Alabama Convict Warden Cleared in Boiling Vat Case
A Alabama jury failed to convict Warden Davis in the death of convict James Knox amid allegations he was boiled in water and beaten by guards under orders. The trial spanned over four weeks with the defense challenging poison claims while the State argued mistreatment caused death. Convict leasing faced scrutiny as Governor Bibb Graves plans to end private use of convict labor.
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Alabama
John B. Wood
International Labor News Service
Birmingham
Ala
Finis
Knox
Warden Davis
James Davis
Davis
Col. Bibb Graves
Col. Graves
Labor Facts and AFL History Q&A Highlights
A historical Q&A on labor movement topics covers the slogan Organize Agitate Educate. It notes 1912 as the first telephone operators union in Boston, the Printers Home in Colorado Springs since 1892, and defines guilds as medieval craft monopolies. The AFL supported Eugene V. Debs after the 1894 Pullman strike with moral and financial aid.
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International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Boston
Colorado Springs
Colo
International Type-1 Graphical Union
Celluloid visor deemed dangerous by labor bureau
Denver report warns celluloid visors pose burn and eye injury risks. Officials say visors can ignite from a match flame, stressing nonflammable alternatives when eye protection is needed.
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Denver
State Labor Bureau
Pledges in Washington D C Union Labor Life Insurance drive
The Union Labor Life Insurance Company reports a surge in inquiries as the stock selling campaign nears closing. Requests for group insurance and individual policies flood offices while unions rush to secure allotments, with a record opening anticipated for the trade union movement and insurance sector.
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of Insurance Flood Union
Labor Life Offices
Washington, D
Union
Labor Life Insurance Company
Dawes Rebuffed by National Voters in Election
Washington report shows Vice President Dawes and his plan to replace primaries with a convention system rejected nationwide. Ohio voters led the backlash by more than a 100000 vote margin, keeping the primary provision in their state constitution.
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Washington
Dawes
Ohio
Children Have Poor Eyes Reveal School Defect Study
New York reports show public school pupils commonly suffer underdeveloped vision. A survey of students highlights vision problems as a widespread physical defect affecting attendance and learning.
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New York
American Labor Is Shaping a Distinct Policy, Walling Claims
William English Walling argues in American Labor and American Democracy that U S labor has formed a definite goal of economic democracy and original tactics independent of capitalism and European socialism. He criticizes European thinking and British standards as distortions of American labor policy.
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International Labor News Service
New York City
William English Walling
Harper & Bros
Workers’ Education Bureau
New York
Walling
Sumuer Gompers
Wallin
Mr. Willing
Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Green
Mr. Walling
Vare Plans Desperate Fight To Retain Senate Seat
Philadelphia cries out as William S. Vare and his Ware gang brace for a desperate bid to keep Pepper's Senate seat. Wilson wins statewide support, while Philadelphian influence and slush funds loom large in a tense political battle. Vare seeks censorship to suppress damaging vote details as the campaign intensifies.
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Vare
Senate
International Labor News Service
Philadelphia
William S. Vare
United States Senate
George Wharton Pepper
Ware
William B. Wilson
Wilson
Truman H. Newberry
Michigan
Fire Fighters Win Wage Increases in Municipal Referendums
Organized fire fighters in Toledo Atlantic City Omaha and Steubenville Ohio secured raises through local referendums. Atlantic City now pays 2550 dollars yearly the highest in the country surpassing New York at 2500. Toledo gains 30 percent and Steubenville approves 380 dollars monthly.
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Washington
Toledo
Atlantic City
Omaha
Steubenville
Ohio
International Association of Fire Fighters
New York City
Steubenville Tizens
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Mesienis Federation of Labor
Eugene V. Debs
Debs
Cook County
Chicago
Priscilla
Troning Board Bath
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