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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1919
Page
14
Winnipeg sees 1000 veteran constables sworn in to bolster police as general strike enters fourth week. Mass meeting praised action against revolutionaries while parade defied mayor’s proclamation. Vancouver coastwise shipping tied up and Ottawa seeks to curb disruptions.
Report notes the men continued work yet refused to publish news about the strike. Publishers were told to rely on their own compositors. The entire staff refused to permit union censorship and stand united in the dispute.
A conference at the Ministry of Labor in Paris ended the Pas de Calais and Nord coal miners strike. An eight hour day with a half hour underground rest and higher wages will start June 16, while minimum wage is to be set by Labor Minister Colliard.
Officials of the Actors Equity Association call the managers reply to arbitration a subterfuge. The Producing Managers' Protective Association insists on individual contracts and arbitration between actor and manager, widening the rift and making a strike more probable. The Equity says the PMPA offer undermines six years of seeking a fair deal for actors.
New Bedford Massachusetts June 6 30 mill engineers strike settled today. 30 operatives from other departments who were stood out will return to work next Monday. Most mills closed over two weeks. Textile Council reps say union and near union workers can work together. Manufacturers pledge no discrimination against strike leaders.
Senator Cummings reports that the order dissolves the wartime operating board and returns system operation to government supervised officials. The move aims to prevent service confusion as properties are returned and to enable rate data submission to state commissions. House committee plans to draft return legislation Monday.
Restoration of Postal Telegraph Cable Company officials follows period of government control. Clarence H. Mackay announces that Clarence H. Mackay William W. Cook Edward Reynolds and A B Rickards are restored to their former positions as operation resumes. Company leaders say officials are busy with resumption and no further plans will be issued.
Thomas H. McDonough of Troy was suspended in April and today removed by the Board of Trustees of Public Buildings. John J. McGrath of Phoenixville was named Superintendent amid findings of excessive painting charges and a revolving fund used for loans, with trustees accusing lax and negligent management of the department.
Chicago June 6 The Standard Oil Company of Indiana announced an industrial relations plan to give employees a voice in relations with employers and annuities. It aims to improve communication and living conditions while honoring workers rights to join unions. A primary on June 11 will nominate representatives to a board of industrial relations and a joint general committee will meet regularly.
The Friars held their annual election at the Wadst Forty-eighth Street clubhouse. George M. Cohan was re elected as Abbot John J Gleason as Dean Frank Stevens as Secretary Joseph Klaw as Treasurer and Eugene Walter William A Brady John Pollock Louis B Eppstein Joseph Moran and Ralph Trier named to the two year Board of Governors.
The United Managers' Protective Association launched a national drive to repeal the amusement tax. The appeal to Rep. Joseph W. Fordney argues theatres face doubled costs and taxes while unable to raise prices, urging relief on taxes paid by theatre patrons nationwide. Individual appeals will follow as plans for a vigorous campaign unfold.
In Philadelphia the National Women’s Trade Union League voted to organize library workers and to seek unionizing public school teachers. It also chose five delegates for the Women’s Labor Congress in Washington next Fall. A controversy over a statement accusing the convention of being pro German led to a debate and a decision to refer the matter to the typographical union.
Government officials took control of the Downing Marine Construction shipyard between Sea Cliff and Glen Cove IL to finish three steel barges as part of a fifty vessel contract. About 70 percent remains and sixty government workers join on to complete hulls ready for launch in October.
Century Grove announces the opening of a new annex at 9:30 PM to be used as an outdoor resort adjoining the grove. The roof space will host midnight shows and be open to prospective guests of the grove.
The strike expands with 3 000 Western Union Southeastern operators walking out as 12 000 potential strikers are named. Western Union reports minimal service disruption while officials emphasize continuity and strict no rehire policy for quitters. Officials from American Telegraph and Telephone and Postal Telegraph deny immediate impact with no grievances filed.
Western Union President Newcomb Carlton says extending the Commercial Telegraphers Union strike to the whole country would affect only about 700 Western Union workers who are union members. He notes not all would quit and those who do would be barred from future Western Union employment. Other telegraph and telephone companies fear no impact. Percy Thomas of the Telegraphers Union states no nationwide order has been received locally and a national strike decision would come with notice.
Borough President Frank L. Dowling officiated as the Fox Film Corporation cornerstone on Tenth Avenue between Fifty fifth and Fifty sixth Streets was laid yesterday afternoon. Attendees included Rev. Justin Corcoran and Rabbi Mayer Kornstein. William Fox was ill, with Sonn C. Eisele standing in. The president opposed film censorship and announced the next Fox building will house all corporate activities.
Occasional dispatches describe a revived anti Jewish agitation in Berlin. A May 6 Vorwärts item notes two placards at the Unter den Linden public library urging exclusion of Jews and Jews of mixed heritage from German troop recruitment signed by the Committee for Popular Enlightenment and alleging Ministry of War approval.
Rain did not dampen crowds as Bethlehem hosts the fourteenth Bach festival at Packer Memorial Church. Musicians from sixteen states and Canada joined the Philadelphia Orchestra with soloists Emil Roberts and others. tomorrow features Bach’s Mass in B minor in two sessions at 2 and 4 30 P.M.
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