Railroads Under War Time Rules Merge Into One System
The Interstate Commerce Commission leads a nationwide war time rail plan, suspending rules to prioritize fuel and food shipments. Officials warn reform requires mine rescues and broader labor participation to end strikes. Government tests volunteer coal mining with troop protection as talks resume.
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George Holmes
Washington
Interstate Commerce Comission
Miniature Railroad Administration
Interstate Commerce Commission
White House
United Mine Workers
John L. Lewis
Harding
Railway Labor Board
Congress
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Wall Street
YWCA Leader Reports Harsh Child Labor in China
Miss Margaret Burton of the national board of the YWCA sailed with the John D. Rockefeller Jr. party to the Far East last year and delayed her return to inspect conditions in China. She returns with a report detailing little Chinese girls and boys working exhausting hours for ten cents a day, stirring readers with graphic descriptions.
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Margaret Burton
National Board of the Y. W. C. A
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Far East
China
Judge’s Father Fought in Revolution, Downey Judge Says
Downey California resident Judge Lewis Patrick Phillips claims to be the only living son of the American Revolution. He states his father fought with General Washington and notes his own age is ninety one.
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Lewis Patrick Phillips
Downey
Cal
Phillips
General Washington
Central Pennsylvania mine reopens under Harding plan
Jerome mine in Somerset county resumes production as first Central Pennsylvania unit to reopen. No disorder reported. Government sources say governors of western Pennsylvania Indiana Ohio and Illinois may convene to plan reopening idle mines if operations do not resume within a week. Governor McCray of Indiana reportedly proposed the conference.
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Altoona
Consolidation Coal Companies
Jerome
Somerset County
Pennsylvania
Washington
Indiana
Ohio
Illinois
McCray
Cleveland
Hltneis
West Virginia
United States
Lewis Defiant Statements on Coal Mine Reopenings
Indiana Governor Warren T. McCray denounced John L. Lewis remarks as defiant and disloyal in a telegram to President Harding. He urged prompt federal action to settle the strike and resume coal production, stating Indiana stands behind the president’s chosen course.
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Indianapolis
Ind
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Warren T. McCray
Harding
Indiana
Stone Attack by Women Disrupts Ohio Railroad Yard
In Toledo Ohio on July 26 a mob of about 50 women, wives of strikers and sympathizers, ambushed nonunion workers at the Airline Junction yards of the New York Central. Stones and bricks damaged cars and injured passengers as police and railroad detectives fought back. no arrests by noon.
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Toledo
New York Central Railroad
Howard Named Head Of Prohibition Bureau Division
Chas. J. Howard of Barnesville D has been appointed head of the interpretation division in the office of counsel of the prohibition bureau paving the way for Col PDQ Morrow of Hillsboro to be district attorney for the southern district of Ohio Senator Willis Republican for Ohio announced today.
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Washington
Chas. J. Howard
Barnesville
Prohibition Bureau
PD. Q. Morrow
Hillsboro
Ohio
Willis
Definite Rule of Ireland 10 Be Fought Out
Irregulars ramp up activity in Dublin with two city center bomb outrages and near continuous gunfire. Seven arrests reported as free state troops gain a favorable position. Cork mayor leads a Dublin delegation seeking a peace committee to settle the rebel and free state dispute. Rail lines torn to sever Belfast Dublin links.
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Dublin
Ireland
Free State
Cork
Dail Éireann
Irish Provisional
George Garvis Duffy
Michael Collins
Collins
Mahilde
Belfast
Prices Not At Peak Today in United States
The cost of living in the United States has risen 66.6 percent since 1914, the Department of Labor reports. June 1922 prices were 23 percent below June 1920 levels, while food costs rose since March and clothing, fuel, and other staples were slightly lower.
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Washington
United States
Department of Labor
Canaan School Patrons to Meet Thursday Eve
Canaan Township Parent Teachers association plans a regular meeting at the Canaan school building Thursday night. The Plains P T A will attend and supply the evening program. A report from the special committee on school problems will be presented.
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Canaanville
Canaan Township
Parent-Teachers’ Association
Parent-Teacher Association of the
Train Service To South Cut Down
The K M railroad ends two trains between Athens and Hobson effective Wednesday due to coal conservation. No 1 northbound leaves at 6 23 a m and No 10 southbound at 8 02 p m now terminate in Athens. Freight service shows marked improvement with more trains and closer schedules as workers return to shops. Passenger trains on B M and Hocking roads cling to schedules with notable B M gains. New York trains were about 30 minutes late Tuesday.
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Athens
Hobson
Hocking Roads
New York
Discontinuation of K. and M. Trains 1 and 10
Notice states that effective July 26 the K and M trains numbers 1 and 10 will be discontinued on the Athens to Hobson route. This change affects service between the two locations and alters the local rail timetable.
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Athens
Hobson
Texas Railroad Under Military Rule for Miles
Proclamation by Governor Pat M Neff puts martial law into effect at 4 am in the Missouri Kansas and Texas Railroad area around Denison and parts of Grayson county along the Houston Texas Central line. Rangers have been ordered to Sherman and Childress.
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Austin
Tex
Pat M. Neff
Missouri Kansas & Texas Railroad
Denison
Grayson County
Houston Texas Central Railroad
Sherman and
Childress
Monkeyfaced Owls Found In Canaan Area
An unusual pair of barn owls, known for their monkey faced plumage, were found by Fred Birch on a farm near Canaanville. The birds, rare in the area, are noted for feeding on snakes, mice, and lizards and are valued by farmers.
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Fred Birch
Canaanville
Chauncey
Fred Schmidt
R. D
Miners and Operators Weigh Possible Joint Wage Conference
Undecided plans for a Saturday meeting between miners and operators in Cleveland as talks shift toward a joint wage scale. Officials say unified action may reduce minority participation, though non union miners remain scarce for mining operations.
Illinois miners urged to return to work amid settlement talks
Springfield July 26 Acting Governor Fred EB Sterling proposed immediate return to work by Illinois miners. Miners would resume for wages and union conditions until a tribunal settles name readjustment. A meeting of miners and operators was invited at the governor's office to seek fair terms on all contested points.
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Springfield
Illnois
Fred EB. Sterling
Frank Farrington
Illinois Miners
Illinois
Borah Charges Capital Plans to Destroy All Union Labor
Senator William E Borah, chair of the Senate labor committee, argues that capital planned to crush union labor after World War I. He cites deflation of wages and rising living costs and supports a commission to investigate the coal industry over the past decade, suggesting nationalization or government control may be inevitable.
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BORAH
Washington
William E. Borah
Senate Labor Committee
Thoes
Meteor reports claim giant fall near Wynyard and Saskatoon
Reports from Big Quill Lake near Wynyard Saskatchewan describe a giant meteor explosion felt twenty miles away with steam rising from the lake. A second meteor was sighted east of Saskatoon and additional detonations were heard in Vaneroy.
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Winnipeg
Man
Big Quill Lake
Wynyard
Saskachtewan
Lato
Saskatoon
Sask
Vaneroy
Ohio Must Go After Coal for Her Needs
Columbus July 26 The state board of control will seek authority to purchase coal on open markets for state institutions. State Finance Director Davis says coal dealers will not bid on state contracts due to delivery uncertainty. Institutions report 30 to 45 days of coal on hand.
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Columbus
State Board of Control
Davis
Kellogg Opens Fight on Wood Tariff in Senate
The senate renewed debate on the wool schedule of the tariff bill with Senator Kellogg of Minnesota denouncing the proposed 32 cent per pound rate on cleaned wool. He warned the duty would add to clothing costs for consumers nationwide.
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Washington
Senate
Kellogg
Minnesota
Police search for three strike breakers after stabbing
Detroit police search for three strike breakers employed at Michigan Central shops who stabbed three white workers amid labor unrest.
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Detroit
Mich
Michigan Central
Lakeside Weather in Athens County Sees Twisting Temperatures
Residents enjoyed cool nights with 56 to 60 degrees and warmth by day over 90 degrees at times. The weatherman predicts further hot days under clear skies with little temperature change ahead.
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Lakeside
Athens County
Interstate commission asks states to use priority ratings
The Interstate Commerce Commission urged state railroad commissions to adopt its emergency plan that gives priority ratings to shipments of fuel and food, in a communication dated July 26.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Coalfield strike pause as peacetime emergency aids shipments
In Washington Pa on July 26 operators and miners in southwestern Pennsylvania awaited the day’s effect of the national industrial emergency. Thousands of tons of soft coal above ground and in idle cars would be moved under priority government rights with no expected trouble. Preparations for reopening Mountour Mine No 4 near Morgansia and Hendersonville mines were under way as strikebreakers arrived and worked on Montour dumps.
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Washington
Pennsylvania
Mountour
Morgansea
Hendersonville
Montour Mine
Atterbury Seeks White House Meeting Over Rail Strike
W. W. Atterbury president of the Pennsylvania Lines visited the White House with Secretary Hoover and James C. Davis to discuss concessions with President Harding. The lines and subsidiaries may be tasked to haul a large share of coal from non-union fields.
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Washington
W. W. Atterbury
Pennsylvania Lines
White House
Harding
Commerce
Hoover
James C. Davis
Hoover Says Coal Shortage Won’t Hit Consumers Yet
Secretary of Commerce Hoover announced after surveying available supplies that while industries face coal shortages, the average domestic consumer will not feel impact for at least 30 days.
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Washington
Secretary of Commerce
Hoover
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