04 Dec 1914
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Newspaper
Butler County Press
Location
Hamilton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1914
Page
1
Samuel Gompers argues long hours harm physical and mental health and threaten future citizens. He supports abolition of child labor and tighter limits on women workers, urging reduced hours as a path to higher living standards and national strength.
An exhibit at Calvary church New York presents a child labor creed with a smiling stout boy image wearing a pulled down hat. The creed proclaims Give me a chance with elaborated protections spread across the display.
A Youth's Companion piece explains that annihilated or destroyed describes the breakup of a fighting unit rather than mass slaughter. It uses Boer War example of General Buller’s 40 000 men who were defeated with 3 600 casualties and forced to retreat, then reorganized before fighting again.
In Panama two villages lived under fear of a man eater an alligator that killed about thirty people in two months. A hunter captured the beast with a baited hook a half pig and a rope. The two towns totalled 250 people and the gator was nearly twenty four feet long over a century old.
The piece defends organized labor as peace loving when possible but willing to fight to secure fair treatment. It argues unions must act decisively against greedy employers and urges open inquiry into labor’s aims, while condemning anti union critics as self seeking. The North Dakota State Federation of Labor backs three bills: stronger child labor limits, an anti blacklist law, and a workers compensation act.
In war time wireless telegraphy keeps cruisers in direct contact with the fleet and shore stations. Operators translate sighted enemy ships into signals for the admiral, while cruisers patrol ahead for reconnaissance and watch for mines and torpedoes. The system relies on secrecy and calm, with rapid message handling under pressure as battleships maneuver.
The passage argues that progress in democratizing life opportunities comes from the workers themselves driven by a nascent sense of better things. It notes imperfect methods but persistent striving, learning from blunders, and that organization is the essential condition for all successful action.
A summary of the American Federation of Labor and the American Federation of Labor in the past year highlights wage gains and working conditions reforms. The report reviews organizational growth, leadership statements, and policy aims affecting member trades and labor standards.
A garbled OCR item notes tensions over prohibition laws with the Brewery Workers union opposing government legislation. It references global labor groups and a ministry stance, detailing refusals to enforce new restrictions and support for brewery workers against proposed measures.
The joint arbitration body grants union recognition to the Ladies' Waist and Tiremakers' union and the Walst and mill workers' assembly of New York. The decision endorses that workers should save the purchasing voice. Joint conferences will be held to craft a plan to implement the ruling affecting 30,000 workers.
Labor statistics indicate AFL membership reached about 2 020 671, up from 1 000 004 last year as street car workers face injunctions. The United Brotherhood of Carpenters pushes for an eight hour day. Colorado mine accidents were low with 110 deaths last year. A large Philadelphia AFL convention parade drew 600 workers, bands, and boats amid a convention opening.
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