Carpenters Stand Firm As Wage Fight Persists
The Carpenters strike in Kanawha Valley tightens as about eighty workers hold firm on demands. Contractors press for open shop with non union labor and propose a wage scale of 3 1 3 cents per hour for first class mechanics, while carpenters push for better pay and union control. Talks resume with union ready to meet but officials wary of concessions.
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Citizens Alliance
Builders and Contractors Association of
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Trial of William D Haywood Begins in Boise Today
The long delayed trial of Western Federation of Miners officials charged with complicity in Governor Steunenberg’s murder opens in Boise. William D. Haywood Clarence Darrow and co defendants deny guilt and demand a fair impartial trial amid intense press coverage and political entanglements.
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Western Federation of Miners
Frank Steuinenberg
Boise
Thali
William D. Haywood
Clarence Darrow
Messrs
Idaho
Colorado
United States
A Tough Proposition
A speaker laments women at the bottom of the devilment in city regislatures and predicts union age enemies will scatter before a united enlistment of women in the work, urging Charleston to join a pioneering movement.
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Charleston
Painters Win Strike After One Day Walkout
After a one day strike in Philadelphia about 1500 painters returned to work with a promise from masters to sign a working agreement. Journeymen would earn 41 cents an hour for 44 hours per week with a closed shop. They had been paid 40 cents. The main dispute was the closed shop.
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Philadelphia
Grand Rallies to Be Conducted in West Virginia District
Charleston News reports district officials and national organizers planning grand rallies to advance mining union drives in West Virginia. Meetings at Waternal Toll and Banner areas drew large crowds as miners express demand for organized labor, with state leaders and national organizers forecasting strong turnout amid favorable weather.
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Charleston
Is This a Square Deal in Roosevelt Critique
The Labor Argus comments on Theodore Roosevelt and his square deal slogan amid the Harriman controversy. It questions branding accused workers as guilty before trial and accuses officials of presuming guilt, urging fair play and due process in a politically charged dispute from West Virginia labor perspectives.
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Yeb
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Sherman
Debs
Moyer
Maywood
Eugene Debs
West
Roosevelt
Idaho
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