Eastern railroad wage dispute stalls after conference
The Eastern rail unions refuse to back down on wage demands after renewed talks with conference committee leaders. The committee cites public safety needs and limited profits, noting current wages are fair but offering no new proposals amid economic constraints.
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Rai
Todd
Ffty
Stoné
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
J. C. Steary
Stone
Dart
Tragic Lena Gold Mine Fight Kills 107 Miners
In Irkutsk April 18 one hundred seven gold miners were killed and eighty wounded in a clash with Russian soldiers at the Lena Gold Mining Company workings. Details of the fighting and the cause remain unclear.
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Irkutsk
Siberia
Lena Gold Mining Company
Daniel Purchases Peachtree Property for 175000
Lon J. Daniel, president of Daniel Brothers, buys a broad Peachtree street strip totaling 140 feet frontage, fronting 160 feet, for 175000 to open Grant Place and build high class apartments. Waldo Redding & Otis arrange the deal linking parcels from John W. Grant and others, with Guarantee Trust backing. The project aims to shorten the West Peachtree to Peachtree gap and create a premium residential street.
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Lon J. Daniel
Daniel Brothers, Clothiers and Haberdashers
Peachtree Street
Alexander
Pine Streets
Daniel
Peachtree
Waldo, Redding & Otis
Alexander and
John W.grant
Guaranteed Trust and Banking Company
5. W. Foster
West Panchtree
Grant Place
Aea
St. Louis
LaQrede Place
No Battleships For The U S Navy Vote Declines Plan
Washington April 08 The naval committee of the house voted against building battleships and cruisers in this year’s program. The plan calls for two fuel ships four submarines six torpedo boat destroyers and a destroyer tender totaling 796060 to convert the cohlern Vestal and Prometheus into repair ships.
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Washington
Naval Committee of the House
House
Prometheus
Why Americans Quit in Mexico
A statement from EE Corrigan and E P Curtiss reports about seven hundred American conductors and engineers who struck on Mexican National Railway lines in Laredo Texas on April 18. It claims Americans left the United States long term to work in Mexico and protest anti American measures after the Mexican government gained railroad control. The workers urge the American government to consider their grievances and losses due to anti American sentiment.
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Laredo
Texas
Mexico
EE. Corrigan
E. P. Curtiss
Conductores’ Organization
United States
Five Years For $100000
Detroit April 18 Henry M Dearing cashier of the defunct Albion National bank was charged in connection with an order to bolster his son's mania and financial schemes. The case arises from a bank instrument involving about one hundred thousand dollars.
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Detroit
Mich
Henry M. Dearing
Albion National Bank
Iit
Biight
Washington House backs parcels post and related measures
Washington April 18 The house favored establishing a parcels post system and a commission to study its creation, the elimination of express companies, and Barnhart’s proposal to publish editors writers and stockholders names. Debates totaling fifteen hours precede a final vote on parcels post and postal express proposals.
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Washington
House Today
Express
Barnhart
Teir
Parcela Post
Postal Express
Rebellion in Fez Sparks French Troop Deaths
April reports from Tangier confirm a Fez revolt with mutinous Moorish troops joining locals. The French commander notes serious unrest, several French officers killed, and the Sultan besieged in his palace while foreigners are said to be safe. Casualties and violence mark the outbreak in the Moorish capital.
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Tangier
Morovco
Fez
Murda
Ily
Girl and companion shot by jealous man in Chicago
On April 18 in Chicago, Nicholas Staplas, 22, shot Florence Miller and her companion Philip Tenerelli as they walked. Miller was struck behind the right ear in what appeared to be a fatal wound, Tenerelli was grazed on the scalp. Police arrested Staplas and Tenerelli.
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Chicago
Nicholas Staplas
Florence Miller
Assaiant
Philip Tenerell
Mias Miller
Tenerell
Staplas
Tenerelli
Rate Advances Suspended by Interstate Commerce Commission
Washington April 18 The Interstate Commerce Commission suspended proposed freight rate increases on class and commodity shipments from Texarkana and other Arkansas points to New Orleans. The adjustments range from 1 to 1.5 cents per hundred pounds and total about 15 percent. The commission said the increases were unreasonable and suspended them from April 20 to August 17.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Texarkana
Arkansas
New Orleans
Commission
Anti-Option Bill Opposed by Mobile Cotton Exchange
A Mobile cotton exchange meeting on April 18 appointed a special committee to urge the Alabama congressional delegation to vote against the option bill. The report notes disorganized OCR but indicates opposition and mobilization within Mobile's cotton trade.
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Mobile
Ala
Mobile Cotton Exchange
Ineki
Alabama
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