Sixteen Unions In St Paul Strike In Sympathy
In St Paul on May 22 sixteen labor unions joined a sympathy strike for common workers seeking 50 cents an hour raise of 10 cents an hour a nine hour day and union recognition.
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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1919
Page
2
In St Paul on May 22 sixteen labor unions joined a sympathy strike for common workers seeking 50 cents an hour raise of 10 cents an hour a nine hour day and union recognition.
The daughter-in-law Mabel Dunn Brown is remembered by her mother in law Mrs Sarah Payne and sister Mattie Carver in an In Memoriam note. It honors a year since her death on May 14 1918 and speaks of longing grief and eventual reunion.
Brief obituary note expresses sorrow for Blanch daughter-in-law who died suddenly on May 3 1919. The family thanks kind friends for sympathy during illness and death and recalls her as dear to them.
The article notes Congress convened last Monday amid many urgent problems and the Washington Sunday Star plans to specialize in reporting progress on these measures. It mentions the Star Job Office offering rapid printing services.
William G. Hardy, cashier, swears the state ment is true to the best of his knowledge regarding the listed finances of the Virginia bank in Frederick County. Attested by John W. Rice Lewis F. Cooper and W. A. Baker.
A letter read by the American Library Association mentions boys in a library who wind a chair, pull books from shelves, and remark that they never knew real life until now. One boy sits by the books most of the day, while others read and move volumes to access them.
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