Unique Union Builds Broad Railroad Telegraphers Network
H B Perham notes railroad telegraphers form a distinct labor body with members across isolated towns. The organization uses system divisions, elected chairmen, and a general committee to handle cases, wage talks, and mutual benefit plans with growing confidence and no strikes in two years. The Carpenter names Doyle as associate editor in Indianapolis.
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Southern Pacific Railroad
Portland
Ore
San Francisco
Ogden
Utah
Galveston
Tex
New Orleins
Theilvision
Order
Grand Division
Baltimore
H. B. Perham
American Federationist
Man Eaters of Africa Lions and Crocodiles In Class By Themselves
Theodore Roosevelt recounts East Africa man eating lions and crocodiles with notable incidents from Uganda to Masai plains, detailing attacks on workers and travelers, a superintendent abducted from a private car, and recurring village raids shaping regional travel and safety.
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East Africa
Twotin
Uganda
Patterson
Wu Station
Guaso Nyro
Keula
Distriet
Askaris
Machakoshoma
Africa
Theodore Roosevelt
Scribner’s Magiaine
British View of Napoleon’s Transportation in 1815
The Cleveland Plain Dealer notes England feared Napoleon as he was moved from Bellerophon to the Northumberland on August 8 1815 for exile to St Helena. Lamb backed Napoleon calling him a fine fellow, while the government kept him confined citing danger and policy.
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Lamb
Bonaparte
St. Helena
England
Napoleon
Elba
Charles Lamb
Southey
Hampton Court
Kensington
London
Bovine Signal Service Before the Battle of Ishtib
An enemy signaling method was found by the Servians prior to the decisive clash at Ishtib. A cowherd led five cows to pasture on a hill between camps and moved them in patterns to convey Servian battalion positions and strength to the Bulgarians.
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Ishtib
Marvelous Resistance of Water in Thick Sheet
The article asserts water can resist bombs if formed into a sheet an inch thick, offering armor-like protection comparable to steel armor or modern battleships, per London Ettrand Magazine. It highlights incredible protective potential of water under high velocity impact scenarios.
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London Etrand Magazine
Union stability and union growth through cycles
A Tobacco Worker notes that the trade union movement grows more stable each year, enduring periods of plenty and scarcity with persistence. Education deepens roots in workers, membership remains during slack times, and unions prove more beneficial in protecting vital interests at all times.
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Miovement
Labor Commission Outlines Plan of Work
Frank P. Walsh of Kansas City heads a new labor commission on industrial relations. The group includes Professor John J Commons, Mrs. J Borden Harriman, and other leaders. They will study general labor conditions, employer relations, and methods to settle disputes with hearings in Washington and across the United States and Europe.
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Walsh
Frank P. Walsh
Kansas City
New Commission On Industrial Relations
John J, Commons
University of Wisconsin
J. Borden Harriman
New York
Harris Wein Ftock
San Francisco
Thurston Hullard
Loutaville
JT. Delano
Wabash Railroad
J. B Lennon
American Federation of Labor
James O'Connell
International Vision of Machinists
Austin B. Garretson
Brotherhood of Locomotive Conductors
Mr. Walsh
United States
Fta
Europe
Commons
Wisconsin Industrial Commission
Ioat
Weinstock
California
San Diego
LW. W
Harriman
Plumbers and Gasfitters Growth Reported by Union
Secretary-Treasurer Thomas E. Burke notes the United Association of Journeymen Plumbers Gasfitters Steamitters and Steamfitters' Helpers shows its largest growth. Since the last convention, 190 locals organized, 34 lapsed, totaling 156 locals with universal eight hour days. Wages up, hours shortened, and legal protections advanced in many regions.
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Thomas E. Burke
United Association of Journeymen
United Association
The Toiler's Day Labor Day Laments in Verse
Terrell Love Holliday in Judge reports a humorous labor day vignette where a child pleads for chores and comforts while the father toils in a foundry. The verses contrast domestic tasks with the worker's steady, weary routine, ending on a gentle note about leisure and duty.
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Dad
Terrell Love Holliday
Labor to the fore in child labor reform efforts
George A. Hall notes organized labor’s pivotal role in early New York child labor legislation. He cites decades of union involvement with the Workingmen’s Assembly and reform groups, including 1886 law passage and 54 hour week trials, plus 200 successful trade moves by carpenters.
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New York
Carpenters
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America
Frank Duffy
Bane Of Ignorance And Its Effects On Unions
Ignorance harms progress across life not just schooling. Union members ignorant of movement aims hinder the cause and burden colleagues, becoming a dead weight rather than an uplift, kept in balance only by active efforts to advance the movement.
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Fife
Labor Legislation Recap From State Federations
A summary notes major 191 year workmen compensation laws in Iowa Minnesota West Virginia Texas Montana Oregon and Illinois plus new acts in California Florida Arkansas Maine Vermont New Hampshire New York Minnesota Missouri Colorado Pennsylvania Ohio and others. It cites eight hour day rules semimonthly pay for wages private employment bureaus trade disputes and factory inspections. The article also mentions convict labor mining and pension laws and that the compilation is incomplete due to missing federation reports.
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Federatons
American Federationist
Iowa
Minnesota
West Virginia
Texas
Montana
Osle
Oregon
Kansas
California
Vermont
Florida
Arkansas
Maine
Calorala
Missouri
Towa
Milnois
Colorado
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Obd
Merida
Illiois
New York
Laws
Wisconsin unions push for limits on canning factory hours
Labor unions in Superior join the Wisconsin State Federation of Labor to oppose long hours and low pay for female workers in state canneries. The state industrial commission now has power to set a temporary hour cap, claimed to be the first such law in any state. Canning interests vow to fight, but the commission and organized movement expect to enforce rules for the public good.
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Superior
Wis
Wisconsin State Federation of Labor
Wisconsin
State Industrial Commission
Canning
Industrial Commission
Labor Unrest Surges Across Russia As Strikes Rise
Labor unrest grips Russia with Moscow strikes costing 1,320,000 rubles last year. Half year strikers total 80,000 and growing. Workers seek unions similar to those in America, though illegal. Two Duma members back the movement.
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Russia
Moscow
America
Duma
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Mutual Benefit Department
Carpenter
Doyle
Indianapo
Inn
the Carpenter
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and
Jetiere of America
Britain
the Labor Commission
Zis Dutton
Jack
George A. Hall
New York Child Labor Committee
New York Evening Post
New York States
Workingmen's Assembly
New Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Children
New York Children’s Aid Society
York State Medical Society
Fred Rogers Palrehiid
Laborera
Workingmen’s Assembly
Hiter
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty
Malrehill
Albany
Gerry
Society For the Prevention of
Child Labor Committee
Labor Legislation
Hamilton
U. 8
Pat
Geo. East
Holbreck Bros
Voss-Holbreck
Holzberger
H.H. Jones Service
East Std
Cinginnati
Ohio Union
Ohio Union Brewing Co
Cincinnati, Ohio
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