Miners Testify at Anthracite Coal Strike Commission Hearing
Scranton witnesses describe conditions at Philadelphia & Reading collieries. President Mitchell contests wage averages. Scranton Coal Company shows 191? earnings, with miners averaging 538 dollars yearly and a ten hour breaker day of 3.12 dollars. A fifteen year old breaker boy testifies to 65 cents daily with retained pay. discrimination allegations dominate the session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scranton
Penn
Anthracite Coal Strike Commission
Philadelphia & Reading Coal & Tron Company
George F. Baer
Mitchell
Delaware’ S& Hudson
Simon P. Wolverton
Reading Company
Scranton Coal Company
John B. Kerr
New York, Ontario ,and Western Railroad
Delaware and Hudson Company
Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company
Pease
John Veith
William Grett
Silver Creek
Reading
Veith
James Clark
Ashland
Teamsters’ Union of
Miners’ Union
Gray
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Judge allows peaceful picketing in Drop Forge dispute
In Indianapolis Judge Carter granted a restraining order against twenty named union men to prevent them from gathering at the Drop Forge Company plant to intimidate workers. The court upheld peaceful picketing as legal and modified a prior ruling that restricted the entire union from gathering at the site.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Carter
Drop Forge Company
Coal Output Reaches High Water Mark in Anthracite Regions
Reports from Reading Railway officials state the company mined 4 305 cars from 31 collieries on Thursday, near normal output and higher than when 37 collieries operated, with hopes to boost shipments as remaining collieries come online. A Washington delegation sought increased anthracite shipments to the city, but no promises were made. In Reading, 10 500 cars of coal totaling about 325000 tons have moved in a week as soft coal grows scarce and all mines run at full capacity.
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Philadelphia
Reading Railway
Henderson
Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company
Pennsylvania Railroad
National Civil Service Reform Association
Reading
Penn
Reading Company
Temporary Relief Reaches Coal F amished Town After Much Suffering
Special to The New York Times reports in Port Jervis New York that more than 500 cars of anthracite coal have moved daily through the town since the strike caused hardship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Port Jervis
N.Y
Coal famine relief arrives for Port Jervis as cars sent
After a severe coal shortage left many families without fuel, George W. Dowe of the Erie Delaware Division alerted General Superintendent G. T. Slade. Special orders were issued to send twenty seven coal cars to Port Jervis. The coal arrived overnight and carts transported it through the storm to relief the famine sufferers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Dowe
Delaware
Erie
G. T. Slade
Port Jervis
May Strike Tomorrow In Schenectady At GE Works
A committee from the Machinery Building section of the Trades Assembly visited G. E. Emmons to press for the reinstatement of Edward Utting, secretary of the Trades Assembly and business agent of the Screwmakers Union. Utting was discharged after nine days absence without foreman consent. If reinstatement is refused, about 6000 union workers at the General Electric Works may walk out on Monday. Both sides refused to discuss the case.
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Schenectady
N. Y
Trades Assembly
G. E. Emmons
General Electric Works
Edward Utting
Screwmakers’, Union and International
Allied Metal Mechanics
Immons
Utting
Coal Operators Busy Amid Winter Coal Shortage
Coal executives and dealers pressed to meet demand as cold weather strains supply and distribution. Baer of the Philadelphia and Reading, Markle of G B Markle & Co, and others worked into evening, noting New York receives most coal while West distribution lags. A new west-side depot opens to aid supply and residents report mixed heat access with tenants buying and deducting costs from rent where landlords fail to deliver.
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Baer
Philadelphia and Reading Company
John Markle
G. B. Markle & Co
New York
Dickson & Eddy
New York, Ontario and Western Company
West
Robert W. de Forest
Charity Organization Society
Tenement House
Communicaw Coal Company
West Fifty-first Street
West Side
Robert Hunter
University Settlement
Rivington
Eldridge
Morgan Empoyes Get Coal Aid From Erie Barge
Brooklyn clerks and bookkeepers at J. P. Morgan & Co secured four to five tons of coal per man after a plan backed by F. D. Underwood and J. P. Morgan. The Erie Railway barge delivered fuel to homes in Bay Ridge and Bath Beach, easing a severe supply shortage. Morgan approved the arrangement and reportedly paid the coal bills, though no public notice was issued.
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Wall Street
J. P. Morgan & Co
Brooklyn
Banking
Bay Ridge
Bath Beach
F. D. Underwood
Erie Railroad
Morgan
Underwood
Mr. Underwood
Mr. Morgan
Coal Shortage Grips Newark Beggars Plea for Fuel
In Newark the coal shortage worsens as desperate residents beg dealers for any supply. Regular customers are favored, while others are turned away. A charitable dealer sold eighty pounds of coal for 25 cents, earning 99 dollars in one hour as crowds remained large.
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Newark
N.J
More Coal for the Poor at City Distributing Stations
Anthracite shipments to distributing stations supplied 38 yards with about 228 000 buckets of coal, enough for roughly 57 000 people. Lines stretched for blocks in sleet as Volunteers of America and Salvation Army aided the needy, while small dealers profited from surge demand and temporary scarcity.
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Volunteers of America
Salvation Army
Mr. Gompers Addresses Coal Strike Debate At NYC Meeting
Samuel Gompers, president of the AFL, spoke to about five hundred women and thirty men at the League for Political Education on strikes. He argued labor as a market and urged a balanced view of strikes, noting some are won or beneficial, and praised unions for improving conditions and pay equity for women in certain trades. He also discussed the eight hour question and criticized beer-shop myths about leisure time.
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Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
League For Political Education
West Forty-fourth Street
Robert Erskine Ely
Mr. Gompers
Gompers
Cigarmakers’ International Union
Maine Ice Prospects Good
Special to The New York Times from Bangor Maine December 13 Maine rivers Kennebec and Penobscot frozen five to seven inches thick with clean blue ice ready for harvest if needed Independent operators and the American Ice Company plan to fill houses with a combined tens of thousands of tons of ice in coming months Sargentville Boothbay Rockport and Belfast will also cut ice with capacity targets near 70 000 and 132 000 tons respectively
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New York Times
Bangor
Maine
Kennebec
Penobscot
American Ice Company
Hudson
Middle States
New York
Pennsylvania
Trust
Sargentville
Bay Shore
Boothbay
Rockport
Belfast
Physician's testimony in Brooklyn suit amuses court
In Brooklyn Supreme Court a physician testifying for a railroad company amused spectators with evasive answers concerning his daily hospital visits to a patient injured in a trolley carriage collision. The dialogue showed the witness wavering over his own statements about his care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Brooklyn
Mayor Secures Coal for Burlington Poor at Cost
Burlington New Jersey December 13 Mayor Charles Y Flanders arranged two carloads of coal for the needy at cost. He warned the city is desperate with widespread hardship and coal shortages threatening all classes if relief is not soon provided.
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Burlington
N. J
Charles Y. Flanders
Flanders
Maine deer and wildlife hunt shatters records
Bangor reports a record hunting season in Northern Maine with about 5 000 deer and 200 moose killed along with many bears and other animals. Estimates of total deer slain range from 15 000 to 20 000, with over 8 000 visiting hunters spending about 1 000 000. Twenty one shooting accidents occurred, nine fatal, including a registered guide mistaken for a deer.
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New York Times
Bangor
Maine
Maine Woods
Poughkeepsie Tablet Debate at New Court House
In Poughkeepsie a dispute over tablet placement for the new Court House centers on honoring Alexander Hamilton John Jay and other constitutional convention figures suggesting removing the planned tablet listing court house officials to instead reserve space for the famous names. The writer urges self denial and self effacement as greatness.
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Poughkeepsie
New Court House
Alexander Hamilton
John Jay
Court House
Pough-keepsie News-Press
Boyhood Worries Over Parental Rules In Boston Transcript
A dialogue from the Boston Transcript shows Johnny complaining that his mother bans headstands and his father nags about shoe wear, reflecting everyday domestic friction and parental control in a child's view.
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Johnny
Tommy
Dad
Boston Transcript
Disagreeable Remarks Stir Circles of Friends
The ASUington Star reports a dialogue where Miss Cayenne objects to a group that delights in sharp or harsh comments. She questions the social value of such a circle and its pleasures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Cayenne
Asuington Star
Indian Girls Trained for Domestic Service in Western Cities
The Buffalo Enquirer reports that Indian girls from training schools are being hired as servant girls in major western cities. Over five thousand from schools like Chilacco and Haskell are said to work in homes in Kansas City Chicago St Louis and Denver. They are described as physically strong faithful polite and unobtrusive.
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West
Southwest
Kansas City
Chicago
St. Louis
Denver
Chilacco
Haskell
Buffalo Enquirer
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