Accidents Fatal for Young Workers in Three States Study
The study by the children's bureau reports seven thousand four hundred seventy eight industrial accidents to workers under 21 in Wisconsin Massachusetts and New Jersey in one year. Thirty eight deaths and nine hundred twenty partial disabilities. The report notes stricter protection for under sixteen with higher risk among sixteen and seventeen year olds.
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International Labor News Service
Washington, D. C
Children’s Bureau
United States Department of Labor
Wisconsin
Massachusetts
New Jersey
Higher Freight Fight Threatens Illinois Coal Markets
Springfield Illinois coal under union conditions may be driven from the market by low wage non-union Kentucky coal if the interstate commerce commission decision stands. The commission cut freight on Kentucky coal to the northwest 54 cents a ton and would raise Illinois union coal rates 28 cents a ton. Illinois miners led by President Parrington denounce the action and warn of a prolonged struggle.
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Springfield
Kentucky
Interstate Commerce Commission
Northwest
Illinois
Coolidge
Congress
Parrington
Union Men Find Law to Fight Prison Goods
The American Federation of Labor label committee says Indiana's 1901 statute requires prison-made goods sold in state to bear a prison-made label and imposes a $500 license fee on merchants. They report unlabelled prison goods found in Indianapolis and warn prosecutions for unlicensed or unlabeled prison products.
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International Labor News Service
Indianapolis
Ind
Union
American Federation of Labor
Indiana Assembly
Indiana
Indiana Receives Reforms From Federal Prisons Network
State corrections officials announce transfers and reforms echoing national standards as Indiana expands interfacility cooperation. The move follows ongoing programs to align prison practices with federal benchmarks and improve inmate management across facilities.
Strike Ends as Cloak Makers Reach New City Pact
After eight days of strike, Boston cloak makers win a complete victory over small anti union shops. Major terms require jobber contractor registration, a six operator shop minimum, shared unemployment fund, sanitary union label, impartial local chair, equal work distribution, just cause for contractor discharge, and ban on non union garments. Union notifies jobbers to halt dealings when a shop goes on strike.
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Boston
Hoover warns against reckless fishing in inland waters
Secretary of commerce Herbert Hoover tells the United States fisheries association that inland waters face sharp declines in salmon sturgeon and shad while Chesapeake oyster yields drop in twenty years. He warns oceans and waters are not inexhaustible and urges action. Davenport joint wage movement for builders in Davenport Rock Island Moline raises rates by one dollar a day.
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Atlantic City
United States Fisheries Association
Herbert Hoover
Commerce
Atlantic
Pacific
Great Lakes
Hoover
Davenport
Iowa
Rock Island
Moline
Progressive Ticket Has Even Chance To Beat Coolidge
Senator Robert M. La Follette told a big labor executives conference in Washington that the progressive ticket has an even chance to defeat President Coolidge. He cited reports from businessmen and farmers showing a nationwide swell of progressive sentiment and warned against a small group seeking to control markets and resources.
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Progressive
Coolidge
la Follete
Labor
International Labor News Service
Washington, D. C
Robert M. la Follette
Warren S. Stone
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
American Federation of Labor
la Follette
Congress
America
Europe
Tide of Sentiment Against Old Parties Gains Ground
The piece reports rising support for La Follette and Wheeler as progressives win primaries, defeat reactionaries, and organize nationwide campaigns. It notes calls to restore government to the people, mentions key figures in the La Follette-Wheeler effort, and highlights activity in California Kansas the South and other states with campaign committees and regional directors.
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Capitol
White House
Daugherty
Palmer
Labor
Nomini
Ball
Delaware
Dial
South Carolin
Elkins
West Virginia
McCormick
Ilinois
Shields
Tenneseer
Sterling
South Dakota
House of Representativ
la Follette
Wheeler
la Follette Tide
Arthur H. Holder
Conference For Progressive Political Action
California
J. H. Wasserburger
California State Legislative Committee
Order of Railway Conductors
South
Kansas
Libor
Rodney Elward
la Follette-Wheeler
Bob
Phil Painter
M. L. Fox
R. L. Corley
Painter
Fox
McAdoo
High Wages Faulted In Coal Industry Decline
Ellis Searles of the United Mine Workers Journal denounces claims that high wages cause the coal downturn. He says such talk aims to weaken morale and lower wages, while coal reserves dwindle and railroads warn of a winter car shortage. He cites the Jacksonville agreement as the framework protecting union wages and steady production.
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Indianapolis
Ellis Searles
United Mine Workers’ Journal
Jacksonville
Woolen Trust Delays Dividend Amid Wage Talk and Labor Tension
American Woolen Company directors vote to pass its quarterly common stock dividend totaling 700000, leaving workers without expected income. The move signals potential wage reductions amid presidential campaign politics as insiders bet on market moves. The trust operates mills across New York Massachusetts Kentucky Rhode Island New Hampshire Vermont Connecticut and Maine with last year’s net income of 6.86 million and a surplus of 33.5 million.
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New York
American Woolen Company
the Trust
Woolen Trust
Trust
William Wood
la Follette
Massachusetts
Kentucky
Rhode Island
New Hampshire
Vermont
Connecticcut
Maine
Dismal Days in Wilkes-Barre Miners Recall Hard Times
In Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania veteran Peter O'Donnell recalls harsh era for unorganized miners in the 70s and 80s. He says miners faced company stores, perpetual debt and crowded living conditions with large families. Strike periods caused hunger and hardship as families survived on berries and improvised shelter.
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Wilkes-Barre
Peter O'Donnell
Wade
Labor News
Strike nerve seen in miners' union rise
Aut we found it took nerve to strike then but times have changed since the United Mine Workers came on the scene.
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United Mine Workers
Nebraska Labor Federation Endorses A F L Programs
Hastings Nebraska delegates at the Nebraska State Federation of Labor convention approved A F L programs and endorsed the federal child labor amendment. They backed the state use plan for prisoners, eight hour day for state workers, updated compensation law, and licensing for elevator workers. The body withdrew support for a publication in Omaha over communist propaganda. Lincoln chosen as next convention city.
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Hastings
Neb
A. F. of L
Nebraska
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Dan Cohen
High Street
Whittall
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