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Newspaper
English News
Location
English, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1908
Page
3
The article extols trade unions as a fair wage system aligning employer and worker interests in a living wage. It argues unions protect merchants, foster conscientious workers, and provide a venue for negotiation, aiming to reduce injustice and promote harmony between employers and the unemployed within a complex, interdependent industrial order.
Peter W. Collins, President of the Boston Central Labor Unions, argues that twenty five years of labor efforts built a republic and that future progress depends on referendum of public opinion, urging sustained unselfish leadership to advance rights and ideals of a free, enlightened people.
Abor Day has become an established institution highlighting the welfare of a key American prosperity factor. The observance aims to set apart a day to honor the toil and achievements of workers and industry.
The speaker lists actions achieved by the union including limiting working hours, stopping immigration of contract labor, eliminating secret trusts, raising wages, and pursuing the abolition of child labor. The goal is initiative and referendum across states to enable further reforms. He emphasizes steady progress and commitment to reform.
The article notes a marked rise in AFL membership as proof of organized labor’s strength in the United States. It describes open shop advocacy and opposition to closed shops, while praising collective bargaining and prudent union-employer collaboration.
A union leader cites child labor laws and the eight hour day as top achievements since Labor Day. He urges unions to push for broader adoption of the eight hour day to advance workers’ rights and standards.
A roundup from across the globe notes Taft and family at Middle Bass Island for fishing, Dewey unveiling Farragut memorial in Portsmouth, Bryan visiting his birthplace Salem New Jersey, and Roosevelt dedicating a library in New York. Other items cover floods in the Carolinas and Georgia, a fatal mine accident near Wilkesbarre, a Kentucky patricide, a San Francisco rowers disappearance, and a string of political and criminal incidents.
Admiral Sperry and staff landed at St. Kilda pier to be greeted by Alfred Deakin and Sir Thomas Bent as other Commonwealth and state ministers looked on. A mosaic of disasters and events follows from New Orleans fire to piracy, civil unrest, and sensational accidents across the Atlantic and beyond.
In Lafayette Indiana the Indiana State Soldiers' home trustees formally accepted the new hospital from contractor Joshua Chew. The $44 200 structure with a $50 090 state appropriation will be outfitted and ready for occupancy in five weeks. The old hospital will be converted into dormitories for the aged residents.
In Anderson Indiana Walter Hankins six was shot and killed by his ten year old sister Jessie Hankins at their uncle Albert Ambenour s home. They found a pistol on a shelf and the gun discharged hitting Walter in the head as their mother Elijah Hankins swooned and later collapsed in a dying condition.
The Penn American plate class grinding department in Alexandria Indiana will resume operations after a Christmas idle period. Following grinding restart the polishing and other departments will begin. Six hundred men will be employed when in full operation.
In Moreoces Indiana farmers plan to adopt ablawht qicans to practice this fall. A run of farmers have faced veriers of re lesarium with many chickens Kilbah and related issues. The push follows a preset effort to stop ie Barthes.
Trdianapolis Indiana reports the city received fifty applications for pension payments from various regions. Six applications from local Typographical Union members have been approved. Evansville Indiana notes five pound bass landed by a fishing crew. Claude Gardner, who had moved here to open a restaurant, fell from a two story building sustaining injuries likely fatal.
Winchester Jed report states Ben Skinner, a war veteran, was suffocated after a lamp exploded in a bedroom at his home. Skinner appeared to awaken and attempted to escape. his body found in an adjoining room.
The big barn of Cart God burned in Frankfort incineration believed set by an incendiary. The loss was about 320000, including the pacing stallion Ince Reyields valued at 5900 and another stallion valued at 3900.
The municipal lighting plant in Wayne, Indiana, completed after years of construction, was opened to the public. Officials describe the plant as a modern monument to the current city administration.
Petersburg Indiana Bert Warner treasurer of the Water Works Co. shot his son-in-law Tom Hizgen in Clay township while hunting. Doctors fear both may die and the two men are residents of Petersburg.
A legal notice item reports a suit to contest a will filed in Martinsville Indiana. The action seeks to challenge the testament and determine rightful heirs under local probate law. further details are not provided in readable text.
Indiana health inspectors Frank W. Tucker and Ivan C. Weld report severely unsanitary dairy conditions in Lake county. Weld, a longtime dairy inspector from the U S bureau of agriculture, says several Hammond area dairies are notably filthy.
John Henry Briggs aged 52 a millionaire earth raiser shot himself in his Warren County Indiana home. He owned 2000 acres, served in the Civil War with the 185th Indiana volunteers. Despondency from ill health cited as the cause. wife found the body after he stood before a mirror and fired.
Drought harms Tippecanoe county corn with farmers fearing yields may drop to about half in dry areas. Lowlands retain moisture so damage is limited. Purdue professor Christie predicts a patchy harvest with strong spots of better yield.
Windfall Indiana based Union Traction Co agent Wail Cotningham pleaded guilty in Tipton circuit court to embezzlement involving the company funds. He was sentenced to the state prison at Jeffersonville after being captured last week in Ottawa Canada. In a separate notice Richmond reports burglar Lee Reid was caught while attempting to escape by digging through a wall in an unrelated incident.
Medison Undi-Matie Hoepsies, 30, was fatally shot while returning with friends from a dance across the Ohio River. Four young men at the dance are under suspicion. The dead woman had refused to dance with a married man named William Smith.
Logan McClure melon grower dies from injuries after a quarrel at the X Harmony fair over watermelons. Mitchell Anderson of Griffin claims self defense, saying he used a tent stake during the confrontation.
In Madison Indiana a missing passenger from the steamer Indiana bound from Louisville is William Teuls a local laundry plant owner. His wife was also aboard and survived. Teuls body was recovered at Westport Kentucky.
Speaker Joseph J. G. Cannon will give a political address in South Bend Indiana during the afternoon of September. The event aims to rally support in the city for his campaign efforts.
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