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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1916
Page
1
Railroad presidents Beltev. Opaque OCR reads suggest a brief item about railway leadership changes or a notable railway figure under the name Beltev. Details are fragmentary, but the entry implies a focus on railroad executive actions or appointments. Further context from the page would clarify the precise event or person.
Warnings issued as workers are told to expect loss of seniority and benefits. Embargoes on perishables spread across railroads. Chicago gears up for a strike on Labor Day after a Washington conference. B P Ripley and other railroad executives warn of widespread disruption and intensify pessimism about settlement before Labor Day.
In the TS section of today's Standard, reports indicate eight hour day legislation could trigger strikes, affecting fruit growers and other labor groups. Butte coverage outlines broader unrest with references to Anaconda, railroads, and local court actions including a divorce case and a fatality linked to a careless auto driver. The paper lists upcoming items from police court cases to mining news and classified ads.
Washington Aug 30 The administration presses for a plan to deter a nationwide railroad strike by proposing an eight hour workday for interstate railway workers and guaranteed pay at current daily rates. Congress weighs emergency action with hearings set to draft laws to require eight hours, study effects, and ensure fair returns while considering arbitration reforms.
San Francisco reports that Western rail embargoes on perishables threaten fruit growers from California to Montana with heavy losses. California packing houses idle. grape, peach, pear, and prune crops face waste and price drops. Estimates place Oregon Washington losses around 1.5 million plus another million for peaches. railways vow to handle fresh produce for coast cities.
Enraged by Sheriff Sherman Fley’s actions, a Lima mob overpowered officers, abducted the sheriff, and forced a cortege of 100 cars toward the countryside in pursuit of Charles Daniels. The sheriff was beaten, tied with a rope, and later escaped amid chaotic pursuit and conflicting reports of Daniels’ location. Several bystanders and officers faced violence as the mob scattered and authorities contested control.
Incomplete election returns from half the counties show surprises as General Shopping of the political cards in Silverrow County highlights the day's tense vote.
With about one third of the vote counted in yesterday's state primary, Myers leads for U S senator on the Democrat side and Pray on the Republican side. Stewart heads governor for Democrats, Edwards for Republicans, and several other races show early results across counties including Deer Lodge Powell and Silver Bow with names like McDowell Cullerton Poindexter Swindlehurst and Keating appearing in the tallies. Separate notes list local county offices and election names for Stillwater and Silver Bow precincts with candidates for clerk, attorney, sheriff, assessor, coroner, and other posts.
New York Aug 30 Representatives from New York City and its industries rush to avert nationwide rail strike disruption. Ports fear shutdowns as freight moves stall and bunker coal may run short. Coastwise lines limit freight to reachable terminals. Manufacturers, shipowners, and farmers dread unprecedented losses across the nation.
News from the front reports the Romanian invasion pushing into Austro Hungarian territory from Petrovseny toward the Gyergyo mountains near Konatadt while artillery duels and batteries shell positions. Romanian gains near Kronstadt and Roedit Vasarnety are claimed as Bulgaria refrains from entering the war. Turkey reportedly contemplates war on Romania as Entente forces press in the Struma area and Greek and Albanian forces engage in campaigning around Saloniki.
Washington reports 16 000 national guardsmen on the Mexican border will be sent back to their state mobilization camps. General Funston ordered regiments from New York New Jersey Illinois Missouri and one each from California Oregon Washington and Louisiana. Coast artillerymen also to return. Movement expected within days as transportation holds permit and wider Mexican border policy evolves.
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