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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1919
Page
9
In a constitutional era, steel workers chief appeals to the nation’s workers to observe wage demands and urges representatives to address employers. Gompers and the AFL executive committee press for mid-way settlements, resuming dialogue on industrial tensions and counsel to adjust controversies.
A representative quarter tonight showed steel companies and workers close to an adjustment without a strike. Officials said radical leaders push pro I W W tendencies, while executives deem them agitators. AFL committee plans to meet tomorrow then pause to Labor Day talks. A telegram to Gary council seeks to forestall a local strike.
An application to the comptroller of the currency for authority to organize the Griffin National Bank of Griffin Georgia with a capital of $100000 has been received in Washington. The item notes the bank proposal as filed and confirms the city and financial plan.
The federation executive committee met in secrecy to discuss labor disturbances nationwide and railway yard tensions. Leaders urged caution and cited President Wilson’s call to hold wages and conditions in abeyance while government aims to reduce living costs and restore normalcy. Senator Poindexter pushed for quick action to convene a capital and labor conference.
A fragmented excerpt mentions planters and Panthers in a tense exchange about transportation and pursuing a person described as a negro who left. The readable text hints at a pursuit or response from authorities or locals in a southern context.
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