Tent smashing injunction pits court against coal owners
Richmond federal appeals court briefly suspends Judge McClintic from enforcing an injunction to dismantle the Mingo tent colony and halt union organizing. The stay cites review by the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals. Critics say McClintic favors coal interests and cites WV jury transfer law used to move miner trials.
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Richmond
McClintic
Mingo
Martin A. Knapp
Federal Court of Appeals
Charleston
W. Wa
Ton
Padomner
Albany Tightens Workmen Compensation Law
Governor Miller has approved an amendment to the state workmen s compensation law. It strengthens provisions to close loopholes that let insurers and employers evade coverage. Employers must provide medical care as long as needed. The amendment makes failure to insure punishable by fine or imprisonment and nudges employers toward the state fund rather than private coverage.
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Albany
N. Y
Miller
Bank Failures Reach New High in 1921
Washington reports 365 banks failed in 1921 including private state and national institutions, the highest yearly total since the system began in 1863, with creditors recovering on average 83.70 percent of liabilities. In Middletown, New York, theatrical workers organize with the trade union movement.
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Washington
Government uses injunctions to enforce yellow dog contract in West Virginia
In West Virginia mining areas federal injunctions back employers in forcing workers to sign the so called yellow dog pledge not to join a union. The piece argues these practices undermine free contract, devalue justice, and bind miners to serfdom under government and court support. It condemns Hitchman v. Miners and prompts readers to question genuine Americanism amid labor oppression.
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West Virginia
Antti-Union
United States Supreme Court
Hitchman
Join & Trate Union
Hitshman Coal and Coke Company
Cain
Babes
Miners’ Union
Labor union education drive launched in Buffalo
Under the direction of the AFL organizers in Buffalo the central labor council begins an organizing campaign. Workers will be educated in trade union subjects and speakers developed from within the committees. Local unions appoint five members each to a general committee and must be workers who can address meetings on union matters. The move targets countering anti union propaganda and widespread unemployment.
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Ffalo
N. Y
A. PF
Collins
Central Labor Council
Ships to be handed over under subsidy plan debated
Washington argues that defeating the proposed ship subsidy would save the public billions by gifting government owned ships to private owners. Under the plan owners would pay about 200 million dollars over years, while receiving a 30 million dollar yearly subsidy for a decade, effectively making the government pay more than it gains. Meanwhile New York reports a seaplane achieving a 1210 mile ferry from Palm Beach to the city in under 10 hours at 130 mph through fog and rain, far faster than rail’s 60 hours.
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Washington
Congress
Shipping Board
New York
Palm Beach
Fla
Not Slick Enough Lithographers Strike Story
New York reports Amalgamated Lithographers of America trapping employers seeking a conference to settle the dispute. The strike, sparked by a 12 percent wage cut and push for individual contracts, sees strong worker solidarity, including women resisting manager pressure to pry spouses into signing.
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New York
America
National Association of Employing
Amalgamated Lithographers of America
Managerial functions in engineering debated in Cotton Factory Times
In Manchester a Cotton Factory Times piece criticizes managerial functions as a vague force shaping the engineering industry. It argues the term can mean anything and risk becoming almighty power inside firms, obscuring real issues.
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Manchester
England
Cotton Factory Times
Managerial functions and worker control in industry debated
The passage questions the limits of managerial authority over working conditions, arguing that overreach could become intolerable for workers. It recalls wartime assurances that masters and workers would unite for the common good, contrasting those promises with present tensions over workplace governance.
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Europe
Labor Board Under Fire at Railway Convention Turmoil
President Gompore lambasts the labor board at the A Pool L railway workers convention. He denounces its decisions as harmful, citing a 26 percent wage cut for Missouri and North Arkansas employees and alleging the board pressures stock suppliers to cover losses, risking railroad employee welfare and broader market stability.
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Chicko
Gompore
A. Pool L
Missouri & North Arkansas Cove
Wall Street
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Rail Labor Board
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