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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1916
Page
1
Ongoing talks between railroads and employees collapsed with both sides firmly apart. No agreement emerged on key issues, leaving unresolved disputes over wages, benefits, and working conditions.
New York June 18 negotiations between railroads and employees to avert a general strike edge toward a possible break up tomorrow as the counter proposal to meet demands is explained. Workers seek eight hour day time and a half overtime and double compensation. The contingent plan would drop double pay and extend workloads, sparking disagreement. W G Lee joins talks. Chamber of Commerce urged Congress to empower the ICC to regulate hours and wages. Big Four brotherhoods say they will ignore chamber’s message.
Chicago June 13 John C Schafer owner of several daily papers and midwest progressive leader sent a telegram urging Colonel Roosevelt to support Charles J Hughes for president He also asks him to decline the progressive party nomination
In today's Standard-Page, Effait roads and employers remain far apart as Roosevelt urges patience for the followers. Governor Stewart chairs the Montana delegation as plans for harmony are discussed. A strike in Butte is off and Belfridge's case advances in court.
Delegates gather in St Louis awaiting the start of the Democratic National Convention. President Wilson is the leading Presidential nominee with rumors of an unexpected Vice Presidential candidate. Henry Mosher of New York is noted as the youngest delegate at twenty one.
Secretary Baker arrives with the president's draft platform and backing for Marshall as running mate, signaling pre convention harmony. Wilson’s draft, largely authored by the president, aims to unify nominations and policy. Baker plans to deliver it to Missouri Senator Stone as chair of the resolutions committee.
New York June 18 Col Theo dore Roosevelt meets with George W Perkins Gov Ira Johnson Oscar Straus and Chester Rowell to discuss the progressive party's path. Perkins states the national committee will meet June 26 after major conventions to decide the party's action, urging patience among members and organizations until then.
Judge P M Etheridge of Dallas, a delegate to Chicago’s progressive convention, renounced allegiance to the party and announced support for the national democratic ticket. He had been the progressive candidate for Texas governor in 1914 and backed Charles E Hughes previously.
Washington will stage a large preparedness parade down Pennsylvania Avenue with President Wilson leading the march and delivering a later address. The event, a holiday under executive order, will excuse government workers and draw about 75,000 participants including many officials. Charles E. Hughes had planned to attend but cannot return from New York in time.
In Butte, representatives of the Silver Bow Employers' Association and the Silver Bow Trades and Labor Council announced an agreement to return workers to the old wage scale of $3.50 a day, ending a two day strike for $4.40. The labor union and teamsters agreed to arbitrate the dispute with a committee of 15, led by Donnellon, Bernall, Bigelow, and Kelly, after the Employers' Association was recognized. Streetcars were set to resume operations, though full service may take time as crews return to work.
Senator Walsh, Montana member of the resolutions committee, advises inserting progressive planks on social service and child labor to pull Roosevelt voters toward Wilson in 1912. He cautions against national initiative and referendum, preferring state-focused reforms and selective endorsement of progressive ideas.
St Louis dispatch reports Senator Walsh of Montana and Senator Stone of Missouri backing a Democratic platform plank denouncing politicization of the Supreme Court and opposing the Republicans’ use of the high court. Stone even favors an amendment barring justices from polling for office, while Walsh warns of Hughes’s defeat if the court is pressured.
Secretary Lansing asked Congress for 75,000 in special allowances for diplomats abroad. He cited a European ambassador saying living costs at posts have risen 200 to 300 percent. Most officers rely on private funds, endangering continuance at these postings.
J Bruce Kremer won a four year national committeeman term by unanimous vote of the Montana delegation in St Louis. Governor Stewart was named chairman, ex-Gov Edwin L Norris as vice president, and Senator Walsh to the resolutions committee. Delegates endorsed Wilson and Marshall, with Montana women pushing for a suffrage plank and other Democrats to support the platform amendments.
New York June 13 The proposed 200,000,000 consolidation of automobile concerns has been abandoned for the present at least. J N Willys president of the Willys Overland company announced tonight. He said complications had arisen which frustrated the plans for the combination of various companies but declined to reveal details. The Willys Overland company Hudson and Chalmers Motor Car companies and the Auto Lite company will continue to operate independently.
London June 14 Canadians recaptured a former British position southeast of Zillebeke after a gale like assault and held it under heavy shellfire over a stretch of more than 1900 yards. The British official report says the sweep was successful and the ground is being consolidated by Canadian troops.
Paso reports note rising anti American sentiment across Mexican interior papers after Carranza’s note viewed as a slap at the United States. Articles discuss potential international trouble and urge readiness, with Saltillo semiofficial paper citing US numeric advantage yet predicting weariness of invasion if it occurs. Rumors of Americans in Chihuahua City and Parral surface but seem unfounded.
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