General Strike Demands Stir Labor Leaders
As appeals and demands pour in for a general strike to aid railway workers, Samuel Gompers says labor circles are inflamed. The American Federation of Labor executive council will review resolutions at a September 9 meeting in Washington, while a federal injunction against railway unions and allied groups remains in force amid growing tensions and ongoing strikes.
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Washington
Associated Press
Raoilroad
Gompers
Idealie Cils
Ganpers
Federation
Chicago
United States
Idilroad “Labor ‘Board
Wilkerson
Daugherty
Rairoad
Ameerican’ Federation ‘of Labor
Federated Shopecrafts and System Federations
Executive Council
The
American Federation of Labor
Samuel Gompers
Railway
Department of the ‘American Federation of Labor
White House
Plots To Damage Railroad Property Reported
Disorder amid a rail strike escalates with new outrages. A Big Four passenger train derailed at Brownsville Indiana injuring a woman. a foreman’s home bombed at Little Rock. dynamite plots target rail facilities in Kansas Ohio and Maryland.
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Brownsville
Ind
Little Rocks
Ghae
Iikansas
Pana
Teg
Ouyahoga River
Ohio
ENBERS ELECT DIRECTORS AT YWCA MEETING
At the local Young Women's Christian Association quarterly gathering on the Friends church lawn, members revised the constitution and elected directors. The meeting opened with songs from Reserve clubs, and though officers' results were not yet public, the session was enthusiastic with a vine arbor backdrop and refreshments after business.
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Young “Women's Christian ~Association
Friends’ Church
Taylor's Former Wife Leads Slaying Investigation
Independent probe into the February murder of film director William Desmond Taylor is being conducted by his former wife and her daughter in Los Angeles. New evidence has emerged with local film figures aiding the investigation, and the former Mrs Taylor, now married to a wealthy eastern manufacturer, alleges the slaying was instigated by a woman.
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Los Angeles
Cal
William Desmond Taylor
Daugher
Labor Day Holiday Observed In City
City observes Labor Day with city offices, post office, banks, and freight stations closed all day. No city letter deliveries. carriers suspended amid holiday shutdowns across multiple sections of the area.
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O. QR
York
Marshals Serve Injunction Orders Amid Strike Action
Federal officers report 206 notices served on shopmen and aides as 5500 deputy marshals nationwide stand ready to execute the restraining order. Union leader Jewell believed active in Chicago area as government moves swiftly after yesterday action.
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Chicago
Associated: “Press
Uel Yas
B. M. Jewell
Federal
Jewell
Court petition seeks sale of Carolina and Yadkin River assets
Equitable Trust company of New York files in Greensboro asking the court to order the sale of the Carolina and Yadkin River Railway property for defaulted interest on bonds totaling 1 288 600 dollars. The request targets the assets under the first mortgage dated June 5 1912, with receiver Uint L H Holey empowered to sell and apply net proceeds to the debt. The filing teams with a separate suit by North Carolina Public Service Company and is noted as the largest clerk of court filing in some time.
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Equitable Trust Company
New York
Mason W. Gant
Superior Court
Greensboro
Carolina and Yadkin River
Uint L. HH. Hole Jy
Equitable Trust ‘Company
North Carolina Public Service Company
Armstrong
Trust Company
Brooks, Hines and Smith
Woodmen Picnic At Elden's On Labor Day In High Point
Members of Piedmont Woodmen of the World and their wives plan a Labor Day picnic at Elden's on the Greensboro boulevard near High Point. They will meet at 3 PM on Hast Commerce Street and ride by automobile to the grounds. The program includes music, speeches, and a field drill by the Piedmont camp team, noted for Charleston prizes.
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Piedmont
Golden’s Place
High Point
Greensboro Boulevard
Jto
Piédmont Camp
Charleston
S. C
Woodmen of the World
Officials Hope To Reach Miners In Argonaut Mine Rescue
Day Sept. 2. Officials attempt to construct a platform at the 2,500 foot level to establish an air relay and pierce lower levels of the Argonaut gold mine where 47 men have been trapped since Saturday night. They believe the miners may have perished as efforts to reach them continue today.
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Jackson
Mina
Aren
Bolsheviks Claim Two Million Put to Death by Cheka
Riga dispatch to the Times cites official Bolshevik figures listing 1,766,118 executed by the Cheka before its 1922 rebranding as the supreme political administration. Names include professors, doctors, priests, landowners, worksmen, soldiers, and peasants. article notes broader war losses in Russia.
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Gheka
London
Riga
The
Times
Cheka
Supreme Poitical Administration
Rissia
Missionary Rev Stephen A Stewart to Speak at Wesley Memorial
Rev Stephen A Stewart a Hiroshima missionary and head of a leading girls school in Japan will preach at Wesley Memorial church tomorrow. He is a Trinity College graduate, accompanied by his wife and two children. A missionary society meeting follows the Saturday service with Stewart delivering an address.
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Stéphen “A. Stewart
Hiroshima
Japan
Wesley Memorial Lethiodist
Ike
Stewart
Wesley Memorial Church
Trinity College
High Point
Bush sentenced for murder of Cline
Lenoir September 2 John A Bush found guilty of murder in the first degree by a Caldwell county jury yesterday and sentenced to die in the electric chair on Friday October 13 by Judge J Bis Ray. Notice of appeal to the supreme court was filed. Bush showed stoic calm throughout the sentencing and accepted the verdict with little emotion.
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Lenoir
John A. Bush
Caldwell
J. Bis Ray
Bush
Will Cline
Supreme Court
Ray
Asheville Firemen Return to Hugenes
Asheville Sept 2 The walkout of local firemen ended this morning after a temporary agreement. Firemen return to work under a condition that armed guards be stationed around the local railroad yards instead of in the yards.
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Asheville
Death of M A Walker Prominent Winston-Salem Citizen
M A Walker longtime Winston-Salem tobacco man and community figure dies at his son’s home in San Juan Porto Rico at age 66. Survived by wife two daughters Mrs W A Lambeth of High Point and Mrs Leonard Blackburn of Saginaw Mich two sons B B Walker and M A Walker Jr sister Mrs Nancy Burton of Rocky Mount brother R P Walker of Asheville and many relatives. Funeral arrangements pending with body to arrive New York then Durham for interment details to be announced.
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W.A. Lambeth
Wigh Point
M. A. Walker
Winston-Salem
San Juan
Porto Rico
Twin City
Spaaits
Winston-Salon
Walker
W. A. Lambeth
High Point
Leonard Blackburn
City
Saginaw
Mich
B. B. Walker
M. A. Walker, Jr
Walker Brothers
Tobacco
B. Brb. Walker
Walnut Cove
Centenary M. E. Church
New York
Durham
Herrin Grand Jury Probes Blame in Massacre
The Herrin grand jury expands inquiry into the 22 killings, examining failures to call troops and responsibility of officials. Prominent citizens have been questioned as the panel traces possible derelictions and impeachment avenues emerge from the probe.
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Herrin
Judy
Rally Day Planned at St Mary's Church
Members of St Mary's Episcopal church Sunday school and vestry planned a rally day service at the church on Sunday at 9 30 a m. New teachers were elected and the Sunday school quarters were moved to the parish house. Various parishioners offered teaching services and a new curriculum committee will form.
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Guilford Avenue
St . Mary’s Episcopal Church
H. S. Coffield
Irwin Coffield
Henri
Turner
Dell
Richard
St. Mary's Parish
Dublin Endures Bloodiest Night of Fighting Since July Surrender
Dublin faced its worst night of fighting since the irregulars surrendered in July as strong detachments attacked Free State positions across the city. The Evening News dispatch from Dublin reports continuous firing and widespread clashes through the night.
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London
Dublin
Ginece
Non-Union Shop Worker Killed in Accident
A non union railroad shop worker named Lanier was killed today when an automobile struck him near his home. The driver fled the scene but authorities pursued the case as a fatal traffic collision.
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Charles Lanier
Sirou
Trota
Aubagh
Lanter
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Evelyn’ ‘ Atkin
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Elden's
Stephen “A.stewart
Wesley’ Memorial
Cline
Cox
Berlin
James M. Cox
Esplanade Hotel
M.A. Walker
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Winston, Salem
Tecome
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