New York Moves to Forge Local Federations in Labor Fight
A New York driven effort aims to form local federations in major cities to strengthen the National Civic Federation’s role in settling strikes. The plan, praised for averting disruptions, faces scrutiny over coal strike outcomes and the balance of employer and worker influence in local committees.
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New York
Eibow
National Civic Federation
Oscar $. Straue
Birles
Mr. Straus
Great Central Federation
Abelute Fairies
Bay
Philadelphia
Chicago
Beston
Cleveland
Boston Globe
Amalgamation Recommendation From Labor Arbitrator
Frank L. Rust of Cincinnati, an AFL arbitrator, urges the national association of steam and hot water fitters and helpers to amalgamate with the United Association of plumbers gas fitters steam fitters and hot water fitters alliance. The decision rests on the United Association’s older, larger status and its existing majority of steam fitters nationwide.
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Frank L. Rust
Cincinnati
A F. of L
National Association of Steam and Hot Water Fitters
United Association of Plumbers
Steam Attera and
Alliance of the
United Association
Unions Call Pittsburg Meeting For Street Car Men
The Amalgamated Association of Street Railway Employees issues a call for its annual convention in Pittsburg on Monday May 4. President Mahon reports eighty seven new unions formed in the past year and a pending 25 cent per member assessment to sustain organizing efforts. The American Federation of Labor reports rapid growth with about 300000 new members since the November convention. Secretary Morrison notes 104 national and international unions, 27 state branches, 497 city central bodies, and 1908 local unions totaling 22031 with an estimated membership of 1690000.
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Executive Council
American Federation of Labor
San Francisco
Union of
Cement Workers
The
Golden Gate
National Union
Maryland Granite Company of
Baltimore
New York City
Baltimore Custom House
Uallany
Federal Building
Tuilon
Thenton
National Civic Federation
Ita
Imbor
Denis A. Hayes
Glass Bottle Blowers Association
ALF. of L
William 0. Huber
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners
William D. Mahon
Amalgamated Association of Street Railway
John F. Tobin
International Boot and Shoe Workers’ Union
Pittsburg
Preadent Mahon
American Federation
A. F. of L
Morrison
Miners Raise Large Sum After Strike Aid Announcement
The miners union reports total funding of 2,045,824.42 dollars from all sources following the recent appeal. Substantial contributions came from special assistance to miners not on strike, boosting the relief effort.
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Miners’ Union
Atriteg
The Origin and Fate of the Cross Across Ages
A compact historical overview traces the cross from ancient symbols to Christian iconography. It covers early Jewish associations, Helena's relic custody, the Crusades and Saladin, and the shift from crucifix imagery to the symbolic lamb during the Council of Trullo, culminating in the orthoflex crucifix.
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Centuriea
Gallie
England
Emitrias
Centialés
Phaist
Moses
Israel
Perseapolis
Pilato
Santa Croce
Rome
Christ
Helena
Embere
Constantine
Chris
Ian
Helgna
Jerusalem
Holy Wood
Saladin
Hans
Hattin
Richard the Lion Hearted
Justinian
Trulio
American man freed after clerical mix up on Ellis Island
A Buffalo man named Edward Jones, mistaken for Eleanor Jones due to a booking error, faced detention after landing a ship at the North River. Immigration inspectors, aided by a female officer, mistook him for a passenger not on the manifest. After a manager intervened, the line paid a fine and Jones was released to rejoin his family aboard the liner. Philadelphia Ledger reports.
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Bocauve
Mub
Eleanor Jones
Eleanor
Edward Jones
Buffalo
Edward
Ltl
Miss Jones
Mr. Jones
Jones
Wner
Ume
Ellis Island
Philadelphia Ledger
Idea of a Genius and its odd agricultural note
Prof H W Wiley spoke before the New York Society of Medical Jurisprudence on production economy and new methods. He cited a farmer who plans to plant onions with potatoes to use tear-making onions to stimulate the potato crop, a notion drawn from agricultural sources and cited in the New York Times.
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H.W. Wiley
New York Society of Medical Jurisprudence
New York Times
A Story of Apple Tart Tale by a Renowned Novelist
A famous novelist recalls his English rector father and Sir Henry Thompson, the famed food authority. Henry prescribes avoiding apple tart, but the rector defends a Sunday treat. The anecdote ends with a curt rebuke from the surgeon about the stomach on Sundays.
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Henry Thompson
Henry
Sir Henry
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United States
Chicago Inter Ocean
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Thhey
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Calvary
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Buffalo Man
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