Rail unions vow mass strike over new rail wage cuts
Chicago June 6 1 2000000 rail workers face pay reductions as wage cuts of 7 cents for shop mechanics and 9 cents for freight car men are ordered by the labor board. Union leaders predict an overwhelming vote to strike with ballots to be returned by June 30 and a simultaneous walkout if further cuts are ordered.
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Associated Press
Chicago
United States Railroad Labor Board
Cincinnati
Ohio
New Railroad Labor Board
B. M. Jewell
American Federation of Labor
Conference of Railway Union
Labor Board
Jewell
Six Shop Crafts
Unions Charge Boycott on Construction in San Francisco
A union accuses a San Francisco firm of refusing to sell building materials for union jobs and files a complaint with the attorney general seeking action. The case centers on alleged discriminatory practices affecting labor opportunities and union-backed construction work.
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Uniong
San Francisco
Trial Testimony Places Keel at Grant Death Scene
Virginia City June 6. Witnesses describe seeing Jack Keel crouching over James Grant after gunfire at the High Up mine. Testimony recounts screams, multiple shots, and Keel with a gun as others reach the body.
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The
Standard
Virginia City
R. A. Connell
Butte
James Grant
Jack Keel
Mess Hall
Grant
Keel
Connell
Defense
Michael O'Brien
O'Brien
O’brien
L. P. Donovan
Rankin
E. P. Reed
Declared Attack on Lipitt Highlights Senate Tariff Debate
Senator Ashurst assailed former Rhode Island Senator Henry F. Lippitt calling him a super lobbyist as the Senate considered the tariff bill. Smoot defended the process noting limited influence from Lippitt though rates on nails screws and rivets were adjusted. The finance committee moved to cut the proposed 30 percent ad valorem duty on cut nails in half by a 55 to 1 vote with Wadsworth of New York dissenting.
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Associated Press
Washington
Henry F. Lippitt
Rhode Island
Finance Committee
Senate
Lippitt
Ashurst
Arizona
Senate Chamber
New York World
Mr. Lippitt
Senator Smoot
Utah
Wadsworth
New York
Brookhart Wins Republican Senate Nomination in Iowa
Des Moines Iowa June 6 Smith W Brookhart of Washington Iowa was nominated as Republican candidate for United States senator from Iowa at the primary. With 289 084 votes cast in 2348 precincts Brookhart led with 118 493 41 percent needing 35 to nominate. The tally in 2102 precincts shows Brookhart 118 493 Clifford Thorne 46 429 Charles E Pickett 45 902 Leslie E Francis 35 906 Burton E Sweet 30 682 and Claud M Stanley 11 678.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Clifford Thorne
Charles E. Pickett
Leslie E. Francis
Burton E. Sweet
Claud M. Stanley
Labor dispute prompts federal inquiry into San Francisco boycott
Washington June 6 Frank Morrison secretary of the American Federation of Labor filed a complaint with Attorney General Daugherty alleging a boycott by San Francisco material dealers on jobs employing union labor. Morrison supplied letters from unions and a San Francisco builders exchange letter urging American plan compliance to obtain permits and wage scales.
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Associated Press
Washington
Daugherty
Frank Morrison
American Federation of Labor
San Francisco
Morrison
Masons and Plasterers
International Union
Indianapolis
Industrial Association of San Francisco
Employers’ Association
W. H. George
San Francisco Builders Exchange
Builders Exchange
Builders’ Exchange
San Francisco Industrial Association Responds to Labor Complaint
Max J. Kuhl, general counsel for the Industrial Association of San Francisco, says a full investigation of all its activities would be welcomed in response to Frank Morrison of the American Federation of Labor asserting a complaint.
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San Francisco
The
Industrial Association of
Max J. Kuhl
Frank Morrison
American Federation of Labor
Mrs Day Recalls Attack by Beck in Oklahoma Case
Mrs Jean Day testsifies before a special army board recounting an alleged assault by Lieut Col Paul Ward Beck at Postfield Oklahoma, an event linked to Beck's death at the hands of her husband in early April in Oklahoma City.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Jean Day
Special Army
Paul Ward Beck
Postfield Okla
Beck
Death of Lillian Russell Moore Shocks Nation
Pittsburg June 6 More than a thousand telegrams of sympathy pour in for Mrs Lillian Russell Moore former actress Funeral set for Thursday Marines to guard the body at Trinity Episcopal church 107th field artillery to escort to grave American Legion to fire at burial Service attended by Secretary of Labor James B Davis Florence Reed and other industry figures President and Mrs Harding express shock and sympathy.
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Harding
Lillian Russell Moore
Associated Press
Pittsburg
United States Marines
Trinity Episcopal Church
107Th Field Artil
Producing Managers’ Association
Hiram W. Johnson
California
Howard Chandler Christy
Local Knights award high school scholarships to two Butte youths
Miss Dorothy Kiely of Immaculate Conception school wins a four year girls scholarship to Central high school and Joseph Massa of St. Lawrence's school wins the boys award. They posted the highest averages among 35 girls and 32 boys who entered the May 26 exam conducted by Rev. M. J. Leonard and judges from the Butte assembly.
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Dorothy Kiely
Immaculate Conception School
Central High School
Butte Assembly
Knights of Columbus
Joseph Massa
St. Lawrence's School
M. J. Leonard
Kiely
M. J. Kiely
West Sliver Street
Butte
Joseph Masa
St. Lawrence School
P. C. Dietler
J. V. Dwyer
Joseph R. Jackson
William J. Corbett
Father Leonard
Butte Knights
Joseph O'Neil
Immaculate Conception
Former Cabinet Officer Ballinger Dies at Seattle Home
Judge Richard A. Ballinger former interior secretary under Taft died at his Seattle home after a two day illness. His career spanned the Alaska coal land controversy of 1910 11 and service as Seattle mayor 1904 06. Born 1858 in Boonesborough Iowa he became commissioner of the general land office in 1903 and later practiced law in Seattle.
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Associated Press
Seattle
Richard A. Ballinger
Taft
Richard Achilles Ballinger
Interior
Ballinger
Louis
Gravis
Pinchot
Cunningham
Fisher
Alaska
Boonesborough
Iowa
Richard H. Ballinger
Williams College
James R. Garfield
Roosevelt
Port Townsend
Wash
Julia A. Bradley
Washington
Garfield
General Land Office
Wage cuts to average half of railroad rate reductions
H E Bryam president of the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul railway said wage reductions to date average about half the amount of rate cuts and future changes depend on traffic. He noted six summer months with reduced freight rates and passenger fares and expressed hope traffic gains will support broader readjustment.
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Chicago
H. E. Bryam
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
Railroad Labor Board
Labor Board
Plan for Unity of China blocked by Canton leader
Sun Yat Sen refuses to resign and supports Wu Pei Fu plan to reunify China under a single government. Wu seeks Li Yuan Hung as president at Peking while old republicans split between Canton and Tientsin factions.
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Plan For Unity OF China
Canton
Sun Yat-Sen
Associated Press
Peking
Republic of South China
Wu Pei-Fu
China
Sun
Tientsin
Li Yuan-Hung
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Butte Council
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Brookhart
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Byram
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