Coal Miners and Government Close to Settlement
President Harding aims to end the coal mine strike by pressing for talks between miners and operators. John L. Lewis rejects a compromise plan as the administration weighs compulsory arbitration and possible government operation of mines to avert a coal famine next winter.
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Washington
Harding
Davis
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Mr. Harding
Mr. Lewis
Secretary of Commerce
Hoover
Congress
Railway Labor Board
Lewis
Delay Seen as Rail Strike Postponement Moves
Chicago June 27 Observers see a possible delay in the threatened strike of shop and maintenance of way workers as unions weigh postponing after the railroad labor board condemned contract labor. Union chiefs say the heavy strike vote focused on contract labor and a postponement could allow wage and rule concessions negotiations and test railroads compliance. The policy committee will likely disclose its decision Thursday affecting about 1,000,000 workers across maintenance of way and shop groups.
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Chicago
United States Railroad Labor Board
Death of Longtime Coal Hoisting Engineer John G Wolford
John G. Wolford aged 93, a veteran hoisting engineer in District 11 United Mine Workers, died at his Brazil Indiana home after a brief illness. He spent fifty years hoisting coal in and around the Brazil fields.
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Brazil
Ind
John G. Wolford
District 11
United Mine Workers
Wolford
Plans Formed for Linton Community Sales Day Parade
Linton Ad Club outlined plans for a July 15 community sales event featuring a giant street parade bands and many prizes. Prizes include auto decor, passenger Load, tallest and oldest entrants, grand prizes up to 100 dollars with prize tickets issued for purchases.
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Linton Ad Club
Billy” Cooper
Linton
Ad Club
Auto
Bob” Scott
Peter Schloot
Treasury seeks ruling on legality of liquor at sea
The treasury department asks Attorney General Daugherty to interpret law and court decisions on liquor aboard ships within the three mile limit and to define U S territorial jurisdiction on both coasts. The case centers on whether sea stores may carry liquor and whether ships in transit can stop at American ports without violating the Volstead act.
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Washington
Treasury
Department of Justice
Treasury Department
Harry M. Daugherty
United States
United States Shipping Board
Shipping Board
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Frank Nebeker
State
Treasury Departments
Daugherty
Andrew W. Mellon
Sheriff Thaxton faces scrutiny over mine massacre
Investigators report Illinois Sheriff Melvin Thaxton and deputies took no action to stop the Lester strip mine massacre. The official interview describes advisories to stay away, a delay in deputizing, and decisions to seek reports in Marion before the mob killed nonunion workers and guards.
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Herrin
Ill
Lester
Melvin Thaxton
Samuel N. Hunter
Illinois National Guard
Delos Duty
Williamson County
Thaxton
Carterville
Duty
Marion
Colonel Hunter
Indiana Bell toll-rate hearings continued to July 10
Hearings on Indiana Bell Telephone's petition for higher toll rates were continued to July 10 by the public service commission after the company completed its case. The extension allows Indiana cities to submit further evidence. City attorneys and mayors objected that they lacked sufficient information on the proposals.
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Indianapolis
Indiana Bell Telephone Company
Indiana
Public Service Commission
Miner Ambush Near Bridgeport Leaves One Dead
Two miners traveling to the Catherine Coal Mining Co. strip mine at Uniontown were fired upon from the hills. One miner was killed and the other wounded as they rode in an automobile this morning.
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Bridgeport
Ohio
Catherine Coal Mining Co
Uniontown
Here
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Ing
Sible
Atlantic Seaboard
Rail Board
Weather Report
Next Big
Cooper
Parade Committee
Bloomfield
E. V. Bull
Department
Col. S. N. Hunter
Bell Telephone Company
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