Nazareth Strike Scene Sparks Tear Gas Incident
Sheriff John J. Snyder described firing tear gas at peaceful spectators during arrests of seven pickets at the Kraemer mill in Nazareth. Twenty six pickets were arrested in one day, with girls among them, fined for disorderly conduct, after which further arrests and fines followed. A later night roundup included Josephine Kaczor, with police photographing her for the rogue’s gallery despite union opposition.
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Nazareth
John J. Snyder
Northampton County
Pennsylvania
Adkins
Marion
N. C
Baldwin Mill
Snyder
Kraemer
Joseph Fulmer
Josephine Kaczor
Haston
Penn A. GC
Philadelphia
State Democratic Party
Democratic Party
Decline in December Employment, U S Labor Bureau Report
Washington ILNS the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports December employment fell 2.0 percent from November and payroll totals dropped 0.8 percent. Retail trade rose, coal mining added workers, while most other industries reduced employment. The data cover 43,432 establishments with 4,928,090 employees.
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Washington
ILNS
Bureau of Labor Statistics
United States Department of Labor
Five Day Week Study Shows Mixed Production Effects
The National Industrial Conference Board surveyed 270 U S plants, finding 68 percent report output same or higher with a five day week while 6.4 percent show substantial reductions and 25.4 percent less output. The plants employ 218000 workers and average 155 employees excluding Ford. Non continuous process industries favor the short week. garment, printing and lithographing adopt it, though total hours may remain near full week. The survey neither advocates nor condemns the policy, noting suitability varies by operation.
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New York City
SSNS
United States
National Industrial Conference Board
Ford Motor Company
Nazareth Hosiery Strike Ruling Prompts Alarm Across Labor
A Northampton County judge upholds a permanent injunction against Reading Branch of the American Federation of Full Fashioned Hosiery Workers and named defendants over the Nazareth Kraemer mill strike. The ruling bars union organizers from actions deemed to incite against yellow dog contracts, drawing sharp warnings from labor leaders about broader implications for free speech and union organizing.
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Easton
LLNS
R. C. Stewart
Northampton Wenty
Kraemer
Nazareth
Northampton County
Kraemer Company
Stewart
Kraan Mall
Kruemer
ALA
MacDonald Detective Agency
West Virginia
Commonwealth
William Penn
Calvin Hartzell
Kraemer Mill
United Textile Workers' Union
Supreme Court of the United States
Hitchman
Etie
New Steel Combine Wins Weld Process
The $50,000,000 steel merger around Repub lic Tron and Steel Co won control of the Johnston electric welding process for steel tubing in Federal District Court. The ruling affects not only steel, but tubing for automotive and furniture industries as the patents cover method and apparatus enabling welding at 65 to 150 feet a minute versus about 12 with older methods.
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New York
Republic Tron and Steel Company
Johnston
Galston
Pequot Mills Broadcast Free Concerts From Salem Hall
Salem Massachusetts broadcasts of free concrete concerts are funded by the Charles A Read trust fund and carried by Pequot Mills. Station WNAC Boston airs Sundays in January and February with the Salem Cadet Band and Boston Symphony artists. Jean Missud conducts. the hall is the house where Bell lived 1875 76.
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Salem
Mass
ILNS
Charles A. Read
Pequot Mills
Naumkeay Steam Cotton Company
Pequot
United States
Alexander Graham Bell
WNAC
Boston
Salem Cadet Band
Europe
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Jean Mr. Missud
Massachusetts Boasts Labor For Compensation Bill
Boston Mass ILNS A state fund for workmen's compensation would be created in Massachusetts under a measure filed by Representative Thomas H Carr for the Massachusetts State Federation of Labor. The bill raises maximum disability benefits to 21 dollars per week, increases death benefits to seven thousand dollars and expands hospital and medical services for permanent injuries. Carr says the bill will save the state two hundred thousand dollars yearly by reducing reliance on the industrial accident board and will provide fair compensation for workers.
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Boston
Mass
ILNS
New York
Ohio
Massachusetts House of Representatives
Thomas H. Carr
Massachusetts State Federation of Labor
Martin T. Joyce
Carr
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Industrial Accident Board
Legisla ‘Ture
Open Shop Pastor Fights for Safer Mines in Oklahoma City
Oklahoma City minister Rev. Homer Lewis Sheffer, of the First Unitarian Church, drew praise from unionists by urging safety reforms after visiting McAlester mine disaster. He recommends safety devices, rock dusting, workers compensation expansion, inspector protection, and miner ownership reorganization. He faced resistance from open shop supporters but won church backing by advocating humane, practical reforms.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
ILNS
Homer Lewis Sheffer
First Unitarian Church
Southwest
Sheffer
McAlester
Dama
Rock Falls
Cleveland Cloak Strike Settled by Agreement
In Cleveland Ohio over 2000 cloak and suit makers walked out for three days. After negotiations between the International Ladies Garment Workers Union and local manufacturers, the strike was called off with an agreement eight four garment factories affected. The union sought forty hour week eight hours less than current forty four, end sweatshop conditions wage guarantees in contracting shops and job preferences for skilled Cleveland cloak and dressmakers in work distribution before shipments leave the city.
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Cleveland
Ohio
ILNS
International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union
Wyoming labor circular urges visible union label in daily goods
A New Year circular from the Wyoming State Federation of Labor urges readers to demand union labels on bread and bakery products and on brooms, shoes, clothing and underwear. It also encourages establishing workers study clubs, contributing labor news, and improving the Labor Journal rather than condemning it without supplying content.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Wyoming
Thom the
Labor Journal
Five Day Week Certain In Evitable Says Union Report
A Denver Typographical Union committee reports the five day work week is inevitable due to rapid machine production and a surge in national output. The study cites automation as the major driver behind the shift toward shorter work weeks.
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Denver Typographical Union
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