Engineers Scale Propose Eight Hour Day for Massillon Miners
A joint operators and engineers committee in Massillon opened talks on implementing an eight hour workday for coal hoisting engineers. The draft proposal requires non union coal from non union tabs to remain unhoisted, assures protection of company property, and sets first and second shifts at 2.15 and 1.99 dollars respectively. Robert Legg plans an inspection of the North Massillon mine screen argued to reduce earnings, with a meeting to follow between Legg and Ridgway Burton Company representatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council Chamber
B. F. Thomas
Massillon
William Mong
Central
Jacob Heinbuch
Drake Mine
William Penman, Jr
Elm Run
David Evans
Mullins Mine
J. P. Heinbuch
Warwick
Anthony Howells
J. P. Burton
E. E. Fox
Philip Sonnhalter
W. 2B. Gerard
J.C. Haring
W. J. Mullins
Mr. Howells
Robert Legg
United Mine Workers
Mr. Legg
Indianapolis
Lege
Unio
Agis
Legg
Ridgway Burton Company
Ducks Shooting Season Ends April Fifteen Unclear
Deputy Game Warden Dangeleisen says shooting ducks before April 15 isn’t a violation, though locals debate whether the limit is April 10 or 15. March effort by Turkeyfoot lake with Charles Day and Charles Murrells returning after three days. others, Dr. GC Carr and Aaron Rubright, also back from the lake.
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Dangeleisen
Charles Day
Charles Murrells
Turkeyfoot Lake
Elton Warstler and Viola Keller Wed at Justus Home
Elton Warstler and Viola Keller were married at the bride's home in Justus last evening. Rev. W. H. Berry of West Brookfield officiated. The ceremony was a small local wedding with a simple rites.
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Justus
Elton Warstler
Viola Keller
W. H. Berry
West Brookfield
Nojatinee
Persky to Begin Rural Mail Route Service Next Month
Constable Samuel Persky of North Lawrence announced in the city that he expects to start duties as the rural mail carrier for the new route from North Lawrence in early April. Dennis Moylan of North Lawrence will serve as Persky's substitute during the initial period.
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Persky
Samuel Persky
North Lawrence
Dennis Moylan
Demand Is Refused In Massillon Coal Row
Engineers' delegates consult constituents while Massillon coal operators refuse eight hour day and wage scale. A meeting of the engineers' association planned for the evening with another conference set for Saturday. Operators claim no district in the state adopts an eight hour workday and pledge to follow rules from other fields. President Howell urges organization expansion before broader concessions. Also notes US coal export trade views and support for strikers by Fleming J. Mosely of Thacker, W Va.
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Massillon
Engineers’ Association
Woeclack
Indianapolis
Howell
Ohio
Thackara
Havre
France
Anthony Howells
Massillon District Coal Operators’ Association
Great Britain
United States
Germany
Mit
Mosely
Fleming J. Mosely
Thacker
W. Va
Ketler Patient at Massillon Shows Violent Tendencies
William Ketler, a 21 year old state hospital patient from North Lawrence, grew quieter under treatment after a late night outbreak in which he threatened the neighborhood with a revolver. Relatives fled in fear until Constable Persky overpowered him. the next day Probate Judge Aungst declared him insane. Ketler had attempted to burn his home by upsetting a lamp on several occasions.
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William Ketler
State Hospital
North Lawrence
Ketler
Massillon
James Ketler
Samuel Persky
Aungst
Canton
Ketler Signs With Alliance Baseball Team
Jimmie Ketler of North Lawrence, ex Massillon infield, signed with the Alliance team. He will join Monday to start practice in Alliance, where the club will be salaried and backed by the Morgan Engineering Company. Ketler will play second base or shortstop.
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Jimmie” Ketler
Morgan Worke
Jimmie" Kettler
North Lawrence
Massillon
Ketler
Alliance
Morgan Engineering Company
Body found by roadside in Tuscarawas township inquiry opened
A dead man, likely about 65, with chin whiskers and gray hair, was found by Charles Zimmerman four miles west of Massillon. Officials in Tuscarawas township conducted an inquest led by Squire Weiler. The man, possibly calling himself John Warwick, had been a tramp and bore no identifying items beyond a razor and a handkerchief. No name or home could be confirmed.
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East Greenville
West Brookfield
Massillon
Charles Zimmmerman
Beech Grove
Massillon Mining Company
Zimmerman
David Brenner
Squire Welter
Sibila
Tuscarawas Township
Jacob Berlin
Higerd
Squire Weiler
Berlin
Charles Zimmerman
John Engle
Frank Shannon
Messrs
Shannon
Mr. Engle
Lownship
Brenner
Schuiffele
Canton
John Warwick
Robert Warwick
Elton
J. G. Warwick
Wanderer mistaken for late Robert Warwick in Irish brogue
An elderly man, believed to be an habitual wanderer, misidentifies a stranger as the late Robert Warwick, brother of an ex-congressman. He never learned the man's name and has not seen him recently, yet he persists in the assertion, speaking with an Irish accent.
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Robert Warwick
Strike Threat Looms Over District Coal Operators and Engineers
Coal operators and hoisting engineers met in the district council chamber. Engineers demand an eight hour day and a wage range of 1.90 to 2.15, threatening a strike at 6 am Monday if unmet. Operators propose average state conditions and joint review, delaying decision until 2 pm. Miners’ president Robert Legg refuses to support hiring new engineers to replace current staff.
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Council Chamber
Committee of Engineers
Richard Krauser
Ridgway Burton Company
John
Massillon
Gorlock
Robert Legg
Tramp Identity Uncertain After Body Found West of City
Body found Friday near Jacob Berlin’s farm, Higerd’s undertakers hold. Debates over whether it is “Irish Dick” end as coroner’s deputy orders a hold until Monday to locate relatives. The deceased, calling himself John Warwick at times, carried needles and bread. authorities recall no one matching the Warwick claim.
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Higerd
Jacob Berlin
Dangeleisen
Joseph Emerson
Schuffele
Squire Weiler
Weiler
John Warwick
J. G. Warwick
The
Woryink Coal Canine Oy
Damage to business as roads slow market full of mud
Country roads worsen business with farmers unable to bring produce to market. Mud depths reach a foot or more, making travel between the city and Canton difficult. Wagons bog down in mud en route to Canton. Wheat and potato supplies shrink as road conditions hamper commerce. An unrelated testimonial about DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve is included.
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Canton
Foley and Kodol Digestive Remedies Ad Card
An old advertisement promotes Foley’s Honey and Yar for coughs and Kodol Dyspepsia Cure for indigestion. It cites Rider & Snyder and Chas W Copyles of Tremont Street and Main Street as sellers, urging readers to use trusted remedies during flu and cold season.
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DeWitt
E. ©. Boice
Somers Point
N.Y
S. Chas
W. Cupples
W. Tremont St
Rider & Snyder
Main St
Foley
Chas. W. Copyles
Massillon High School Class of 1901 Entertains at Armory
The Massillon high school class of 1901 held a large audience entertainment in the Armory on Friday night to raise funds for class pins and library purchases. The program featured a illustrated curtain, music by Miss Keller, recitations by Miss Scott and Miss Williams, a comic piece, and a gypsy wedding scene with many class members performing.
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Massillon High School
John J. Gorquan
Ralph Oberlin
Kennebec Mariner
Nellie Lowe
Barri
Mary Keller
Edith Scott
Liloa Dielhenn
Neyins
Fred Lehmierle
Dutch Republic
Jeanette Williams
Dehoven
Blanche Martin
Maisie Box
Besinas
Miss Martin
Clara Nelson
Scotland
Gulden Higerd
Marjorie Gates
Golkien Higerd
Mayville Spubler
Edna Diebhenn
Helen Jarvis
Florence Crone
Myrtle Luz
Helen Anderson
Fred Schuierle
Kilith Scott
Melville Limbacch
Frank Portulani
Hazel Hopkinson
Reading Palms
Arline Race
Grave Breoker
Kisey Myers
Lauri Jones
Armina Becher
Bessie Moyer
Lillian Kouth
Sadie Grayhill
Arline Paul
Flossy Bush
Clara Kryder
John Gorman
Ray List
Frank Wiseman
Frank Humberger
Leslie Waters
Sanwel Hawkins
Harry Miller
Ralph Young
Per Lee Keller
Minnie Alhvieht
Front stage lights flash year sixty one during class forty
An excerpt describes flash colors fern green and white at the front of the stage with electric lights forming the year 61 and class number 40 as part of a school event or performance.
Aguinaldo Visit Meant War News From Far Asia
War department releases telegram to General MacArthur praising Funston and allied forces in the Palawan expedition. Exposition commissioners named for St Louis include Carter McBride Lindsay Thurston Glynn Allen Scott Miller Bells. Shafter notes troops from the Philippines wish to muster out in San Francisco. Loomis recalled from Venezuela for consult.
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WashInchion
Associated Preas
War Department
MacArthur
Corbin
Funston
Army
Navy
Palawan
Secretary of War
St. Louis Exposition
Carter
Montana
McBride
Oregon
Lindsay
Kentucky
Thurston
Nebraska
Glynn
New York
Allen
Mississippi
E. D. Scott
Arkansas
John ¥. Miller
Indiana
F. A. Bells
Connecticut
General Shafter
Philippines
San Francisco
Loomis
Venezuela
Committee on Relations Votes on Platt Amendment
Havana March 30 Senor Villuenda of the committee on relations of the Cuban constitutional convention signed the report opposing key Platt amendment features. Delegation to Washington favored. public interest low as factions dispute the plan. General Sanguily resigns over Maryana vote imputing the amendment.
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Havana
Associated Press
Senor Villuenda
Jin Galberto Gomez
Washington
Sanguily
Aleging
Maryana
Prison Visit Allowed for Aguinaldo Family Members
Manila reports that the mother and wife of Aguinaldo were permitted to visit him and are living near old Cavite. Lorenzo Prieto, a Spaniard found guilty by a military commission of providing information to insurgents, had his death sentence commuted by General MacArthur to ten years imprisonment.
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Manila
Associated Press
Aguinaldo
Old Cavite
Lorenzo Prieto
MacArthur
Miners' Executive Committee to Meet on April Plans
The national executive committee of the United Mine Workers of America will convene in the region on April to discuss a number of important questions. The Associated Press reports that the meeting aims to consider key issues facing the union and its members.
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privaroLts
Associated Press
National Executive Committee
The
United Mine Workers of America
Strike Ordered By Yousastown Furnacemen
Yousastown reports that furnacemen rejected a ten cent per day wage increase offer and will strike on Monday to demand the original twenty cent per day raise. The Associated Press notes the move follows yesterday’s talks between the workers and furnace operators.
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Yousastown
Associated Press
Carpenters threaten strike over wage demand
Cheverann Marvel reports union carpenters now earn 27 cents an hour and will demand a five cent increase starting Monday. They warn they will strike if their request is refused. The item also references a piano advertisement from Lindeman & Son.
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Cheverann
Marvel
Ky Associated Press
Tas
Lindeman & Son
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