Shorter Day and Higher Pay Sought by Miners
United Mine Workers convention delegates scatter across the country to threaten a nationwide coal strike on November 1 unless a satisfactory wage and working agreement is reached. The union endorses a sixty percent wage increase, a six hour day, and a five day week, with contracts to run two years and all regions covered concurrently.
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Cleveland
United Mine Workers of America
Buffalo
Indianapolis
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
John L. Lewis
John Moore
Columbus
George W. Savage
William Robinette
Jacksonville
Lee Hall
George Cecil
Wellston
Thongs
J. Price
Midvale
W. C. Thomas
Cambridge
Wm. Roy Bridgeport
John Faxon
Salineville
Greece Honors New York Lawyer for Relief Work
Frank W. Jackson, a New York lawyer, was honored by Greece for his leadership of the relief committee aiding Greeks in Asia Minor. King George I awarded him the Cross of an Officer of the Royal Order of George I.
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Frank W. Jackson
New York
Greece
Relief Committee
Asia
Minox
Jackson
Riots Erupt as Strikers Attack Negroes in Cleveland
Rioting broke out in Cleveland as a street car carrying black workers was halted by strikers. Two black workers were severely beaten and hospitalized, one striker stabbed, and six strikers were arrested as police intervened.
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Cleveland
American Steel and Wire Company
Canton Men Go Back to Plants of Own Accord
Canton Ohio September 24 In Canton Sheet Steel Company 1200 employees voted to resume operations Sunday night after quitting yesterday due to plant picketing by striking workers. Assistant General Superintendent John H Roemer addressed the workers saying the decision rested with them and the company would protect those who return. The vote marked a personal victory for Roemer amid prevailing goodwill with the workforce.
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Canton, CO
Canton Sheet Steel Company
Actiog
John H. Roemer
Mr. Roemer
Labor Convention Proposes Central Field Pact and Walkout Plan
The convention schedules a reconvened session in Indianapolis to ratify an agreement for the central competitive field and to set an outlying district policy. It authorizes a general strike starting November 1, 1919 if a satisfactory wage scale is not secured. It also supports ratification of anthracite miners wage demands from Wilkes Barre.
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Indianapolis
United States
Wilkesbarre
Robbers Seize Boos From Lenawee Jail Then Shot At
Early today three men broke into the Lenawee county jail at Adrían Michigan and loaded 300 quarts of booze into a car. They fled but were driven from the vehicle and fired upon by the sheriff and two deputies. Authorities believe owners tried to reclaim confiscated liquor.
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Toledo
Lenawee County
Adrian
Mich
New Step Ladder Folds Down To Save Space
A new step ladder features a top that folds down over the back to occupy little room when idle. The design emphasizes compact storage and ease of use for small spaces.
Westerville Mail Superintendent Pleads Not Guilty
Jesse R. Bean chief of mails in Westerville Ohio pleaded not guilty to theft and concealment of stolen mail. He was held on a $1,000 bond after local post office inspectors arrested him for taking money from mail addressed to the Anti-Saloon League headquarters in Westerville.
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Columbus
Jesse R. Bean
Westerville
United States
Johnson
Post Office Department
Bean
Athens Junk Co. Announces Closed Accounts Holiday
The Athens Junk Co says its office and warehouse will be closed Thursday and Friday for a holiday, with operations suspended during the period.
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THE
Athens Junk CO
Union Leaders in Pittsburg Seek Removal of State Troopers
Union leaders meeting in Pittsburg today planned action to remove the state constabulary from steel centers alleging troopers overstep authority. Earlier, clashes in Buffalo left one dead and several wounded as strikers clashed with police. Farrel l and Indiana Harbor also saw rioting with fatalities and injuries. Governor Smith ordered additional troops en route to Lackawanna district. Senate strike inquiry faces first witness John Fitzpatrick with Gary unable to appear for a week.
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Pittsburg
Buffalo
N. Y
Farrell
Indiana
Harbor
Ind
Smith
Buffalo Lackawanna
Lackawanna
Gary
Ohio
John Fitzpatrick
Senate Labor Committees
Washington
E. H. Gary
United States Steel Corporation
Steel Strike Flare Spurs Guards at Indiana Harbor Plant
In Chicago district the steel strike led to 400 striking workers surrounding a Marks Manufacturing Co shift at Indiana Harbor Indiana. Eight men were badly beaten and taken to an emergency hospital.
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Chicago
Ill
Marks Manufacturing Company
Indiana Harbor
Ind
Governor deploys state troopers to Lackawanna strikes
Albany dispatch reports Governor Smith ordered a company of state constabulary to Lackawanna after disorders tied to the steel strike. The detail, joined by reinforcements from western New York, followed an appeal from the Lackawanna mayor and took effect after midnight.
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Albany
N.Y
Smith
State Constabulary
Lackawanna
Clash Between State Troopers and Steel Strikers in Buffalo
State constabulary and striking steel workers clashed as strikers ignored orders to disperse. Crowds gathered on street corners and rocks were thrown. Troopers charged with clubs, driving many into saloons then out into the streets.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Union chiefs plan action to remove state police from Pittsburg strike zone
In Pittsburg on September 24, a 24 member union committee met to consider removing state police from the strike zone amid charges of abridging free speech and rough treatment of pickets. They planned to inform President Wilson if another letter is drafted and may seek public sympathy for organized labor. The Monongahela Valley mills remained the focus of the dispute.
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Fred S. Ferguson
United Press
Pittsburg
John Fitzpatrick
Chicago
Wilson
Mills
Monongahala
Paralyzing steel strike hits Ohio towns and shelters
Cleveland reports 80 percent of the steel industry idle as organizers claim 80 000 workers suspended. Police bar strike breakers, arresting 59 from Detroit and turning them away. Major Ohio cities list thousands of workers out and multiple plants shut. organizers report broad disruption across the region.
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Cleveland
Detroit
Steel
Henry W. Raisse
Youngstown
Ohio
Canton
Niles Ilon
Martins Ferry
Niles
Cambridge
Steubenville
Mingo Junction
Bellaire
Warren
Lancaster
Strife in Shenango Valley as Deputies Guard Strike Zone
Sharon, Sept 24. With scores of deputy sheriffs sworn in and the strike zone under tight controls, state constabulary and local police brace for emergencies in the Shenango Valley steel strike. In Farrell three killed and ten wounded by gunfire. John Bandzak, 32, dies in rioting as state troops exchange fire. Burgess Moody’s Farrell home guarded after threats. two men with a revolver arrested. Troops and police search passers by for weapons as early morning calm returns.
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Sharon
Shenango Valley
Farrell
John Bandzak
Burgess J. H. Moody
Cafeteria Dinner Planned by Ladies of First Christian Church
The Ladies of the First Christian Church will serve a cafeteria dinner on Thursday September 25 from 5 to 7 PM. Public invited.
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Ladies of the First Christian Church
Wreck Causes Delay for B&O Train No 1
B and O passenger train No 1 westbound arrived seven hours late to Athens due to a yard wreck in Parkersburg. A freight train derailed in the east end yards blocking multiple tracks and stopping all traffic. Pomeroy Bend news for today could not be published in time.
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Athens
Parkersburg
Pomeroy Bend
Congregations to vote on call for Dr. Miller ministry
Sunday events across multiple churches aim to extend a call to Rev. Dr. James A. Miller of Elmira New York. Sessions will be moderated by listed pastors with times from 1 to 3 pm at Hebbardsville Albany Guysville and Carthage locations.
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James A. Miller
Elmira
N. Y
Miller
Hebbardsville
Winger Church
Alexander Church
Wilcox
Athens
Arpee
Nelsonville
Albany
New England
Guysville
Chapin
Amesville
Carthage
Attorneys Hughes and Wells Confined by Illness
Attorneys Hughes and Wells are ill and confined to their homes, weathering illness that prevents them from appearing in court or representing clients at this time.
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Hughes
Wells
Cleveland Woman Resigns From Democratic Committee
Miss Florence Allen, Ohio representative of the national Democratic committee, resigns in Washington citing opposition to universal military service after the armistice. A renowned Cleveland lawyer and assistant county prosecutor, Allen says her brother died in France shaped her stance.
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Cleveland
Florence Allen
Ohio
Associate
National Democratic Committee
Homer S. Cummings
Democratic National Committee
Washington
France
Prussia
Great Britain Faces Nationwide Railway Strike Threat
London Sept 24 Great Britain was threatened with a nation wide railway strike after the national union of railway men sent an ultimatum to the government rejecting wage and working condition offers. General secretary James Henry Thomas warned that unless a favorable reply came by noon tomorrow the men would cease work.
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London
Great Britain
National Union of Railway Men Today
James Henry Thomas
Thomas
Two-State Search For Missing 9-Year-Old Irene Worthington
Cincinnati police seek help from New Richmond Ohio and Dover Kentucky as Irene Worthington, 9, disappeared after leaving home Sunday to go to a stage show. Authorities learn she had been threatened by a woman near the family’s former home. the Worthingtons previously lived in Dover and New Richmond.
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Cincinnati
New Richmond
Dover
Irene Worthington
Worthington
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Buckeye
Foster
Steel Committee
Carnegie
Duquesne
Clairton
Braddock
Rankin
Brackenridge
Senate Committee
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