Logan Operators Refuse Conference With Mine Workers
Logan County coal operators in West Virginia declare to President Harding that none of their employees are United Mine Workers, insisting Logan field has been non-union for 17 years and resisting outside influence. The letter cites higher employee satisfaction, regional contracts, and ongoing labor tensions amid national unrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
W. Va
W. R. Thurmond
Logan Coal Operators’ Association
Harding
United Mine Workers of America
United Mine Workers
Logan County
West Virginia
Logan Coal
Logan Field
Indianapolis
Ind
Ohio
Indiana
Ilinois
Pennsylvania
Ilinoise
Irish Dail to Decide on Private Meeting Next Wednesday
The Irish Dail Éireann cabinet meeting presided by Eamon de Valera decided to convene a private session next Wednesday to consider Lloyd George’s invitation to Inverness talks on September 20. Plenipotentiaries may be named, with their appointment to be authorized by a full Dail meeting, as optimists expect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dublin
Inverness
Dail
Eamon de Valera
Lloyd George
de Valera
Dail Éireann
Harding names four to represent U S at armament talks
President Harding announced the American delegation to the arms conference. The four members include Charles Evans Hughes former secretary of state and ex New York governor Elihu Root former secretary of war and secretary of state Henry Cabot Lodge Massachusetts senator and Oscar W Underwood Alabama senator and House leader held as respected lawmakers in both parties
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Harding
Charlies Evans Hughes
Supreme Court
New York
Elihu Root
Roosevelt
America
Henry Cabot Lodge
Massachusetts
Foreign Relations Committee
Oscar W. Underwood
Alabama
Senate
House of Representatives
Auction Promises Work for Dozen Jobless Men
Boston September 9 The collapse of Edward Dixon of Philadelphia after his services were sold to the highest bidder underscored a mass unemployment auction on the common. Dixon a World War veteran spoke of malnutrition and the death of his war veteran father as crowds watched. Auctioneers including women presided over exercises to test the men while pledges of food clothing and wages were offered. Le doux vowed to continue the auction tomorrow to secure work for all who remain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Edward Dixon
Philadelphia
Dixon
Urbain Ledoux
Ledoux
Bandholtz urges immediate West Virginia National Guard formation
Brigadier General H H Bandholtz told Charleston Rotary Club he will not give West Virginia a bad name when he departs. He urged rapid organization of a WV National Guard as the second line of defense after the regular army, criticizing delays since July 28 and calling for community backing and one regiment plus one machine gun company.
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Charleston
W. Va
H. H. Bandholtz
West Virginia
Boone-Logan
West
West Virginia National Guard
John Charnock
National Guard
Fifth Corps
Uncle Sam
F. BR. Shaw
United States Army
Navy seaplane crashes into Potomac River
In Washington on September 4 J L McNichol a civilian employee of the naval aeronautical testing laboratory drowned when a navy seaplane fell into the Potomac. The pilot Lieutenant Hugh W Roughley escaped with no injury as the plane hit an air pocket on a turn and sank. It is the first fatal accident at Anacostia station since 1919.
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Wasington
J. L. McNichol
Naval Aeronautical Testing Laboratory
Potomac River
Naval Air Station
Anacostia
Hugh W. Roughley
Anacostia Station
Republicans Push Minimum Tax at 8.2 Billion for This Year
Senate finance committee leaders urge a minimum total tax of 8.2 billion dollars for the current fiscal year as the House tax bill is revised. Secretary Mellon advocated this level, contingent on economy measures agreed at the White House. Debates over retroactive excess profits tax repeal and income surtax cuts continue among party lines.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Penrose
Treasury
House
Mellon
White House
Simmons
North Carolina
Coal field troops to stay in Boone and Kanawha
West Virginia mine operators urge keeping a small federal troop force in Boone and Kanawha counties while militia is organized. They accuse the United Mine Workers of recruiting 6000 to 8000 men to cripple state government and reject talks with UMWA reps.
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Washington
H. H. Bandholtz
West Virginia
War Department
Logan County
Weeks
Boone
Kanawha
Read
Fifth Corps
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Ind
Department
Camp Sherman
Columbus Barracks
Bandholtz
Williamson Fields
Harding
United Mine Workers Union
Logan
United Mine Workers of America
Kentucky
Logan Memorial
Bluefield Fair Faces Loss As Rain Dampens Attendance
Bluefield authorities urge last day turnout to prevent a financial loss for the 1921 fair. Despite strong exhibits and a robust racing card, rain dampened crowds and left revenues below expenses. Today features include a $400 trotting purse and a ten mile automobile race, with weather forecasts predicting possible afternoon showers.
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Bluefield
Bluefeld
Bluefield Fair Association
Fair Association
Kelty
Jack Mc.Kinney
Thomas
Country Boy
Davis
Jolly K
Williamson
Red Mary
Galloway
Silk Lane
Ed Henry
J. Burns
Onerida
C. Trent
Saint Sis
San Francisco
The
Mary G
Troxie
Money Maid
Double murder on crowded West Roxbury street car
Boston dispatch reports Charles A. Wells killed his divorced wife Ella A. Wells and her counsel A. Louis Altmeyer aboard a West Roxbury street car. Five shots from a revolver tied to Wells with a wedding ring ended the attack as passengers restrained him and he expressed no remorse. Altmeyer had represented Mrs Wells in divorce and alimony actions.
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Boston
Altmeyer
Wells
Policeman Aids Victim Then Car Disappears at Fair Grounds
Police reveal C H Dick Arnold was placed in a car by special officer John Newman at the fair grounds after warnings to leave. The car’s make is undisclosed. Arnold, found murdered on south Bland street, did not leave with significant cash. a $15 cashing in Mullens casts doubt on his claimed $300. Witness accounts are unreliable and investigators point to possible female involvement.
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C. H
Dick) Arnold
South Bland Street
Fair Grounds
Arnold
John Newman
Graham
Vircinia
State Line
Newman
Mullens
Felts Nominated by GOP for Fifth Virginia Congress Seat
T L Felts of Clitview and Baldwin Felts Detective Agency was chosen by acclamation at a Galax convention to fill the late Roger James’s Fifth District seat. Felts, a Virginia legislator and strong district figure, faces a close contest against Democrats in an agriculturally dominated district led by Danville.
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Thomas L. Felts
Baldwin-Felts Agency
Grayson County
Galax
Roger James
Danville
Felts
Virginia
Associated Press
T. L. Felts
Clitview
Congress
Roger A. James
Baldwin-Felts Detective Agency
Virginia Assembly
Body Manacled and Mangled Found in River Near Chicago
The body of automobile salesman Bernard J. Dougherty was found manacled and mangled in the Des Plaines River. Police suspect he and fellow salesman were attacked in a customer’s basement during a grim murder linked to a car sale. A suspect, H W Church, is in custody. Ausmus is missing. Police recovered a bloodstained hat and other clues at the Church residence while Dougherty’s car and notes raised questions about handwriting. The case centers on a double homicide during a vehicle transaction.
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Chicago
Bersnard J. Dougherty
Desplaines River
Carl A
Dougherty
Packard Motor Company
H. W. Church
Adems
Wis
St. Minn
Hannah Dougherty
St. Paul
Packard Company
Philadelphia
Church
Ausmus
Indiana Harbor
Adams
Young Church
Harding weighs sale of rail car trust certificates
Tender offers to buy railroad securities held by the government reach President Harding. Reports say he may market about 380 million dollars in car trust certificates held by the railroad administration to raise funds for carrier settlements, possibly delaying pending railway funding legislation.
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Washington
Harding
Railroad Administration
Congress
Restraining Order Denied in Wheeling Transit Dispute
Judge William E. Baker denied a temporary restraining order against Ultimate Bus Company of Wheeling at the United States court in the northern district of West Virginia. The Wheeling Traction Company had sought the order. the case moves toward a final bearing on evidence as litigation continues between jitney owners and Wheeling Traction Company.
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Eikins
W. Va
William E. Baker
United States Court For
Northern District of
West Virginia
Ultimate Bus Company
Wheeling
Wheeling Trsaction Company
Jitney
Wheeling Traction Company
Bridgeport Lamp Chimney to Resume Operations in Wheeling
Wheeling West Virginia announces Bridgeport Lamp Chimney will restart its factory with 150 workers next Monday after a period of shutdown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheeling
W. Va
Bridgeport Lamp Chimney
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Tura
Hughes
Root
Lodge
Oscar Underwood
State National Guard
Charnock
NAVY
Gompers
American Federation
Charles A. Wells
Tom Felts
B. J. Daugherty
Carl Ausmus
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