Labor and Industry Echoes Across a Turbulent Era
A mixed digest covers labor questions in the United States and Britain. Wage increases loom in Illinois coal regions, while British union congress debates legality and funding under Lordship norms. Strikes surge in France. jewelers loan high value pieces in London. A shocking note on furor over fur and animal by product cites 1,792,000 cats killed for a single shipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
British
Trades Union Congress
Swansea
Wales
House of Lords
Taf Vale
Acta
France
Ministry of Com
Lercs
WRECKERS SAVE PROPERTY AND SALVAGE WORKERS
A examination of salvage firms shows private operators running rescue and wrecking work essential to maritime welfare. They report ships disabled at sea, with teams dispatching divers and wreckers to scenes, preserving vessels and cargo, while photographers document progress for reports. State and national arrangements with United Mine Workers outline disputes, commissions, and settlements shaping wage gains and eight hour days in multiple states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nohip
Pearson's Magazine
Illinois
Indiana
United Mine Workers
Operators’ Association
Illinois Con Operators' Association
Ohio
Being Rich In England Costs Much In Modern Times
In Harper’s Weekly the idea that ten thousand pounds yearly is rich is questioned. The London Spectator notes that even twenty thousand pounds a year may not secure luxury, with country houses, London homes, hunting, clothes, and meals consuming the income. Rising numbers of rich men push up prices, and British trade decline adds to the strain. The piece cites falling family sizes from 4.17 children per family (1876–1880) to 3.74 (1891–1895).
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Warren
London Spectator
Auence
England
London
Scotland
The
Spectator
Pittsbury
Harper's Weekly
Labor Union Checks and Russian Pension Reforms News Briefs
Reports detail union inspection practices in New York Central Federation meetings with sergeants of arms enforcing union-made clothing rules. Russian pensions for state workers' families are announced as provisional ukase moves toward permanent law. Brooklyn labor lyceum funding reaches fifty thousand dollars of a hundred thousand goal. A United Garment Workers leader sues two Rochester union members over alleged strike betrayal. Philadelphia United Labor League allocates time for political discussion at meetings with invited speakers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vatontam Paul
Wnion
New York Central Federation Union
Washington Post
Fnau
Labor Lyceum of
Brooklyn
Harry White
United Garment Workers
Rochester
N. C
Philadelphia United Labor League
Epidemic of scalp disease hits Munich Gladbach Avatria
An outbreak of tricophylla scalp disease in Mu nich Gladbach Avatria sickened over thirty boys. Schools were closed to prevent spread as authorities declared the illness a public health emergency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Munich-Gladbach
Avatria
Starches and Laundry Woes Bleed Into Everyday Goods
A jumble of old advertisement lines and cosmetic tips discusses starch flaws in laundry results, then shifts to patent medicines and household products. Notable names include Mag netic Starch Co Omaha Neb, Allen's Foot Ease, Dodd's Kidney Pills, Wizard Oil, and Maude, with scattered references to Garfield, Bryant, and Carnegie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Magnetic Starch Co
Omaha
Neb
Bryant
Mra
M. A
Gos
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Labor and Industry
Weeeker
Heaven
B. Paul Neuman
London News
Illinois Coal Operators’ Association
Pennsylvania
London Weat End
Chicago
Magnetic Stare
RADE
Defiance
Manufa
Magnetic Starch Mfg. CO
Omaha, Neb
Allen
LeRoy
Garfield
Iatiem
Olt
Runsell Sage
Andrew Carnegie
Saturday Post
Mrs. Winslow
Maude
Ellen Ripley
Ladies Aid
Grand Army of the Republic
No. 7
Both Ave
N. E
Minneapolis
Minn
Lydia E. Pinkham
Drax
Pinxman
Eton Ripsey
BE. Pinkham
WM. Mikinley
Thompson
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