President Harding Proposes New Plan to End Rail Strike
President Harding offers a second plan after railroad managers reject his initial seniority guarantee. Shopmen insist any acceptance must restore their seniority and push back against the board’s preexisting stance. Executives say strikers are sending protests by telegrams as the labor board revision fails.
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Washington
Harding
Railroad Labor Board
Chicago
A. O. Wharton
Railroad Model for Anti Unionists Praised by Commerce Group
Philadelphia industrial relations committee cites the Pennsylvania railroad as a model for employers who wish to “eliminate outside interference” with their workers. It praises the company union while omitting its vote share and U S judicial action to block a censure, and notes pension threats tied to strikes.
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Philadelphia
Chamber of Commerce
Pennsylvania Railroad
United States
Railroad Labor Board
Toledo speech cites theft of union records in court fight
William P. Clarke, president of the American Flint Glass Workers' Union, reports records stolen to aid Eagle Glass Company of West Virginia. He says officers faced many charges and were shown some 200 photographs of stolen documents in Toledo Court before Judge Killets.
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Toledo
Ohio
William P. Clarke
American Flint Glass Workers’ Union
Eagle Glass Company
West Virginia
Killets
Clarke
Coal Shortage Sparks Quarrel Over Responsibility
In New York coal owners and railroad managers blame each other for the coal shortage. The dispute appears to be power politics as winter demands loom, while owners and managers align against coal and rail strikers.
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New York
White House and Senate Press for Compulsory Labor Law
A major mobilization by labor advocates urges a no strike stance and supports a strong court to handle labor disputes. The White House backs union incorporation, while Senator Spencer pushes a big stick court to jail active strikers. The president vows to seek legislation to resolve coal mine disputes and to address shortages of fuel with national measures.
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White House
U. S. Senate
United States
Spencer
Congress
House
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Senate
Gompers Protests Removal of Railway Mail Clerks
President Gompers forwards protests to President Harding and to house and senate post office committees against removing railway post office clerks and speeding up others. About 200 clerks placed on surplus. workload shifts burden on remaining staff and extends hours affecting legal study requirements. Glenn E. Plumb, longtime railroad organizations counsel and Plumb plan author, dies after illness.
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Washington
Gompers
Harding
House
Senate Post Office
President Gompers
Glenn E. Plumb
FORCE CANT END STRIKES
Birmingham editors caution that troops cannot guarantee coal production as green workers lack mining skill and safety. reopening mines may bring in nonunion labor but likely fail to meet shortages and raise prices next winter. Auto Club attorney offers free damages advice.
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Birmingham
Ala
The
Age-Herald
One Big Union Push urged to crush railway shopmen
A public call from the National Industrial Council urges employers to back railroad managers in defeating the shopmen strike. The message asks for mass telegrams to President Harding, local conferences, and pressure on railroad presidents to stand firm on seniority and staffing, framing the effort as a national anti union campaign.
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Washington
Gompers
National Industrial Council
Harding
Employers’ Association
Chambers of Commerce
Association of
Raily Executives
Mail Trains Delayed Amid Strike, Railroads Cited
Reports from Railway Mail Association indicate nearly all mail trains run late due to defective locomotives and impaired air equipment. Clerks say strike-related neglect has left trains unsanitary with unclean water and poor car maintenance hampering mail connections nationwide.
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Washington
Railway Mail Association
Paving Cutters Union Signs Three Year Deal in Rockport
The Paving Cutters Union of the United States and Canada signed a three year agreement with the granite paving block manufacturers association. New England state branches cover about half the union membership. The pact cuts piece work slightly but leaves the 44 hour week and day rate unchanged.
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Rockport
Mass
Paving Cutters’ Union
United States
Canada
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Fleishman’s Yeast
Rmember
Coronado
United States Supreme Court
Michigan
Glenn Plumb
Auto Club
MR. Public
Auto Club News Monthly
B.C. Auto Club
Eden
Krebs
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