Secretary Wilson Urges Regulating Armed Guards in Labor Disputes
Secretary William B. Wilson of the Labor Department, in his first annual report to President Wilson, opposes armed guards in strikes and urges Congress to enact laws to regulate the practice for public peace. He argues for mediation and collective bargaining as remedies and calls for proper funding and authority for the department to mediate labor disputes. He notes tensions in coal strikes and Michigan Pere Marquette events and emphasizes wage earners' rights to organize.
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W. B. Wilson
Department of Labor
Wilson
Congress
Colorado
Michigan
United States
Ciraugh Celt
Vantase
Criticising a Critic on Gray's Elegy
A New York Times reader discusses verbal precision in Gray's Elegy and the grammar debates sparked by a critic who finds errors in lines such as their muome and many a holy text. The piece argues linguistic rules are inferred from writers rather than fixed by opinion.
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Gray
Hans
W. Scott
Goold Brown
Hawick
Scott
New York Times
Course of a pitched ball explained by air flow and spin
The article discusses how a straight pitched baseball can jump sideways due to unstable air vortex sheets around a non spinning ball. It cites Professor W S Franklin of Lehigh University and compares the effect to a smooth marble in still water, noting the crucial role of arm power in producing the baffling motion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Journal of the Franklin Institute
W .S. Franklin
Lehigh University
Franklin
Strange Arabian Burial Markers in Tripoli Cemetery
In a Tripoli cemetery wealth and importance are shown by grave stones with sunken bowls in cement. The receptacles hold water for birds rather than flowers, as birds are believed to bring good fortune to the deceased.
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Tripoli
Labor on SCHOOLS Held by Baboon Labor Panic
A Chicago News summary reports AFL Seattle convention calls for higher teacher wages and uniform state textbooks to raise educational standards. It notes 3,700 Illinois teachers earn under $300 annually and urges a living wage and sufficient staffing for personal student attention, plus a model bill for state textbook uniformity.
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American Federation of Labor
Seattle
Kials State Federation of Labor
Taobs
Americat Federation
Ilinois
Illinois
Federaon
Ethelbert Stewart
Chicago News
New Union For Women Has Boston Referendum Support
The international constitution adopted by the A F of L Electrical Workers union in Boston last summer is approved by referendum. A women’s branch is established for telephone operators and women shop workers with lower dues and fewer benefits than the men’s branch. The men’s branch per capita tax and benefits are slightly increased.
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Union For Women
A. F of L. Electrical Workers’ Union
Boston
Indiana Supreme Court Rules Guarding Would Have Prevented Injury
A state supreme court ruling finds the employer liable for an employee’s injury when his hand slipped into unguarded machine cogs while shifting gear. The court states guarding the cogs would have prevented the accident and that the band applying was not the primary cause.
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Indiana State Supreme Court
Memory's Pleasure Fragments Inspired by Proverbs
A compact fragment notes memory's pleasure rising from life’s crushed flower and a perfume wafting to the present hour. It adds a French proverb urging men who wish to pray to go to sea for true devotion.
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Kladness
Richter
Crushing Unionism and the Threat to Labor Rights
The Chicago Tribune argues that prosecuting United Mine Workers leaders for conspiracy to restrain trade or monopolizing labor could destroy trade unionism. It contends unions reflect intelligence and progress in labor disputes and warns that restricting unions may worsen capital labor conflict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Mine Workers
Chicago Tribune
Palmer Bill Aims to Halt Child Labor Exports
A proposed congressional bill by Representative A Mitchell Palmer seeks to ban shipments of products made by children under sixteen in mines and quarries and under fourteen in factories or workshops. The measure assigns enforcement to a three‑part federal panel and is backed by the National Child Labor Committee as a tool to end child labor in America.
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Congress
A. Mitchell Palmer
National Child Labor Committee
Palwer
Vonalsting
Later
Secretary of Commerce
Palmer
Stta
Beveridge
America
Labor Rights and Exile in South Africa Spark Debate
A critique condemns South African authorities for secretly exiling ten labor teachers and eroding legal protections. The piece compares this to recent actions by other states and highlights public health harms from labor camps, citing typhoid and diphtheria outbreaks and calls for strict supervision of labor conditions.
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United States
Birtha
Stinminrg
Virginia
Michigan
Colorado
Wood Leiberman
Wisconsin
Lelsermin
Jesse
Ani
Tin Soreien
Meath
Tminston
Non-Drinkers Get Wages Boost at Chester Quartz Plant
The quartz company of Chester Putus offers a 10 percent raise to 300 workers who pledge total abstinence from intoxicants. General manager William B. Stanton says most employees signed, and the firm will not hire habitual drinkers or tolerate drinking after signing.
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Quartz Company of
Chester
Putus
William B. Stanton
Mr. Stanton
Carpet Workers’ Wages Cut by Yonkers Firm
The Alexander Smith and Sons Carpet Company of Yonkers announces a 10 percent wage reduction for its 7,000 workers starting February 7. The pay envelope notice cites general conditions and predicts weekly deductions ranging from $8,000 to $69,000, with payrolls between $50,000 and $90,000.
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Alexander Smith & Sons’ Carpet Company
Yonkers
Education as disqualification in two centuries past
The London Chronicle notes that education was a disqualification for servants in the 2nd century. Hannah More promoted Sunday schools but limited the curriculum to Bible reading catechism and "such conrae works as may fit them for servants." She declared no writing for the poor.
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London Chronicle
Hannah More
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Secretary OF Labor
Cong
Flora
Preston
England
National Union of Journalists
James Larkin
Plan Labor Temple
Danville 11
Funda
Federation
South Africa
Mangwe
Africa
Matoppo Hills
Bulawayo
Lynch Law For Labor
New York World
Holbrock Bros
Voss-Holbrock
Holzberger
H.H. Jones Service
338 East Ltd
Cincinnati, Ohio
Ohio Union
Hamilton
Ohio Union Brewing Co
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