Wages Of Labor And Trade Disputes In Industry
A discussion on how wages are set in disputes between workers and masters. Masters can combine more easily to push down wages, while workers sometimes unite to raise pay. Notes the tacit master combinations and occasional worker coalitions, with references to legal enforcement and public reaction. Also mentions Cleveland William Downie company operating as a closed shop and Pennsylvania railroad worker fatalities and injuries in 1914.
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William Downie Company
Cleveland
Painters’ Union
Downie Company
Vermont Stonecutters Gain Higher Wages and Hours
The Vermont granite industry increases pay and limits for stonecutters and apprentices under new association agreements. Minimums rise to 50 cents per hour after spring 1916, with 42 cents per hour from March 1 to May 15, 1915, and an eight hour day within a forty four hour week.
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Vermont
Copper Miners Increase Workforce in Calumet District
All copper mines in Calumet Michigan and nearby areas are expanding crews as miners return to full work. Hancock Consolidated resumes rock shipments after eight months, and Mass Consolidated adds three eight hour shifts. War mood abroad appears to have lifted.
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Calumet, Mich
Hancock Consolidated
Mass Consolidated
Kansas Mothers Pensions Near Across Senate House
The Kansas senate approved the Bird bill in amended form, nearly guaranteeing mothers pensions. The two chambers disagree on enforcement methods, to be resolved by a conference committee.
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Kansas
State
Senate
House
Tolstoy Proof Troubles Slow Printing Reminiscences
In Liya Tolstoy’s Reminiscences of Vols tol, Tolstoy’s proofs caused chronic delays as his father and mother battled tangled edits. Marginal marks, erasures, and rewritten passages piled up, with repeated telegraphic corrections delaying the Russk Vyest publication for months.
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Tolatoy
Eatin Karenima
Russki Vyestmk
Liya Lolstoyr
Volstoy
Phat
Piges
Lyovetchka
Sonya
Tye
Money in Good Taste Woman Sells Auctions With Style
A New York auction house shows a woman's taste adds more value than mere chatter. Beautifully presented oriental cages with matching singing birds raised bids from 410 to 700 dollars, illustrating how artful display and color harmony boost prices. Lesile's notes this asset of female expertise.
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New York City
Lesile’s
Magnesia Content in Sea Animals Varies by Habitat
Chemical analyses of starfishes sea urchins and crinoids from around the world show their skeletons contain significant magnesia. The highest percentages occur in tropical water specimens and the lowest in Greenland and Antarctic forms with a gradual gradation reflecting the local influence of cold ocean currents on life at the sea bottom.
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World
Greenland
Antarctic
Anthony's Nose Landmark Described As Globe’s Most Beautiful View
The northwest Westchester point at 1208 feet above the Hudson offers famed scenery at the entrance to the Highlands. The Hudson Rhine of America is praised in the Magazine of American When California Was Unknown describing foggy inland lands, volcanoes, and vast snow plains in 1815.
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Anthony
Westchester County
Hudson River
Highlands
Magazine of American
California
Bloodless campaigns cited across empire
London Stray Stories recalls several British campaigns noted for no battlefield deaths. Futtehpore during Lucknow relief, Afghan campaigns against Akbar Khan, the Abyssinian expedition of Magdala, and the last Ashanti expedition are highlighted as bloodless or nearly bloodless. Only Prince Henry of Battenberg dies in the Battenberg campaign.
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Futtebpore
Lucknow
Havelock
Akbar Khen
Afghanistan
Kabul
Dr. Brydon
Akbar
Theodore
Magdala
Prempeh
Prince Henry of
Battenberg
Victoria
Spain
London
Principle Wins, But Eighty Cents Beats the Treasury
An unnamed man, angry at 80 cents taken from his pay for a cutter crew party, writes weekly letters to treasury officials. He has persisted for years, numbering them into the hundreds, seeking justice and insisting the government pay. A former assistant secretary even sent a personal 30 cent check, which was returned with the demand that the 80 cents come from the government.
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United States Treasury
Revenue Cutter Service
New York
Charles Dewey Hilles
the Treasury
Cincinnati Enquirer
Noted Painter Pel lwertni and a Five Pound Gift
In Notes From a Painter's Life Mr Halle recounts a humorous exchange with caricaturist Carlo Pel lwertni who borrows five pounds. After pocketing the money he jokes in broken English that every time he sees Halle he will claim debt while Halle will note thePelican owes him five pounds. He then declares the loan a gift.
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Mr. Halle
Carlo Pellwertni
Halle
Spencer and Vegetarianism The Historian’s Compromise
The London Opinion notes Herbert Spencer attempted vegetarianism for about a year. He recalls reviewing his writings at the end of that period and discarding much of it. Spencer concluded that a purely vegetarian diet was impractical and advocated a rational compromise between extremes.
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Spencer
Herbert Spencer
London
Old Hickory and the Boyhood of Andrew Jackson Tale
A fifth grade class in history class studied Andrew Jackson from boyhood to manhood. Bert, nine, wrote that Jackson was nicknamed Old Hickory because he was a little tough as a boy, reflecting a New York Tribune comment.
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Old Hickory
Andrew Jackson
Bert
New York Tribune
A Change at Least in the Church Choirs
An eight year old girl recites news of a new terror in the church choirs. The line hints at a sudden upheaval or shift in musical leadership within the religious community as reported in the periodical Woodyman’s Home Companion tone.
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Jessie
Poisoning in the Lead Industry Detects Worker Hazards
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports Dr. Alice Hamilton's study of storage battery plants shows lead poisoning risks from lead fume and oxide dust. Five large plants nationwide exhibit insufficient safeguards, ventilation, and medical screening, with high injury rates in paste workers and a need for better sanitation and worker protection.
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Department of Labor
United States
Alice Hamilton
Ohio
New York
Pennsylvania
Met
Germany
Great Britain
Employers Claim Eight Hour Day Hampers Illinois Bill
Opponents of a pending Illinois bill for a shorter workday for women contend an eight hour day would force many business places to close. They argue the proposal burdens employers and harms local economies.
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Illinois
The Role of Financial Relief in Trade Union Strikes
Joseph F. Valentine argues that organized financial relief sustains striking workers during protracted disputes. He credits robust union treasuries and regular dues for convincing employers and maintaining morale, noting that durable funds enable better negotiating power and contrast with groups lacking solid financial systems.
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Joseph F. Valentine
America
A. BP
American Federation
Labor World calls for general meeting to end war
National and international labor leaders issue a general call for a meeting representing U S workers to decide on international peace envoys. They aim to convene a joint congress with European labor leaders to mobilize organized labor worldwide toward terminating the European conflict.
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United States
Interna
Onal
Europe
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