Proposed Law Forbids Injunction Against Labor Unions
Long summary notes that President Samuel Gompers seeks a new anti injunction law to protect labor organizing across state legislatures. It outlines sections limiting restraining orders in employment disputes, protecting union activities, and declaring labor as a personal not a commodity while preserving remedies at law for contract violations. The proposal also shields workers from prosecution for collective actions to lessen hours or raise wages, with conditions.
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Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
United States
Federal Workers Farm Union
Federal Employees
Washinington
Samuel Gow*pers
Eight Hours For Paper Makers in Wisconsin Mills
Sixteen Fox River valley paper mills switch from two shifts to three, establishing an eight hour day for all workers instead of an eleven hour day and thirteen hour night shift, while maintaining the same wages as the longer day.
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Fox River Valley
Wis
The Man In Overalls Keeps The Country Moving
The poem honors the worker in overalls who rises early, supports industry, powers engines, heats homes, and makes clothes and shoes. He bears little social renown yet anchors daily life, answering labor’s call and relying on his union as his hope.
Labor's Trenches and The Call to Organization
Labor must mirror wartime vigilance and unite. The piece urges workers to organize the men and women of labor, the purpose, equipment, resources, and ideals, to guard and extend the trenches and line of march with steady, determined effort.
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Los Angeles
Opposition is Expected in Labor Movement Debate
The Coast Seamen's Journal notes that every movement faces sharp criticism from skeptics. It compares the labor effort to a speeding lightning express viewed by a passerby with a dismissive, small minded opinion.
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Lightning Express
Coast Seamen's Journal
Trade Union Movement Shaped by Hard Knocks and Experience
The Iron Molders' Journal notes the trade union movement has endured years of opposition and industrial change. It stresses that practical experience and disciplined finance forged its policies, guiding millions through cautious strikes and steady organization rather than risky, visionary schemes.
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Milons
Iron Molders’ Journal
Textile wage raises announced by American Woolen and others
New wage advances lift textile pay in New York and New England. American Woolen Company with 25 000 workers grants a 10 percent rise. Arlington and Merrimac mills in Lawrence follow with about 6 500 workers receiving an increase. Pacific mills may match, other manufacturers likely to act. Management says prior raises already balanced compensation.
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New York
New England
New York State
American Woolen Company
Arlington Mills
Lawrence
Merrimac Mills
Pacific Mills
Tis
Railway Men Defend Eight Hour Day Demands
A four railroad brotherhood statement argues the present handling of freight is inefficient and harms the public. They claim dead freight travels slowly, while eight hours daily would boost railroads’ efficiency, reduce delays, and lift worker tolls amid slow freight operations.
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Ewitelinen
Oijedalf
Troukles
Alvistons
New Orleans
St. Louis
United States
Wils Leunley
Aliric Lot
Maklne We Chung
Glance Back at Labor Conditions and View of the Present
A Cincinnati Chronicle quotation recalls wage growth driven by workers themselves rather than unions. It recounts a western city where car factory workers earned $1 a day and long hours, contrasting with $4 daily pay and a Saturday half day today, suggesting organization was not the sole force behind higher wages.
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Cincinnati Chronicle
Hours of Toil and Labor Movements
An article notes efficiency from shorter hours with examples from Pauline Goldmark and German industry while reporting Union developments in Washington and a wage increase for United Railways workers in St. Louis. It covers eight hour concepts, federal workers unionization, AFL leadership, and rail wage gains.
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United Railways of
Labor’s Greatest Foe Says Unorganized Workers Threaten Labor
Pennsylvania labor leader James H. Maurer argues the biggest challenge for organized labor is unorganized workers not capitalists. He cites a father expecting support from his children and urges women to organize, condemning reliance on men and lamenting how suffrage was treated in Pennsylvania.
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James H. Maurer
Pennsylvania
Room For All In Organized Labor Movement
There is room in the organized labor Movement for every man or woman who is honorably employed for wages. The unions owe it to themselves to spread the message of collective effort and warmly welcome them to join their ranks.
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Organized Labor Movement
Notes of Labor Gains Across Industries
Labor gains are reported with 70 cent hourly wages for Bricklayers in Newark New York and 2714 cents for helpers. Baldwin Locomotive Works in Philadelphia awarded 1,850,000 dollars in locomotive orders. Fifteen large mills in Michigan and Ohio adopt eight hour day with no wage cuts. Trackmen unskilled workers on Ontario and Western railroad win wage increases. Schenectady laborers union allied with AFL raises wages by 52 cents per day.
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Newark
Baldwin Locomotive Works
Philadelphia
Michigan
Ohio
Ontario and Western Railroad
Laborers’ Union of
Schenectady
N. Y
American Federation of Labon
Indictments Quashed in Steel Price Fixing Case
In Youngstown common pleas court Judge W B Anderson sustained a motion to quash indictments returned March 8 against six steel companies and Judge Gilbert H. Gary of United States Steel. The charges alleged a price and wage fixing conspiracy.
Harnden and His Car The Origin of Express Business
The piece recounts the 1889 start of the express trade by William F Harnden. A Boston born railway conductor, he advertised carrying parcels between New York and Boston, promising careful handling and delivery. Harnden’s plan, initially imaginative, grew into a national enterprise through persistent newspaper advertising and service to newspapers like the New York World and Providence railroad.
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William F Harnden
New York
Boston
Harnden
William F. Harnden
Providence Railroad
New York Boat Company
Hoston
New York: World
Tail of the King Crab Tale From a Real Life Preserver
An OCR fragment describes a king crab, its shell, and a possible life preserver behavior. It notes the crab occasionally on its back, its curled legs, and a vivid, if tangled, account of interactions and observations across cultures and regions, including references to Indians and French use.
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Lust
Bosch
Waynes
Choy
India
Rough on the Surgeon in Mesopotamian Law
A historical record describes punitive measures for a surgeon in Mesopotamia. Penalties included severed hands if a patient died and eye injury compensation for slaves. Surgeons could earn one sixth of the value for successful operations, but pay one sixth of value if the patient died, with replacements required if a slaveeye was injured.
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Mesopotamia
Dinner Invite Sparks Quiet Family Quips
A morning chat shows Donald visiting a prospective guest with his mother hosting. Mr Neigh bor asks not to trouble her with extra preparations while she polishes knives and forks. The scene echoes shared family quips from newspapers.
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Donald
Mex. N
Indianapolis News
Pissing Him Head of Business
A Dallas News item depicts a college graduate seeking two roles in one establishment. The manager offers him an illogical combination of confidential adviser and general manager and then assigns him an office boy position.
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Dallas News
Played to Loss Wedding Greeting on Deficit Cost
A Kansas Olry Journal item notes a wedding greeting with joking concern over finances. The couple faces a deficit as gifts are unlikely to cover expenses, reflecting the era's social commentary on wedding costs and preparedness.
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Kansas Olry Journal
Curious Cocoanut Leaf Chain Fishery and Baths
A vivid extract describes Samoan fishers using a colossal Cocoanut leaf chain and paopaos canoes to herd fish by tide, with chains stretching up to half a mile and fish driven ashore then speared. It also notes Caracalla Baths housing 1,600 bathers, vast enclosed areas, and a racing course within the site. The passage ends with a reflection on repentance in death.
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Caracalla
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White
Pauline Goldmark
Salford Iron Works
Zetsa Optical Works
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New York World
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Union Shop
the Square Tailors
High Street
Holbrock Bros
Voss-Holbrock
Morner’s Cafe
Boot and Shoe Workers’ Union
Rel Detter
John
Tobon
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Buffalo
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Aren
Clave
Los Angeles Times
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