Yquitos India Rubber Town not a single lawful wedding
Correspondent visits Aquitos and Yquitos Peru where marriages are rare and pro tem unions prevail as Rockefellers and Morgans own slaves. townsfolk praise peaceful life, women in vibrant dress, and a transient, profit driven society amid rubber trade, debt bondage, and widespread foreign presence.
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India
Texas
John
Arpa
Yquitos
Arerilkewiee
Uou
Yauitos
Amazon
Maswin Abe
Bartioce Deniae
Levant
Aquitos
Youitos
Peru
Jurisdictional Fight Dominates AFL Convention Debate
Frank Duffy and Thomas Kidd led a lengthy AFL Boston convention dispute over jurisdiction between the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners and the Amalgamated Wood Workers. They argued over craft autonomy versus industrialism, urging adherence to craft lines and warning that unresolved jurisdiction risks harm to labor unity and wages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Duffy
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners
American Federation of Labor
Amalgamated Wood Workers
Duffy
Thomas I. Kidd
Wood Workers
Boston
American Federation of Labor For Adjustment
A. F. of L
United Mine Workers Industrial Organization
Brewery Workers
Allied Metal Mechanics
Structural Iron Workers
Steam Fitters
Lennon
United Garment Workers
Journeymen Tailors’ Union of America
The Real Conflict on Capital and Labor
D M Parry, president of the National Association of Manufacturers, argues in Signs of the Time that labor and capital are not in fundamental conflict. He contends organized labor seeks to suspend laws for its ends, while capital serves mankind through intelligent management, with profits supporting all classes and the broader economy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aquitos
D. M. Parry
National Association of Manufacturers
Aivelihood
Organized Labor
Rockefeller
Captain of Industry
Meeting to discuss union jurisdiction in Indianapolis
Representatives of the Amalgamated Woodworkers of America and the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners will meet in Indianapolis to define jurisdiction amid AFL decisions. Leaders Kidd Mulcaney Huber and Duffy will attend as they await a date and aim to resolve the bitter jurisdiction dispute affecting about 45,000 mill hands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Amalgamated Woodworkers of America
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners
Thomas S. Kidd
Dennis Mulcaney
Amalgamated Woodworkers
William Huber
Frank Duffy
Thomas I. Kidd
American Federation of Labor
United Brotherhood of Carpenters
Carpenters
Huber
Mine Workers Convention Opens in Indianapolis
The United Mine Workers of America hold their fifteenth annual convention at Tomlinson Hall in Indianapolis starting Monday January 18. About 1 000 delegates from 2 000 local unions across the US and Canada will decide the next year’s wage scale and consider actions to improve miners conditions. President Mitchell presides and will guide wage scale recommendations.
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Indianapolis
United Mine Workers of America
Tomlinson Hall
United Mine Workers
United States
Canada
Chicago
Illinois
Indiana
Ohio
Western En
Lewis
Mitchell
President Huber in Buffalo Seeks Amalgamation Talks
William Huber, president of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners, attends a Buffalo conference of committees from the Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and the United Brotherhood to advance plans for their amalgamation. The Amalgamated Society of Coeebeee is a large English organization with headquarters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Huber
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners
Buffalo
Amalgamated Society of Carpenters
Amalgamated Society of Coeebeee
Minerals in the Blood Colloids Stir Scientific Interest
The piece reviews colloidal substances in blood and living matter, exploring how tiny electrified particles of minerals like iron, gold, and silver might exist in solutions. It notes experiments at MIT and in Chicago, discusses detection via color and electrolysis, and outlines potential implications for digestion, nervous system function, plant growth, dyeing, and industrial applications.
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W. R. Whitney
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Amalgamation Nears For Carpenters Union In America
The United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners is set to merge its branches in Manchester and the U S with about 15 000 carpenters in America. A conference will consider minor clause changes to Umpire Strausser s decision before final amalgamation into the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America.
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Ters
Manchester
America
Adolph Strausser
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners
Amalgamated Society
Strausser
Haveeen
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America
Supreme Court upholds Kansas eight hour workday law
The U S Supreme Court affirmed the constitutionality of Kansas eight hour law for public work, holding no contractor may require more than eight hours per day. Justice Harlan wrote the opinion, with four dissenters. The ruling supports a push by labor to pass a national eight hour standard in Congress, opposed by I M Parry and the American Manufacturers Association.
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United States Supreme Court
Kansas
Harlan
Fuller
Brewer
Peckham
Legislative Committee
American Federation of Labor
Congress
I. M. Parry
American Association of Manufacturers
Winter Layoffs Hit City Machinists In Factories
There is a great lack of employment this winter among the machinists with several hundred out of work. In the past month over a hundred have lost jobs as factories pare staff. At AUlas Iron works the force was cut from fifteen hundred in summer to about eight hundred now. Yesterday the union of the Federal Association of Machinists held its...
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Indianapolis Journal
Yquitos
Peru
Youkes
Rockefellers
Morgans
Goulds
Aquitos
Ramazon
Americas
Caoutchou
Manana
New York
London
Aquito
Auas Iron Works
Union of the
Federal
Ton Association of Machinints
Election of Officers Opens Amid Socialist Challenge
In a hall at the corner of Washington and Alabama streets, a large union election unfolded with Socialist support for a competing ticket. Balloting ran from 2 PM to closing time as candle candidates sought roles including business agent E. Frank Mathers and others, with twenty two nominees for delegates to the Central Labor union.
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Nual
Washington
Alabama
Bal
Candle
Usiness
E. Frank Mathers
Arthur Nedge
Edward Pol
Mass Labor Meeting In Indianapolis At Masonic Hall
A mass meeting of laboring men will be held tomorrow night in Masonic Hall under the Amalgamated Wood Workers. Hon James O Grady of London will speak as fraternal delegate to the American Federation of Labor. O Grady helped represent wage earners at a recent Boston convention. The event is billed as one of the largest labor mass meetings in Indianapolis in recent years with several prominent city labor leaders also speaking.
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Executive Council
American Federation of Labor
Boston
Committee On Executive Council
Masonic Hall
Amalgamated Wood Workers of
Indianapolis
James O'Grady
London
O'Grady
Union leader Albert Young travels west to unite independent unions
Albert Young, general organizer of the Teamsters International Union, leaves the East for San Francisco to bring several independent unions under Teamsters jurisdiction. These unions are allied with the American Labor Union, a Western rival to the AFL. Young aims to replicate his East success in the West at the teamsters' headquarters.
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Albert Young
Teamsters’ International Union
East
San Francisco
American Labor Union
American Federation of Labor
Teamsters
The Fifth Commandment Lesson From Leslie’s Monthly
The reader recalls a lesson from The Fifth Commandment in Leslie’s Monthly. Theodore holds his breath as the verse leads to simple family duties. The text emphasizes obedience to mother, good hygiene, and politeness, with examples about saying not to speak rudely.
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Leslie
Theodore
John Alex
Mose
Alex
Mamy
Johan
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Machinists’ Annual Meeting
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