Career of Materson: Judge Hayes on Mine Owners and a Writer
The Duluth Labor World quotes Bat Materson as a New York Telegram writer with aims on the Idaho-Colorado affair with the Western Federation of Miners. Hayes recalls Materson’s early days in Denver and Dodge City linking him to crooked figures and police stools.
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Judge Hayes
Bat Materson
Duluth
New York Telegram
Western Federation of Miners
Bat
Moyer
Haywood
Pettibone
West
Materson
Denver
Dodge City
Kansas
W. Collins
Collins
New York
Roosevelt
United States
Timothy Sullivan
John P. Clow
Clow
Striking Miners Parade in Pomeroy and Middleport
Over eight hundred union miners marched through Pomeroy and Middleport led by a drum corps and banners. The vice president urged restraint and compliance with a court injunction prohibiting assemblies near the mines during shift changes and any interference with workers.
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Pomeroy
Middleport
Pomeroy Bend
Court House
Bradbury
Columbus Secures Next Convention
The Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen adjourned a ten day session in Columbus Ohio selecting Columbus as the site for the next biennial convention after a sharp contest. Columbus received 263 votes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brotherhood of Railway
Columbus
Ohio
The Oldest Tramp Printer in Country
Andrew Hughes, one of the nation’s oldest traveling printers, has journeied through forty years across towns and newspapers since his Civil War days. In Chicago he laments changes like the linotype era, cites shorter workdays as better for sobriety, and notes the dwindling number of tramp printers.
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Andrew Hughes
United States
Mississippi
Andy
Chicago
We must use power to free workers and end slavery
The speaker calls on Mr Workingman to consider how energy and machinery, though powerful, fuel a capitalist system that enslaves millions of children and women for grueling toil. He envisions a world where power is used to uplift all people, not enrich a few.
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Mr. Workingman
Pinkerton agency exposed by former secretary Morris Friedman
Morris Friedman, once private secretary to James McPartland, turns state evidence against the Pinkerton Detective Agency revealing letters documents cash records and names tied to the union operations. He urges safer meeting places and warns members against collusion and trouble.
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Morris Friedman
James McPartland
Pinkerton
Agence Frieman
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Kanawha Street
Kaufman Bros
Charleston, W. VA
Moore’s Pharmacy
Lovell and
Clendennin Sts
Hughey’s Buffet
Rathsheller
Connction
Opera House
Capitol Street
Charleston
West VA
W. P. Kountz
Painless Dentists
Bradford
Daily Gazette
Cincinnati
Richmond
Associated
PRESS
Dispatches
Des Moines
Detroit
Grand Naive
J. H. Rodes
Toledo
R. J. Powers
San Leandro
California
Arthur W. Evans
Cash
Roanoke
F. C. Lockwood
The
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
HUG Agency
McPartland
Pinkertons
R. P. Cunningham, M.D
Charleston Street
Parkersburg
Clarksburg
Huntington
Trades Unionists
Labor Argus
Kanawha Valley
Labor News
Vai
Mnow
Kanawha Realty & Manufacturing Co
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