Evidence of Reds tangled in the April strike
Washington reports say a Justice Department briefing linked the Mussan commun's international league to using the railroad strike as a vehicle for mass disruption. Palmer and the cabinet heard the claims while the Senate delayed railroad labor board nominations. Ohio and Illinois scenes follow with guards mobilized as rioting flares in Kewanee and beyond.
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Washington
Department of Justice
Wrs
Mussan Commun
Rairoad
Mss Scrike
United States
Klagen's
Communist Party
Industrial Workers of the World
Department Lad
Siike
Communist International
Wilson
Palmer
Wheeling Men Return From Rail Strike Break
In Wheeling West Virginia April 1 twenty B and O Railroad workers who quit the Benwood hops last evening returned to work marking a first break in the district rail walkout. Superintendent J M Scott reports Clarkaburg remains unaffected with only a few strikes lingering elsewhere.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Benwood
Oromeo
West Virginia
Clarkaburg
J. M. Scott
Water Rent Notice for April Quarter Due
City data shows water rents for April quarter are now due and must be paid by April 15. A C Love serves as City Collector.
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A.C. Love
Notice of shop sale and accounts collection
Haye s old the shop known as Phil lips Cleaning Tailoring Co to J 1 Eminger, who has full charge. I will be here until April 19. All outstanding accounts unpaid by that date will be handed to a collector. Please call in and settle. Phillips at Phillips Cleaning Tailoring Co 134 West Main St.
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Haye
Phillips Cleaning & Tailoring Co
J. 1 Eminger
Phillips
Striking Prisoners Stir Dublin as Hunger Protest Mounts
In Dublin Mount Joy prison hunger strikers face renewed danger as political prisoners are said to be released while the Lord Mayor reports the Viceroy will act. The general strike widens, with sixty thousand Dublin workers involved, and a constable shot in plain clothes duty amid continuing unrest.
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Dublin
Mont Joy
Crewi
Mount Joy
Baseball Year Opening Today Cause of Cheer
Tanned and hardened by six weeks of intensive training under southern suns the baseball teams of the National and American leagues open the 1820 season this afternoon weather permitting. While it is audh to expect mid-summer playing form there appears to be every indication that contests will be conducted under favorable conditions. In the National league Boston at New York Philadelphia at Brooklyn Chicago at Cincinnati and Pittsburgh at St Louis while the American League clubs will clash as follows New York at Philadelphia Washington at Boston Detroit at Chicago and St Louis at Cleveland in each city special ceremonies will mark the birth of another baseball season and although there do not appear to be any novelties in sight the fans will welcome the parades band concerts and other formalities with the usual enthusiasm as harbingers of diamond doings more immediate to come. Boston Mass April 14 Washington Boston American league postponed wet grounds.
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Southern Suns
Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Brooklyn
Chicago
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
St. Louis
Washington
Detroit
Cleveland
Baltimore Scale Making Meeting Aims for WV Operators
April 14 report notes Northern West Virginia Coal Operators Association and others left for Baltimore to attend a joint scale negotiation conference with International Representatives of the United Mine Workers of America and district No. 17 officials. The conference at the Southern Hotel Thursday at two o clock in room 309 will set a two year scale for twelve and a half counties in Northern West Virginia in line with the Bituminous Coal Commission majority findings. Northern West Virginia Coal Operators Association urges all members and other operators in the region to attend.
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New York
The Weather Proposes Fair Weather and Rising Temperatures
The forecast predicts fair weather with rising temperatures tonight and Thursday. A brief warm spell is expected with lighter winds and improving air conditions.
Cabinet Called In Special Session By The President
Washington April 14. An armistice between Guatemala revolutionists and President Cabrera forces appears signed and the president urged to leave the country as advised to the state department. Washington centers on the nationwide railroad strike with cabinet meeting at 10 o clock amid efforts coast to coast to end the walkout. Regular updates note sporadic walkouts, food and fuel shortages, and efforts by rail leaders and city officials to move supplies.
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Washington
Guatemala
Cabrera
Ndvices
State Department
Wilon
White House
Pacific Coast
San Francisco
Dersny City
New York
Middle West
Ohio
York
Hospital Board Ousted by City Administration
City officials held a tense session at the mayor’s office as a new ordinance to replace the hospital’s board of control was pushed through. Charges of misconduct surfaced amid heated exchanges between former board members and physicians, with accusations of improper removals of organs and calls for full public disclosure. The issue now rests with the city commission awaiting further complaints.
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Board of Control
G. W. Fort
G._B.—Wyckoll
City Commissio
Sentinel
Prize crew operates engine at Uniontown
Uniontown Pa April 1 a yard crew of high officials from Pennsylvania railroad headquarters worked in West Brownsville yards. Volunteers initially moved a few cars but congestion persisted and a prize crew finally took charge comprising the yardmaster his assistant the chief supervisor of signals and an assistant.
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Uniontown
Pennsylvania Railroad
West Brownsville
Pittsburgh Strike Wanes As Railroads Eye Progress
Pittsburgh reports show the yard men strike easing with officials optimistic that the peak is passed. Outlaw groups fail to bolster strikers, while some passenger trains improve and crews return to work in Brownsville. Materials and cars remain scarce as mills and mines stay closed.
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Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Baltimore & Ohio
Pittsburgh & Lake, Erie
Washington, Pa
Washington
Leetsdale
Brownsville
Tobacco firms plead nolo contendere in Sherman Act case
In New York on April 14 the corporations through counsel entered pleas of nolo contendere in federal court to charges of monopolization, combination and conspiracy in violation of the Sherman Act. Bael was fined $5,000. Named defendants include H. Days & Co American Clee Co General Clear Co Sumatra Tobacco Import Corp and Sumatra Purchasing Corp alleging monopolization of more than 70 percent of foreign trade and interstate commerce in Sumatra tobacco.
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New York
Pivetotuces Corporations
Nolo Conendere
Bael
H. Days & Co
American Clee Company
General Clear Company
Sumatra Tobacco Import Corporation
Sumatra Purchasing Corporatn
Monopolizz
Inter
Sumatra
Paper Makers to Be Given 2 Raist
Representatives of seven large paper manufacturers in the United States and Canada met with union officials at a conference in York. They proposed a general wage advance of twenty per cent to renewing their employee contracts for the coming year.
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York
United States
Canada
Eialy
Price fixing efforts raise sugar market prices
Washington April 14 Attorney General Palmer prompted a price rise in the sugar market by setting a 17 18 cent maximum on Louisiana sugar sales and drawing Cuban producers into the issue George A Zabriskie president of the United States Sugar Equalization Board testified before the House Sugar Investigating Committee He said Palmer acted partly responsible for the market panic and that the board could have prevented the run up by continuing to buy the Cuban crop and equalize prices The committee decided to call the Attorney General as the next witness
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Washington
Palmer
George A. Zabriskie
United States Sugar Equalization Board
Hou
Zabriskie
Husted
Rep
Massachusetts
Commissioned Officers Not To Get Bonuses
Washington April 14 Commissioned officers in the military or naval service will not benefit under soldier relief legislation now being drafted. A tentative agreement by a House Ways and Means subcommittee excludes yeomanettes shipyard workers in the Army or Navy who received civilian wages and former service men paid by employers while in the service. Final compensation rates for other service members to be set this week. bill will include home building aid vocational training and land settlement priority. Those declining provisions receive $1 a day. Proposal to pay $1.59 rejected. Revenue plans not decided. Republicans favor a flax tax under 1 percent on all sales while Rainey supports higher taxes on war profits.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
American Legion
Henry J. Rainey
Local Yardmen Refuse Outlaw Strike Action
Local No 452 BR T confirms yard employees will stay at work and back BR T pledges amid a wave of regional rail strikes. Keyser and Benwood yards see partial coal movement while Baltimore and Ohio embargoes persist. Washington junction Potomac yards plan full crew as freight operations pause and talks continue with rail unions.
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BR. T
Benwood
Baltimore and Ohio
Keyzer
Keyser
Cumberland
Thalimore and
Ohio
Washington Junction
Potomac Yards
P. Hntington
W. Va
Chesapeake and Ohio
Nussell
Siler Grove
Manifest
Huntington
Cincinnati
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Cleveland Yardmen's Association
A. L. Faukner
W. G. Lee
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J. J. Forrester
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Tumuity
Springfield
Dickson
Ilinois Reserve National Guard
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BIC Leagles
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Hirst
Hercus
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Foster
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Cody
Cyty N. J
Copeland
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Madson River
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Inet
Mr. Palmer
Cabnet
Cummins
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Naon
Lodge
Eader
Tobacco
Broaddus College
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Greater
Jersey City
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Pasenger
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Lackawanna Railroad
Pennsylvania Coal Company
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