Wolf Company Yields To Shoe Workers Strike Demands
The Wolf Company leaves the Cincinnati Boot and Shoe Manufacturers Association and signs a one year arbitration contract with the Boot and Shoe Workers’ Union. About 350 workers return to work at the old pay scale within two weeks as cutters resume tomorrow. William H. Tateman says the Manufacturers Association will continue opposing unions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Sam B. Wolt Shoe Company
Seventh Street
Cincinnati Boot and Shoe Manufacturers’ Association
Boot and Shoe Workers’ Union
William Prout
William H. Tateman
Boot and Shoe Manufacturers Association
Wolf Company
Tateman
Manufacturers’ Association
Marines to eject oil squatters at Teapot Dome reserve
Acting Secretary Roosevelt ordered Major General Lejeune to dispatch Marine officers and enlisted men to Teapot Dome Wyoming near Casper to remove squatters drilling on the naval oil reserve. The move follows a warning to vacate and a dispute between Sinclair interests and Mutual Oil Company with Mutual asserting its title dating to 1890.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Lejeune
Marine Corps
Teapot Dome Naval Oil Reserve
Wyoming
Casper
Navy Department
Interior Department
Naval Reserve
Lejune
Denver
Col
H. H. Keoughan
Mutual Oil Company
United States
Mr. Keoughan
Mutual Company
Harry Sinclair
Sinclair
Teapot Dome
Wyo
Sinclair Oil Interests
Inquiry Into Charges Of Selfish Tariff Aims By Senators
Washington July 29 The Senate debated whether senators have financial interests in wool duties and other commodities in the pending tariff bill A Caraway resolution proposed Judiciary Committee inquiry with a report within ten days Gooding and Bursum defended industry ties while others denied personal sheep interests The measure seeks to determine any financial or professional connections to affected articles and whether any senator represented or was connected with related firms or organizations during the tariff proceedings
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Caraway
Arkansas
Judiciary Committee
Wadsworth
New York
Gooding
Idaho
Republican Agricultural Tariff Bloc
Bursum
New Mexico
Stanfiel
Oregon
Smoot
Utah
Oddie
Nevada
Jones
Grover Cleveland
Grain crop in Sewers From Moonshine Mash
In Sheboygan Wisconsin on July 29 citizens were ordered to stop dumping moonshine mash into sewers. The City Engineer urged disposing waste in garbage cans to prevent sewer clogs and costly repairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheboygan
Wis
Evangelist Trotter testifies in divorce suit in Grand Rapids
The Rev Melvin E Trotter resumed his defense in a separate maintenance suit brought by his wife claiming his evangelistic work collapsed after Mrs Trotter alleged he fathered a child with his former secretary Florence Moody The minister blamed her statements for the loss of missions in Los Angeles Chicago and sixty seven other posts He denied the allegations and said he still loves his wife cross examination halted for adjournment until Monday afternoon
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Rapids, Mich
Melvin E. Trotter
Trotter
Becauss
Los Angeles
Pacific Gardens
Chicago
Cloudbursts Drench Nebraska and Iowa Causing Heavy Loss
Large cloudburst rains across Nebraska and parts of Iowa wash out railroad tracks and bridges. A train with about 100 passengers stranded near Carroll Nebraska after tracks were washed out. Walthill Nebraska reports four feet of floodwaters in the town's lower area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Neb
Nebraska
Iowa
Carroll
Walthill
American agent wounded after escape from Cuban captors
Eugene Jova acting American Consular Agent was captured by four bandits near Sagua la Grande Cuba. He escaped with serious dagger wounds after fending off an assault and guiding authorities to the bandits, aiding recovery. He described the ransom demand and capture details before hospital treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagua LA Grande
Cuba
Eugene Jova
Jova
Sagua
Falls to Death on Southern Bridge After Train Passes
Hubert Swybold a 45 year old bridge worker from Ludlow Kentucky fell sixty feet from a plank on the Southern bridge while letting engines and cars pass. He struck the Cincinnati bank of the Ohio River fatally after attempts to regain balance failed. Witnesses described horror as he plunged and died en route to General Hospital. Railroad men noted the board lifted at one end when struck by a passing car.
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Hubert Swybold
Linden Street
Ludlow
Cincinnati
Ohio River
Swybold
General Hospital
Miners Threaten After Herrin Scare Near O Fallon
Miners near O Fallon Illinois threaten enforcers after a pile of slack coal sold to St Louis for waterworks was halted by striking miners. They declare the Herrin massacre proves you cannot haul coal in this district and force the men to stop loading the coal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
Herrin
O’fallon
Ill
Deputy Byrd Killed in Georgia Race Riot After Poolroom Shootout
In Maicon Georgia on July 29 Deputy Walter C. Byrd was shot in the back and died after a poolroom confrontation with a negro suspect known as Cocky Glover. Moments earlier deputies searched the poolroom for the criminal as gunfire erupted injuring three negroes and prompting a citywide manhunt. Arrests followed as hundreds joined Sheriff deputies in the search.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maicon
Glover
Walter C. Byrd
Byrd
Bryd
Four Injured In City Auto Mishaps On Street Corners
A hole in the street at Findlay avenue and Elm street is blamed for injuring William Riess a 6 year old at 1900 Elm street. He was taken to General Hospital with scalp lacerations and possible skull fracture. George Klein 45 drove away after the accident and faced a reckless driving charge. Arthur Ernst 23 had a steering failure causing a crash injuring Johanna Wilder 5 at Pike and Western. Henry Schluter Henry Schluter was arrested after Fatema Haffkamp 17 at 1528 Wheeler street suffered a possible skull fracture. William Dowling 41 was struck by Philip Livingston 41 at Queen City and Harrison avenues. Dowling’s injuries were not serious.
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Findlay Avenue
Elm Street
William Riess
General Hospital
Henry Victor
George Klein
Plasterer
Werner Street
Third District
Klein
Harley Jones
Mr. Klein
Arthur Ernst
Prague Avenue
Covington
Johanna Wilder
Pike and
Western Avenues
Fire Company No. 4
Ernst
Manson
Fatema Haffkamp
Wheeler Street
Thirteenth
Wheeler Streets
Henry Schluter
River Road
Dayton
L. L. Manson
St. Elizabeth Hospital
William J. Dowling
Harrison Avenue
Queen City
Harrison Avenues
Philip Livingston
York Street
Dowling
The
Amundsen On Board New Schooner Holmes
Captain Amundsen abandons Maud attempt to reach Pt Barrow Alaska and transfers to the schooner Holmes per wireless message received here and relayed by AP.
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Name
Alaska
Associated Press
Amundsen
Pt. Barrow
Maud
Holmes
Hoover Sets State Role in Emergency Coal Distribution Plan
Secretary Hoover declares control of coal distribution rests with state authorities except for railway coal. The federal government will handle interstate questions, while states tailor plans with the president’s committee. New England to Northern Lake states vary in needs. bunkering rules apply to ships after August 1.
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Washington
Hoover
Federal Coal Distribution Committee
New England
Middle Atlantic
Middle West
Lake States
Inter-Mountain
Pacific
Atlantic Seaboard
Interstate Commerce Commission
Henry B. Spencer
Mr. Hoover
E. L. Douglass
Cincinnat
Federal Organization
J. T.hatfield
George Kerns
Carl Robinson
H. K. English
R. A. Hord
Edward L. Douglass
W. J. Magee
Central Committee
Douglass
Opin
Record Walnut Street Property Fetches 182000
The Walnut street property at 532 and 534 Walnut and 109 East Sixth sold for 182000, setting a new downtown realty record aside from Fountain square sites. Buyer remains unnamed. Herman Elsaesser had owned the site, with Abbott Piano and Movie Poster on Walnut, Model Laundry on Sixth, and the Faust Cafe site previously. The sale total eclipsed prior figures and the new owner may be an out of town firm.
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Fountain Square
Walnut Street
East Sixth Street
R. J. Wood
Herman Elsaesser
Sixth Street
Abbott Piano Company
Movie Poster Company
Model Laundry Company
Elsaesser
Faust Cafe
Labor Board to adjudicate major rail strike issues
President Harding defines settlement of the rail strike as a triumph for Labor Board supremacy and urges both railroads and workers to accept its authority. Rehearing on wage decisions, seniority rights, and future disputes will shape poststrike compliance and the board’s standing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States Ilroad Labor Board
Labor Board
Harding
United States Labor Board
U. S. Labor Board
Machine Guns in Mine Clash Near Adena Harrison County
Cadiz O July 29 Reports say hundreds of shots were fired in an encounter between mine guards and striking miners at the Penova mine in Harrison County near Adena. No casualties. guards used machine guns to repel miners.
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Harrison County
Cadiz. O
Penova
United Coal Company
Adena
Jefferson County
Martin
Apex
Germany
Hopedale
Ing
Percy Tetlow
Tetlow
Robert Heydrich
National
Howard Richard
Coal Company
Camp
Lewis
The
Miners’ Union
Early Settlement Predicted in Shop Strike After Conferences
Railway clerks chief E H Fitzgerald predicted an early settlement of the railroad shopmen strike after Chicago and New York conferences. He said wage-scale agreements would be pursued with Norfolk and Western and Chesapeake and Ohio, with hearings before the Railway Labor Board planned within sixty days. He noted tentative pacts with Grand Trunk Lines, Chicago & Eastern Illinois, and Boston & Maine, and a wage and conditions agreement for Southern Railway freight handlers. Local coal distribution committees and federal priority rules were discussed amid industry disruption concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
New York
E. H. Fitzgerald
Brotherhood of Railway
Norfolk & Western
Chesapeake & Ohio
Railway Labor Board
Fitzgerald
Clerks’ Union
Grand Trunk Lines
United States
Chicago & Eastern Illinois
Boston & Maine Railways
Southern Railway
Hamilton County
Hoover
James A. Reilly
Chamber of Commerce
President Harding Sends Written Roadmap for Railroad Strike
President Harding has reduced his settlement plan for the railroad strike to writing and sent it to top railway executives and labor leaders. Advisers foresee the plan being presented at meetings in New York and Chicago, with no public details released ahead of time. He spent the day at the White House and planned to remain in Washington over the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Associated Press
Hardy
Harding
New York
Chicago
White House
T. DeWitt Cuyler
Association of
Railway Executives
B.M. Jewell
Railway Employees’ Department
American Federation of Labor
Marine Band
Union Leaders Predict Tuesday Settlement of Rail Strike
Union leaders say a Tuesday settlement is assured as railway executives and union committees meet next week to review President Harding's proposals. They expect strikers to return with seniority rights intact if they return, while stressing the case is in the President's hands.
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Striksociated
Triksing
Harding
B. H. Jewell
Timothy Healy
Firemen and Oilers’ Union
Healy
Mr.Jewell
T. DeWitt Cuyler
C and O Employees Meet After Injunction Extended
After United States Judge A M J Cochran extended the temporary injunction against C and O Railway clerks and shop craft, a Covington joint session was held behind closed doors. A hearing for a permanent injunction is set for August 7, with L and N also eyeing the same date. Burroughs Cart and Kruse said progress is steady as more men join and most who walked out July 20 have not returned. Train movement at Stevens shows only two eastbound and two westbound trains per day, with limited car loads and empties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maysville
United States
A. M. J. Cochran
C. & O. Railway
Covington
Odd. Fellows
Fifth Street
Madison Avenue
Cochran
W. E. Burroughs
C. W. Cart
W. H. Kruse
Stevens
Silver Grove
Also Mentioned on This Page
WM. H. Tateman
Owners’ Organization
Melvin Trotter
Southern Bridge
Macon
William Reiss, Jr
Goal Control
Herman Eisaesser
Labor Board Supreme
David Lawrence
Commercial Tribune
Instrument of Justice
America
Committee of Coal Producers of the Hazard District
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