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Newspaper
The Labor Argus
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1907
Page
1
Street car men strike amid union drive led by new organizers. Superintendent Alexander ejects four pro-union workers, sparking protests, wage concerns, and threats of arbitration. National Organizer Fitzgerald arrives to push talks with company reps while locals back the strike with financial aid and boycotts.
Local miners union at Putney on Campbells Creek was reorganized last Friday by Nations Organizers Lanham and Krallman. A large Eagle crowd heard speeches by Ben Davis National Executive Board Member Krallman and Adam J. Littlepage attorney for the Mine Workers. The meeting was a decisive success.
William D. Slay Wool, secretary treasurer of the Western Federation of Miners, denounces Standard Oil's sentence and calls for jail penalties for officials who break laws. He argues only firm laws with certain jail terms can curb the moneyed trusts and stop their domination, insisting the rich can delay justice while labor bears the cost.
The Executive Council of the U S L will convene in Washington on Monday to address matters piled up since the previous session. The meeting is described as lasting three days.
Local union secretaries are asked to write The Argus for August special offers. Renew now to receive a free copy of The Pinkerton Labor Spy, with the prompt to write today and not to delay.
The fifty third convention of the International Typographical Union opened in the Eastman hotel dining room with about 1,000 delegates. President Lynch outlined progress, policies, and plans including a strong push for the union label, an eight hour campaign, and a proposed pension for superannuated members. The report praises machines training, sanitary composing rooms, tuberculosis fight, and the Union Printers Home funded by the union. Treasurer Gramwood cites year ending May 21 1907 totals, including receipts of 1,030,304.91 and expenditures of 1,042,441.94 with a balance of 206,862.07, plus 361,981.50 raised for the Home.
The Trades Assembly held a Monday meeting endorsing the street car strike and approving financial and moral aid to the strikers. The Abhor Day Committee was instructed to continue its work as advertisers in The Labor Argus call for patronage from every worker who earns his bread by labor.
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