Outlaws Strike Moves Rail Labor Onward Across Centers
A sweeping railroad workers strike in Chicago spreads to multiple industries including meat, coal, and steel as thousands join in what commentators framed as outlaw unions rebelling against both employer and labor leadership. The action signals a broader challenge to capitalism, with union chiefs urging loyalty while workers press demands, source notes say the strike gains momentum despite mixed official reactions.
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Wilson
Chicago
Ohio Industris
Gompers
New York Harbor
Kansas
New York Times
Little Willie
Willie
A. I. of L
A. F. of L
Palmer
Russia
Little Lessons for Labor in A Patriotic Society
A fragmented clipping discusses SKYGAC as a capital aligned government and the labor class as a hard school. It claims a persistent class struggle between labor and employing elites, notes persecution and jail, and argues for labor interests to shape policy including a proposed commission. It ends by asserting government bluntly serves capital.
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University of Hard Knocks
The Same Old Game The Same Old Gang
Commentary on Samuel Gompers and craft unionism amid postwar wage pressures. The author argues unions fail to preserve living standards, advocates One Big Union as a new weapon to empower workers against capital and politicians.
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Imperialium
Iabor
Compers
Tabor
Gompers
Miners Seek Better Wages but Secure Partial Gains
The text recounts miners bargaining outcomes amid a push for wage hikes and overtime rules. They achieved about a 27 percent wage rise or less, a thirty hour week, and retention of the eight hour day, while calls for time and a half overtime and contract terminations tied to nationalization were met with mixed results. The piece argues government acts as the capitalist class executive, urging class consciousness as industrial change births a new social order.
Cartoon Fund Appeal Letter From Comrades
A terse note requests 140 for Cartoon Fund and mocks the balance of the fund. It urges better balance in contributions and mentions previous receipts totaling 4.60 by J. M. Boott. The tone is satirical about Soviet labor laws and cartoon images.
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Sisty Sente
J. M. Boott
Grand Jury to Hear Charge Against Baker and Cannon
Grand Jury will hear charges of violation of the Lawer Act against Charles Baker of Ohio socialist speaker and J P Cannon editor of the Workers World of Kansas City Missouri. They face proceedings in Katana City on April 26. Comrades have been out on bail while awaiting grand jury decision amid years of repression and arrests. Marguerite Prevey, jailed for aiding Communist Labor Party, is touring Ohio giving talks and recounting jail experiences across multiple cities including Akron and Toledo.
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Atrikeihg
Kansas
Comraie Canson
Workers’ World
Kantsas City
Comrie Cannon
Kansas City
Knansas
Ohio
Cannon
Baker
Marguerite Prevey
Marguerite Provey
Columbus
Ilinois
Commmunist Labor Party
Chicago
Akron
Labor Temple
Making Money By Scott Nearine
The essay critiques French wartime finance, noting reliance on paper money and bonds. It cites France’s debt growth from 1910 to 1919 and the Bank of France, with 86 percent banknotes backed by no metal reserve. It argues the French business class misread monetary means and risks, where printed money eroded real value and hurt those who relied on it.
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Franco
Vrlor
Great Britain
France
Elec
Bank of France
Tong
Wali
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Scott Nearine
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M. L. Tragesser
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