Union Garment Workers Sign Unusual Contract
New York report notes the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union reached a landmark agreement with three industry associations in cloak and suit. The commission backed by Governor Smith approved workers demands and set rules for shop size, equipment, sanitation, and an unemployment insurance fund funded by 2 percent of payroll from employers and 1 percent from workers. The commission also recognizes the union as a key industry factor alongside manufacturers and jobbers, granting it formal influence on wages, working conditions, and management methods.
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New York
International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union
Smith
Association of Manufacturers
Commission
Justice
Governor’s Commission
Farmers Bitter Over Labor and Credit Strain in Washington
A. S. Goss, state grange master, told the Washington Federation of Labor convention that federal reserve policy and deflation drove 2,000,000 farmers from the land to cities. He cited 5,000 farmers in Washington who deserted their land in a year, testified to poverty and mortgage pressure, and warned that agriculturists’ ruin threatens labor amid notes due and forced sales in 1921.
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Olympia
Wash
Washington Federation of Labor
A. S. Goss
Federal Reserve Board
Wall Street
Miners Win Coronado Case and Supreme Court Regrets
After a decade of litigation, organized miners defeated a damages claim from a lockout in Arkansas. The U S Supreme Court ruled coal mining is not interstate commerce and unions can be sued under the anti trust law, remanding for retrial. The decision, while favoring miners, carried sharp warnings about union activity and federal jurisdiction.
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Coronado
U. S. Supreme Court
Washington
Arkansas
Federal Court of Appeals
St. Louis
United States Supreme Court
Arkansas Coal
Bache
International Union
Supreme Court
Pollock
Kansas District
Circuit Court of Appeals
United Mine Workers
Taft
Congress
Justiie Taft Popearealy
Union Mine Workers of America
Coronado Iackout
Union Buys Half Pay For Former President Valentine
Members of the International Molders Union voted to pay former president Joe Valentine one half of his prior salary as appreciation for service. His health limited activity, leading to retirement months ago and Keough succeeding as chief executive.
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Cincinnati
International Molders? Union
Joe” Valentine
Keough
Icm Refuses Lower Rates on Farm Commodities
Washington report says the Interstate Commerce Commission refused to lower rates on grain and hay despite requests from ten states in the Mississippi and Missouri valleys. The decision, 6 to 5, held western railroad earnings below a fair level of return and emphasized under the Transportation Act rates must yield a fair return.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Mississippi and
Missouri Valley
Western Railroad
Union Reform Effort Seeks Funding for Chicago Bundle Group
A mission has set a 5 percent target and aims to raise $50,000 to reorganize the Chicago Bund Association on an anti union shop basis, calling for repeal of the transportation act and related actions.
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Chicago Bund Assosa Ee
Sia Ene
Hos
Trans
Gamblers in Politics Stir Chicago Grain Market
In Chicago grain pits a so called Bulls have driven corn prices high with a trader netting about 1.5 million dollars. Eastern gamblers reportedly earned larger gains as early rains and possible crop shortages fed speculation. A strong arm group is alleged to be propping prices to influence the national administration’s election.
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Chicago
Textile strike ends in South Pittsburg and Whitewell
The 400 textile workers at South Pittsburg and Whitewell end a strike. Wages are restored, the right to unionize is conceded, and strikers will return to their former positions.
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South Pittsburg
Tenn
Whitewell
Metal profits are large reported by American Metal
New York. The American Metal Company shows profits of 1,850,000 dollars for the first half of 1924 after taxes and deductions. The report highlights strong earnings from metal operations and favorable market conditions for the period.
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New York
American Metal Company
Electrical Workers Reach Wage Agreement in Chicago
After a brief strike, contractors in Chicago signed the new wage scale for Electrical Workers' Union No. 135. Rates start at 1.37 per hour and rise to 1.50 per hour on November 1.
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Chicago
Electrical Workers’ Union No. 135
Juicy Oil Profits Reported by Houston Oil Company
New York report shows Houston Oil Company of Texas earning a net profit of 1,593,046 dollars in the first six months of the year after all expenses depreciation and taxes. The figure reflects strong earnings amid favorable market conditions and corporate efficiency.
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New York
Houston Oil Company
Texas
Coal Owners Use State Prosecutions Fight
In Morgantown West Virginia miners face criminal charges pursued by private lawyers for the Brady Warner coal company as part of a broader struggle over labor and industry.
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Morgantown
W. Va
Brady-Warner Coal Corporation
Communists Drop Mask and Declare Revolutionary Policy
A Chicago report cites a Communist shift to openly endorse revolution and a new radical ticket led by William Z. Poster and Ben Gitlow. The stance follows labor protests against the St. Paul gathering and marks a move away from democratic ideals toward a minority-driven labor movement.
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Chicago
Farmer Labor
St. Paul
A. F. of
Carl Haessler
Federated Press
Radical
Workers’ Party
Hoeesler
William Z. Poster
Chix’ Cage
Workers' Party
Ben Gitlow
New York
Stats
Locas
Sita
Ation
Wall Street Journal
Isue
Peeslient Shell
Brooms makers clash with free labor union
A convention of international broom and whisk makers opposes broom manufacture by cartiners to compete with free labor. The Port Leavenworth federal penitentiary is involved in the dispute.
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St. Louis
Internatigi
Federal
Port Leavenworth
Government to condemn land to salvage war material
Federal courts affirm two decisions reported to the attorney general that the government can condemn land to salvage movable property or permanent improvements owned by the United States. In Norfolk Federal District, judge ruled the government may condemn land to save about 2 million dollars in war material, while a real estate firm challenged the proceeding as lacking funds.
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Washinton—T
United States
Norfolk
Digurlet
Jude |Toner
Faey
Czar Role Crumbles as Dene Troubled Railroad Strives
Trouble grows for Corver and Salt Lake railroad dubbed the Moffat road as Receiver Freeman’s harsh policy surges. Henna sacks four general chairmen after they urged the state public utilities commission to probe safety conditions. A tunnel is under construction to cut westward distance while workers strike over safety and smoke issues following dynamite blasts. Freeman’s firm stance signals authority above local jurisdictions in the mountains.
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Corver & Salt Lake
Moffat Road
Freeman
Henna
Rail Brotherhood
Freeman i
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Butler County
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