Platform of the United Labor Party of Ohio
United Labor Party of Ohio nominates four candidates for the legislature. The Wheeling convention declares protest against Republican and Democratic machines, denounces boss control, and calls for labor rights. It urges laws to protect workers, end convict-made goods, improve mining safety, weekly wages, eight-hour day, and direct democracy reforms.
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Big Pennsylvania Labor Demonstration Planned in Harrisburg
The Central Labor Union of Harrisburg invites every Pennsylvania union to send delegates to a major labor demonstration in Harrisburg to support a new Labor Law. The Executive Committee will coordinate a large program with a parade and addresses by national labor leaders, and invitations will go to John Mitchell and other prominent figures.
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Union Gazette
Winnipeg to own street railway system
Hustling Winnipeg plans to own its street railway, alongside asphalt, telephones, and power for manufacturers. It budgets ten million dollars to push public service competition out, aiming to redefine city services. The piece notes Winnipeg as a Canadian city and questions which U S city may follow. It also mentions an injunction about boycotting Buck Stoves and Hanges and hints at alternative stove brands under fair conditions.
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Winnipeg
Winnipee
miners strike fallout and union gains reported in West Virginia mines
The Cannons defeat demand and Gompers calls labor to unite against Speaker Cannon. Reinstatement of miners at Hernshaw mines after talks with company officials, with eight hour day and union terms cited for New Haven Bend. Organizers Craige Lanham and Krallman active, and National Executive Board meeting in Indianapolis noted.
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Krallman
Price
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Cincilivati
New Haven
Pomeroy Bend
Lanham
Bend
Ational
Thomas Cairns
Indianapolis
Goard
Labor Views Split Over Republican Platform In 1908
Samuel Gompers and AFL leaders criticize the anti injunction plank, urging workers to reject Taft. They warn of a decisive campaign for Congress and the Presidency, saying promises without action fail labor. Chicago and New York labor officials align, pledging solid opposition to Taft.
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Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labo
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Labor
Gompers
Congress
United States
Labor's platform demands spark tense GOP hearing in Chicago
At a Plat form committee hearing in Chicago, President Gompers and VPs Duncan and Keefe presented labor’s plank urging the Republican party to support laws for organized labor, eight hour work for federal workers, women’s suffrage, a labor department, a mines bureau, and postal savings banks. Gompers warned that outlawing labor movements would provoke discontent, while Taft’s stance noted workers as a privileged class of law breakers.
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Republican Party
Abraham Lincoln
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Federal Bureau of Mines and Mining
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United States
Manufacturers’ Association
Taft
Philippines
Riot guns urged by Van Cleave sparks alarm across labor ranks
The Rochester Labor Advocate reports President Van Cleave called for riot guns and force if needed at a labor convention, a remark noted as dangerous by labor and press critics who warn workers may move toward the revolutionary camp if such rhetoric goes unchallenged.
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Supreme Court
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New York
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New Orleans
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