Disorders in Many Cities as Walkout Takes Sixth Week
President Harding urged strikers to return to work as the six week labor dispute widens. Rioting killed two and wounded a sheriff in Joliet Illinois, while incidents spread from Washington to Alabama and Tennessee. Union leaders met in Washington to push a settlement plan and maintain pressure on employers.
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Chicago
B. M. Jewell
American Federation of Labor
Washington
Harding Ben W. Hooner
United States Railroad Labor Board
Michigan City
Alabama
Atlanta
Montgomery
W. S. McLaurn
Hirmingham
Als
Woods
Cardiff
Ala
Tennessee
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Knox Ville
Missouri Pacific
Sulphur Springs
Associated Press
Clinton
Tls
Joliet
Rail chiefs urged to reconvene over Harding plan
President Harding called on striking shopmen to return to work and asked both sides to accept seniority rulings by the railroad labor board. Telegrams went to B M Jewell and T DeWitt Cuyler outlining a plan to assign workers and settle the nationwide rail strike swiftly.
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Washington
Harding
Railroad Labor Board
B. M. Jewell
Coal Magnates and Union Leaders Break Strike War Conference
Coal operators and union leaders met in Cleveland in a war conference aiming to end the soft coal strike. They agreed to adjourn until Wednesday with Illinois and Indiana operators expected to participate. Indiana mines operated under troop protection with imported workers. Federal plans involve moving coal to the Northwest via the Great Lakes.
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West Virginia
Northwest
Great Lakes
Indiana
Associated Press
Cleveland
Aue
Illinois
Chicago Transit Workers Accept 10 Cent Wage Cut
Chicago workers voted 9622 to 5086 to approve a ten cent hourly wage reduction and end a six day strike. Minutes after the tally, an elevated train began service then surface cars quickly resumed full schedules amid horns from thousands of vehicles.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Washington Strike Leaders Meet on Harding Proposal
The three rail shop craft leaders B M Jewell William H Johnson and J P Noonan held an afternoon conference in Washington reacting to President Harding's settlement proposal. Early indications suggested the plan made a favorable first impression.
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Associated Press
Washington
B. M. Jewell
William H. Johnson
Machinists
J.P. Noonan
Harding
President offers final government plan to end railroad strike
The president cited pledges by executives and striking workers to accept railroad labor board decisions. He noted seniority disputes remain and hamper settlement. Telegrams were released after talks with Jewell, strike leaders, and Senate committee chairman Cummins. The White House called the plan a final government proposal to end the six week strike without railroad executives’ prior consultation. The administration hopes labor board settlement is the practical path and that public opinion supports a swift end to the crisis.
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Railroad Labor Board
White House
Jewell
Cummins
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Harding
Labor Board
Klan Leaders Stand Trial Over West Winery Raid
In Los Angeles on August 7, thirty seven Knights of the Ku Klux Klan faced trial in superior court for the April raid on Fidel and Mathias El duagen’s Inglewood winery. Defendants include William S. Coburn and G W Price with bonds set at forty five thousand nine hundred dollars. The case cites assault with a deadly weapon with intent to murder kidnapping and false imprisonment amid a raid tied to Mosher’s death and injuries to deputies Walter Mosher and Steonard Ruegg.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Knights
The
Ku Klux Klan
Fidel
Mathias Elduagen
Inelewood
Superior Court
Williams. Coburn
Grand Goblin
Pacific Domain
G. W. Price
King Kleagie
California
Nathan A. Baker
Kleagle
M. B. Mosher
Inglewood
Walter Mosher
Steonard Ruegg
Young Mosher
Ruegg
Mosher
Probe Starts Near St. Louis to Find Cause of Accident
Coroner's jury in DeSoto Missouri questioned witnesses after a derailment near the St. Louis area killed 27 and left 138 injured. Officials blamed engineer Matt Glenn for the crash while block signals were said to be in order. Rescuers worked through the night as relatives sought answers amid scenes of heroism and tragedy.
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ST. Louis
Associated Press
Sulphur Springs
DeSoto
Missouri
Matt Gienn
John Cannon
Jefferson County
Cannon
Glenn
Trigg's Case Goes to Trial Before City Judge
L Trigg, a guard on the Missouri Pacific railroad at Monroe, faced city court charged with carrying a concealed weapon. He allegedly drew a pistol after being refused a ride and threatened fireman C J Baylor, leading to arrest by Sheriff T A Grant. Final decision set for Tuesday.
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L. Trigg
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Monroe
Schulze
Trigg
C. J. Baylor
T. A. Grant
Railway executives weigh Harding shopmen proposal
Robert S. Binkard, assistant to Tr. DeWitt Cuyler, said the latest Harding settlement plan would receive every consideration. He refused to say how railroad heads might respond to the proposal.
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Associated Press
New York
Robert S. Binkard
Tr. DeWitt Cuyler
Association of Railway Executives
Harding
Typhoon and Tidal Wave Ravage Swatow Port
Desolation hangs over Swatow after a typhoon and tidal wave wrecked the port, destroying about 75 percent of buildings including factories. Casualties reach an estimated 10,000 with corpses and carcasses strewn through streets. American interests report minor damage as relief efforts begin.
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Associated Press
Hong Kong
Swatow
Here
Shanghai
Swatow Munnicipally Charitable Association
Retail food prices rise in fifteen U.S. cities
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports higher food prices from June 15 to July 15 in fifteen of twenty four sampled cities. Actress Mary Miles Minter was injured aboard a private railroad car when struck by a switch engine, receiving a cut and bruises. Actor Tom Moore accompanied her and sustained facial injuries. In New York a Black belt rally protested Marcus Garvey and his African American republican government plan, with speakers denouncing Garvey and accusing Ku Klux Klan ties.
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Associated Press
Washington
United States
Department of Labor
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Victor
Ida
Mary Miles Minter
Tom Moore
Miss Minter
New York
Black Belt
Marcus Garvey
Africa
Friends of Negroe Freedom
William Pickens
Morgan College
Baltimore
Garvey
Conferences Resume Between Harding and Strike Chiefs
President Harding welcomed B. M. Jewell general leader of the strikers J P Noonan head of the electrical workers union and William H Johnston president of the machinists association to the White House for renewed talks aimed at ending the railway shop workers strike.
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Associated Press
Washington
Harding
White House
B. M. Jewell
J. P. Noonan
Electrical Workers’ Union
William H. Johnston
Machinists Association
Maintenance Men Leader Seeks Audience With President
E F Grable president of the maintenance of way men travels to Washington to join a leaders’ conference not on strike. They plan to petition President Harding for a meeting to discuss unsafe locomotives and equipment and alleged assaults on non striking union men by guards at railroad shops. They will push railroads to drop strikers duties and seek a direct talk with the President.
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Associated Press
Washington
Harding
William #1
Johnston
Machinists’ Union
Chicago
E. F. Grable
Maintenance of Way Men
Grable
Democratic Voters in Alabama Face Wide Governor Race
Birmingham date Aug 7. Alabama voters head to the polls tomorrow to choose gubernatorial candidates and lawmakers, with races for lieutenant governor and several congress seats, while the national attention centers on campaign personalities and a notable bid by Eighth district candidate Mrs Leita Seton Edmunson.
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Associated Press
Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
Congress
State Supreme Court
Montgomery
W. W. Brandon
Tuscaloosa
Col. Bibb Graves
Charles 8
Huddleston
Ninth
B. M. Grace
W. B. Bankhead
Tenth
Horace P. Gibson
Jasper
Eighth
E. B. Almon
Leita Seton Edmunson
Decatur
The
Public Service Board
B. H. Cooper
S. P. Gaillard
Berto H. Johnson
Fitzhugh Lee
Eufaula
Frank P Morgan
John F. Pearson
John Purefoy
Operators Seek Expansion of Wage Field to Include Northern West Virginia
The Monongahela Coal Operators Association opens a wage conference in Cleveland to seek extending the central competitive field to northern West Virginia. The move aims to facilitate a basic wage agreement amid the soft coal strike, with operators already filing the extension with President John L. Lewis for union consideration.
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Associated Press
Cleveland
West Virginia
Monongahela
John L. Lewis
Union
Policy Committee
Conference Opens in Cleveland Aimed at Coal Strike Settlement
Union leaders and coal operators met in Cleveland to discuss a wage agreement for the nationwide coal strike. Initial talks were split into two groups after an open session, with hopes for later inclusion of broader field operators. President John L. Lewis expressed optimism about an early return to work as talks continued.
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Associated Press
Cleveland
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Notice to gas customers on timely payment
Gas consumers urged to pay bills by the 20th to save ten percent. Bills not paid by the 20th will result in service being discontinued without further notice. NATURAL GAS CO. Inc.
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Banque Industrialle de Chine
Yosemite
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Princeton
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Ylif
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L. W. Jones
Princeton University
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