Gompers Seeks Labor Back World League Support
Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, urged labor to back the World League program. He pressed Congress to approve the peace treaty covenant and to support a wage plan while opposing Workers' Union calls. The message was delivered here as part of a broader effort to unify labor behind a political strategy.
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Gompers
Labor
World League
Seab
United States
Samuel Getepers
Neriern Federation of Labor
Pbs
Congress
Oriotten
Gompers Presses League Support at Labor Convention
Samuel Gompers urged universal peace and world labor solidarity at the convention while warning the league question could be sidelined by political debates. He defended the federation’s non political program and urged continued focus on improving workers’ conditions and advancing the one big union challenge.
Federation Leader Seeks World Labor Unity and Witnesses Threats
Mr. Ogden urged world union workers to unite on a legal basis to prevent conflict and avert dangerous internationals like those in Russia. He claimed English labor is nearly non unionized, predicting Britain’s Congress will reach 6 million members by August, with a 1 million rise in a year. He urged McCleland to form a committee to curb the Catholic Labor Union movement in Canada which he said opposes international labor bodies and acts as Labor’s greatest enemy.
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J. W. Ogden
Trade Union Congress
J A. M.clelland
Canadian Trades and Labor Congress
International Organization of the
Mr. Ogden
Russia
England
Ogden
British Congress
McCleland
Federation
Catholic Labor Union
Canada
Catholic Union
Fabor
United “Labor
School Heads Skeptical On Plea For Religion In Schools
The Amsterdam Democratic Club urged religious instruction in elementary schools. George J. Ryan and Rev Joseph Smith doubted clear methods to fit religion into the curriculum. Judge Crain backed teaching religion, noting divisions among denominations. Father Smith warned of past failure. Ryan cited state law barring religious teaching in public schools. An inter-denominational committee chaired by Bishop Burch aims to study plans, including a one hour weekly church instruction and fall public meetings for input.
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Ither George J. Ryan
Board of Hiucation
Joseph Smith
At Schools
New York
Amsterdam Democratic Club
Thomas T. C. Crain
Father Smith
Ryan
Shite
Burch
Parock
Thirsty Man Impersonated U S Officer and Seized Liquor
In North Adams Massachusetts on June 14 William J Schoonmaker from Pater Nod pleaded guilty to impersonating a Federal officer after seizing liquor from cars under the claim of authority. He was held for authorities to face further related charges.
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U.S
North Adams
Mass
William J. Schoonmaker
Schoonmaker
Nisner
Dempsey Denies Hitting Wife as He Testifies
San Francisco June 14 Pugilist Jack Dempsey testified to deny charges of non support and cruelty brought by his former wife Mrs Maxiqu Dempsey. He said he never struck his wife and that a jaw fracture came from a fall. He described his rise from farm work to boxing champion and noted earnings and expenses from his career while asserting his intent to do good for the country.
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San Francisco
Sam Hack Dempsey
Ial
Dempsey
Maxiqu Dempsey
Boxer
Pune
Fasto
Iin
Prieiotly
Mit
Sehach
Willard
Chicago
Dempsey Testimony Details Shocking Personal Strains
The hearing reveals Dempsey left his wife in San Francisco to box in Salt Lake. He returned ten days later to find her living with her brother. A boxing promoter claimed Dempsey was worth about thirty cents due to remarks about “laying down to Flynt.” The couple moved to Seattle. Dempsey financed bills, found work in shipyards, and his wife reportedly went to sell her mother’s estate. Witnesses, including W H Stolurow and L Lichtenstein, corroborate portions of the tale. Cross examination failed to cloud the account.
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Llage
Dempsey
San Francisco
Sait Lake
Flynt
Seattle
Dempany
Sim
W. H. Stolurow
St. Paul
Dempsry
Chicago
Jack Kearns
L. Lichtenstein
Resort Special Wrecked Train Crashes. One Dead, Twenty Injured
A Chicago Fore Marquette passenger train bound for Michigan resorts collided head on with a eastbound freight near South Chicago yard. One man, George Ratena of Grand Rapids, Michigan, a conductor on the passenger train, was killed. About twenty others were injured, many seriously, as a switch error allowed the westbound freight to enter the same main track. Investigators pursue exact switch sequence.
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Cha
Marquette
Norties
Michigan
Simmer Resorts
Chicago
George Ratena
Grand Rapids
Mich
Eetrain
Non-Union Men Move Freight Despite Pickets
Non-union drivers moved freight amid city wide warehouse pickets from March 6 to week’s end. Longshoremen refused to handle cargo, prompting deliveries to shift between piers and a Merchants Refrigerating Company. Officials reported no violence, but tensions arose as pickets threatened to shut warehouses, with several trucks diverted and unloading partial loads amid labor dispute.
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Treaty
Molitor
Colon
Riley
Morgan
Pier 25
Columbia Steamship Company
Steamship Company
Morgan Line
Merchants’ Refrigerating Company
Eleventh Avenue
Vent Senth Street
Uinload
Willian Delaney
Alexander Mover
Honikat
Sai
Union Threatens Action Over Discriminatory Shipments
The Merchants Refrigerating Company and Citizens' Transportation Committee faced a dispute as four unloaded trucks returned to Morgan Line piers after beef removal and rice disputes. Leaders including William Fellowes Morgan and Walter Merritt pledged to pressure steamship companies to honor contracts without discrimination, targeting the Columbia Company and citing recent court action. The note warned of criminal penalties for violations and referenced AFL convention events in Montreal.
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Morgan Line
William Fellowes Morgan
Citizens’ Transportation Committee
Merchants’ Refrigerating Company
Union
Citizens’ Transpor Committee
Merchants’ Association
Woolworth
Walter Gordon Merrit
George W. Wickersham
Walter Drew
Alfred E. Marling
Merritt
Columbia Company
Mr. Merritt
Judee Fawcett
Montreal
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Workers’ Union
Paramount
Paramount Shirt Shops
York Shope ‘Onkers
Amsterdam
Manhattan
126Th Street
New York City
Richard M. Murd
Liberty St
League
Workers of the United
Gimbel Brothers
Sine
White House
Agente
SOK
Jack Dempsey
Fifth
Fifth Ave
ORDEN
Borden
U. Ss
French, Shriner & Urner
O. D
Greater
Utton ST
Borden Company
Sharples Separator Co
St Louis & San Francisco Railroad
St. Louis
Vogue Company
N. Y
Western Union Telegraph Company
J. H. Willever
Broadway
Newark, N. J
Columbia Graphophone Co
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