Rail strike developments hang on Friday conferences
United States labor officials and railroad executives prepare for meetings in New York and Washington as Joliet and Elgin Joliet and Eastern strike tensions rise. About 1,700 Big Four brotherhood and switchmen workers walked out, with troops deployed and warnings of broader action if conditions do not change. President Harding urged Congress to stay in session as leaders weigh proposals to end the crisis.
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Chicago
New York
Washington
Harding
Bert M Jewell
A. F Ref L
House of Representatives
Mende
House
Senate
Ben W Hooper
United States Labor Board
Elgin
Joliet
Ills
Big Four’ Brotherhood
Elgin Joliet
Eastern
Kilby
Columbus
Central of Georgia Railroad
Order O Railroad
Big Four Brotherhoods
Switchmen’s Union of North America
Grand Chiefs
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers’ Journal
Clerks Told to Stay Away If Life Endangered
The Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship Clerks Freight Handlers Station and Express Employes ordered clerks freight handlers and station men not on strike to stay away from their usual jobs whenever their lives are endangered by armed guards or defective railroad equipment until the danger is removed.
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Washington
Ben W. Hooper
United States Railroad Labor Board
United States Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Joliet, Ill
Joliet
Warren S. Stone
Associated Press
Cincinnati
Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship
Associated
Strike Threatens to Engulf Unions in Rail Labor Turmoil
About 1,300 engineers firemen conductors and brakemen of the Elgin Joliet and Eastern railroad walked out at Joliet in protest of troop stationing around the yards. Brotherhood chiefs warned further strikes unless yard conditions improve with threats of 100 more cases.
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Joliet
Elgin, Joliet
Eastern
McRae Leads Arkansas Primary After Labor Ku Klux Sweep
Early unofficial returns show Governor Thomas C. McRae leading E P Toney by about two to one in Arkansas with labor and Ku Klux Klan endorsements and sizable women voters shaping the Democratic primary. County totals: McRae 36,294. Toney 17,288.
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Associated Press
Little Rock
Ark
Thomas C. McRae
Arkanecas
McRae
E. P. Toney
Lake Village
Toney
State's Baptists to Gather Here in Fifth Encampment
The fifth annual Louisiana Baptist Encampment opens at 6:00 a.m. with dormitory rising bell. Dr E D Solomon of Dallas will open the Quiet Hour at Baptist Tabernacle, followed by breakfast at 7:00. A full day of classes, lectures, and sessions on religious education continues through the afternoon and into the 7:15 quiet hour.
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Louisiana Baptist
E. D Solomon
Dallas
Texas
Ser Baptist Tabernacle
Oak and
South Grand Streets
Rey
Homer
H. Frazier
First Baptist Church
Kerfoot
Norma
T Wn Talkington
Harry Strickland
I. Clear
Lillian Forbes
Emmett Moore
Edgar Godbold
Allen Hill Autry
F. Katz
Winburn
Tabernacle
Juliette Mather
Brazil
Secretarya Lee
Mathethod
B. Lee
Anna Bell Bryan
Margaret Jordan
Pilgrim's Progress For
F. C. Flowers
L. L. Holmes
L. W. Sloan
Georgia Barnett
Stanley Armstrong
Kiwanis
D. Solomon
First Baptists
Lillian Sims
New Orleans
Uiet
Luliette Mather
W. Daniel
Atlanta
Shreveport Visitors Start Encampment on Arrival Here Today
Fifty encampment boosters arrived this afternoon from Shreveport aboard a special coach. Attendants from Shreveport Baptist churches including Parkview and First Baptist will participate. Parkview’s B Y P U aims to win the senior banner against Central Church B Y P U of New Orleans. Dr M E Dodd and other Louisiana Baptist officials are among those arriving to lead events.
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Shreveport
Baptist
First
Highland Avenue
Parkview
Queenboro
Cedar Grove
B. Y. P. U'pers
Central Church
New Orleans
B. F. Wallace
M. E. Dodd
First Baptist Church of
Tabernacle
Edgar Goldbold
Louisiana State Baptist Convention
J. B. Moseley
Louisiana
J. F. Katz
Louisiana State Mission Board
Finnley W. Tinnin
Baptist Message
Thousands of shop craftsmen reject proposal of president
Twenty five thousand rail shop crafts workers through David Williams, secretary of the eastern strike committee, telegrammed B. M. Jewell in Chicago to record their refusal to accept President Harding's proposal to submit the seniority question to the railroad labor board.
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New York
David Williams
Eastern Strike Committee
B. M. Jewell
Chicago
Harding
Railroad Labor Board
Paris and London weigh German reparations at peace talks
In Washington and London reports describe tensions between France and Britain over Germany's reparations. Lloyd George and Poincare pressed diverging views at breakfast and meetings, while Belgium's Premier sought closer British French alignment. Berlin warns that breakdown could end German cooperation.
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Associated Press
London
Lloyd George
Poincare
Viscount Farquhar
McRae Leads in Arkansas Primary Returns
Governor McRae held a large lead over Judge E P Toney for the Democratic nomination as tabulations from about one fifth of Arkansas precincts were reported. W A Oldfield led over W A Hodges in the second district, while other races showed Heartsill Ragon leading for Jaco way's seat.
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McRae
Judge Toney
Arkansas
Associated Press
Republican Old Guard
Ohio
Buckeye
T. ©. McRae
E. P. Toney
W. W. Brandon
Alabama
Carmi A. Thompson
Harding
Anti-Saloon League
8. Dol. Fess
Atlee Pomerene
A. A Donahey
Little Rock
Ark
Cmel McRae
Toney
W. A. Oldfield
Congress
W. A. Hodges
Bald Knob
H. M. Jacoway
Chester W. Taylor
Jacoway
Heartsil
L. E. Sawyer
Sawyer
J. B. Reed
W. H. Evans
Mexico Sets New Financial Pact Backed by New York Banks
Mexico City reports a financial agreement between Treasury Secretary De La Huerta and an international bankers committee in New York, ready for final ratification by Congress in September. President Obregon signed the document without changes after minor initial objections.
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Associated Press
Mexico City
Coal Strike Sees Delays As Union and Operators Move Toward Settlement
Conference in Cleveland returns to talks despite likely delay. Operators press for arbitration with full powers while preparations for resumed mining occur in Southern Illinois. Martial law searches in Indiana mines continue as peace prospects surface. union leaders inch toward a wage scale restoration and a Waxe contract negotiations proceed.
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Associated Press
Cleveland
Finois
Illinois
Indiana
Monroe Day Featured Entertainment By Kiwanis
Monroe hosts Monroe Day on Thursday with Kiwanis providing rides to the Louisiana Baptist Orphanage grounds on DeSiard Road and watermelons served by the First Church of Monroe members. Cars meet at the Baptist Tabernacle at 2:30 p.m. and return by 5:00 p.m. The encampment continues with regional representatives in charge of rest and recreation as Shreveport Alexandria Lake Charles Baton Rouge and New Orleans days organize youth activities.
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Monroe
Kiwanis Club of
Louisiana Baptist
DeSiard Road
B. Y. Po. Uers
First Church of
The
Baptist Tabernacle
Shreveport
Alexandria
Lake Charles
Baton Rouge
New Orlean
Strike Briefs In Terre Haute Rally Against Governor McCray
About 4,000 striking miners and union labor men marched in Terre Haute on August 9 demanding impeachment of Governor Warren T. McCray for sending troops to the coal fields. A mass meeting followed at the courthouse with labor leaders speaking.
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Associated Press
Terre Haute
Ind
Warren T. McCray
Nass
Court House
London press reports postponement of premier meeting
Announcement from London indicates a full meeting of allied premiers will not be held due to difficulties by the drafting committee on Poincaré’s plan for German finances. In Buffalo, officials note six weeks streetcar strike spawns new terms as jitney operators are renamed jittegey in alleged illegal drives.
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Associated Press
London
Poincare
Buffalo
N. Y
Timas Pending on Klan Case Ties to Inglewood Raid
Los Angeles August reports a state court outlines the case against 37 alleged Ku Klux Klan members tied to the April 22 Inglewood raid. The outline, filed today, details charges arising from the incident and the ongoing trial.
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Los Angeles
Ku Klux Klan
Inglewood
Notice to Gas Consumers Pay by the 20th to Save
Gas company urges customers to pay on or before the 20th of the month to receive a ten percent discount. Bills unpaid by the 20th will result in service discontinuation without further notice.
Peace conference resumes over coal strike in four states
Cleveland reports a renewed push to end the soft coal strike with a partial settlement in Ohio Pennsylvania Indiana Illinois. The Indiana operators scale group and absent operators from other states halted the larger plan while the union’s 18 member policy committee led by John L. Lewis weighs basic wage terms. Optimism remains on both sides for a possible settlement.
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John I. Lewis
Lewis
International Officers Union
Iowa
Kansas
Missouri
Oklahoma
Michigan
Associated Press
Cleveland
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Indiana
Illinois
John L. Lewis
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Elgin and Joliet
E. J. Henning
Dr.ods’ Association
Warren
Stone
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Brotherhood
Oller Press
Big Four” Transportation
Mr. Stone
W. G. Lee
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
D. RB. Robertson
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Engineers
Days
Brandon
Fort Worth
State’s Baptists
France
Lloyd Geoace
Germany
O Representatives
Engineers’ Brotherhood
White House
T. H. Davis
General Sho Crafts
Davis
Jewell
Labor Department
Europe
H. KE. Wills
WL N Doak
Arthur J Lovell
M. Poincare
Rhine
Poiicare
Berlinence
Times
Wirth
Termany
Mexico
Virtuala
Pennsyyvania
Kiwanis Entertains
Timas
Weaks Supply Co
Genabco
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