Renewal Talks Edge Toward Trainmen Pact on Railroads
Key leaders from two brotherhoods and 12 eastern railroads plan to sign renewal wage and work condition agreements with the New York Central system, likely for one or two years. The accord would shift pay and conditions decisions away from the Labor Board. Further talks with other eastern lines are planned after this settlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Central
Eec
United States Labor Board
Brotherhoods
A. H. Smith
Mr. Sheppard
Railroads Not Parties to Strike Settlement Agreement
Chicago September 14 official statements from railroad presidents and directors indicate many of the nation’s largest systems were not parties to the shop crafts policy committee strike settlement approved last night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Associated Press
Shop Crafts’ Policy Committee
Rail Strikers Tag Day Approved in Chicago Court
In Chicago on September 14 the government said a proposed tag day to aid families of rail strikers does not violate the restraining order. Judge James H. Wilkerson noted no clause in the order prevents the tag day, and officials Blackburn Esterline and J W H Grimm urged the defense to proceed with the plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
James H. Wilkerson
Blackburn Esterline
J. W. H. Grimm
Major U S Rail Lines Listed in 20th Century Map
A historical compilation enumerates prominent railroad systems including Atlantic Coast Line Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Central of Georgia Delaware and Hudson Delaware Lackawanna and Western Elgin Joliet and Eastern Erie Fort Worth and Denver City Gulf Coast Lines Illinois Central Jersey Central Louisville and Nashville Lehigh Valley Minneapolis and St. Louis Missouri Kansas and Texas Missouri Pacific New Haven Norfolk and Western Pennsylvania system St Louis and San Francisco St Louis and Southwestern Southern Pacific Wabash Western of Alabama Chicago and Alton Chicago Burlington and Quincy Chicago Great Western Northern Pacific Union Pacific Texas and Pacific.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic Coast Line
Atchison, Topeka
Santa Fe
Central
Georgia
Delaware and Hudson
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western
Elgin
Joliet
Eastern
Erie
Fort Worth
Denver City
Gulf Coast Lines
Illinois Central
Jersey Central
Louisville
Nashville
Lehigh Valley
Minneapolis
St. Louis
Missouri
Kansas
Texas
Missouri Pacific
New Haven
Norfolk and Western
Pennsylvania
San Francisco
Southwestern
Southern Pacific
Wabash
Western
Alabama
Chicago and Alton
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
Chicago
Great Western
Northern Pacific
Union Pacific
Texas and Pacific
Railroads plan to reinstate strikers and hire replacements
Boston and Albany officials say 800 to 1000 strike workers at West Springfield will be brought back at old ratings within 30 days as replacements persist. New hires who have performed well will stay, though may quit when food and lodging end. Neither Boston & Maine nor New Haven claim interest in the settlement, asserting no strike exists and citing new wages rules and conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston & Albany Railroad
New England
Chicago
West Springfield
Boston & Maine
New Haven Railroad
Prohibition to be Enforced Firmly in Rhode Island
Providence report says federal agents after a browns firm conference with Judge Arthur L. Brown and U S District Attorney Case announced strict enforcement of prohibition in Rhode Island within the law. The meeting followed arrests of Izzy Einstein Moe Smith and others in New York seeking clean up. Brown reiterated that searches must have proper warrants and specify premises and proprietor when possible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Providence
Arthur L. Brown
U. S. District
Washington
Rhode Island
Izzy Einstein
Moe Smith
New York
Brown
Winchester School Drawing Color Line Sparks Transfer Plan
The school committee ordered a transfer for Winchester pupils to the Washington school nearby. Last Wednesday the pupils were ordered to report to classes at the Chapin school on Swanton Street but have been absent since.
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Washington
Chapin School
Swanton Street
Discrimination Charges Tap Winchester School Transfers
Parents claim racial and ethnic bias after pupils were moved from Washington School on Cross Street to Chapin School on Swanton Street. They vow to contest the action, with a School Committee meeting called by Robert F. Guild to hear both sides and the teachers’ reasons for transfers. Superintendent John W. Fausey declined to discuss the charges, and Miss Rho Zueb lin resigned from the school committee during a Europe tour.
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Chapin School
Washington
Cross Street
Swanton Street
Washington School
Robert F. Guild
John WT. Fausey
Winchester
Rho Zueblin
Europe
Laborer Injured After Fall at Dorchester Site
Joseph Emmonds aged 32 a laborer for Hunt-Spiller & Co fell 15 feet on Dorchester avenue Dorchester. Dr Butterick ordered his removal to City Hospital where he reportedly sustains a possible back fracture and a right ankle fracture.
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Joseph Emmonds
Hunt-Spiller & Co
Dorchester Avenue
Dorchester
Butterick
City Hospital
Deaths M'Devitt In Dorchester
In Dorchester Mary A. McDevitt nee Ormand wife of James V McDevitt died. Funeral from her late residence 45 Mt Everett St Saturday. Mass at 8 o clock in St. Mary's Church. Relatives and friends invited.
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M'Devitt
Dorchester
Sert
Mary A
Ormand
James V. McEdevitt
Mt. Everett
Soturter
M. Reaview
Bank clerk's $18,000 theft exposed after audit and confession
Doyie, a Roxbury youth and head bookkeeper, confessed to stealing about $18,000 from Exchange Trust Company over a year. He manipulated checks by signing false names, tore them after passage, and funded losses in stocks. He faces Central Court after arrest at 145 Chiswick Road and bail set.
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Doyie
Dorsey
Augusta
Chiswick Road
Doyle
Exchange Trust Company
Roxbury
John J. Martin
Martin
Qghe
Central Court
Samuel Maynard Goes Ashore Near Kittery Bridge
The four masted schooner Samuel Maynard of Boston ran aground near the Portsmouth Wittery bridge in Kittery Maine while carrying fertilizer for Weymouth Mass. Two tugs failed to pull her into deep water. no damage was reported.
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Kittery
Samuel Maynard
Boston
Portsmouth-Wittery
Weymouth
Mass
Escape from officer on way to jail in Worcester area
Delmont E. Ferden former Sudbury resident and Wells contractor escaped custody in Boylston while being taken from police headquarters to the Worcester jail. He had refused to pay a 75 dollar fine for operating his automobile while intoxicated and jumped from a stopped car into nearby woods.
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Clinton
Delmont E. Ferden
Sudbury
Jonathan Smith
Wells
Fred C. Stark
Boylston
Worcester
Ferden
Stark
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Temple
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