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Newspaper
The Labor Argus
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1907
Page
3
Notice from The Labor Argus inviting unions to mail news and notices. Encourage local union secretaries to send labor updates for future issues. Deadline noted as Tuesday each week. Instruction mentions using one side of RS paper stock for mailing.
The Charleston Argus reports union activity with savings bank ads and a shift in Charleston Typographical Union No. 146 meeting time to the last Saturday evening. It calls for delegates’ regular Assembly attendance, notes Creedon’s departure to a new field, urges dues payment to cover winter months, and confirms Buffalo Bill Cody and MulTalo Bill still active in Battle of West scenes.
An argument urges WV mine operators to hire from outside fields and recognize John Mitchell's union, offering fair wages and safer working conditions to attract miners. It contrasts hazardous coal mining with railroad work, recalls repeated explosions and fatalities, and appeals to provide life-sustaining pay and humane conditions to protect families and communities.
The board of directors of Miners' Hospital No.2 at McKendree held a Friday night meeting at the Ruffner. Members Enoel Carver Kennedy Wil Kt Reed Nia McDowell and all were present. Superintendent RE Sparks also surgeon, attended and discussed hospital business.
Robert Jarrett, known as Polly, died after a fall from a window at Crossach Printing Plant where he worked as a pressman. A charter member of the Pressman's union, he was a well known young man. The funeral at Bream Memorial Chapel drew many mourners. remains interred at Spring Hill cemetery. The notice extends sympathy to his bereaved family and urges union support for The Labor Advocate.
Trades-Union Daily reports Seattle unions plan to launch a labor owned daily newspaper with a stock company controlling shares at 12 each to counter capitalist dailies and the Associated Press. A nationwide chain of fifty labor papers would challenge AP's stance.
The state of West Virginia unveils a monumental coal column spanning 139 feet with electric lights to symbolize its coal industry. Built from coal from Little Mountain State seams, it sits on the waterfront near the West Virginia exhibit, weighing 760 tons and costing about $1,5000 in construction. Dedicated July 2, West Virginia Day.
A sensational tale spoofs a marriage by contest with a bold bad man who abducts the heroine in a farcical bandit fashion. The narrative parodies the trope as a Christy girl smokes, Wall Street figures loom, and a moralized chronicle ends with the lovers wed, though the scandalous events are presented with brisk, combative wit.
Buffalo Bill brings a three act homecoming program featuring Rough Riders field demonstrations. The Butte of Sanmunit Springs reenactment depicts the Battle of Summit with Chief Tall Bull shown. The show includes reflex ridden feats, staged train robbery, riders from Union Pacific, and a troupe of educated ponies. A holiday at the rail and a Tiglian assault sequence closes. Zulu and Zouave displays pepper the acts. Buffalo Bill appears in uniform directing the exhibitions and narrating The Battle of Summit.
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