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Newspaper
The Labor Argus
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1907
Page
3
The Labor Argus invites locals to mail news and notices for union coverage. Secretaries are urged to assist by sending timely notices for future issues. Copy must reach the office by Tuesday each week and be written on one side of the paper.
The Labor Argus urges reader participation in union efforts and lists upcoming meetings. It notes Union Label Trades Assembly at 7:30 Monday, Labor Argus subscription rates, and advises supporting ad sponsors. It calls printers to unite for eight hour day, cites standard puristien goods, and encourages wage-worker engagement in economic questions.
Charleston workers received honors at a provincial gathering of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. Joe A L Whitakers received an award from the convention, with other officers named including Mashinsen and Dale Sitti. The ceremony took place in Charleston with regional leaders in attendance.
Ambiguous notes describe an Assembly gathering set for Monday evening. Leaders plan coordination with county officials at a regional meeting to discuss future events and the organizing committee report. Members urged attendance as time pressures grow and debate is anticipated.
A reader letter urges readers to support local unions in Capitol City and Os Creek. It criticizes straggling members and dues nonpayment, calls for stronger action to build the union, and invites craftsmen to join Local Union No. 256 and attend meetings. It stresses solidarity, better conditions, and collective duty amid industrial tensions.
A labor group repeats that sweat shops must end and appeals to shoppers to demand the union label on all garments. It notes a child’s scarlet fever risk from shoddy clothing and cites dozens of new cases, urging action to purge the menace from civilization.
Prank Ly Ries travels to oversee Miner organization interests and aid local members. A large mass meeting is planned, with speakers from Mason and Monarch regions. National Board Member Morgan from Ohio is injured but progressing, and delegates Bousfield and Davis are slated to address the assembled miners about unity and efforts.
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