Conspiracy and financial peril ripple through coal empire
The chapter depicts a high stake bargaining over coal holdings amid looming strikes and corporate maneuvers. Roebuck and Galloway collide with the protagonist as he secures backing to protect workers and avert ruin, while personal tensions with Anita and Forrester deepen the plot.
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Roebuck
Langdon
Combine
Farquhar
Coal Combine
Galloway
James Galloway
Anita
Joe
Des Moines Letter on Livestock Rates and Primary Bills
Des Moines correspondent reports Rep Stewat of Washington county seeks to curb livestock freight costs by setting Iowa rates at 75 percent of national schedule. The plan targets short haul distortions and proposes tiered caps for 100 to 150 mile ranges. Also covered are joint elections committees drafting a primary bill with Peterson and Crossley measures and party color ballots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Stewart
Washington County
Iowa
Mississippi River
Mississippi
Chicago
New England
Iowa Railroad Commissioners
House Committee On Railroads and Commerce
Two And A Half Cent Fare Bill Advances
A 212 cent fare bill is introduced in the house by Representative Jones. The measure mirrors a senate bill by Gilliland and a prior house draft, removing the branch line clause to set a 2 1 2 cent fare when family mileage books sell at 2 cents each, valid until used. Jones says legality concerns on similar bills are addressed and the supreme court deems it perfectly legal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellersley
Ellersleys
Forrester
Anita
House of Representatives
Representative Jones
Senate
Gilliland
House
Jones
Supreme Court
To Keep Memorial Day Sacred Bill Presented in Linn County
A bill by Rep McAllister aims to forbid amusements on Memorial Day to honor Civil War veterans. The proposal would make the day set apart for remembrance and remove it from amusements including baseball and horse racing plus all sports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of Representatives
McAllister
Linn County
A Bill to End Social Drinking Practices in Iowa
Representative Dye of Decatur county presents a bill legalizing anti treating by banning giving or selling intoxicating liquor to others. It would prohibit pocket flasks among young men and require each person to buy their own drink, with limited physician exemptions.
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Stillman
Greene County
Iowa
Decatur Countty
Enlarge Railroad Commission Proposed by Grier
George E. Grier of Poweshiek county plans to introduce a bill to add two members to the board of railroad commissioners and empower the board to thoroughly examine railroad business in Iowa. The expanded commission would examine railroads as the insurance board did last year to inform lawmakers on regulation and rate decisions.
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Railroad Commission
George E. Grier
Poweshiek County
Board of Railroad Commissioners
Iowa
Insurance Commission
Reformatory Bill for Women Backed by Rep Bixby
Representative Bixby presents his reformatory bill to the legislature for a female reformatory. It has supporters in both houses and is a longtime pet measure expected to pass this winter.
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Reformatory
Bixby
Committee Advises Labor for Inmates at Knoxville Hospital
A legislative committee visiting the Knoxville inebriate hospital recommends work for inmates and proposes moving hardened penitentiary criminals elsewhere to redirect their labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inedriate
Knoxville
Time for Railroad Hearse Hearings Set in February
Rail hearings are scheduled with the House Railways fixing February 8 for 7 cent fare bills and the Senate committee setting February 13 for the same subject. James C Davin representing the Northwestern rails road told the Senate committee that this year there would be no retrest agenda of the railroads before the legislature.
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House Committee On Railroads
Senate Committee
James C. Davin
Northwestern Rails Road
Senate
Soth
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David Graham Phillips
Herok
Matt
Mr. Forrester
Mr. Blacklock
Long Island
Sahara Desert
Connecticut
Dawn Hill
New York
Howard Forrester
Blacklock
Ellersly
Clay
Peterson
Wright County
Treasury
Smith
State Railroad Commission
State of
Executive Council
Jackson County
Dawson
Cedar County
Cousins
Connor
Senate Committees On Elections
Crossley
House Elections Committees
Wilson
Darrah
Wisconsin
Senator Crossley
Senator Peterson
United States
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