Labor proposals spark debate on business voice in unions
A Washington plan suggests adding nonvoting business men to local unions to curb strikes. The idea drew swift criticism from trades unions and analysts who call it impractical and harmful to worker autonomy, arguing unions function best without employer oversight. Eva McDonald Valesh condemns the notion as absurd and cautions against undercutting collective bargaining.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Association of Employers
Eva McDonald Valesh
The
Coast Seamen's Journal
Unions Rally Across Trades Amid Labor Movements
The piece details widespread union activity across crafts including iron workers and woodworkers, with reorganizations and new affiliations. It notes wage gains for Burlington Trainmen, rising payroll costs, and a surge in organizer chapters from Omaha to Charleston, plus international efforts in South Africa and Britain. It references white workers replacing Black labor on the Ohio river and Mexican cotton pickers due to labor shortages, and reports a tragic Toronto factory disaster funeral fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Building Trades Unions
Meaney
Bridge and Structural Iron Workers’ Union
National Union
Reed and Rattan Workers
O'Mara
Woodworkers’ Union
Woodworkers
Omaha
England
Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company
Burlington
Ohio
Louisiana
Mississippi
Mississippi River
Toronto
Canada
South Africa
United States District Attorney of
Kansas
Union No
Charlotte
N. C
Cora Clawson
Thomas Reese
Great Britain
Congregational Church
West Pittson
James da
Trade unions praise miners and tin plate workers in resolutions
The British Trades Congress adopted resolutions offering sympathy and financial aid to striking American miners and commendation for resisting trusts and railroad presidents. A second resolution congratulated American tin plate workers for resisting a 2 percent wage cut and urged action to prevent unfair wage competition across the water.
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British Trades Congress
America
Tinplate Workers of America
A Cartoonist s View on Humor and Serious Art
The piece argues humor sustains popular cartoon success more than seriousness, citing Nast and Tenniel as humorous exemplars. It notes a serious cartoon must be wholly grave, warns about sloppy details, and contrasts justice and tyranny with wit. The author, Buckley, favors humor to critique society.
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F. Opper
Brandur
Uncle Sam
Thomas Nast
John Tenniel
Punch
Goldenrod tribute and a stock promoter joke
A Lucy Larcom poem celebrates autumn goldenrod its sunlit blooms and harvest prosperity while a two guest exchange compares an elevator boy to a stock promoter. The humor lands on ground floor versus rising, a light finish to the reading.
NIPPED BY THE CENSORS The Echo at Shortridge High
Shortridge High School debates control of its Daily Echo a year after claims of sensationalism. Faculty censored the paper led by Miss Laura Donnan and others while editors like Edward Lewis and Grace Gibbons faced conflicts over policy and slang. Echo aims to balance conservatism with student interest as censors threaten possible resignations.
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Shortridge
Daily Echo
Fletcher Wagner
Echo
Laura Donnan
Archer Ferguson
Flora Love
Carey
Charles S. Thomas
Edward Lewis
Grace Gibbons
Edmund Eitle
John White
Indiana
Hull
Tragedy of Mining Solved Abner Lee Mystery
Abner Lee, famed locator of the Lee silver mines near San Bernardino, vanished in 1865. His skeletal remains and mining gear were found in Death Valley, resolving long standing rumors and confirming Waterman’s early involvement and fortune.
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San Francisco Examiner
Abner Lee
San Bernardino
Cal
Lee
R. W. Waterman
California
Devil's Playground
Jim” Moran
Fenner
Santa Fe
Spring Branch
Death Valley
Soda Lake
Waterman
Missouri tablet stirs doubt on Eugene Field birthplace
The unveiling of a bronze tablet declaring the house in Missouri as Eugene Field’s birthplace triggers scrutiny. Mark Twain’s brother Samuel Clemens presides at dedication, but staff question the site. Efforts aim to verify the true birthplace and relocate the tablet if needed.
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Washington Star
Missouri
Eugene Field
Samuel M. Clemens
Mark Twain
Field
Sy Beet
Beveridge
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Turner Societies
Chicago
Maine
Sestat
Shane
Downe
J. M. Buckley
Zion
John the Baptist
Elijah the
Dowie
Dowle
Earth
Lucy Larcom
Shortridge School
New York
Saxony
Norfolk
Alaska
Sorosis
Ndianapolis
Lucy
Lucy Lu
Ruby
Queen of Camp
Belle of Richmond
Brussels
Battenburg
PAI
Paris
Antheria
At, & Yatc Chasers
West
Alsic
Estié
Lenox
Babbitt
O.K
O. K. Petticoats
Kalamazoo
French Garment Company
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