The Connecticut labor news., 1922-09-01
MERIDEN [. |. U.
 FINDS LOCAL PRESS
 DECIDEDLY UNFAIR
Editorial Comment and News Items Relating to Labor Much
 "Colored."

1 Meriden, Sept. At the last meet ing of the C. L. U. review of the editorials of the local press was 1 thoroughly discussed. The editorials were considered as very biased and very much against organized labor. The announcement on the miners vic tory in their strike was to the effect that their strike had been broken. Of course the effect of headlines an- nouncing that the miners had won was too much to expect from the local press.
 The Retail Clerks ask that friends of Labor remember that they have a
 button that Is worn by union clerks that are paid up members. Ask the
 next clerk that waits upon you for his. Buy union made goods in the store that has union clerks to sell them to you. f..
 The directories of manufacturers
 using the union label have been re-
 ceived and can be had at your next
 meeting A union label bulletin has
 been posted in the Trades Council hall
 The Bakery Workers ask that you
 patr onize Meriden made bread, etc
 Buy union made bread by all means
 remember that some of the out-of- town bread is not union made Mer- iden made bread is. What you earn in Meriden spend in Meriden for Meriden made produce.
 Have you sent in your subscription for The Labor News? if so get an- other from one of your friends You get news that the subsidized press does not give you.
 Quite lot of publicity is given to the so-called Herrin affair, but what about Ludlow? The report sub mitted to Congress will tell you. Read Volume 7, Industrial Relations, you will find 1t in the book case at the Trades Council hall
 The records of the Connecticut Congressmen and of Senator Mo Lean were received and are in the | Trades Council hall for your informa- ton. Senator Mclean voted in favor of seating Newberry who only con fessed on the floor of the Senate that l $Io5,o ,ooo had been spent for his cleo | tion
 Judge Thomas P Dunne of the damages to William J. Packer of this city in a suit for $35o against l the Portland Foundry Company. The latter in a counter claim asked for $I ,ooo damages.
 The plaintiff alleges that he made patterns and castings for the defend ant, according to specifications ac- knowledged by an official of the company and that the specifications proved to be incorrect and that when he was asked to make new plates or repair them he did, The foundry company claimed that 1t was com pelled to expend large sums of money on account of the unhtneSs of the patterns and plates which resulted in the cancellation of a valuable con tract
 Dorothy Baker, 13-year-old daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph D. Baker of Hobart street, is confined to her home suffering from bite from an 18-inch adder. The girl, with some friends, spent the day at Hubbard Park and was walking up to Fair view when she felt a sharp pain in her foot. Looking down she saw that she had stepped on the snake. Thei reptile was about to bite her again when she ran. Her foot and leg swelled rapidly and a doctor was called.
 Chief of Police James J. Landri- gan has issued a warning to the Mer- den merchants and residents to be on the lookout for counterfeit five, oand 20 dollar bills He states that -he backs instantly reveal the coun- -erfeits and that the green ink used on them is of a distinctly lighter and fainter shade than that which appears | on the genuine bills.
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