Butte Miners Face Picketing Riot Testimony
Witnesses describe assaults and intimidation by I W W pickets during April 19 21 in Butte Mines area. Miners Branter Rowe Tarbuk and others recount being dragged from cars and struck while heading to work. Testimony covers gun threats and union views, with many insisting they would not join I W W and noting wage levels and long working histories.
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Branter
Black Rock
Nolan
Banter
Dwyer
W. H. Rowe
State Street
Mr. Kelly
Aone
Francis Cunningham
American Railway Express Company
Wyoming Street
Anaconda Road
Express Company
Stephen Pratt
Pittsmont
Belmont Gate
Mike Krstulic
Northern Pacific Bridge
Krstulic
Krsiulic
Butteers
Otto Haltio
Finland
United States
Centralia
Stivers
Haltie
Speculator
Valonen
Butte
Duluth
Ylonen
Leonard
John Mann
Steward
Building Contractors to Begin Work at Once Donals
A dispute in Butte finds Allied Industries and local employers accusing unions of operating a machine within the unions, hindering fair treatment. Employers pledge to hire mechanics ready to work and repudiate the union leadership, while witnesses testify about shootings during the Anaconda road clash and reveal limited knowledge of IWW goals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donals
International
Butte
Associated Industries
Building Craftsmen Leaders Said to Misrepresent Members
The speaker says they have no quarrel with organized labor but cannot deal with the men who control the unions of the building craftsmen. The organization welcomes craftsmen back to work, assuring satisfactory wages and working conditions for the members.
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Falt
Wallow Falt
Simons
Kelly
Embargo of grain vetoed by Barnes
In Chicago on May 7 J H Barnes wheat director vetoed a plan to invoke embargo privileges under the Lever act to keep foreign governments from manipulating U S wheat markets He spoke before 400 grain men including board of trade representatives grain dealers and bankers about restoring open markets after June 1 and said the decision on future trading should be left to the exchanges The conference will submit the issue to exchanges and Barnes questioned when export movements begin to encroach on domestic consumption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
United States
America
J. H. Barnes
Barnes Eid
Refusing Janitor Work as Police May Strike in Livingston
Livingston May 7 A police strike arises from Patrolmen Wendel Murphy and Charles Wilson refusing janitor duties in city hall. They say cleaning two rooms is not part of their job and ask $5 monthly each. officials say the amount is part of a $20 raise in the city budget. Mayor Lewis Terwilliger will settle the dispute as law places police control with him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Livingston
Wendel Murphy
Charles Wilson
Lewis Terwilliger
Frantz corporation to drill offset well near discovery site
Preparations to drill an offset well by Frantz corporation proceed this week as the National machine moves from the discovery location. By early next week Frantz rigs to the south of the initial well while a spud-in is planned in section 2 township 14 range 30. Two contract wells by McCarthy and Stock and additional rigs nearby mark intensified activity in Cat Creek field with multiple companies and key figures progressing toward completion by month end.
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Section 18
Township 14
Range 31
Frantz
McCarthy & Stock
Cat Creek
Fergus County Oil Syndicate
Four W's Oil Company
J. CG. Snook
Big Muddy
Wyoming
R. P D. Miller
Midwest Refining Company
C. W. Robnett
Anaconda
W.’s Oil Company
Green Drilling Company
Burke Oil Company
Lima News brief notes and upcoming events
Lima reports a May 6 meeting postponed to Saturday 2:30 PM at the club house. John Matheson, inspector of locomotives, was in town. The annual firemen and engineers ball is set for Brainard dance hall. Creeks rise from heavy rain, with city dams to prevent floods. Mrs Gleim’s relatives left for Mackey Idaho. Knights of Pythias met midweek as members begin spring gardens.
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Lima
John Wendell
Oregon Short Line Safety First Committee
John Matheson
Interstate Commerce
Brainard
Beardsly
Phil Gleim
Mackey
Idaho
Knights of Pythias
Can It Hold Limelight in Blue Denim Crease Test
Cleveland Pis in dealer asserts blue denim holds crease longer than expected. Fiow Tong notes surprise at crease durability amid fashion notes and fabric durability claims.
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Cleveland
Little Reduction Seen in Early Year Prices and Credit
New York May 7 The local federal reserve bank in a statement on the first four months of the year reports little headway toward a reduction of commodity prices or credit volume.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Federal Reserve Bank
Patrick Gallagher Dies In Butte Miner Native of Ireland
Patrick Gallagher a miner living at 2146 South Wyoming street in Butte died last night at age 45 He had lived in Butte for 22 years and was born in Donegal Ireland The death details show a longtime local resident and native of Ireland
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Patrick Gallagher
Butte
South
Wyoming Street
Donegal
Ireland
Oil Field News From Bowdoin Winnett Anticline
May 7 Winnett district reports oil excitement near Bowdoin structure with two wells being drilled and 15 000 acres watched by W A Bower of Anaconda. Walker brothers rigging to drill at far west Cat Creek anticline. cloudburst delays work. Winnett band plans May 25 benefit at Arista theater to fund new instruments. 45 musicians to perform. Sightings of fiery balls travel overland north of Winnett described as ghostiland by eyewitnesses, sparking local folklore and fear.
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Winnett
Bowdoin District
Saco
W. A. Bower
Anaconda
Bowdoin
Bower
Wild Horse Lake
Walker Brothers
Cat Creek
Arista
Here
Ghostiland
Workingmen's Union Presses for Higher Wages
The Workingmen's Union continues a wage dispute with county and city employers. Strikes by seven male janitors and health department workers disrupted garbage collection and delayed road repairs and camping park improvements. Teamsters seek a $1 daily increase, raising pay from $5.50 to $6.50 for older workers and $4.25 to $5.50 for younger, with talks set for today.
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Health Department
Simonson
Teamsters’ Union
Silver Bow Trades and Labor Assembly
Teamsters
Farrell
Anaconda News Show History in the Making Bottom of the World film
The Bottom of the World depicts Sir Ernest Shackleton's South Polar expedition and the Endurance ship. It opens tonight at the Margaret with matinee and evening shows, recounting the journey from Buenos Ayres to South Georgia and the ship's icebound fate. The Endurance was a 350 ton pine and oak vessel built for the voyage, costing about $70 000, with Christianen design and polar expedition approval.
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Robertson-Cole
Ernest Shackleton
Endurance
South Pole
Buenos Ayres
South Georgia
Shackleton
Christiansen
Sealing Vesels
Republicans Move to End War With Germany and Austria
Washington May 7 The Republican steering committee reached a decision to bring the resolution to end the state of war with Germany and Austria before the Senate for continuous consideration until final disposal. A vote on adoption is expected within three or four days.
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Washington
Germany
Austria
Senate
Senate Republican Steering Committee
Mutiny Breaks Out in Fiume Fierce Battle Follows
A mutiny in Fiume sparked a fierce clash at 5 pm between Carniers and the Arditi. Twelve men were killed and about fifty wounded as Gabriele d Annuccio forces were involved.
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Trieste
Fiume
Gabriele d‘Annunzio
Cigarette Horror Topic At Anaconda School Talk
Mrs A A Layton spoke to Anaconda High pupils on cigarette harms recounting a Washington trip as a WCTU delegate. She awarded prizes for essays on the horrors of cigarette smoking with Anna Thomas winning five dollars and Eula Linn two fifty. Myles Thomas received mention.
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A. A. Layton
Anaconda High School
Washington, D. C
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Anna Thomas
Eula Linn
Myles Thomas
Hasley Leads With Big Score In Pro Championship
Hasley continues to lead the pro portion of the individual handicap tournament on the Tescher alleys. Schmidt topped last evening with 1,132 while Hasley finished close behind at 1,119 as the field followed with Nell 1,098 and Thomas 1,083 among others.
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Hasley
Tescher
Schmidt
Nell
Thomas
Hanson
Kendrick
Peckover
Holly
Sparrow
Reach the Peak footwear prices top in May
Atlantic City May 7 The peak of prices in footwear has been reached but any reduction to the consumer would take three or four months, the executive committee of the Tanners' Council of the United States reported at its annual meeting.
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Atlantic City
N. J
The
Tanners’ Council of the
Parcel Post Robberies Lead to Three Arrests in Butte
A coordinated parcel post theft ring targeting merchants in Butte was thwarted by postal authorities. George A. Poad, 17, was caught in the act. Max Lipson and another man, suspected of receiving stolen goods, were also arrested. Goods recovered include caps, hats, boys suits, petticoats, and waists from Siegel Clothing Gamer Shoe and Sheehan Millinery.
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Butte
George A. Poad
Pond
Max Lipson
Siegel Clothing
Gamer Shoe
Sheehan
McWhorter
Albert McKinney
Goodwin
Pend
Broadway
Granite Streets
Murphy
Lipson
Wyoming Street
West Broadway
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Boy
Ing
John Davis
Centerville
Miami
Center Streets
Davis
Main Street
Herman J. Kreamer
Never Sweat Mine
Finlander Hall
Kreamer
Emil Ostovich
TIT
W. W
Ostovich
Fortune, Mont
Austria-Hungary
Walker
Ata
Mr. Fisher
Rocco Lavus
Lavus
Anaconda Company
Lavas
Lagus
Paul Tarbuk
Stick
Mr. Walker
Tarbuk
Hapsburgs
Colonel Stivers
Halmar Arvilla
Stewart
Arvilla
Omni Ylonen
Manning
Peter Marvich
Marvich
Dalmatia
Tacoma
Wash
George Dropulis
Dropulis
IL. W. W
Mr. Kelley
Nels Falr
Pennsylvania
IT. W. W. Constitution
Curiosity
Barnes
Wheat
Winnett News
Lima News
Ate Oil Field
DOW Eoin Gist Rigt
Workingmen’s Union
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Poad
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