters. Five
upper floors in building which Is be-
Ing remOdeled and fireproofed have
been leased by the union body for ten
years at $4,000 total rent.
The Boston Il Maine railroad an
nounced that approximately 450 signal
men had been granted an increase In
wages OF Az cents an hour under a
new agreement which was accepted
after series Of conferences between
representatives of the road and the
employ yees.
The international convention Of the
wood, wire and metal lathers' union
passed resolution making the five-
day working week effective for the IT,
600 members OF this union, beginning
July /, 1880. 1t Is estimated that
about half of the union fathers Of the
entire country already are on the fve-
day week
A cigar factory with an annual pay
roll Of near $4,00O,0OO has fallen into
Kansas City's Industrial lap. The
new industry Is the American Cigar
company, and the total investment Of
the company In Kansas City will be
S3OOO,OO0. The factory Will employ
regularly 2,9O0 persons. of whom
$500 will be women and girls.
Two Newburg Und.) mines were
Idle, following a walkout Of about 80
miners over wage dispute. Only
one mine, the House mine, which en-
pleys only few men, remained in
operation in Newberg. The men are
asking 20-cent increase per ton. on
loading, and 81 increase for day labor,
the present wage being 60 cents per
ton and $3.50 day rate.
William Green, president of the
American Federation Of Labor. has
appealed for cooperation by all the
workers Of America to remedy unem-
ployment caused by the development
OF machinery. Speaking before a ses-
sion Of the International Association
OF General Chairmen Of the Brother
hood OF Railway Trainmen, he said
that thousands Of workers were being
displaced.
Differences between the Interna-
tlonal Union Of Operating Engineers
and the Chicago local of the organiza-
tion, brought about by recent ANAL
gamation of two locals In Chicago,
have been ironed out by the building
trades department OF the American
Federation Of Labor, 1t was announced
at Toronto, where the federation was
In annual session. The argument
sprang from the acceptance by the
new organization Of certain groups
not considered within the territory Of
the Chicago local.