Rail strike stretches as peace talks stall in Washington
President Harding weighs government aid to railroads as union leaders meet in Washington. Trains remain stranded and sporadic walkouts persist amid mounting tensions with the big four brotherhoods. California to New Mexico routes face displacement while West Coast passengers gain some relief.
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Associated Press
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Eda
Harding
Washington
Congress
House
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Topeka
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Union Pacific
California
Arizona
New Mexico
West Monroe Pharmacist Faces Tar and Feathers Allegation
A pharmacist in West Monroe declined to leave town amid a tainted incident described as a coat of tar and feathers. The report notes tensions around the jail strike and related transportation issues as rail workers consider actions impacting the region. Officials indicate ongoing discussions with unions and the rail labor board regarding seniority as the principal sticking point.
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West Monroe
Lansdale
Broadway Bans Dancing and Cabarets After Midnight
New York August 15 Broadway glitter and late night clubs shut down at dawn after police ordered all dancing and cabareting halted. The crackdown follows a gangster clash outside a popular resort in which a man was killed and a cabaret proprietor held. The move shocks eight months of late night jazz and dance venues that kept hours past midnight.
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Associated Press
New York
Broadway
Hoover urges legislation to regulate coal prices and distribution
Secretary Hoover told the Associated Press that Congress must enact rules to regulate coal distribution and pricing for the winter. He cited reduced stocks from oil-field suspensions and transport bottlenecks on the Louisville and Nashville line, warning voluntary measures alone won’t prevent shortages and price spikes.
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Associated Press
Washington
Congress
Commerce Secretary
Corbin
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Mr. Hoover
Harlan Fields
Mrs Summer Aiken Potts Dies At 71 At Home
Mrs. Summer Aiken Potts 71 died at her home this afternoon at 1 10 following a lingering illness. She was born in Talladega Alabama in 1851 and moved to Monroe fifty five years ago. She was widow of the late Judge William N Potts and leaves a son J J Potts and daughter Mrs J R Gilboula beth of Monroe. She belonged to Grace Episcopal church and was a U BC member. Funeral arrangements not completed.
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Talladegalla
Monroe
William N Potts
Hudson, Potts Bernstein and Scholars
J. J. Potts
J. R. Gilboulabeth
Masked and unmasked assailants tar and feather West Monroe man
A. H. Lansdale Jr was seized at gunpoint by four men who removed his clothes tarred and feathered him then drove him into woods and back to West Monroe downtown to the main thoroughfare in a Klan claim. Sheriff T A Grant will investigate the assault occurring after warnings to leave town.
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Ku Klux Klan
A. H. Lansdale, Jr
West Monroe
Lansdale
T. A. Grant
Ouachita Parish
Central Savings Bank
Rail strike brief cuts wages amid threatened walkout
Canadian railways cut wages for shopmen by about 200 000 as 897 000 workers had threatened to strike before the conciliation board decides the dispute. In California about 100 engineers firemen and switchmen returned to work on the Southern Pacific at Roseville moving fruit cars under a working agreement reached early today.
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Montreal
Canadian Railways
Board of Conciliation
Sacramento
Calif
Southern Pacific
Roseville
Agreement Signed to End Nation's Soft Coal Strike
In Cleveland Ohio the agreement to end part of the soft coal strike in effect since April 1 was unanimously approved by operators and miners during a joint conference at 3 10 p m today Signing began immediately and the accord could mark a partial settlement of the dispute
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Associated Press
Cleveland
Bio
Lewis
Soft coal strike ends with wage scale agreed in Cleveland
Miners and operators reach a wage scale agreement in Cleveland after weeks of stalemate. The deal restores pay at the old scale, preserves the union dues check off, and sets a new advisory fact finding panel. A formal ratification was planned for the afternoon with production to resume quickly.
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Ohio
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Indiana
Illinois
Michigan
Anthracite Meeting Opens In Philadelphia Tomorrow
The conference of anthracite coal operators and union representatives will open at 10 30 AM in Lehigh Coal and Navigation Co offices with hopes for a quick settlement of the strike. Samuel D Warringer said a settlement is likely and 155 000 idle coal diggers may return to mines within days amid optimism in the hard coal regions.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
Lehigh Coal and Navigation Co
Samuel D. Warringer
Hazelton
State honors Capdeville as offices close for funeral
Aug 15 Baton Rouge state government suspends activities and closes the state house to honor the memory of the late State Auditor Paul Capdeville who died Sunday morning. Governor Parker and department heads will attend the funeral in New Orleans. successor to Capdeville will be named by the governor under the new constitution, for an 18 month term.
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Associated Press
Baton Rouge
State House
Paul Capedeville
New Orleans
Parker
Capdeville
President Harding to address rail strike before Congress
White House says President Harding will present rail strike facts within 48 hours after cabinet and congressional talks. He may appear in joint session Thursday to outline already proposed settlement terms, with no new legislative suggestions expected unless events change.
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White House
Congress
Mediation Efforts in Rail Strike Abandoned
Washington reports President Harding has ceased mediation of the rail strike and plans to inform railroad executives the government will provide full protection and aid in train operation. Advisers consider a congressional statement outlining the strike situation, without legislative proposals, to present facts to Congress and the public. Leaders of striking unions continue mediation talks with officials to seek a negotiated settlement.
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Congress
Big Poor” Brotherhood
Washington
West
Associated Press
Railroad Labor Board
White House
Senate
House
Administration
Brotherhood of Railroad Operating
B. M. Jewell
Mississippi holds Democratic primary for U.S. Senate and eight seats
Mississippi voters cast ballots in a sweeping Democratic primary to choose a U.S. Senate nominee and candidates across six congressional districts. The lead race pits James K. Vardaman, Hubert Stephens and Belle Kearney, while former President Wilson urged voters to support Vardaman’s retirement term, and large turnouts were anticipated despite weather.
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Miss
Mississippi
United States Senate
John Sharp Williamis
Supreme Court
James K. Vardaman
Hubert Stephens
New Albany
Misa Belle Kearney
Flora
Woodrow Wilson
Vardaman
Stephens
Democratic Party
Senate
Loco Motive Engineers Leader Warns Walkout Replacements
Warren Stone, president of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, told Western branches to end the unauthorized strike against the Santa Fe or their jobs will be filled. A. G. Wells, Santa Fe vice president, made the statement public in Chicago on August 15.
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