Railroad Dispute In City Edges Toward Settlement
In a pivotal conference between Big Four unions and railroad managers in New York, no concession has appeared and a strike danger looms. Observers warn a nationwide stoppage could cost the public up to 25 million dollars daily, with referendum steps possible if talks stall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Bugineering Societies
Thirty-ninth Street
A. B. Garretson
Conductors’ Union
A. Webb
Missouri, Kansas
Texas
Big Four
Pblic
Memorial services honor unknown sailor dead at Brooklyn Navy Yard
At the Brooklyn Navy Yard athletic field, memorial services for unknown sailors who died defending their country were held under the Central Memorial Committee and Sons of Veterans of Brooklyn and Long Island. Attendees included William A. Stubner and Rev. John Lewis Clark, with a floral fleet launched on Whitney Basin and a final taps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Central Memorial Committee
Sons of Veterans of Brooklyn
Long Island
Tve
William A. Stubner
John Lewis Clark
Bushwick Avenue Congregational Church
Sture
Franz Sigel
New York Division
Sons of Veterans
Bernard Callaghan
H. D. Hibbard
Francis X. Broschart
St. Barbara's
Navy Yard Band
Fort Totten
Garland N. Whistler
United Spanish War Veterans
Charles Pope Caldwell
Charles TD. Sigsbee
Ss. N
Joseph Hartigan
Weights and Measures
Manhattan
Burglar Dog Incident Tops Bensonhurst Night
Police found Motor Cycle Policeman Walter Manley firing five shots at a dog in a Bensonhurst home after hearing a noise and discovering a hungry intruder near a Bay 35th Street residence. The dog escaped as the officer believed burglars targeted the home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bensonhurst
Bath Beach
Walter Manley
Bay Thirty-fifth Street
Manley
Maniey
Ile de la Reunion Grounding Near Romer Light
The French freighter Ile de la Reunion laden with munitions ran aground near Romer Light on Saturday evening. The captain tried to refloat at high water but failed, sent a distress to James Elwell & Co., who dispatched wrecking tugs Tasco and Champion. The ship was floated at high water last night and then proceeded to sea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ile de la Reunion
Bordeaux
James Elwell & Co
Tasco
Champion
Reckless Autoists Maim Many In A Day
A series of auto accidents in and near the city left multiple people with serious injuries. Adolph Forsbers, driving for Dr. J E Mackenty, struck 7 year old Mary Kuab on Jackson Avenue, with Nicolo Jacuviano forcing the chauffeur to stop. Mary was taken to Lincoln Hospital with internal injuries. A patrolman arrested Forsbers for felonious assault. Other crashes injured Mrs. Robert Merrick, lifting her by the hair, and Arthur Lawrence who needed Fordham Hospital care after a fight. A stolen automobile case surfaced with Frank Bamford and associates. Lawrence later confessed to stealing the car. A fourth crash on Melrose Avenue injured George Francowitz, who died after being struck by a trolley platform. Police pursued a speeding driver identified as Charles Wagner.
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Adolph Forsbers
J. E. Mackenty
West Fifty-fourth Street
Morrisania Street
Mary Kuab
Jackson Avenue
Lith Street
Nicolo Jacuviano
East 149Th Street
Joseph Cohn
East 168d
Lincoln Hospital
Skill and Sullivan
Robert Merrick
Aspen Avenue
Philadelphia
Baker's Hotel
Atlantic City
H. ©. James
Arthur Lawrence
West Ninety Eighth Street
Fordham Hospital
Buckner
Highbridge
Frank S. Bamford
Amerie Tradé Publishing Company
Fiftyfourth
177Th Street
Jerome Avenue
Fordham Hosital
Lawrence
Awrence
Carl Johnson
Amsterdam Avenue
Comanion
Charlies Wagner
160Th Street
George Francowitz
Massacre Avenue
Albert
Robert Knuppelberg
Eagle Avenue
George Francowicz
Melrose Avenue
Levanon Hospital
Woodbridge
Perth Amboy
N. J
Ella McSruther
Auto overturn on road injures Hinck family and others
Ernest G. Hinck of Montclair and his family were thrown from their car, which overturned into a ditch. All occupants suffered only cuts and bruises before the car was righted by bystanders. the party continued to Hinck’s Sebright summer home. Another note reports Mrs. Sockbridge badly injured when her vehicle overturned near Langhorne, with recovery uncertain. Motorcycle officer Edwin Fisk of Ridgewood was injured after colliding with a car near North Hempstead Turnpike. he sustained a fractured right thigh and was taken to Flushing Hospital.
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Ernest G. Hinck
Montclair
New York
Langhorne
Trenton
N. J
Edwin F. Fisk
Oast Vancortland Avenue
Ridgewood
North H Mpstead Turnpike
Freshpond Road
Isadore Strongill
Flushing Hospital
Cloakmakers Union Mobilizes 3000 Pickets at Midnight
The Cloakmakers Union put 3000 pickets on duty at midnight to deter strikebreakers and keep workers out of shops. A second shift of 4000 will relieve them at 4 am, with another rotation planned, as 10,000 pickets are expected by 9 am to prevent return to work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cloakmakers’ Union
Benjamin Schlesinger
Union
Civic Forum
Church of the Ascension
Robert W. Bruere
George Gordon Battle
Bruere
Solon Freidman
Arlington Hall
St. Mark's Place
Citizens’ Committee
Cloak and Salt Makers
Belmont to testify before Thompson Committee today
August Belmont will be the first witness before the Thompson Legislative Committee this session and J. P. Morgan is expected to appear later in the week. They will be asked about bonuses paid after dual subway contracts and about the Stevens and Gillespie contracts and possible knowledge of alleged commitments obligations tied to a 2 million dollar appropriation. The committee may revisit wire tapping if developments arise as Frank Mora notes ongoing interest in police wiretapping devices.
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Belmont
Thompson Legislative Committee
J. P. Morgan
Mr. Belmont
Theodore P. Shonts
Stevens
Gillespie
Thompson
Frank Mora
Moss
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Sailor Dead
Warship of Flowers
de la Reunion
Shoal
Hinck
London Lancet
Foster
London
England
Knickerbocker
Ruppert
Jacob Ruppert
Third Avenue
90Th
92D Street
Julius Kayser & CO
Kayser
Gutta Percha Paint CO
Providence
Rices Mill
San Francisco
Oriental Ports
Governor Forbes
Wallach
Hart Schaffner & Marx Clothes
Lord Salisbury
Salisbury
STEN
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Air
Harry A. Lozier
the Hollander-Randall CO
Broadway
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