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The Connecticut labor news., 1924-09-27
HALF STRIKES OF
 YEAR ARE WON
Most of Trouble In Northeastern
 United States.

Washington, Sept. N-C1ear cut
 victories for the employees resulted in
 the case of nearly 50 per cent. of the
 strikes which ended in the first quar-
 ter of 1924, according to reports re-
 ceived by the U. s. bureau of labor
 statistics. Employers, on the other
 hand, secured favorable settlements in
 less than 30 per cent. of the conflicts
 There were 308 strikes reported dur
 ing the first three months of the year of which 221 ended during the quarter. This compares with 273 strikes re- ported and 160 ended in the first quar- ter of 1923. In 1924 the bureau ascer- tained the result in the case of 184 strikes as follows: 88 in favor of the workers, 54 in favor of the boss, B compromised and nine in which the employees returned pending arbitra tion. !. -G.GL.-
 A glance at the location of these strikes shows that the industrial con hict was being fought chiefly east of the Mississippi and north of the Ohio and Potomac rivers. Of the sos dis putes 255 occurred in this region. The largest strike of the period was that of 10000 clothing workers in New York City against wage reduction, It in Vo1ved about 800 shops and ended sue cessfully after running 12 days. Two other strikes of clothing workers, one involving 4,500 and the other 5000, also ended successfully. Of the 308 strikes the clothing workers were responsible for 103, the building trades for AZ, miners for 45 and the textile industry for 26.
 Under the head of causes the re- port shows 56 strikes for wage in creases, 45 against wage decreases, 28 in regard to agreements, 21 over the question of the open vs. the closed shop, 24 involving the question of union recognition and 19 over the dis charge of employees.
 The number of persons was re- ported in connection with 207 of these strikes, a total of 105,480 being in- vo1ved.
The Connecticut labor news., 1924-09-27
Miners Rebuild Home
 Wrecked By Gun Men

Brady, w. Va, Sept. 27.-Fifteen thousand miners, their wives and chil- dren assembled at this place to dedi- cate their new building which will re- place the one wrecked last June by gun men of the Brady Goal company Sheriff Yost of this county made no effort to stay the thugs. Miners from Pennsylvania and Ohio joined in the gathering, which was the largest trade union assemblage in the history Of northern West Virginia. Samuel Brady, coal owner, who is attempting to establish the anti-union shop, was publicly notified that he would not succeed, even though his thugs burned the miners meeting place and evicted. strikers families from company shacl<s
The Connecticut labor news., 1924-09-27
TAXI co. WRECKED

St. Louis, Mo, Sept. 27.-The Brown Taxi Cab Company has taken over the Yellow Cab Company.
 In 1921 the Yellow company joined with other interests in a war on organ. ized labor After 21 months the Yellow signed an agreement with the union A change of management failed to repair the damage done, and this concern now passes info the hands of the Brown company, which took no part in the union busting campaign.
The Connecticut labor news., 1924-09-27
British Labor's Magma Charta Recalled By
 Trade UniOniSt

London, England, Sept .2o-"One
 hundred years ago British trade union
 ism became a legal possibility, but no
 meetings have been held, no demonstra- tons, and no expressions of thankful
 ness In respect of an act which did for the common people very much what Hagna Charta- did for the nobles. 5
 writes w, A. Appleton, secretary of the General Federation of Trade Unions, in the quarterly report of that organiza- ton.
 Perhaps this year of 1924 finds us
 too busy trying to discover why the
 millennium has not arrived-as the re-
 suit of the political changes which have
 taken place-to leave any time to sele-
 brate the centenary of the greatest Hb-
 erating event of all times" Secretary
 Appleton said
 T wonder whether many people req llze today how tragic were the indus trial conditions prior to the passage of the act of 1924? Not only were trade unions illegal institutions whose exist ence were condemnable by laws passed during centuries of feudal control and antagonistic legislation, but the penal ties against those who attempted to form trade unions were savagely draft ed and savagely executed.
 "ft was illegal even to hold meeting to consider wages or to collectively ap- proach an employer for the purpose of drawing his attention to wages, or hours, or working conditions. What ever then existed in the shape of trade 1 existed illicitly, in secret, and in fear. Whatever wages were agreed lpon were subject to wicked deprecia- ton through the truck system, which left the employer power to substitute 1 rubbish for cash,
 Times were as bad as bad could be ] People were almost mad with suffering. Comparisons between prices and wages indicate the depth to which the stan dard of existence had fallen for most of the people engaged in industry Inn provements were imperative, but i'm | provements were almost impossible in view of the brutal ignorance prevailing, of the legal restrictions and the culti- vated antagonisms.
 If there Is one thing above all others which trade unionists ought to rejoice over, and to celebrate, IS the of the passing of an act that repealed those laws which, for so many years, prevented any collective expres- sion of working-class opinion or any collective action on matters connected with employment, with wages and with conditions. The fact of these laws Is lar from us. One hundred years have ntervened The horrors and wickedness which these laws made possible have passed, and only few of us can now 5isualize their effect upon the lives of nen and women who worked.
 They were laws which silenced the ( oice of the millions of men and wo- 1 nen and little children who suffered , nder an expanding and rapidly chang ng industrial system, the horrors of { which were intensified by the inhumani- $ y of the accepted moral and economic I exceptions of the day" |
The Connecticut labor news., 1924-09-27
WOMEN FOES OF CHILD LABOR
 DEFEND FEDERAL AMENDMENT

Washington, Sept. 27.-Dehnitely
 contradicting certain statements oi
 child labor amendment opponents, and
 answering their cont tentions in detail the 18 national organizations compos-
 ing the women's committee for the
 children's amnedment have published a ratification text book for use in the
 state elections campaign.
 The women, the text book declares. have no illusions about the struggle before them. Opponents afe trying
 to defeat ratification, by spreading mis- information about the amendment and what 1t will do.
 The text book contradicts the amendment opponents on all of their main points. Setting forth what the amendment IS and does, the text book emphasizes what 1t, is not and does not do, among>pther points, these: The amendment Is an enabling act, not statute, To become effective it must be followed by a federal statute which congress at present is without power to enact, as demonstrated by two adverse decisions of the supreme court of the United States.
 It grants power to congress here after to make laws against the evploi- tation of childhood at premature or in furious labor.
 In other words, 1t enables congress to fix a federal minimum standard for the employment of children, mini mum determined by the majority sen ti1nent of the states, as expressed through their representatives in con gress.
 It enables congress to deal with in terstate exploitation which state laws cannot reach; where, for instance, eIn- p1oyers send work across state lines for children. to do, or employ children who for seasonal industries migrate from state to state.
 It makes 1t possible for high tand- ard industries and states with good child labor laws to protect their chill dren without the disadvantage of un- fair competition from low standard in dustries and backward states.
 But the amendment does not itself prohibit anything, and is not in itself a regulatory measure.
 Being a constitutional amendment, it is broad and general in its terms, as a constitutional amendment should be. It exempts no occupations-such as agriculture and domestic service (of which points the opposition seeks to make much)-because the place to make exemptions IS Tn the subsequent child labor law, not in the enabling act
 It prescribes no particular kind Of law for congress to enact, except that 1t fixes an upper age limit beyond which congress shall have no authority. 1
 It does not prohibit the labor of children up to IS years of age, nor loes. 1t contemplate federal law con aiming a general prohibition up to IS | 7ears Of age.
 It does make possible, however, fed | .ra1 a1ws similar to many existing tate laws, regulating employment Of ,oys and girs1 of 10 and l7, as well as he younger ones, in hazardous occu-
The Connecticut labor news., 1924-09-27

His opinion of the efforts made by
 the railroad shop workers to prevent
 the lowering of their living standards
 IS indicated in the following quotation,
 also from his Union League club spe ch
 In the country at large we rave
 seen labor unions emboldened by the
 supineness of the local authorities
 charged with the execution of the law not only encourage lawlessness in ac- ton but threaten by concerted action 10 tie up transportation and production 1n order to coerce the public through sui! fering to grant their demands.
 Under the laws of Illinois a state bank, about to be opened must have in its possession certain amount of cash William Lorir1er, then power in Illi- nois Republican politics, who was head of the LaSalle Street institution, se- cured S1,25O,000 from the Central Trust Company for a sufficient time to show it to the bank examiners agent TheI state authorities then permitted the bank to open, Whereupon the money :! was returned to the Central Trust Com pany Later the bank failed with heavy losses to depositors and stocl1h elders,
 When the Central Trust Company was being sued in this case one of itsI 1efenses, as stated in the c6urt records, 1 was that the entire transaction in ques- ton was done and carried out by Will fam R Dawes, the cashier of the trust | company, under the authority of Charles G. Dawes, its president, with put the knowledge or authority of the board of directors or executive com mittee'
 The. records of this case in the Su- preme Court together with the public appeal to the bar of Chicago made by an eminent Chicago lawyer in c6nnec- I ton with the case, shows the necessity for law enforccnaent and respect for tic law in high places and which Charles c. Dawes, Republican candidate for Vice President of the United States, finds 1t very convenient to ign6re in his public discussions.
 We believe that the people of the United States can not afford 10 run the risk of having Charles C. Dawes, by being elected Vice President become, through some turn of eventS, President of this great nation. We are not in ! huenced in this by the fact that he is a candidate of the Republican party, In- deed, this convention of the Illinois | State Federation of Labor has officially l declared that the Republican candidate for governor in this state should He elected
 "The files of the following publica- ions were used by the committee in this statement: The Chicago Journal of Commerce, November 10, 923; New York Times, April l, 1923; The First Fight of the Minute Men of he Constitution published by the Dawes organization, December, 1923; Judicial Misconduct in the Suit of the -reditors of the LaSalle Street Trust nd Savings Bang Against the Central rust Company of Illinois, published by Hiram T. Gilbert, and the Illinois Su reme Court reports. 1
The Connecticut labor news., 1924-09-27
ROYAL K. MEEKER RESIGNS

Harrisburg, Pa, Sept. 27.-Dr. Royal K. Meeker, head of the state depart ment of labor, has resigned. He was formerly connected with the interna- tional labor office of the League of Nations at Geneva. Prior to that he was United States commissioner of la bor Statistics from 1913 to 1920 by ap- pointment of President Wilson
The Connecticut labor news., 1924-09-27
MERIDEN
Meriden's Most Popular WOman's Store THE CHERNIACK co. Furs and WOmen's Apparel.
 
HELP DEVELOP MERIDEN"

HELP DEVELOP ABERDEEN" We. have loaned to the people of Mer1den over third of million dol lars in real estate mortgages. Deposit your. money in our Savings Department at 49o and make it possi- ble for us to continue this policy of assisting home builders in -Meriden. Commercial, Savings, and Trust De- partments 20 on checking account balances Q, over $looo The Puritan Trust Go. Meriden's Bank of Friendly Service C. E.. Schunack, Pres.
 w. g. Alexander, Treas.
 L. D. Dossin, Asst Treasurer
The Connecticut labor news., 1924-09-27

pations and at night work and for overlong hours.
 It gives congress no power that states do not now have.
 It takes away no power the states have to raise their child labor stand ards. s:-a
Seward daily gateway., 1924-11-24
OLD TIMERS GOING OUTSIDE

Many old timers are aboard the steamships these days, en route to the States, some for the first time since arriving in the Territory, and others making the:t annual pilgrnm- age to the white lights and warmer climes of the southern states. And for tLls we may thank the railroad, that common carr.er penetrating the nourt of Alaska and linking it to the Coast with bands oi steel. Before this important artery of travel was completed the traveller to the Coast from the Interior 10 the Coast by dog team, al a maximum of expense and minimum of comfort. So great was the expense that many oldtimers pre- ferrud to remain ins: lie and dream of home and fresh vegetables rather than undergo the risk and expense of the journey.
 Tooay all is changed. The pictur- esque cog team has been replaced by steam heated, electric-lighted, commo- dious Pullman cars; the taxi has talk en the place of the gee-pole. After reaching the railroad the traveller can loll back upon the cushions and watch the frozen scenery with the same satisfaction he would plate of beans at a Lucullus feast. Upon reaching the coast one steps aboard a palatial steamship, and after short pleasure trip lands in the port where Seattle Spirit is dispensed as lavishly as graft in the police department. Those of us who remember the old Excelsior, the Santa Ana, the Sena- tor, the Saratoga and the dozen and one small, uncomfortable vessels of the early nineties, can realize the magnificence and comfort of the present day boats.
 It formerly cost s150 to $2OO to
Seward daily gateway., 1924-11-24
Notice to Creditors
In Probate No. 9
ln the Probate Court for the Kodi

In the Probate Court for the Kodiak
 Precinct, Third Division, Territory
 of Alaska, before Hon. Sid S. Bett- man.
 In the Matter of the Estate of Char
 les Nelson, Deceased.
 Notice is hereby given by the un- derslgned, administrator of the estate of Charles Nelson, deceased, to the creditors of and all persons having claims against the said deceased, to exhibit such claims, with the neces- sary vouchers, within six months aft CT the date of the first publication of this notice, to the said administrator at the office of John F. Coffey, at torney at law, Kodiak, Alaska, which office and place the undersigned se- lects as his place of business in all matters connected with the said es- tate of Charles Nelson, deceased.
 WILLIAM RUTSCHOW, Administrator of the Estate of Char
 les Nelson, deceased.
 John F. Coffey, Attorney for the Ad-
 ministrator.
 Dated and first published at Seward,
 Alaska, this 17th day of October,
 1914. Daily-Mon. 5t
Seward daily gateway., 1924-11-24
Late Hotel ArriuaLs

Hotel Seward-A Moore, Anchorage
 Hotel Van Gilder-James O'Brien, Anchorage; Jack Tritt, Juneau; Rob- ert Carlson, Skilak; Frank Knight, Joe Motayu, Howard c. Scott, W. g.. Jones.
 Hotel Sexton-A. H. Young, w. w.. Kelly, Jack Robertson.
 Hotel Overland-Mrs. Lena Col burn, Fairbanks; Mrs. w. J. Barker, Livengood; Mrs. Alma Boyle and daughter, Anchorage; Arthur Me Gowan and wife, Fairbanks; R. c. Gehling, Mile 23; M. J. Maritz, An chorage; H. M. Lynch, city.
Seward daily gateway., 1924-11-24
HERRING RUN ON SELDOVIA

Passengers on the Redondo re port big run of herring striking in this week at Seldovia. McIvor & McNab of the Midnight Sun Packing Go. shipped out 80 barrels on the Re dondo, the fish being large and of superior quality. The Everett Pa cific also are putting up a large pack.
Seward daily gateway., 1924-11-24

September quarterly payments to 2,229 Osage Indians in Oklahoma on account of returns from oil lands will amount to $500 each, which makes $500 per capita they have received so far this year.
Seward daily gateway., 1924-11-24

get from Fairbanks to Seward and required nearly a months time. To- day the trip is made for $28.50 and two days time.
 Is it any wonder that every old timer takes advantage of the cheap rates and goes Outside. Of course they return in the Spring, but we doubt very much if the pleasure they realize from the trip is as great as the anticipation.
 Conditions change with the rest of llS
Seward daily gateway., 1924-11-24

James E. Wilson, the boss freight CT, formerly of Valdez, has been awarded big tie contract at Indian. MT. Wilson visited Seward last week.
Seward daily gateway., 1924-11-24

The City Market of Anchorage is receiving tri-weekly shipments of rein- deer meat. It is said to sell cheaper than beef and is of fine quality.
Seward daily gateway., 1924-11-24

Steve Melchoir and Bob Carlson left today for the Melchoir ranch on Skilak lake.
Seward daily gateway., 1924-11-24

Jerry Protzman, lineman, wno has been in town for the past week left on yesterdays train.
Seward daily gateway., 1924-11-24

Eastman Kodak Agency, Schaller- CTS Alaska Shop. If.
Seward daily gateway., 1924-11-24

Fresh cigars and tobaccos at Schal- lerer's Alaska Shop. If.
Seward daily gateway., 1924-11-24
EASTERN STAR TO MEET

The local chapter Easter Star will meet tonight. All members are re- quested to attend. Initiation.
Seward daily gateway., 1924-11-24

FOR SALE-New Electric Sewing
 Machine, $40, Ericson's Paint Shop.
Seward daily gateway., 1924-11-24

Miss Dorothy Olson of Juneau be- came the bride of J. Sadler last week at the capital city. Mrs. Olson has lived in Juneau the past ten years and the groom is at present bookkeeper at the Juneau First Ma tional Bank
Seward daily gateway., 1924-11-24

Unable to stop prairie fire, near New Orleans, employees of the Atlas Powder Company, saved big maga- zine by hastily digging wide ditch around in and flooding it with water.
Seward daily gateway., 1924-11-24

Dan Kennedy, in charge of tourist travel at Mckinley Park, left on yes terday's train for Anchorage.
Seward daily gateway., 1924-11-24
Classified Advertising

Three room cabin for rent; See Mrs
 Cooper. tf
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1924-09-18
SAYS EARLY SPAWNING
MEANS EARLY WINTER

The early spawning of trout this
season is an Indication of early win
ter, according to w. E. Binko, who
was recently a Missoula visitor from
his outing ranch in the Blackfoot val
ley. Mr.. Binko operates a private
hatchery together with his other in
terests in the Blackfoot region.
He said that the Dolly Warden
trout had already started to go up
the smaller streams to spawn, that
they usually spawn earlier than the
native brook trout. The indications
are that the brook trout will start
spawning about the middle of Oc-
tober, he said.
Mr.. Binko states that there are
conditions of water that give the
fish warning of climatic conditions,
and that when there is an early win
ter the trout always spawn earlier in
the season..
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1924-09-18

of 294 were held and these were wit
messed by 5,613. The Smith-Hughes
men were called upon to make $50
veterinary calls and they v~accinated
1870 animals.
Miscellaneous duties of the agri-
cultural instructors included the
writing of 1857 personal letters and
over $4,000 copies of circular letters,
preparing 873 newspaper articles,
making 1872 field trips, distribution
of 44,400 pounds of gopher poison
and 514,175 pounds of grasshopper
poison, answering 1855 special calls
from farmers, finding work for 373
men, testing 1908 samples of cream
and milk, inducing 1873 young men
to attend school who would other
wise not have done SO, supervising
the construction of s6,429.85 worth
of articles in teaching shop work,
articles valued at S3,169.30
through repairs, and assisting $50
rural teachers in teaching agricul-
In addition more than SO
farmers received instruction in win
ter courses in auto mechanics and
machine repairing.
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1924-09-18
PEANUTS ENTER LIST OF
STAPLE FOODS; USE OF
PEANUT BUTTER GROWS

A generation ago peanuts were
looked upon as a luxury, to be eaten
on circus day or fed to the elephant
and the monkeys, but had no place
in the daily diet of the nation. Today,
statistics show that the use of pea
nuts in the form of peanut butter has
reached a point where it may be con
sidered as a staple.
A large portion of the peanut but
ter consumed in Montana is manu-
featured in Seattle from nuts i'm
ported for this purpose, those being
selected which have just the right
proportion of oil. The nuts are
thoroughly roasted, shelled and the
brown inner skin and the germ re-
moved to prevent any bitter taste
and to keep the product from becom-
ing rancid, and then the nuts are
ground.
The peanut butter as it leaves the
grinding machine is put into con-
tanners and packed ready for ship
ment. The Rogers company which is
the largest manufacturer of this pro-
duct in the Pacific northwest, packs
all of it's output in bright colored tin
containers, which are sealed so that
there is no chance for contamination
or deterioration. Their "School Boy"
peanut butter is widely known
throughout Montana, and large ship
ments of it come into the state every
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1924-09-18
Wo men Now Using
Blind Baggages Vanity
Cases Find Place ON
P. Brake Rods %

That the female of the hobo
species is becoming more and more
prevalent along the great steel
highways, is the opinion of offic-
ers of the Northern Pacific at Liv-
ingston. Within a space of "a hours
+, recently two trains passing through
that city gave evidence of having
passengers of the supposedly gen
tier sex occupying choice positions
where usually none but members of
the sterner sex nay be found.
Perhaps the most suspicious evil
dence that a woman had been riding
a train was in hand when the night
officer found on the blind baggage
a woman's vanity case in which was
concealed a quantity of homemade
fudge and a dainty linen handker-
chief. Neither the vanity case nor
the handkerchief provided marks that
might lead to the identity of the
owner.
The next call was for an officer to
go to the tunnel and board and search
an incoming freight train on which
II NoO ooopCtSCu NClC wv SlAio NAO
had escaped from the state vocation
al school at Helena. An officer made
the trip and his first proof that the
girls were or rather had been on the
train was when he saw them headed
across a field. The start that the
youngsters had on the officer gave
him a chase of a mile and a half be-
fore the first n vas captured, the
second waiting and giving herself up
when the officer and her partner in
the escape returned the scene of
.leavetaking.
One of the girls was IA years of
age and had been committed from
Livingston recently because of
incorrigibility, it is said, and the 9TH
er was a is years old miss whose
home previously had been at Laurel.
The girls were provided with food
and warm clothing and returned to
Helena.