Railroad wage demands surface as unions loom
A committee works as Northern Pacific engineers and Great Northern firemen prepare to press for wage increases. Montana division delegates include Kalispell’s P C Carrail H S Landid J L Horsey. Great Falls O F Whitehead Herbert J Pierce Havre’s Joseph Weeu John Harding. A union-driven scheduling move and rail traffic boom pressure likely spur talks ahead of fall grain and cattle shipments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Northern Railroad Company
St. Paul
Montana
P. C. Carrail
H.S. Landid
J. L. Horsey
Kalispell
O. F
Whitehead
Herbert J. Pierce
Great Falls
Joseph Weeu
John Harding
Havre
Northern Pacific
Railroads Move to Form National Employment Bureau
The plan aims to unite railroads to meet rising union demands by creating a national employment bureau. It lists unionized rail workers across crafts and positions. Promoters claim profits justify the move and pledge non confrontational cooperation, with open shop policy once enacted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau of Employment
Ultmate
Theatrical Ties Loot Pacific Coast Route This Fall
The Minneapolis Times notes heavy northern transcontinental theatrical business this fall and winter as companies plan long coast trips. Higher transport bills and stricter baggage rules may cut barn stormers, while strong Seattle Portland Spokane markets and four figure showings at towns like North Yakima suggest revenue from Pacific tours will exceed prior years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Twin Cities
Pacific Coast
Pacific
Seattle
Portland
Spokane
San Francisco
Patrick Campopeil
Nat Goodwin
Anna Held
David Warfield
North Yakima
Lincoln car sold by Union Pacific for St Louis expo
The Union Pacific sold the Lincoln car built in 1864 in Alexandria Virginia for President Lincoln. Armor plate was added for bullet protection and the vehicle carried the president to his Springfield funeral. It has been in Union Pacific ownership for 37 years and shown at Chicago 1893 and the Trans Mississippian exposition in Omaha.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Pacific
St. Louis
Alexandria
Lincoln
Springfield
Omaha
Butchers' Union Picnic Schedule and Fares
The Butchers Union Picnic will be held August 19 with trains from Butte at 8 20 a m and returning from Deer Lodge at 9 p m Fare from Butte is 1 00 for adults and 50 cents for children aged 5 to 11 Picnickers from Anaconda should depart at 8 40 a m and connect at Durant with the Butte picnic train fare from Anaconda 1 25 and 65 cents for children 5 to 11 W H Merriman general agent
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte
Deer Lodge
Anaconda
Durant
W. H. Merriman
Oregon Short Line Sells Round Trip Tickets Butte to Huntington
On September 1 and 15 the Oregon Short Line offers a single fare round trip from Butte to all stations including Shoshone Idaho and Hunting ton Oregon with Boise stopovers. Return valid for 15 days from sale date. Rates available at 105 North Main Street Butte Mont. H O Wilson General Agent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oregon Short Line
Butte
Shoshone
Idaho
Huntington
Ore
Boise
Snake River
Fruit and Agricultural District
Short Line
North Main Street
Mont
H. O. Wilson
Week Ending Excursions Via Great Northern Railway
Round trip Basin or Boulder good going Saturday or Sunday returning until Monday. 1.15 dollar round trip Basin or Boulder good going and returning on Sunday. 1.00 Alhambra and return good going Saturday or Sunday returning. Ticket office 41 North Main Street, Butte. W. R. Meech, C. F. & T. A.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boulder
Alhambra
Aegeence
North Malin Street
Butte
Prizes Attract Crowds To Columbia Gardens Sunday
Ten thousand visitors packed Columbia Gardens with record Sunday crowds. The Boston Montana band performed, Ella Ewing and Lolita drew attention, and events such as rock drilling and duck chasing provided prizes and spectacle. The duck contest ended in a draw. a $100 rock drilling prize was shared after accidents. A colored camp meeting drew a large crowd. Obituaries note Michael O Malvey, Emil A Sundquist, and John Finnegan acquired Owl pharmacy with accounts payable to him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia Gardens
Boston & Montana Band
Ella Ewing
Lolita
Morris Rowe
Thomas Uren
John Shea
Shea
Rowe
W. H. Tucker
Dick Treleven
James Bath
Stone Frickson
Adolph Heilbronner
Michael Davey
Harry Rodda
Davey
Rodda
Railway to Gregson Springs Announces Weekly Round-Trips
Beginning Saturday May 23 and every Saturday after until further notice the B A P railway sets round trip rates to Gregson Springs Anaconda to Gregson and return 50 cents Butte to Gregson and return 80 cents Tickets valid on all trains from noon Saturdays to noon Mondays Walter Theodore infant son of Mr Joseph Whitehead died yesterday at the family residence 121 South Arizona Street
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gregson Springs
Anaconda
Gregson
Butte
Walter Theodore
Joseph Whitehead
South
Arizona Street
Corks Mayor Fitzgerald a Corker in Cork City
Dublin reports Lord Mayor Fitzgerald of Cork is a builder by trade and a political figure famed for bold municipal contracts. A royal favorite, he is said to be created a baronet by King Edward and is known for blunt humor and bold handling of royal visitors. He vows to visit London in October.
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Dublin
Fitzgerald
Cork
Edward
New York Bowery Order
Prince Henry
Prussia
Emperor William
Duke of Connaught
Countess of
Bandon
London
Woman Hodge Named in Salt Lake City Murder Case
Mrs Hodge arrested in Salt Lake City for the murder of William X Ryan a traveling spectacle peddler. Conductor Gray and a porter identified her as a passenger on the Short Line from Salt Lake City to Butte. She fled to Iowa then Michigan after confessing to hiring Ryan. Police suspect robbery motive and an accomplice hunted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gray
Short Line
Jarrett
Butte
Hodge
Salt Lake City
Ryan
Tran
Beaver
Thie City
Iowa
M.chisan
Ogaen
Clock Stopped by Pigeon at St Mark's Church Steeple
New York August 16 A pigeon tangled in a kite string caused the clock atop St Mark's church to misbehave last Sunday. Assistant sexton Rob Roefs freed the bird as a crowd watched. The clock then ran normally again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
St. Mark’s Church
Second Avenue
Tenth Street
Robi Roefs
Reefs
Sexton
Mr. Reefs
Peter Stuyvesant
Octogenarian Dean Profits From Roses in Rochester
In London’s Rochester district the eighty year old Dean Hole grows and sells roses, earning about 1000 pounds yearly. He cultivates and selects varieties, arranging wholesale via a Condon florist, with blooms sent to Covent Garden market for sale to west end clubs and restaurants. Some roses fetch high prices at market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
England
Rochester
Dean Hole
Covent Garden
West End
Mayor calls jail death inhumane amid hospital red tape
Mayor Mullins blasted the city jail death of Jewell as an outrage and described delays in hospital transfer as the failure of a civilized community. He cited a similar bleeding injury case and argued emergency care could be provided by existing hospitals for a few thousand dollars annually.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mullins
The
Standard
Jewell
Sisters’ Hospital
Domestic trouble ends in arrest after beating claim
A dispute at 469 Colorado street drew police as neighbors sent two alarming messages about murder and wife beating. Wein was arrested after his wife claimed abuse, but officers found no assault evidence. Wein claims his wife is crazy and that she beat herself. he provided her $56 before jail. He faces arraignment before Judge Boyle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Wein
Colorado Street
Wein
Grant
Boyle
Butte Delegate Brophy Heads to Trans Mississipp Conference
P J Brophy left for Seattle to attend the Trans Mississppi congress which opens tomorrow and runs four days He is among ten Montana delegates appointed by Governor Toole and the sole representative from Butte He expects to be away about ten days to two weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. J. Brophy
Seattle
Mr. Brophy
Montana
Toole
Butte
Woman Will Race Horses in New York Society Circles
Mrs. W. E. Kotman emerges as a new owner in New York racing joining a circle of socialites at Barretoga and other venues. Her horse Bublicity trained by Billy Lakeland debuts with green and black colors as she aims for success on the running turf alongside Mrs. E. R. Thomas Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney and others in a growing trend of feminine ownership in eastern racing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
W. E. Kotman
Billy Lakeland
Bublicity
Fair
Rotman
Newport
Atlantic City
E. R. Thomas
Harry Payne Whitney
Duryea
Mia
Cornelius Fellows, Jr
Baratoga
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Butte News
West Park
Agate Castile
Tor
Blanco Cero
Little Pr
Tonkin
East Park St
Knabe
Sherman's Piano House
Butte, Montana
Firemen OF Great Northern
Ule
Paara
Asi Cdeace
Diane
Caiespecss
Conviene É
Cceccees
Sealab
the Butchers’ Union
Deer
Great
Northern Railway
W. R. Meech
Michael O. Malvey
Corn Terrace
Walkerville
St. Lawrence Church
Emil A
Charles Sundquist
Walker Avenue
John Finnegan
Owl Pharmacy
East Broadway
Corker
Hulk
Bowery
Pritchard-Harrison Carpet Company
Cor. Park and
Main Sts., Butte
Utah
Mrs. Hodge
Porter
Salt Lake
Eng
Husine
Crisley
Christie & Leys
Orton Bros
N. Main Street
Sacred Heart
Colonial
Princeton
Henderson Bros. & Cole Hardware CO
W. Park
Latey’s
Booth
Howard
Willard
Kingsbury
Montana Music
Anaconda Copper Mining Co
Hardware
Butte Cor. Main and Quartz Sts
Big Blackfoot Milling Company
Butte Office Cor
Arizona and
Auminum Sts
Banner
Butte, Anaconda
Missoula
Remose Cigar
John C. Schapps
Masonic Temple
Weat Park
Montana Commandery
Knights Templars
At & O Clesis Py. m
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