Loganport Strike Unchanged After Officials Meeting
Workers at Loganport remain on strike with no expected return to work after a meeting with officials produced no results. A statement outlined reasons for the walkout and ongoing labor dispute.
10 Aug 1919
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Newspaper
Logansport Daily Tribune
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1919
Page
1
Workers at Loganport remain on strike with no expected return to work after a meeting with officials produced no results. A statement outlined reasons for the walkout and ongoing labor dispute.
Union heads and local railway officials met in conference but workers refused to return without firm wage and condition concessions. The Federated Shop Trades committee cites noncompliance with wage board rulings and Director General directives, vows to stay out until demands are met.
The Chicago district attorney said enough sugar to last nine months is stored in warehouses by hoarders and speculators. An assistant will prepare criminal warrants under the food control act. Identities of dealers to be prosecuted were not disclosed as investigations continue.
Edgar E. Collins Lafay ette attorney charged with the murder of Mrs Freida Long whose body was found in the Loan and Trust building in Lafayette last Monday morning won release at the preliminary hearing in Lafayette city court. The state failed to prove a crime or Collins knowledge of the woman and he was discharged. The taxi driver testimony links a man and woman to the vicinity but the case remains unresolved with tangled evidence.
The Associated Press reports that fifty people were killed near Chemnitz as rioters overran a railway station and overpowered troops amid a food shortage. The crowd slaughtered horses and shared meat, while additional troops were dispatched to restore order, and several communists were released from prison.
The Daily Tribune seeks letters on lowering living costs. It will pay 25 dollars for the best letter and 50 cents for every other published along this line. Submissions must be under 200 words and share economizing ideas or secret saving methods. Includes tips for bargain shopping and home economies.
Washington reports indicate the entire secret service is being directed to assist in uncovering price gouging and hoarding of essential goods. Prosecutions may follow as investigations expand nationwide. Congress will act quickly on Wilson's measures to curb rising living costs and regulate interstate food shipments. President Wilson plans a tour to address the economy and global issues.
Glenn E. Plumb testified before the House Interstate Commerce Committee that organized labor will not push the Plumb plan for tripartite railroad control onto other industries unless workers and the public demand it. He denied labor would press for public ownership of utilities and said a national conference on railroad control would follow.
Twenty carloads of spoiled food and fruit were reported in Omaha railroad yards to Mayor Smith by detectives working under him.
A brief appearance before the city's high living cost investigation committee occurred Monday, as officials invited testimony to examine rising expenses and potential policy responses.
After being mourned as dead for sixteen years James Boyer returned to Kokomo Indiana yesterday. He discovered his wife had remarried to another man marking a curious twist on the classic Enoch Arden tale.
Mass meeting leads Chicago stockyard workers to return to work Monday after militia withdrawal and police keep order. About 3,000 negro union members face tension as 9,000 nonmembers labor questions loom. big plants run at half capacity while unions report 6,500 on strike.
Mander Ville Farley alleged leader of an outlaw and moonshiner band in the Flat Top mountains was captured with his brother Maitland and the abducted 14 year old daughter of Kenneth Abshire. They were arrested in the mountains and jailed at Brickley West Virginia. Deputies search for the remainder of the gang as Raleigh and Mercer county posses continue the hunt.
A group rejects calls to return to work and opts to send a message to President Wilson. They state they will remain out until wage concessions are granted. The stance intensifies pressure on management and government mediators.
Chicago district council leaders report 50 000 plus workers still on strike with little return to work in Chicago while some areas like Champaign and Columbus move toward resuming. Across the southeast and other cities workers vote to return Monday though overall conditions remain tense.
About 500 workers in Raleigh and nearby areas adopted resolutions praising union officials and President Wilson and decided to resume work. In Richmond 1500 striking railway workers, after leaders returned from Washington, also voted to end the walkout at a mass meeting.
In Portsmouth Virginia more than six hundred Seaboard shopmen voted not to return to work while demands are pursued per President Wilson and union leaders. In Memphis local shopmen at a mass meeting also refused to resume work. In Winona Minnesota six hundred Northwestern shopmen voted to stay out. Two Northwestern passenger trains were cancelled.
Terre Haute Ind Aug 9 Rail workers at a mass meeting of 36 strikers left the room when asked to vote on resuming work. The federation plans a Pennsylvania shopmen meeting at 2 pm while rails try to move freight.
Indianapolis August 9 with caution of Cincinnati Indiana and Armour shopmen striking railroad players in Indianapolis tonight continued on page four partial text notes workers not yet at work and delays in rail service
A fragment indicates Brooklyn Garden plans a return to WO after securing a point in New York in August. The text is garbled with missing details about event, date, and participants.
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