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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1919
Page
4
Denver reports the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Engine Men in session pledges support to the Commercial Telegraphers' Union strike. Unions claim idle operators and pending sympathy actions loom, while railroad telegraphers threaten to cut off business at small-town Western Union offices.
Toledo Ohio June 12 The Willys-Overland auto plant, shut for three weeks due to a labor disturbance, will reopen tomorrow under a U S district court order. Fifty departments will begin operations 13 Saturday and 19 Monday with a special court appointed officer in charge.
A serialized tale continues with Rita Brown pressuring Alfred Durkee amid family disapproval. Dicky asserts boundaries while Rita seeks escapade, hinting at a cabaret excursion near New York and stirring tension within the Durkee household. The scene underscores power dynamics between wife and husband and a looming revelation.
A June 16 strike looms as the American Federation of Labor backs a walkout by national telephone workers and electrical workers led by the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. Samuel Gompers to chair a joint committee to negotiate with Postmaster General Burleson in Washington. Delegates denounce Burleson as obstructive while urging action to protect wartime communications and employment services.
New York June 12 officials of Western Union and Postal telegraph unions issued divergent statements on the strike’s status. Company officials claim most workers have returned while the union cites only limited returns and ongoing disruptions. The dispute centers on workforce turnout and operational impact across the telegraph network.
A garbled report cites the Brotherhood planning a walkout amid mass mem ber mobilization with figures ranging from 25 000 to 100 000 as potential pressure for a settlement. An address by Mr Thomas to Rikers urged restraint and condemned haste in postal rulings.
Atlantic City June 12. B J Manion president of the order of railroad telegraphers says the strike is against all commercial work by Western Union and Postal companies. About twenty thousand operators desire to abandon commercial messages, preferring to dispatch trains and railroad business only. They claim delivering messages far from stations and relying on scab operators harms the railroads. After 6 am Saturday no railroad operator will handle any commercial message. Vancouver ultimatum threatens to call out all telephone operators if services continue.
A historical passage notes the whale’s head makes up a quarter to a third of its body length while the mouth spans fifteen to twenty feet long and six to eight feet wide. The gullet opening is only as large as a human fist.
Winnipeg witnesses a general sympathetic strike entering its fifth week amid civic anxiety over streetcar service. Police and authorities threaten strong actions, with rioters pursued and a $500 reward for Coppins. labor unrest extends to railways and unions across Western cities as telegraph workers strike.
Spokane Wash June 12 Senator Gore of Oklahoma announced plans to offer in the Senate an amendment to the League of Nations covenant providing for a popular vote on declarations of war. He asked whether such a vote would keep the nation out of war or force it into war and noted past involvement in European conflicts. He spoke at a Northwest farmers conference and planned a dinner with local business leaders and a public meeting.
Tacoma, Washington June 12 Kirk Ashbury of Morton was shot and killed last night by his brother in law J W Cline after a quarrel over family affairs. The tragedy ends long standing family troubles, according to Mrs Cline who says Cline was arrested and taken to Chehalis county jail.
The remains of Charles E. Locke are at Daniels & Bilboa's undertaking parlors. Arrangements for the funeral have not yet been completed. Funeral announcements will appear in later papers.
The body of the late Dr Anthony White will be removed from White's parlors tomorrow evening to his home at 701 East Parke Street. On Sunday morning the body will be taken to HK Hall for the funeral service at 2 o clock with Rev. Chapman officiating.
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