International Notes of the Ladle Labor Movement Highlights
Reports summarize actions across branches of organized labor. Cox orders St Paul caremakers to return to work pending inquiry. Kansas City woodworkers and painters discuss state union setup. Springfield arbitration favors painters. Missouri miners avoid strike after wage adjustments. Louisiana press condemns AFL efforts to unionize unskilled southern workers.
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Cox
Iternational Caremakers’ Union
St. Paul, Mion
Missouri
Kansas
Arkadeas
Indian Territory
Union Label Bulletin launched by Agitation Association
The Union Label Agitation Association of Greater New York begins a monthly Label Bulletin edited by Alfred Samisch of the German American Typographical Union. Brockton, Mass is cited as the best organized shoe union center with the most members and highest average wages in ideal conditions.
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The
Union Label Agitation Association of
Greater New York and Vicinity
Label Bulletin
Alfred Samisch
Brockton
Mass
Wages in Russian Factories Spark Wage Protest
Wages in Russian factories are two cents an hour and upward. There are thousands who work for a cent an hour, and tens of thousands who do not receive thirty cents a day for ten, eleven and more hours of work.
Unions Reorganized in Alviera and Coeur d Alene Area
Alviera and Coeur d Alene in Idaho have reorganized and are prospering. The Bunker Hill and Sullivan concentrator at Wardner ceased operations four years ago last April, ending many unions in that district of that time.
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Alviera
Coeur d' Alene
Idaho
Bunker Hill and Sullivan
Wardner
Miners Fund Appeals Across the West
The Wester Federation of Miners appeals to unions nationwide to donate to an eight hour fund and fight on the Western front. Miners have already begun the collection.
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Wester Federation of Miners
Wnions
Hawaiian Longshoremen Adhere to International Union
Hawaiian longshoremen plan to organize and affiliate with the International Longshoremen's Association. The nucleus totals about 300 men, predominantly Mawakians and Portuguese citizens of the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yne Union
United States
Indianapolis Machinists Sign Pact Amid Wage Scale Debate
Most machine shops in Indianapolis sign an agreement with the Machinists Union except one. Apprentices earn eight cents an hour rising to thirty eight cents for pinkers. Toronto delegates to the Dominion Trades Congress seek re admission of independent unions. The fight on internationalism expected to reappear.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Machinists Union
Pinkers
Toronto District Trades Council
Dominion Trades Congress
Labor and union notes from national and international scenes
Canvass shows 56 percent of home garment workers earn 3 to 4 dollars weekly while 44 percent earn higher wages. The International Brotherhoods of Electrical Engineers grow from 8,000 to 37,000 members in two years. Convention in Salt Lake City began September 14. Beasley promotes arbitration courts via the National Civic Federation with New York as hub. England’s labor leaders seek Parliament seats as labor candidates opposing court decrees. The American Federation of Musicians funds an Old Home Fund for sick and elderly members. Mattoon plans a sick home ground. United Mine Workers executive boards order speed checks to ensure certified skilled testers. Cripple Creek mine owners invite Western Federation of Miners to their properties. Chicago candy manufacturers plan to block out rival employers amid active-order enforcement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International Brotherhoods of Electrical Engineers
Salt Lake City
Amerian Federation of Musicians
Mattoon
Montreal unions push growth as candy makers face lockout
The candy lockout threatens 1,500 workers and risks a candy famine as sixteen factories close and join a trade union association. Montreal's union movement rises, with Iron Stolders, Boilermakers, Kwumbers and Steamfitters, Painters and Decorators, Bricklayers, Longshoremen, and other international unions gaining strength.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
Canada
Mie International Association of Boilermakers
Kwumbers and Steamfitters
International Brotherhood of Painters and Decorators
The
Bricklayers’ Brotherhood
International Association of Longshoremen
Pittsburg Firemen Form Secret Union Aimed at Pay and Hours
Pittsburg firemen secretively organize a union and seek AFL charter this week with 550 members. They plan to expand to Allegheny fire department next Saturday and form an international association to push for higher pay, shorter hours, and freedom from political coercion.
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Pittsburg
American Federation of Labor
Allegheny Fire Department
Word of praise for Ballard's Stow Liniment cures leg injury
W H Harrison of Cleveland Arkansas writes Aug 15 1902 praising Ballard's Stow Liniment after a nail injury caused leg swelling and stiffness. He credits a 50 cent Snow Liniment bottle bought at J F Lords Drug Store now in Denver Colorado for curing his leg. Also notes abscesses often signal debility and lists local druggists G F Cave and J E Cave as sellers.
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G. F. Cave
Wash. Ave
J. E. Cave
Depot Drug Store
Major Hay Killed After Fall From Building Shaft
Pittsburg reports Maj. Samuel W. Hay died last night after falling from the Arrott building four floors to the base ment through an elevator shaft, a six story drop. A Civil War and Spanish-American War veteran, he served as commissary on the staffs of Maj. Generals Young Davis and Wheeler.
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Pittsburg
Samuel W. Hay
Arrott Building
Hay
Young
Davis
Wheeler
Mystery Murder Identified Woman in East Lake
Birmingham residents are stunned as the body of 35 year old Nellie Shaffield, found Sunday in East Lake with three bullet holes in the head, is identified. She had left home Thursday and relatives say she planned a visit to a member of an excellent family amid suspicions about her disappearance.
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Birmingham
Ala
East Lake
Nellie Shaffield
Shaffield
Hoot at the Czar Sparks Vienna Demonstration
A 2000 strong Socialist meeting in Vienna protested the Russian Czar visit. Speakers vented harshly calling the Czar a thief and jailer. Officials blocked a resolution denouncing the visit as an affront to Russia's liberals, as the crowd shouted down the Czar.
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Vienna
Russia
Siberia
Jury Returns Verdict on Lynch Mob Killings in Lynchburg
Coroner's jury in Lynchburg Tennessee finds Allen Small killed deliberately by a mob during a jail raid. Verdict names 27 men as guilty. fourteen arrested. warrants out for others. Three prisoners turn state's evidence and are released on bond to testify.
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Lynchburg
Tenn
Allen Small
Moore County
Missoula Man Found Guilty of Third Degree Assault
Joseph J. Young was convicted of third degree assault on his son in law Cat Dowdell in Missoula Montana. The verdict followed a dispute linked to Young’s missing daughter and a private Helena hospital. Dowdell survived the wounds and the district court set a $100 fine.
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Missoula
Mont
Joseph J. Young
Cat? Dowdell
Young
Helena
Dowdell
Yoing
Step Father of Hooper Young Victim of Chloroform
Toomis Washington September 30. Dr T A Willard was found dead in bed with a bottle of chloroform in his left hand. Death believed self inflicted due to fear of going blind. He was step father of W Hooper Young the noted New York criminal.
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Toomis
Wash
T. A. Willard
Assault on Buffalo Jones’s Daughter at Marmoth Hot Springs
Livingston Montana reports that the 14 year old daughter of Buffalo Jones, caretaker at Yellowstone Park, was assaulted by an unknown man at Marmoth Hot Springs. She lay unconscious, in critical condition, as troops searched the surrounding country. Two men were arrested but no direct link established.
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Livingston
Mont
California Mint Thief Seeks Habeas Corpus Writ
Walter N. Dimmick, former chief clerk at the mint, obtained a writ of habeas corpus from the California Supreme Court after arguing his two year sentence for looting mint vaults was improperly imposed. The case centers on his claim of unlawful imprisonment dating from October 16, 1901.
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California
San Francisco
Supreme Court
Habeas Corps
Walter N. Dimmick
Dimmick
Man Claims Release Date From San Quentin After Good Conduct
Detained in Alameda County Jail for years the subject alleges his term ended September 21 due to good conduct credits. He was moved to San Quentin on April 13 and will have the case argued in the Supreme Court room on Monday.
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Alameda County
San Quentin
Dirmick
Supreme Court Room
German Army Trouble Shows Soldier Protest at Reichertshausen
A crowd of Second Grenadier Regiment private soldiers threw stones at officers during a ride at Reichertshausen. Fifteen were arrested and sent to Heidelberg for trial. The regiment had seen harsh sentences for four privates who assaulted a sergeant, sparking Socialist Vorwaerts criticism amid discontent linked to recent elections. In New York, Grout expressed willingness to accept a Tammany bid for comptroller if Mayor Low supports fusion.
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Perlin
Second
Braden) Grenadier Regiment
Reichertshauner
Heidelberg
Second Grenadiera
Peters
Iussner
New York
Edward MM. Grout
Low
Verdicts on brutality in Peters case spark Heidelberg protests
Gathered at Heidelberg after the verdict, threats were uttered against officers but no action taken. Vorwaerts cites 159 brutal conduct verdicts granting non-commissioned officers fifty years nine months, and eighty verdicts against officers totaling twenty four years seven months in confinement.
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Heidelberg
Peters
Beautiful Women and Herbine Health Appeal Explains Benefit
An 1901 advertisement touts Herbine as a remedy for constipation digestion and fever and malaria. It includes a testimonial from Mrs Wm B Stroud of Midlothian Texas and lists G F Cave and J E Cave Depot Drug Store on Washington Avenue as sellers.
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Midlothian
Texas
G. F. Cave
Wash. Ave
J. E. Cave
Depot Drug Store
Young Man Strains With Heavy Sack of Flour
Sept 30 Minneapolis first death in milling strike. President Dunwoody son of John Dunwoody treasurer of St Anthony and Dakota Elevator Company dies at 26 after rupturing a blood vessel while loading a heavy sack of flour.
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Minneapolis
Dunwoody
John Dunwoody
St. Anthony and Dakota Elevator Company
Lashus Takes Charge of Palace Livery Stables
George W Lashus assumes control of the Palace Livery Stable at 2525 Lincoln Ave with new rig and driving stock for boarding a specialty.
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George W. Lashus
Riga
Lincoln Ave
Eliza Steam Dye and Cleaning Works Ad
Reliable cleaning and dyeing offered at 2516 Washington Avenue. Steam cleaning and dry cleaning for ladies and gents clothes with dyeing done without shrinking and guaranteed satisfaction.
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Eliza Steam
Washington Avenue
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Organized Labor Movement
the &J
Kansas Ccty
Painters’ Union
Master Painters
Springfield, Mass
En Arbitration Commission
Louisiana
South
Department of Labor
Ralph M. Beasley
Theational Civic Federation
National Civic Federation
England
Trades Union Movement
Unieed
Pathracite
Cripple Creek, Col
Mine Owners’ Association
Ho Ptems Bein
Western Federation of Miners
Eost
Oping
Chicago
PTE Iberas
Central Ave
Hor Shines
Axx
Cardus
Quaron, Wronfa
Nelson
Mrs. Nelson
Major Hay
Czar
Missoula, Mont
Hooper
Jones
Clains Service
Beecham
Earth
U.S
Grenadiers Stone
Manhattan
Washington, Avenue
Washington Fashionable
Whelsale Tailora
America
A. Huhn
Palace Livery
Lie Ise
Wheelwright Brothers
Rales Een
Seulcen Inn CO
San Francheco
Cal
Wil Driver
Wash Ave
Feberta
Barrows Grocery CO
Ave
Biaugeter
A. E
Weatherby
Boston ‘Mart
Washington Ave
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