Unions Face Criticism And Replies On Workplace Rules
The preliminary report from the United States commission on industrial relations surveys employer criticism of unions and union responses. Key points cover responsibility for contract breaches, union shop vs closed shop claims, output limits, uniform wage standards, apprentice restrictions, and violence allegations with labor’s defense of lawful conduct and claims of employer provocation.
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United States Commission On Industrial Relations
Commission
Npeo
FOLLY OF FACTIONAL STRIFE IN LABOR MOVEMENT
The Shoe Workers' Journal argues factional splits embarrass the labor movement as sides form with or against federations. One faction is AFL recognized while the other is not, yet both may have allies in various faculties. Despite such fights, the movement continues to progress amid internal weakness.
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Shoe Workers’ Journal
American Federation of Labor
Labor Movement
Union drive targets clerks and women in Philadelphia
Promoters of the Labor Forward movement in Cleveland plan organized effort in Philadelphia to unionize scores of trades not yet unionized with focus on clerical workers, women and girls in textiles and stores. Selections of committees and a general plan of action aim to convince unorganized workers of union benefits. Electricians in San Diego raise wages to four fifty per day effective March first with contractors to hire only union members.
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Philadelphia
American Federation of Labor
Byseph Ritchie
Organized Labor
Worden
Kensington
Labor Forward Movement
Labor Forward
Cleveland
Sabs
San Diego
Cal
Notes of Labor and Other Snippets from Galveston Text
A collage of era items notes on labor union strength in Galveston, a statistic on sickness among workers, a Texas and Arkansas legal note, plus humorous and domestic vignettes showing everyday life and manners. The piece mixes social commentary, commerce, and light humor without a single coherent event.
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Galveston Tex
American Federation of Labor
Arkansas
State Supreme Court
United States
Inside History of a War Prediction by Japanese Minister
In Aubrey Stanhope's recollections a Petersburg correspondent recalls Marquis Nishi foretelling eight years before that Japan would attack Russia and be unprepared. Later M Kurino, told there would be no war, citing Nishi's warning as proof. Nishi later helped plan Japan's sudden 1904 attack, leaving Russia unprepared.
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Russia
Japan
Aubrey Stanhope
Petersburg
Marquis Nishi
M. Kurino
Foretzo
Count Lamedorff
Margaia Nishi
Tokyo
Nishi
A Tough Soldier: Lord Napier's Wounds and Victory
A profile of Lord Napier detailing his battlefield injuries during the 1845-46 campaigns in India, including Ferozshah Sobon Gujrat and Lucknow, alongside remarks on his steadiness and swift recovery. Separate note on match manufacturing and advancements, then brief asides on common law, long tailed roosters, and a quip about arithmetic.
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Lord Napier
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Dowb
Bart
Ferozeshad
Sobmon
Moolian
Gujrat
Lucknow
Alumbaugh Rn
Washington
Brar
No Death, Earth Drowning in Life Idea from The New York American
A dramatic excerpt argues death is essential to balance life. It imagines a world with no death, counting rotifers and aphids exploding in number, then scales up to codfish and medusae, showing how uncontrolled propagation would smother land, sea, and air. The piece concludes that death preserves life’s balance and prevents planetary catastrophe.
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Earth
Takenother
New York American
Trapped by Fire in African Elephant Ivory Trade
A Cincinnati Commercial Tribune account describes Niam Niam hunters driving elephants into a fire trap during Africa's dry season. Torches and horns surround herds, flames encircle a half mile wide ring, suffocation kills the elephants, then hunters slaughter for meat and ivory to trade at stations.
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Africa
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Does Heredity Exist and Describe the Grand Canyon
A Collier's Weekly excerpt argues heredity is not a separate force but a linguistic label for traits handed down from parents. It claims brown or blue eyes remain hereditary concepts, and all life is inherently hereditary. The piece also critiques grand descriptions of the Grand Canyon, noting the author has not seen it and declines to describe it.
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Grand Canyon
Colorado
Julian Street
Collier's Weekly
Fond Recollections From The Reminiscence Club
A Washington Star reader exchange recalls past tipping habits and menu choices. One member notes waiters once said thank you for a twenty five cent tip while another recalls reading menus by dishes rather than prices to gauge affordability.
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Reminiscence Club
Washington Star
Detecting Alternating and Direct Current by Magnet Test
A simple method uses a magnet near an incandescent lamp in the circuit. If the current is alternating the filament vibrates. if direct the filament bends toward the magnet without vibrating.
Timely Warning warns against reading germs of thought book
A brief, wry note cites a Baltimore American quip about a book containing germs of thought while a Houston Post strip mocks proposal by phone. The snippets reflect-era humor and newspaper voice.
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Baltimore American
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Holbrock Bros
Voss-Holbrock
Holzberger
H.H. Jones Service
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Cinginnati, Ohio
Ohio Union
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Hamilton Collateral Loan Co
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Union Stamp
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