Finish Battle With Shopmen Looms Over Railroads
Washington dispatch reports a grim winter ahead as railroads face wartime regulation, coal shortages, and ongoing shopmen strikes. Officials say even a settlement would leave carriers burdened by reduced repairs, with anthracite production resuming likely tightening movement of essentials.
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George R. Holmes
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
United States
Harding
Railway Labor Board
Blanket Order Sought by Attorney General in All Oilike
Federal Judge James A. Wilkerson granted a temporary injunction at the request of Attorney General Harry M. Daugherty to restrain striking shopcraft workers and leaders from interfering with railroad operations nationwide. A hearing to make the order permanent was set for September 11. The attorney general warned the strike endangers the public, calling it a great peril and asserting the government acts for the people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
James A. Wilkerson
Harry M. Daugherty
United States
Ford Offer Sets Coal Price by Hoover Amid Strike
The strike caused $75 million worth of fruit to be withheld from the market. In Kentucky two points, many cars are loaded with coal and cannot be moved due to the strike. Friends of the strikers were accused of destroying coal. Injunction copies were prepared to serve on all defendants.
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Kentucky
Martn Clark Bail Fight Tangles Herrin Mine Slayings Case
Otis Clark president of United Mine Workers Local No 20 faced indictment for the murder of C K McDowell at Herrin Illinois. Attorneys sought bail as the grand jury probe into the Herrin massacre widens amid police concern and public pressure.
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Harry C. Read
I. N
Marion
Mine Workers’ Union
Otis Clark
D. T. Hartwell
Grand
Clark
Uaion
C. K. McDowell
Here
United Mine Workers
Office of
Defense Counsel
Illnois
Ford Offered Entire Logan Pocahontas Coal Output
Cincinnati report states Logan Pocahontas Fuel Co proposes 165000 tons monthly coal to Henry Ford at government prices with a two year option. M T Roach, president and Wallins Creek Collieries VP, warns shutdown would be a national calamity. Offer covers Harlan field seams Ford already uses.
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Cincinnati
Logan-Pocahontas Fuel Company
Henry Ford
M. T. Roach
Wallins Creek
Ford
Harlan Fields
Roach
Ohio Gov. Davis weighs coal price powers after stalled talks
Ohio officials debate state power to set a fair price for mined coal after the fuel commission and operators failed to agree. Attorney General Price to report to Governor Davis, who may call a special session as prices soar and talks falter.
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N. S
Columbus
Ohio
John G. Price
Harry L. Davis
Davis
State Fuel Commission
Jackson
Fuel Commission
Attecy General Price
Legislae
Man Pleads Guilty in Carbondale Animal Cruelty Cases
Dolpha Chesser of Carbondale was fined after shooting a horse owned by Cash Brewer. Silas Easterling, also of Carbondale, admitted guilt to a similar charge, fined $25 and costs, for shooting a cow after being frustrated at its intrusion into his garden. The Athennes County Humane Society investigated the cow shooting.
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Dolpha Chesser
Carbondale
Cash Brewer
Helwig
Silas Easterling
Athens County Humane Society
A. C. Roach
Easterling
Offcer Roach
injunction seeks to cover every feature of rail interference
Chicago dispatch reports Attorney General Daugherty seeks a broad injunction to prevent strikes and related actions across the nation. The order would bar shouting for workers to quit, mass public displays, letters urging departure, stone throwing, name calling, trespassing on tracks, hindering inspection and repair, blocking access to railroad employment, loitering near facilities, and collusion to deter work.
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Chicago
Daugherty
Four Bombers Caught in AGT at Cleveland
Four men digging near a main support of the Belt Line Railroad Cuyahoga river bridge opened fire on guards and swam to the shore after being routed. They escaped in a waiting car as traffic across the bridge was halted and city bridges placed under guard.
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Cleveland
Cuyahoga River
Belt Line
Bomb ring leader captured after second blast at railroad worker home
Chicago authorities captured 33 year old Michael Krischuinas, believed to head a bomb terrorism ring, after the second explosion in a week targeted the home of a railroad worker. The arrest follows the incidents and underscores ongoing security concerns in the city.
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Chicago
Michael Krischuinas
Chauncey Hosts Two Big Baseball Showdowns
Two top games at Chauncey ballpark unfold Sunday and Monday with Columbus Panhandle and Crooksville facing Chauncey after previously losing. Chauncey’s lineup features Martson Withem and Whit latch in a key battery.
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Chauncey Ballpark
Columbus Panhandle
Chauncey
Crooksville
Chauncey Marston
Withem
Whitlatch
Carnival Dance at Lamborns Pavillion Glouster
Labor Day night event at Lamborns Pavillion Glouster is listed as a carnival dance on September 4 with admission details not shown. The notice reads as a local social activity listing for the community gathering.
Hocking Field To Receive Special Attention
Reports from the Hocking valley mining field indicate an acute car shortage threatening to tie up the mines again. Lack of motive power adds to the trouble as the state fuel commission pledges to concentrate efforts on supplying cars to the mines in the coming days.
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Columbus
Hocking Valley
State Fuel Commission
Food Riots Roil Berlin Suburb Eberswalde
Blooded riots erupt in Eberswalde as hungry mobs smash shop windows loot stores and clash with police. Several people are wounded as officers struggle to restore order amid the unrest.
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Berlin
Eberswanlde
Rebel Guatemalan Leaders Captured and Executed
Francisco Loenzana and San Jose Pinu Jar, leaders of Guatemalan rebels, were captured in Mexico City and executed, according to dispatches from ARE A memory.
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Mexico City
Francisco Loenzana
San Jose Pinu Jar
Guatemala
Woodworth to Teach at Martzolff Class Sunday
Mr. E. C. Woodworth of the Athens Printery will teach the Martzolff class of the First M. E. Sunday school next Sunday, September 3.
Injunction Won't Halt Federated Strike, IAM Says
Washington reports that Attorney General Daugherty's injunction in Chicago will not stop the federated shopcrafts strike. IAM President William H. Johnston, the leading union figure in the dispute, said the move has no effect on the stoppage.
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Washington
Daugherty
Chicago
Federated Shopcrafts
William H. Johnston
International Association of Machinists
International News Service
Injunction Blocks Rail Strike Actions Nationwide
Judge Wilkerson grants a temporary injunction against the American Federation of Labor railway workers and six shopcrafts brotherhoods and 120 federations. The order bars encouragement of strikes, mem ber recruitment, picketing, or interference with road workers. Daugherty portrays strike violence including the Michigan Central wreck near Gary and trains abandoned in the Arizona desert.
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American Railway
Department of the
American Federation of Labor
System Federations
STEP
Wilkerson
Federated
Daugherty
Michigan Central
Gary
Ind
Arizona Desert
California
Gompers Declines Comment on Chicago Railway Injunction
Samuel Gompers, AFL president, declined to comment on the Chicago railway injunction. He refused to discuss the ruling and began drafting a statement denouncing government by injunction to be issued later in the day.
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Washington
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Chicago
Senate Moves Twin Coal Bills To Fast Track
Washington September 1 The administration's twin coal bills seek a federal inquiry into the mining industry and powers to curb profiteering over winter. With House passage already secured, leaders expect enactment within a week. Borah chairs the inquiry bill with debate slated today and anti profiteering measure next. The Interstate Commerce Committee also weighs a Cummins alternative.
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Washington
Senate
House
Borah
Idaho
Interstate Commerce Committee
Cummins
Iowa
End in Sight but Decision Is Not Made
In Philadelphia Senator George Pepper after a conference with John L. Lewis said the anthracite strike may end soon and that by tomorrow there should be unanimous sentiment for a settlement. Operators had requested a public mandate to decide whether to maintain the old wage scale.
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Philadelphia
United States
George Wharton Pepper
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Pepper
Mexico Congress to Open as Obregon Message Hints U S Recognition
Congress convenes at 5 PM in Mexico City with a presidential message from Obregon. The report notes anticipated reference to the New York bankers' pact with De la Huerta and the likely push for early Washington recognition of the Mexican administration.
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Mexico City
Congress
Obregon
de la Huerta
International Committee of Bankers
New York
Washington
Fate of Soldier Bonus Rested With Mr. Harding
Washington dispatch says the fate of the soldiers bonus rests with President Harding. Republican leaders report two options: sign a bill favored by a Senate majority or veto it, with House support likely to sustain a veto. Debate centers on whether the president will heed broad Republican backing or face opposition from anti bonus senators.
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MR. Harding
J. Bart Campbell
Washington
Harding
Congress
Senate
House
Lodge
End of five months' hard coal strike seen possible
Philadelphia reports a meeting of operators to decide ending the five months strike in the anthracite fields. The front against arbitration eases as wage and condition terms after April 1, 1923 are softened. Rumors say miners may accept Copper Pepper proposal aiding a settlement.
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Philadelphia
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Cleveland
Washington
Clues Rise in Big Four Railroad Bomb Case
Federal agents and railroad detectives probing the dynamiting of Big Four tracks near the Arlington Heights bridge over the Miami Erie canal and Mill Creek report clues that may lead to arrests.
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Cincinnati
Big Four Railroad
Miami-Erie Canal
Mill Creek
Arlington Heights
France Accepts German Bonds for Reparations Payments
Paris Sept 1 The French cabinet approved the inter allied reparations commission plan to accept German bonds instead of cash for indemnity. The commission endorsed the Belgian respite plan for German cash payments despite German protests that the bonds may not prove good.
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Paris
Inter-Allied Reparations Commission
Earned the Trip by Vaudeville Skits on Long Drive
Mr and Mrs Roy McMannis financed nearly 12 800 miles to the Pacific coast with proceeds from vaudeville skits along the route. All but twenty dollars of the trip were paid, and nearly fifteen months were spent on the journey.
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Martins Ferry
Pacific Coast
Roy McMannis
Steamer 1S Damaged in Buenos Aires Collision
The American steamship American region sustained a slight bow damage after colliding with two tug boats and an old Argentine warship during its voyage from Buenos Aires to the United States.
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Buenos Aires
Americal Steamship
American iBegion
United States
Free booklet on vegetable use and storage from Agriculture Department
Our Washington Information Bureau offers a free practical guide titled Precision of Vegetables. Readers mail a coupon with two cents to receive the booklet and learn how to prepare vegetables for the table during the growing season.
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Department of Agricuhlture
Element of
Washington Inform Bureau
Dianne
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West Virginia Company
May Pha Lan
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Hocking Field
John Lewis
Frederic J. Haskin
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