Railway Shop Crafts Reach Settlement Talks Across Roads
Leaders of the Federated Railway Shop Crafts began separate settlement talks with railroads after a July strike. About fifty roads had already agreed to settlements and more indicated willingness to negotiate. The plan calls for returning workers to former positions at rates set by the railroad labor board.
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Chicago
Federated Railway
General Policy Committee
Br. Jewell
American Federation of Labor
Jewell
Shop Crafts Executive Council
Shop Crafts’ Executive Council
Missouri Pacific Excluded From Chicago Strike Pact
Five St. Louis headquartered railroads were left out of a strike settlement announced tonight. The Missouri Pacific St Louis Southwestern Missouri Kansas and Texas St Louis San Francisco and the Wabash were not included in the agreement.
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Missouri Pacific Railroad
Chicago
St. Louis
Missouri Pacific
Magnates in East Prepare to Tumble Into Peace Bandwagon
New York September 14 A H Smith president of the New York Central railroad met with W G Lee president of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen and L E Sheppard president of the Order of Railway Conductors to discuss a renewal of the wage scale working conditions and rules A substantial agreement was announced and a signing session was expected tomorrow noon The scope includes all subsidiary lines and negotiations with other major roads are planned including the Pennsylvania B O New York New Haven Hartford Delaware and Hudson Lackawanna and Western Erie and Lehigh Valley The two unions act independently of firemen and engineers and no plans from them are known
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New York
A. H. Smith
New York Central Railroad
W. G. Lee
The
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
L. E Sheppard
Order of Railway Conductors
New York Central
Lee
Seyesa
Pennsylvania
Baltimore
Big Four
Railroads Signal End to Strike With 35 Percent Involvement
Advices from Chicago say railroads with about 35 percent of mileage intend to end the shopmen strike under the new policy. An additional 30 percent are ready to halt the strike. Treasury officials including Secretary Mellon see a very good business outlook but warn equipment shortages may limit rapid expansion.
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Washington
Labor Department
Chicago
Herding
Treasury
Mellon
Civic bodies urge action to finish Dixie Highway through N Louisiana
Parish representatives meeting in Monroe Chamber of Commerce urged drastic action to complete the Dixie Highway from Shreveport to Vicksburg. Reports from Richland Ouachita Bienville Caddo and Bossier parishes showed progress but delays remained. A committee will study causes and may travel to Washington to press federal highway authorities to act quickly.
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Shreveport
Vicksburg
Monroe Chamber of Commerce
Richland
Ouachita
Bienville
Caddo
Bossier
Webster
Washington
National Capitol
State Highway Department
Chambers of Commerce
Railroad strike settlement received by Hooper
Chicago Sept. 14 The settlement of the shopmen strike on certain railroads sustains the transportation act. If the strike questions return to the United States Railroad Labor Board, the fullest and fairest consideration will be given, said Ben W Hooper, chairman of the labor board, in a statement today.
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Associatedress
Milwaukee, Wis
Milwaukee
Chicago
United States Railroad Labor Board
Ben W. Hooper
Labor Board
Direct negotiations to end Southern Railway strike begin
Washington reports direct negotiations to end the shopmen strike on the Southern Railway will start in Washington this Saturday. Henry W. Miller, Southern vice president in charge of operations, expressed confidence the plan to return striking workers to service would be worked out at conferences after a shop crafts telegram initiated the talks.
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Washington
Southern Railway
Henry W. Miller
Southern
Separate peace settlements open for rail shopmen
The shop crafts policy committee yesterday approved separate peace plans with individual railroads to end the railway strike and today began signatory negotiations. About 50 of 202 class one roads are expected to sign, affecting roughly 55 000 miles of U S track.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Shop Crafts Policy Committee
Bert M. Jewell
American Federation of Labor
Shop Crafts Executive Council
Mr. Jewell
United States
Jewell
United States Railroad Labor Board
J. A. Franklin
Declan
Shop Craft
S Davies Warfield
Seaboard Air Line
Warfield
Daniel Willard
Baltimore and Ohio
Baltimore
Mr. Warfield
New York
President's wife improving amid cautious White House outlook
Washington reports Mrs. Harding shows steady improvement over the last three days and will receive less frequent bulletins as physicians foresee a lengthy convalescence. The hostess is unlikely to resume full social duties this winter, reflecting the extended recovery anticipated after her illness.
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Associated Press
Washington
Capitol
President Harding's Wife Improves, White House Reports
Washington reports Brig. Gen. Sawyer says Mrs. Harding spent an excellent night and shows satisfactory progress. Dr. George T. Harding Jr. returns to Columbus, Ohio, and Clifford Kling also heads home. President Harding remains by his wife's bedside and handles office work nearby.
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Washington
Harding
List of Lines For and Against Chicago Strike Pact
Official statements to the Associated Press show which roads rejected the strike settlement and which generally accepted it. The list includes lines such as Atlantic Coast Line Illinois Central Baltimore and Ohio Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul New York Central Southern Pacific and others.
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Chicago
Associated Press
Shop Crafts’ Policy Committee
Atlantic Coast Line
Central of Georgia
Delaware and Hudson
Delaware
Lackawanna and Western
Elkin, Juliet
Eastern
Erie
Fort Worth
Denver City
Gulf Coast Lines
Ilinois Central
Louisville
Nashville
Lehigh Valley
Minneapolis
St. Louis
Missouri
Kansas
Texas
Missouri Pacific
Pennsylvania
San Francisco
Southwestern
Southern Pacific
Wabash
Alabama
Great Southern
Bellingham
Northern
Baltimore
Ohio
Buffelo
Rochester
Pirgh
Boston
Albany
Chesterfield
Saw- Wieibar Lpae
Cotton Consumption Report Issued by U S Census Bureau
Washington September 14 Cotton consumed during August totaled 527 404 bales of lint and 60 825 bales of linters versus 458 648 lint and 55 424 linters in July this year and 467 059 lint and 52 106 linters in August last year. Exports reached 273 308 bales including 4 490 linters plus stocks held in establishments and public storage and compresses. Spindles active in August were 32 499 324, up from July and last August.
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Associated Press
Washington
Census Bureau
Walker Defeats Hardwick In Georgia Governor Race
In Georgia a Democratic nomination battle ends with Clifford Walker defeating Thomas W. Hardwick for governor. Walker carried 113 counties and 294 unit votes, while Hardwick won 41 counties, with Baylor not securing any unit votes.
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Associated Press
Atlanta
Thomas W. Hardwick
Georgia
Clifford M. Walker
Hardwick
Atlanta Constitution
Walker
H. Bedinger Baylor
United States
Thomas E. Watson
Ku Klux Klan
Organized Labor
Macon
Mayor Dade reveals two threatening letters over Mer Rouge turmoil
Mer Rouge Mayor R L Dade today published two letters he says threaten to “swoop down” with a thousand men unless lawlessness is removed. The letters, dated Rayville September 7 and Monroe September 11, accuse local figures of corruption and outline plans to assassinate opponents.
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R. L. Dade
Mer Rouge
Morehouse Parish
Rayville
Anti-Ku Klux Klan
Dr. McKell
Monroe
anti-Ken Klux Klan
McKain
Met Rouge
Dr. McKain
Dade
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U. S. Census Bureau
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