25 Sep 1914
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Newspaper
Butler County Press
Location
Hamilton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1914
Page
1
A meditation on labor unions as pioneers of industrial self government. It argues that private industry lacks capacity for democracy without union pressure, critiques employers as benevolent autocrats, cites Ford as rare, and notes Massachusetts laws rewarding lead poison victims, urging broader compensation for industrial diseases.
Work disease victims gain protection as Ontario enacts a pioneering law to compensate workers for injuries and industrial diseases incurred during employment. The measure, noted by John B. Andrews, lists illnesses such as poisoning from lead, phosphorus, mercury, and arsenic, among others, aligning with broader U.S. and federal trends in worker compensation.
Lumber workers face severe conditions as agency recruiters ship men to camps, discharge others, and impose high boarding costs. J G Brown of the International Union of Timber Workers testified in Seattle that wages are low and hours long with voyageurs charged for transportation and lost baggage, leaving many penniless and trapped in hostile camps.
Misa Elizabeth Maloney of the Chicago Waitresses union told the federal commission on industrial relations that her group is unqualifiedly against tipping. She said tips affect living income and blur lines of propriety, leaving her unable to resist familiarity from patrons.
A civic piece asserts free men may give or withhold labor and patronage anywhere. It argues labor power safeguards freedom and self expression, demanding both principle and practical enforcement.
A 10 507 to 0 409 Toledo election favored issuing bonds totaling 4 000 000 to acquire the local street car railway and light and power plants. The contest was spirited with the trade union movement leading the municipal ownership effort.
Police Commissioner Woods of New York city arranges to use patrolmen as agents to locate job openings. Officers will report to their station houses all sites within their precincts where workers are needed.
The workmen compensation law in New York is seen as a permanent state statute as applications exceed 100000 policies. The commission has held daily hearings, dispensing with lawyers for insured workers and expediting claims. Support comes from many insurers while self insurers resist. The panel includes Dowling Mitchell Mosher Darlington Waheweight. The law is praised as humane, with ongoing amendments planned for the next Legislature. Lead poisoning is deemed an occupational disease, not industrial, affecting painters and workers exposed to lead, a notable California consideration.
Samuel Gompers exhorts workingmen to unite under the banner of unity for the union forward movement in Philadelphia. He declines to fundraise or speak for admission fees, arguing that trade unionism must be free and universal. He warns against factionalism and urges eliminating personal cults to present a solid front for organized labor's welfare and advancement of humanity.
The text asserts labor’s history runs back to Genesis and Moses, framing trade unions as not modern innovations but longstanding social efforts to regulate and improve workers’ conditions. It argues labor's purpose is subsistence and improvement, with workers wielding crude but purposeful means toward advancement, opposing slavery and serfdom.
Officers of the Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employees of America report that in the first six months of the year wage increases benefited 19,300 members across fifty four locals. They note 211 deaths and disability benefits totaling 102,888 through the International association.
The report catalogs union membership and wages in multiple regions. It notes 131 local unions with 21 000 members in Toronto area, a Jewish carpenters' union in Denver, 828 organized printers in South Africa, a 26.3 percent rise in New York union membership, and 34 trades showing reduced hours in 1914 versus 1913. It also mentions Utah wage law coverage, Seattle plumbers earning 81 2/3 cents per hour, and a proposal in Illinois for a unified labor and mining department.
Statement on industrial freedom and the role of organization in securing wage gains and better working conditions. The text argues that freedom in the shop depends on union strength and that organized workers win improved wages and welfare, benefiting both organized and unorganized workers.
The U.S. Bureau of Education reports wide pay gaps in teachers salaries from $2,400 annually in large cities to $45 in rural areas. Variations persist in administration with superintendents earning from $115 to $4,000 yearly and college presidents from $600 to $12,400. City systems show gradual salary increases, high teacher averages around $1,018, and wide disparities remain in smaller cities and colleges. Meanwhile wages in South Africa show standard daily and hourly rates for miners and trades, with weekly printer wages ranging from $19 to $29 across cities and colonies.
The International Typographical Union Convention at Providence voted $10,000 to James Lynch of New York in recognition of over thirteen years as president. Resolutions praised his honesty and singleness of purpose. The convention scheduled to meet in Los Angeles next year.
The report notes that 2,785 men were killed in coal mines last year and argues that such loss of life equals a warlike provocation, urging recognition of miners as heroes for their dangerous labor. The piece equates domestic mine deaths with foreign killings to press for stronger protection and policy response.
The Saturday Evening Post recounts two engineering oddities. An unnamed team stopped a high pressure gas leak in San Francisco by using an iron pipe to divert gas upward then yanking it away to carry the flame off the main, enabling a temporary plug until repairs. A Missouri chimney rescue used a parachute and cord to haul a rope to the top of a two hundred foot tall stack, then pulled the top section open for access.
A fragment describes how the red and yellow of the Spanish flag allegedly derive from a 1278 incident where Charles the Bold marked Geoffrey count of Barcelona with blood on his shield. It claims the shield became Barcelona’s emblem and part of Aragon, linking symbolism to historical events.
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