Smith Seen as Likely Winner in Illinois Senate Primary
Chicago dispatch says Col Frank L. Smith leads William B. McKinley by large margins as Illinois Republicans close in on the United States Senate nomination. Smith campaigns nationwide, while McKinley faces heavy spending and weak public appeal, with Smith projected to win and take the seat.
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Illinois
Chicago
Ilinois
Frank L. Smith
William B. McKinley
United States
Eadmates
McKinley
United States Senate
Mllnois
Senate
State wage ruling hits Asbestos Workers Union
Denver reports the Asbestos Workers Union faced wage setbacks after the state industrial commission rejected a plan for higher rates. Employers argued skill not required for asbestos work and could train workers in three months, while the commission ignored a three year apprenticeship provision and living costs. Under the law, workers may strike before commission action.
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Denver
Asbestos Workers’ Union
State Industrial Commission
Campaign to Organize Women Workers In New Jersey
International Labor News Service reports a drive to unionize millions of women in exploited industries. A conference in Newark and alignments with New Jersey unions outline plans to begin in major cities like Newark Paterson and Trenton and smaller towns such as Vineland and Perth Amboy, targeting trades where women earn lower wages. The effort, endorsed by the AFL, aims to protect war standards and broaden organizing beyond home work, with headquarters to be opened in Newark and a broad range of trades represented by delegates.
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McKinley
Smith
Joliet
International Labor News Service
Andrew Jackson Russell
Newark
New Jersey State Federation of Labor
Essex Trades Council
Paterson
Passaic
Vineland
Weehawken
New Brunswick
Boonton
Trenton
Perth Amboy
Atlantic City
American Federation of Labor
Green Pernally
Central Trades and Labor Council of York
New York
New Jersey
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Permament
Ameine
Mining deaths rise in February across US coal mines
International Labor News Service reports 164 miners died in February in US coal mines. Bituminous mines accounted for 157 deaths, anthracite seven. Major disasters included a Horing explosion killing 21 and a Nelson Creek explosion killing 8. Overall 482 deaths in two months, rate 4.70 per million tons.
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International Labor News Service
Washington, D. C
United States
Bureau of Mines
Department of Commerce
Horning
Nelson
Nelson Creek
House Extends Maternity Law By Wide Margin
Washington report states the house approved extending the Sheppard Towner maternity law by 218 to 44. The act allows federal funds to be allocated to states who must match for maternity and infant welfare programs including lectures instruction and possible hospitalization for prospective mothers.
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Washington
Gains in Rochester
Structural iron workers and plumbers and steamfitters have advanced wages through agreements $3 and $64 week, respectively.
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Rochester
N. Y
Structural Iron
Economic Tide Ebbs Bankers See No Alarm In Slump
New York reports mixed signals as a Wall Street deflation wave scatters speculative profits after April. Bankers view a moderate recession as a safe correction while real estate speculation slows and motor stocks slide amid overbooming past values. Production remains strong, wages lag, and Europeans are seen returning to high output to meet competition.
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International Labor News Service
New York
Wall Street
Florida
National City Bank
United States
Ing
Nationalwide
Lersons
Flimsy Construction Favored in Los Angeles
The Los Angeles city council approved an ordinance permitting tissue paper pressed steel structures spot welded on class A buildings with two foot centers. It requires no farm work and employs carpenters with Mexican labor. Engineers and architects question safety. Building trades unions warn the law invites cheap labor and hazards.
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