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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jul 17, 1927

Page

7

Miners Seek Fair Wage Scale as Conference Stalls

Daugherty and union leaders argued for a workable wage scale balancing operator profits with miners living wages. They criticized operators for not meeting, while reiterating commitment to 11,000 district miners and denying resignation requests. No reply was received from operators to the counter-proposal to reconvene talks.

Daugherty Lewis International Indiana Illinois Pennsylvania Hocking Wenvall Aareeee Owens Lee Hull United Mine Workers of America Gue Columbus Hall Hay Dave Watgug Hechste Posal Soloughoel

Poston Named Manager of Ohio Utilities Unit

Chillicothe July 1 John Poston of Athens will become vice president and manager of the Ohio Utilities company announced by E J Denman vice president of United Light and Power Davenport Ind under which the Ohio Utilities companies act as a subsidiary Poston is general manager of the Southern Ohio Power company and has wide experience in public utility work.

Chillicothe John Poston Athens Ohio Utilities Company E. J. Denman United Light and Power Company of Davenport Ohio Stifities Companies Vd. B. Hil Denman Poston Southern Ohio Power Company

Pythian Sisters Collect Clothing for Mississippi Flood Sufferers

The Meigs temple of Pythian Sisters in Midlport campaigns to gather clothing and other articles for Mississippi flood victims. Donations are preferred over cash. Mrs. J. B. Downing leads the effort and urges prompt action.

Meigs Temple of Pythian Sisters Mississippi J. B. Downing Meigs Temple

Woman writer finds solitude to boost work output in skyscraper

Emaing Sachs reports that author Mrs. Sachs writes in a high tower room away from family duties, journals solitary routine, and even uses an outdoor balcony in all weather. She advocates complete separation from home responsibilities to enable serious mental work and focus on her novel Red Damask. Germany gains in Far East trade as China market opens to German goods amid postwar shifts. Britain loses ground as Germany recaptures markets and expands exports.

New York Emaing Sachs New York Financial District Mnatch Frederick Kru United Press Star Berlin Germany China Britain America Japan United Press German Federation of Industries

Oral Daugherty Declares He Does Not Favor Gut

The latest proposal by operators was an open attempt to split the union. Operators warned of the miners’ potential reaction and stated the miners would not accept it. Dan W. Wallace offered a resolution for reestablishing the Jacksonville agreement with adjustments across districts subdistricts and groups. It was unanimously adopted and showed broad support for President Lewis and his officers.

Lewis

Riots in Vienna Kill Dozens and Wound Hundreds

Sixty people died and between 300 and 400 were wounded in yesterday's riots between socialists and police in Vienna. Many police among the dead and wounded. some estimates put fatalities as high as 60. Elsewhere Vienna saw only minor rioting, with quiet in the rest of the country during the day. First arrivals at convention venues include Ohio State Pharmaceutical Association and Traveling Men's Military, plus Ohio Retail Jewelers and Bankers associations. A revolutionary plot at La Paz was reportedly suppressed by the Tolivan government, according to the American chargé d'affaires.

Vienna Berlin London Neustadt Ohio State Pharmaceutical Association Ohio Retail Jewelers’ Association Ohio Bankers’ Association

Italy issues ultimatum over Made railway trains through Austria

London report cites an Innsbruck dispatch to Berlin stating Italy has demanded passage of Italian railway trains through Austria. If access is denied tonight, Austrian frontier troops will forcibly move the trains, the message says.

London Berlin Exchange Telegraph Italy Austria Tralian

Home Brew Threat to Soviet Liquor Monopoly Emerges

A Soviet report estimates home brew and illicit spirits challenge the government vodka monopoly, with home made drinks costing about thirty cents a quart and the nation losing tax revenue while peasants and city dwellers fuel the illicit market. The government hopes price cuts on vodka will curb drinking, but courts have struggled to deter home brewers.

Moscow Russia Logaliys Soviet Brower

Lengel Guilty of First Degree Murder in Mellett Case

Canton July 16. Seranus A Lengel former Canton police chief found guilty of murder in the first degree for his part in the assassination of Dan St Mellett editor of the Canton News The jury spared him from the chair but sentenced him to life imprisonment under Ohio law The verdict came on the first anniversary of Melletts murder and the News plant is dedicated as a memorial to its crusading editor Another item notes Faye Whittington Hukit granted divorce and custody after cruelty and neglect in Meigs County Court of Common Pleas

Canton U.1 Seranus A. Lengel Dan St. Mellett Canton New Lengel Ole Ohionn Melletts The News Living Pomeroy Faye Whittington Hukit Thana N. Hukitl Court of Common Fleas Meigs County

Charges upheld over third degree methods in Youngstown

Columbus July 16. Governor Donahey ordered C H Sisson to probe claims that Youngstown police used third degree methods. Sisson report, released by the governor, says he found reliable evidence that complainants were in good physical condition when arrested but bore signs of abuse and provided confessions.

Columbus U.R Youngstown C. H. Sisson Nelsonville Donahey Sission Sisson

Auto Plunges Over Embankment Injuring Two Men

In Pomeroy on the Coolville road a car carrying Win Harshman and Perry Adams from Sugar Creek went over a high embankment near the John Arnall farm. Harshman suffered a broken shoulder and three broken ribs. Adams had minor injuries. Dr. Byron Bing treated them before they were sent home by intercity ambulance. The men reportedly had been seeking work at the Forest Fum mine.

Pomeroy Carleton Hollow Coolville Road John Arnall Win Harshman Perry Adams Sugar Creek Athena County Harshman Byron Bing Insterward Forest Fum

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