Labor union meeting fights unfair publications in city
The Charleston Typographical Union met last Saturday to approve business, form a label campaign, and plan a fight against unfair publications including the Saturday Post and Buttrick papers. Delegates reported waning interest at the Iades Assembly and a committee was appointed to discuss broader action with other unions. The union noted strong membership growth and a pending regular session with important agenda items.
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Charleston
Typographical Union
Saturday Post
Buttrick
Iades Assembly
Oneinion
Itot Springs
Tailors Discuss National Sick Benefit Plan
Tailors across the country consider a proposal to establish a national sick benefit fund. The plan would pay 85.00 per week for up to ten weeks in a year, eligibility requiring one year of membership and illness not linked to intemperance or immoral conduct.
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Link
Bartenders Convention Set for Toledo Meeting
The fourteenth convention of the Bartenders Trade Union meets in Toledo Ohio on October with about 13500 delegates expected from bartenders waiters and cooks across the United States and Canada Cuba and Puerto Rico plan representation The local Toledo union will send a representative The piece notes oppositional remarks by some bar workers and reports Wilkes Barre bartenders celebrate a ten hour day with overtime pay discussions ongoing locally
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T. B.L
Toledo
Ohio
United States
Canada
Cuba
Porto Tico
International
Wilkes-Barre
Electrical Workers win union recognition after strike
After a five week strike Chicago Electrical Workers Local No. 134 succeeds in unionizing the Electric Company. The victory is called a major one as General Electric refused to recognize the union for two years. The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers votes to raise the defense fund to 1,000,000 and considers boosting widow and orphan death benefits for all its unions nationwide.
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Chicago Electrical Workers
Electric Company
General Electrical Company
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Carpenters Union Eyes Prosperity Amid Growth and Strike Vote
The Carpenters Local No. 1207 reports thriving conditions with rising membership and funds as weekly meetings attract full attendance. The Philadelphia District Council of the Brotherhood of Carpenters voted to call its 4000 members into a general strike for higher wages, signaling broader labor action.
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Philadelphia
the Brotherhood of Carpenters
Union Patterns Highlight Local Women in Craft Labor
A notice calling the city and surrounding unions to support Metall's Publications, noting patterns and fashion are produced through women workers paid by trade unions. The message urges mindful purchasing to honor the workers and their earnings.
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Metall
Bricklayers and Masons Unions Vote Defeat Affiliate Pact
Local Bricklayers and Masons unions report headquarters says referendum defeated the proposal to affiliate with the AL H of L. Masons in Havana threaten to demand payment in American money and threaten to strike, tying up all building work in Havana.
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Wnth Masons
AL H of L. Masons
Havana
Havinn
Labor union convention pledges aid to Erie strikers
Machinists benefit pledge made at the National Association of Machinists convention in St. Louis on September 14. The vote allocated £10,000 for Erie Railroad workers. Subscribe to the Labor Argus for timely organized labor news and reliable later reports unavailable in Charleston papers.
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Totermandal Association of Machinists
St. Louis
Erie Railroad
Labor Argus
Charleston
Miners Leader Charged After Duluth Grand Jury
Teifilo Petriella, head of the iron range striking miners, was charged with carrying concealed weapons after a grand jury failed to indict him. Ten other miners faced rioting charges with no indictments. Bail was returned and others released. Petriella admitted carrying a revolver while reportedly affluent, carrying around $10,000 in cash nearby.
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Teifilo Petriella
Duluth
Petriella
Petvila
Solicitor Wanted in Charleston City
A good live solicitor is sought in Charleston, any gender. Call or address this office. References: The Labor Press is the only remaining free press, and labor itself is the only reliable friend of labor. Let us be content with justice for all and work incessantly for it. They lose most who lose the friendship of the law. No righteous cause needs to resort to law.
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Charleston
Labor Press
Labor
Labor Itself
Jessness
Ali Wiest
Wen Kowey
Chicago
Mall Street
Wolf
Mont. Mint
Artiat
W. T
W. Hurotd
W. Harold
Akon
Kio
Stuyvesant
Nuini
Evelyn Timpson
Broughain
Flex
Tatey Dulbe
Alne
Hig Gore
Tim
Rowe
Harold
Harolt
Burnet
Tule Dreswers
Mada
Ayell
Nemelines
Turray
Tours
Simpson
Continent
Paris
Triby
States
Tots
Swinzey
Walt
Beiur
Hick Bennevelnt
Minde- Meno
Holt
Leonora
Sly
Ile
The Labor Ares 21,00 per year. Every working man should read it
The fragment references a labor publication priced at 21.00 per year. It urges every working man to read the periodical, signaling a campaign for wide readership and worker engagement.
W Harold and the Unemployed Hustler Tale
A satirical 1902 sketch follows W Harold, a crafty hustler who drains corner lots and schemes through railways then flees to Europe. His arc shifts from a corrupt banker figure to a cautionary tale of government bonds and unemployment, ending with a moral about workers and patronage.
Notice to Take Depositions in Kanawha County Suit
Notice to take depositions issued by S. & Jolley in a chancery suit at the hay office of TP. Gy Nutter, Viney Grid’s Kinnawlur Street, Charleston Kanawha County West Virginia. Depositions may extend beyond the stated day if not completed. names of parties included.
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Jolley
Hay
Kanawha
West Vixzinia
S. &. Jolley
Julia My
Nuine
Ual
Mer
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