Massive New York Garment Workers Strike Rocks Industry
More than 60,000 International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union members walk out in protest of contract-breaking by garment employers. The vote 38,672 to 162 rejects a return to piece work and long hours despite ongoing contract terms. Union president Schlesinger accuses bosses of trying to crush the union and circulating letters hinting at cross-city coordination. He notes labor costs far below list prices, challenging employer claims that a strike would lower prices.
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New York
International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union
Schlesinger
Garment Workers' Union
Manufacturers’ Association
Mooney Billings Findings Stir San Francisco Labor Press
San Francisco reports reiterating his belief since 1819 that Mooney and Billings were innocent of the 1916 preparedness day outrage while awaiting life terms in California prisons. District Attorney Brady completes a letter to Governor Stephens with findings and affidavits to seek a pardon, promising to present after the Arbuckle trial. A labor leader’s protest and political pressure underscore the case amid ongoing railroad-era tensions. William R. Deal, 60, long labor leader and secretary-treasurer of the Coopers International Union, dies in Kansas City.
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San Francisco
You Mooney
Warren K. Billings
California
Matthew J. Brady
Stephens
Tos
Brady
Kansas City
Kan
William BR. Deal
Coopers International Union
Ue Cause of Labor
Howat Removable From Office Over Union Rule Violations
The United Mine Workers Journal reports Alexander Howat former District 14 president is jailed in Columbus Kansas for one cause while his removal from office was for another. District 14 officers were ousted for defying the union and the international convention by refusing to obey joint agreements and striking unlawfully. The article clarifies the Kansas industrial court law was not the cause, but their refusal to follow union rules and the convention’s orders.
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Alexander Howat
United Mine Workers’ Union
Indianapolis
Indes
Alexander Oswat
The
Mine Workers of America
District 14
Columbus
Kan
Dol L. Lewis
United Mine Workers’ Journal
International Union
International Organization
Kansas
International Convention
Kansas Industrial Court
Ineternational
Howat
International Bion
Unit
Hewat
Dean and Reliance
Dorby
Public Opinion Molders Charge Railroads Aid Foreign Shipping
Washington reports United States Senator Ransdell accuses major railroads of conspiring with British, Japanese, Scandinavian and German ship firms to secure freight, shield foreign competition, and subsidize wages. He cites agreements with Pennsylvanla, B and O, New York Central group, Reading, Boston and Maine, Grand Trunk, Missouri Pacific and more.
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Washington
United States
Ransdell
Treasury
Liw
Ruwsidlell
Bettor Jones
Americas
Pennsylvanaa
Baltimore & Ohio
Boston & Albany
New York Central System
Philadelphia
Reading
Boston & Maine
Grand Trunk
Norfolk & Western
Missouri Pacific
Chicago
Milwanukee & St. Paul
Back Labor Paper on Press Power in War Britain
London debates labor influence on press power during the war. John F. Clynes argues labor needs stronger media in Parliament while Jobbers in streets and councils claim press bias. The piece discusses how newspapers shape public opinion and policy.
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London
England
Ite Mapiies
John F. Clynes
Labor
Elaine
Owuniil
Midwestern Cement Trust Faces Federal Inhibition Move
The government seeks a federal injunction against a widespread cement combine in the Midwest. Twenty four firms operating thirty mills and producing about twenty percent of regional cement are named in the case alleging unlawful restraint of interstate trade and coercive practices.
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Uhiewwen
Mts
mmidWest Cement Credit and Statistical Bureau
Middle West
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