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Newspaper
The Labor Argus
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1907
Page
6
The Labor Argus seeks union news of interest from local vinions across the State and labor topics. Secretaries should mail items and notices to the office. Submission deadline is Tuesday of each week and should be written on one side of the paper only.
The Labor Argus urges Charleston readers to support fair dealers and organized labor. It promotes subscribing to The Labor Argus to spread labor voices, highlight wages, humane living, and stable homes with decent earnings. The notice links advertisers with labor-friendly values and urges unions to back the paper.
Base Ball Saturday as striking street carmen and telegraphers play a game at West Charleston grounds. The game begins promptly at 2:30 PM with proceeds aiding the strikers. Charleston Typographical Union No 146 plans regular session Sunday at Assembly Mall to discuss Hot Springs convention report and union matters.
Rev Charles Stelzle calls on 11000 Presbyterian churches to deliver sermons on labor questions on Labor Sunday and the day before Labor Day. He suggests inviting unionists to preach and urges ministers to connect with workers and employers to improve understanding and support for labor aims.
Delegates fill Monday session led by President Fitzwater as Trades Assembly prepares for the Labor Day celebration. A large attendance and advance ticket sales point to a record crowd. The grievance committee to assist venues not recognizing the Bartenders union. Notable speakers including Whos Cairns and Ton. N. Edgington urged activity and organizing across crafts. Security details by tin badge detectives noted. the meeting remained businesslike. Prof E. E. McClure to conduct union concert at Kanawha Stock Farm. subscription drive for The Labor Arcus continues. Charleston details include Foster heading to the Gran Convention and Fraternal Order of Eagles event.
James W. VanCleave, president of the National Association of Manufacturers, sues President Gumpers and AFL officers. Gompers vows to publish fiercely in the Federationist and argues the action touches freedom of speech and press. He predicts the case may go to the Supreme Court as labor fights to stay its course.
Toronto railway workers sign a three year agreement. First year wage hike sets 20 cents per hour. Workers will be required to buy their own uniforms under the contract.
The agreement provides 22 cents an hour in the second year with the company paying half the uniform cost. After two years wages rise to 284 cents per hour and the company furnishes all uniforms. The raise is computed as 7 cents an hour over current rates. The workday is described as a long early schedule with shifted hours.
The threatened United Hatters of America strike involving about 15 000 to 20 000 workers was averted as manufacturers agreed to modify the proposed rules after lengthy meetings with union leaders. Future disputes will be settled by arbitration and the union retains power to remove labels from factories lacking agreement.
Charles B. Seubert of Dayton has published a new march titled Typographical Union. The piece is dedicated to the typographers, written in 6-5 time, and features lavender and black cover art with Miss Maude Fealy pictured center. Seubert receives praise for the work amid eight-hour day debates.
The piece rails against the idea that a union can be recognized as a factor shaping today’s society. It argues the speaker’s view is outdated and that recognition has become unavoidable and pervasive across public life.
The speaker urges viewing unions as enduring business bodies with a daily commission. He argues unions will stay until every child leaves workshops and every woman earns equal wages, warning against complacency if unscrupulous employers resist change.
The text argues that no person may run a business entirely as they choose because all business affects society and must be regulated. It stresses that both employer and employee have only limited rights dictated by societal demands, with the employer’s business interests deemed more independent than those of the employee.
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