Victory for Philadelphia Garment Workers under Protocol Agreement
The Philadelphia garment industry reaches a peace based settlement between Garment Manufacturers' Association and Garment Workers' Union. A fifty two hour week with Saturday half holiday, cash weekly wages, time wage scales, and enhanced safety standards. A three by three board of grievances settles disputes, chaired by George Porter. This victory marks a broader extension of the protocol idea improving wages and conditions while preventing strikes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garment Manufacturers’ Association
Garment Workers’ Union of
Philadelphia
New York City
Garment Workers of
American Federation of Labor
Manufacturers’ Association
George [. Porter
Publc Safety
City of
Garment Workers of Philadelphia
Samuel Gompers and the Federation's Call for Peaceful Labour Conquests
A garbled notice cites Samuel Gompers urging the American Federation to pursue peaceful conquests in the labor movement, emphasizing solidarity among garment workers and all humanity. The fragmentary source highlights union aims without clear events or dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Chicago
St. Touts
Sammuel Gompers
American Federation
Government creates nationwide labor distributing zones plan
The Labor Department established distributing zones in eighteen cities from Boston to Seattle to coordinate employer needs with available workers and settlers. The system enhances the Clearing House for Laborers and Homeseekers by exchanging information and guiding job seekers, with the aim of better labor and settlement distribution and less uncertainty for aspirants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Labor
Boston
Norfolk
Galveston
Chicago
Denver
Seattle
Ford wage rise proves profitable, says production chief
John R. Lee, Ford plant production manager, reports 44 percent efficiency gains since the higher wage policy began. The Leather Workers' Journal argues that well directed high pay yields best, most productive labor, while fear of wage hikes harms effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John RK. Lee
Ford
Lee
Employer to Be Judge at Stockton Lockout Inquiry
The Industrial Relations Commission at Sim Francis Co asked if private firms may maintain armed forces for safety. Chris Totten, chairman of the employers' executive committee, said he would decide safety. The record notes the first violence began when a storekeeper assaulted a union picket. A Los Angeles Citizen editorial argues enthusiasm and aggression define true unionism, warning lukewarm members lack commitment.
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Federal Industrial Relations Commission
Sim Francisco
Stockton
Chris Totten
Employers’ Executive Committee
Totten
Convict Labor Farmed Out Across States
Convicted prisoners in multiple states are sent to contractors who pay a small daily wage to the state and supply factory sites and armed guards to supervise workers at their posts.
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Siate
Fate of a Founder of the Bank of England in War Time
William Godfrey one of London's Bank of England founders died in Namur during a siege when a cannon shot struck him. He had traveled to consult king William III on funding for the army. Godfrey died a bachelor noted for integrity and gracious manners. The body was returned to England and buried at St Swithin's Church near the Bank.
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Bank of England
William Patterson
London
Threadneedle Street
Montague
Michael Godfrey
England
France
Godfrey
Bank
Orst
Namur
William
Michael
Mr. Godfrey
Fred
Pnngland
St. Swithin's Church
Pearson's Weekly
Silenced the Duke Hamlet anecdote recalled by Barnay
Ludwig Barnay recalls an incident at Meiningen where the Duke of Meiningen interrupted a Hamlet rehearsal with royal criticism. The anecdote features Barnay’s defense of acting as a craft, Polonius serving as a courtier, and a humorous clash over stage direction and national symbols.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ludwig Barnay
se-Meiningen
Barnay
Meiningen
Hamlet
Barony
M. Barnay
Polonious
Wonders of Nature Prompt Market Insight
A Washington Star quote contrasts egg and oyster shells to illustrate taking simpler tasks in stride. Mrs. Torkins remarks on market visits, noting provisions that nourish daily comfort and the ease of shell removal from an egg.
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Charley
Prize Doll Keepsake Turns Into Witty Exchange
At a whist party in Indianapolis an unmarried guest prizes a consolation gift a small dressed doll with a broken head. He jokes about losing his head over her and the banter closes with a humorous sailboat sinking exchange about Mary unable to swim as the boat goes down.
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Indy
Made Very Clear Tommy-! correct I shall or I will
Fragmentary OCR note discusses gender language for Tommy and pops, with unclear phrases about speech forms and a Philadespiite Record reference. The text is garbled, lacking coherent events, dates, or identifiable subjects.
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Tommy
Midnight Sun Explains Polar Day and Night Phenomena
The piece explains the midnight sun and polar night across the Arctic and Antarctic zones. It details the solstices, axial tilt, and the Sun’s apparent path, noting six months of daylight near the North Pole and a sunless period near the South Pole.
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Scandinavia
Arctic Circle
Naturette Circle
Wilkes Land
Equator
North Pole
South Pole
Iietari
Arette
Arctic
Direla
Lapland
Mont Fone
North Cape
Garrett P. Sercisa
Spokane
Spokesman-Review
The Union Label and Its Ethos
The union label proclaims fair wages and shorter hours. It advocates education over factory toil and equal pay for equal work for women. It champions safe workplaces and improved tools and machinery for all workers.
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Ais Ugainst
Consciousness and Labor Unity Amid Turbulent Times
A reflective piece discusses class consciousness as preferable to selfishness and endorses worker solidarity. It notes past neglect of labor voices, praises cooperation, and urges united action to improve labor conditions and society. It references leaders, employers, and calls for collective responsibility.
Fallacious Theory Warns of War Across Nations
The distorted text discusses fear of war and alliance dynamics as nations prepare. It argues for stronger unity and timely action to prevent conflict, urging abolition of rigid hierarchies and governance that could spark hostilities.
Industrial Slavery In Hollesteid Mining Company Found
The United States commission on the revelations at Tend, D. discovered that 3,000 employees of Hollesteid Mining are practically slaves. Testimony showed no workers may join labor organizations. Applicants for employment must pass a physical exam and state political affiliations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Commission On the
Mostra
Tend
Hollesteid Mining Company
Typograph
Teal Journal
Labor Gossip Across U S Labor Fields
Italy reports 12316 print ers in organized labor parks. Chicago lists 308 wage earners with a daily average of F101. Over 75 percent of U S miners work under union conditions. The Cigarmakers Inter national Union lodge is legalized in 31 states. The AFL campaigns to organize elevator operatives in New York City. The first lodge of the Brotherhood of Locomotives Engineers was organized by eleven Erie railroad men at Port Jervis NY in 1875.
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Italy
Chicago
United States
Lakel
Cigarmakers' International Union
Amerieah Federation of Labor
New York City
Brotherhood of Loconties Piveren
Erie Raitread
Port Jervis
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Fay
Philadelphia Garment Workers
Industrial
Chain OF Labor Bureaus
Henry Ford
Lukeway Union
Los Angeles
Mary
Sol
Napoleon
Baron Lejeune
Sir John Burgoyne
Wellington
Scientific American
Iceland
Washington Star
THE
Union Label
Eilat
Imber
Herphould
W. S. Matisfind
H Holbreck Bros
Voss-Holbreck
Holzberger
H.H. Jones
East Sth St
Cincinnati
Ohio Union
Hamilton
Ohio Union Brewing Co
Cincinnati, Ohio
Hamilton Collateral Loan Co
S. Third St
UNION
Teory
Boot and Shoe Workers’ Union
John FP. Tobin, Pres
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