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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-07-09
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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-07-09
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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-07-09

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The Connecticut labor news., 1924-12-27
MINE OPERATORS
 FOR COAL STRIKE x EARLY IN SPRING
Pro6teers Seeking to Gouge Public Through Workers
 Once More.

Indianapolis, Dec. 27.-The average miner knows that if he worked for nothing, there would be no more coal sold, Ellis Searles, editor of the United Mine Workers Journal, writes in dis cussing the plan of bituminous coal owners to force strike.
 Tt develops that certain soft coal operators, unable to make profits that they thought they should make, are seeking some other way to garner big dividends To this end they are hope fully working toward a general strike in the industry next spring" Editor Searles said.
 President Lewis is cognizant of this situation. The United Mine Workers as an organization is aware of it. The only other alternative to a strike is a reduction of wages to the 1917 level which means a cut of 30 per cent or more below the prevailing scale.
 If this effort, led by the non-union crew of soft coal producers, IS sue cessful, it means that a general drive against wage scales in other basic industries will follow.
 But the miners are going to stand pat on the agreement made at Jack sonville The average miner is of the opinion that if he has to starve to death he will not do it working fol those who wish to starve him.
 There is just SO much coal con. stunned in the course of year ane nothing will induce extra sales.
 "But if the non-union coal oper- ators could force strike next year in some of the organized fields ii would enable other producers to profit by the local shortage through rising prices and give all producers chance to build up their profits when the mines did resume. It's neat little scheme to p1under the public and make the union coal miners the goat. l should not be permitted to pass un challenged"
The Connecticut labor news., 1924-12-27
Strike Vote Brings Wage Increase to
 Enginenen
By International Labor News Service.

By International Labor News Service.
 Chicago, Dec. 27-The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Bremen and Enginemen have demonstrated that the display of a little sand ob- tains much better results that appeals to and arguments before the United States Railroad Labor Board.
 The employees in engine service waited for two years for the board to give consideration to a case involving the trainmen and conductors on the Chicago & Alton railroad, settlement of which would clear the way for con- sideration of the demand of hte en- gineers and fremen for an increase in wages on that road.
 The management of this road kept putting the engineers and hremen of with the plea that it was waiting on the Railroad Labor Board to act on
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The Connecticut labor news., 1924-12-27
Dawes Corn111uter Subjects Mail to
 High Heaven

By International Labor News Service.
 Chicago, Dec. 27.-Many people III Chicago are deriving great deal ot as result of the loud walls of the feudal subjects of Charles G. Dawes, baron of the Gold Coast. Righ # on the heels of the announcement by the United State Railroad Labor Board that the Chicago and Northwestern Rail- way Company should pay its engineers and hremen per cent, increase ln wages, with changes in the working rules, which, it is said, will have the eff feet of acting as a string to the alleged increase, the railway company amour ces to the shocked denizens of the aris- tocratic North Shore district that 1t in tends to ask the Illinois Commerce Commission for 20 per cent, increase in suburban passenger fares.
 The subjects of Baron Dawes are Ill a state of rebellion all along the line, and indignation meetings are being held in every country town served by the Chicago & Northwestern, including elite and sanctified Evanston, the baronial stronghold of Hell-an' Maria.
 It is not known whether the baron will mobilize his comic opera army,
The Connecticut labor news., 1924-12-27
Automatic Train Control Might Have
 Saved Lives of 113

By International Labor News Service.
 Washington, D. C., Dec. N.-Auto- matic train control devices, installation of which is being fought by the rail roads, might have prevented 50 acci- dents and saved the lives of 1i3 persons in the year ending June 30, the Inter State Commerce Commission declares in its annual report.
 After reporting progr~ss in the install Ylation of automatic train control work the commission says that for the year ended June 30 100 collisions and derail- ments were investigated, in which 245 persons were killed and 1,501 injured. Of these it finds that under adequate automatic train control SO might have been prevented and that those 50 were responsible for~ehe deaths of 113 per sons and the injury of 78O.
 The railroads, which had rather pay big dividends than spend part of the di- vidend money in safeguarding their em- ployes and passengers, have been fight ing the installation of automatic train control devices on the ground of ex- penses involved. In several instances they have been successful in securing postponements of the dates on which train control systems must be installed.
The Connecticut labor news., 1924-12-27
CHILDREN BUREAU REPORT SHOWS NEED
 OF PROPOSED LAW
of Legislature Next Week Signal for Drive for
 Amendment.

With the opening of the Legislature next week special efforts must be made to ensure the ratification of the pro- posed Child Labor Amendment. Even if Connecticut has pretty fair laws other states have not and 1t is most necessary therefore that Connecticut add its sanction to the amendment A report of the Children's Bureau shows the need. It follows:
 National attention to the prevention of sex delinquency among children is urged by Grace Abbott, chief of the Children's Bureau of the U. s. Depart ment of Labor, in her annual report for the fiscal year, 1924, made public today.
 There is no field of child study more important or more neglected than this," Miss Abbott states. "The Chil- dren's Bureau has received many re- quests during the last year to under take research with reference to the prevention of sex delinquency among children and methods of care for those who have become delinquent. Local communities desire not only facts as to successful handling of these conduct problems in this and other countries but help through consultation by quail fled experts" The Children's Bureau has ample authority under the act oi Congress creating the bureau to under take this work, Miss Abbott states but no appropriation available.
 Another recommendation stressed by
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The Connecticut labor news., 1924-12-27
BRICKLAYERS IN
 NEW HAVEN MAKE
 CHRISTMAS MERRY
Distribute Clothing and Foods Among Widows and Orphans and
 Aged Pensioners.

The spirit of Peace on Earth and Good Will Toward Men is strong in Organized Labor circles everywhere at Christmas time but 1t remained for Local No. 6, Bricklayers and Plaster CTS of New Haven to make sure that the spirit meant something to the widows and orphans of their former members and to such aged pensioners as remain on their lists.
 That the local did so is amply at tested in many home today where while Christmas might have been Christmas in name only it was in re- a1ity happy and merry day. For committees appointed several weeks ago had gone about quietly checking up the widows and orphans of their former comrades and looking up the old pensioners also and sureptiously making up list of things that might bring happiness or comfort even to the 1 less fortunate
 With that accomplished a committee started about on Christmas eve and distributed clothing, shoes, coal, bas- kets of turkeys and the fttin's to the widows and orphans and such things
 as would add to their comfort to the aged pensioners. As a result no mem
 Der or dependent of former member of Local went without, Christmas
 cheer this year. The committee who
 had the work in charge consisted of President James Cavanaugh, Business
 Agent George Cook, Michael White,
 James O'Brien, Peter Bonn, Edward
 O'Rourke and William Rich. Both
 they and the local deserve and have
 been getting full praise for their kindly
 act.
The Connecticut labor news., 1924-12-27

The new president is 51 years of age. His home IS in Coshocton, Ohio. He is of English-Welsh parentage He has served as secretary-treasurer of the United Mine Workers since 1913, and has been active in the cause of orga- nized labor for B years He served four years in the Ohio state senate, where he sponsored the present Ohio workmen's compensation law. This act has placed the state in charge of com pensation for industrial deaths and in juries and has made it impossible for the private liability companies to do business in Ohio. The law is used as model by the A. F. of L. in urging the passage of compensation legislation i'll other states and in the district of Columbia.
 MT. Noonan has been president of the Brotherhood of Electrical Workers for six years. He was vice president for 13 years and has been a member of his union since its inception Last year he, together with Timothy Healy. president of the International Brotherhood of Stationary Bremen and Oilers, repre- sented the A F. of L. at the world su- perpower conference, held in London During the Spanish-American war Mir Noonan served as regular army cav airy man in Cuba and the Philippines.
 Messrs Green and Noonan are stanch trade unionists and are rigid ad- herents to the belief sthat the workers road to better day is through educa- !. ton and organization.
The Connecticut labor news., 1924-12-27
Locked-Out Miners In Need; Shoes and
 Clothing Required
By International Labor New. s.

By International Labor News Serviee.
 Indianapolis, Ind, Dec. H.-The United Mine Workers of America is confronted with serious situation in the Kanawha Valley coal region in West Virginia, where thousands of miners and their favimlies have been evicted from company-owned homes. The miners have been locked out since the first of April and are penniless.
 The international union is supplying these miners with food at cost of several thousand dollars day, but is unable, of course, to provide the un- fortunates with shoes and clothing. The locked out men and their families are occupying barracks provided by the union, but are sadly in need of clothing and shoes. An appeal has been sent out by Percy Tetlow, presi- dent of the district, and Will C.. Thompson, the secretary-treasurer. Reports received at the international union here indicate that the appeal is being generally needed by union orr ganizations over the country.
 The coal companies used the oldl time czaristic methods of trying toI break the strike. Heads of families were notified that unless they returned to work within five days at reduc- ton in wages and without any unior recognition they would be removed with their families, from their home without further process, legal q otherwise.
 This edict was carried out by band of men posing as detectives, heavi armed, and in some cases accompanie by bloodhounds to terrorize the miner The action created the bitterest feelings and to prevent bloodshed t officials of the miners appealed to t governor and the attorney gener The latter issued an opinion whi
 (Continued on page four)
The Connecticut labor news., 1924-12-27
Kentucky Miners
 Wage Long Fight
 Against Low Wage
By International Labor News Service.

By International Labor News Service.
 Indianapolis, Ind, Dec. H-Miners in District g, Kentucky, are faced with reality and not theory, accord ing to information received at head quarters of the international union here. The men have been on strike at the mines in Hillside, Ky, since last April. Operators refused to sign the Jacksonville agreement and opened the mines with scab labor and at wages at which workers could scarcely make 3 living.
 When the men struck in April they were receiving 75 cents ton for coal loading; mule drivers received $6.95 day; track layers $o.SS5; common day labor, $6.59; outside labor, $6.O6, The operators offered the following wages which are now being paid to the non-union workers: Loading, 46 cents a ton; mule driving, $40 a day; track laying, $4.35; common day labor, $4Oo; outside labor, -2.56 day.
 The miners living costs are sub stantially as follows: House rent, $1O to SIS month; coal, $460 load 1; flour, $1.35 bag; meat, 35 to 45 cents pound meal, 45 cents a peck; coffee, 45 cents pound; sugar, IS cents a pound; eggs, 60 cents dozen; butter, 60 cents a pound; potatoes, 50 cents a peck; lard, $10 stand.
 At those prices and at the wages offered by the operators the average miner would have scarcely enough left after paying for tool sharpening powder, etc., to buy but few groceries mot to mention shoes and clothing doctors bills, school books and little extra comfort. One miner told off cials that he had two children, his wife l (Continued on Page Four.)
The Connecticut labor news., 1924-12-27
Swiss Exports Increase Under
 8-Hour Day

By International Labor News Service.
 Washington, D. C., Dec. 2.-Despite prophecies by employers and govern ment executives alike that the 8-hour workday would prove the economic ruin of Switzerland, the Swiss are far ing very well under the 8-hour day.
 The prophecies of disaster were made when the Swiss voted in Febru- ary for the retention of the S-hour day. Since the referendum the export figures have risen steadily every month, according to reports received in Washington.
 Swiss exports declined after the war but began to increase with the begin ming of this year. Now there is a fall in the number of unemployed and of short time workers; at the end of March there were still 1880 unem- ployed; at the end of April only 16,700.
 During the first quarter of 1924 the export figures for dyes alone have risen 20 per cent; the export of cotton and woolen goods have also risen con- siderably. The watch export has in- creased from 40 to AS million francs in value, and that of machinery from s to 41.3 millions. Other articles of export show similar increases.
 Many industries, such as embroid- cry, which were almost completely stagnant, have now recovered, and are employing large numbers of workers. Other factors, no doubt, have entered into this growth of prosperity, but one thing is certain, and that is that the 8-hour day has not formed an obstacle to it.
The Connecticut labor news., 1924-12-27
lELECRAPHERS CAST BIG VOTE AGAINST
 COMPANY UNION"
Workers Give Notice They Oppose Employers Fake Repre-
 sentation' Scheme.
By Staff Correspondent, International
 Labor News Service.

0y otaH SorFeSPonoent, lntefnatfonai
 Labor News Service.
 Chicago, Dec. 27.-The Order of Railroad Photographers has won sig nal victory oyer the management of the Pennsylvania Railroad Tabulation of a secret ballot taken by the tele- graphers on this system shows that 4,2o8 were in favor of representation Dy the O. R. T. in wage negotiations, as against SIS for the company union"
 The result showed that 2,834 of the eelegraphers failed to vote, but even at that the bona fde union received a majority of 756 out of the 7,760 ballots mailed out by the United States Rail- road Labor Board. The ballots were received and counted by the board in Chicago.
 There has been a three-cornered dis pute between the Pennsylvania Rail- road management, the Order of Rail road Photographers, and the Railroad
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The Connecticut labor news., 1924-12-27
NO DIRTY DOLLARS

Samuel Gompers frugal and managed to save $3O,- 900 during hls and lite.
 have from time to tune, lntmated that while represent ing organized labor all these busy
 the probate show that 0ompers ot where the widow personal belongings cash amounting lOOOO he reaIe S at $ZO,OOO.
 hls,ory Samuel Gonnpers that he had money him and free from a taint
 
 he had enemies from time, time, but not one scrap evidence indicating he hadn been hls
 drty the savings of Samuel Com pers-N Leader.
The Connecticut labor news., 1924-12-27
WILLIAM GREEN, NEW PRESIDENT
 OF A. F. OF L,
WILLIAM GRREE N By Staff Correspondent, International Labor News Service.

Indianapolis, Ind, Dec. 27.-Before leaving for his home i'll Coshocton, Ohio, to spend the holidays with his family, William Green, newly elected successor to Samuel Gompers as presi dent of the American Federation ot Labor, gave hte following statement to International Labor News Service:
 My resignation as secretary-treas- urer of the United Mine Workers will be submitted to the executive board January TO-
 "1he experience which has come to me inspires my heart with mingled feelings of regret and earnest hope. It has been long road from the coal mine where I worked many years to the presidency of hte American Fed eration of Labor. I have formed many friendships and acquaintances during this life experience, and l regret that the end of my oficcial relationship with the United Mine Workers has come. It pulls nightly at the heart strings.
 T certainly hope that as an advocate of the philosophy, the creed, and the principles of organized labor I may give helpful and efficient service in this new position. It will be my con stant aim and definite purpose to pro- mote the common welfare and the best interests of the workers of the land.
 Together let us strive to raise the standard of living to further the cause of collective bargaining, to organize and educate the unorganized workers of our country, and to secure for the masses of the people the enjoyment oi full measure of freedom, justice and democracy. ...
 "In the spirit of the organized labor movement, as reflected through the trade unions of America, I assume the : responsibilities, obligations, and dutie: as president of the American Fedora ton of Labor"