Show GENERAL LABOR NEWS NEVIS union plumbers of fort worth texas voluntarily reduced their dally daily wages from 10 to 0 9 the scale Is effective april 1 contracts for signal find and interlocking plant improvements this year amounting to have been let by the northern pacific rall railway way hoisting engineers of st louis voted to accept a cut in their wages from an hour to cents an hour the reduced scale becomes effective at once mines in Zac atcas are opening again and freight rates are generally more favorable to shippers according to raining mining men in III cl raso who have interests in the mexican state anticipation of a marked decline in business owing to tile the mine strike was given by the lie chicago alton road as a reason for laying off employees of the lie III shops compulsory arbitration of labor disputes lit in norway Is provided for in a IIII bill adopted adopt eil by the lasting the measure Is in tile same form as when it passed the it therefore becomes a law two tio hundred men went nent back to work at the national fireproofing works at hobart II obart ind which has been idle since last fall falli improved business conditions make certain that the plant will he be operated several months idle freight cars on march 15 totaled a decrease of compared with ith the on march 8 according to reports to the american railway hallway association surplus coal cars cara in good repair numbered a decrease of Al members embers of the sheet metal workers union in syracuse N Y voted to accept a wage age cut of from froin 1 an hour to 00 cents the contractors agreed to concessions which will make the working conditions better for the men the new scale will be effet effective lve may 1 this ends a lockout that has been in force for several weeks tile round oak stove works at Dowa glac the biggest concern of its gindin kind in michigan went back to a five day a week schedule for a year the factory has been running three days a week alth with a greatly reduced force other stoie factories at Dowa glac it was indicated would also increase the wor klig week w It hout putting on wore more men wage cuts running as high as 20 per cent in some departments have been submitted by the marlboro mass slice shoe company to its employees A stipulation in tile agreement between the union and the company provides that all mailers pert to a reduction of 0 wages must lie be submitted to tile lie state board of arbitration and conciliation which will be duni done in this case union miners formerly employed by the fairmont morgantown coal company at dear morgantown Morgan tox town n W va lost their fight to retain 1 pos os hession of company houses kiouses alien lien two constables armed with etli eviction warrants and definite instructions to out oust Nho whomever mever unit and wh whatever ateer are lit in tie the houses lock the doors and turn tl hie keys over to jolin john Y hite president of the com company puny beyan began the work employment exchanges in france franca found permanent and temporary employment in 1121 for over JO workers work was found for women and nearly fK general ln la vir ers twenty five per cent of the avac antles title tilled involved a change of evidence esI dence for the lie workers r A new wage nage agreement signed by representatives of the amalgamated Amalgam ted association of street and electric railway employees of america and officers of the manchester N dij street railway hallway company calls for a cut of 5 cents per hour flour lo in wages and 20 per cent reduction ll 11 oer overtime tIme |