Strike Planned by 400000 Shopmen Over Wage Cut
Chicago reports that 400,000 shopmen have voted to strike starting July 1 unless the railroads drop a $60,000,000 annual wage reduction and restore wartime working conditions. B M Jewell of the AFL says the strike could be avoided only if executives arrange an immediate conference and agree to maintain present wages pending negotiations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
B. M. Jewell
American Federation of Labor
Railway Labor Board
Association of Railway
Aviator Roy Jones Buys Flying Boat for Alaska Flight
Seattle June 28 Roy Jones of Ketchikan bought a Navy Department flying boat here. It will receive a 180 horsepower motor before he makes a Seattle to Ketchikan flight. Jones plans to use the aircraft to locate Pinnacle Rock along the Alaska coast for the U S Coast and Geodetic Survey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Roy Jones
Ketchikan
Navy Department
Jones
Pinnacle Rock
Alaska
U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey
Lack of central Alaska authority blocks Juneau wharf funds
Seattle dispatch reports that no single coordinating authority among Alaska Territory agencies prevented the House Appropriations Committee from funding a government wharf at Juneau. The War Department sought $1,000 for a complete survey and plans, but committee members said they lacked sufficient information on the needs of Customs, Fisheries, and other agencies to approve the request.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Washington Dispatch
Seattle Times
Ala
House Appropriations Committee
Juneau
War Department
Alaska
Customs Service
Bureau of Fisheries
Pennsylvania Railroad Reaches Wage Reduction Agreement
The Pennsylvania Railroad announced on June 28 that a wage reduction agreement has been reached with elected representatives of 42,500 employees across maintenance of way, telegraph, and signal departments after orders from the Railroad Labor Board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad
Railroad Labor Board
Fires Ravage Vancouver Island Logging Camp and Logs
Fires rage across Vancouver Island north of Courtenay and at Rat Portage destroying the Menzies Bay logging camp with all supplies and equipment. Fifteen flat cars carrying about half a million feet of cedar logs and three bridges are also lost to the flames.
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Victoria
Vancouver Island
Courtenay
Rat Portage
Menzies Bay
Civil War Threat in Dublin Amid Four Courts Stand
London dispatches report a looming clash in Dublin between regular republican troops and Rory O Connor followers. An attack on the Four Courts Building is seen as imminent as the provisional government orders evacuation and the O Connorists prepare barricades and defenses. Regular troops mass for possible assault.
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London
Rory O'Connor
Dublin
Four Courts
Klan Recruiting Rumors Target Enlisted Forces
Rumors say the Ku Klux Klan is actively seeking recruits among army and navy enlisted men in San Francisco. The Western Department office at the Presidio notes persistent reports and may order an investigation to determine the exact conditions.
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San Francisco
Ku Klux Klan
Army
Navy
Western Department
Presidio
Commerce Secretary Huston Arrives in Cordova for Alaska Visit
Assistant Secretary of Commerce C. H. Huston and several Washington department heads arrived in Cordova aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Mojave. A luncheon at the Northland Club followed a dock reception, with talks by Huston and others. The group planned a tour of Alaska, visiting Chitina, Richardson Highway, Seward, and numerous points including the Pribilof Islands to study fur seal and salmon industries and promote American trade.
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Fred Schrenger
Huston
Bower
Alfred Brooks
J. G. Steese
H. Foster Bain
Captain Hamlin
Chitina
Richardson Highway
Leo Fairbanks
Government
Seward
Mojave
Alaska
Japan
United States
Commander Islands
Robben Islands
China
Europe
Great Britain
Istma
Pribilof Islands
St. Louis
Messrs. Bower
Evans
Creighton
Baker
C. H. Huston
Ward Dr. Bower
U. S. Bureau of Fisheries
Leonhard Stejneger
U. S. National Museum
H. M. Evans
U. 8
Public Health Service
Alfred H. Brooks
U. S. Geological Survey
John M. Creighton
U.S. Navy
C.F Linquist
Joe J. Baker
Mexander H. Proctor
Bureau of Fisheries
Ree
Muscle Shoals work ready to start after funding signoff
Washington June 28 The signature of President Harding is all that is needed to authorize expenditure of seven and a half million dollars for new work on the Muscle Shoals nitrate and power project at Florence Alabama. Shanghai June 28 The British consul general in Canton instructs British residents at Shameen to arm themselves amid threat of renewed bombardment by Sun Yat Sen forces. Sun’s troops menace the city while Chen Chiang Kai-shek’s forces hold it.
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China
Washington
Harding
Muscle Shoals
Florence
Alabama
Shanghai
Canton
Shameen
Sun Yat Sen
Chen Chiang Kinfi
Sun
Jess Willard Opens Training For Jack Dempsey Bout
Los Angeles dated June 28 reports Jess Willard starting his training for a possible October return match with champion Jack Dempsey. The initial workout was light, with Willard pledging steady activity increases and no letup, aiming for peak condition by fight time.
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Los Angeles
Jess Willard
Jack Dempsey
Willard
Train Crew Heroically Saves Town From Forest Fire
In Bellingham on June 28 the engineer and brakeman of a logging train were severely burned as they drove the train through a fierce forest fire threatening Alger. Several other crew members were slightly hurt. A second forest fire rages near Hamilton.
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Bellingham
Alger
Hamilton
Postpone of Second Class Postage Bill Delayed
Washington June 28 The House Post Office Committee voted to postpone action on the Kelly bill proposing partial second class postal rate reductions until December. The plan has tentative administration support including Postmaster General Hubert Work. Officials will not commit before a full investigation is completed.
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Washington
House Post Office Committee
Congress
Hubert Work
Postoffice
Western Europe Replies on Soviet Russia Credits
In The Hagus June 7, Western European representatives formally reply to Soviet Russia’s demand that credits be extended first. The reply concedes the Russian request but states no credit extension will be possible until the world sees Russia’s internal economic condition. It also asks what Russia intends to do with any credits granted.
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Europe
Russia
Economic Conference
Major Morton to visit army posts and close Camp Lewis
Major General Morton commander of the Ninth Army Corps area sails on the U S Transport Buford for annual inspection of army posts in the northwest and Alaska. In Washington he will formally close Camp Lewis near Tacoma, which will cease to be a regular army post.
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San Francisco
Morton
Ninth Army Corps
U. S
Buford
Northwestern States
Alaska
Washington
Lewis
Tacoma
Willhhen
Maintenance and Shop Men Vote For Strike In Detroit
Early returns from the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes and the Railway Shop Men show an overwhelming majority in favor of strike action after the wage cut order by the Railway Labor Board. Similar trends are reported among other railway crafts affected by the reductions.
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Detroit
Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way
Railway Labor Board
More Soldiers Removed From Alaska Posts
Major General Buford and Ninth Army Corps move to disband Camp Lewis and abandon Fort Gibbon and Fort St Michael in Alaska. Troops to be redistributed to Fort William H. Seward at Haines Fort Liscum Valdez and Vancouver Washington. Two detachments totaling 182 soldiers arrive in Seattle and sail to Alaska to complete peace strength aboard the Buford.
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San Francisco
Buford
Ninth Army Corps
Fort Gibbon
Fort St Michael
Alaska
Lewis
Tacoma
Gibbon
St. Michael
William H. Seward
Haines
Fort Liscum Nea Valdez
Vancouver
Washington
Seattle
Camp Lewis
Fort George Wright
Spokane
Ft. William H. Seward
Fort Lawton
Morton
Explosion at Mines Follows a Threat
Explosions damaged the Luella mine tipple in Grafton West Virginia and the Victor mine tipple at Arden after threats to stop non union operation. Owners had been warned their properties would be destroyed if they continued with non union labor.
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Grafton
W. Va
Luella
S. H. M. Crawford Coal Company
Victor
Arden
Crawford
Operators and Miners Meet Saturday
Washington June 28 President Harding ordered a formal, informal meeting in the capital next Saturday with coal operators from across the bituminous fields and striking miners to discuss a basis for joint wage negotiations a quick settlement of the bituminous strike may depend on a new approach and a willingness to yield none. COAL NEEDED FOR PLANTS Danville June 28 With coal running short the Interstate Water Company faces shutdown risk as plants and city depend on supply factories may close unless union officials allow wagon mines to operate.
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Washington
Harding
United States
Danville
Interstate Water Company
Explosion at Holston Quarry Plant Kills and Injures Many
An explosion at the Holston Quarry Company plant near Straw Plains, Tennessee, killed several workers and injured ten others, with several in serious condition yesterday. Local rescue teams responded and authorities opened an investigation into the blast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knoxville
Tenn
Holston Quarry Company
Straw Plains
Army Appropriation Bill Agreed Upon
The Senate accepted the conference report on the annual army appropriation bill ending the lone fight. It calls for 125000 enlisted personnel and 12000 officers and now goes to the President for approval.
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Washington
Senate
Conference Committee
Boxing Commission Faces Heat Over Britton Fight Referee
New York June 28 Protest grows as critics question the referee’s ruling in the Leonard Britton bout ending in a thirteenth round foul. The state boxing panel met after the match to discuss the decision, a surprise to many spectators who observed the contest.
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New York
State Boxing Commission
Leonard Britton
Leonard
Foreign white stock shows big increase in population
The Department of Commerce announced that the total foreign white stock in the United States reached 36,398,958 on January 1, 1920, up 12.9 percent from 1910. The figures come from the latest census data, reflecting foreign born or partly foreign born parentage.
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Washington
Department of Commerce
United States
Herrin Senator Vows Safe Conduct for Wounded Strikebreakers
State Senator Sneed of Herrin told Adjutant General Black that the six wounded strike breakers, survivors of the Herrin massacre, now in the Herrin hospital, would receive safe conduct out of Williamson County. Fears for their safety had been previously raised.
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Sneed
Herrin
Black
Williamston County
Irish Gove to Maintain Law and Order in Ireland
Dublin June 28. Following a British demand to preserve law and order, the Irish provincial government issued a manifesto denouncing outrages by irregulars and the Belfast boycott as without legal basis. It pledged full resources to maintain public safety and order.
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Dublin
Ireland
Belfast
Railway Disaster Near Berlin Kills Twenty Six
Berlin June 28 Twenty six persons were killed and more than thirty others injured in a bad railway accident just outside the city yesterday. The crash disrupted service and prompted emergency response, with investigators examining the wreckage and cause.
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Berlin
Funeral for Governor Len Small's wife draws thousands
June 28. Thousands gathered across Illinois to mourn Mrs Len Small wife of the governor after a stroke of apoplexy. She died while receiving congratulations over the governor's acquittal on a misappropriation charge. The body lay in state as mourning crowds passed by the bier. Businesses closed and special church services were held statewide.
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Kankaks, I
Ilinois
Len Small
Bief
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Jack
Soviet
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Fox Hughes
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