45 Men Entombed in Burning Argonaut Min Maintenance Strike
Federal action toward taking over railroad operation looms as service worsens. The Western division of Chicago and Alton faces standstill amid a nationwide walkout by engineers firemen conductors and trainmen in protest against armed guards. Ten eastern railroads refuse union wage bid while hearings begin on raising minimum from 23 to 48 cents per hour and eight hour day proposals.
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Western Division
Chicago and Alton
Roadhouse
Ills
Slater
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United Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way
Union
Chicago
Railroad Labor Board
John G. Walker
United Brotherhood
Mr. Walker
E. F. Grabie
Policy scope to be revealed on government control of rail coal
President Harding's return from the Mayflower cruise signals a forthcoming announcement on federal operation of rail and coal properties. Cummins drafts bills for railroad and coal mine federal management. Senate and House committees hold hearings to shape action amid ongoing strike discussions.
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Washington
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White House
Congress
Cummins
Iowa
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Capitol
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Winslow
House Interstate Commerce Committee
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Rail workers press wage talks amid Chicago and Alton tie
In Chicago and Alton disruption continues as maintenance of way crews seek higher pay before the Railroad Labor Board. The national firemen and enginemen strike persists at Roadhouse Illinois and Slater Missouri, with clerks and trainmen aiding in keeping the line blocked. The scene marks the fifty ninth railroad conflict since the shopmen’s strike began.
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Chicago
Chicago and Alton
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W. G Lee
Roadhouse
Ills
Slater, Mo
C. and A
Wolves of Sea Rescue Off Havana Survives Shark Threat
The crew of seaplane Sampaio Correia reached Havana after a wreck near Guantanamo. Pilot Walter Hinton said darkness forced a risky landing and sharks swarmed the sinking hull until rescued by the U S S Denver. Historians note the Denver and its crew helped signal and save them.
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Associated Press
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New York
Rio Janeiro
Guantanamo
Port Au Prince
Haiti
Nassau
Walter Hinton
Denver
Violence Flares as Mob Burns Restaurant in Wichita Falls
In Wichita Falls Texas a mob of 500 to 600 gathered around the city hall and jail after John Love a 25 year old black porter jailed in an alleged attack on a white girl. A black restaurant burned and a black Baptist church was set afire but saved. A garage housing a black family also burned as deputies were increased and a white woman’s assault claim remained unverified.
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Associated Press
Wichita Falls
Tex
Electra
John Love
Porter
Negro Baptist Church
Calvert
Destructive Fire Destroys Atlantic Bottle Plant
A Brackenridge Pennsylvania fire leveled one Atlantic Bottle Co plant causing about 300000 dollars in damage. The blaze affected the facility located in Brackenridge and firefighters battled the flames today.
Morehouse Parish Men Silent on Whereabouts
A Mer Rouge father, J L Daniels, says he has heard nothing about his kidnapped son Watt since the Thursday night abduction. He and Sam Richards were taken to woods near Bastrop and Mer Rouge and are missing, with reports of injuries denied. Mrs. Richards doubts her husband’s murder. locals seek answers amid vigilante raids and no legal action yet.
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J. L. Daniels
Mer Rouge
Monroe News-Star
Mr. Daniels
Bastrop
Sam Richards
Fred Carpenter
St. Francis Sanitarium
Morehouse Parish
Richards
Met Rouge
Vardaman and Stephens Rally for Mississippi Senate Primary
In Jackson Mississippi with the second Democratic primary looming, James K Vardaman and Hubert D Stephens push aggressive campaigns. Vardaman avoids speaking citing ill fitting false teeth while Stephens camps with broader support and female voters emerge as pivotal.
Fire traps miners at Argonaut mine in Jackson California
A mine fire at the Argonaut in Jackson entombs about fifty workers. Rescue crews and a US Bureau of Mines car rush to the scene as hope fades. Officials report miners were at depths 4300 to 4500 feet and a cave in blocks access to the trapped men.
Nine men held in Gary wreck probe
PRESS TIME FLASHES Chicago reports nine men in custody with four implicated in the Michigan Central express wreck at Gary Indiana last week. Nashville notes a Federal Chemical Company acid house fire releasing two million pounds of sulfuric acid, causing $1,500,000 in losses and injuring three firemen.
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Chicago
Michigan Central
Gary
Ind
Nashville
Tenn
Federal Chemical Company
Freight Traffic Resumes After Union Walkout at Missouri Pacific
Jefferson City Mo Aug 28 Freight traffic on the Missouri Pacific resumed at noon today after workers returned following a re zoning of U S deputy marshals around shops and yards The move followed a walkout by the big four brotherhoods as of Aug 28 Associated Press St Louis Aug 28 Passenger and freight service on the western division of the Chicago and Alton railroad was at a complete standstill due to a walkout by engineers firemen conductors and switchmen protesting armed guards at Slater Mo and Roadhouse 11 Mo
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Jefferson City
Missouri Pacific
United States
Associated Press
St. Louis
Chicago and Alton Railroad
Slater
Memphis Restaurateurs Called Before Judge Over Unions Sign Game
Seven Memphis restaurant owners were cited to appear before Judge J. Ross in federal district court to explain why they displayed signs indicating that the trade of non-union railroad workers would be unwelcome.
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Associated Press
Memphis
Tenn
J. Ross
Federal District Court
Arctic Explorer Amundsen Reaches Wainwright During Expedition
Captain Roald Amundsen, having moved from the Maud to the schooner Holmes, is reported by Coast Guard Captain S. C. Cochran to be at Wainwright, about 100 miles southwest of Point Barrow, while on the Arctic voyage.
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Associated Press
Alaska
Roald Amundsen
Holmes
Maud
Wainwright
Point Barrow
S. C. Cochran
Coast Guard
Bear
Fire Traps Seventy Five Miners in Argonaut Mine
Jackson Calif Aug 28 Fire trapped seventy five men below the 3000 foot level of the Argonaut Gold Mine after a midnight blaze. Rescue efforts focus on the Muldoon shaft as water floods main shafts to try to flood the flames. Names of some trapped men released while a full list remains withheld. Relatives crowd the scene as crews work to reach the entombed workers nearly four miles underground.
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Associated Press
Jackson
Calif
Argonaut
United States Bureau of Mines
Sacramento
Sacramento Bee
Garbarini
San Francisco
Amador County
Byron C. Pickard
Berkeley
State Bureau of Mines
H. Downing
Muldoon
Alaska College and School of Miner Opens in Fairbanks
Fairbanks reports readiness for the Alaska College and School of Miner to open September 18, claiming it to be the farthest north college on the continent. The August 28 notice situates the new institution in the Alaska frontier education landscape.
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Associated Press
Fairbanks
Alaska
North College
Alaska College and School of Miner
Mayfield Leading Texas Senate Race Grows in Late Figures
Dallas August 28 The latest unofficial figures show Earle B Mayfield state railroad commissioner leading former Governor James Ferguson by nearly 60000 votes for the U S Senate nomination Mayfield appeals to Texas voters to unite for a November victory Ferguson concedes and vows to oppose the Ku Klux Klan Mayfield endorsed by the Anti Saloon League with Ferguson backing liquor liberalization race includes other state offices noted by figures from the Texas election bureau expected to finish mid week
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Associated Press
Dallas
Tex
Earle B. Mayfield
James KE. Ferguson
United States
Mayfield
Texas
Ferguson
Ku Klux Klan
T. W. Davidson
Billie Mayfield, Jr
C. V. Terre
George B. Garrett
S. M. N. Marrs
Ed R. Bentley
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Texas Election Bureau
Anti-Saloon League
California Primary Verdicts Set for Tomorrow Across State
California voters head to a statewide primary on August 29 to choose party candidates for U S senate governor and eleven congress districts along with key state offices and judicial posts. The main clash is the Republican race for the U S senate between incumbent Hiram W Johnson and Charles C Moore of San Francisco as major factions realign after months of intense campaigning. Governor William D Stephens seeks a second term amid opposition from Friend W to his re election bid.
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San Francisco
California
United States
Hiram W. Johnson
Chas. (. Moore
Johnson
William D. Stephens
Hoover outlines Winslow bill limits and coal ration targets
Secretary Hoover told the senate committee that if the Winslow bill passes, control may be needed for not more than 90 days but could extend six months. He estimated 2,000,000 tons of bituminous coal weekly for railroads, 750,000 for utilities, and 800,000 for government and essential uses to curb prices and profiteering in coal.
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Hoover
Senate
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