Great Miners Mass Meeting Advances Workers Action
A mass meeting in the Kanawha Valley discusses miners grievances at Paint Creek and the Kailawha coal districts. Officials including President Cary Bryant and National Organizer TL Fauhaus address the crowd on union aims, contractor terms, and the push for orderly wage and hour practices as miners rally for better conditions and adherence to the United Mine Workers program.
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Cua
Paint Creek Coffin Company
Fev
Aie Ratwha Fuel Company
Tui Chale
Thor
Paint Creek
Cary Bryant
Noeholls
Lee Union
Postont
Stevita
Sheel
Iateis
United Mine
Existanes
Hines 1d
Iit
Wre Lini
Isa
Cis
Dawihe
Hetl
Kirsiwha
Cabin Creek
Cabin Creek and Pyseelions
Hitel
Cingimia
Morris
PL Fauhaus
MF Roach
Kanawha Aint
New River Fuel Company
Ty Creek
Wis
Roach
United Mine Workers
Ife
Nis
Kira
Mr. Roach
Kanawha Valley
Rome
Creedead
Kanawha
Roweh
Mey
United Mine Workers Ly
Mitchell
West
Virginia
le Straigly
Howell
Jan
Morton
Mucklow
Hoach
Coal Output Confusion Spreads From New Hive Reports
A garbled report notes a quantity of coal described as five thousand tons, stated at ninety hiner torre per the allotment theory. It claims continued activity by another company in New Hive, though the text remains unclear due to OCR errors.
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Allolmert
New Hive
Scabs Costly to City During Street Cleaner Strike
The text claims costs to New York City rose due to strike leakage by party leaders. It cites 198 scabs imported from Philadelphia and a transportation cost of 1,776. The passage frames the workers as “workingman” critics of the strike actions and comment.
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New York
Bill Meteltan
Philadelphia
Miners Union activity spurs visit and meetings
Provident John Mitchell and United Mine Workers officials visited Kanawha Valley as talks with governors coal operators and local officials continued. Mitchell plans another stop to press organizing, while local gatherings in Kanawha and adjacent creeks reported strong enthusiasm and growing union membership amid outreach for subscriptions to the Argus.
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John Mitchell
Aulhors
Sondttor
Uhis Aysite Uyis
Mitchell
Uris
United Mine Workers
Paint Cyeuk Colliery Company Meeting Notes Logged
Widespread attendance noted by Crago Secretary Morris and Organizer LL Lanham with Genend Supervisor Genend Matagor Rogers and Begretary aid Weilers of the Paint Cyeuk Colliery Company. The report mentions concern over a three sell falte himelred and promises fuller details elsewhere in the paper.
Pinkertons to Go Rumors Stir Labor Press Clash
A fragmentary dispatch notes tensions between Labor Tribune and other papers over Pinkerton detectives. Some columns call to abolish private detectives amid labor unrest while others claim unions hire sleuths to monitor Pinkertons.
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Isbury Labor Tribune
Appeies
Wnions
Pinkertons
Puis Javier
Union Men Rally to Strengthen the Craft Union
Workers urged to join and support unions to raise wages and improve conditions. The piece promotes organized labor benefits, such as shorter hours, better living standards, and family welfare, while warning against open shop and noncompliance with dues and meetings. It stresses collective action and solidarity among workers and employers alike.
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Ub Fae
Tellowmiert
Bate
Amy
Taebuer
Liv
Value of Unionism and Ethical Workers in St Louis
Fragmented OCR text discusses unionism in St Louis with wages cited from 2.00 to 8.50 a day and mentions labor paper subscriptions. It references "Labor Argus" and promises a 50 cent subscription, aiming at working masses.
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Kum O
St. Louis Jy
Sty
Labor Argus
Kamala Valley
Van Cleave Seeks 20 Charters in Record Period
Mr Van Cleave of L granted twenty charters in the last ten months, an increase over the prior year. The Labor Arms reports Sobserive as the overseeing body in the matter.
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Mr. van Cleave
Yakir
Union Ideals and the Labor Movement Debate
A long editorial argues that union ideals are noble despite isolated misconduct. It denounces anti labor prejudice, asserts organized labor empowers workers, and warns against wealth seeking and corruption. The piece calls for reform through cooperation with organized labor to ensure fair work and deny oligarchic wealth.
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Toudstatis
Union Barbers Mutiny Over New Rules Delays
A San Anti dispatch reports union barbers in the city failing to promptly comply with the new rules. The piece notes discontent within the union and slow adherence amid ongoing adjustments.
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San Anti
Eit
Labor and Temperance Debate and Union Abstinence
Fragmentary notes show a Labor and Temperance debate with American Federation of Labor urging unions to refrain from alcohol at meetings. Reports claim labor leaders and politicians favor abstinence while some employers’ representatives invite drinking. A bricklayers’ committee forms a local alliance in the temperance context, with mixed reactions to social drinking at gatherings.
Learned Lesson in Atemphis Strike Over Union Shop
Shell owners posted notices declaring open shop amid a dispute with Carpenters union regaining control of construction. Free workers demanded any wages, sparking a strike. Within two days firms faced fire and capitulation as unions and firms settled with a union shop and alternating shifts.
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Shell
Atemphis
Uraun Regan
Fone
Ihesmon
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Fries Wert
Libor Argus
Kamuvha Valley
Janney Lipst
George Ryan Ul Beet
Union New Pare
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Avge
Leal Union
Ab Bongaere
Watling
James Hassel
Larue
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Aoon
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Tonsstone
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Pinkertons’s
Organized Labor
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Sobserive
Warbor
Thas Milter
Zix
Union Barbers Mad
Labor and Temperance
Chas. Stelze
Gon Pors
Americ Federtian of Labor
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Dabor
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