Panama Canal Towage by Electric Locomotives Described
The article details forty electric locomotives used to tow ships through Panama Canal locks at Gatun. It explains cable rigging, dual tow tracks, and cog rail systems enabling precise ship positioning and safe lock passage without relying on the vessel’s power.
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Panama Canal
Panama
Atlantic
Parle
Limon Bay
Gatun
Baa Obispo
Culebra
Fedro Miguel
Miradores Lake
Miradores
Pacific
Lowlie
Invar Alloy Sought for Standards and Early Aeroplane Hints
The article discusses the search for stable standards material like invar nickel steel alloys and its limitations for measures of length. It notes the metric system adoption in some regions and the challenge of universal adoption by England and the United States. It also references William Henson's early aeroplane design precursor in London.
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Befence
Hong
Scientific American
Guilljumpe
Denmark
Siam
Belgian Congo
England
United States
Anti-alien Bit Killed in Arizona Senate
The Claytoo antialien labor bill requiring all workers in hazardous jobs to speak and write Bniglial was defeated in the Arizona state senate after passing the lower house.
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Aizona
Compensation Laws Amended By New York Governor Whitman
Governor Whitman signs bills to amend the workmen's compensation law allowing direct settlement of claims between employers and employees and limiting advance payments to injured workers.
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Whitman
New York
Pessimist Society of Liverpool and Its Grim Festivities
A fragment recounts Liverpool’s Petzers Society, a group of reformist pessimists who revel in misery. They hold annual gloomy posters nights, wander in sackcloth, recite elegies in a churchyard, and use a horn lantern torch to light their way before extinguishing it.
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Liverpool
Petzers’ Society
Liverpool Society of
Paii
Miter
Hardier
Pexters
Elds
Arch Tegner
Alaric and the Magellanic Clouds in Historic Notes
The article recalls Alaric the Goth demanding vast riches from Rome in 408 during the first siege, including gold, silver, silks, scarlet cloth, and pepper, while also detailing the Magellanic Clouds as two cloudy celestial formations named after Ferdinand Magellan observed in 1520 during his voyage.
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Alaric
Hannibal
South Pole
Ferdinand Magellan
Globe
Court Dress of Tennyson and Wordsworth Legend
The New York Press notes Tennyson wore the same court dress once worn by Wordsworth, who got it from the poet Rogers, a Wordsworth family heirloom. It suggests frugality or shared attire among poets with Rogers as the source.
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Tennyson
Wordsworth
Rogers
New York Press
Siamese Crown Offer Creates Marital Promise
A quirky tale describes Siam’s king awarding a grand cross to paint a wife from a photograph. The king humorously adds that the cross would allow twelve marriages and calls the gesture a rare distinction. Other snippets note witty exchanges and a comment about a “powerful speaker.”
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Siam
Labor Department Abolition Sparks NY Legislative Debate
Two New York bills seek to abolish the labor department and merge its duties into the secretary of state or with the workmen's compensation commission under a state Industrial commission. The New York State Federation of Labor and the Church Association oppose the changes, arguing it would weaken protections for wage earners, women, and children and hinder effective enforcement of labor laws.
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New York
Labor Department
Assembly
Secretary of State
Senate
Workmen's Compensation Commission
New York State Federation of Labor
Charch Association For
David H. Greer
Diocese of
Burgess
Long Island
Nelson
Albany
Olmstead
Utlea
Charles 8. Bure
D.D
Department of Lahat
Department of Labor
Barred to Gompers at University of Pennsylvania
The New York World reports the University of Pennsylvania barred Samuel Gompers from addressing students. The policy, described as strict and conservative, kept radical or labor-aligned figures from speaking on campus, with staff and residents also subject to segregation under the quarantine of ideas.
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Univers of
Pennsylvania
Sampel Gompers Isner
Baer
University of Pennsylvania
West Philadelphia
Gompers
University of Dennsstvania
Stand by the Union Trade Movement for Workers Rights
Stand by the Union. The trade union movement is the best instrument for worker betterment and inspires confidence in its members. It has done more to aid workers than anything devised and will again comfort you in need.
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Iau
Union and division in labor factions
A writer argues that union and division oppose each other and that a person promoting opposing labor factions or creating a divisionist splits weakens labor power and undermines union strength by weakening its banner and overall force.
Labor Not a Trust, A Plea for Natural Rights
Representative I. H. Gray argues there is a clear distinction between lawful labor organizations protecting natural rights and unlawful groups acting as trusts. He asserts legitimate unions aim to secure employment and fair living, while trusts monopolize resources, restrain trade, and violate inherent human rights and law.
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H. Gray
Jodiana
Land Closed Against Workers Says Immigrant Official
Frederic C. Howe, commissioner of immigration at the New York port, decries industrial barriers. He argues that Americans ignore that conditions of labor have changed and the land and tools are controlled by others. He urges organized clearance in industry and social supports for workers.
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Frederic C. Howe
Port of New York
America
Labor Fights Gunmen and Pushes National Campaign
The American Federation of Labor launches a national campaign to end gunmen in strikes citing labor riots in New Jersey West Virginia Colorado and Michigan. Sam Gompers leads the appeal stressing defending representative government against private armed forces. Street car strike ends in East Liverpool with seniority rights and full payoff for half day work. Labor forward movement in St Louis planned for next summer with broad committee activity. Child labor issues highlighted by Rev Hugh MacCauley of Paterson New Jersey.
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American Federation of Labor
Samuel Gompers
New Jersey
West Virginia
Colorado
Michigan
Anyathy
Federation
East Liverpool
Traction and
Lght
Labor Forward
St. Louis
Organized Labor
Trade union notes show wage and labor activity across cities
Lathers in Vancouver earn 8.5 cents hourly while transportation employs 2,600,000 nationwide. Chicago painters strike with 3,000 workers, the Commercial Telegraphers union reports 50 locals and 18,000 members. Cincinnati talks end with an agreement between striking painters and employers. New York passes a bill allowing canneries to employ women and children up to seventy two hours weekly.
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Vancouver
B. C
Chicago
Commercial Telegraphers’ Union
Cincinnati
New York Assembly
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Dagster
Shipumvdd
Keven Mays
New York World
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Henson
Ultices
New City Chambers
Bishopazate
London
Baltimore American
Byron
Church
Hugh MacCauley
Paterson, N. J
Union Shop
the Square Tailors
High Street
Holbrock Bros
Voss-Holbrock
Holzberger
Trade Union Notes
Cleveland
Buffalo
Stea
Cleveland Daily
Elan
Cade
the Ohio Union
Hamilton
Ohio Union Brewing Co
Cincinnati, Ohio
The
Hamilton Collateral Loan Co
Third St
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