Machinists Name New Leader After Johnston Retires
The International Association of Machinists names Arthur O. Wharton as international president succeeding William H. Johnston who retires after 31 years. Johnston led through the rail strike and wartime challenges and departs for a Providence vacation. Wharton, 85 years in the union, led the railroad department and served on the railroad labor board.
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International Labor News Service
Washington
International Association of Machinists
American Federation of Labor
William H. Johnston
America
Arthur O. Wharton
Johnston
The
Machinists
First Labor Bank In America
Machinists’ Union
Providence
R. I
Wharton
Railroad Labor Board
Topeka
Kane
Union Pacific Railroad
Kansas
Union Pacific
Harriman
Federation of Shop Crafts
Woodmansee and Butler wed in Chicago Temple ceremony
Robert E. Woodmansee, secretary treasurer of International Labor News Service, and Miss Laura M. Butler of Springfield Illinois were married in Chicago Temple. Attendants were Miss Rosella Butler and Edward F. Woodmansee. The couple plans a wedding trip to Atlantic City Philadelphia and New York and will reside at 1836 Grand Boulevard South upon return.
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International Labor News Service
Chicago
Robert E. Woodmansee
Laura M. Butler
Springfield
Ill
Chicago Temple
Methodist Church
John Thompson
Rosella Butler
Edward F. Woodmansee
Bob” Woodmansee
Illinois Tradesman
Organized Labor
Board of Education
SHORT SKIRTS cause textile slump near Philadelphia
Abbreviated dresses reduce fabric use from five to two yards since 1914 with longer trends two decades earlier. Silk and rayon grow, shifting Philadelphia factories from wool to knit goods like fancy sweaters and scarfs. Philadelphia remains a major textile hub, supplying large fractions of silk, knit, and worsted goods.
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Philadelphia
International Labor News Service
Machinists Win Organizing Drive
The Machinists Union reports that the National Automobile Dealers Association formed a defense fund to oppose garage and service station workers unionizing. The union views this as a sign of the drive’s success and notes that in anti union areas machinists form cooperative shops or join pro union garages to stay competitive, with strikes costing the union nothing.
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Washington
International Association of Machinists
National Automobile Dealers’ Association
Machinists’ Union
Cloakmakers Strike Signals New Wave of City Walkouts
In New York City a 40 000 cloakmakers general strike triggers a wave of labor actions recalling 1919 1920. The walkout targets a 40 hour five day week guaranteed 36 weeks work a wage rise and unemployment insurance as jobber outsourcing erodes union control.
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New York City
International Labor News Service
Indus
Power House Assisants
147Th Street
Seventh Avenue
Accidents Rise as Strikebound Subways Bring In Guards
A prisonlike barricaded fort on 147th Street houses armed guards who recruit and marshal so called experienced motormen from across the country to run New York subways. Over 500 strikebreakers from Philadelphia Chicago Detroit and New Orleans are in use causing two wrecks though no fatalities are reported.
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New York
Finks
Mr. Buck
Philadelphia
Chicago
Detroit
New Orleans
Protest Over Cheap Labor Headstones for War Dead
Edgar Wallace of the American Federation of Labor denounces plans by the American Battle Monuments Commission to use Italian or French headstones for 30,000 American graves in France. He argues American-made stones are required for the soldiers who died to defend democracy, criticizes economy-based choices, and cites bids from Italian Fascisti and French suppliers. The hearing before Acting Secretary of War MacNider includes Pershing commission officials and a delegation of lawmakers.
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Washington
American Battle Monuments Commission
France
Edgar Wallace
American Federation of Labor
MacNider
Congress
John J. Pershing
Fascisti
Carrara
General Pershing
Italy
America
Tantatives
Cancer risks among cotton mule spinners and other workers
A London report shows cancer rates among cotton mule spinners ages 45 to 55 are sixty times higher and ages 55 to 75 are about a hundred times higher than the general population. The disease also affects coal distillers and patent fuel makers exposed to soot, tars, pitch, and mineral oils, linked to prolonged mineral oil exposure on mule spindles.
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London
Eng
Home Secretary
Kentucky Miners Learn Wage Cuts Fail to Bring Prosperity
Western Kentucky non union miners find that 1917 wage scale promises brought no steady work as dozens of mines idle and many operate only two days a week. Loaders earn 30 cents a ton, day men 32 1/2 cents hourly. Pacific Coal posts further wage cuts eroding the 1917 scale.
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Kentucky
International Labor News Service
Indianapolis
Ind
District 23
Jacksonville
United Mine Workers
Pacific Coal Company
Order of Railroad Telegraphers Founded in 1886
St Louis report on the Order of Railroad Telegraphers celebrates its 40th anniversary. It notes eight hour days, 65,000 members, mortuary relief of nearly 3 million, and ownership of the Telegrapher National Bank of St Louis with over 6 million in resources. The speech links unions to workers’ welfare and criticizes child labor propaganda and factory hiring aims.
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St. Louis
Order of Railway Telegraphers
Railroad Telegrapher
Order of Railroad ‘Telegraphers
Ths Mutual Benefit Department
Grand Division
National Bank of St. Louis
Railroad
Lrs
La Follette seeks Senate vote ban on costly primary campaigns
Wisconsin senator La Follette introduces a resolution in the U S Senate to bar any member whose primary campaign expenses exceed 25000. He cites Supreme Court limits on spending in primaries and urges a Senate rule to curb moneyed influence amid Pennsylvania and Indiana election terms.
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Washington
United States Senate
la Follette
Wisconsin
Senate
Pennsylvania
United States Supreme Court
Congress
Ly Follette
International Labor News Service
Indianapolis
Ind
Xeir
Indiana
South Bend
Mary
Pennsylvania Plana
United States
House
Miners Union Leader Rules Out 7 Hour Day and Backdated Papers
Hebert Smith of the Miners' Federation condemns signing papers for longer work hours and urges action after a mining lockout. He proposes closing unprofitable pits and creating a six member board with two miners two owners and two public representatives to set inland coal prices. He opposes family allowances suggesting private owners would hire workers with small families.
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Swallownest
Eng
Hebert Smith
Miners’ Federation
Foes of Child Labor Laws Attacked in Philadelphia
Miss Grace Abbott chief of the children's bureau in the United States department of labor denounced manufacturers associations and big business leaders in Philadelphia at the National Education Association convention. She charged they oppose child labor laws only to preserve profits and avoid enforcement.
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Philadelphia
Manufacturers’ Associations
Grace Abbott
Children's Bureau
United States Department of Labor
National Education Association
Miss Abbott
Federation Wins Radio License for Chicago Station
The Department of Commerce issued a broadcasting license to the Chicago Federation of Labor for a station on the municipal pier in Chicago after a prolonged fight. Initially the license was resisted but the federation prevailed in securing the right to broadcast.
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Washington
Department of Commerce
Chicago Federation of Labor
Municipal Pier
Chicago
Anti-Unionists Fail in Charleston Campaign
The General Contractors' Association anti-union drive collapses in Charleston West Virginia as building workers resist. Only a talkative president and a few contracting contractors remain after the effort faded.
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Charleston
W. Va
General Contractors’ Association
Liberty
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