Brotherhood chiefs warn strike may spread to endanger public safety
telegrams from leaders of the Brotherhoods in Washington urge the President to convene a conference over the railroad shop crafts strike. they warn that continued unsafe equipment and armed guards threaten public safety and that members may be drawn into the dispute. southern railway officials plan talks in washington on a separate settlement offer with six crafts, signaling divergent responses to the crisis.
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Warren 8. Stone
The
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David B. Robertson
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
W. G. Lee
Brotherhood of
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S. E. Sheppard
Order of Railway Conductors
Cedar Rapids
Brotherhood
Ondeea
Washington, D. C
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Stone
Robertson
Southern Railway
H. W. Miller
Southern
Harding Says Rail Strike Intervention Achieved Main Goal
Washington August 4 The White House says the administration achieved its primary objective in the rail strike as rail executives and shop craft union leaders agreed to respect the railroad labor board authority in future disputes The cabinet meeting focused on industrial tensions in coal and transportation and signaled no further government action against railroads. DeWitt Custer rejected the administration draft and the executives association denied any misstep in handling the proposal. The Railway Executives Association criticized union efforts to sway public opinion as misleading and damaging to seniority rights.
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White House
Railroad Labor Board
Harding
DeWitt Custer
Railroad Executives Association
Custer
Association of Railway Executives
Strike Breakers Quit at Worcester
About 39 workers hired for the Boston and Maine Railroads walked off the job in Worcester citing false pretenses and unsatisfactory accommodations. Foremen and agency hires are under dispute with officials noting a few more may quit in coming days. One whistleblower named John Rastrick of Waltham alleged misrepresentation about duties at a new Worcester round house.
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Boston and Maine Railoads Company
John Rastrick
Waltham
Boston
Turkey Arraigned by Lloyd George in Near East Talks
A discussion on the near east situation urged the government to seek an immediate settlement of the Greece Turkey difficulties.
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Turkey
Lloyd George
Near East
Greece
Lloyd George Defends Peace Policy and Greek Atrocities Row
Prime Minister Lloyd George says Britain seeks fair peace in the Near East and blames Turkish actions for prolonging the war. He notes Greek atrocities were less ferocious than Turkish, with he cites Pontus deportations and deaths as a justification for allied protection guarantees.
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Near East
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Turkey
France
Allied Commission
Pontus
Thrills While Lost in Fog A Fishing Party Returns
John Scott and son Butler Scott both of Moughs Neck Mass, joined by Joseph Yout of Mattapan and Sherman Kent, formed a fishing party in a 25 foot boat and vanished in dense fog. They dodged trawlers and avoided rocks, landed at Middle Brewster Island, and spent the night aboard the vessel with a contingent of Boston police sailors.
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Butler Scott
Rock Island Road
Moughs Neck
Joseph Yout
Sherman Kent
Mattapan
Quincy
Middle Brewster Island
Boston
Lightning Kills 26-Quart Daily Cow
Bess the Holstein cow owned by John Kelly of 83 Highland Avenue Arlington was struck by lightning and killed in the farm orchard yesterday afternoon. The cow produced about 26 quarts of milk daily.
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Bess
John Kelly
Highland Avenue
Arlington
Senate wrangles over Gooding tariff investigation proposal
The Senate debated the Gooding resolution aimed at a broad inquiry into the influence of Senators newspapers and others on the pending tariff bill but postponed all action indefinitely.
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Washington
Senate
Gooding
President Harding to Act on Coal Crisis Next Week
Washington, Aug. 4. President Harding will take drastic action to force coal production to avert a winter coal famine. He will act next week unless a settlement is reached between mine workers and operators.
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Washington
Harding
Government to seize mines if coal talks fail
The President is prepared to intervene after the Cleveland conference if talks with mine workers and operators fail to resume coal production. Planned steps include taking over larger mines, placing U.S. troops in possession, and drafting miners to work for the government with protections, a move seen as increasingly certain by advisers.
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Cleveland
United States
Proposal to reopen Illinois coal mines amid strike tensions
Illinois coal operators meeting at Clicago rejected a union leaders meeting in Cleveland next Monday. They offered to Farrington that if accepted the mines would reopen at the old wage scale through March 1928 to prevent further coal shortages this fall and winter, aligning with the U S President's request.
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Cleveland
Clicago
Associated Press
John T. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Frank Farrington
Illinois Miners Union
United States
Farrington
Baby Knocked From Carriage In Dorchester Accident
Herbert Krazetz 14 months old, son of Mrs Rose Krazetz of 41 Deering Road Mattapan, was struck from a baby carriage on Morton Street near Wellington Hill Street about 9 pm by an auto owned and driven by Frank Rennen of 9 Clarence Terrace Dorchester. The child suffered brain concussion, rib fracture and multiple bruises and cuts. Carriage pusher Harry Giller was knocked down but not seriously harmed.
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Rose Krazetz
Deering Road
Mattapan
Morton Street
Wellington Hill Street
Frank Rennen
Clarence Terrace
Dorchester
Harry Giller
Child Found Dead Under Horse at Worcester Stables
Oliver Dupont aged 4 of 00 Green Street Worcester was found dead in a stall at Purelee Company stables on Artele Street. An employer found him tonight. police say a horse in the stall may have trampled him. Dupont was last seen at his boarding house yesterday afternoon and there is evidence he had consumed intoxicants.
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Green Street
Purelee Company
Aretle Street
Stales
Dupont
Street Car Crash Delays East Boston Traffic
Street railway traffic between Chelsea and the East Boston tunnel was halted for about 30 minutes last night when a Meridian street car struck a wagon driven by Harry Kaplan, 26, of 201 Chelsea Street, East Boston, near London Street and dumped a cartload of fruit onto the highway.
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Meridian Street
Harry Kaplan
Chelsea Street
Boston
London Street
Dr Alexander Bell Buried at Beinn Bhreagh Sunset
Villagers of Baddeck and visitors from the United States gathered at Beinn Bhreagh to honor Dr Alexander Graham Bell age 75 whose life brought the telephone and other inventions. The funeral atop the mountain featured local clergy and the bell estate workers carrying the pine casket to the tomb as scriptures and poetry were read and all telephones in North America fell silent for a moment.
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Alexander Graham Bell
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Bras d'Or
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John MacKinnon
Greenwood Presbyterian Church
United States
Washington
Silence Marks Moment of Bell’s Memory Across North America
12 million phones fell silent for one minute to honor Dr. Alexander Graham Bell. In Boston and New England, thousands of switchboard operators paused, with 3 million telephones idle nationwide as 70,000 communities bridged by Bell’s invention momentarily disconnected. Many calls went unanswered, counting in the millions before service resumed.
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Canada
Alexander Graham Bell
Dr. Bell
Boston
Back Bay
Bell Telephone
New England
Planned death and cremation connected to Mary Merrill
Miss Mary Merrill aged 60 was removed from the Haymarket Relief Station to Boston City Hospital after authorities uncovered a planned death and cremation. The case details state a deliberate act leading to death and subsequent cremation plans.
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Haymarket
Boston City Hospital
Boston Woman Seeks Cremation After Suicide Attempt
Thursday afternoon Miss Merrill mailed 75 dollars to the Boston Crematory Society with a letter asking her remains be turned to ashes. Found at South Station she carried a note promising the finder to notify Carol Swain. she later recovered at City Hospital after ingesting corrosive sublimate.
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Carol ‘Td. Swain
The
Boston Crematory Society
Haymarket
City Hospital
Missing Newbury Street Resident Mary Merrill Left Home
An elderly woman, Mary Merrill, recently left 122 Newbury Street claiming to live with a niece. Neighbors note poor health and possible homelessness or pennilessness, while she kept funds for cremation sent to the Massachusetts Cremation Society on State Street, run by attorney Roger D. Swain.
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Mary Merrill
Newbury Street
Crematory Society
Boston
Carol D. Swain
Massachusetts Cremation Society
State Street
Roger 1) Swain
Wet candidate chosen to oppose Lady Astor
Dr HH W Bayly a London physician and prohibition opponent has been selected as the Conservative candidate to challenge Lady Nancy Astor for a Commons seat at the next election in Plymouth.
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Eng
United News
HH. W. Bayly
London
Nancy Astor
Commons
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