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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1920
Page
1
President Wilson approved the majority report of the anthracite coal commission awarding miners wage increases totaling 85 million dollars. He urged acceptance and good faith in carrying out the award while warning that the majority decision would not be overturned despite threats to strike on September first.
Strike action in Hazleton as the tri state district of the United Mine Workers plans a Wednesday meeting to draft fresh wage demands. President Wilson approves a majority report but back pay details were unclear, prompting protests and a push to press for higher wages. Union officials urge workers to accept the award while officers seek extra income. Local leaders predict they can keep the men aligned with the new plan.
Two of three men held over the slaying of two Clayton police officers were moved from Clayton jail to St. Louis after a mob of about 500 gathered at the courthouse square. A warning warned Sheriff Bopp that an attack to storm the jail and lynch the prisoners was possible.
In Sacramento on August 30 the Sutter Basin Land Co of Sutter County announced it will give away about fifty carloads of melons intended for eastern meat. George Maddock said rising freight rates had wiped out profits on eastern shipments and urged the public to bring their cars to load the fruit.
Aug 31 report states Terrence MacSweeney lord mayor of Cork is not expected to survive the night. His brothers are allowed to stay with him as he endures a severe coughing spell and remains conscious but unable to speak. The piece notes prior appeals by British labor to Lloyd George to grant clemency or release him.
In Cheyenne an 80 year old grandmother Mrs Edwards and a 96 year old great grandmother Mrs Amanda Castle, mother of Constable Thomas Castle and grandmother of Sheriff Bri Smalley, are both down with whooping cough. Their conditions are not serious and the illness is described as the regular old fashioned type.
An official note says General Brudenny's forces push toward Zanose northwest of Lemberg, with Galicia battles turning favorable for Poland. Bolshevik prisoners note limited Polish resistance until Vilna Lida Baranovichy Luninets line, as Minsk hospitals rally scattered units. Trotsky expected to take personal command of both armies.
Washington reports that railroads will start operating on their own resources at midnight after six months of government support costing about 100 million dollars monthly. Carriers may receive loans from revolving funds to finance operations. Rail earnings will fall roughly 600 million below standard returns since March 1, with fewer than 20 lines covering actual operating expenses. Government costs for guaranteed earnings will take months to tally.
General John J. Pershing arrived in Cheyenne Sunday evening from Denver with Mrs. Francis E. Warren to be hosted by Senators Warren and Mrs. Warren. Pershing brings his son Warren and attended a quiet family dinner with a few close friends. He recently visited Senator Phipps ranch at Wagon Wheel Gap Colorado and plans for his Cheyenne stay are open-ended.
About 160 students at the Polytechnic High School in San Francisco staged a strike on Monday to support former principal James H B Addicott who was recently suspended. They refused to report for classes and demonstrated in front of the school.
Married at seventeen to Max Waegle she lived on her father in law Fred Waegle's ranch where five men ate and she cooked. The cold house left her frost bitten feet and after repeated improprieties by her father in law she killed him with strychnine thinking it medicine. Detectives traced the crime to her and she confessed and died by her own action.
Buffalo Wyoming August 30 1919 Marion Waegeles confession to poisoning her father in law Fred Waegle in April 1919 and her suicide at her fathers home August 12 1919 are detailed with family reactions and questions about the unwritten law surrounding crimes.
In Marion Ohio Senator Harding previews a reclamation policy to Republican governors tomorrow. He meets with Gifford Pinchot former federal forestry chief and 1912 Progressive leader who says he is pleased with the conservation plan and willing to forget past differences to back Republican success. Nine western governors and other former officials join the delegation tomorrow.
The Shankill district of Belfast saw a blazing inferno with nearly twenty fires set late tonight. Catholic owned grocery stores and public houses were destroyed as violence escalated and police fired on the crowd causing several casualties.
Senate committee probes Republican National Committee budgets citing a $3,079,037.20 campaign spend and a $4,000,000 total goal including state funds. Hays and Cummings discuss finances, limits on individual gifts, and federal campaign control.
Governor Cox asserted that no wets or drys contributed to his campaign after Will Hays testified before a senate sub committee on Chicago expenditures. He cited Ohio records showing no liquor interests gave money to his races, calling claims of wet support "absurd on its face."
Generally fair weather continues in Wyoming with cooler conditions in the east on Tuesday and warmer readings expected in the northwest on Wednesday. The forecast notes a slight temperature spread across the state.
Colonel G. G. Ballou, Denver military commandant, orders no gatherings or parades on Labor Day amid trainmen strike. The proclamation allows picnics at local parks but prohibits assemblies unless needed to preserve order, with speech events also restricted.
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