21 Aug 1914
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Newspaper
Butler County Press
Location
Hamilton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1914
Page
1
An essay blames lazy, egotistical, and indifferent workers for weakening the modern labor movement. It distinguishes ignorant joiners, conscious strikebreakers, and indifferent longshoremen as harmful enemies, urging solidarity and education to counteract these disruptions and protect collective action.
In May 1768 the New York Gazette urged public use of stage wagons run by John Mercereau and John Barnhill between Powles-Hook and Philadelphia with trips every Monday and Thursday at sunrise. Fares were ten shillings to Prince Town plus ten shillings to Philadelphia. ferriage included. Two wagons and four sets of fresh horses offered safe transport and goods exchange between New York and Philadelphia.
A caller pressed for an audience with Mr Green in the president's room but was told he was too busy. The man offered to tell two stories as good as the one already heard if allowed a chance to speak.
In its early days the British Museum operated six hours daily on five summer days and four hours otherwise. Visitors could stay at most two consecutive hours, with a strict limit of fifteen inside at one time. Each batch was guided by an attendant.
A fragment from a Cleveland Plain article presents a dialogue where a conscientious governess objects to sharing meals with the employer and children due to concerns over introducing faulty grammar. The exchange highlights class and educational tensions in domestic life.
A farmer praises his hired man as one of the century's greatest inventors. The city boarder questions the claim and the farmer insists on the man’s petrified motion as proof, as recounted by a judge.
She Oh those aren't real candies on that chandelier They're merely make believe Balti more American
A quoted fragment from Robert Ingersoll envisions a future world where thrones crumble and slavery ends, science masters nature, and all toil is valued. It imagines peace, abundant art and truth, no gallows or beggars, and a bright dome of hope under an eternal star.
The factory commission drafts a comprehensive code for cannery camps in New York State to improve living conditions. Overcrowding, poor sanitation, and inadequate water supply prompt requirements for ventilation, room size, private toilets, cleanliness, and dedicated camp staff to enforce rules. Employers and workers share enforcement responsibility under penalties for violations. An allied report notes a $50,000 penalty settled with Dwight Manufacturing for alien contract labor law violations. Dock workers in Swansea approve consolidation of major labor bodies, signaling broader union growth.
Samuel Gompers argues before the Industrial Commission that organized labor seeks to increase workers’ share of the product, continually pressing for better conditions. He notes the AFL’s aims to protect rights, reject fixed theories, and pursue social justice for workers, including women and children, now and tomorrow.
Labor seeks a larger share of industry and higher wages with shorter hours and better conditions. An expanding organization embracing every member of the craft is needed to enroll workers and maintain continuous activity to secure lasting results, as stated in the Cigarmakers' Journal.
The New York World reports that since the workmen's compensation law began on July 1 more than 14 000 accidents and damages have been reported. Critics warn the figures show a rising cost shifted to industrial society, with only about 35 percent likely to be valid claims. The piece argues prices will rise to cover these costs and warns of discrimination against married workers as employers pass costs to the public.
House labor committees vote to report favorably on the Palmer Owen bill prohibiting interstate commerce in goods made by child labor. It targets products from factories with under fourteen workers or those under sixteen in mines or quarries, and eight hour daily limits for older youths, backed by the national child labor committee and groups including the American Medical Association.
Officials of the Delaware Lackawanna and Western Coal Company at Scranton notify district union officers that a strike is ready to be met and has been declared off. Workers oppose the new patrol safety system and demand wage adjustments for machine mining.
The Minnesota State Federation of Labor declares its mission as elevating justice for all through peaceful, practical action. It rejects war and force, advocating uplifting ideas and organized effort to improve everyday life, noting steady, unostentatious progress despite ridicule.
Garment Workers' union No. 126 Los Angeles has won every demand from the P. A. Newmark company after a seventeen month walkout. The agreement requires union-only employment and offers employment preference to strikers, with a label deal to be signed. Nonunion workers returning during the strike join the union without prejudice, paying initiation fees. The contract also calls for a strike assessment payoff by those who left work.
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