Nationwide rail walkout looms as Big Four seek action
Mass meetings called by four brotherhoods stir plans to join thetrainmen strike that began with the Santa Fe walkout in California and desert corridors. Railroads face disruption as engineers, firemen, conductors, and switchmen protest armed guards and safety concerns amid President Harding peace proposals.
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Associated Press
Chicago
California
Tizana
Elgin
Joliet and
Eastern
Chicago Stea Co
San Francisco
Santa Fe
Southern Pacific
Union Pacifice
Arizona
Big Four
Pey
Bandits Hold Gink Up in Washington Thirty-Five Cents Given
Charles Smith told Yakima police two armed men held him up on a street and took his money, then gave him thirty five cents with the remark to buy coffee and hot cakes. One bandit told him you are evidently worse off than we are.
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Associated Press
Yakima
Wash
Charles Smith
Thousand Students Attend Sunday Baptist Encampment
Over 1000 pupils are expected Sunday at the Louisiana Baptist Encampment Sunday School at the Tabernacle at 9 30 am. Harry J Strickland of Nashville and C Blackmon of Monroe direct the program which includes a devotional and a call for volunteers for preacher and missionary training. Dr C W Daniels of Atlanta will preach Sunday afternoon and again Sunday night with a public invitation to attend.
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Tabernacle
Harry J. Strickland
Nashville, Tenn
C. Blackmon
Monroe
D. Solomon
Dallas Divine
C. W. Daniels
Atlanta
Dani
Daniel
Stant Night at Encampment Visitors Promised Splendid Event
Citizens of Monroe are invited to a Saturday evening at the Baptist Tabernacle for a special program. Lee, a Dallas impersonator, will present an act recalling the wild west era. The B Y P U A and other classes will stage a four pageant and a parish fair is planned for the event.
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Monroe
Louisiana Baptist
The
Baptist Tabernacle
E. F., Lee
Dallas
Texas
Whatkins
Stunt Night at Camp Promises Circus Like Merriment
Young visitors plan a stunt night with entertainments and tricks described as rivaling a circus. The executive committee gathered ideas to create a lively program set to make the encampment lively with laughter and fun.
Spectator Night Promises Entertaining Stunts and Social
The program aims to entertain with a sequence of stunts ending in a social gathering. The public is invited to attend and enjoy the evening activities.
Trainmen refuse to handle Salt Lake line trains at Caliente
Pacific office in Los Angeles reports two southbound passenger trains on the Salt Lake line were held up at Caliente today as trainmen refuse to handle them, adding to a growing list of desert-point stopages.
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New York
Santa Fe
California
Los Angeles
Memphis
W. G. Lee
Lef
The
Brotherhood of Railroadsmen
Associated Press
Pacific
Salt Lake Line
Caliente
Desert Points
Union
Western Pacific Strike Halts Trains in California
A four-brotherhood strike on the Western Pacific railroad stalled two Overland trains at Stockton and caused an embargo on perishables and live stock from all California points. Unions in Oakland and Stockton participated in the action begun early today.
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Arizona
California
Southern Pacific
Western Sifie
Perishdad
Associated Press
San Francisco
Four Brotherhoods
Western Pacific Railroad Company
Oakland
Stockton
Games Postponed in Rain Across Cities
In Boston and Philadelphia on August 12 both Washington Boston and Boston Philadelphia first and second games were postponed due to rain. The rain caused scheduling disruptions across the doubleheader.
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Associated Press
Boston
Philadelphia
Rail strike leaders reject last settlement proposal
Heads of seven railroad unions declared they rejected President Harding's latest plan to reference seniority to the railroad labor board. The decision was sent to the White House as non striking unions met with Harding to discuss the dispute.
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Associated Press
Washington
Harding
Railroad Labor Board
White House
Hoover
Brotherhood
Coal Miners Seek Resumption of Work Amid Strike Negotiations
Developments in the coal strike show operators and miners negotiating in Cleveland toward a settlement. Rail workers refuse to handle coal mined under state protection in Indiana until trains are moved from military areas. Four non union mines in Pennsylvania resume output as efforts by the joint committee continue and governors consider aid to a soft coal settlement.
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Associated Press
Cleveland
Indiana
Pennsylvania
Oal Opers
Governors weigh wage pact in coal talks
Governors Davis of Ohio and Groesbeck of Michigan urged a wider meeting of coal state leaders to back a wage agreement for miners and operators. The committee debated arbitration versus advisory boards while soft coal talks mull future negotiations. In Delmont county Ohio preparations continue as 200 striking miners headed toward collieries before turning back on news of anticipated peace.
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Davis
Ohio
Groesbeck
Michigan
Lewis
del Mont County
Powhatan
Pipe Creek
Weather Outlook for Week Begins August in Washington
Washington reports a forecast for the week starting Monday with generally fair conditions across the gulf states. Temperatures expected near normal with widely scattered showers possible though no disturbances anticipated in the West Indies.
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Washington
Gulf States
Seven Unions Prepare to Reply to Harding Proposal
The seven striking railroad shop unions plan an early reply to President Harding's final settlement offer. White House says union leaders will meet at 2:30 PM to deliver their response, likely a rejection, while executives present a conditional acceptance at 4:30 PM. The full rail labor leadership will sign the unions on strike.
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Associated Press
Washington
Harding
White House
New York
Hooper
Railroad Labor Board
Indi
Railway Shopmen Seek Return From President Plan
Washington August 12 The strike settlement reply from the railway shopmen was expected today at a general conference here. Warren Stone of the engineers’ brotherhood said a public statement on the unions’ attitude and the train service walkouts would follow. Rail executives were to transmit a conditional acceptance of the President’s plan to the House committee, enabling President Harding to decide the next government step to shield national interests. The exact wording of the message was closely guarded. CONTINUED on AGE SIX.
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Associated Press
Hattiesburg
Miss
Chief Bennett
Edmonson
Washington
Harding
Congress
House
General Conference of
Railroad Labor
Warren
Stone
Engineers’ Brotherhood
Whiteau
New York
Transportation Chiefs
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St. Lawrence Road
Clontarf
Griffith
Ireland
E. D. Solomon
George W. Clarke
Lake Charles
Baptist Church
Lillean Sims
New Orleans
RAI
Ohio Mines
Weaks Supply Co
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West Monroe Methodist Church
Cenfer
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RE. D. Solomon
Tom Johnson
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