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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1913
Page
1
United Press reports five thousand workers in Buffalo strike for a higher minimum wage for women and girls in city department stores. Two large stores closed all morning. pickets, placards, and threats of a sympathy strike loom as departments remain shut and employers seek new help to reopen sections.
United Press reports two thousand Bridgeport district miners halted work demanding an immediate wage scale and condition readjustment. Operators stayed obstinate, with the strike expected to widen as the day progresses.
Chief Stafford and his men finished wiring the city fire alarm system replacing heavy copper lines. Circuits in Segond and Fourth wards are wired and the district is rewired on the new plan. The purchase of a new switchboard is expected at the next city council meeting and could be connected within weeks at First ward barn. Gamewell alarm boxes are being painted and mounted with red bases.
Attorneys for the Pennsylvania Railroad visited Corry to draft terms for settling John Cloughs claim to land now occupied by the Buffalo division spur to the depot. PRR officials and A P Ronalter met, and settlement is expected by week’s end. Clough may decide later on any additional building plans on the unused portion.
London May 1 Miss Anna Kenney secretary to Emmeline Panihurst was arrested at Dover on her way home from France where she fled to escape arrest. She was kept without bail. Kenney said the police raids on suffragette headquarters will not stop militant work. Paris May 1 The Suffragette paper published by Christabel Pankhurst had headquarters opened in Paris and copies would be sent to Mickladd. Many militant leaders are believed to have arrived in Paris to organize English campaign efforts.
A special meeting failed to convene due to lack of quorum in the Common Council, delaying a joint session. Select councilmen passed Bill No. 252 or Garbage Collection ordinance. it governs licensing, equipment, and sanitary rules with immediate effect.
The annual installation of the 0 F 0 F Jonathan Lodge officers was held at the order headquarters with most members in attendance. District Deputy Grand Master Charles Hitchcock of Watth bling presided assisted by local officers. A fine supper was served followed by music cards and social mingling.
The Gerry and Columbus Street Railway Co will shut down their line for at least three days next week after the last car returns Sunday night. Major repairs to the gas engine require tearing down the engine and shipping the cylinders to Warren for rebuilding, with pistons fitted, aiming to resume service by Thursday if possible.
New York May 1 Two dozen major eastern railroads announced they will not grant the ten thousand trainmen wage raises shorter working hours or better conditions. Managers call any modification impossible and say negotiations may continue but a strike call could follow if demands persist.
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