Mellon and Frick Charged With Financing Campaign To Keep U.S. Out of League
A new biography of Henry Clay Frick details a 1919 midnight Brandegee gathering in Washington where Andrew Mellon and Frick agreed to fund anti League of Nations efforts. The narrative cites Knox and McCormick aiding a widespread campaign financed through private donors to sway senators.
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International Labor News Service
Washington, D. C
American Federation of Labor
Henry Clay Frick
George Harvey
Brandegee
Angels
the Cabal
Harvey
League
Washington
Middle West
Indiana coal mining to suspend April 1 over contract deadlock
In Indianapolis Indiana coal mining is likely to suspend on April 1 after miners and operators failed to agree on a new contract to replace the expiring March 31 pact. Sub committee talks and joint conferences produced disagreement with operators offering the 1917 scale while miners push for the Jacksonville agreement. Union officials warned the 1917 scale would not yield a living wage given expected few working days and that wage cuts offer no guarantee of more work.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Indiana
Jacksonville
Miners and loaders wage dispute over pay rates
Miners receive 1.08 dollars per ton loaded and 7.50 dollars per day for day work. Operators offered 5 dollars per day for day men and 0.84 dollars per ton for loaders. These figures are maximum but not minimum.
Railroad Fights Injunction Edict in Texas
The Texas and Pacific railroad lines under Southern Pacific challenge a Federal Judge Hutcheson ruling against officials promoting a clerks union. Three officials were ordered to comply within ten days or face county jail. The case tests the Esch-Cummins railroad act allowing worker unions, with Pennsylvania Railroad cited as main offender for not recognizing other unions.
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Houston
Texas
Texas & Pacific Railroad
Southern Pacific
Lines
Hutcheson
Pennsylvania Railroad
Wall Street Liberalism and Betrayal at Havana
A critical editorial accuses newly named liberal and Wall Street affiliated papers of betraying Latin America and labor in Havana. It denounces biased reports catering to imperialism and praises Latin America for opposing intervention, citing Lippmann and Morrow while naming Morgan and Lamont as influential forces behind U S policy.
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Wall Street
Washington
Havana
United States
Americas
Latin America
Hughes
Morrow
Walter Lippman
New York World
Coolidge
William R. Shepherd
New York Times
Lippman
Mn Vate
Hirkes
Lippmann
Smpony
Paracuay
Panama
Mexico
Guatemala
Salvador
Hondurantulmbia
Haiti
Santo Domingo
Chile
Costa Rica
Venezuela
Bolivia
Cuba
Macindy
Pierpont Morgan
Thomas W. Lamont
Ferrara
Dwight W. Morrow
Morgan
Pierpont Morgan and Company
League of Nations
World Court
State Department
Ally Vive Day Week Plan Sparks Employment Debate
Fragmentary text suggests a three day week plan over two months affecting workers. Printers and other employed members appear involved. This rough notice hints at labor or policy discussions without clear details on dates places or outcomes.
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Searthy
Labor remedy urged to avert civilization collapse
George W Perkins of Union Labor Life Ins Co argues the iron law of wages is false and that organized labor offers the cure for underconsumption. He warns that without higher wages and reduced hours to boost demand, unemployment and industrial stagnation threaten civilization.
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International Labor News Service
Chicago
George W. Perkins
Vicw
Union Labor Life Insuranc Company
Organized “Labor Aloe
Perkins
Northwestern University
Jersey blue laws boom erang closes Sunday theatres
Millburn reformers who shut moving picture houses on Sundays have paused their fight. Opponents enforce blue laws by closing drug stores and forbidding newspaper sales. The reformer leader proposes a law to close theatres Sundays while exempting other businesses.
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Millburn
N. J
Job Seekers Jam Los Angeles
J W Buzzell secretary treasurer of the Los Angeles Central Labor Council says 70 000 unemployed in the city but local businessmen spend millions to attract people. The All Year Club a Chamber of Commerce adjunct uses a million dollar fund with $425 000 from county and city this year.
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Washington
Los Angeles
J. W. Buzzell
Los Angeles Central Labor Council
William Green
A. F P
County Charities
Community Chest
Chamber of Commerce
Thar
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New York
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Pepper
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Buttin’ In
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Wifaittur
Amervsn
Uieirietad
Argentiniet
the Fashion Shop
Ally
China
Jersey
Blue Laws
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