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Show LABOR NEWS Of ALL COUNTRIES The Central Labor Union, of Toledo, To-ledo, O., has Issued a call to tho unions to nominate candidates for the position posi-tion of arbitrator and conclllntor on the new mnuiclpal board, which has been created at the sugestion of the city solicitor The board Is to consist con-sist of one member of organized labor and one employer, these two to agree upon the third. The board will have no arbitrary powers, but will extend Its good offices aB conciliator or act as an aribtRtor at tlie request of both sides of any controversy arising A special sosslon of the executive board of the State Federation of Ohio recently convened for the purpose of formulating a plan of campaign to support the new constitution just adopted by the constitutional convention. conven-tion. As a result the trade unions of Ohio are about to perfect organization organiza-tion In each county to conduct an effective ef-fective campaign wheroby the constitution consti-tution may receive the support of all trade unions In the state Tho constitution con-stitution carries many provisions that are favorable to labor and It is tho desire of the State Federation that the new constitution be adopted. Tho number of employes of the Austrian Tobacco Monopoly In 1910 was 40,339, leBs than 10 per cent of whom were under 20 years old The average wage was $H3 per annum. In 1S90 there were 33.29G emploes receiving re-ceiving an avorago woge of $70. The low wages are explained by tho fact that many factories employing large number of laborers are situated In the country districts, in small towns where wages are very low and to the fact that nearly six-sevenths of tho employes are women. Of tho totaj number .of employes In 1910, 38,625 worked In factories and the balance In offices and stores Directors of the C'ovoland, Ohio. Chamber of Commerce mot recently to consider a suggestion from the Cleveland Federation of Labor that a rnovoment may be undertaken to bring about 'a closer relationship bo-tween bo-tween capital and labor. The plan Involves naming a tribunal to consider consid-er all labor differences The schorae contemplates the meeting of capital and labor on equal terms with a tribunal trib-unal designed to prevent labor disputes. dis-putes. The object Is to head off btrlkcs and lockouts rather than to attempt to settle them after the striko or lockout has taken effect |