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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1902
Page
9
The Denver News notes the stubborn grit of a defender who urges continued resistance whether victory comes or not. It mentions Willams, J. B. Madsen company, J Ww. Schiller, W. F. and claims business neglect of the past is being pressed into union ranks by many.
The piece denounces 10 to 15 hour workdays as murder by slow starvation through starvation wages. It argues excessive hours shorten life and labels such practices murder, criticizing competitive systems that drive employers to impose harsh labor conditions.
Robert E. McLean urges a united push by national international and local unions to shorten the workday. He argues child and slave labor must end and claims lower hours can be achieved without new laws, through organized collective action.
Chicago molders press the campaign against the 5 non signatories after last year’s strike. Seven of twelve shops have already been brought to time, with Gates Iron works cited as the main holdout. Iron molders seek 3 dollars per day for ten hours amid union efforts following a Detroit conference on nine hour days in the Fifth district.
The annual report of North Carolina’s commissioner of labor details 276 mills in the state with 1 680 202 spindles 36 052 looms and 3 905 machines using 75 202 horsepower. It records 45 044 workers including 7 936 children under 14 and notes literacy rates 82 percent for adults 66 percent for children. Wages vary from 20 cents per day for children to 2 28 dollars for men and 1 10 for women with highest and lowest averages for operatives.
Chicago unions of the Amalgamated Woodworkers International Union report unprecedented progress in their drive to unite craft workers across shops. Leaders say solidarity strengthens bargaining power and aims to improve wages work conditions and apprenticeship opportunities nationwide.
The National Association of Letter Carriers approves a pension system for 30 years service or 30 years membership, or at age 65. Retirement certificates will be issued with annual sums and monthly premiums. Amounts include 500 dollars yearly for a 6.70 dollar monthly rate, 400 dollars yearly for 5.35, 300 dollars for 4, and 200 dollars for 2.70. Payments begin January 1, 1903 with operation starting then.
Boot and shoe manufacturers in Montreal have agreed to a three step dispute resolution plan. Workers appoint a board of complaint while employers designate a conciliation board. If needed, a three member arbitration court will decide, with one member from each side and a third chosen by the other two.
The push by boss and journeyman barbers, retail clerks, market tenders, and shop owners across downtown Chicago to close stores on Sundays gains momentum with influence from church ministers who urge Saturday shopping.
The Scelley McCune Manufacturing Company of West Newton plans moving its plant to McKeesport within three months. The new facility will employ about 75 men and over 100 young women with a monthly payroll near $3 500. Six acres were bought between McKeesport and Versailles station for the relocation.
The Jersey City Typographical Union No. 94 reports an orderly settlement of a new wage scale. Newspaper wages rise from 18 to 21 dollars weekly and job work from 15 to 18 dollars, with negotiations completed without any time loss.
A Wisconsin Federation report shows child workers growing faster than adults with unions influencing reforms. In 1900 four thousand seven hundred fifty six children under sixteen were employed across 290 factories in the state.
Circulars issued by Local 281 and the United Brotherhood of Carpenters urge locals to vote to move the headquarters from Philadelphia to Indianapolis. The Merchants' Association of Philadelphia asks unions to keep the headquarters in Philadelphia.
The motorien and conductor force on the Chicago and Milwaukee Electric Railway have completed organization and enrolled as charter members. They will obtain a separate charter from the Amalgamated Association of Street Railway Employes of America.
Canadian labor bodies in Toronto plan a measure for the next Provincial Legislature to prohibit any foreign detective agency operating in Ontario until a bond is filed with authorities. They oppose Pickerton involvement in labor troubles and assert Canadians may sue when the bond is secured.
Non union carpenters aided construction in Burlington Iowa prompting the local Painters Union to refuse painting. The master painter dressed in overalls and finished the residence himself. The union then ordered every member in the city to halt work and join the dispute.
A photograph shows Engine 1 and Engine 14 testing Flatiron Building standpipes at Broadway and Twenty third Street. The 22 story building has standpipes from cellar to roof with hoses on each floor. Engine 1 supplied water to the roof and sprayed streams from the upper levels through the pipes.
A minister visits a mounted officer with a slip labeled 2816 First Street yet cannot locate the home. A letter carrier helps. the minister realizes the address points to the twenty eighth verse of the sixteenth chapter of the First Epistle to the Corinthians, not a street.
A Farmers' Review piece argues both seedling trials and existing varieties drive progress. Seedlings yield few winners after years of care yet remain the sole road forward, with ongoing pruning fertilizing and pest control necessary to discover superior fruit.
Mr. Gozzleby reflects on the dachshund’s proportions after observing a dog stride from street to sidewalk. He notes the long body and short legs, calling the moment a revelation that deepens his awe for the breed.
George Harding, a renowned patent attorney, died in Philadelphia at seventy five. He often summers in the Catskills and once mocked a hotel manager who refused his breakfast, vowing to build his own hotel, a venture that soon cost the manager his job.
The widow of Haywood Shepherd, the first man killed by John Brown in the Harper's Ferry raid, dies at her Washington home aged 88. Her husband, gate keeper at the ferry in 1859, was shot after refusing to surrender keys and is buried in Winchester with military honors. She leaves four of six children.
A Georgia slave answers a lawyer, declaring he is as old as the white oak on Marie Tom's plantation and as old as the mill dam, which he says is not a day older than the barn that burned when the stars fell.
The 29 year old sultan of Johore is described as a six foot athletic ruler with race horses and polo skill. He observes American fashions in Paris London Germany and Switzerland and speaks English well. His realm is about one sixth the size of New York state with around 200000 people, mainly Malay and Chinese.
Efforts are underway in Paris to form a society dedicated to securing promptness and politeness from telephone attendants. The move reflects local interest in better on line communication and courteous service in public utilities.
A Boston Pilot anecdote recounts a lawyer traveling by train who avoids fare while a passing Irishwoman questions him. He replies that he travels on his beauty, provoking her witty retort that he must be near his journey’s end.
A short domestic sermon by Brother Dickey ends with a quip about losing a marriage license. He says, I wish ter de Land I’d er los’ mine, after a member asks about marrying without losing his license. The exchange appears in the Atlanta Constitution.
Dialogue from Town Browne and Towne about Mugs Ley with Browne noting his wife’s insistence on the whiskers. Town suspects she would have him shave them, Browne recalls she tried once but returned to her mother while he grew them again.
The new St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church on Ninety-seventh Street between Madison and Fifth Avenues, New York, was recently consecrated with full Russian ritual. The red brick and light gray stone building features a Rus sian dome style with five cupolas, a gold cross paten ce, and decorative blue shield bas-reliefs between gilt crosses.
Secretary L A Goodman announces the forty-fifth annual Missouri Horticultural Society meeting in Springfield on December 3 and 4 with leading state and national experts to discuss fruit growing. A $150 premium fund will reward best fruits and flowers. specimens should include one plate per variety and new rare varieties are sought. The Ozark Apple Growers meet Monday with railroad rates and a program planned. fruits to be arranged Tuesday and stored for the World's Fair.
The author advises against plum trees in a poultry yard due to poor shade and grassless ground. He argues shade is weak and heavy rains matted soil, preventing scratching and mulching. Spading soil after rain could create a dusting area, but a poultry yard needs grass for healthy chickens.
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