Two Million Strike Fears Roil Chicago Rail Scene 1909
Colonel William P Read argues against electrifying Chicago rail terminals and coal interests clash with reformers. Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers warns safety risks, jobs loss, and higher coal use, while editorials cite riots and call for resistance to any plan.
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Chicago
Oscar Wildes
Board of Locomotive Engineers
Division
The
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Brotherhood
New York
William P. Read
Oscar Wilde
Fine Arte
Illinois
Supreme Court of Illinois
Heyworth
Supreme Court
Commmonwealth Edison Electric Company
Brent
Alderman Snow
Rich reformer Amberg and the jury list exclusions
A Chicago jury commission hearing centers on Amberg and alleged exemptions from service including saloonkeepers, bartenders, boilermakers, laborers, and foreigners. Amberg denies wrongdoing, explains the clerical process, and defends not using personal influence while detailing the various classes deemed ineligible or exempt from venire.
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Amberg
Rudyard Kipling
Chicago American
E. O. Brown
Wayman
James A. McLane
Commission
Mr. Brown
Attorney Brown
Olient
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United States
Commonwealth Edison Company
Springfield
John T. Connery