Hines fixes September six for all shopmen to return
Director General Hines issued a flat ultimatum to striking shopmen of the New York Central Baltimore and Ohio and Chicago Burlington and Quincy to return to work by Saturday September 6 or have their places filled. Telegraphs to regional directors warned contrast with California actions last week and cited 800 workers at Buffalo 1500 at Cumberland and broader government operation stance.
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New York Central
Baltimore & Ohio
Chicago
Burlington & Quincy
Hines
California
OWS
Washington, D. C
A. T. Hardin
Railroad Administration
New York City
Mechanical Department
New York Central Railroad
Depew
United States Railroad Administration
United Sates Railroad Administration
Walker D. Hines
C. H. Markham
Philadelphia
Cumberland
Hale Holden
Reef
Burlington
Havelock
Neb
Buffalo
Rcal
N. Y
New York General
M. J. McMahon
Washington
International Association of Machinists
McMahon
Baltimore and Ohio
National steel workers face strike decision delay
The National Committee for Organizing Steel Workers failed to reach a decision at its AFL headquarters on actions after US Steel refused to meet with union reps. A second meeting is set for tomorrow, after a recent strike vote by 24 affiliated organizations. Chairman John Fitzpatrick hinted at a major announcement following tomorrow's session.
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Washington
National Committee For Organizing Steel Workers
American Federation of Labor
Union
Steel Workers
United States Steel Corporation
John Fitzpatrick
Chicago
Austrian Peace Terms Kill Hopes of the Royalists
Geneva reports say Vienna received peace terms with surprise and indignation. Monarchists fear the Renner Ministry will fall and that the Hapsburgs cannot return. Former Emperor Charles, informed in Paris, decides to leave Switzerland.
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Geneva
Associated Press
Vienna
Renner
Charles
Paris
Switzerland
Actors Reject Managers Terms In Theatre Strike
Actors' Equity Association rejected the managers five year contract offer and proposed a two and a half year term with other conditions. Managers vowed to reopen all theatres with nonunion staff, risking a nationwide strike and possible violence. A reform package included arbitration and no blacklist, but was rejected by the actors who insisted any agreement end by December 31, 1921.
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Actors’ Equity Association
Producing Managers’ Association
Arthur Hopkins
Council of the
Actors’ Equity
Actors’ Fidelity League
Actors’ Equity As
Telephone Co Cuts Subscriber Rates Eight Percent in City
The New York Telephone Company proposed an eight percent cut on city business and residence charges effective Oct 1 for five boroughs. A five cent maximum will apply to five minute calls inside the city, with an annual saving of about 2.5 million dollars for 60,000 subscribers. The plan excludes toll calls, public pay stations, and long distance, with impact depending on hotel and apartment-house proprietors.
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New York City
Five Boroughs
Public Service Commission
Second District
J. L. Swayze
Charles B. Hill
Buffalo
Jose A. Kellogg
Glens Falls
Albany
T. P. Sylvan
New York Telephone Company
Hill
Kellogg
James A. Foley
Swayze
Burr
Robert L. Stan
Mark Goldberg
R. Commission
Mill
Interborough
German Austrian Trade Plot Uncovered in Switzerland
Swiss officials exposed a scheme where 81 percent of Vienna University students in Switzerland were actually German Austrian commercial travelers. They carried samples and price lists meant for London and New York, using Swiss asylum as cover. Switzerland refused to endorse the students' passports.
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Geneva
Associated Press
Switzerland
Vienna University
Vienna
Berne
London
New York
Brooklyn landlord faces 450 eviction bid in 17 tenements
Brooklyn landlord B. F. W. Realty tried to evict 450 families from 17 five story tenements on Flushing and Bedford Avenues and Wallabout Street. Tenants linked to the Williamsburgh Tenants League halted movers and pledged to keep up rent strikes as police prepare a new crew.
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B. F. W. Realty Company
Brooklyn
Flushing Avenue
Bedford Avenue
Wallabout Street
D. McBride
Broadway
Williamsburg
Jacob Fox
Beekman Street
Manhattan
Kent
Fox
Enright
Rebecca Schanker
A. L. Henkins
Willoughby Avenue
Schanker
Dora Eskins
East 119Th Street
Samuel Goldstein
Samuel Waenter
Benjamin Friedman
Aaron Turofsky
Hyman
Frenants’ League
John B. Golden
Corporation Counsel’s Office
Dlord
Senate Committee Votes Treaty With Reservations and 38 Amendments
The Foreign Relations Committee voted to report the Peace Treaty with four reservations and thirty-eight direct amendments. Key points include Articles X and XI, Monroe Doctrine interpretation, and US control over withdrawal, armed forces, and domestic questions. Lodge plans a majority report with a minority counterproposal.
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New York Times
Washington
Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
Shields
Tennessee
United States
McCumber
North Dakota
Lodge
League Council
Congress
League
Elihu Root
Root
Ad for Impertal Granum Unsweetened Baby Food
An advertisement touts LT babies relying on Impertal Granum unsweetened food as beneficial to health, claiming richness in nourishment and vigor. The copy emphasizes health benefits and dietary value for infants.
Ratification of German Peace Treaty With Four Reservations
Senate Foreign Relations Committee finalizes ratification text for the peace treaty with Germany, including four reservations. Reservations assert US rights to withdraw from the League, limit obligations on territorial integrity and intervention, reserve domestic jurisdiction over immigration and tariffs, and exclude Monroe Doctrine policy from League arbitration. Ratification requires acceptance by three of four major powers Britain France Italy Japan.
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New York' Times
Washington
Germany
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
United States
Versailles
Great Britain
France
Italy
Japan
League of Nations
League
The
Congress of the
Council
Assembly of the League of Nations
Assembly
Council of the League of Nations
Wilson to Hold National Labor Conference With 45 Participants
President Wilson fixes October 6 for a national labor conference with forty five participants divided into three groups representing the public labor and industry. Gompers to arrange for fifteen labor delegates while six organizations select fifteen employer representatives. The aim is to ease industrial tension and foster cooperative relations among capital and labor.
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Washington
Wilson
White House
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Employers of Labor
National Industrial Conference Board
Investment Bankers’ Association
American Society of Equity
National Grange
National Farmers’ Union
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
Barr Association Urges Unqualified Treaty Ratification
Boston September 4 The American Barr association Special Committee urges unqualified ratification of the Peace Treaty with Germany despite minority dissent. The majority argues amendments after ratification avoid delaying the conference and warns reservations alter obligations under Article X or the League of Nations.
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New York Times
Boston
Mass
Germany
League
William H. Wadhams
Frederick N. Judson
Edgar A. Bancroft
Henry St. George Tucker
Charles Blood Smith
League of Nations
Wilson Appeals for Ratification of Peace Treaty in Indianapolis
President Wilson draws 12 000 to Coliseum rally urging acceptance of the Peace Treaty with the League Covenant. He criticizes opponents as ignorant and calls supporters to read the document, stressing a better program as the path to world peace. The event follows an earlier Columbus appearance.
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New York Times
Indianapolis
Ind
Wilson
State Fair Grounds
Anxi
Goodrich
Republian
Senator New
Wileep
Germany
Middle West
Columbus
Ohio
Ison
Feir
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Buffalo Strikers
Cumberland and
Steel Workers’ National Committee
Despark
Advt
Producers’ Association
Pall Mall
New House Proprietors
Schleppers
Harlem
Senator Shields
Committee
Fall
New Mexico
Johnson
Reparations Commission
Gospers
Labor
BAR Report
Uni
Hartshorne
N. ¥. Stock Exchange
America
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