Rapp Leads Cigar Makers Union Election Amid Wide Races
In the Cigar Makers Union No. 4 election, Joseph Rapp led the race for Financial Secretary with 273 votes to Walter Ingram 14 and William Dierling 59 out of 454 cast, while George Koehler unopposed for President and Henry Maibach for Treasurer. Open meetings at Workmen's Hall aim to organize the trade. Brewer and Building Trades issues, national conventions, and labor politics fill the week with discussions on hours, contracts, and policy.
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Cigar Makers’ Union
No. 4
Joseph Rapp
William Dierling
Walter Ingram
Lee
Ingram
Dierling
Rapp
George J. Koehler
Henry Maibach
the Piano and Organ Workers
Workmen's Hall
Charles’ Dold
the Steam and Hot Water Fitters’ Union
Washington
J. F. Flaherty
St. Louis
W. L. Onstott
Chicago
E. T. Harrison
New York
James Fall
George Higgins
Detroit
Frisco Labor Temple Plans and Union Demands Worldwide
Frisco plans a labor temple while Seattle plumbers win 450 dollars daily. The Princess of Wales is described as a bookbinder. Fall River textile workers aim to establish a vast cotton mill. Paris clerks push for ten hour days and Sunday rest. Building trades adopt a union rule based label for compliant houses. Milk dealers in Richmond Indiana are mentioned in the report.
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Frisco
Seattle
Princess of Wales
Fall River
Paris
France
Richmond
Ind
Labor News and Prices From Across Cities
The piece notes a rise in quart price to six and a quarter cents, Kansas City street car deposits of about $45,000, and ongoing coal famine effects in Germany. It reports Chicago tailors settling their strike, the Locomotive Engineers opposing a headquarters office, and large votes by the Iron Molders and United Brotherhood of Carpenters on eight hour days. Southern mill work migrates north while New York contractors align against unions. A Woodworker remark urges understanding workers’ conditions.
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Kansas City
Germany
Journeymen Tailors
Chicago
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Iron Molders’ National Union
United Brotherhood Carpenter's and Joiners of America
Southern
Fall River Herald
New York
Electrical Workers’ Union
No. 3
Explosion at Duke Brick Works Kills Three in Anniston
In Anniston Alabama a boiler explosion at the Duke Brick Works instantly killed John Cryan and Will Storage. George W Wetsel and Asa Wilkerson were seriously injured and six others slightly hurt.
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Anniston
Ala
Duke Brick Works
John Cryan
Will Storage
George W. Wetsel
Asa Wilkerson
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