Pennsylvania coal strike freezes multiple mines province wide
Nonunion mines in central Pennsylvania operate while union pits idle as thousands join the strike. Operators report unclear progress in district 2 with several mines, including St Michaels and Windber, forced to close or scale back. State police report no disorder and Punxsutawney residents consider emigration plans.
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Pitebure
R. W. Gardiner
Pittsburg
John Brophy
Pennsylvania
Somerset County
Brophy
St.Michaels
Windber
Centre City
Garrett
Myersdale
McDonaldson
Coal Run
Savulebury
Boynton
Johnstown
Cone Maugh
Punxsutawney
Europe
Scottdale
H. C. Frick Coal and Coke Company
Airike
Upron
Comnelieville
Broply
Awight
Berwind-White Coal Plining Company
Langdon Coal Company
Schipper Brothers
Six Mile Run
State Police
Greensburg
Altoona
Pennsyyvania
St. Michael
South Fork Branch
Cambria County
Blair
Cambria
Altoona Coal and Coke Company
Russell Coal Company
Loudon Mines
Altoona City
State finances shown healthy by treasurer Johnson
Charleston April 3 state treasurer W R Johnson issued March financials showing a grand balance and investments totaling 28 834 326 22 dollars.
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Charleston
W. Va
Johnson
Amelia Whann Standholds on Plot to Kill Husband
Mrs Amelia Whann faces trial charged with plotting the death of her husband Dr John Whann in connection with Eugene Sanz a Cuban who stayed at her home Testimony today placed her in Philadelphia when the attack occurred Prostration followed the news as she learned of the incident Her teenage daughter Miss Mary Whann testified earlier no impropriety between her mother and Sanz was observed
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kittanig
Amelia Whann
John Whann
Eugene Sanz
Philadelphia
Sanz
Mary Whann
Union Miners Report No Logs In Union Estimate Claim
Indianapolis April 3 First definite reports from two West Virginia coal fields reach United Mine Workers headquarters via Lawrence Dwyer claiming 21 000 miners will enlist in the union suspension. Dwyer says most of the 21 000 will not quit today as New River remains closed and Winding Gulf mines go down two thirds. A West Virginia telegram reports gunmen drove away 45 Spanish and Italian miners from Stotesbury families. many seek safety in Sophia.
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Indianapolis
Ind
West Virginia
United Mine Workers of America
Lawrence Dwyer
Beckley
W. Va
International
Ntive Board
New River
Winding Gulf
Mrv Dwyer
Union
John L. Lewis
West Virgina
Washington
New York
Lewis
Dwyer
Kansas
Mr. Dwyer
Stotesbury
Sophia
New River Field
Gulf
Gulf Field
Two Army Aviators Die in Midair Collision Over Texas
A mimic battle above the clouds staged by flyers from Ellington Field ends in tragedy as two pursuit planes collide in mid air near Houston. Major John W. Simons Jr of Charleston and Lt. Gersh H. Fitzpatrick of Sacramento are killed. About fifteen planes were in the air at the time.
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Houston
Tex
Ellington Field
John W. Simons, Jr
Charleston
S. C
Gers H. Fitzpatrick
Sacramento
Afr
Harding Nominates Postmasters for Winchester and Cumberland
Washington April 3 President Harding sent to the senate the nominations of William C Duty to be postmistress at Winchester Kentucky and Peter G Cowden to be postmaster at Cumberland Maryland.
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Washington
Harding
Senate
William C. Duty
Winchester
Peter G. Cowden
Cumberland, Md
Coal Strike Exposes Wage Scale Clash Across Regions
John L. Lewis tells the House labor committee that 600000 miners in the United States and Canada walked out last Saturday. He says bituminous workers will stay out indefinitely until a basic wage contract is signed by operators in the central fields, while anthracite miners seek negotiation over a wage scale. He warns local deals can't fix wages without knowing peers' terms and urges a national conference to secure a contract.
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Washington
House Labor Committee
United States
Canada
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Lewis
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Pennsylvania
Representative Black
Texas
Nolan
House Committee
Congress
United Mine Workers
Senate backs two year extension of immigration limit
The senate immigration committee endorsed extending the present three percent quota immigration restriction for two more years from July 1, postponing broader reform. Harris of Georgia pushed five year bans and ship-use rules failed, with the committee voting six to three in favor. The report accompanies a house bill extension, as Johnson of the House committee announced Lillian Russell, Mrs Alexander P Moore, was recently invested.
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Immigration Committee
Washington
Senate Immigration Committee
House
Harris
Georgia
Congress
Sterling
South Dakota
Harrison
Mississippi
Watson
Johnson
House Immigration Committee
Lillian Russell
Alexander P. Moore
Both Operators and Miners Stand Firm in Strike
The countrywide strike leaves over 900000 idle as more than six thousand mines close. Non union mines see returning workers. wage talks surface in several states with Virginia and Kentucky operators planning terms. John L. Lewis signals readiness to stay out until a central wage contract is signed.
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Associated Press
Illinois
Indiana
Ohio
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Virginia
Kentucky
Tennessee
Alabama
Kansas
Opers
John L. Lewis
House Labor Committee
Real Spring Sales Day Promises Sunshine and Bargains
Today marks a Spring Sales Day in Bluefield with Easter near and spring fashions for women and stylish goods for men. Merchants advertise bargains across ladies furnishings men wear shoes jewelry and household appliances with conservative prices as winter stocks liquidate and special buys boost value for shoppers.
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Bluefield
Dobbin
Steubenville Industries Well Supplied With Coal
Officials in Steubenville district say the coal strike will not interrupt operations. Plants remain well stocked and able to draw from domestic mines still in operation. Weirton Steel, Follansbee Brothers, and Carnegie Steel at Mingo will run fully this week with LaBel Iron Workers at sixty percent.
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Steubenville
Ohio
Weirton Steel Company
Follansbee Brothers
Carnegie Steel
Mingo
LaBel Iron
Frank W. Snyder Hits Sawdust Trail
Frank W. Snyder editor of the West Virginia Labor Argus and leader of the union labor movement in Charleston and Kanawha county addressed a Sunday night meeting at the Billy Sunday tabernacle. He surrendered ten days after a miners meeting where he called the crowd under the tent “the bunch of hypocrites.”
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Frank W. Snyder
West Virginia Labor Argus
Union Labor Movement
Charleston
Kanawha County
Billy Sunday Tabernacles
Snyder
Sunday Tabernacle
West Virginia coal strike widens with limited progress
In southern West Virginia strike efforts show scant signs of spread with operators reporting a partial walkout and union leaders claiming broader participation. In Winding Gulf 600 to 1,800 miners are cited, while New River field sees more mines operating amid market-driven suspensions. In Clarksburg a first arrest occurs as brick attack targets a non union driver at Washington Irving mine.
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Clarksburg
Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
District 17
Winding Gulf
United Mine Workers’ Organization
Pemberton
New River
T. L. Lewis
New River Operators’ Association
Lewis
Guilia Spenziali
P. K
Roy Patterson
Washington Irving
Spenzial
Patterson
James Deem
Wierton Steel Co
Co. F. Keeney
United Mine Workers
Clayton Yoge Co
Lloyd George wins confidence vote in Genoa policy
London April 3 The House of Commons adopted Lloyd George's confidence resolution on Genoa policy by 372 to 94. An earlier amendment by John Robert Clines was rejected 379 to 84. The result preserves the premier amid a split opposition and signals support for a conciliatory stance toward Russia.
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Associated Press
London
Lloyd George
House of Commons
House
John Robert Clines
Laborite
Speeh
Genoa
Russia
Lloyd- George
Europe
Election murder cases called unexpectedly in Kentucky
Jackson Kentucky April 3 cases of thirteen men charged with murder in connection with the Clayhole precinct killings on election day last November were called for trial in circuit court. Motions to try defendants separately were taken under advisement. The shooting grew from a bitter Greathitt county political fight with a near tie between Republicans and Democrats. The ballot box was dumped into a stream and officials were killed or wounded. Victims named include Ethan Allen Cleveland Comba Asberry Combs and George McIntosh.
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Jackson
Clayhole
Breathitt County
Greathitt County
Ethan Allen
Cleveland Comba
Asberry Combs
George McIntosh
First Victory Claimed for Anthracite Miners in Strike
New York reports union leaders claim a breakthrough as several independent mines offer to meet all nineteen wage demands if the men return to work. Grove Hill Mining Co. spokesman claims offers may not sway the strike, while operators dismiss such firms as negligible. District leaders accuse agents of spreading I W W literature to dampen morale.
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New York
Wim. Peck
Grove Hill Mining Co
Peckville
Wm. J. Brennan
Scranton
United Mine Workers of America
Anthracite Operators Association
Grove Hill Company
W. W. Inglis
Glen Alden Coal Co
Miners and Operators
Pennsylvania
Thomas Kennedy
Train Service Halted by Fire at Sapulpa Refinery
Fire at the Sapulpa Refining Company damaged the plant delaying service on the St. Louis and San Francisco line and cutting Tulsa communications. Three 65,000 barrel tanks burned, with fears the $1,000,000 refinery could be destroyed as the second tank boiled over this afternoon.
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Sapulpa
Oklo
Sapulpa Refining Company
St. Louis
San Francisco
Tulsa
Offer for Greb Wilton Bout at Madison Square Garden
Montreal April 3 reports promoter George Nn el, manager for Warry Greb of Ireburg, received an offer for a middleweight title bout between Greb and Johnny Wilson at Madison Square Garden on May 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greb-Wilson
Montreal
George Nnel
Warry Greb
Ireburg
Greb
Johnny Wilson
Madison Square Garden
Bluefield Eyes Revival of Company L in State Guard
Bluefield groups push to organize Company L for West Virginia’s 150th Infantry National Guard. Maj. T. C. Davis and Col. F. B. Shaw plan two day visit to aid formation, with veteran leaders like Spiller Hicks or Herbert Mays considered for command as local interest grows.
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Bluefield
Commonwealth
150Th Infantry
National Guard
West Virginia
Hattiesburg
Mississippi
France
T. C. Davis
State Guard
F. B. Shaw
United States Army
Davis
Charnock
Spiller Hicks
Logan County
Herbert Mays
Leutenaunts
Shaw
Labor and Legion to Work Together, Says MacNider
Oklahoma City April 3 National commander Hanford MacNider predicts the American Legion and the American Federation of Labor will cooperate for years benefiting members and the country in a radio interview today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Okla
American Legion
American Federation of Labor
Hanford MacNider
The
Legion
Conscience Troubled Man Surrenders After Virginia Slaying
Leslie Carter, a black man, surrendered to police in Pittsburg at night claiming responsibility for shooting his wife in Christiansburg Virginia on November 26 last year. He said his conscience bothered him.
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Pittsburg
Leslie Carter
Christiansburg
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International Board
Cewio
GOAL
Ilinois
Southern End
Winding Gulf Field
Lloyd-George
Snowee
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SIN City
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