Contempt Case Fines Sheriff $200 in Monroe Court
Federal court in Monroe found Sheriff Ovachite Parish guilty of contempt for remarks during an arrest of Trigg. The judge noted sympathy for strikers did not excuse the act and ordered a $200 fine as proceedings described a tense confrontation with rioters and guards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. A. Grant
United States District Court
Monroe
Missouri Pacific Railway
Jack
Trige
Grant
Etrixners
Triers
Snerrif Ovachite Parish
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Ile Dade
Oan
Ooe Trigg
Atrikere
Louisiana
United States of America
C. W. Page
Farket
V. S. P. Ry. Company
Ugh
Missouri Pacific Railmpany
Zion City Plans to Segregate Bathers
Wilbur Glenn Voliva of Zion issues an order forcing male and female bathers to use separate sections at Zion beach with a 500 foot separation. Patrols enforce the rule and bathing attire, including knee length swimwear and black stockings for women, is prescribed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zion City
Zion
Wil
Wilbur Glenn Voliva
Hell Holes
Zion Beach
Bath
Mellon Clarifies British War Debt Relation to US Funds
Secretary Mellon stated that Britain’s 4.195 billion war debt to the United States bears no relation to U S war loans or reparations. He explained the Britain owed only for its own purchases and advances covered its own obligations, not those of other allies, in a formal statement responding to inquiries about inter allied debts and a note by Earl of Balfour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Great Britain
United States
Mellon
Treasury Secretary
Treasury
Earl of Balfour
Monroe Men Speak at Bastrop Road Meeting on Good Roads Today
Monroe visitors attend Bastrop gala supporting a $1,100,000 parish bond issue for a parish good roads program. S. M. Collins of the Monroe Chamber of Commerce and O. C. Dawkins lead speakers. A free barbecue dinner is planned and Bastrop-Monroe baseball games are on the schedule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
Bastrop Road
Bastrop
Morehouse Parish
S. M. Collins
Winslow measure for fact finding committee passes
Washington reports the Winslow bill for a fact finding inquiry into the coal industry passes the house. It proposes a federal fuel distributor to assess prices, shortages and profits and extend interstate commerce powers on embargoes and priorities. A companion senate bill seeks a bipartisan inquiry with operator and miner representation debated.
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Winslow
Associated Press
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Cummins
Iown
Senate Interstate Commerce Committes
Office of “Federal
House
Borah
Senate Labor Committee
Hardin Sanutor Borah
Hland
Indiana
Railroads Seek Local Strikes Settlement As Mediation Grows
In New York a mediator conference laid groundwork for possible individual railroad settlements on seniority with strikers. The Association of Railway Executives stood firm against every-rail agreement, while a minority group pressed to reinstate all old workers without altering seniority. Reports from Chicago and Sioux City describe ongoing tensions as the eighth week of the shopmen strike nears its end.
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Associated Press Train Service Brotherhood
New York
Union Pacific
Grand Island
Nebr
Brotherhood
Association of Railway Executives
L. F. Sheppard
Harding
Chicago
Sioux City
Iowa
John Shank
Trades and Labor Assembly of
Union Leaders Call Miners Back as Coal Production Plans Rise
In Altoona Pennsylvania on August 24 union leaders notify 45000 miners in central Pennsylvania to return to posts abandoned five months ago while operators rush plans for 30 million tons of annual production. The agreement signed last night preserves the March 31 wage scale and the check off. The operators hail a district agreement opposed by John L. Lewis. The treaty extends the existing wage scale until March 31 1928.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Altoona
Pennsylvania
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Deadlock in hard coal talks stalls peace parley progress
In Philadelphia on August 24 both sides remained receptive yet no movement appeared from operators or miners to break the stalemate that ended Tuesday peace talks in the hard coal fields.
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Philadelphia
ACLU to sue Colorado AG Hamrock over Foster expulsion
The American Civil Liberties Union announced it will file a damages suit against Adjutant General Hamrock of Colorado for the August 6 expulsion of labor leader William Z. Foster. The exact damages sought were not disclosed.
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New York
The
American Civil Liberties Union
Adjutant General Hamrock
Colorado
William Z. Foster
Railroad Strike Up to Shopmen Says Report From Rail Session
A spokesman for the big five brotherhood crafts says the strike talks are now up to the shopmen after a meeting with a committee representing about twenty railroads. The session followed mediation chiefs and executives and indicated some settlements might be possible between individual railroads and striking shopmen.
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Associated Press
New York
Big Five Brotherhood
United States
Turning Point for United Business in Monroe
Gray haired, bald and curly heads fill the Hotel Monroe lobby for a joint dinner of Rotary, Kiwanis and Lions. Dr. J. L. Adams of the Monroe Rotary Club says the gathering will influence Monroe’s future progress and urges civic groups to back the Chamber of Commerce projects for local development.
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Monroe
Welock
Hotel Monroe
8S. M. Cellins
Chamber of Commerce
J. L. Adams
Dr. Adams
Monroe Chamber of Commerce
Adams
Rotary
Percy Sande
Progress Report From New York Rail Strike Mediation
In New York on August 24 mediators from the Big Five Brotherhood and shop executives held a three hour Yale Club session and moved to a secret venue for talks. Warren S. Stone said mediation continues as organizers seek possible separate deals with individual rail lines. An eastern shop committee member warned no settlement with nineteen roads.
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New York
Big Five Brotherhood
Yale Club
Brotherhood
Warren S. Stone
Woodstock
Shopmen’s Eastern Strike
Ferguson charges trial ends with guilty verdict for unions
In Monroe, a federal court found several union leaders guilty of unlawfully staging a demonstration near Missouri Pacific yards. No sentence was imposed as defendants purged contempt.
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Brotherhoods
Ferguson
Mayfield
Missouri Pacific
United States District Court
Monroe
George W. Jack
International Brotherhood of Railway Carmen
J. B. Redmond
The
Brotherhood of Blacksmiths and
E. P. Hurt
Brotherhood of Boilermakers
Joe Sufels
Jack
Strike Briefs From New York Chief Mediation Session
At 3 45 p m on August 24 union chiefs remained at the Ho tel Woodstock and shop crafts leaders were in session while executives awaited word from mediators at the Yale Club. F D Underwood of the Erie and A H Smith of the New York Central left the club saying no word was expected from the big five today.
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Associated
New York
Big Five Brotherhood
Association of Railway Executives
Big Five
B. M. Jewell
Associated Press
Brotherhood
Woodstock
Yale Club
F. D. Underwood
The
Erie
A. H. Smith
New York Central
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America
Senator Borah
Senate
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Solon
Kansas City
Missouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Outhwestern Interstate Coal Operators’ Association
George L. Peck
Kansas Miners
Carrier
United Business
Willard
A. A. Smith
N. D. Maher
Norfolk and Western
Hale Holden
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
Judge Jack
Dallas
Tex
James E. Ferguson
United States Senate
Hillsboro
Earle B. Mayfield
South Texas
Tyler
Houston
Ku Klux Klan
GES
ASCO
B. P. O. Ellis
R. A. Young
Exalter
F. B. Surgaine
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