Strike Declared at Champion Mills Over Wages
The papermakers union announced a strike at Champion mills after company representatives refused to formally meet as a committee. The demands include higher wages, elimination of the bonus system, and union recognition. Company officials refused to discuss the proposal, promising only to meet workers individually.
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Champion Mills
Peter G. Thomson
Peter Thomson Jr
Walter Randall
Logan Thomson
Randall
Thomson
Unio
Champion
Winder
Layt Mondey
Peter G
Unionists Win Wage Increases Across League of Shops
The Carpenters' union No. Ls of Peoria 111 defeated the Carpenter Contractors' association ending a city wide lockout. Wages rise to 70 cents an hour and conditions improve. Other unions report gains: Hocking Valley railroad workers in Columbus Ohio gain higher pay, Wabash railroad workers in St. Louis get 6 cents more hourly, Canadian Pacific in Toronto raises wages, Tacoma brewery workers gain eight hour day and nine hours pay after four hours, Los Angeles breweries sign broader agreement with pay boosts of 10 to 20 percent, St Paul Brewery Workers win a $2 weekly rise under a three year contract.
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Carpenters’ Union No. Ls
Peoria
Carpenter Contractors’ Association
Federated
Hocking Valley Railroad
Columbus Ohio
Tacoma
Washington
Los Angeles
Cal
Brewery Workers’ Unions
Molders Strike Persists at Niles Plant
Molders at the Niles plant remain on strike backed by the International union receiving four fifty weekly plus local union aid. The company ships patterns to Dayton Ohio for casting and three workers at the Dayton plant take on jobs there. Union men fund weekly 25 cent assessments to aid strikers while ball games are halted and fish fries arranged. Eagles picnic tickets were given with pay.
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Niles
The
International
International Clay Machine Tool Co
Dayton
Ohio
Dayon Machinists Demand Eight-Hour Day August 21 1916
Dayton machinists demand an eight hour day on Monday August 21 1916 and call all machinists toolmakers screwmakers and shop workers to stay away from work in a mass protest.
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Dayton
American Chemists and Their Industrial Achievements
A historic overview credits American chemists with building the worlds largest sulfuric acid and aluminum industries, advancing calcium carbide and acetylene uses, developing chlorine production for peace and public health, and boosting pulp, paper, and synthetic materials including graphite and other chemicals.
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Americnia
United States
Pace Pinner
UL Buebnaud
Harper's
Umbrellas and Society in Rain and Fashion
A fragmented excerpt discusses umbrellas as more than rain protection, noting psychology and color symbolism. It contrasts colored and black umbrellas and muses on their social meaning, then shifts to Argentina as a melting pot with Buenos Aires’ cosmopolitan mix of immigrants and a brief note on gardeners shaping statuary with evergreens.
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Ebelter Ajatis
Usilan
Mount
Desert
Boston ‘Transcript
Argentina
Buenos Aires
New York
Dan Ward
World Outlook
Humorous Exchanges On A Baby Diet And Looks
A humorous exchange notes the hostess's son being ugly and guesses about paternity, followed by a joke about a baby swallowing a dime and a frugal diet. The snippets reflect light, witty caption style from early 20th century papers.
Fear Move to Assail Unionism Threatens Miners
Coal mine operators push for wartime production that miners say would undermine safeguards built up over years. United Mine Workers attack a Council of National Defense committee lacking miners’ representation and allege anti union actions in western Kentucky.
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United Mine Workers of America
Executive Board
Council of National Defense
Kentucky
Con
Eeline Leply
Efert Mile
Willus
Federn
Attaira
Alsion
Grea
Prise
Labor and wage pricing in unions critique a sweet by and by
A speaker argues that workers should set the price of their labor rather than employers. He warns against surrendering hope of reward in the afterlife and pushes for immediate better times rather than waiting for rewards in a future beyond.
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Gompers
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
United Mine Workers of America
Jone
Editorial Opposes Suspension of Federal Child Labor Law
The New York Tribune rebukes calls to suspend the federal child labor law. It cites Samuel Gompers for labor, argues shortages exist without harming youth, and warns suspension would threaten education, health, and future labor. The piece stresses risks to the nation's industrial future and urges keeping the law intact.
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New York Tribune
Samuel Gompers
the Tribune
York
Tours
America
Senate Upholds Right to Peaceable Strikes in Wartime
Debate centers on amendment to a wartime shipping bill affirming the Clayton Act strike privilege. Senator Hollis argues workers may walk out under intolerable conditions, while Senator Borah questions impact on food transport. The El Paso council also bans picketing.
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Senate
United States
Newlands
Hollis
New Hampshire
Senator Borah
Brotherhood of
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Boston Transcript
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Eugene Lyman Fisk
Typographical Union No. 47
New Haven, Conn
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the Square Tailors
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