Disorderly Car Strike Sparks Train Delays
A dozen trains are delayed as protesters strike using sticks and stones in a disorderly scene causing disruption to service and prompting police intervention at multiple stations.
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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1916
Page
1
Whitman to consider special session over streetcar strike
Governor Whitman planned to meet with Manhattan and Bronx lawmakers to discuss calling a special general assembly to address the crisis sparked by the threatened car men’s general strike. Aerial disorders and stone-throwing continued as unions urged a Wednesday work stoppage and about 266,060 unionists were said to be pledged to quit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitman
Manhattan
Bronx
Eet
Carmen Hugh Frayne
Labor leaders urge extraordinary session on New York strike
New York labor leaders press Governor Whitman to convene an extraordinary session as carmen strike threats loom. Roughly 49 percent of the 100,000 union workers in New York and vicinity vow to quit Wednesday, while a subway collision injures thirteen. Delegates representing 125,000 United Hebrew Trades vote for a Wednesday strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Metropolia
Whitman
Hugh Frayne
American Federation
27Th Street
Trafic
United Hebrew Trades
Overton Accused in Lawler Murder Held Five Implicated
Birmingham dispatch reports David D. Overton ex-circuit court clerk of Madison county Alabama was arrested in Smithville Tennessee on charges of murdering Probate Judge Lawler in Huntsville last June. The same week Sheriff Phillips and attorney Shelby Pleasants died by self-inflicted wounds amid the case. Percy Brooks and C M Nalls of Huntsville are jailed on complicity in the killing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Overton
Lawler
Birmingsham
Ala
David D. Overton
Madison County
Alabama
Huntsville
Smithville
Tenn
Tate
Tennessee River
Shelby Pleasants
Phillips
Percy Brooks
C. M. Nalls
Man Confesses Attempted Assault. Negro Shot by Father
Winnsboro La Sept 25 following a confession the previous day a fiveyearold daughter of C R Elleroe of Franklin parish was assaulted Saturday by two negro men Jesse William and another. One suspect was shot by the child's father and was later captured as a mob gathered with demands for hanging. Physicians reported the negro would die.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnsboro
R. Elleroe
Franklin Parish
Willian
Baching
Casing Set At The Perryville Well No. 1
The deep spring casing is set in Perryville Well No. 1 and drilling will resume after the cement hardens. Two experienced drillers are directing operations, with both men holding oil field experience. Company officials defend rig strength and report strong prospects amid small capitalization and widespread lease connections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perryville
Perryville Company
Wilbur H. Ellis
Yellow fever seen in single Ecuador port on Rockefeller trip
New York report says the Rockefeller Yellow Fever Commission found the disease in only Guayaquil Ecuador during its tour of Ecuador Peru and Colombia. General William C. Gorgas, chairman, announced that five members arrived aboard the Brazos from Porto Rico. The group plans to visit Rio de Janeiro Manaos Pernambuco and Bahia in Brazil and will sail again October 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Guayaqui
Ecuador
Rockefeller
Peru
Colombia
William C. Gorgas
Porto
Rio de Janeiro
Maneos
Pernembuco
Bahia
Brazil
Governors Aid Road Celebration on Sheridan Route
Kenosha Wisconsin September 26 governor Dunne of Illinois and governor Philipp of Wisconsin met at the Kenosha county boundary during the Sheridan road celebration. A short program featured greetings and addresses after which the governors were escorted into Kenosha by a large parade of automobilists. The event aimed to spur support for a vast road linking Chicago and Milwaukee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenosha
Wis
Sheridan Road
Dunne
Ilinois
Philipp
Wisconsin
Kenosha County
Chicago
Milwaukee
Mexican-American commission to adjourn then resume in Atlantic City
In New Londos Conn Sept 26 members of the Mexican-American commission agreed to hold the last session Thursday, adjourn until Mendi, and resume conferences in Atlantic City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Londos
Conn
Mendi
Atlantic City
Fort Worth Wet Vote Defeats Prohibition Majority
Fort Worth and Tarrant county vote totals show wet supporters prevail with about 1,400 county majority and Fort Worth city delivering a heavy wet vote. City tally at 8 pm: 7,140 votes counted with 4,748 anti and 2,422 wet. county result 785 pro and 445 anti.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth
Texas
Tircent County
Prohibition
Forts Worth
Tarrant County
U S Exports Pass Half Billion Dollars a Month
Washington reports August exports reached 519 million dollars, a record and 35 million above May, while imports fell to 199.25 million. For the year through August, exports totaled 4.75 billion and imports 2.30 billion, with a positive trade balance of 97.3 million for August.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Washington
Department of Commerce
United States
New Business Era for Nation Marks Wilson Speech
President Wilson delivered a spece almost devoid of politics signaling a new business era for the nation as voices shift toward economic concerns and industrial growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
Sperce
Wilson voices nonpartisan tone at grain dealers meet
President Wilson spoke before the National Grain Dealers convention in Baltimore, urging nonpartisan focus on trade expansion and the new tariff commission. He cited cooperation between government and business as key to competing globally, and urged clear trade liberties and banking and shipping law reform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Uoitresa
Wilson
Federal Trade Commission
Tariff Commission
Baltimore
National
Grain Dealers Convention
New Tariff Commission
The
Trade Commission
Federal Reserve
Garrick Theatre
Erain Dvalere
Maryland
Latin America
Businss
United States
American chemists meet emergency at national exposition
New York reports the second national exposition of chemical industries opening with speakers from the American Chemical Society Electro Chemical Society and the Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry. The display is more than double last year with four times more dyestuffs on show and American manufacturers supplying about 75 percent of 1915 dye needs. Thomas J Keenan notes the strong role of chemistry in paper manufacturing and a colossal industry growth since 1899.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
American Chemical Society
The
Electro-Chemical Society
Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry
United States
Thomas J. Keenan
American Hospital Association opens four day convention
Philadelphia hosts more than 5600 delegates including medical and executive heads of leading U.S. and Canadian hospitals for the annual American Hospital Association convention. The four day session begins with a large female presence among attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
United States
Canada
American Hospital Association
Standardization and Nursing Training Debate in Association
Delegates will discuss standardizing hospital work and training nurses. The association is expected to endorse a properly organized dental clinic for every hospital as physicians agree mouth treatment is vital for fighting germs.
Reunion of Telegraph Corps and Association Opens in New York
A joint reunion of the Society of the United States Telegraph Corps and the Old Times Telegraphers and Historical Association begins in New York with attendees from across the United States and Canada. Leading members include Andrew Carnegie and Thomas A. Edison. Edison invites his old-time associates to visit his laboratories at East Orange, New Jersey, tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Society of the Tnited States Telegraph Corps
Old- Times Telegraphers and Historical Association
United States
Canada
Old-Time Telegraphers and Historical Association
Andrew Carnegie
Thomas A. Edison
Drop in infantile paralysis cases lowers travel inspectors’ timeline
New York on September 25 reports a marked drop in infantile paralysis cases over the last two days. The federal health service surgeons inspecting interstate travel say they will depart New York on October 1 if the decline continues tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Federal Health Service
Washington talks on blacklist debate with British envoy
Secretary Lansing and Colville Barclay discussed the black list controversy and other pending questions between the United States and Great Britain at a conference in Washington. Both refused to discuss details as the subjects remain under negotiation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Great Britain
Lansing
Colville Barclay
Kansas Irrigation Congress Opens in Larned Kans
The Kansas Irrigation Congress began its annual meeting in Larned Kansas with President FE Frizell calling the session to order. A large group of farmers and practical irrigators from across the state attended, and the proceedings are scheduled to continue tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas Irrigation Congress
Larned
Kans
FE. F. Frizell
Kansas
New Rural Route Established on West Side of River
Postmaster J T Bryant secured a new 28 mile rural route on the west side of the river from West Monroe to Center Point and Air Line road with three days weekly service starting November 1. A Civil Service exam will be held October 14 at the Monroe post office for carriers. The move aims to provide free mail delivery to all parish areas where roads allow motor routes, pending road improvements for daily service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. T. Bryant
Monroe
Natchitoches Road
West Monroe
Center Point School
Chris Coates
J. F. Noble
Air Line
Bryant
Monrore
Calhoun
Eros
Bastrop
Immense gas pipe works arrive for city mains
An enormous drilling plant, the largest in the region, was received by Hunter and McCormick. J. H. Trousdale said the firm will meet gas franchise conditions and begin supplying gas soon. J. H. Tratcher arrived from Shreveport to survey pipe needs for mains across the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hunter & McCormick
J. H. Trousdale
J. H. Tratcher
Shreveport
Beans and Onions to Rank With Terrapin and Lobster
Sept. 26 Chicazzo The Vegetable Growers Association of America opens its annual convention in this city as vegetable prices soar. Affected crops include pickles onions beans and potatoes with labor shortages and dry seasons blamed for widespread failures. Growers warn high prices persist while profits lag and many farmers face bankruptcy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicazzo
London
Iue
Overcoming Resistance on the Somme Front
Combat dispatches describe French and British units pressing forward on the Somme front amid stiff German resistance. Reports note troop movements, artillery bombardments, and local gains as the campaign continues to unfold with no decisive breakthrough yet evident.
Aerial engagements and Somme front fighting intensify
Paris reports French capture of Fregicourt and Combles cemetery as 800 prisoners taken. British enter Combles with resistance overcome. Verdun attacks checked. Zeppelin raid over east and northern coasts. Greek army chief of staff resigns. Spain protests German submarine torpedoing ships. On Macedonian front Bulgarians counter-attack. French and Russian forces take fifty prisoners west of Florina. artillery actions between Struma and Vardar continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Somme
England
Fregicourt
Comiles
Verdun Front
Thiaumont Woods
Fleury
Athens
Moschopolous
Spain
Germany
Florina
Struma
Vardar
Virginia Municipal League Opens Annual Clifton Forge Session
Clifton Forge Va Sept 26 Clifton Forge hosts the annual convention of the League of Virginia Municipalities over three days with mayors and other official representatives from nearly all leading cities in the state present at the opening proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Municipal League
Clifton Forge
League of Virginia Municipalities
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Decevrnor Whitman
General Assembly
Prom
Sym
Carmen
Department of Justice
G. Carrell Todt
Boston
Aiorne
Rico
Governors Aid
Will Miet
Gardless
Edison
Fast Orange, N. J
West Side
Motor Route
Association
Associated Press
Combles
Bas
Paume
Perronne
Lyceum Theatre
Jesse Lasky
Paramount
the Dupe
Etter
Dorothy Gish Lovable
Dorothy Gish
Gretchen, the
Greenhorn
Hart
the Patriot
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