Trade Unions Seen as Bulwark for Workers Wages Rise
A speaker from the New York Typographical Union defends unionism as a bulwark for workers against capital. He cites past arbitration with the publishers’ association, notes a 15 percent wage increase for compositors, and reports zinc smelters in Bartlesville raising wages by 12 percent due to higher zinc demand amid European hostilities.
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Ladies and Gentlemen
New York
Horace Greeley
Lin
Univulsm
Uils
Publishier’ Association of New York
Wardiaan
Wardian
Wandian
Bartlesville
Oklo
EU Tope
Granite Workers Win After Eleven‑Week Suspension
The Granite Cutters' International Association ends an eleven week suspension in Vermont's granite belt. About 3,500 members and workers across the region resume activity after the dispute involving several shops and crews.
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Vermont
Granite Cutters’ International Association
Notes of Labor and Union Activities Across Regions
D F Lewis of East Lake City reelected president of the Util Btate Federation of Labor. Belfast Inen factories pay women workers half penny to one cent per hour. Since 1903 the National Women's Trade Union League of America has fought for full citizenship for women. The International Machinists' union expands efforts across New England. Future Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers conventions will be held at the organization headquarters in Cleveland.
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D. FL Lewis
East Lake City
Util Btate Federation of Labor
Belfast
Inen
National Women's Trade Union League of America
Ween
International Machinists’ Union
Engl
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Meveland
Cigarette Beetle Threat to Tobacco and Products
A 19th-century note explains Lasloder ma serviecorne, the cigarette beetle, thrives in tropical regions and feeds on many substances from raisins to books. It infests tobacco wrappers, damaging leaves and lowering value, while adults do little direct harm. Attempts at sterilization via X ray failed, leaving eradication difficult.
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America
Eges
C. A. Kalan
Darrow Epigrams At United States Commission On Industrial Relations
Clarence S. Darrow, Chicago labor attorney, testifies before the U S commission on industrial relations. He cites social and political questions with epigrammatic lines on boycott, punishment, crime, passion in courts, and the power of public opinion as a force for labor.
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Clarence S. Darrow
Chicago
United States Commission On Industrial Relations
Germ count on a fly ranges from 550 to 6 million
Scientific tile tests show a wide germ range on flies with 414 samples averaging about 1 250 000 germs per fly.
Ohio considers labor laws reach for farm workers
The state industrial commission asked the attorney general to decide if women and children on farms fall under labor laws. On a Medina county 1200 acre truck farm, youths from to 18 work up to 9.5 hours daily earning 40 cents to 1.15 dollars. Children weed mud land on hands and knees. Ages 10 to 14 predominate.
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Cleveland
Ohio
State Workshop
State Industrial Commission
Attorney General
Medina County
Enact Co operative Bill Favored By Labor and Farmers
Springfield July 9 One of the legislature's most important bills passed awaits the governor's approval The cooperative act backed by the state federation of labor and farmers aims to safeguard co operative interests and prevent misuse The federation foresees a strengthened cooperative movement with farmers and unions leading in Illinois under direct worker control and management
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Springfield
State Federation of Labor
Farmers’ Organizations
Illinois
What Unionism Can Do Detroit Bottle Sorters Strike
The Bottle Sorters union in Detroit illustrates organized labor gains. In a large establishment workers moved from ten hours daily and wages of 1 to 1 il a week to a nine hour day six days a week contract after a ten day strike. The agreement includes a union shop and a wage rate of 15 dollars per week.
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Detroit
Michigan
American Federation of Labor
Steubenville, O
Carpenter's Union
Mass meeting of four railroad Brotherhoods held in Toledo
In Toledo Ohio a mass meeting of the four railroad Brotherhoods gathered for the first time in ten years to discuss mutual issues. They denounced the recent arbitration award affecting railroads west of Chicago and denounced ex United States Commissioner of Labor Charles Nagel as biased from the start.
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Toledo
Chicago
United States
Charles Nagel
Arbitration Board
Builders Demand Protection In City Rape and Scaffold Inspector Reinstatement
The Building Trades Council in Cincinnati appoints a committee to press the mayor to reinstate the city rape and scaffold inspector. They warn that worker accidents will rise if the official remains removed.
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Cincinnati
Building Trades Council
Street Car Workers Win Wage Increase in Arbitration
The Bay State Street Railway workers win wage raises and job protections. Conductors and motormen move to a six year qualification with a 30 cent hourly minimum reached after five years. Extra time paid, spare workers guaranteed six hours. Other staff gain 0.5 cent per hour to Oct 1, plus 0.5 cent next year. Hours cut to nine per day and a $2.25 daily minimum awarded.
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Boston
Board of Arbitration
Bay State Street Railway
Oklahoma Wheat Field Wage Demand Sparks Debate
A Fort Worth editorial condemns protests by workers in Oklahoma seeking $5 a day, arguing $3 is historically paid in harvests and that this year’s strong wheat market supports higher wages. The note contrasts Kansas and other states with Oklahoma’s price pressures.
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Kansas
Woodman
Oklahoma
The Old Masters Signatures and Hidden Techniques
Experts judge old master paintings by technic rather than signatures. Signatures fade or are forged, but skilled observers detect authentic technique, light effects, and historically known marks in works like Reynolds and Raphael Urbinus.
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Philadelphia
Raphael
Milan
Raphael Urbinus
Reynolds
Cancer in the Family Says Heredity Not Proven
An article argues there is no proof cancer is hereditary and that familial cases reflect common occurrence rather than genetics. It cites statistics of cancer rates among women and men, and references statisticians King and Newsholme to challenge heredity as a cause.
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Taimee Ronal
King
Newsholme
Iisiewe
American Meilenl Association
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