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The Connecticut labor news., 1922-09-01
THE PALACE.

Preparations for Labor Day Week, recognized throughout the theatrical
 world as the opening week of the fall
 and winter seasons, have been thcE-
 oughly and conscientiously planned at
 the Palace The list of attractions
 found on the two big bills coming for
 this important week cannot fail to
 impress theatergoers that New Ha- ven's handsomest and most modern theater, and the city's only vaudeville house, IS presenting two s1x-act bills that compare favorably with any pre- vious collections of talent seen on its great stage. Added to the sterling vaudeville attractions are two feature picture that have been selected sole ly through their dramatic strength. It is only at the Palace that the ideal combination of entertainment formed by the blending of vaudeville and the picture screen can be seen.
 cial holiday shows. two great head line attractions will be offered Palace patrons The first of these comes in the personal appearance of Lou Tel legen, famed on stage and screen as one of the finest acting stars of the day, in a condensed version of one of his greatest dramatic successes, Blind Youth The brilliant star is supported in this playlet by a com pany of remarkable acting ability.
 The second headline attraction is the great Toto, regarded as the worlds greatest clown, and also con- sidered inimitable in his hilarious an- tics and fun making originations.
 Just a few weeks ago at one of New Works big vaudeville houses trio of acrobats made their appear ance under the billing of Thirty Pink Toes"
 One of the cleverest, classiest and most artistically presented singing and piano acts that have come down the vaudeville pike this current sea- son, is an offering called "A Vaude vile Concert" presented by Leo Flanders and Genevieve Butler. In the act of Charles Kullman and Will Hanson, the bill presents two New Haven boys who have made their mark in vaudeville Kullman, one of the baritones of the Yale Glee Club, while Mr. Hanson is also popular locally as a pianist of ability. Evelyn Earle and Harry Matthews in their happy blending of songs and dances, have a nice little act.
 In The Top of New York;" al Paramount production starring May McAvoy, there are thrills in all the big scenes, rousing big stage fight, there is comedy relief and there are real pathos and drama
 The second big six act bill for the last three days of the week, beginning Thursday, offers another galaxy of classy vaudeville ability. Charlie famous bicycle comedian and his big. company of fun makers; Frank Dobson, star of that great vaudeville musical comedy, "The oirens"; Welcome Inn, musical and offering; Ruby Royce, the pretty girl who presents entertain
The Connecticut labor news., 1922-09-01

(OOnt1nueQ rom F1rSt Hage.) were organized on two more railroads.
 The strike of the shopmen is probably lost for the workers. There are several indications supporting this view. The stand taken by the Big Four" i. e., of the unions comprising the train men, is of especial importance. The longer the strike lasts the less they are inclined to inter fere in the fight.
 The fact that the fremen of the Southern Railway Co. from Dan vile, Ky, to St. Louis joined the strikers is really an exception, and the chief of this union, MT. Warren s. Stone, does not want to discuss this matter. How ever, this happening does not at all influence the general condition as the general status seems to be the one indicated above. This is also shown by the violent acts which become more and more frequent.
 The striking shopmen or their friends would not have loosened the spikes on tracks on the Mich igan Central Railroad at Gary, Ind, causing train to derail whereby the engineer and the fireman were killed, if the striking alborers had really succeeded in stopping operation of the railroad to the extent they claimed. Nor would they have cut the water pipes which supply the shops of the Southern Railroad in Sails bury, North Carolina, had they been able to stop the operation of the shops to the extent they claim.
 Such violent acts are not an in- dication of strength on the part of the strikers or their sympa- thizers; they are rather the best admission of weakness which can be imagined. They are intended to intirnidate the public.
 This Is absolutely the worst way. to proceed. The purpose aimed at is not obtained, for the great majority of the travelling public cannot be intinidated. On the contrary, this public will only become more embittered by vio- lent acts for the reason that the citizens suffer most by the dis turbances of the traffic, and the railroad men should not forget this. Indeed many of them are not convinced of the justice of the claims of the shopmen.
 Millions had to submit to the readjustment which set in after the war and its waste, i. e., with regard to reductions in wages, and 1t must furthermore be stated that this class of labor is not at all in a bad position. In any event their position is not so bad that their status could be desig- mated as insufferable. By com mitting violent acts the railroad men only lose the little remain ing sympathy which they still. have with the public.
The Connecticut labor news., 1922-09-01
PRISONERS BETTER FED THAN RAILMEN. SAYS LABOR BUREAU
Wage Award of Rail Board Is Below Level of Existence, View of
 Government Agency.

Chicago, Sept. 1.-To feed pris- oner in the Cook county jail, Chicago spends 45 cents a day, while a rail road track laborer is allowed only 25.3 cents a day under the recent wage award of the United States La bor Board. These figures, originally presented in the dissenting opinion of the labor group members of the board, are accepted by the United States Department of Labor and ap- pear in the last monthly bulletin of this governmental bureau
 The Railroad Labor Board fixed the price per hour for track 1aborers so that the average was figured at 327 cents and the minimum at B cents. This means minimum yearly wage of $563.o4 and an average of $500 so, if the track laborers work full time. which never happens.
 In his address to Congress last week President Harding said "the de- cision of the Railroad Labor Board has been lost sight of in subsequent developments" This may be the view to accept Labor Board decisions and ly 1t has not been lost sight of by the victims of the boards award
 Allowances of Trackmen.
 Assuming, however, that full time will be worked by track laborers, the Department of Labor's review of the consequences says:
 'The average rate (327 cents an hour) for this class of railroad labor will mean possible monthly earnings of $6o.71. Apportioning this income, using the relative weights of the United States Bureau of Labor Sta tistics, the labor group of the board found that the allowance for the vari- ous items of the family budget would be as follows:
The Connecticut labor news., 1922-09-01
RAIL PROPAGANDISTS
 SPREAD MURDER LIES

Bloomington, H., Sept 1.-Meth- ods of railroad propagandists were exposed by the Daily Bulletin of this city, which denies that strikebreak- CTS were slugged, as alleged by a correspondent in the Chicago Fri bune. The Daily Bulletin says:
 "1he Chicago Tribune, under the caption Voice of the People, publish ed letter from H. G. Allen entitled Free Speech in Kansas, which makes mention of Bloomington and the strike situation here. The things re- ferred to did not happen here, nor were they published in local newspa- pers. Following is a part of the ar ticle in which this city is mentioned, and in which false impression IS given concerning local conditions:
 Recently, in passing through Bloomington, H., l read in the local newspapers the reports of attacks that had been made upon workers in the shops there by strikers. In one instance a man had his arm broken by a blackjack in the hands of a striker. In another instance work CT had saved his life by promising the strikers who were attacking him that he would leave town. The news papers that reported these and other instances also contained an expres- sion from the local officers of Bloom ington that they were poWerless to prevent these attacks
The Connecticut labor news., 1922-09-01
TRICKY LAW MAKER : OPPOSED BY LABOR

Seattle, Sept. 1.-Organized labor in this state is opposing the re-elec- ton of United States Senator Poin dexter, one of the three senators who resorted to tricky methods in the last congress to sneak "can''t-strike' bill through the senate, when less than half a dozen members were present,
 In a letter to the Washington State Federation of Labor containing Poindexter's anti-labor record, Presi- dent Gompers said~
 "When he (Poindexter) returned to Washington after his last election he came to my office here and expressed to me his gratitude for the support which the labor men of Washington and I had given him without which, he said, he could not have been elect ed He came to my office voluntarily and made that statement, but the manner in which he has since mani fested his hostility to the working people of America raises the ques- ton as to his sincerity when he eN- pressed his gratitude for the aid labor had given him in his last election ln IoI6."
The Connecticut labor news., 1922-09-01
TEXTILE STRIKE
 ENDS AS WORKERS
 REGAIN OLD WAGE
New England Mills Give in After Struggle Lasting Since
 March Last.

The great textile strike has become a thing of the past and virtual peace reigns between workers and employ CTS for the first time since March 27. The two remaining mills which had still held out for lower wages, the Methuen and Pemberton, have capi- tulated to the demands of the strikers and announced that on September the wage scale before March 27 would be restored.
 The greater part of the I8,ooo tex tile workers normally employed in the mills of Lawrence are expected to be back at their places early this month, and already the wheels in sev- eral factoreis are in motion.
 The first to accede to the demands of the strikers were the Pacific Mills, normally employing. 8,2oo workers, and their offer accepted by the United Textile Workers, but tentatively re- fused by the One Big Union, was the only proposition advanced which did not announce without reservation return to the old wage scale in all de- partments effective October and re- troactive to September I, but with the reservation that the old scale could not be guaranteed after December / in the cotton department All other offers were plainly for a return at the old scale The second group of mills to move toward a settlement included Acadia, Monono mayo and Katama. These mills normally em loving 2,5oo, resumed operations last Monday with about 40 per cent. of the operatives at work at the old wage scale They had been running in part throughout the strike. ',
 The Everette Mills last Saturday announced that they would reopen on September 5 at full time with the old wage scale. This was the only mill to promise returning workers full time The mill has been closed since the third day of the strike About I,8oo are affected.
 The only exception to the peaceful settlement of the strike is at the Plymouth Mills, which are not classed as textile plants, their products being largely fibre rugs. The average wage cut there last March was less than in the textile mills but most of the 400 employees have been on strike since the cut was announced. A meeting with representative of this plant and the officials of the l United Textile Workers has been ar ranged for and it is expected that a 1 settlement will be reached in line with l
The Connecticut labor news., 1922-09-01
ROADS FIND FRIENDS
 IN 0. B. U. SHOUTERS.

Winnipeg, Canada, Sept. 1.-The one big union, formed in Calgary, four years ago, has travelled the usual road of these movements and now consists of a handful of men who have failed in their attempt to divide striking shop men.
 With the workers alert to the 0. B.. U. fallacy it's promoters have found 1t necessary to devise new methods to "save" the workers As prelim- mary, the usual attack on officers of the shop men was launched. The next move was to issue leahet with bal lot attached. Then a mass meeting was called, which was attended by less than two per cent of the striking shop men of this city. At the meet ing the o. B. us insisted that shop men of western Canada should nego- tate their own agreement.
 The proceedings have exposed the former noisy pleaders for broad in ternational principles" who are now endeavoring to split the shop nHen of western Canada off from other parts of the Dominion and the United States as we'll. These men have de nounced as tools of the capitalists any wage worker who recognized na- tional boundaries, and they were equally vehement against wage scales and boards of arbitration. Former policies are easily discarded by these men who are now pleading for arbl- tration and wage boards. Their great est treachery, however, is their at tempt to divide Canadian workers, The .strikebreaking attempts of these one big unionists mark their end in western Canada.
The Connecticut labor news., 1922-09-01
RAILROADS DIRECT
 PROPAGANDA FLOOD TO THE WHITE HOUSE
Officials Appeal to Friendly Interests to Play Up" Carriers Side
 of Strike.

Proof that President Harding has been bombarded by manufactured propaganda supporting the railroad executives is furnished by the rail- roads
 Circular letters are being sent to patrons and friendly interests re- questing them to wire the President to stand hrm'' against any conces- sion to the workers. The following sent out by F. Wear, superintendent of the Butte divisoin of the Great Northern Railway, is typical of ap- peals that have been made by many railroads:
 "Please start campaign in your city at once to have all business concerns and civic organizations wire Presi- deht Harding protecting against further interference in strike matter A great many business concerns in larger towns and cities have already started this"
 President B. M. Jewell, of the Rail way Employees Department, in a statement published on Aug gust 12, gave the details of this propaganda campaign directed against the Presi- dent He produced a telegram sent broadcast by the National Industrial Council, an employers organization, urging prompt protest against the first peace plan proposed by MT. Harding.
 Mr. Jewell charged that the effect of this campaign was to give the President an incorrect estimate of public sentiment
The Connecticut labor news., 1922-09-01

In other words, the youngest child IS to have less than cent and a half per meal.
 "The inadequacy of 25.3 cents per day to keep up the health and energy of the wage earner is apparent when we remark that the United States army, buying in wholesale quantities, today spends 40 cents per day for the ration of each enlisted man.
 Presumably buying on wholesale basis, Cook county, Illinois, is pay ing 45 cents per day for the feeding of prisoners in the jail. Evidently the track laborers under this decision will secure considerably less than prison ration"
 The labor group members of the board applied another test to the 25.3 cents per day allowed by the Railroad Labor Board for the food of the track laborer, which also, published in the U. s. Labor Department bulletin. This investigation brought the con clusoin that 25.3 cents will buy slight ly over 1900 calories "while 1t is gen.
The Connecticut labor news., 1922-09-01
GOMPERS ISSUES LABOR DAY APPEAL
 FOR LABOR PRESS
Immeasurable Value to Workers By Showing to Public Real Truth
 of Labor's Cause.

The following message from Sam uel Gompers, president of the Amer ican Federation of Labor, IS timely as 1t asks organized labor to pledge itself anew on Labor Day to the SUD- port and extension of the Labor Press:
 On Labor Day, 1922, the workers of America should consecrate them selves anew to the support and ex- tension of the Labor Press.
 The Labor Press is doing splendid work in defending and advancing 1abor's cause Without it, organized labor would be indeed poorly equip ped in its efforts for the protection of the wage earners.
 The value of the Labor Press to our fellow workers is incalculable.
 In season and out of season the labor papers proclaim the doctrine of justice for those who toll.
 Wage workers are coming to rely more and more on the Labor Press to get the facts on subjects which affect them most closely. They are learning that the employer-owned press cannot be relied upon to sup port labor's interests al those crucial times when there is need of support 10 shape puDlC Op1n1On TOT the tTuIn and justice of labor's cause.
 In labor controversies there is all ways need of saying the right thing at the right time. It gives the work CTS an advantage when the advantage is needed. The labor papers are on the job to do this work
 It is of immeasurable value to the workers to have these regular publi- cations of their own to give consid eration to the general principles of the labor movement and their appli cation.
 It is of equally immeasurable value for them, to have press that will strike hard and to the point and per sistently on crucial questions in de- fense of labor's rights.
 The influence of the Labor Press is also felt outside the labor movement. It compels the general public press to be more truthful and decent in its at titude toward labor and the labor movement.
 ; Agitate! Educate! Organize!
 This is the slogan of the trade unionists in their struggle for the emancipation of all the workers.
 Tn this struggle the Labor Press is one of the workers greatest assets.
 Let us pledge ourselves on Labor Day, 1922, to give the Labor Press that 100 per cent. support which it's loyalty to the workers cause sPlen- didly earns and deserves.
The Connecticut labor news., 1922-09-01
PRIVATE WARRANTS
 WANT FEDERAL AID

Washington, Sept. IA new form ot subsidy is being urged by owners ot prlVate war munitions plants They want the government to pay for the upkeep of these establishments until the next Emergency"
 Samuel Vouc1ain, president of the Baldwin Locomotive Works, is spokesman for these owners, who can find no peace-time use for their es- tablishments and they want Uncle Sam to take charge of them until time for another orgy of profteering
 It IS stated that there are I2 of these plants, some of them involving an investment of $Io,ooo, ,ooo. The prices that the government paid for war munitions permitted excessive profits and also allowed for sufficient funds to be set aside to pay for the investment The government has thus paid for these plants, but the private owners would now have the government protect their war profits by relieving them of the upkeep, that the plants may be maintained in con dltion unti lthe next war. Then the cry will again be heard: "The gov ernment must not interfere with pri- vat$ initiative"
 According to press comment, Sec retay of War Weeks favors the plan, which must be ind6rsed by congress- The war secretary IS quoted: "1f there is a war within 10 years 1t would be paying proposition for the government to subsidize the plants and keep them in operation"
The Connecticut labor news., 1922-09-01
Big Four Rank
 Will Give Shop
 Men S2,OOO,OOO

Washington, Sept. 1.-While other railway unions, including the four brotherhoods, are keeping "hands off, the shopmen's strike, they, neverthe- less, are coming to the aid of the striking crafts with money in consid- erable quantiteis, 1t was learned to- day.
 The five train service unions, com prising the four brotherhoods and the switchmen's union, have con- tributed a voluntary assessment of one days pay from a membership of approximately 5oo,ooo men, 1t was said in labor circles. At least s. GOO, 900 will be realized.
The Connecticut labor news., 1922-09-01
Strikes Bankrupt
 Chicago & Alton

Chicago, Sept. 1.-The Chicago & Alton railroad was placed in the hands of receivers by Federal Judge George A. Carpenter yesterday. The order was entered after attorneys for the road admitted it's insolvency. The railroads financial plight was at tributed by the attorneys to the de- crease in the earnings due to the coal strike and by the heavy extra ex- penses entailed in the shopmen's strike
The Connecticut labor news., 1922-09-01
Sprin gfeld Trolley.
 LabOrers Strike

Springfield, Mass, Sept I.-More than 75 laborers employed by the Springfield Street Railway CO. went out on strike this week when a de- mand for five cents an hour increase in pay was refused General Man ager Herbert C. Flanders of the com pany declared that the men compose a contingent of extra laborers The regualr laboring force did not strike.
The Connecticut labor news., 1922-09-01
SECESSIONISTS ROUTED.

New York, Sept. I-After two years litigation the national organ ization of Masters, Mates and Pilots of America have defeated secession ists who were using the same name as the bona fide union. The court ordered that the secessionists make no attempt to use this title.
The Connecticut labor news., 1922-09-01
Amtn her

Quoting the labor group, the De- partment of Labor bulletin continues: "In family of five this will mean an average possible expenditure per per son for clothing of $2.2I per month It will be clear Ito anyone that there are few places where decent housing can be had for $8.o4 per month, while $3.54 will hardly cover more than gas and electricity, with no allowances for winter fuel
 But the most significant fact is the insufhciency of the allowance for food. A monthly expenditure of $25.48 means 84.o cents per day. Assuming that the track laborer fam fly is normal, equivalent to 3.o5 adult males, this will mean the following allowances per day for the feeding of each member of the family:
The Connecticut labor news., 1922-09-01
NON-UNION MINERS KILL.

Olympic, Wash, Sept. IA record loss of life has resulted in attempts to operate coal mines in this state on a non-union basis since April I. The cost of life in proportoin to the amount focal mined has shown an mining this coal in dollars and cents has also risen in almost exact ratio.
The Connecticut labor news., 1922-09-01

ment unusual; Anderson and Graves in very fine novelty, and the Du- ponts, the dancing jugglers, are booked to. appear. The screen fea- ture vii lbe "The Speed Gir'' with pretty Bebe Daniels in star role.
The Connecticut labor news., 1922-09-01
Do Not Forget That WE DO JOB PRINTING
THE MAN WITH A WILLING HAND.

The man that tolls with eager pride, Cares for his family day and night, Creets them with kind and loving eyes
 highly honor and recognize He Is the whose willing hand Prosperity means to every land. The that doesn't care to roam Stays with his loving at home. A prayer sends the skies, With thankful, confidential eyes, He Is the whose willing hand Prosperity every land he man that always stays the same Without murmur takes the blame; The that smiles tho hard, Is the that carries a loving heart. He is the whose willing hand Prosperity means to every land. What would this life, with all its wealth. Amount to, fails his precious health9 His muscular arms laid feless there, We d die of hunger and despair. So he Is the whose willing hand Prosperity every land.
 Copyright, 1922, by DR. WILLIAM SCF1ELD
The Connecticut labor news., 1922-09-01

Trenton, N. J., Sept. I-Severa1 contractors are facing a strike of nod carriers because of refusal to pay tine going" rate of S7H cents an hour
The Connecticut labor news., 1922-09-01

Totals -----------------~---- 3-35 &
 IN Cents for Child'S Meal.
The Connecticut labor news., 1922-09-01
PROPAGANDA

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