Telegraphers' wages and union chances at federal panel
President Newcomb Carlton of Western Union testified at the U S Commission on Industrial Relations in Chicago on telegraphers pay and conditions. He urged higher wages, noting Morse earnings rose from 18 to 23 dollars and calling for at least five dollars daily for nine hours. He praised Western Union’s pension plan and urged federal wage and condition oversight, while endorsing organized labor and collective bargaining only with responsible unions. He warned strikes threaten telegraphic service and urged education as the remedy.
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Newcomb Carlton
Western Union Telegraph Company
United States Commission On Industrial Relations
Chicago
Carlton
Frank P. Walsh
Morse
Interstate Commerce Commission
Neve
Western Union
Witness
Jacob H. Sebi
Walshio
Walsh
Organization of Labor
Sugeest
Commission For All Trades
Wage Cuts Hit American Sheet and Tin Plate Workers
Wages in the hot mill departments of American Sheet and Tin Plate Company, a U S Steel subsidiary, will drop about 10 to 14 percent. The reduction applies to all twenty nine plants in western Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia and takes effect April 6.
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Tin Plate Company
American Sheet and Tin Plate Company
United States Steel Corporation
Pittsburgh
Xivel
Pennsylvania
Ohio
West Virginia
Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tie Workers
Franklin’s thrifty proof multiplies savings across centuries
A Chicago News piece retells Ben Franklin’s plan to place 5000 in Boston and Philadelphia funds to accumulate through interest for two centuries. It compares Boston and Philadelphia results, illustrating how $5000 could grow to tens of millions, and asks what demonstration remains possible today.
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Ben Franklin
Richard
Benjamin
Toston
Philadelphia
Boston
Pranklin
Franklin
Oskisun
Chicago
Law and Lore from a Distant Courtroom Fable
An assorted piece features a lawyer’s eloquence in a courtroom fable comparing a loud barrister with a restrained opponent. It references a London Graphite anecdote, Denmark’s Roskilde cathedral, and a French law on feasting during the reign of Charles IX.
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Addires
Llow
London
France
Charles IX
Allens
Triple Alliance Explained by Tommy in New York Times Voice
A comic interlude features Tommy asking what a triple alliance means and a jokey reply about parents teachers and school consent turning into a playful misunderstanding. The snippet captures a humorous back-and-forth in a newspaper style.
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Uckin
New York Times
Labor Power and Freedom in Work Relations
Samuel O Gorupers argues that labor power cannot be separated from the worker and should not be treated as a commodity. He contends laws regulating workers and products alike deny human dignity and basic freedoms, equating people with things.
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Samuel O Gorupers
O Door
Labor at Panama Fair Exhibit Promotes Labor Movement
The American Federation of Labor showcases its exhibit at the Pacific International Exposition. It highlights the labor movement’s agencies progress and ideals toward freedom and self development. Representatives urge visitors to register and collect material on labor.
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American Federation
Lbor
San Keandisco
American Federation of Labor
Liber Movement
Secon
Mwain Monk
Congress
United States
Clayton Ant Trust
Smimen
Inna Freedom
Booth
A. Pool L
Tle
Trade Mind
A. Pot 1
Bebor
American Federationixt
Labor notes on unions and wages across regions
The report highlights 50,000 New Jersey factory workers and a sixth of New York workers to ten hours daily. It notes French co operatives as union undertakings and Secretary Wilson aimed to place unemployed on farms. Canada saw 44 strikes last year, while New Jersey clothing workers expand union headquarters in Newark. The St Louis wagon drivers sign a two year pact with higher summer wages of one dollar per week.
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New Jersey
New York
United States
Wilson
Canada
Department of Labor
Clothing Workers
Newark
St. Louis
Tee Wagon Drivers’ Union
Dennison Plans to Aid Workers with Industrial Partnership
Dennison Manufacturing of Boston shifts to an industrial partnership model. Employees earning $1,200 yearly or more gain voting power and a stake in profits, with 1,050,000 in industrial leadership stock and 4,000,000 tied to first preferred stock. The plan keeps voting power with insiders and aims to distribute profits fairly while avoiding absentee ownership.
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IIA
Dennison Manufacturing Company
Boston
Wose
Industri Partnership
Henry
Denison
Stork
Nors
Getther
Convern Ude
Demanila of Justice
Intersit
Campaign For Safety Opens in New York Shops and Factories
A safety campaign launches in New York City’s shops and factories. The headquarters sits in the manufacturing district, led by James Speyer, head of the American Safety Museum. The aim is to improve safety and hygienic conditions at work.
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New York City
The
American Safety Museum
James Speyer
Land of the Turks the home of Bible events
The article extols the Ottoman Empire as a cradle of biblical history. It links ancient Babylon, Mesopotamian civilizations, and World Heritage with Asia Minor under Turkish rule, noting Mecca and Medina as holy centers and Damascus as an ancient city with vast mosques and ruins.
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National Geographic Magazine
United States
Turkey
Ottoman Empire
Babylon
Atrial
Afrea
Asia
Ein
Promised Land
Star of Bethlehem
Asia Minor
Croesus
Pergamus
Ptolemy
Egypt
Irael
Dyre
Sion
Civilien
Torii
Chalde
Connistan-inople
Byzanitine
Mohammed
Sudh
Babylonia
Te Nile
Herodotus
Nebuchadnessar
Amiytis
Mede
Sargon
Relan
Inttella
Red Sea
Arabia
Himlis
Mecca
Africa
Europe
Medina
Damascus
Syria
Bualbels
Not Applicable Quotation From Baltimore American
A fragment shows a humorous exchange about a wife’s tendency to talk and drinking lauds Longfellow as a creator. The note references Baltimore American and a line about love as the root of creation.
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Baltimore American
Love
God
Longfellow
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Montreal
Gazette
Mail
Star
Herald and Telegraph
News
Baltimore
Denmark
Roskilde
Copenhagen
Keskilde
Peter the Great
Nicholas
Alexander 1St
Russia
Wegland
Herold I
Labor Power
Panama Fair
Philadelphia and
Reading Coal and Lrob Company
Reading
Union
Crgammakers
Queet
Elan
Amaalgamated Association of Street and Eivctric
Seattle
Wash
Vuget Sound ‘Traction, Light and Power Company
Labor Temple
Dallas
Tex
Dennison
LAND
Turk
the Home OF Bible Events
Union Shop
the Square Tailors
High Street
Holbreck Bros
Voss-Holbreck
Holzberger
Sutfale Eh Lin
Buffalo
Cleveland
Eveland & Buffere
Ohio Union
Hamilton
Ohio Union Brewing Co
Cincinnati, Ohio
Hamilton Collateral Loan Co
Third St
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