Peace in labor world amid hopeful May Day outlook
A digest of labor climate reports from New York Chicago St Louis San Francisco Boston and Pittsburgh dated April 23 to May 1. It notes generally harmonious relations in New York and Chicago with renewed contracts and modest wage demands while San Francisco faces potential eight hour day disputes and a large strike vote. St Louis reports improved conditions and signed wage scales. Boston anticipates minimal May activity with scattered strikes and a push for uniform minimum wages. Pittsburgh expects subdued May Day disruptions though machinists seek higher pay. Philadelphia expects little friction as union agreements stand.
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Tile Roofers Insistent Over Station Labor Dispute
Bricklayers walkout at union Station last Thursday sparks a dispute with tile roofers. Benjamin Russell, president of Local No. 12, asserts bricklayers claim to lay cement or tile work used at the station is incorrect. Roofers cite four foot six by three foot six tiles, quarrel over material classification, and note McFarland Co. holds the contract. Journeyman slate and tile repairers earn 52 cents per hour, or $4.16 per day, a rate in force for nearly two years.
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Benjamin Russell
International State and Tile Roofers’ Union
McFarland Company
Mail Car Stops Riots During Utah Streetcar Strike
Salt Lake City April 3 A strike was declared on the Utah Light and Railway Company streetcar lines with 40 men walking out. Attempts to operate a few cars with non union crews sparked numerous scenes of disorder as transport workers halted services using mail cars as impediments.
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Utah Light and Railway Company
Unrest Ends When Mail Car Rescues Disturbed Trolley Line
Demonstrations saw strike sympathizers provoke disruptions as eggs flew and trolley ropes were cut. Motormen were dragged, but disturbances ceased when a U S Mail car arrived and towed the fleet back to the barns, with no molestation of the mail car.
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9000 to join Havana strike over wages in gold
In Havana 9000 cigar makers will strike tomorrow joining 30 percent of Havana Tobacco Company workers who walked out two months earlier demanding wages paid in American dollars instead of Spanish gold. A strikers committee met Gov Magoon and said they would keep order and not hold meetings or demonstrations.
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Money Market Calm as New York Leads Rest of World
London Times notes calm money markets after New York’s big readjustment, with securities reduced by about one third and gold withdrawals easing. Paris and Berlin react to cheaper finances while copper, South African and other shares rise. but overall activity remains subdued amid political alarms and cautious bank policy.
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Bakers Strike Impends After 9 Hour Day Demand
The Bakers' and Confectioners' Union wins a nine hour day with pay of 52.88, triggering a possible sympathy strike by steam engineers Local 99 and possibly drivers and apprentices, threatening nearly 700 workers to walk out after a meeting at Saengerbund Hall and Costello's Hall this afternoon.
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Employing Bakers' Association
Confectioners and Bakers' Union
International Union of Steam Engineers
Saengerbund Hall
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Confectioners ‘and Bakers' Union
Tum
Central Labor Union
Shoes donated for all ages at Masonic fair case
Edmonston & Co. shoes donated to the Masonic fair showcase include fifty pairs for every age from baby to elder. Brands listed include Stacy Adams, Jas Craemer, Pierce, Howard, Croxton, Excelsior, Milton Phillips, and Lawnbury Mathewson. Recipients will be fitted at the Edmonston establishment.
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Croxton, Wood & Co
Excelsior Shoe Company
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Edmonston
Market Yet Weighs On Crops And Money Rates In May
Special to The Washington Post reports a dull week in New York stocks with no clear upward trend as money rates ease globally but credit remains extended. It notes rising stakes for crops in May, especially winter wheat in Kansas and Nebraska suffering from low moisture, potential replants for spring wheat, and possible crop damage that could slow general business activity or prompt market contractions.
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Rail lines struggle with labor and equipment costs
The article cites net earnings strains on railways caused by insufficient equipment and labor woes. Company presidents blame high labor costs and poor productivity, while labor disputes are highlighted as the main fault in moving traffic. A separate note discusses the collar industry facing patent infringement risk in Troy, with most output tied to one company and 500 machines in use potentially violating patents.
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jAuegen da Tigedscall
Collar and Co
United States
United States Supreme Court
Frank 5. Black
William Beattie & Son
Troy
Federal Court of Appeals
James K. P. Pine
United Shirt and Collar Company
Wniegs
Supreme Court
Hotels and guests listed by city in travel notices
A long read of guest names and hotels in Boston Chicago New York Philadelphia and more. The list covers travelers and residents staying at major hotels including New Willard, St. James, Metropolitan and Shoreham with numerous individuals and wives or companions from many states and cities.
Pension column answers readers on Civil War era benefits
Readers seek pension guidance with cases from Crandon, Scranton, Baltimore, Dayton, Leavenworth and more. Answers cover eligibility under the February 6 1907 act, age requirements, widow and minor-child claims, disability links, and extensions from March 4 1907. Local clerks advise filing, noting limits and dates.
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Kans
Gray
Yas, Med
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Charlotte
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Record Sugar Consumption and Production Trends Across 1900s
Government data show U S sugar consumption in the year ending June likely to surpass every prior year. Nine month imports reach over 3.69 billion pounds through March, with 1908 high year imports at about 2.006 million pounds. Production in 1906 estimated at 1.104 billion pounds, a new high by 14 million, and per capita use rises from nine pounds in 1882 to seventy six by 1946.
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Bureau of Statistics
Department of Commerce and Labor
Many Patents Threatened By Nonchemical Process Ruling
The Supreme Court asks whether a manufacturing process that does not involve chemical or elemental action can be patented. Expanded Metal Company and Chees Brothers challenge a Third Circuit reversal that dismissed Golding patent claims for expanding sheet metal.
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Circuit Court of Appeals
Third Circuit
Expanded Metal Company
Chees Brothers
Pittsburg
John F. Golding
Eugene 8. Bradford
Philadelphia
Golding
Federal Circuit Court
Court of Appeals
Court of Appeals of
District of Columbia
Patent Office
Initiation of Fifty Candidates in Hibernians Ties
Fifty candidates including Rev Father Doherty secretary to Mer O Cronnell and rector of the Catholic University were initiated into the rites of the Ancient Order of Hibernians at the Typographical Temple yesterday afternoon. Addresses were spoken by F B Sheehy state president James J Brosnan and others.
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Mer. O'Cronnell
Catholic University
Order of Hibernians
F. B. Sheehy
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