Ohio guards mobilize to secure coal mines in eastern Ohio
Cadiz in Harrison county hosts 250 Ohio National Guard members and 11 trucks after Governor Davis called out troops amid reports miners planned mass action at strip mines. Units from Columbus, Marysville, Chillicothe and Delaware deployed. Lancaster mobilized as a rapid-access point. Conditions described as quiet across the coal regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cadiz. O
Jefferson
Harrison Counties
Ohio National Guard
Cadiz
Chautauqua Park
Ohio
Columbus
Florence
Harrison County
Pennsylvania Railroad
Davis
Harrison
Delaware
Chillicothe
Marysville
Robert Haubrich
147Th Motor Transport Corps
Lancaster
166Th Infantry
Zanesville
Belmont
Guernsey
Perry
Athens
Hocking
Mine Attack at Richmond Mining Corp Ends in Deaths
Authorities hold suspects in irons after a clash at the Richmond Mining Company mine near Cliftonville West Virginia. Sheriff Duval was killed and three attackers died. A coroner's inquest begins as witnesses dispute casualty figures amid a large state police response. A special grand jury will probe the assault and killings. Nearly twenty suspects are under guard.
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Richmond Mining Company
Cliftonville
W. Va
H. H. Duval
Weather Favors Growing Things All Over State
The weekly weather and crop bulletin reports favorable conditions for crop growth and field work across the state. General moderate to heavy rains benefited growing crops, with corn in good to excellent condition and wheat harvest nearing completion in lake counties. Haying and oats cutting progressed well, though some delays from local rains occurred. pastures, meadows, gardens, potatoes, tobacco and fruit were benefited by the showers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Agriculture
General Moseley criticizes uniform insulters at Camp Custer dances
Battle Creek, Michigan July 21 Brigadier General George Moseley camp commander condemns Battle Creek girls for asking Camp Custer soldiers to wear civilian clothes at dances. He questions if the army uniform is a badge of shame for a fine enlisted man or student.
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Battle Creek
Mich
United States Army
Camp Custer
George Moseley
Farmers and Merchants Picnic Draws 8000 at Athens Fairgrounds
Thousands from Wwaul e County gathered at the Athens county fair grounds for the annual picnic under ideal weather. The event featured a bean dinner serving over 2,500 people from 400 pounds of beans and a morning ball game where the merchants defeated the farmers 11 to 1 in seven innings with 15 players on the merchants and 12 on the farmers. Continued on Page Three.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens County Fair
W. E. Hampton
Iron and Steel Industries Show Big Gains in Workers
The iron and steel industries increased employment by 32.1 percent in June from a year earlier and payrolls rose by 40.7 percent despite a coal strike. Eight of twelve major industries added workers in June 1922 versus June 1921, while four declined.
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Iron and Steel Industries
Washington
Iron and Steel Industry
Department of Labor
No Comments on Either Side
Columbus July 21 Officials at state headquarters of the Ohio mine workers said no known effort is being made by Ohio operators to re open their coal mines. W D McKinney secretary of the Southern Ohio coal exchange had no comment on a prediction that operators may resume operations next week in southern Ohio.
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Columbus, CO
Ohio
W. D. McKinney
Southern Ohio Coal Exchange
C. H. Haddox
Columbus
Harding
Davis
Grosbeck
Michigan
Buckeye
Wives of Rail Strikers Take Up Work Across Chicago
Chicago July 21. As rail shopmen strike continues wives join the labor force. In Burnside South Chicago and Pullman many fed up families see women entering scrub work meat packing laundries and factory roles to support households. Mrs Helen Petkewilcz notes women must earn money as families have many children and cannot starve.
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James L. Kilgallen
Chicago
Burnshide
South
Pullman
Union
Helen Petkewilcz
Burnside
Hooper Ordered to White House for Strike Conference
President Harding telephoned Ben W. Hooper chair of the railway labor board in Chicago to come to Washington at once for a conference on the escalating railroad strike crisis. The call followed a lengthy cabinet meeting focused on industrial tensions and labor actions.
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Washington
Harding
Ben W. Hooper
Railway Labor Board
Chicago
Took Advice in Making Hood and Is Blinded
Akron jury hears claim by Jacob Burger that a keg of beer with a kick exploded after he added ingredients on suggestion of Renner Products company, blinding one eye and affecting his sight in a $50,000 damage suit filed in court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akron
Renner Products Company
Jacob Burger
Mexican bandit leader Gorozahe killed after Tampico kidnapping
The Mexican embassy confirmed the death of bandit leader Gorozahe who had seized 40 American citizens near Tampico and held them for ransom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Gorozahe
Tampico
Miners in Athens County Urged to Maintain Peaceful Sit-Down
Conrad Wein, secretary-treasurer of Sub-District No 1, says Athens county and the Murray City area will stay quiet during the coal strike. He asserts miners will sit tight for their rights, expect no mine openings, and believe victory is possible without clashes or disturbances in New Straitsville and surrounding valleys.
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Athens County
Conrad Wein
Murray City
New Straitsville
Wein
Mr. Wein
Auto Smash Blocks Sugar Creek Bridge Traffic
A head on collision on Sugar Creek road near Lee Dorr's place damaged two autos driven by C E Stack of Millfield and C M McVay of Athens. Both drivers escaped serious injury as their cars were wrecked and the narrow iron bridge was blocked for about half an hour with traffic lined up for miles. McVay works for the Ohio Collieries company.
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Sugar Creek
Lee Dorr
C. E. Stack
Millfield
C. Mc.Vay
Athens
Stack
Mr. McVay
McVay
Ohio Collieries Company
Caine Again Meets to Take Up the Strikes
President Harding and his cabinet met again to discuss the coal and rail strikes, aiming to end the worst winter in years as rail lines face shutdowns and troop options loom. Federal action contemplates seizure of mines or operator concessions if coal output remains insufficient. Eastern railroads pressure to restore seniority rights adds to the tense labor stalemate.
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George R. Holmes
Washington
Harding
White House
Coal Commission
Interstate Commerce ruling faults coal freight rates
The Interstate Commerce Commission found freight rates on soft coal from Western Kentucky to Chattanooga and northern Georgia unfair and unduly prejudicial to Kentucky mines, declaring the charges unreasonable today.
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Washington
Kentucky
Chattanooga
Georgia
Interstate Commerce Commission
Ohio coal mines to stay idle amid strong union push
Unionized Ohio miners refuse to resume work as leaders reject federal troop protection and state takeover. Operators warn wage dispute blocks reopening, with Ohio United Mine Workers president Lee Hall insisting only union directives can end the strike. Governors weigh federal intervention, but miners unite for a protracted stoppage.
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Lee Hall
Columbus
Ohio United Mine Workers
Ohio
Hall
Davis
Harding
Strike Vote to Be Held by Pittsburgh Railroad Clerks
In Pittsburgh today representatives of 20,000 railway clerks freight handlers and station agents of the Pittsburgh and Lake Erie division will cast a strike vote. They belong to the Brotherhood of Railway Clerks Freighthandlers and Station Agents, an important unit of the New York Central system.
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Pittsburgh
Brotherhood of
Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad
New York Central System
Weather Outlook Indicates Warmer Spell Ahead
A warm spell is coming with rising temperatures. Thursday reached 86 degrees, then cooled to 65 degrees Thursday night and rose to 66 by morning and 87 by 10 AM. Forecast calls for fair Friday night and partly cloudy Saturday with a chance of thundershowers.
Editor William Allen White Faces Arrest Over Strike Placard
Emporia Kansas July 21 William Allen White author and editor prepared to be arrested under orders of Governor Henry J Allen. He flaunted a railroad strike placard in the Emporia Gazette window claiming solidarity with a strike and asserted he would not yield. Attorney General Richard J Hopkins prepared papers and a warrant might be issued. White defends his action as free press and promised to test the case.
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Emporia
Kans
William Allen White
Heary J. Allen
White
Emporia Gazette
Kansas Industrial Court
Topeka
Richard J. Hopkins
Woman slain before crowd in downtown Cincinnati
In Cincinnati on July 21 Harry Hamilton faces arraignment for first degree murder after he shot and killed 38 year old Mrs Anna Fowlner as she crossed a busy street. Spectators watched as he fired five shots then fled, was beaten by a mob and saved by police.
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Cincinnati
Harry Hamilton
Anna Fowlner
Hamilton
Test vote on beer wine amendment questioned by Wheeler
Attorney Wayne B. Wheeler of the Anti Saloon League says a weekly magazine straw poll yields vague results on the beer and wine amendment. He notes 60 percent of states opposed the amendment and 32,000 of 39,000 voters came from four states, urging that only a real election offers a fair test.
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Columbus
Wayne B. Wheeler
Washington, D. C
Anti-Saloon League of America
Wheeler
Mine unrest rises as pumpers quit in Pa and evictions loom
In Mount Carmel and Pittsburgh areas, 200 union pumpers quit at Richards colliery and a mob drove workers from Greenridge, while 11,100 state guardsmen and troops mobilized to guard reopenings. Evictions of 400 families at Monteur No 4 Hill Station foreshadow tent colonies as mines prepare to restart work next week.
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Mount Carmel
United Mine Workers
Richards Colliery
Susquehanna
Richards
Greenridge
Free Canning Booklet Offered by Department of Agriculture
Free government publication explains proper home canning and recipe foundations. The booklet includes tested canning methods for fruits and vegetables and is available through the Washington Information Bureau by sending a coupon with stamps for return postage.
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Department of Agriculture
Washington Information Bureau
Frederic J. Haskin
Athena Messenger Information Bureau
Washington, D. C
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Gad
Ormerone Gov
Pennsylvania
General Moseley
Wwaule
Hooper
Hood
Hocking Valley
Order
Caine
Big Eastern
N. Y
Central
Erie
Northwestern
Southern
Harvey’s Pavillion
Parker's Orchestra
Oni
Ohio National
United Mine ‘Workers of America
YUU Uy
Kansas
Agin Law
Pittsburgh Coal Co
Pittsburg
Western Coal
104Th Cavalry
62Nd Machine Gun
Western Pennsylvania
Mt. Gretna
William C. Sproul
Pittsburgh Coal Company
Monteur
Hill Station
Washington County
Montour
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