Labor Disputes Report Publicly Released by Industrial Commission
Washington reports the Industrial Commission made public its report on labor disputes and arbitration. It reviews witnesses, collective bargaining, conciliation and arbitration, and laws and court decisions affecting nine labor combinations. Local bargaining is strongest in building trades breweries boot and shoe baking woodworking and metalworking. Most agreements cover conditions of work between unions and individual employers. A growing movement favors industry wide bargaining and arbitration between employer and employee organizations.
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Washington
Industrial Commission
Cancerous Ulcers From Trifling Causes And Burn Complications
The text describes cancerous sores that often appear on the face neck or breast but may occur elsewhere. It notes how they spread into tissue creating sharp pain and exposed tissue, potentially arising from minor injuries like carbuncle boil swollen gland or a small blister or mole becoming a festering sore that can degenerate into cancer. Burn injuries are mentioned as well.
Arbitration in Industry Faces Broad Resistance and Varied Practice
A survey notes growing move to state and local arbitration in the Vituminous coal industry amid disputes in mining districts. Nationally, formal arbitration exists in stove molding dry goods printing and general trades, with printing allowing external referees. Most state boards oppose compulsory arbitration, and New York Indiana Ohio Illinois limit compulsion to cases affecting public welfare or major disruptions.
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Boards of Arbitration
New Zealand
West Australia
United States
New York
Ohio
Utinois
Convicted in Lublin for false passport used by Degadoff
A man posing as Schultz and claiming ties to Chicago was convicted at Lublin, Russian Poland of using a false passport under the name Degadoff. He was sentenced to four Siberian labor camps and claimed he came to Russia via Germany, with the embassy failing to steer him to an American port.
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Siberia
St. Petersburg
Chicago
Schultz
Lublin
Russian
Poland
Pasepart
Degadoff
Russia
Germany
Magnificent crew cast gun sights overboard in protest
On October 18 in Berehaven Irsland crew members threw gun sights and other fittings from the Magnificent, the British first class battleship flagship of Rear Admiral Sir William A. Clinch commanding the Channel Squadron, into the harbor to press crew grievances.
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Berehaven
Irsland
William A. Clinch
Channel Squadron
Ameer Begins Government in Kabul with Oath
At a grand durbar in Kabul Habib Ullah formally took the oath as Amir and announced the appointments of his three brothers Nasr, Mohammed, and Amime Wah to top posts in the army, revenue, and judicial departments.
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London
Cabul
Habib Ullah
Ammer
Daily Mall
Sima
Nasr 1
Mohammed
Amime Wah
Army
Revenue Department
Judicial Department
McKinley Named Post Office Site Near Eureka
Washington October 15. Assistant Postmaster General Brintow ordered the establishment of a post office to be named McKinley near Eureka, about 12 miles west. This is the first native name chosen since the death of the late president.
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McKinley
Washington
Brintow
Eureka
Santa Fe Subways and Wide Roads Offer to Colorado Springs
Santa Fe Railway says no fight with the city over time street crossings. It offered to vacate Huerfano street and build a $30,000 subway under the tracks at Pile's Peak avenue, plus widen Castillo avenue at $20,000 cost. The city was told the offer would remain open for several months and could be accepted or rejected. If not accepted, the railroad claims no controversy exists.
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Santa Fe Railway
Colorado Springs
Bngineer
W. B. Storey
Kendrick
Mudge
Hurley
Parker
Huerfano Street
Pile's Peak Avenue
Castillo Avenue
News of the Confe
A batch of items from a Santa Fe freight conference in Topeka recalls jovial railroad men and campus-worthy jokes. Freight officials Delaney and O Neil are teased for vanity and trust, with Charney Munn misidentified as a Chicago official and A Walker returning home to Hutchinson after a curious urban encounter.
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Xung
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Oklahoma City
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Charney Munn
Santa Fe Division
West End
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Chicago
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Lien
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Hutchinson
Railway safety train register firm expands in Colorado
J. J. Frey and D. R. Thompson join the Rio Grande Western offices as the Railway Safety Train Register company hires staff. The new device records daily train crew actions on continuous sheets to preserve monthly records intact, with Colorado Springs as headquarters and many railroads already adopting the system.
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D. R. Thompson
Cornessy
D.C. Dodge
The
Rio Grande Western
Railway Safety Train Register Company
J. J. Frey
Colorado Springs
Rail leaders eye mergers and Erie stock splits
The piece outlines pursuit of railroad consolidations involving Northern Pacific Great Northern and Burlington with potential leadership shifts including Charles M Hays and P D Underwood. James J Hill denies broad consolidations while noting Erie stock claims and future of the property. A separate Baldwin Kansas rail deal advances with Baker University ties and a bond election plan across Willow Springs Marian and Palmyra townships within about a month.
Harriman to Visit San Francisco Coast Line Officials
E. H. Harriman, new president of the Southern Pacific, plans a San Francisco visit and a tour of the Pacific system. C. Stubbs, traffic erector, denies mass layoffs under consolidation of Harriman roads western traffic departments, noting that nearly all workers were retained.
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Net
Southern Pacific Company
E. H. Harriman
C. Stubbs
Harriman
Farriman
Visitor reports progress after hospital injury
Jesse Kirkhall visited Topeka and Billie Kreuger at the hospital. Kreuger has lost a foot and sometimes checks the bed to believe the injury. He expects to be home in three or four weeks.
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Newton Kansan-Republican
Jesse Kirkhall
Topeka
Jeass
Billie Kreuger
Billie
Special Train To Run For Travel Agents Convention
The twenty ninth annual convention of the American Association of Traveling Passenger and Ticket Agents will meet in Los Angeles November 12 to 18. A special chartered train will run from Chicago to Los Angeles and return over multiple railroads, departing Chicago November 6 and returning November 25.
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American Association of Travelling Passenger
Cal
Chicago
Santa Fe
Southern Pacific
Rio Grande Western
Denver
Not the Longest Bridge Claim From Carbondale Illinois
A Carbondale dispatch notes Illinois Central work on a 500 foot cement bridge over the Big Muddy near Carbondale claiming it will be the world's longest. The note corrects by naming Topeka's Melancem bridge at 650 feet as longer.
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Illinois Central Railroad
Big Muddy
Topeka
Frisco appoints Littlefield as assistant general attorney
W Littlefield, a Kansas lawyer longtime with the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe, is named assistant to L B Parker, general attorney for the Frisco. He previously worked in AT&SF’s legal department, moved to Kansas City, and will base his work in St Louis.
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Kansas
Topeka
L. B. Parker
Frisco
Littlefield
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad Company
Santa Fe Officials Survey California Rail Plan
Santa Fe President E P Ripley and Vice President Paul Morton visit Colorado to examine a proposed $200,000 Short Line in the state while California business this winter is expected to rise. The California Limited, a key lure, is promoted in the East as executives and crew discuss passenger enhancements and ongoing advertising.
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Santa Fe
Ripley and Morton
Colorado
E. P. Ripley
Paul Morton
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