Mayor’s firm stand ends city streetcar strike in Chicago
Chicago officials praise Mayor Thompson for an all night session with strike leaders and traction heads that produced a settlement. Alderman Rodriguez urged immediate municipal operation of surface lines, arguing 55 percent city profits should fund workers' wages, while critics questioned finances and suggested broader ownership. The appeal touches city politics, public welfare, and the fate of Chicago's streetcar system.
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Chicago
Thompson
Rodriguez
Commonwealth Company
Ald
Local Transportation Committee
Taxi Rates Too High Kjellander Ordinance a Public Joke
The piece condemns the Kjellander ordinance fixing taxi rates as burdensome to riders and explains rates will drop only after meters are updated, with a 10 cent cut per trip and 5 cent per extra passenger. It cites John Hertz of Walden Shaw Co and notes delays in meter supply. It references local politics and civil service figures amid reform tensions.
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John Hertz
Walden W. Shaw Company
Hotel Sherman
LaSalle Street
Col Hopkins Leads Historic American Irish Society Circle
The American Irish Historical Society names Col John P Hopkins as president general with a notable Illinois contingent joining. The group counts leaders like Woodrow Wilson Theodore Roosevelt Taft and Chief Justice White among past members and highlights Illinois figures such as Patrick Barry General Moloney and Roger Sullivan in its growing roster.
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The
American Irish Historical Society
Woodrow Wilson
Theodore Roosevelt
William H. Taft
Edward D. White
United States Supreme Court
Treasury
William McAdoo
John McGowan
Richard W. Meade
New York
New England
Illinois
Patrick T. Barry
John P. Hopkins
M. T. Moloney
Roger C. Sullivan
John McGillen
Henry F. Donovan
John A. McCormick
Thomas H. Cannon
George E. Brennan
William D. Cantillon
John T. Connery
James G. Doyle
Thomas P. Flynn
John Lee Fay
P. J. Lucey
John Gibbons
Elbridge Haneey
David E. Shanahan
Francis J. Sullivan
Sarah M. Hopkins
Daniel Hanrahan
James Plunkett
William P. J. Halley
Movement to pension city workers and make posts hereditary
State's Attorney Hoyne calls for charges connected to the reinstatement of ex Chief McWeeney to captain. He signals possible action if civil service law is violated and urges authorities to present evidence of police corruption for a fair hearing. Coffin's reply notes Hoyne's criticisms and questions the return to force amid public interest concerns.
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John McWeeney
Healey
Percy B. Coffin
The
Civil Service Commission
McWeeney
Hoyne
Dhal
Coffin
Honest Tom Smyth Delivers Veto Message on Sanitary District
President Thomas A. Smyth of the Sanitary District of Chicago returns without approval an ordinance amending rules for the board. He argues the Democratic trustees mismanage with Republican aid and warns of bipartisan failures and district taxpayer stakes.
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Sanitary District of
Chicago
Thomas A. Smyth
Board of Trustees of the Sanitary District of Chicago
Board of Trustees
Board of Trustees of
Sanitary District of Chicago
Democratic Party
Republican Party
Cook County
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Kennedy
Cincinnati
Henry C. Beitler
Frank O. Lowden
Marshall Field
Adams Street
Michigan Avenue
Ward
William Hale Thompson
Kjellander
Andrew J. Hogan
AMM
Ahdaine
Col. Hopkins
Great American Irish Historical Society
East
Hopkins
Civil Service
Honest Tom Smyth
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