Miners Bonding Scheme Reveals Systemic Strain
International Labor News Service reports bonding requirements in United Mine Workers cases bind the union through a security company. The Coronado case saw $800,000 deposited, with disputes over return after rulings. The miners hold about $300,000 more in other courts as labor faces heavy damages suits under broad law provisions.
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International Labor News Service
Washington, D. C
United Mine Workers
United States
Liberty
Coronado
Supreme Court
Arkansas
Coronado Company
Indiana
Abolish Cossack System Debate Gains Momentum
Charleston reports Senate push to end cossack system after 1921 4500000 appropriation spent mainly in coal counties. In 1922 cossacks made 4804 arrests, mostly in Logan county and nearby. Affidavits detail brutal treatment, including Roy Rector's account of mass arrests and tent colony raids with violent police actions.
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Charleston
W. Va
Senator Hill
Logan
Ccossacks
Roy Rector
Lick Creek
Williamson
United Mine Workers
Welch
Ottawa orders probe into grain shipping combines
The Dominion government orders an investigation of a suspected combination among Great Lakes grain carriers. It alleges such combines would dominate rates and terms, contravene public interest, and place a special burden on western agricultural life.
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Ottawa
Great Lakes
Stock Dividends Useful Conceal Profits Disclosure
New York report shows Great Northern Paper Company will pay an extra cash dividend of $1 per share on its increased capitalization. The firm recently announced a 200 percent stock dividend, allowing profits to be spread over a large share base to avoid attention.
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New York
Great Northern Paper Company
Infant Mortality Rate Tops State In New Jersey
Albany New Jersey Canandaigua area reported an infant mortality rate of 88 per 1000 last year, leading the state in safeguarding infant lives. Officials attributed statewide declines to better scientific care for mothers and babies.
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Albany
N. J
Canandaigua
Less Women Employed Says U S Bureau Findin g
Washington reports the United States women s bureau states 1920 saw fewer women employed than in 2010 after adjusting for population. The 1920 figure shows 11 women over 10 gainfully employed, with shifts from home and personal service to clerical teaching and nursing noted as the main change.
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Washington
United States
Waste paper losses mount in U S yearly
New figures from the American paper and pulp association show at least 50 million dollars of waste paper is destroyed annually in the United States. The report notes that every six tons of waste paper used to make new paper equates to pulp from one acre of forest. In Charleston West Virginia unions oppose a cannot strike law as Governor supports it and mine owners back private force to enforce order. Federal Judge Wilkerson in Chicago denies shopmen’s request to set aside an injunction.
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New York
United States
American Paper and Pulp Association
Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
Arnold
Breakdown of Government in Arkansas by Mob Rule
The American Federation of Labor executive council condemns mob violence in North Arkansas affecting four counties along the Missouri and North Arkansas railroad. It criticizes poor press coverage, cites suppression of civil government, and urges a legislative inquiry and fuller public light on mob rule and union suppression.
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Arakansas
A. F. O. L. Executive Council
International Labor News Service
Washington, D. C
North
Arkansas
Missouri & North Arkansas Railroad
Executive Council
American Federation of Labor
Ander
Forty-Eight Hour Law Defended Before Committee
Former Governor Bass defended the 48-hour work law before a legislative committee arguing it harms farmers less than opponents claim. He noted politically farmed states lead in limiting hours, cited other states with eight-hour rules for women, and stated no state with a 48-hour law has repealed it while contrasting death rates for working versus nonworking women in Manchester. The talk touched on a July strike, rail lockouts, and banker influence on railroads.
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N. H
Bass
Massachusetts
California
Oregon
North Dakota
Utah
Arizona
Colorado
Kansas
Montana
Nevada
New Mexico
Washington
Manchester
New Hampshire
Why Shop Men Struck Rail workers strike speech in New Haven
In New Haven President Jewell of the A P of L railway shop employes states the strike arose from three issues: contracting of work by railroads to evade the railroad labor board, differences over working conditions, and wage reductions. The question of strike was submitted to the shop men.
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Jewell
Baltimore
New York
United States
New Haven
Conn
A. P. of L
Railroad Labor Board
Co op Study Details Consumers and Marketing Societies
Washington bureau of labor statistics released bulletin 313 with 1920 data on the consumers cooperative movement. The report groups exclusively consumer societies and marketing‑oriented co operatives, noting data are not separated by type.
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Washington
United States Bureau of Labor Statistics
Pernicious Ship Subsidy Bill Attacked by Trade Union Leaders
The conference committee of trade union legislative representatives led by President Gompers denounced the ship subsidy bill as pernicious regulation detrimental to the people. They said privileged interests push 16 year contracts and urge senators to oppose the proposal, also opposing reopening immigration questions and warning against a company union.
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Washington
Conference Committee of Trade Union Legislative
Gompers
Senate
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
Chambers of Commerce
HELPLESS LABOR BOARD POWER SHARED BY PUBLIC OPINION
President Samuel Gompers criticizes the Supreme Court ruling on the Esch-Cummins act and Pennsylvania railroad injunction. He says the railroad labor board lacks enforcement power and relies on public opinion to compel action. He argues the decision preserves no real strength for workers and weakens labor protections.
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U. S. Supreme Court
Railroad Labor Board
Washington, D. C
Supreme Court
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Tabor
Ihs
Pennsylvania Railroad
Gompers
Mr. Gompers
Wave Warners
Fmard
Wilroad Labor Board
Beck Jn
Logan unions win injunctions in bold antiunion drive
In Logan county circuit court miners face injunctions aimed at preventing union activity and mass meetings as non union workers sign contracts. Anti union coal companies gain orders restricting joining the United Mine Workers while authorities pledge protection for strikers and rail workers amid ongoing labor tensions.
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Logan
W. Va
United Mine Workers of America
Unio
Wotlinge
Haw
Ooto
Jade
Labor and immigration policy debated by unions
Organized labor focuses on proposed immigration law changes urged by the house committee. Amendments discussed at a large AFL meeting in Washington would lower the admitted immigrant percentage from 3 to 2 and shift the base census from 1910 to 1890, and expand relatives admitted. President Gompers presided as trade union representatives agreed to push these amendments.
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Washington
House Committee On Immigration
A. F
Gompers
House Committee
Massive Potato Wastage Clouds Northwest Farmers
Washington reports about 50 million bushels of white potatoes wasted or left unharvested, amounting to over 11 percent of the year’s crop. The surplus, caused by heavy production, made digging unprofitable for many farmers, with some areas in the Northwest earning as little as 20 cents a bushel.
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Washington
Department of Sigriculture
War Work Force Dropped Near Prewar Levels in Washington
Civilian employment within the War Department has fallen to 4 608, close to the prewar civilian strength of 4 581 in Washington. The city’s prewar civilian count was 1 291, with wartime armistice levels peaking at 47 106 on November 11, 1918 and 9 048 on March 3, 1921. The drop reflects postwar downsizing and adjustment after the war.
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Washington
War Department
Hartford Labor Demands Can't-Strike Law
Organized business firms and political agents in the state push for a can't-strike law as the New York New Haven and Hartford Railroad slows its clash with shop unions. The legislature is urged to assist in passage of the measure.
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Hartford
Kansas
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Stock dividend declared by Standard Oil of Ohio
New York Standard Oil of Ohio declares a 100 percent stock dividend, marking the second such distribution since the dissolution of the Standard Oil trust ten years ago. The common stock rose from 5.5 million to 14 million dollars since 1916.
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New York
Standard Oil
Ohia Ias
Supreme Court
Standard Oil Trust
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