Plot to Wreck Labor Laws Warned by Pan American
Pan American Federation warns workers against Ashurst bill to purchase part of Mexico. Retail Clerks' Union No. 119 met in Trades Council hall, routine business completed despite sickness. A contract report was deferred to March 10. Fred W. Gradolph named to represent clerks with Citizens' Booster Committee.
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Ashurst
Mexico
Trades Council Hall
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Citizens’ Booster Committee
Fred W. Gradolph
Smooth Scheme Of U. S. Capitalists To Secure Nations Title To Petroleum
New York Pan American Federation of Labor denounces Senator Ashurst plan to buy Lower California and Sonora from Mexico. The advisory committee warns of US capitalists pushing annexation, claiming vast claims against Mexico and attacking labor rights in the Mexican Constitution. The group urges Latin American labor bodies to unite for a Pan American Federation of Labor congress in New York City on July 7, 1919.
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New York
Pan-American Federation of Labor
United States
Ashurst
Arizona
Mexico
California
Sonora
Mexiicans
Senate
Latin America
America
Congress of the
Ator
United States Congress
Ergrland
Workers of Pan-America
Representative Labor Organization
Pan-American Republic
Pan American Federation of Labor Congress
New York City
Europe
United Labor Movement
New York Building Trades Strike Called Off
A widespread strike by New York building trades was suspended after a conference among the Building Trades Association the unions and labor leaders. An independent Conference Committee will settle disputed wages and related issues. In Hamilton nine carpenters at Niles Tool Works quit then returned to work after the agreement was announced.
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New York
Building Trades Association
Ron of War and Labor
New York City
Hamilton
Niles Tool Works Company
Farro Construction Co
New York Building Employers Association
Swain Carson
Carpenters’ Union
the International
Niles Company
Anent Carson
Carson
Greis
Carpenters
Farro Construction Company
Labor federation urges wartime postwar reforms nationwide
A F of L secretary Frank Morrison circulates to unions urging Congress to fund public works, halt immigration until veterans find work, provide one year of soldier pay, and establish government land loans for soldiers and workers. North west printers call for seven hour workday and uniform contracts with a Pacific coast scale conference in Portland next April.
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Washington
A. P. of L
Frank Morrison
A. F. of L
Organized Labor
Congress
Tacoma, Wash
Northwest
Portland
Pacific Coast
Citizens' Committee Forms to Study Hamilton Electric Plant
Mayor C J Smith appoints a citizens committee to examine Hamilton’s electric plant. Gordon S Rentschler chairs with Albert B Brown as secretary. Fr J Sloat attends. A special subcommittee will study legal rights to buy current and possibly build a pole line with Parry J Koehler and Edw C Sohngen named. The panel aims to preserve municipal ownership, expand capacity, and report findings publicly.
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Citizens Committee
C. J. Smith
Peter Benninghofen
Gordon S. Rentschler
Albert B. Brown
Fr. J. Sloat
Sloat
Hamilton
Parry J. Koehler
Edw. C. Sohngen
Union Gas and Electric Co
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Aiscert
Mambady
Tas
Vicious Principles of State Constabulary Cited
Frank Morrison of the A F of L condemns a proposed state constabulary in a Wheeling inquiry, calling it a selected force detached from the people and linked to intimidation of strikers. In Newark, organized machinists suspend work after wage cuts of six cents per hour by Dane Manufacturing.
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Washington
Walter Hilton
Wheeling
W. Va
A. F. of L
A. F
Frank Morrison
A. F of L
Newark
N. J
Dane Manufacturing Company
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