Union Warns Hosiery Trade Labor Spies Threaten Industry
The American Federation of Full Fashioned Hosiery Workers denounces professional labor spies and a new Allied Manufacturers League aimed at combatting communism. It labels A R MacDonald and C E Russell as racketeers whose espionage harms mills and workers, urging state and federal action.
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Philadelphia
I. L
Allied Manufacturers’ League, Inc
Mac- Donald
C. E. Russell
Sherman Detective Agency
Russell
Eagle Detective Agency
Millfay
Buffalo
Reading
A. R. MacDonald
American Federation of
A. R MacDonald
Uniformed thugs stir labor clash in Pennsylvania
In Harrisburg and Pittsburgh a fight over coal and iron police erupts after the murder of miner John Bereskie by uniformed workers of the Pittsburgh Coal Company. Bills aim to abolish or curb the police. miners fear mining hostility and political pressure. Governor Fisher signed commissions for the thugs on owner-backed sheriffs.
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Harrisburg
Pittsburgh
John Bereskie
Pittsburgh Coal Company
Mellon
Bereskie
Coal and Iron Police
Coal and Iron Companies
Fisher
Hosiery workers parade marks first year of Kenosha lockout
Four hundred autos carry Wisconsin and Chicago unionists in a 16 mile parade in Kenosha to mark one year since the Allen A hosiery plant lockout. About 240 of 8380 locked out workers attended the march and a large nighttime dance featured union made hosiery models. An WCLO radio broadcast drew hundreds of requests as messages of support poured in from across the nation.
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Kenosha
Wis
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Wisconsin
Chicago
Allen-A
WCLO
Labor Bars Use In Indiana Police Bill Reforms Stance
Indianapolis workers clash over the Niblack bill as it nears enactment reorganizing the state police and expanding forces.Labor members win amendments banning police use in strikes and labor disputes, shaping the act before passage.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Niblack
Indiana
General Assembly
Legislature Adds Bowling Alley Workers to Compensation Law
Cheyenne notes the State Legislature expands the workers compensation law to include bowling alley employees and restaurant and bakery kitchen staff using power machinery. Governor Emerson has approved the amendments.
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Cheyenne
Emerson
Tribune Accuses Labor in Moran Gang Massacre
Chicago Tribune banners allege a state attorney's office link between Moran gang killings and labor. The piece targets Alderman Oscar Nelson, union leaders, and a supposed labor war while noting Nelson's election win and a post election union-busting meeting by manufacturers.
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Chicago Tribune
Chicago
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Chicago Daily Tribune
George
Bugs”) Moran
Tribune
Somieone
John G. Clay
Laundry and Dye House Chauffeurs’ Union
Unio
Clay
the Tribune
Moran Gang
Nelson
Moran
Nelson Union
Oscar F. Nelson
46Th Ward
Post Office Clerks’ Union No. 1
Chicago Federation of Labor
International Labor News Service
John A. Swanson
The
State’s Attorney's Office
Chicago Daily Journal
Herald and Examiner
the American
Daily News
Evening Post
Organized Labor
Oscar PB
Tribune and
Reform Takers
National Association of Manufacturers
State unions to meet in Beaumont convention
Officers of the Texas Federation of Labor announce the annual convention will be held in Beaumont starting Monday, May 13.
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Beaumont
Tex
Texas Federation of Labor
Native-born Des Titute Lead All Other Groups
Native-born Americans show the greatest need for charity crowding newcomers from abroad, per the Charity Organization Society. The native-born constitute about 21 percent of recipients, Italians next at 20.4 percent, with overall relief spending at a record high in 46 years due to unemployment last winter.
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New York
Charity Organization Society
Pullman Porters in Miami Win A F of T Charter
The executive council of the A F of T rules federal charters shall be issued to Pullman porters. Porters, employed by a single company and paid largely by tips, face low wages and poor conditions though they average 72.50 to 104 dollars monthly plus tips. They urged strikes in June but action was delayed for public education.
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Miami
Pra
A. F. of T
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Pullman
A. B. of Ly
Pullman Company
Federal Railway Mediation Board
Green
New York
Key West
Frank T. Hawley Dead Former Union Leader in Indianapolis
Frank T. Hawley 4, longtime head of the Switchmen's Union of North America, died in Indianapolis of pneumonia. After retiring from union work he served as conciliation commissioner for the labor department under Wilson. Born in Carbondale, Pa. Body sent to Scranton for burial.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Frank T. Hawley
Switchmen's Union of North America
Department of Labor
Wilson
Carbondale
Scranton
Sears Faces Protests Over Nonunion Printing Contract
Chicago typographical unions circulate protest letters directed at Sears Roebuck & Co for hiring nonunion firm R R Donnelley & Sons to print catalogs. The ten year, 30 million dollar deal begins March 1 1930, with unions urging national letters of protest and exposing Donnelley production delays.
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Chicago
Sears, Roebuck & Co
R. R. Donnelley & Sons Company
Donnelley
Donnelley Company
Chicago Typographical Union No. 16
Sears, Roebenck & Co
Ita
W. W. DeWalt
Chicago Typographical Union No. 1H
DeWolf
Montgomery Ward & Co
Montgomery Ward
Sears, Roebuck& Co
Central kitchen plan aids working families at Teachers College
An educational committee at Teachers College Columbia University endorses a cooperative living concept with a central kitchen to ease housework for families of modest means. Benjamin R. Andrews notes the project could remove burdens from mothers by integrating food preparation centralization and childcare with other services.
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Bellamy
Teachers’ College
Columbia University
Civie
Benjamine R. Andrews
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