Street Car Strike Ends as Company Recognizes Union
Public transit returns to full schedule after union recognition by the company. Citizens credited for driving peace and public interest, with a three-member board overseeing the resolution.
20 May 1913
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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1913
Page
1
Public transit returns to full schedule after union recognition by the company. Citizens credited for driving peace and public interest, with a three-member board overseeing the resolution.
Walter A. Knight leads Feder ated Associations in efforts to restore normal conditions. Walter Draper John P. Frey and possibly Judge John G O Connell may serve as arbitrators in the settlement.
Washington officials issue the note to Ambassador Chinda via Secretary Bryan after Governor Johnson signs the alien lead bill. The note invites Japan to join treaty negotiations and offers court recourse for rights claims while signaling no public release of the documents. Washington sees growing seriousness as European commentary cautions over potential racial conflict.
Jacques Bustanoby sues Thomas I Reynolds for 250000 dollars claiming Reynolds wooed and enticed his wife Ruth Boyd Bustanoby away to Europe and a Canada trip, causing a lasting estrangement and separation of the couple. Reynolds demands a bill of particulars including an itemized valuation of the wife’s affections.
Jacob L. Rabinowitz, 54, treasurer of the Home Building and Town Association, committed death by own action at his South Second street shop. He used an 800 pound safe and a strap, and the weight crushed him after the block was removed. He was found by his wife and died before a doctor arrived. despondency followed a recent lawsuit loss.
In Nogales Sonora Jose Manuel a seventeen year old Mexican American faced a death sentence for alleged espionage after a conference between Prefect Gales and American Consul Simpich led to retracting the order. He signed a confession admitting involvement in a plot to smuggle arms ammunition and oil into Sonora to destroy bridges and possibly public buildings. Two unidentified Mexicans accused as federal spies were executed at sunrise.
A North Dakota widow, aided by remorse for fraud against the United States, sent Secretary McAdoo 164 in restitution with a note claiming it as promised by God. The amount arrived by registered mail and the sender’s identity was not disclosed.
The torpedo boat Vesuvius was struck by its own torpedo near Newport Rhode Island. It was beached on Hope Island in Narragansett Bay after a two inch hole opened aft threatening the crew as seawater poured in.
Two arbitration victories in Cincinnati mark the end of a traction strike and a deal between the Building Trades Council and the Employers Association. The editor lauds arbitration as wise, praises public welfare, and calls for workers to resume effort to recover lost time.
Reported revival of a retirement note for W Kesley Schoepf president of the Cincinnati Traction Commentary cites his long public service and growing interest in farming. Friends say his shift to quieter duties could follow the traction strike era, given his investment in cattle and farm life.
The terms confirm an open shop as policy and establish arbitration with Walter Draper for the company and John P. Frey for the employees. A third member likely John O Connell. Disputes cover hours pay reinstatement of discharged workers since March 15 and contract duration.
The street car strike ended after intense negotiations driven by public opinion from wholesale and retail dealers marketmen bankers brokers railroad hotels and other business sectors. Walter A. Knight president of the Federated Associations led the effort helping restore normal conditions and resume daily business across Cincinnati.
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