Smallpox Drives Unionists to Post Bond and Release
A Textile Workers union committee visited Shuler & Benninghofen Co in Lindenwald after Miss Margaret Maxine of Cincinnati organized talks. The dispute, tied to a wage payroll issue, led to the release of 29 jailed union men after bonds were posted and vaccination steps planned amid fears of smallpox.
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Textile Workers’ Union
Shuler & Benninghofen Co
Trades Council
Maxine
Women's War Council
Miss Maxine
Labor laws saved children from industrial toil in wartime
Officials argued child labor must be curbed as war demands rise, citing Thorans on necessity of prewar laws. Federal inspectors enforce age certificates while states adopt stronger standards. About 27,028 under 14 and 17,067 in mines left industry. many 14 to 16 with eight hour limits also affected. 119,690 in 1910 states lacked such laws.
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Miss Abbott
Colins
Britain’s wartime labor bargain secures workers roles
The piece describes Britain’s prewar union approach and the munitions act, detailing how government led control over war industries, wage and price limits, and union guarantees helped quell labor strife. It notes unions agreed not to strike and accepted process changes to meet wartime needs, with disputes greatly reduced.
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Great Britain
London
Germany
Stephenson Kent
Labor Loyal In War and Women Make Airplanes
Officials in Washington report industrial unrest in the United States at a minimum as the war effort continues. Adjustment boards handle few cases while wage demands arise in government contract industries. The federal mediation board has averted walkouts. Government agencies monitor labor conditions to prevent disputes. In Britain, Lord Derby urged 6,000 women to assist in aircraft production, prompting a large number of women to join airplane factories and perform well.
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United States
Washington
Council of National Defense
Federal Board of Mediation and Conciliation
Lord Derby
Britala
Sarcastic Surprise on Insults and Mr Stevens Book
A fragmentary quip asks why calling men insects is insulting. The banter contends insects lack the chance to work for two living, while hinting Mr Stevens writes a book on happiness. The exchange touches on marriage and responsibility in a fragmentary dialogue.
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Stevens
Magnetized returning bullets spark wartime jokes
A New York letter mocks tech marvels of war noting Edison invented a magnetized bullet that cannot miss a German helmet. The joke shifts to bullets that return to American soldiers, with janitors debating how bullets avoid hitting their own men while Edison supposedly trains them to fall around defenders.
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New York
Edison
Min Edison
Telegraphers Trained for Army Signal Corps Endorsed
The Illinois Manufacturers' association and the Chicago Association of Commerce support a campaign to train 20,000 telegraphers for the U S army Signal Corps. Telegraphy will be taught to men of military age in Chicago public schools and across universities colleges and technical institutes in the Central department.
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Illinois Manufacturers’ Association
Chicago Association of Commerce
Signal Corps
United States Army
Chicago
Central Department of the Army
Open Shop ruling spurs unions clash in courts
Supreme Court splits six to three ruling employers may operate open shops and block unionization of nonunion workers in West Virginia cases involving Hinchman Coal and Eagle Glass. Dissent by Brandeis Holmes and Clarke calls decision a retreat from workers rights and modern democracy see also AFL leader Gompers critique.
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United States Supreme Court
Hinehimin Coal and Coke Company
Eagle Glass Manufaceuring Company
West Virginia
Dayton
United Mine Workers of America
Einchman Coal and Coke Company
Eagle Glass Manufcturing Company
Strike Fever Grim in England Hits Radiator Makers
A wave of strikes grips England as metal radiator workers join a wage dispute with solderers and tin men. About 150,000 Birmingham and Midland shop hands demand steward recognition or immediate strike, risking delays in aircraft manufacture while the Ministry of Labor negotiates a settlement.
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England
Birmingham
Midland
Ministry of Labor
Postal Workers Plead For Pay Scale Restoration
A memorial signed by 28 000 postal employees was presented to Postmaster General Edward J Gainor and M T Finnan of the National Association of Letter Carriers. It argues the cost of living has doubled in ten years while wages for top carriers have not risen and have, in fact, been trimmed.
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Meit
Edward J. Gainor
National Association of Lettercarriers
M. T. Finnan
Ohio branch campaign against women in industrial work
The Ohio branch of the council of national defense starts a campaign to discourage women from entering industrial jobs such as railroad work. It declares the state committee opposes any suspension of labor laws, notably the child labor law.
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Ohio
Council of National Defense
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Textile Committee
John Golden
International Union of Textile Workers’ of America
Golden
Their International
Butler County
Walter S Harlan
Joe Deininger
Frank P. Zerfasss
Zerfass
Fred Brinkman
Deininger
Ddw. Cook
Cook
Union
A.s Smedly
Smedly
A. L. Smedly
Edward Cook
Frank P
Dr. Smedly
Sebastian Bruwner
Jacob Brunner
Joe Brady
Wm. Brown
Buford Dees
Jove King
Henry Gardner
Louis Huffnagle
Oda McMillan
Chas. Mig ‘Nery
Sheldon Norton
Paul Ortoff
Stanley Ogg
Walter Price
Chas. Perrine
John B Ruhl
Louis Schalk
Louis Zmmerman
Niles Foundry
Frank Pepper
Fred
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Rudy Laubach
Tim
William L. Chenery
James LI Collins
Sepauher
Grace Abbott
Chive
Tal Fit
Echoot
Nemre
Fot
Chiiren
Trig
France
M. Albert Thorans
Britain
George Soule
Thay
Ako
Thdge Tsien
West Virelna
Univete Union
Miethows
Lullers of
America
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