Hessler accuses open shop push in Indiana coal fight
Terre Haute June 20 John Hessler president of District No 11 United Mine Workers charges the National Coal Association and Indiana operators with using open shop rhetoric to mislead the public. He cites withdrawal of an invitation to interstate wage talks and says eastern operators are willing to meet while Indiana foes push wage cuts and a nonunion system.
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Terre Haute
National Coal Association
John Hegsler
United Mine Workers of America
Indiana Bituminous Coal Operators’ Association
Hessler
Indiana
Tariff Bill Priority Said To Avert Party Rift
Washington notes report Senate Republicans settled the tariff and bonus bills as unfinished business. President Harding may delay ship subsidy action until the tariff passes and conference resolves differences. A Senate vote upheld tariff-first strategy. McCumber proposed bonus after tariff completion. Lodge helped secure administration preference.
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Washington
Pennsylvania Avenue
Congress
Senate Republicans
White House
Harding
House
Senate
A. D. Lasker
United States Shipping Board
Ohio
Lasker
Porter J. McCumber
North Dakota
McCumber
Henry Cabot Lodge
Massachusetts
Miners Threaten to Storm Jail in Brazil Indictments
A 600-strong crowd of Vigo County striking miners threatened to storm the Brazil jail over delays in releasing 39 defendants charged with inciting a riot at wagon mines near Staunton. Bonds were set and mostly posted. operators planned to resume work with guards and possible injunctions to curb further disturbances.
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Brazil
Ind
Staunton
Dave Jones
District 11
Vigo County
Court House
Indiana
Gambill
Terre Haute
Vigo
Clay
Vermillion
Chicago smoke screen signals late stage in railroad strike
The piece notes aggrandizement and a shift in operator stance as Indiana reports suggest a resolution to the dispute may be near. It hints that an interstate joint conference is imminent and that the current strike is nearing a turning point with pressure mounting for settlement.
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Indiana
Chicago
Youth Goes to Prison for Assault on Invalid Girl
William Straw of Goshen aged 20 was sent to the Jeffersonville reformatory to serve a sentence of five to twenty one years after pleading guilty to attacking 14 year old Helen McKibben, daughter of John H McKibben. He also was fined 100 dollars.
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Goshen
Ind
William Straw
Arthur Straw
Swanton
Ohio
Jeffersonville Reformatory
Jamess. Drake
Elkhart
Helen McKibben
John H. McKibben
Reformatory
Straw
Pike County Son Charged in Aged Father Murder
Peters burg Indiana reports Asa Miller is charged with killing his 70 year old father George Miller whose body was found under a cherry tree at Velpen. A fence rail with blood and gray hair was found nearby and $600 in cash and bonds were discovered in the home. Neighbors say a Friday quarrel and circumstantial evidence point to the son.
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Petersburg
Ind
Asa Miller
George Miller
Velpen
Pike County
Joseph Kinman
Miller
Louisville
Washington, D. C
Harding
Governor backs sheriff in Knox county picketing case
In Vincennes Indiana on June 20 Governor McCray sent a letter assuring Sheriff Harry Co Adams of Knox county of support and deputization to enforce law during miner picketing at Wagon mines. The governor urged a sufficient number of deputies to handle the situation.
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Vincennes
Ind
Harry Co. Adams
Knox County
McCray
Adams
Girl Robbed of Gems in Michigan Summer Hotel
Miss Rixie Dillon a 21 year old daughter of a Logansport Indiana merchant was robbed of 1900 dollars worth of diamonds in a summer hotel in Petoskey Michigan last night authorities were notified today.
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Petoskey
Mich
Logansport
Ind
Rixie Dillon
Po- Nee
Navy to Have 86 000 Enlisted Men in Army Budget
Washington report notes the naval appropriation bill passed by the Senate totaling about 295.5 million dollars and setting enlisted personnel at 86 000, down from 115 000. Conferees will tackle Senate increases of 544 million over the House, while Haiti Dominican Republic and Nicaragua policy remains debated.
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Washington
Senate
House
Haiti
Dominican Republic
Nicaragua
Navy
William H. King
Utah
King
Marine Corps
Big Four Dodge Cincinnati Rail Strike Conference
Chicago dispatches report chiefs of four major railway brotherhoods regret they cannot attend the Cincinnati meeting with miners and rail unions to discuss a possible strike. Warren S. Stone and other leaders cite engagements and illness as reasons. The wage cuts of July 1 loom, while the railroad labor board prepares its response.
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Chicago
Cincinnati
Railminers’ Alliance
Cleveland
Warren S. Stone
Locomotive Engineers
W. 8. Carter
Brotherhood of Firemen and Enginemen
W. G. Lee
Brotherhood of Trainmen
Cedar Rapids
L. E. Sheppard
Order of
United States Railroad Labor Board
Teadhers
Ben W. Hooper
Weather Forecast Stable, Mostly Fair Tonight and Wednesday
Generally fair conditions continue with little temperature change. The outlook calls for light winds and dry weather through Wednesday, with no major cooling or warming expected.
Mrs Roberts Declines GOP Nomination for Seventh District
Lexington, June 20 Mrs Samuel J Roberts longtime Republican figure here announces she cannot accept the Republican nomination for Congress in the Seventh district.
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Lexington
Samuel J. Roberts
Congress
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