Rise of worker compensation laws sweeps states
A survey shows rapid growth in compensation for work injuries since 1908, with 1914 and 1915 adding eight new state laws and federal orders. Wyoming caps death benefits at 2000 and Alaska up to 6000, while Colorado and Oregon expand temporary disability and safety provisions. Administrations vary, with many states creating special boards, and Utah eyeing future commissions to draft broader bills.
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Bueau of Labor Statistics
United States Department of Labor
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maryland
Colorado
Indiana
Maine
Montana
Oklahoma
Pennsylvania
Vermont
Wyoming
Alaska
Hawaii
Polina Canal
Vavania
Alask
United States
Industrial Commission of
Utah
Seamen Honor Lalor Wilson With Carved Book of Resolution
Seamen presented Secretary Lalor Wilson with a hand embossed and engraved copy in book form containing the resolution from the International Seamen's Union thanking him for his work on seamen's law. The last convention also noted the recall of the miner and expressed gratitude.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lalor Wilson
International Seamen's Union
Wings of a Bird and the making of machines
A playful essay contrasts bird flight with human aviation noting a bird’s engine as its wings and muscles. It recounts the inventor’s failed attempt to mimic flight, then describes an aeroplane with large wings driven by a gasoline or electric engine. The piece adds art notes on water color painters and includes a string of quirky newspaper snippets and jokes.
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Alaska
South America
Chapman
St. Nicholas
Nicholson
Coples
Sides
Vitier
Soriety
John Ruskin
Exelatge
Richard Cromwell A Gentle Protector With A Checkered Career
Richard Cromwell, known as Queen Dick, failed to train his son and avoided duties. He served as lord protector from September 3, 1658 to May 25, 1650, abdicated under pressure, then lived in retirement for fifty three years and died July 12, 1712 at ninety.
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Richard Cromwell
Oliver Cromwell
Richard
Argonaut
Gossip of Labor Sparks Eight Hour Gains and Trades
The Cheyenne bartender union wins an eight hour day as carpenters in Baltimore press for four fifty daily hours. J. W. Hayes becomes president of the AFL trades department. Hilles & Jones machinists in Wilmington return to a fifty one hour week, with a plan to drop to forty eight hours by March first. The AFL Panama-Pacific exhibit moves to Washington to join the new AFL office building.
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Bartenders’ Union of
Cheyenne
Wyo
Baltimore
J. W. Hayes
International ‘Typographical Union
Union Labor Trades Department
American Federation of Labor
Hilles & Jones Company
Wilmington
Del
Son
Washington
Confessions of a Happily Married Man
A humorous monologue on domestic life from a husband noting how his wife dislikes being read aloud to yet indulges his praise and shared outings while his own criticisms are kept quiet. He recalls a series of small concessions and reminders about manners, dress, and schedules in their marriage.
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Ashame
Ste
Ahvnys
Rosie
Lungs of a Battleship Ventilation as a Sericua Problem
A discussion on ship ventilation from Pearson's Weekly outlines the complex system in battleship interiors. It details air supply routes, furnace drafts, engine room fans, coal bunker ventilation, and the risks of gas against a backdrop of extensive piping and electric networks. The piece emphasizes the vital role of steam driven fans and airtight trunks up to the weather deck for safe operation.
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Creitisse
Uals
Duirge
Accon
Eliverss
Higtts
Ton
Pearson's Weekly
His Own Den Too. Husband’s Visit Stirs House Rules
In a lively household dialogue a wife resists letting a husband’s business visitor enter her den and defends her dressmaker’s interruption. Mae’s marriage to Bareid is questioned as a blockhead opinion surfaces. Bess notes preferences for sturdy timber in a home while a judge weighs the topic.
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Jeas
Mae
Bareid
Bess
Plan for National Railway Strike Hails Eight Hour Day
Four major railway labor groups in Chicago plan a united push for an eight hour day with overtime pay, targeting all 455 U S railroads. Over 400000 members from the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Engineers, Order of Railway Conductors, and Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen vote on demands by May. Officials say arbitration has failed to deliver justice and warn of a walkout if settlements are not reached when awards expire.
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United States
Railrounds
Chicago
Versky
Sealy
Freuen
Western Railroads
Ign
Brotherhood of
Locomotive Engineers
Brotherhood
Order of
Brotherhaw
Caay Riners
Transportation Service
Southern
Hremen
Mmothy Shea
Brotherhood of Locomotive Piremen
Cotte States
Silver Workers Get Raise At Rogers Bro Waterbury
Rogers & Bro in Waterbury Connecticut, a branch of International Silver, approved a general wage hike of about 10 percent for 200 or more workers. The policy cut weekly hours from sixty to fifty five while maintaining full pay for sixty hours, effectively giving five hours of extra pay. The move follows a recent strike and aims to calm dissatis factions among the staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rogers & Bro
International Silver Company
Waterbury
Conn
Labor Strife Looms Over Porto Rico Sugar Harvest
In Porto Rico the upcoming grinding season faces labor woes as sugar workers confront demands led by Santiago Iglesias, head of the local AFL chapter. He calls for an eight hour day and a living wage for agricultural laborers amid the island’s largest sugar crop on record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Porto Ric
Porto Rico
Santiago Iglesias
American Federation of Labor
The Union Label Promotes Stamp Demand Says Journal
The Shoe Workers' Journal urges unions to spend funds on promoting union stamps and labels rather than social events. It notes a banquet may be momentary, while wise spending advances the stamp cause as lasting missionary work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Srething
Shoe Workers’ Journal
Investment in Union Power and Higher Dues
An editorial discusses unions as investments for workers, arguing higher dues strengthen power, solidarity, and wage gains. It cites Samuel Gompers and reports a planned 5 000 milk wagon drivers strike in New York with demands for daily rest, 10 percent wage hikes, and abolition of fines. The London alliance of miners, railway, and transport unions plans joint action on wage and condition matters.
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Samuel Gompers
New York
American Federation of Labor
Retail Milk Drivers’ Union
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
United Hebrew Trades
Feinstein
The
Hebrew Trades
History of
England
London
al- Mance
Miners’ Federation
National Union of Railway Men
National Transport Workers’ Union
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Cleveland Lender
Albany Arenas
France
Germany
Russia
Japan
Italy
Spain
Rumania
Servia
Portugal
Bularia
Venezuela
Wil
George
Atlantic Monthly
Jack
Tom
Milss Roxleigh
Boston Transcript
Plan National Railway Strike
Union Label
Wolon
British Workers Unite
Labor Organizatio
Union Shop
the Square Tailors
High Street
Holbrock Bros
Voss-Holbrock
Morner’s Cafe
Gantz
Dayton St
Uaign
Boot and Shoe Workers’ Union
Jin F. Tori
Chae
the Ohio Union
Hamilton
Ohio Union Brewing Co
Cincinnati, Ohio
Hamilton Collateral Loan Co
Third St
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