Labor's Highest Motive and Industrial Statesmanship
Samuel Gompers argues the sacredness of human life hinges on united labor. He contends wage earners secure protection through organization, enabling better conditions, wages, and national strength amid postwar challenges and industrial piracy.
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Samuel Gompers
A Chinese Jacob and the Rise of Hsien Feng
The study recounts Hsien Feng’s ascent to the throne via his tutor’s stratagems amid Tao Kuang’s succession concerns. It notes the tutor’s counsel, the emperor’s reaction, and Hsien Feng’s later reward and rise, reflecting dynastic politics and personal influence shaping Qing power. It also mentions Servian military pensions with rules for invalid and ordinary veterans.
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Hsien Feng
Jacob
China
Messrs
BE. Backhouse
J. O. P. Bland
Peking
Tao Kuang
Kung
Tzao Chenyang
Feav Tsao
Tham
Ako
Hsien Meng
Tan Kuanz
Servia
Rockefeller Plan Outlined for Colorado Miners
The Rocky Mountain Survey reports John D. Rockefeller Jr proposed a three year plan governing Colorado Peel and Dron mining camps. It creates grievance machinery and safety measures while denying union recognition and wage advances, and excludes 4000 Columbia Pacific and Tron workers from coverage. The plan relies on company control and local meetings with equal company representation, lacking true independent oversight.
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Colorado
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Colorado Peel and Dron Company
Rockefeller
Agre Elment
Kpeveh
Wetion
Oficera
State Industrial Commission
Binh Steol
Columida Pac and Tron
Muphlo
Stenographer Asked Workmen to Lower Bright Telephone
In Boston a short stenographer pleaded with workmen installing a wall telephone to place it lower so she could read it. The foreman joked that she could raise her voice to see it.
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Boston
Boston Transcript
Delirious Patient Delights Wife As He Recovers
The wife reports Henry is much better this morning after a delirious spell. The doctor cautions the case remains serious, noting delirium is a bad sign for his condition.
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Henry
New York
A Difference and a Lesson From the Hour
A brief dialogue pits Sam against Jones over character with a sharp reproach about a leech. The speaker counters that a leech never gets stuck on himself and urges living in the present for a proper lesson.
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Sam
Jones
The Union Label Stand on Labor Conditions
The article argues that only recognized union labels guarantee fair sanitary and humane factory conditions and urges sympathizers to avoid nonunion labels to support organized labor.
Power of Organization and Worker Rights
The piece extols economic organization as the source of power to defend workers against exploitation, secure development opportunities, ensure a sane and good life, bring beauty and pleasure into life, and win political representation and legislative recognition of workers' demands.
Merchants Push Nonunion Goods While Union Labels Go Untested
The Minnesota Chi[e Advocate quotes merchants who demand nonunion goods and ignore labeled union products. It argues merchants show union goods only after demand, urging equal effort to sell union made items and warning that labor and capital face a future crisis if the current imbalance continues.
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Minnesota
Chieu
Inbor
Howe
First Awards Made Under Indiana Workmen's Comp Law
The widow of Lawrence P. Bue Tyne received 755 in settlement for fatal injuries from an automobile accident, with 885 weekly for eight weeks and 100 for funeral costs. A Studebaker factory worker in South Bend was awarded 85205 for the loss of three fingers, paid in 95 weekly installments. Massachusetts labor federation endorsed an eight hour day, opposed poll tax, and favored old age pensions and steam filter license law. Joseph J. Hunt of Boston was elected President and Springfield named the next convention city.
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Indiana
Lawrence P Bue Tyne
Studebaker Corporation
South Bend
Massachusetts State Federation of Labor
Massachusetts
Federation
Joseph J. Hunt
Boston
Springfield
Oddities in Japan Bathing Is a Sacred Rite
A humorous montage describes Japanese daily life and bathing customs with quirks in housing, sanitation, and social practice. It notes open-front shops, charcoal hibachi kitchens, washing habits, floor seating, paper walls, and water reuse in inns. It concludes with cultural contrasts and a Leslie Weekly vignette.
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Japan
Mikious
Penple
Homer Cray
Leslie’s Weekly
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