Eliot on labor unions and humane employment conditions
President Eliot of Harvard outlined five humane conditions of employment workers may rightly aspire to: liv ing wage based on experience age and attainment steady employment with provation or permanence opportunity to establish a permanent home ability to give loyal service with pride and a disability pension. He contrasted these with American industries where skilled labor is scarce and unions face evils such as restricted apprentices and uniform wages.
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Cambridge
Mass
Colonial Club
Hirot
Harvard
Eliot
Trarvard University
berry
Arbitrators Assert Commissioners Must Approve Any Award
Scranton, Nov 24. Arbiters explain they resume responsibility for any award and that it must have commissioners approval before operation. A subcommittee to represent them at miner and operator talks was appointed, with lawyers summoned to hear the commissioners’ stance and insistence on final say and full approval. Independent operators press to be included in any settlement and plan a New York trip to gauge railroad concessions before taking a stand.
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Scranton
anthracite coal strike commission
Messrs
Watkins, Parker and
Clarke
commission
amriday
New York
Princess Henry of Pless and English Beauty Partner
Princess Henry of Pless wed German prince who opened the new Chamber of Commerce in New York. She stayed at Hurstensten Castle. The bride before marriage was Miss Mary Olivin Cornwallig West, famed as England’s most beautiful girl.
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Princesa Kenny
Pless
alt Chamber of Commerce
New York
bone
Hurstensten
Pléss
Mary Olivin Cornwallig West
England
Corn suppliers press for higher farmer proceeds
The passage notes middlemen on coal railroads take about 36 cents for hauling and selling corn, while independents accept roughly 65 cents on the dollar. They aim to raise payments to 70 or 75 cents, arguing they must take what companies offer.
Elephants Go Crazy Kill Keeper Then Are Shot Near Valdosta
Savannah Ga November 24 Two elephants from Harris Nickel Plate Shows went berserk six miles from Valdosta after noon and killed keeper James O Rourke. Gypsy escaped into woods after the attack and was shot after a hunt. O Rourke buried in Valdosta in a circus wagon. Skin and bones saved.
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he Woods
Savannah
oaly
Valdosta
James O'Rourke
Tifton
Gypsy
Validosta
O'Rourke
Freight blockade lifted after 50 000 cars moved into Pittsburg
Pennsylvan ia Railroad reports 34 hours of strenuous effort as 50 000 cars were moved into and out of Pittsburg with 95 trains to Altoona in five hours. Yards at 28th street and Pittairn freed from obstructions, but incoming cars destined for Pittsburg shippers will be moved in from side tracks along 30 miles of approaches. Prisoners escape jail in Dandridge Tenn as jailer is grabbed by one inmate. Officers with bloodhounds scour the country for the others.
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Mas
Turman
West 80th St
Richmond
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pennsy
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania Railroad system
Altoona
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Railroad
28th street
Pitcairn
Knownle
Tenn
Dandridge
John Perry
Fuller
Lant Wright
jell
Officers of the A F of L holdovers from last year
New Orleans November 24 The American Federation of Labor reelected officers, all holdovers from last year, led by President Samuel Gompers and first vice president James Duncan. The convention chose Moston as next meeting site on first ballot with Boston 5312, Philadelphia 1188, San Francisco 2988, Milwaukee 266 votes.
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New Orleans
American Federation of Labor
Samuel .Gompers
James Duncan
Jobs Mitchell
James O'Connell
May Morris
Thomas I. Kidd
Dennie A Hayes
John B Lennon
Frank Morrison
Moston
Boston
Philadelphia
San Francisco
Milwaukee
United States transport Ingalls strikes reef at Manila harbor
The US transport Ingalls with General Miles aboard struck a coral reef entering Le Gaspi Luzon on Saturday. It floated at high tide and reached Manila the same day. A Spanish salvage demand of 100,600 Mexican dollars was refused. Three believed drowned: Ernest W. Perry Albert C. Brewer and a student Miss Elizabeth L Moon.
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General Miles
Manila
United States
Ingalls
Le Gaspi
Luzon
Brugiere
Providence
Tt. L
Ernest W. Perry
Burlington, IL
Albert C. Brewer
Rutland
Pentecostal College Institute
North Scituate
Misa Elizabeth L. Moon
Saratoga Spring
Mosuanshcut Lake
Death of Herr Krupp Shocks Essen amid Rumors
Rumors spread that Herr Krupp died by his own hand after a Vorwaerts article caused mental distress. Officials and doctors dispute suicide, citing apoplexy induced by shock from the publication. Funeral set for Wednesday. fortune estimated at 125 billion. Krupp owned thousands of dwellings and armed navvy profits.
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Herr Krupp
gimmaker
Gernany
Iuegel
Essen
Vorwaehts
Wisen
Hern Krupp
err Krupp
Binswanger
atrichen
Wahl
commel
William
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