Rail executives reject seniority loss in Harding plan
In New York on August 1, 148 railroad chiefs met to consider President Harding's peace proposals. They rejected restoring strikers without seniority loss but conditionally accepted two other points, including wage board decisions and withdrawal of suits, after drafting a reply led by Robert S. Lovett.
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Associated Press
New York
Harding
White House
Loree
Delaware and Hudson
Robert S. Lovett
Union Pacific
General Conference
Railroad Labor Board
Chicago Talks Seed Peace in Rail Strike Delegation Meeting
Six federated shop crafts executives meet in Chicago to study President Harding's peace plan. Ben Hooper and A. O. Wharton attend. Jewell leads shop craft group. No immediate labor board action expected. conference to resume soon.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Federated Shop Crafts
Hardine
Ben Hooper
Labor Board
A. O O. Wharton
B. M. Jewell
Hooper
Wharton
Jewell
Harding
American Federation of Labor
Timothy Healy
Mr. Jewell
Ben W. Hooper
United States Railroad Labor Board
Federated Shopcrafts
A. O. Wharton
Vilers
Chicago Strikes Halt Transit As Three Million Folk Move On
Twenty thousand motormen conductors and guards walked out at 4 am closing most surface and elevated service. Pedestrians dominate streets as crowds jam downtown, one way traffic restricts movement. Bus service from nearby towns fills gaps while unions dispute wage cuts.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Charles C. Firemorris
Surface Line
Poison Food Sickness Strikes New York Restaurant Patrons
Autopsies confirmed two deaths after 100 workers in a New York employment house fell ill from suspected poison in a pie at a Broadway restaurant. Investigations continue as officials examine the meal and surrounding injuries. Ida Getz and Lillian Getz are named among the deceased.
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Twett
Itsel
Ida
Lillian Getz
Doz
Dam and Lock Renovation Planned on Ouachita River
Federal engineer Edgar Maupin says funds will cover about $40,000 for building and remodeling locks and the dome on the Ouachita River from Arkansas to Monroe. Work resumed after high water and aims to finish Dam No. 4 in four months. Dam No. 6 and remodeling of other sections are near completion. The recent flood had no ill effects on progress. Next year Dam No will be completed as planned. In Switzerland a crevasse caused a fatal fall for three climbers yesterday. guides search for missing bodies.
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Ouachita River
Arkansas
Monroe
Edgar S. Maup
Maupin
Street Car Fares Cut to Five Cents in Cleveland
By Associated Press Cleveland August 1 street car fares on all city street lines will be five cents instead of six starting tomorrow. Cleveland railway officials announce a penny price for all transfers will continue in effect.
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Oelated Press
Cleveland
Agst
Virginia
Associated Press
Richmond
United States Senate
Claude A. Swan
Castle
Steamer Rapids Prince Strikes Rocks Near Lachine
A sea sled excursion steamer named Rapids Prince struck rocks near the Lachine rapids in the St. Lawrence while carrying 400 passengers. The incident followed a theft reported earlier involving a 309 horse power motor.
Betti Coff Begins Ninety Day Fast in Mounton
In Mounton Kentucky on July 29 Mrs Betty Coff aged 88 began a ninety day fast. Reports say she is near death and Coff refused to disclose the reason for her fast. She has smoked a pipe and shows difficulty taking water or black tea.
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Mounton
Betty Coff
Coffy
Thason
Missouri Pacific Engineer Beaten by Alleged Strikers
David X. Greenberg, a Missouri Pacific civil engineer from Monroe, was forcibly forced into an automobile at Ferriday Monday afternoon. He was stripped and badly beaten by men alleged to be strikers or strike sympathizers before being driven away. Warrants were expected for the arrest of several named men in Ferriday as part of the melee.
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David X. Greenberg
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Monroe
Ferriday
R. J. Donovan
E. P. Orr
A. C
Mine Operatives and Workmen To Hold Conference
John L. Lewis calls a joint interstate conference in Cleveland on August 7 1922 to negotiate a basic wage agreement aimed at ending the coal strike. The meeting seeks to unify operators and miners across central competitive fields including Western Pennsylvania Ohio Indiana and Illinois.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
Cleveland
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Lewis
Western
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Hollenden
John Lu Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Shopcrafts chiefs fail to attend joint conference in Chicago
Meeting opens at 8 p m with R A Henning presiding replaced by private talks. Jewell Hooper and Wharton are absent from both sides as Healy of the stationary firemen also calls his officials to order before an adjournment.
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Associated Press
Chicago
R. A. Henning
St. Paul
Jewell
Hooper
Labor Board
A. O Wharton
Timothy Healy
Indiana Coal Operators Skip Cleveland Wage Talks
Morton L. Gould president of the Indiana bituminous coal operators association says Indiana operators will not attend the Cleveland conference called by President John L. Lewis to negotiate a wage agreement for the central competitive field.
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Chicago
John L. Lewis
F. C. Honnold
Iinois Coal Operators’ Association
Honnold
Ilinois
Indiana
Associated Press
Indianapolis
Ind
Cleveland
Miners’ Union
Morton L. Gould
Indiana Bituminous Coal Operators’s Association
Harding lays out three plans to end rail walkout
President Harding proposes three settlement points for the nationwide rail strike. Striking workers would keep their seniority, lawsuits would go to the labor board, and railroads and workers would abide by labor board wage decisions. Meetings in New York and Chicago assembled rail executives and union leaders to review the proposals.
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Associated Press
Harding
Labor Board For
Labor Board
Chicago
New York
New York Central
Cyclone Destroys Four Warehouses in Schwartz Region
A cyclone tore through Carga and the Schwartz area late Tuesday, leveling four United Oil & Gas Products Corporation warehouses and several outhouses. Officials say the facilities were nearly empty, limiting losses to structures with no carbon black material lost. Estimate near $10,000. no injuries reported.
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United Oil & Gas Products Corporation
Carga
Schwartz
Primary Elections Stir States Across Union
Voters in Oklahoma Missouri Virginia and West Virginia faced heated contests as three US Senators battled for renomination and governors drew attention. Oklahoma saw a three way Democratic race for governor with J C Walton backing farm labor plans. in Virginia and West Virginia major senatorial bids also queued.
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Union
Associated Press
United States
Missouri
Virginia
West Virginia
Oklahoma
Kansas
J. C Walton
Oklahoma City
Farm-Labor Reconstruction Union
Walton
Thomas H. Owen
State Supreme Court
K. C. Wilson
Lamar Looney
Hollis
Manuel Herrick
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