Signing scale reached by Hocking field coal operators
Sub District No. 1 operators have signed supplemental agreements recognizing the Cleveland scale except for the Pittsburgh Coal Co. Marshall reports most mines in Hocking and Sunday Creek valleys will begin loading Monday and predicts the Pittsburgh firm will sign next week. The Pomeroy field operates except for Pittsburgh Coal Co. and Great Lakes Coal Co. subsidiaries. John L. Lewis is informed by telegram of the progress and hopes for a speedy settlement for anthracite workers.
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United Mine Workers
Ohio
Cleveland
Pittsburg Coal Co
Robert Marshall
Glouster
Mr. Marshall
Athers
Hocking
Perry County
Marshall
Pittsburg Cal Co
Columbus and
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
Pomeroy
Pomeroy Field
Pittsburg Company
Great Lakes Coal Co
Sunday Creek
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Philadelphia
S. D. Warriner
Lehigh Coal & Navigation Co
Hocking Coal Field
Pittsburgh Coal Co
Great Agency to Handle All Fuel Plea From Harding
The piece reports that both Senate and House move to prepare a measure as peace prospects brighten across industries. Railway executives and railway shopmen near settlement within a week. Bituminous strike settled with operators and miners agreeing to keep current wages for another year pending a new scale. Anthracite miners and operators in Philadelphia seek a quick agreement to end the coal strike.
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International News Service
Philadelphia
Coal Production Rises as Mines Reopen in Warmer Week
Washington reports that the Geological Survey estimates total coal output for the week at 4.3 million tons with potential to reach 4.576 million, as Cleveland agreement reopenings ease but rail service remains disrupted in some nonunion and open shop sectors.
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Washington
Cleveland
Geological Survey
Ohio
Kanawha Coal Talks End Without Peace Terms
Kanawha coal operators and United Mine Workers broke up their joint conference in Charleston at noon without agreement to reopen mines. Negotiations started yesterday continued until an agreement proved impossible. Operators demand open shop and abolition of the check off system.
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Charleston
W. Va
Kanawha Coal Operators
United Mine Workers
Dead Body Found Along Wheeling Creek Near City Center
Boys scouting a sandbar near Wheeling Creek uncovered the body of a man partly hidden by weeds. A clothing tag bore the name Gus Phants. Authorities consider he may be the Beech Bottom mill worker who vanished over a month ago.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Wheeling Creek
Gus Phants
Bride cuts wedding cake among oldest marriage customs
A bride cutting the wedding cake marks one of the oldest marriage traditions. The custom symbolizes sharing the first bite of the union and is a ritual common in many cultures.
Harding backs Borah bill to form coal commission
President Harding approves Senator Borah's bill to create a coal commission to study the coal situation with aim of nationalizing or government control if needed. He favors expanding the panel to five members and selecting individuals not tied to the coal industry.
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J. Bart Campbell
Washington
Harding
Berah
Coal Commission
Borah
Will Stand or Fall on Worth of the Tari
The McCumber permanent tariff bill faces Senate passage as leaders expect final action later today. Supporters touts higher protections and $460 million annual revenue. critics warn of $2 billion to consumers and harm to foreign markets. Political stakes loom ahead of November elections.
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William K. Hutchinson
N. N
Washington
McCumber
Senate
United States
America
Ohio Valley and Great Lakes Next Week Weather
Forecast calls for generally fair conditions across the Ohio Valley and Great Lakes region with normal temperatures. Local showers and thunderstorms are possible by midweek, then the pattern relaxes toward the end of the period.
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Ohio Valley
Region of Great Lakes
All Workers Will Be Kept Busy with Repairs
A government message declares all workers will stay employed on repair projects. Officials emphasize sustained effort to maintain infrastructure and public facilities during the current period.
Rail chiefs near decision on shopmen end to strike
The Knight-for-Governor club report lists expenditures of 24299 with contributions from Congress member Knight and Mrs. Knight totaling 4000. In New York officials prepare a gentlemen's agreement to end the shopmen’s strike with seniority rights restored in effect.
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Columbus
Knight-for-Governor Club
Smith
Knight Pysonally
Knight
Harvey C Smith
Union Wages Restored By Consolidated Coal Co
The Consolidated Coal Co, Maryland’s largest coal producer, will restore the 1920 wage scale. Although it has not formally recognized the union, it previously paid the union scale and many workers were United Mine Workers of America members. The announcement was made without miner meetings.
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Hagerstown
Consolidated Coal Co
Maryland Fields
United Mine Workers of America
Governor orders withdrawal of troops from Indiana coal districts
Indiana Governor McCray ordered all state troops on duty in the coal fields withdrawn. The troops are expected to return to their home stations by nightfall. He plans to issue a proclamation ending martial law around Staunton after the withdrawal.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Indiana
McCray
Staunton
Explosions Wreck Fence at Erie Railroad Shops
Two blasts at the Erie railroad shops in Huntington Indiana damaged the fence area early today. Police on duty nearby were recalled from their posts just before the explosions occurred.
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Huntington
Ind
Erie Railroad
Man Reverses Saying Credits Sense for Luck
A saying about luck and sense is interpreted as the man attributes fortune to his wits. The remark plays on the irony that real luck exceeds ordinary sense and decisions.
New Fighting Opens In Dublin After Quiet Period
In Dublin on August 19 a man was killed and three wounded as fighting erupted again after a quiet period. O Connell Street saw heavy gunfire and a soldier was wounded. A car with four Free State officers was ambushed by irregulars. a civilian died from a bomb. Three officers were wounded as the assailants fled. A wedding party convoy was halted at Nenagh. three men, three women, and the priest were detained before later release for the civilians.
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Dublin
O’connell
Free State Army
Nenagh
Father Vaughan
Youngest Portia in United States Admitted to Bar
Savannah Georgia reports Thelma Leonore Harrell a 17 year old high school student who began studying law in school was admitted to practice in all Georgia courts June 28 and federal courts July 11 earning the title youngest Portia and still wearing her curls as she enters court life.
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Savannah
Thelma Leonore Harrell
Portia
United States
Man Donates Blood to Save Deserted Wife
Earl Sandals of Cleveland, seeking to save his seventeen year old wife Martha who left him two months ago, donated blood in a transfusion at a local hospital. Martha, mother of their eight month old baby, shot herself in the abdomen last midnight in a bid to end her life. The transfusion was performed within an hour with Sandals and his wife under care on adjacent operating tables.
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Cleveland
Earl Sandals
Martha
Harold Wilks
Sandals
Miners Seek Peace in Anthracite Dispute Amid Court Battles
Clouds of doubt gave way as the Philadelphia session showed signs of moving toward a peaceful solution in anthracite differences. In West Virginia, 60 striking miners await release on bonds tied to the Cliftonville mine war, with trials for 216 indictments likely to continue through March and cost over 100000 dollars.
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Philadelphia
Wellsburg
W. Va
Cliftonville
H. H. Duval
Bridge Move Rescheduled After Rain Delays Sunday Creek Bridge
The Sunday Creek bridge above the infirmary will be moved Saturday night due to rain. Work starts at 10 30 P M and ends by 5 A M Sunday. Traffic on the Athens Nelsonville pike must detour via The Plains during the operation.
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Sunday Creek
Infirmary
Athens
Nelsonville
Plains
Governor blocks Dempsey Brennan bout in Michigan City
Governor Warren T. McCray orders LaPorte County Sheriff William E. Antese to ensure the Jack Dempsey versus Bill Brennan heavyweight match planned for Labor Day in Michigan City Indiana does not take place.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Warren T. McCray
William E. Antese
LaPorte County
Jack Dempsey
Bill Brennan
Michigan City
Youth sought in murder after fatal shooting in Ohio
Police hunt for 18 year old Johnson Liebermann after he disappeared from a Batavia area farm following a quarrel with his father Frank Liebermann 62, who died of a gunshot wound after being rushed to a Cincinnati hospital. The son told neighbors the father was ill and fled when questioned.
National Soldiers Bonus Bill Seen Passing Soon
Washington reports fast progress on the soldiers' bonus bill as Hanford MacNider, national commander of the American Legion, announces with legislative leaders after meetings at the capital that passage is likely. Internal News Service provided the update.
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Washington
ATI
Hanford MacNider
American Legion
Internationl
Republican state convention to start at 4 PM Tuesday
The Republican state convention at Memorial hall will open at 4 P M next Tuesday. The first session will be devoted mainly to speech making and the committee overseeing the event outlined the plan.
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Columbus
Memorial Hall
Panhandles to Meet Chauncey at Chauncey Park Sunday
Sunday at 2 P M the Columbus Panhandles with seven players having major or minor league experience will face Chauncey at Chauncey Ball Park. Game called at 2 o clock. Usual admission.
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Chauncey Ball Park
Columbus Panhandles
Chauncey
Hopeful Signs on End of Federated Shops Strike
Cleveland officials announced a possible settlement hours away in the nationwide federated shop crafts strike. Orders directed service firms and agencies to ease up on hiring non-union labor based on private advices from the New York conference of executives and union leaders.
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Cleveland
Cleveland Transportation
New York
Peace Talk Prospects End Rail Strike
After two days of talks at the Association of Railway Executives, President T De Witt Cuyler plans a meeting with 148 members to present a peace proposal. Union leaders see the summons as hopeful, with work expected to resume within a week.
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Association of Railway Executives
Broadway
T. de Witt Cuyler
Youthful murderer Dave Steel dies after self-inflicted wound
Columbus report says 17 year old Dave Steel died in a local hospital from a self inflicted gunshot wound to the abdomen. He confessed to killing his farm employer Mrs Hess, 74, with a butcher knife on Thursday claiming mistreatment drove him to the act.
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Columbus
Dave Steel
J. Moses Hess
Young Steel
Mayor orders real beer allowed to counteract bad water in Johnstown
In Johnstown Pennsylvania on August 19 Mayor Joseph Cauffel declared the city water unsafe and ordered saloons to sell only real beer to protect residents. Drug stores may sell cold ale, but moonshine and adulterated beverages are banned. Police alerted saloonkeepers as shops rushed to comply amid public enthusiasm.
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Johnstown
Joseph Cauffel
Paul Reveres
President Harding Signals Rail Crisis Pause Amid Talks
President Harding warns the government will use every power to keep trains moving if needed but will refrain from action while New York talks between railway executives and unions continue. Officials say a basis of adjustment exists and a key intercity report on motive power due next week could shape the crisis outcome.
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George R. Holmes
U.S
Washington
Harding
New York
Interstate Commerce Commission
Senate
International News Service
Free Copy of the Constitution Booklet Offered
Readers can obtain a free booklet containing the Constitution, Declaration of Independence, and Articles of Confederation with notes from authorities. Limited supply, request by mail with two cents for return postage to Fredene J. Haskin, Director, Atherts Messenger Information Bureau, Washington, D. C.
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United States
Connstitute
Fredene J. Haskin
Atherts Messenger Information Bureau
Washington, D. C
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