Phone Girls Strike on the West Coast Crisis in the Wire
California and Chicago report broad strikes across telephone and telegraph workers. Operators in Northern and Central California walk out over pay housing and union rights, while Western Union and postal workers face pressure as national talks proceed.
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International Uction
Burleson
California
IL. C. Grasser
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Charles P. Ford
Springfield
Hill
Festmaster General Burleson
Percy Thomas
International
Commercial Telegraphers’ Union of America
Thomas
Atlantic City
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Wilson
International Brotherhood of
Mr. Thomas
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
FL H. Bethel
Newton Carlton
Western Union Labs
Edward A. Reynolds
Postal Telegraph Company
San Francisco
Chicago
Mayor Acts For Strikers In Ansonia Labor Talks
In Ansonia Connecticut Mayor John C Mead mediated between strikers and employers including the American Brass Company. After lengthy talks concessions on higher wages and improved conditions were offered and the union leaders indicated likely ratification. Strikes in Derby Web Shops were addressed as managers planned to follow Ansonia’s lead, with an end in sight.
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Ansonia
Conn
John C. Mead
American Brass Company
Derby
Vote for Mooney Strike Planned by Milwaukee Unions
Eight unions representing about 8000 workers report support for a five day general strike starting July 4 to protest Thomas Mooney’s conviction. Rail, machinists, sheet metal, cigar makers, coopers, brewery workers and Northwestern Milwaukee Road employees back the action while Patternmakers and Typographical unions refuse to vote.
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New York Times
Milwaukee
Thomas Mooney
Northwestern
Milwaukee Roads
Patternmakers Nd
Typographical Union
Winnipeg arrests ten red agitators in labor strike crackdown
Special to The New York Times reports in Winnipeg six strike leaders including two aldermen were arrested at home by the Royal Northwest Mounted Police. Labor Temple raid seized Bolshevist literature and conspiracy charges were added as officers announce further arrests possible.
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New York Times
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Labor Temple
Royal Northwest Mounted Police
City Special Police
A. Schoppelie
W. A. Pritenard
Vancouver
J. R. Johns
Montreal
Johns
Calgary
One Big
Newton
Ottawa
Secret Service
Mark
Stony Mountain
Royal Northwestern
Canadian Pacific
Canadian Northern A
Canadian Pacific Railroad
Canadian Northern Railroad
B. C
The
Mounted Police
Kavenagh
Canadian Pacific Railway
Brass workers threaten mass strike in Waterbury plants
In Waterbury Connecticut a mass meeting of Lithuanian Russian Polish and Italian workers resolved to strike if their wage demands are not met by 10 o clock tomorrow morning. About 12 500 employees from six large brass plants and numerous smaller shops are expected to walk out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterbury
Conn
French Labor Delays General Strike Call
A labor committee and Interfederal Union decide not to call a general strike unless miners request it. The Chamber of Deputies passes eight hour law for coal miners without amendment. Miners in Du Nord and Pas-de-Calais seek arbitration with ministers Loucheur and Cournard on disputed points.
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Paris
General Federation of Labor
Interfederal
Labor Union
Chamber of Deputies
du Nord
Pas-de-Calais
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Scranton
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Courination
Hevolate Viet Kid
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Park Place
Woolworth Ridge
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San Trical Francisco
Telephone Company
Gompers
Telegraphers’ Union
Order of Railway Telegraphers
Western Union
Association of Western Union
Association of Western Union IE
Rules Committee
House
Senate
Washington
R. B. Russell
Metal Trades Council
William Iyens
Western Labor News
John Queen
A. A. Heap
George Armstrong
Building Trades Council
Rk. E. Bray
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Moses Almazoff
Mike Berenzuk
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Hartford
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