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Newspaper
The Labor Argus
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1908
Page
2
Fragmentary passage discusses urging honest trades unions and action against silent or negligent individuals. It references rebuke or admonition by a friendly administrator and emphasizes intelligent, earnest union identity despite garbled wording and missing context.
A Charleston Mail excerpt rails against private guards hired by big corporations and railroad trespass cases. It decries taxpayer burden from prosecutions and calls for action to curb corporate protectionism, urging unity against alleged labor and railroad abuses in Kanawha County West Virginia.
A Louisville memorial service speaker argues Moses was the first and greatest organized labor leader, drawing a parallel between Exodus struggles and modern labor issues. The piece notes evolving labor-capital relations, urges mutual concession, and calls Kanawha and Fayette county labor groups to unite and resist bosses.
A union grievance warns that goods without the union label fund unfair labor practices. It claims union members who buy such goods undermine their families and society and questions whether Kanawha county will be adequately represented in upcoming legislation.
The text notes quiet slate makers amid upcoming Labor fight in Chicago this week. It mentions guards and Win chesters tied to the West Virginia Bills, Kanawha county labor vote could disrupt the guard system, and criticizes members who skip union meetings as harming the organization.
The Common Council of Charleston West Virginia passes an ordinance to issue 6 percent bonds up to 300600 for grading paving sewering and improving streets and alleys. Bonds issued at par 100 each, payable in up to 10 years, interest at 6 percent, sale by public bid with election approval by voters. Proclamation to designate July 9 as election day and set tax measures to fund interest and principal.
The proclamation sets July 6 1905 as the special election day in Charleston to decide whether to ratify or reject the cited ordinance. Voters will see ballots printed with For ratification and For rejection and may erase to vote against bonds or for bonds. Indebtedness statement lists total bonded debt at 585,000 and property valuations for the city under West Virginia law.
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