The Coal Miners New Leader Thomas L Lewis
A profile of Thomas L. Lewis who rose from pennsylvania breaker boy to president of the United Mine Workers. He argues against child labor and envisions wage gains and shorter hours to lift miners and their families through better education. He favors arbitration as a path for labor disputes.
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Thomas L. Lewis
Johan’ Mitchell
The
Mine Workers of America
Breaker Bey
Pennsylvania
Northumberland
Publc
United Mine Workers
Lewis
John Mitchell
United Mine Workers OF America
Thomas
Ohio
Knights of Lahe
East Ohio
Ohio Miners
Indianapolis
Mine Workers of the
Boe
Mitchell
G T Velt
TJ Lewis
Great West
Injured Freight Train Rider Near Jefferson City
A. J. Stanford of 2040 North Tremont Street Kansas City Missouri was injured last night while riding on top of a freight car near Jefferson City. His head hit a brick tunnel wall and he was taken to Bethany Hospital in Kansas City. Surgeons called the injuries not dangerous.
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A. J. Stanford
North Tremont Street
Kansas City
Kas
Missouri Pacific
Jefferson City
Stanford
Bethany Hospital
Nixie clerks handle vast city directory mail for Kansas City
Post office staff divided into eleven volumes to manage address changes. In March 72 230 pieces were amended by six nixie clerks, with 44 174 corrected from letters. The system tracks mail flow, delays due to missing street numbers, and clerks’ high productivity.
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Kansas City
Postoffice
Post Office
Nixie
Washington
Directory Company
J. H. Harris
D. F. Clanges
John Smith
St Louis Police Crack Down After Brutal Pedestrian Assault
St Louis April 21 John Wilbert reported to police he was beaten kicked and robbed by fifteen men near Washington and Jefferson Avenues. A police raid on a rival “physical culture” club in a former negro church led to fourteen arrests all linked to the same group.
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St. Louis
John Wilbert
Washington and
Jefferson Avenues
Diplomats Delay Vacation Over Venezuelan Question
Caracas April 19 reports that Minister Russell will delay his scheduled April 27 departure for New York on leave as Washington weighs the Venezuelan issue. Lieutenant Ruggles plans to stay in Caracas. if Russell leaves, Jacob Sleeper would become chargé d’affaires, a role he previously filled in Havana during Palma’s trouble.
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Caracas
Venezuena
Willemstad
Curacao
Russell
New York
State Department
Congress
Washington
Francis E. Ruggles
Legation
Bogota
Venezuela
Ciudad
Bolivar
Orinoco River
Trinidad
Jacob Sleeper
Havana
Palma
War on Manila Paper Trust Opens Grand Jury Probe
A federal grand jury in New York is about to begin an inquiry into major Manila wrapping paper makers to determine if they operate under restraint of trade in violation of the Sherman act. Subpoenas have been issued to officers from unaffiliated firms to testify, though the case is not linked to the broader paper trust investigation or to white print paper producers.
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New York
Federal
Manila
International Company
Paper Trust
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Wilbert
James O'Brien
WAR ON Manila Paper Trust
Jewel Elgin
Breguet
TAS Company
Walnut St
Keith
Furniture & Carpet
Adler Mminery Co
Main Street
Wayne
Chicago Steam Dye Works
East 12Th Street
Browning, King & Co Clothing
Dr. Cook Medical Co
Main St
Offix
Ernie
Guna
Bride Nest
K. Gold
Wis
Star
MAIN
Omer Tailor
William Jerrems
Aria
Suas
WM. Barker Company
Troy, N. Y
Chicago
Irl
B. L. Hipp
Phil Campbell
Ala
W. M. Federmann
Mathis
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