Thursday, March 11, 2010

Brazil Celebrates Independence

November 28, 2009 by Flapper  
Filed under South America

BRAZIL celebrates her one hundredth anniversary of independence on September 7. The nations of the world will join with her on that date in making the occasion worthy of such a historic event.

Strikes and the Nation – Part 2

November 27, 2009 by Flapper  
Filed under Industry

An interview with the American people on what do these strikes mean and how to avoid them in the future – Part 2

Herrin Mine Murders

November 26, 2009 by Flapper  
Filed under Law and Order

Two months after the atrocious wholesale murder of workers in and about the Herrin mines the course of justice has proceeded so far as to obtain from a Grand Jury one individual indictment… The country is watching Herrin; it knows that a great crime was committed; it will not be content until the guilty are brought to justice.

End of the Anthracite Coal Strike

November 26, 2009 by Flapper  
Filed under Industry

AFTER five months of diplomacy and conference, an agreement has been reached between the hard-coal miners and operators. Final confirmation by a tri-district convention of the United Mine Workers remains to be secured, and almost surely will be before this is read.

The Railway Strike of 1922

November 26, 2009 by Flapper  
Filed under Industry

Great commotion has been caused in labor circles by the issuance of the sweeping injunction by Judge Wilkerson, of the Federal District Court in Chicago. It restrains the striking railway shopmen, their unions, and the labor unions affiliated with them in the American Federation of Labor, from interfering directly or indirectly with the operation of the railways.

France wants Gold – not Paper Money

November 26, 2009 by Flapper  
Filed under Finance

With the firmness of the money market the only disturbing factor in the present financial situation. Wall Street has been somewhat concerned over reports from Paris that the Bank of France will convert a material portion of its enormous holdings of foreign exchange into gold.

Strikes and the Nation – Part 1

November 25, 2009 by Flapper  
Filed under Industry

An interview with the American people on what do these strikes mean – Part 1

1922 Coal Strikes

November 25, 2009 by Flapper  
Filed under Industry

A review of the economic, political, and social results of the dual U.S. coal strikes of 1922

1922 Railway Strike

November 25, 2009 by Flapper  
Filed under Industry

A review of the economic, political, and social results of the U.S. railway strike of 1922

Railroad and Coal Strikes

November 25, 2009 by Flapper  
Filed under Industry

A review of the economic, political, and social results of the great US strikes of 1922

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