Age Limit a Menace to the Workingman in Labor Debate
The piece condemns corporate age limits of 35 and 40 for new hires, arguing they export pauper labor to the shores of the nation. It portrays unions facing a manufactured drift of workers, warns of a future where Americans are replaced, and cites fears of class degradation and federal inaction. Historic rhetoric links prewar slavery to modern labor exclusion and laments a social drift toward a devalued working class.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ries
South
Pittsburg
America
Enjoyable Smoker At Capitol City Trades Assembly
The Capitol City Trades Assembly held a Monday meeting with a social smoker session to celebrate Labor Day success. J. J. Meizer led a report of routine business while W. Snyder acted as toastmaster and J. Emerick received a gold shield for the celebration. Other speakers emphasized the value of the assembly’s Labor Day events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capitol City
Trades Assembly
Uf W. Snyder
Taber Argus
J. Emerick
Lubar
Tay
J. L. Heat Capitol Cities Assembly
Heizer
KR. Poster
State Federation to Meet Here to Push Labor Legislation
The State Federation will convene here to organize for advancing labor legislation before the state legislature. Gen. Ro M. Oxley, Harry Philips, E. J. Creedon, Maj. I, De White, Brink, W. Snyder and others attended. Refreshments were served as the group discussed the evenings of labor in January, with a sizable attendance and a lively mood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Oxley
Harry Philips
E. J. Creedon
de White
Brink
W. Snyder
Courting a Fight Over Labor Politics
Washington correspondent for the Chicago Record reports the Republican party courting a battle with organized labor. The piece cites the administration plan to employ Chinese labor in the canal zone and the AFL president's swift disapproval as a clash between the ruling party and labor politics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Chicago Record
Ivy
Canal Zone
Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Organized Labor
Fourteenth General Convention Of United Brotherhood Of Joiners
The fourteenth biennial convention gathers near Falls on Monday September 17 with Prank Dotty reporting 14 new members in six months, boosting total in good standing to over 170 192 and arrears over 40 000. Treasurer reports 199 204.45 on hand, two-year income 588 608.66, disbursements 1 430 001, surplus 17 258.67. Officers elected by referendum after convention. six weeks for ballots. Local Union No 1207 to be represented by AMW Firewater and Marty Phillips tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Brotherhood of Mitnd
Dotty
Ational
Balinve
WD. Tuber
AMW
Firewater
Marty Phillips
Lion City
New York Typo Graphic Society’s Early History
The New York Typo graphic society, a forerunner of Big Six, organized July 4 1809 and has met monthly since. It currently gathers on the first Wednesday at 320 Broadway, counting many of the city and nation's renowned printers among its members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Typographical Society
Big Six
Broadway
Printers Union Maintains Free Library and Historic Portrait
The union includes Arlinsts, compositors, pressmen, stereotypers and writers all aligned with No. 6 chiefly. It preserves a free library for printers and owns an old painting of Benjamin Franklin, likely life painted, with the statue Ben Franklin in Printing House Square kept in its custody.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
TL Arlinsts
No. 6
Benjamin Pranklin
Ben Prank
Mouse Square
Fortune to Defeat Miners at Pittsburg Creighton Mines
Fortune announces Pittsburg Plate Glass Company declares war on United Mine Workers Union to crush a long running strike at Creighton mines. About 400 miners involved as the company withholds signature on a seal. The miners, on strike for months, face tough odds amid a labor dispute. The piece notes 45,000 locomotive engineers belong to the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers across the US, Canada and Mexico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg Plate Glas Company
Pittsburg
United Mine Workers Union
Creighton
Augusta rejects Carnegie gift for library
A heated public dispute in Augusta centers on erecting a library and accepting a Carnegie donation with standard conditions. Opponents denounce Carnegie's wealth as ill-gotten and call for aid to widows and orphans instead, while supporters urge finishing the project with funds tied to terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Carnegie
Sivid
Urismunn
Homestead
Pinkerton
Tikeanyno
Augcasta
Young Westinghouse Apprentice at Westinghouse Plant
Representative Citizen George Westinghouse works as an apprentice at the Westinghouse Air Brake plant earning 128 a day. He is a union member and among 200 apprentices, lunching in a bucket, with strong work and good comradeship. He is a Yale graduate owning an estate over 30 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Westinghouse
Westinghouse Air Brake Company
Young Westinghouse
Roe
Penc Westinghouse
Yale
Union Officers and Jobs Officers Should Be Carefully Chosen
A historic union article argues that executive officers must be highly qualified to manage duties under any circumstances. It stresses merit over fellowship, noting members deserve offices they can competently fill and that past service should not automatically guarantee future jobs. The piece warns against rewarding mere ambition and emphasizes capable leadership for union welfare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gendt Wirtutty Seil
Iia
Rhode
Unis Artiele
Iniawhit Wak
Bend Sen
Mente
Nions
Wnion
Governor appoints mining laws commission for state
Governor William C O Dawson names a commission to revise mining laws and regulate the industry, aiming to protect workers and property. The panel includes leaders from miners and operators and must report by the 15th with recommendations to the legislature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hiovernor
William C. O. Dawson
Hnivetian
Stat
Hallas
Trique- Civ
Aurest
D.og
Kennedy
M. Gillie
Laumert Asingham
Berwind
Mork
Eight Hour Day Plans Union Pledge for 104 Week Wages
The Ulberzo Federation of Labor proposes an eight hour day and $104 weekly wage for winemaking and shop workers. Union committees demand sanitary conditions and set a date for inauguration once a majority of factory workers are organized. No worker to be paid less than 10 a week or work more than eight hours daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ubierzo Federation of Labor
Tao
Iris
Industria
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Mento
Ww Minwis State Federation
Lamr
Law Mw
Subody
Retter
Caluchisetts
Trusts
Jim Spangler
Linicol
Lincoln
Alwys
Capitol City Trades Assembly
the Carpenters and Joiners
New York
Typograpical Society
Fortune
United States
Canada
Mexico
The
Brotherhood of Lovontative Engineer
Georgia
John Nugent
Chicago
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