Wounded worker recounts Herrin mine massacre during strike clash
A wounded Chicago commissary clerk at the Lester strip mine described a mass attack by about 5,000 striking miners on June 24. He detailed surrender, executions of tied workers, and a brutal slaughter that left dozens dead or dying, with authorities preparing a probe and possible grand jury.
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Marlon
Sherift Melvin Thaxton
Williamson County
Bmall
Herrin
Lester
Joseph O'Rourke
Lake Park Avenue
Chicago
Bertrand Commissary Company
West Madison Street
Methrough
Wenn
Morris
Williamson
McGowan
Farrington
Frank Farrington
The
Singers
Hellinospital
Carbondale Hospital
Aris
Flint Ib Dovsi
L Yig
McDowell
Ile
Buck
Hurrrin Riot Cabinet Discusses Cal Strike Disorder
Washington leaders and 21President Birding's cabinet discussed recent disorders at Ley Nn. Secretary Dayyis released a statement on the illegal situation amid calls for calm and review of security measures.
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Washington
Dine
Birding
Cal
Ley Nn
Dabur Dayyis
Escanate
Iliigls
Gompers Re-elected AF of L Leader at Convention
Samuel Gompers was re-elected without opposition at the American Federation of Labor convention in Cincinnati. It marked his forty-first term, amid debates over Russia recognition, the industrial court, and Soviet influence within unions. The 43rd convention will be in Portland in October 1923, with delegates named to attend British and Canadian labor congresses.
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Cincinnati
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Gompers
Ioa
Sinc
Te Kansas
Russia
Portland
Ore
Houston
Tex
William G. Halsbeck
Kentucky State Federation
Demon Trade and Labor Congress
Canada
Benjamin Schlesinger
New York
Ladies Garment Workers’ Union
Edward J. McGlvern
Plasterers’ Union
Trades Union Congress
Soviet Russia
States Hughes
Comerce Luaver
Compers
Two Men Die in Nitro Explosion in Westshille
An explosion in an automobile on a Westshille street on June 26 killed two men and damaged three houses while injuring three others. Among the dead is believed to be James Kane, a small-ware shooter from Jewett, Ohio, with one other victim yet unnamed.
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Westshille
James Kane
Jewett
Dawes' Successor Named at War Department
Washington June 26. Selection of Brig. Gen. W. M. Lord chief of bureaus of the War department to succeed Charles G. Thomes as director of budget was announced at the White House.
Customs seize 404 quarts of liquor on ship in Galveston
June 20 report from Galveston Texas says customs officials led by B. H. Brankenhein seized 404 quarts of liquor on a United States Shipping Board steamer due to fiscal violations. Local authorities moved to confiscate the cargo as part of their enforcement actions.
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U. 8
Galveston
Tex
Customa
BH. F. Brankenhein
Shipping Board Steameliy
Elds Part
Drowning and storms mark Iowa headlines across towns
Sioux City youth John M. Leary 20 drowns after injury in diving on the Big Sioux river. Marion county farmer James V. Trinkle drowns in Gedar creek with a fishing party. Eka der resident Billy Koebn 19 drowns while swimming in the Turkey river. Henry Broder’s barn near Wilton Junction struck by lightning causing 20000 dollars in damage. Alton boy Edward Bloemendaal 6 killed in a pasture runaway. Iowa Supreme Court upholds death sentence for William Olander to hang August 11 pending mercy. Cedar Rapids clubwoman Mrs. E C Bealer killed by street car on way to G A R reunion. Violet Knight II a Short horn cow of W C Brown Farm Lime Springs sets national milk and butterfat records. Prof W H Stevenson leads U S efforts to make English official language in international agriculture talks in Rome. Alfalfa crops thrive in Iowa with cultivation key to suppress bluegrass and boost yields. Final spray for cherry and plum orchards advised to combat leaf spot and slug with lime sulphur and lead arsenate or Bordeaux mix. Engagement row over Nellie Duncan and Guy Farmer of Mason City ends with legal dispute over an $800 diamond. Former postmaster C M Angell fined $2,163.25 for embezzling postal funds after federal court plea.
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John M. Leary
Sioux City
James V. Trinkle
Marion County
Gedar Creek
Billy Koebn
Sioux Rapids
Big Sioux
Supreme Court of Iowa
Willam Olander
Ft. Dodge
Eugene Weeks
Ira Pavey
G. A. Fosdick
Des Moines
Claude Leiner
E. C. Bealer
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Bealer
Iawa City
Violet Knight II
W. C. Brown
Oakland Stock Farm
Lime Springs
United States
Violet Knight I
Cowe Akso
Prof
W. H. Stevenson
Town State College
Rome
International Institute of Agriculture
France
Italy
Nellie Duncan
Guy Farmer
Mason City
C. M. Angell
Cartersville
Angell
Prominent People in Chicago Bar Fight Backed by Men and Law
Roger Sherman, president elect of the Chicago Bar Association, leads a move with police and prosecutors to combat organized crime. A Michigan and Northwestern alumnus urges upright lawyers and a clean bar, noting the association upholds judicial integrity through primaries, disbarment, and the grievance committee.
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Roger Sherman
Chicago Bar Association
Chicago
Sherman
University of Michigan
Northwestern University Law School
Bar Association
Association
Supreme Court of
Italian Ambassador Ricci Tour Sparks Political Concerns
Critics abroad and at home question Vittorio Rolando Ricci's coast to coast Italian community addresses. They claim his main aim was to influence Italian voting in the United States to favor Italian interests, while defenders say his talks promoted naturalization and participation in American elections.
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United States
Vittorio Rolando Ricci
Italy
Ricci
Chicago
Millionaire Baker Endows Arts and Hospital Funds
George S. Baker, New York financier and philanthropist, donates 500000 to the Society of the New York Hospital and 1000000 to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. He previously gave 700000 to Columbia University for the Dyckman tract athletic stadium. The hospital board creates a George B. Baker endowment fund of 750000. The Society runs the New York Hospital, Bloomingdale Hospital, and Campbell Cottages for convalescent children, and traces its charter to 1771. Baker has served as a trustee of the Metropolitan for thirteen years.
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George S. Baker
New York
Society of the New York Hospital
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Hea
Columbia University
Dyckman
Baker
Art Museum
United States Victory Jonn
Board of Governors
George BP. Baker
Society of the
New York Hospital
West Sixteenth Street
Bloomingdale Hospital
White Plains
Campbell Cottages
United States
Metropolitan
From Little Poland to Gold Coast Portrait of Stanislaw Szukalski
Profile of Stanislaw Szukalski, Polish sculptor in New York who married Helen Louise Walker of Chicago. Reproduced aketeh by Rudolph Weisenborn. Szukalski’s art sparks debate in New York and abroad. Szukalski rose after rebelling at the Art Institute of Chicago.
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Stanislaw Szukalski
New York
Helen Louise Walker
Chicago
Aketeh
Rudolph Weisenborn
Szukalski
Northwestern
Dr.gs
Luke Forest
Little
Poland
Gold Coast
Walker
Mary Landon Baker
Mary
McComnick
Art Institute School
Institute
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Lodi
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Wesleyan
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