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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1919
Page
6
Senate debate over the peace treaty intensifies as Borah Johnson and Brandegee push to summon General Bliss and Colonel House for expert testimony. The minority lines up behind reservations including a challenge to the Shantung clause and a stronger Monroe Doctrine stance.
Washington reports a heated foreign relations committee session with Senator Hitchcock threatening independent action if the committee fails to finish treaty consideration promptly. Lodge backed speed, with amendments to be discussed, while reservations and witnesses may be called to shape a final decision on the Versailles Covenant and Shantung provisions.
The 16 unions representing Bay State system carmen will meet at the Quincy House at 2 p m tomorrow to decide action on a proposed 12 percent wage increase for Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway Company employees.
The War Labor Board's decision prompts strike talk as workers protest a small raise. James H. Vahey, counsel for the carmen, returns from New York and says a special joint conference board meeting will be called to decide next steps after the July strike that demanded 6 cents hourly minimum and 4 to 6 cents maximum.
A Republican rally featured Clarence Miller denouncing the Democratic administration while praising war leadership. Lt. Gov. Cox forecast a large GOP win, praising the state legislature and promising Honest leadership, with Frank Hall predicting a 60,000 vote majority for Coolidge in Massachusetts.
New England railroad strike actions loom as workers vote on continuing or ending the stoppage. Officials warn of possible government ultimatum and nation‑wide disruption if key lines walk out. Partial paralysis in industry threatens shortages of coal oil and materials.
Striking electrical workers and car inspectors on the Providence division of the Jewish Haven railroad will return to work Saturday morning. Train service on the Consolidated line to Bristol Warren and Fall River will resume after partial ties up since last Sunday. inspectors voted 80 to 4 to return, though the overall poll result was not announced.
Thousands of miners and families in Logan Coal River and Cabine Creek fields face starvation within days due to freight and passenger line shutdowns caused by the shopmen strike. More than 300 mines closed with 30,000 out of work, leaving 125,000 residents dependent on rail transport for food.
In Peoria Illinois today two Keystone Wire and Steel Company workers were shot and seriously hurt as rioting erupted when strikers clashed with a deputy sheriff. A watchman was also shot in the back by snipers while exiting the plant.
From Vienna reports say Austria's armed forces protest efforts to restore a monarchy. Soldiers gathered before the Parliamentary building urging retention of a republican government with similar demonstrations in country districts.
Director General Hines said wage increases for railroad workers will be considered right after the last striking shopmen return to duty. He noted 15 unions had not yet filed demands and tied wage talks to freight-rate policy, with he expects a small operating deficit this month as business and crop movement pick up.
Washington directs that the railroad administration will talk only with organized representatives of the shopmen. Director-General Hines replied to James Hamilton Lewis that unauthorized strikes violate the shopmen’s laws and disrupt proceedings. The President supports this policy.
Performances resumed at Chicago theaters after a truce in the actors strike. Cort Theatre and Cohan's Grand Opera House had closed, with both sides agreeing to halt hostilities pending a court hearing on an injunction to restrain the company from striking. Woods' Theatre proprietor A E H Woods filed the petition as testimony began before a master in chancery.
Six thousand shopmen of the New York New Haven Hartford railroad vote on ending the current strike. Results will be shared with system federation officers at 8 a m. If the vote favors returning, workers will resume immediately and stay until Sept 2 when a potential general railroad strike may be ordered for higher wages.
Five inmates escaped from Worcester county jail during a chapel stereopticon entertainment at 9 o'clock. One guard was knocked down and robbed of his keys as the men fled. three were due to appear in appeal cases. Sheriff Richard son blames a bathhouse access for the breach.
Montreal August 13. Independent track owners at a meeting decided to abandon race meets here until the federal government repeals the order in council prohibiting betting.
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