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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1916
Page
1
Congress may act on a strike situation as critics urge prompt government action. Lawmakers consider rapid measures to address a stalled labor dispute and protect public services.
Washington action lines form as 400000 railroad workers vote to strike while President Wilson and Commissioner Chambers discuss at the White House. Hearings loom on labor hours with Newlands resolution as Senate committee eye investigations and a possible presidential appeal to both sides to avert disruption.
More than 400000 railroad employees cast ballots with 70 percent in favor of a strike. Timothy Sistant of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen led the vote count. Eastern and southern rail lines largely complete. western ballots due Saturday. Leaders vow to resume talks with managers by Tuesday as strike plans advance. Recommendations to the federal government noted with continued coverage on page 12.
A former Butte police officer is reported to have fatally shot two men, with details and local reactions shaping the ongoing investigation and public safety concerns in the city.
San Francisco August 3 District Attorney C M Fickert released letters from Thomas J Mooney indicating plans to import direct action reds from other cities to incite labor turmoil. Mooney urged contact with I W W leaders and asked for hot blooded men to join unions and foment mutinies. Julius Kohn was jailed on a charge of serious case in connection with the preparedness parade and sudden accident.
Spokane reports the Northern Express Company found guilty of importing intoxicating liquor into the state under labeled packages. A driver, A. Russ, convicted for possessing excess liquor, fined. The Spokane hotel raid of July 21 prompted earlier $1,200 penalties for owner and staff. All convictions appealed.
New York officials report a canvass of garment workers votes shows overwhelming support to end the strike. Balloting from 10 halls indicates a 10 to 1 pro proportion in favor of accepting the amended agreement and resuming work by Monday.
The common wealth has issued a blacklist of American firms. Trading with these arms is prohibited. The notice cites Australia and London in relation to the embargo and marks 3:35 a.m. as a timestamp context.
New committees of pathologists and bacteriologists from across the country were named to study infantile paralysis, as deaths and new cases surged. The 24 hour toll reached 217 new cases and 48 deaths, with the death rate now 20 percent of reported cases. A second panel will devise prevention methods, with leaders from Rockefeller Institute, Harvard, Johns Hopkins, and Tulane among others. In New York state, six fatalities and 38 new cases were reported outside New York City, totaling 51 deaths and 545 cases.
Jersey City authorities sent 105 policemen to inspect trains entering the city for munitions and explosives after a railroad refused to halt shipments. The resolution follows a major fire and explosion on Black Tom Island. Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania, Erie and Delaware, Lackawanna & Western railroads agreed to stop explosives, while Central Railroad of New Jersey warned it would seek city damages for enforcement.
Copenhagen reports that the conservative party which previously rejected selling the Danish West Indies in 1910s is not opposed to a sale now. Those who invested in the islands and improved St Thomas are said to make no objections to transfer to the United States.
Berlin officials announced via telegram that the German food regulation board has abolished the prohibition on the use of potatoes as fodder. The adjustment was reported from Berlin through Reuter's Amsterdam correspondent.
London reports the Italian mail steamer Letimbro sunk by a submarine. Twenty eight survivors reached Malta and two boats with more survivors arrived at Syracuse. The ship carried 87 crew and 118 passengers, including women and children, with many lives lost in a prolonged chase and bombardment that smashed five lifeboats.
Middlesboro Kentucky news notes the Blair Creek flood in California County Tennessee, showing slow subsidence and a ten mile reach to the mouth. Four bodies recovered so far as rescue teams assess wider devastation with homes washed away and water climbing hillside.
Jacob Hakala, ex patrolman, shot Henry Hendrickson and Frank Warda at a Butte saloon after a dispute. He claimed the killing was not premeditated, was arrested at once, and held on first degree murder charges. Witnesses call the killings cold blooded.
Indianapolis reports a revived Bull Moose effort to sustain the Progressive party as a national entity. Plans call for electoral tickets in states with remaining organization cores, nominating John M Parker of Louisiana for vice president and aiming to balance a close election. The conference names Edwin M Lee, A D Norton, Bainbridge Coty, C F Hoffman, Harold Morse, and C W McClure to the executive committee.
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