New Jersey Trolley Strike Ties Up Transit
Northern New Jersey faced a near shutdown as Public Service Railway Company conductors and motormen went on strike impacting Newark and surrounding towns. Federal Ship Yard and other plants used volunteer drivers to maintain some service while talks continued. Union leaders formed the Brotherhood of Street Railway and Railroad Workers of New Jersey as negotiations stalled over wage terms and overtime rates.
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Public Service Railway Company
New Jersey
Newark
Federal Ship Yard Company
Traction Company
Kearny
Summit Avenue
Bay View
Brotherhood of Street Railway and Railroad Workers of
Essex
Orangea
Montclair
Bloomfield
Caldwell
Verona
Glen Ridge
Hudson
Hudson County
Ergen
Camden
Passaic
Passaick County
Union
Middlesex Counties
Wreight-Martin Aircraft Corporation
du Pont Powder Works
Hercules Powder Comany
John J. Rodgers
Washington
Willam H. Taft
McCarter
Telegraphers Ready for Possible International Strike
Chicago June 6 The threatened strike of commercial telegraphers may expand to an international scale affecting not only commercial companies but every railroad in the United States and Canada. Union president J. Konenkamp says locals are instructed to prepare strike steps including halls, strike benefits, and division heads ready to act after a 24 hour notice if Western Union relief fails. Railroad telegraphers would be asked to refuse commercial business. He says union membership secrecy hinders actions but a full shut down is possible.
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Chicago
United States
Canada
J. Krenenkamp
Commercial Telegraphers’ Union of America
Konenkamp
Western Union
Waitle
Union Men Restless Over Wage Demands at Curti ns Hall
At a meeting of Union Railway Company employes in Cur tins Hall New York last night to press for higher wages and better working conditions Louis Fridiger attorney for the Amalgamated Association said thirty conductors and motor men were discharged yesterday. He insisted the dismissals were on technical pretexts but tied to their participation in a crew meeting Wednesday night to discuss pay raises.
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Union Railway Company
Curtins Hall
Third Avenue
166Th Street
Louis Fridiger
Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railways of America
Silk firm arraigns Heather Company men in graft case
Vietor and Achelis silk and cotton merchants at Twenty fifth Street and Madison Avenue had Hiram K. Gaynor and Alfred J. Cox, Heather Silk Company proprietors, arrested yesterday on two larceny charges totaling 557.70 dollars. The arrests arise from a trade deal in which Vietor and Achelis were to finance Heather by advancing cash equaling 80 percent of sales invoices.
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Vietor & Achelis
Twenty-fifth Street
Madison Avenue
Hiram K. Gaynor
Alfred J. Cox
Heather Silk Company
Fifth Avenue
Heather Company
Times Man to Talk on the War
T Walter Williams of the staff of the New York Times, who just returned from four months in Europe, will lecture tonight to the Emory Young Women's Club at the Emory Methodist Church Bergen Belmont Avenues on What We Think We Should About the War Situation.
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T. Walter Williams
Tur New York Times
Europe
France
Flanders
Emory Young Women's Club
Emory Methodi
Nplacojal
Church
Bergen
Belmont Avenues
Pe Uth
Government Seizes Papers From Shipbuilder's Brooklyn Plant
Assistant U S District Attorney Henry W Beer and DOJ and Naval Intelligence agents seized time cards and time sheets from the Tebo Yacht Basin Company in Brooklyn owner Todd Shipyards Corp. The seizure, under a warrant issued by U S Commissioner McGoldrick, targets timekeeping data on workers for contracts on minesweepers and naval auxiliaries. The Todd presidency and contract value were noted but not explained by officials.
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United States
Henry W. Beer
Brooklyn
Department of Justice
Naval Intelligence Service
Tebo Yacht Basin Company
Twenty-third Street
Todd Shipyards Corporation
William H. Todd
McGoldrick
New York
Heer
Todd
Times
Palmer to widen seizure under enemy act
Special to The New York Times reports that under a May 1 proclamation the Alien Property Custodian will seize government property of thousands of nonaffected individuals. The expanded enemy definition adds five classes including wives of German and Austrian officials, interned persons, propagandists, and those tied to enemy trading lists, extending reach beyond interned or resident enemies.
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Washington
Mitchell Palmer
Germany
Austria-Hungary
Austria- Hungary
United States
Austria
Switzerland
France
England
South America
Mexico
Senate Suffrage Debate Hints at Vote Next, No Date Set
In Washington on June 6 senators pressed for a vote on woman suffrage. Senator Gallinger noted many letters urging action, while Senator Shafroth said the committee needed three more votes to pass it this session. Republicans Cummins and Nelson criticized delays as talks closed with no vote date announced.
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New York Times
Washington
Senate
Gallinger
Woman Suffrage Committee
Shafroth
Jones
New Mexico
Friends of Sufffrage
Cummins
Nelson
Lichnowsky Moves to Swiss Territory May Imply German Consent
Zurich reports Prince Lichnowsky, former German ambassador to London, has arrived in Switzerland with a passport, implying consent by the German government. Earlier dispatches noted his virtual capture at his Silesian château and discussed possible treason charges and criminal proceedings.
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Zurich
Prince Lichnowsky
London
Switzerland
Lichnowaky
Silesia
Amsterdam
Berlin
Waiters Strike Delays National Piano Merchants Dinner
At the Hotel Biltmore the annual National Association of Piano Merchants of America dinner started late after waiters walked out in protest. Edmund Grant presided as James W. Gerard and Senator William Calder spoke on music's wartime value and proposed new war tax ideas, including a 1 cent per dollar over $1 purchase tax.
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Hotel Biltmore
National Association of Piano Merchants of America
Edmund Grant
Milwaukee
Association
Anne Fitztu
Chicago Opera Company
James W. Gerard
Germany
United States
William M. Calder
New York
Calder
Ways and Means Committee
House of Representatives
Presidents
Congress
Gerard
America
Berlin
Judge Lindsay Confident Allies Will Win War
Special Cable from Rome reports Judge Ben Lindsay stating the Allies grasp the gravity of the war and are determined to win. He praises Italy’s actions, expresses readiness to repeat them, and calls for wider understanding of United States efforts, asserting unshakable resolve and faith.
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New York Times
Rome
Ben Lindsay
America
Italy
United States
Hudson Tunnels To Increase Rates Protests In Jersey City
Hudson tunnels announce general fare increase effective 12:01 AM June 10 1918. New York Jersey City Hoboken routes raise to 1 cent for tunnel travel. Newark trips at 27 cents one-way and 14 cents half tickets. Jersey City Chamber of Commerce and Mayor Hague protest by telegrams and plan a mass meeting. Authorities cite government order 2S under Rail Administration.
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W. Cook
Hudson & Manhattan Railroad Company
United States Railroad Administration
New York City
Uptown
Downtown
Jersey City
Hoboken
Bixth Avenue
Newark
New York
Church Street
Mr. Fisk
Jersey City Chamber of Commerce
Louis Sherwood
McAdoo
Alfred H. Smith
Joseph P. Tumulty
William Slocum
New Jersey Public Service Commission
Frank Hague
McAdso
New Jersey
Hudson Tubes
Washington
Auto owners liable for speeding clarified by court ruling
An Appellate Division opinion in Brooklyn held that an owner can be liable for speeding if a chauffeur violates the law while under the owner's control. The ruling upholds a conviction of Abraham E. Harrison for permitting a driver to exceed the speed limit, rejecting the owner’s defense of lack of knowledge about the car’s speed. The decision aims to deter habitual speeders and protect road users, praised by Magistrate House and Kings County authorities.
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Supreme Court
Brooklyn
Megistrate House
McGuire
Magistrate House
Kings County
Abraham E. Harrison
Lresiding
Jenks
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