Mine War in Illinois: Prisoners Shot during Herrin Strike
In Herrin and Marion Illinois a mine strike escalates as miners storm the Southern Illinois Coal strip mine killing and capturing workers. Reports say 10 to 30 are dead with Superintendent C K McDowell among the victims. Colonel Hunter investigates for the Attorney General.
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Herrin
Ill
Southern Illinois Coal Company
Williamson County
Illinois Southern Coal Company
C. K. McDowell
Samuel Hunter
Attorney General’s Office
Hunter
Here
Carbondale
Mutiny Among Chinese Troops Threatens Canton City
Reports from Hankow and Nanchang indicate 10 000 to 15 000 northern troops mutinied at Kianfu Kiangsi burned cities killed thousands and moved north toward Changshu Ki a hundred miles north of Nanchang. Sun Yat Sen reportedly prisoner and Sun forces may return to Canton amid renewed tensions.
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Shanghai
Sun Yet-Seng
Kiangsi
Kianfu
Hankhow
Nanchang
Tsai Shen- Hsun
Pekin
Changshu Ki
Hankow
Cockshafer
Kan
Kiukiang
Isabel
Bee
Foxglove
Kiakwang
Canton
Sun Yet-Sen
Hongkong
Sun
Wa Ting-Fang
Cainton
Shen Chiung-Ming
Sun Yat- Sen
South China Republic
United China Forces
Haichi
West River
Nanton
Local Telephone Superintendent Reports Prisoner Count
Carbondale Illinois June 22 telephone messages from J T Turner plant superintendent of Murphysboro long distance telephone company report twenty six pris on the line in the city area and indicate traffic conditions as of today.
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Carbondale
Inl
J. T. Turner
Murphysboro
Long Distance Telephone Company
Pris
Legislation Proposed to Return War Seized Property
President Harding signals a plan with the state and justice departments to restore or compensate about 30,000 German and Austrian properties seized by the alien property custodian. The measure would grant owners of property valued at more than 10,000 dollars a potential partial payment up to the 10,000-dollar limit if needed.
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Washington
Harding
White House
Departments of State and Justice
Alien Property Office
Strike Is Failure Private Tip to Ohio Coal Men
Ohio coal operators report private information suggesting the coal strike is failing. They cite internal union politics and diverging aims as reasons for unclear facts. Operators predict tactics may curb a swift victory and weaken the union, noting no four state meeting and likely wage reductions. In Pennsylvania, non union miners gained ground as producers restarted pits, with production catching up to demand and no looming shortage.
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Ohio
Columbus
Indiana
Illinois
Kentucky
Pennsylvania
Weather Report Bright Skies Ahead Tonight and Tomorrow
Fair conditions persist tonight with a gentle rise in temperatures tomorrow. Forecast calls for light winds and clear to partly cloudy skies across the region as highs inch upward.
Mine strikers cease action against mines in Terre Haute
Mass action to close coal mines in the Terre Haute field is to be discontinued pending a possible early settlement of the miners strike. District No 11 officials say the mass action was too expensive and unsuccessful. about 200 miners at a mass meeting agreed to discontinue such methods though no formal vote was recorded.
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Herrin
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Shovel Men’s Union
West Frankfort
Strip Mine
Strip
Bray North Company
Herrin Supply Company
Turner Hardware Company
Terre Haute
Ind
District No. 11
Police watch two men in $120000 fake horse race swindle
New York police report two men are under surveillance for allegedly swindling Peter R. Nicholson out of 120000 in a fake Miami horse race scheme. Three men are implicated in the altered swindle case.
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New York
Peter R. Nicholson
Miami
Fla
Indiana Board Sees Farmout Contracts as Violation of Act
The United States railroad labor board is expected to rule that farming out of work under contract violates the transportation act, potentially influencing the three pronged strike ballot among shop crafts. Seventeen cases against roads await decisions, with rulings due within days.
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Chicago
United States Railroad Labor Board
Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad
Pointblank
Indiana Harbor Belt
Railroad Labor Board
Labor Board
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Marion, Ill
Daugherty
South China
Republic
United States
Dr. Sun
North Nipped
Tientsin
China
Wu Pei-Fu
Hsinho
Chang Tso-Lin
Manchuria
Chinwangtao
Alfens
Weather Report
Pas
U. S. Labor Board
Burnside
Illinois Central
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