Workmen's compensation in Wisconsin aids dividends
A Milwaukee desk-side view shows disabled workers, widows, and insurers at a biweekly industrial commission table as the Wisconsin Workmen's Compensation Act is praised. The piece notes dividends, reduced waste, and near peace between employers and workers, with figures from 1914 to 1905 illustrating payouts, premiums, and settlement trends fostering safety and justice.
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Milwaukee City Hall
New York Tribune
Industrial Commission
Wisconsin
Germany
England
Bismarck
Right to Strike Report by Employers’ Representatives
The report to congress on industrial relations signed by Harris Weinstock Richard H Aishton and S Thurston Ballard accuses employers of obstructing organizing efforts funding political influence and suppressing free speech while endorsing the strike as a legitimate tool of labor The document highlights issues of long hours unsafe conditions low wages and the exploitation of prison labor and condemned violence against workers while urging no restriction on the right to strike and linking labor and civic duties
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Industrial Commission
Congress
Federal Commission On Industrial Relations
Harris Weinstock
Richard H. Aishton
S. Thurston Ballard
Weinstock
Pacific Coast
Ballard
South
Louisville
Aishton
Chicago Northwestern Railroad
Enda
Raincoat Makers Win Wage Increase Agreement
The Water Proof Garment Workers Union and the Water Rent Makers' Association of city signed a peace contract raising wages across operator, cutter, presser, underpresser, part presser, and machine button sewer roles by 15 to 10 percent. The deal includes a forty eight hour week, grievance review by an impartial tribunal, double overtime pay, and shop inspections by union reps. Contractors must follow these terms in all submanufacturers, with no work stoppage by members. Kansas City Journal.
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Waterproof Garment Workers
wWige Senle Ciliator
Nasoeration
Leatherback Turtle Biggest Sea Turtle in Captivity
A Baltimore American note explains the leatherback turtle as a large marine creature difficult to keep alive in captivity. It is the biggest turtle, weighing a thousand pounds or more, six to eight times a human. The piece contrasts its size with a humorous quip about husbanding resources.
Taming a Bad Man in Alaska and Other Tales of Obscure Justice
A long, rugged piece recounts an Alaska tribal incident where a wild native terrorized neighbors until the commissioner returned and bluffed him into submission. It also surveys legal rites, oaths, and literary anecdotes about Rousseau, Tschaikowsky, and Bulwer Lytton, finishing with a quip about Confucius heritage.
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Alaska
Farris
Seattle
Gubment
Mishal
Skookum House
Sone
Kuife
Lis Coot
Rousseau
Jax
Theresa
Theresa Te Vasseur
Elven Rousseau
Bulwer Lytton
Lytton
Mertfordshire
Colon
Ruther
Knebworth
Tschaikovsky
Dechaikovsky
Tschaikovsky Tumselt
Ler
Antoning
Cod
Sky
J. Cuthbert Hadden
London Family Herald
Tschalkovrvitable
Unions urged to protect life in mining industry
The United Mine Workers' Journal cites Colorado mine inspector evidence that courts are nearly closed to mining law complaints. It argues organizing miners is essential to voice demands for lawful safeguards, shift balance against unsafe practices, and make safety more profitable than accidents.
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United Mine Workers’ Journal
Inspector of Mines of
Colorado
Teachers must unite to win better conditions now
Samuel Gompers appeals to U S teachers to form unions and organize for improved pay and school leadership. He argues the profession must self organize to shape public schools and preserve democracy, warning against outside influences that demean teachers' mission.
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Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
United States
Tinlines
Miuny
Rut
Minimum Wage Set By Massachusetts Board Regulating Pay
Massachusetts wage board sets minimums for men and women with a weekly base of 5 dollars for younger workers and 8 50 for older workers. The retail wage panel, composed of employers and workers, notes cost of living may exceed the schedule but deems it affordable until conditions improve. Peter J. Maguire honored on Labor Day with a decoration at Arlington cemetery, Pensaukin township, N J, reflecting his work with the United Brotherhood of Carpenters.
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Massachusetts Commission
Alee
Simoupeed
le Miliiulin
Thissiay
Massachusetts
Lélimers
Peter Maguire
Peter J. Maguire
Arlington Cemetery
Pensaukin Township
N.J
Camden
Philadelphia
Mr. Maguire
United Brotherhood of Carpenters
Notes on Labor Movements and Unions
About 50 000 garment workers in Chicago are linked to unions while New York City officials confront wage cuts for city employees. The International Association of Machinists pushes an eight hour day nationwide. The Connecticut State Federation of Labor withholds a delegate to the San Francisco convention to focus resources on the eight hour day campaign.
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Unions
Chicago
Central Federated Union of
New York City
New York Nation of Musicians
International Association of Machinists
Connecticut
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Toiler
Boss
Baltimore American
Uncle Sam
Dean
Hollie
London Chronicle
Oliver ‘Wendell Holmes
His Theresa
Tschaikowsky
Confucius
Richter
Union Shop
the Square Tailors
High Street
Holbrock Bros
Voss-Holbrock
Morner’s Cafe
Erie
Clev' Eveland—Daily
Landbee
Worl
Ffalo
Delke Perk Aa
Land End
Susie
Abew Dive Cement
and & Buffalo Transit
Cleveland
Buffalo
the Ohio Union
Hamilton
Ohio Union Brewing Co
Cincinnati, Ohio
The
Hamilton Collateral Loan Co
Third St
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