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Newspaper
Kansas Agitator
Location
Garnett, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1902
Page
2
A Kansas Agitator column riffs on international tensions from Chile’s battleships to Chinese unrest, and mocks high society and notable figures. It parodies politics, finance, marriages, and celebrity foibles while noting a Tennessee judge’s retirement and Morgan’s wealth.
Labor and industry notes describe a friction between the International Association of Machinists and the United Metal Workers' International Union over who may install elevator machinery and set up shop products. A grievance committee sent the issue back for direct talks to define work boundaries. The piece also covers miner and employer wage advances, union-made cigars, and a wage agreement benefiting Illinois miners with semi monthly pay and powder price reductions.
Rumors say a national union of iron and steel workers named the Steel Workers' Association of America is forming. Organizers are recruiting in Ohio Indiana and Illinois, tracing to South Chicago and Milwaukee locals that rejected a strike order last summer. The Wheeling convention in May will exclude lodges that refused to strike.
Michael Donnelly, president of the Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butchers Workmen, built a large union presence in Chicago stockyards after two failed attempts in Omaha and Chicago. Since June 1900 he expanded to cattle butchers No. 87 with 668 members and new unions for sheep No. 118, hog No. 116, beet boner No. 185, casers No. 139, and sausage makers No. 140, all formed within eighteen months.
President Joseph W. Morton of the International Brotherhood of Stationary Firemen has submitted a plan to the executive board to grant two charters per southern city one for white workers and one for colored workers. He notes southern prejudice has limited fraternal ties and urges constitutional change to allow separate locals in each city.
The Chicago Society of Carpenters, an independent union, describes its formation as a workers’ push for better conditions and solidarity among tradespeople organized in the Morn for Workingmen movement.
The Bricklayers and Stone Masons union of Chicago levies a 10 cent per member assessment to aid the McKinley Memorial fund. The donation, about 325 dollars, will be paid through the McKinley Trades Union Memorial association. President McKinley was an honorary member and spoke at the bricklayers corner stone ceremony.
May end of strike at Southern Railroad hinges on a potential presidency change. President Spencer reportedly told International President James O Connell that if workers return a committee will be received to discuss a settlement. The dispute began in 1901 demanding a nine hour day and wage raises.
A proposed Massachusetts law would force employers who advertise for help during a strike to state that a strike and lockout exist. Penalty for violation is 100 dollars, with half awarded to the complainant, aiming to deter misleading job postings during labor disputes.
The Illinois Brick Company, known as the brick trust, reaches an agreement with the Brick Makers' Union to keep peace in the trade until May 1, 2003. Workers receive an average 2 percent hourly wage increase benefiting about 1,200 men.
May accepted Union Banet Thomas I Kidd general secretary of Amalgamated Woodworkers International Union is invited to speak before the Furniture Manufacturers Association of Cincinnati on adopting a union label for all furniture. Knoxville carpenters seek 30 cent per hour raise and an eight hour day, giving employers 30 days to respond. Chicago planing mills renew yearlong steelwood pact. no concessions noted.
A survey of dress details charts the season from belts and collars to veils and yokes. White belts, coordinated with waist fabrics, pastel gowns, and lace accents define chic outfits, while luxe fabrics like mousseline de soie and velvet accent gowns for reception wear. A physician warns women to sleep nine hours nightly and take a daytime nap to protect health, urging calmer routines over late-night reading.
Several gowns display a deep circular flounce in contrasting material against the skirt. Alvoves and yoke match the upper skirt, creating a striking black and white contrast. Fashion notes warn against overdone drama while tucking remains popular and summer gowns emphasize hip to knee tightness.
A call to women to seek inward strength and self understanding. The author urges individuals, especially Crab Women, to face their own nature. She recommends solitary time in nature or daily quiet reflection as a physiological and spiritual blessing for self communion.
The piece describes shirt waist fabrics including Madras ducks Inens percales sili ginsengs and mercerized chambrays for shirts and waists. New figured piques and ducks feel as soft as a glove. White laced lawns and linen colored ballates are highlighted as fashionable options for separate waists and matching shirt waist suits.
The Ever-Black fabric will appear in spring fashion as tailor salts and demi-dream gowns use peau de, tallies, cashmere and Muscovite silk. The piece notes its exclusive vogue 0 song and predicts rising popularity in new production.
Washington special reports the Senate committee on the Philippines has finished reviewing a proposed form of government for the Philippine Islands and authorized Senator Lodge to report it. The plan includes a census of island populations and outlines conditions for transitioning to a permanent popular representative government with extended local autonomy.
Washington special reports the senate Indian affairs committee backed an amendment to the Indian appropriations bill to open the Utah reservation on October 1, 1903. The tract spans about £000,000 acres with thousands of homesteads, plus timber and mineral entries long disputed. The draw system, used for Kiowa and Comanche openings, is likely to govern the process to curb monopoly on asphalt lands.
The House spent the day advancing private pension legislation, passing 215 bills, a record for a single session aside from one exception. It saw debate over vetoes tied to removing delinquent charges from soldiers’ records while approving minor measures early. The sundry civil appropriation bill progressed with 93 of 129 pages completed as Mr Cannon governed proceedings. Secretary Rout prepared a response on Philippine visit proposals from General Miles, delayed by a session-status misunderstanding. The territories committee, led by Mr Knox, reported bills admitting New Mexico, Oklahoma and Arkansas with plans to call them up when convenient.
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