States urged to help in coal crisis by President Harding
President Harding telegrammed governors of 28 coal states urging protection for workers and employers willing to resume mining and transport. He pledged federal aid, while labor leaders criticized the move as unlikely to boost production amid the ongoing strike. The telegram follows talks with union leaders and operators as a broader effort to end the labor walkouts.
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Washington, D. C
Harding
Heid
Daugherty
Joan L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Telem
Washington Co mine strikers worry sheriff
In Washington Pa on July 19 shots were fired from hills toward the Wilson mine at Cokeburg Junction. Sheriff Otto Luellen and deputies with state troopers dispersed a crowd, no injuries reported, then moved to Lincoln Hill mine where the scene stayed quiet as striking miners returned home.
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Washington
Wilson
Cokeburg Junction
Washington County
Otto Luelien
Luelien
Lincoln Hill
Wilson Mine
Luellen
Piedmont Company Wins Second Prize at Camp Scott Dibert Drill
In Wiln 8500 prize event at Camp Scott Dibert Sehenley Park Pittsburgh Piedmont Company No 10 Uniform Bank of P won second prize in Class B company competitive drill at the biennial national encampment. They missed entering Class A due to insufficient men. A stray line notes that no Chinese generals match Sun Yat Sen for escape on ships after land defeats.
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Dmont
W. Va
Piedmontpany No. 10
Uniform Bank of P
Camp Scott Dibert
Sehenley Park
Pittsburgh
Sun Yat Sen
Plans to Open Coal Mines Go Ahead Today
Reuters and AP reports from July 19 detail President Harding’s push for reopening bituminous mines. Governors of coal states pledge cooperation, with Ohio calling a cabinet session to discuss emergency protection measures. Major operators announce readiness to resume, while union leader John L. Lewis reiterates continued strike. West Virginia offers transport safety and guards for workers as tensions rise.
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Washington, D. C
A.P
Harding
White House
Ohio
Cenfers
Columbus
Overnor Davis
Big
Altoona
T. H. Watkins
Pennsylvania Coal and Coke Corporation
Central
Pennsylvania
Washington
Watkins
Central Coal Association
Lewis
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Railroad car shortage cuts coal output in West Virginia
Huntington July 19 An inability to obtain railroad cars caused a drop in coal loadings last week across 867 mines totaling 1 083 750 tons, down over 200 000 tons from the prior week. Some mines operated only three days in six due to car shortages, with Kanawha and Northern fields showing the biggest gain and Logan Norfolk and Western territory showing a slump.
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Huntington
W. Va
West Virginia Coal Operators Association
Kanawha
West Virginia
Logan
Norfolk and Western Territory
Irish Funeral Ambushed Near Adhenny
A Free State funeral party taking a volunteer's body to Spiddal was ambushed near Adhenry by Republican insurgents. Lieut Rooner was killed, other National Army officers were captured, and the body was sent to Galway. Heavy fighting reported in Limerick with National troops isolating irregulars at Strand barracks and King John Castle.
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Dublin
Galfway
Spiddal
Adhenry
Rooner
National Army
Galway
Limerick
APL
Strand Barracks
King John Castle
Thornton Boys Fined for Railroad Platform Fight
Albert and Frank Ansel of Thornton were arraigned before Squire Charles Lilly after noon for assault and battery. Albert received a $10 fine plus costs while Frank paid $15 and costs after a brawl on the railroad station platform with Robert and Archie Sinclair of Thornton.
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Albert
Frank Ansel
Thornton
Charles Lilly
Robert
Archie Sinclair
Lemons murder spurs nationwide search for Italian ring
The Fairmont and surrounding areas report a nationwide manhunt for Bella Lemons killer and suspected Italian members. Carmella Malone and Carmella Sarraco are missing or unlocated. Twelve more prisoners were brought in after the Clifton mine battle as authorities prepare for further indictments and a funeral for Sheriff Duval.
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Fairmont
W. Va
Baltimore
Bella Lemons
Patsy Corbi
Tony Corbi
Rosaro Demarco
Lemons
United States Proposes Grand Jury for Cliftonville Battle
A special grand jury will convene at the Brooke county courthouse on Monday August 14 to investigate Monday morning's fatal clash at Cliftonville where Sheriff H H Duvall and at least three attackers from Avella Pennsylvania were killed. The session follows a Wheeling judge and Brooke County prosecutor agreement and may lead to a special Brooke circuit term to act on indicted men. Prisoners now total 48 held in the Ohio County jail after a broad roundup in the Cliftonville area.
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Bella Lemons
Fairmont
Rolling Road
Baltimore County
Mannington
Carmella Malone
Marie McGinnis
Mary Smith
Water Street
Carmella Sarraco
Water Street Resorts
Akron
Ohio
Dolly Gray
Cleveland Avenue
Baltimore
Patsy Corbi
Wellsburg
W. Va
Brooke County Court House
Cliftonville
H. H.duvall
Avella
Clifton
Richland Coal Company
J. B. Sommerville
Wheeling
W. S. Wilkin
Brooke County
Brooke Circuit
Cliftonvill
Hague
Ohio County
Rating
Brooke Coun
Conference On Russian Affairs
Secretary Denby Narrowly Escapes Death in China Flight
Peking July 19 AP Secretary Edwin Denby of the Navy narrowly escaped death when the plane he rode lost engine power at 14 000 feet above the Great Wall. The aircraft was demolished upon landing but Denby escaped uninjured.
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Peking
China
Edwin Denby
Ame
Navy Department
Dent
Great Wall
Denby
End of Rail Fight in View as Conferences Continue
In Chicago talks on the shopmen strike pressed toward settlement while Pennsylvanias wage accord prompts optimism. B F Grable urged immediate negotiated resolutions on disputed rules and wages with retroactive pay from July 1, and hearings on wage disputes were set to open.
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Chicago
Milwaukee and
St. Paul
Grable
B. M. Jewh
Peace Talks Stall In Rail Strike Hold Stage Today
In Pittsburgh prices for Pennsylvania crude and other oils were cut by 25 cents a barrel at market open. Chicago peace parleys gain momentum with the railroad labor board pledging hearings on wages, fuelling hopes for a settlement while overtime, seniority, and wage rules remain disputed. Across the country, isolated clashes and disruptions prompt state troops and police to intervene, signaling a tense labor environment.
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Pittsburgh
A. P
Pennsylvania
Cabell
Sommerset
Corning
Chicago
A.P
Railroad Labor Board
Cummins
Texas & Pacific Railroad
Sherveport
Atlantic Coast Line
Wilmington
N. C
Bloomington
Ill
Weaver
Dennison
Texas
Neff
Taylor
Muskogee
Okla
Clerks Set To Strike On Chesapeake & Ohio Rail Line
Cincinnati July 19 A strike of clerks and station employees of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad was sanctioned for Thursday. B H Fitzgerald grand president of the Brotherhood of Railway Clerks announced at national headquarters.
Collision on Oklahoma R R claims two lives near Tulsa
Two railroad workers were killed and more than six people injured in a head on collision four miles east of Tulsa on the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway after the freight crew misread orders and ran on the passenger train's timetable. The report notes passengers were among the injured.
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Muskogee
Okla
Missouri, Kansas and Texas
Tulsa
Clifton mine raid inquest resumes in Wellsburg
Deputy Sheriff Mozingo testified at the coroner's inquest into the Clifton mine attack by Pennsylvania strikers. He described the fight in the power house, being shot, and a miner carrying an American flag who fell into a burning tipple. Other deputies corroborated, and prisoners indicated the attack was planned at a meeting in Avella miners hall with an American flag leading the march.
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Wellsburg
W. Va
Irvin Mozingo
Cliftonville
Pennsylvania
H. H. Duvall
Mozingo
George Cree
Cree
Mosingo
Cou Jcil
Tom Duvall
Duvall
Clifton
Avella
Sheriff Duvall
Wheeling
Brooke County
Eix An
Ten Indicted for Fraud Conspiracy Related to War Funds
Washington July 1 ten people indicted on charges of conspiring to defraud the United States of more than one million dollars. The grand jury, seated since June 1, named John L Phillips Jane Ga John Stephens G Morse Charles well Frank T Sullivan Roland Herty Charles Phillips Gus Eitzen and others in Jacksonville New York Springfield Newark Buffalo Atlanta Pensacola. The case marks the first report from the grand jury panel investigating war funds authorized by Congress for the Attorney General and a special corps of assistants. Morse, named in the indictment, directed sales at the War Department and supervised surpluss material sales.
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Washington
United States
Ila Sion
Department
Pt .Justice
John L. Phillipa
Jene Ga
John Stephens
Phillips
Jacksonville
G. Morse
New York
Springfeld
Mass
Charles 3
Well
G. M. Cham
Newark
N.Y
Frank T. Sullivan
Buffalo
N. Y
Roland Herty
Charles Phillips
Atlanta
Gus Eitzen
Pensacola
Fla
Grand
Congress
Attoreney
Daugherty
Morse
War Department
Cambers
Miss Bradford in Serious Condition After Trolley Accident
Miss Lucy Bradford was struck by a trolley while approaching a Maple Avenue stop yesterday at 2 20 PM. She remains unconscious with no marked change in her condition this afternoon. Mina Bradford suffered three fractures in the same incident.
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Lucy Bradford
Maple Avenue
Mina Bradford
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