Southern Ohio coal operators sign on Cleveland scale
Eastern Ohio mines prepare to resume as operators sign supplemental agreements recognizing the Cleveland scale. Most mines in Sunday Creek and Hocking valleys begin loading Friday with union officials handling signings in Columbus and Nelsonville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Southern
Ohio
Robert Marshall
Glouster
United Mine Workers of America
Columbus
Southern Ohio Coal Exchange
United Mine Workers
President Hall
Southern Ohio
Nelsonville
Hocking
Sunday Creek
Sunday Creek Valley
Poston Consolidated Coal Co
Millfield
Marshall
Ohio Colleries
New York Coal Co
Hisylvania Coal Co
Trimbles
Pittsburg Coal Co
Murray City
Circle Hill
Eastern
Ohio Collieries Co
Hall
Wiiyp & Few
West Virginia Mine Attack Prosecutions Grow Indictments Total 216
Wellsburg West Virginia two miners William White and John Oliver Page pled guilty in the Cliftonville mine war case. Of 216 indictments from a special grand jury 138 accuse conspiracy to burn destroy and injure while 78 face first degree murder charges with sentencing held until docket end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellsburg
W. Va
Cliftonville
William White
John Oliver Page
President Harding outlines coal and rail crisis measures
President Harding told Congress the full story of the coal and rail strikes and urged steps to prevent a recurrence. He seeks authority to form a national coal commission and a temporary trading agency, while condemning both sides in the rail dispute and promising federal support to keep trains moving. He faulted both employers and unions over Herrin and associated violence, calling for justice and stronger enforcement of anti conspiracy laws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Harding
Congress
National Coal Commission
National Coal Agency
Herrin
Desert Terminal
Arizona
Labor Board
Illinois
Cupid's Court Fails in Hammonton Matrimonial Scheme
The Hammonton New Jersey court for matchmaking collapses after two days with only about 18 of 2100 applicants matched. Judge Helen Lone Rodgers resigns calling the venture folly as jurors quit and the theater owner joins the exodus. The cofounders and Cupid himself fail to salvage the enterprise amid chaotic departures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hammonton
N. J
United States
Helen Lone Rodgers
Cupid
Cooler Weather Expected After Heat Wave
Thursday topped at 96 degrees but did not break the season high. Friday's start was 69 and rising to 77 by 10 am as cooler air is forecast with thunderstorms Friday night and fair, cooler conditions Saturday.
Aim Tragedy Attends Happy Party in Cleveland
Louis Radovitz was shot and killed and his brother Joseph wounded when a car they rode from a wedding was commandeered by a policeman to chase a suspected liquor thieves’ car. The bandits escaped after a volley of three shots. Miss Mary Pastor and Louis Bajaczer, a bridesmaid and best man, were in the Radovitz car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Louis Radovitz
Joseph
Radovitz
Joseph Radovitz
Boston
Pitt
Miss Mary Pastor
Louis Bajaczer
De Valera Ill as Irregulars Face Growing Siege in Ireland
In western Ireland Eamonn de Valera, commander-in-chief of the republican irregulars, is reported ill but determined to endure. Government troops tighten around the irregulars who attempt a stand along a 20 mile Blackwater front. Mary MacSweney, sister of Cork’s late hunger-strike lord mayor Terrence MacSweney, leads irregulars at Waterfall, with many women among the fighters.
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Daniel O’connell
Dublin
Eamonn de Valera
Kilpaddar
Ireland
de Valera
Free State
Blackwater
Mary MacSweney
Terrence MacSweney
Cork
Waterfall
Miss MacSweney
Athens Chauncey road to close for bridge move
The Athens Chauncey road will be closed Friday night August 18 from 10 PM to 5 AM Saturday for moving the Sunday Creek Bridge. Engineer E W Davis Division of Highways issues the notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens-Chauncey Road
Sunday Creek
E. W. Davis
Division of Highways
Grand jury indicts 216 in Cliftonville mine riot case
Brooke county grand jury returns 216 indictments for the Cliftonville mine attack riot of July 17. Seventy eight indictments are for first degree murder and the rest for conspiracy to kill and burn. Most indicted are in custody. names not released. Trials could span into 1923 with possible change of venue sought.
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Wellsburg
W. Va
Brooke County Special Grand Jury
Cliftonville
H. H. Duval
Brooke
Ohio County
J. B. Somerville
United Mine Workers of America
Brooke County
Harding Signs Mileage Law for Interchangeable Scrip
President Harding signed a bill backed by traveling men groups authorizing the Interstate Commerce Commission to require railroads to issue interchangeable mileage or scrip books.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Harding
Interstate Commerce Commission
Ira Fuller Hurt in Chauncey Auto Crash
Civil war veteran and Athens Messenger agent Ira Fuller was struck by a northbound Chevrolet roadster near Chauncey Feed Co. He suffered fractured ribs a dislocated shoulder and facial and upper body bruises though his condition was not yet fatal. The driver fled town after the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey
Ira Fuller
Athens Messenger
Chauncey Feed Co
Operators and Union Disagree Only on Terms of Contract
Settlement talks between operators and union representatives stalled as both sides remained far apart on key terms. Bargaining focused on wages, fringe benefits, and work hours, with no agreement reached by press time.
Pittsburg Operators Rush to Sign Scale Men
In Pittsburg district a new wave of coal operators rushes to sign scale men as weeks of coal and rail strikes bite. President Harding urges Congress to prevent recurrence and uphold the right to work while maintaining transport. 106 operators have signed the Cleveland agreement and Pittsburg Coal Company may leave the producers association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Harding
Congress
America
United Mine Workers
Cleveland
Pittsburg Coal Producers’ Association
Pittsburg Coal Company
Producers’ Association
Pittsburg Coal
Congresss Newhberryism Bills Aim to Curb Campaign Expenses
Washington August 18 A bill proposed by Senator Pomerene seeks to cap general election spending at 6000 for House and 10000 for Senate with full reporting before and after polls. Republicans demand changes to keep moneyed influence from tilting races while backers call it a start toward level playing field. Philadelphia August 18 Anthracite miners and operators move toward finalizing the tentative contract ending a twenty week strike. Both sides seek a two year wage scale starting April 1 and warn against temporary peace as negotiations resume with aims to resolve the 1920 wage framework.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
House
Senate
Senate Committee On Privileges and Elections
Philadelphia
D. Warriner
Lehigh Coal & Navigation Co
Leneth
Attempted Red Army assassination of Trotsky thwarted
Stockholm dispatch reports a recent inspection uncovered a plot to assassinate Leon Trotzky the Soviet people's commissar for war. The would be killer was promptly executed by authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Stockholm
Red” Army
Leon Trotzky
Two Contractors Shot During Bank Run Robbery
William B. Norris 42 secretary treasurer of Hicks Tase Norris Co. and Fred W. Kuethe a bookkeeper left Commonwealth Bank for the firm’s office with a $6750 payroll when a bandit attacked near the bank. Norris was killed and Kuethe beaten. the bandit fled in a car after detaining pedestrians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
William B. Norris
Hicks, Tase & Norris Co
Fred W. Keuthe
Commonwealth Bank
Norris
Kuethe
Convicts Escape Prison Warden in North Sioux City Rampage
In Sioux Falls South Dakota on August 18 armed men flooded the city hunting four convicts who escaped from the state prison after a riot in the tailor shop. They overpowered Warden Merge W. Jameson, used him as a shield, and fled in a waiting car toward the north with the warden aboard. An airplane guided the massive manhunt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux Falls
Merge W. Jameson
Milton Blind But Ambitious About Better Work
A man believes he could do better work if his surroundings improved, but Milton is blind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milton
Military uprising threatens Vienna as funds run dry
London reports an Austrian capital rumor of a military uprising in Vienna due to government cash shortfalls. British officials fear the regime may flee, with grave concerns over Austria's outlook and military loyalty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Vienna
Conference continues to seek end to railway shop men strike
In New York on August 18 Chiefs of five train service brotherhoods and the Railway Executives Committee resumed talks to end the July 1 strike. The talks focused on seniority as the main barrier with unions pressing for strikebreakers to be bypassed and restored seniority, while executives noted many striker jobs have been filled and cannot be reallocated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Association of
Railway Executives
Trotzky crosses Polish frontier toward Berlin
Leon Trotzky, people's commissar for war in the Moscow Soviet government, has crossed the Polish frontier en route for Berlin, according to a Central News dispatch quoted from Wirballen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
London
Leon Trotzky
People’s Commissar
Moscow
Wirballen
Three Missouri Pacific Foremen Attacked in Kansas City
Three shop foremen John Reid Samuel Swain and Lon Hewitt were attacked badly beaten and slashed with knives while en route to work in Kansas City Missouri today Aug. 18 authorities said.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Missouri Pacific
John Reid
Samuel Swain
Lon Hewitt
Presbyterian church to hold extra Sunday service
At the request of university students the young people's society will host another service Sunday August 20 at 6 80 oclock. President B Bryan of the university will deliver the address at this additional service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young Peoples Society
Presbyterian Church
B. Bryan
Entertain Two Hundred at Frank Home Coming
Mie and Mrs Henry Frank of Carbondale hosted about 200 guests at a homecoming. Attendees came from Akron Barberton Chitl ecothe Lancaster Athens Nelsonville Circleville New Marshsted Shawnee Connett Asbury and Carbondale. Guests look forward to a similar event next year.
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Carbondale, O
Mie
Henry Frank
Carbondale
Akron
Barberton
Chitlecothe
Lancaster
Athens
Nelsonville
Circlehill
New Marshsted
Shawnee
Connett
Asbury
Careondale
Plan Your Home Carefully for Lasting Quality
A home planning bureau offers a free booklet with views and floor plans of modern homes. Readers are urged to mail two cents for return postage and request the Modern Homes Booklet by Frederic J. Haskin, Director, Athens Messenger Information Bureau, Washington DC.
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Modern Homes
Frederic J. Haskin
The
Athens Messenger Information Bureau
Washington, D. C
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George R. Holmes
Cupid's Court
Bill
Wim
AIM
Great Pittsburgh Coal Co
William K. Hutchinson
Trotsky
Holly
Mra
South Dakota
Harvey
Parker
Bryan
Oley
Aly
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