General strike doubts loom as Rivermen weigh walkout
Waterfront unions and longshoremen debated a city wide sympathy strike while talks with Mayor Mitchel focused on police activities and transit restoration efforts. Leaders said no general halt materialized as machinists and teamsters wavered amid stalled action in Interborough operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amaltemated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employes of America
Machiaisia
Amalgamated
Greece
Wv. O'Connor
Mitchel
Interborough
International Teamsters Union
Morgan
Figte Continental
Timothy Healy
Firemen's Union
Healy
Power House
Ernest Bohm
Central Federated Union
Arthur Woods
Central Federated Unions Strike Committee
Sitzgerald
Hugh Frayne
American Federation of Labor
Abey
Villa Defeat and Martial Law Amid Chihuahua City Fighting
Special to The New York Times reports General Gonzales in Juarez declaring martial law in Chihuahua City after Villa's attack on the outskirts. Some 157 Villistas killed, 87 captured and shot, with others held for execution. Carranza forces retook palaces as Trevino led assaults and was wounded. Villistas fleeing toward Santa Ysabel. trains depart Chihuahua.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
EL Paso
Texas
Francisco Gonzales
Juarez
Chihuahua City
Villa
Carranza
Gonzales
Santa Rosa Hill
Jacinto Trevino
Trevino
Chihuahua
Santa Rosa
Santa Ysabel
Mexico City
Obregon
United States
Villistas
American Gun Rejected by US Wins for British
Ordnance Bureau bars the American gun in a clash over models. Gen Crozier’s leadership under fire as other officers support the British design. Plattsburg test labeled unofficial but deemed superior to the Modele W and adopted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Villa
Columbus
N. M
United States Army
William Crozier
Ordnance
Lewis
Leonard Wood
Department of the Host
Frederick Funston
Mexican
Pershing
Mexico
George O. Lauter
Signal Corps
America
England
Ordnance Department
Army
Geneval Crozier
Department
General Crozier
Plattsburg
Wood
Crozer
Crozier
War Department
General Crozer
Seth Low Memorial Recalls Brooklyn and New York Leader
SETH LOW former mayor of New York and longtime Columbia University president died at Broad Brook Farm in Bedford Hills after a long illness. He led Brooklyn as mayor 1878 80 and 18839 and was a civic reformer shaping tax, schools and municipal services. He was born in Brooklyn in 1849 and later led Columbia University and the Chamber of Commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bedford Hills
N. Y
J. Francis Chapman
Mr. Low
Dr. Chapman
Low
Broad Brook Farm
Brooklyn
New York
Columbia University
Abiel Abbott Low
Eilen Dow Low
Massachusetts
Harvard
Mnzn
Chamber of Commerce
Columbia College
Hamilton Fish
Barnard
Columbia
Young Low
Dr. Low
A. A. Low & Brothers
Fourteenth Ward
Socon
Young Republican Club
Issy
Israahiyan
Tweed Ring
Iss
Mrs. C B Williams Dies in Shore Acres Auto Wreck
Mrs. C B Williams of New York City was killed in an auto accident at Shore Acres near Mamaroneck. Her husband and daughter, both listed in critical condition, were injured along with four others after a windshield shattered and the vehicle struck a tree.
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White Plains
N. Y
I. Williams
New York City
Shore Acres
Mamaroneck
Christian Science Church
Shore Acres Club
Boston Post Road
Elmer Thompson
Williams
Mr. Williams
J. J. Hull
Katherine Painé
Walter L. Stevens
New York
New London Stirred by Rumor of German Submarine
Reports from New London Connecticut claim a German submarine merchantman approached the port with sightings off Fisher's Island and a tugboat move to sea. A launch later found no submarine and US submarines were visible offshore. The tug remained outside the harbor as officials awaited confirmation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New London
Conn
Fisher's Island
Long Island Sound
T. A. Scott, Jr
Eastern Forwarding Company
United States
Naval Station
Block Island
Germany Pressing Submarine War Sinks 194 Ships
Berlin reports German submarines sank 26 hostile merchant vessels totaling 96,228 tons in the English Channel and Atlantic from Sept 3 to Sept 11. Seven neutral ships of 10,600 tons were also sunk under prize law for carrying contraband. August losses: 126 hostile ships totaling 170,879 tons destroyed. 35 neutral ships with 38,568 tons carrying contraband.
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Germany
Berlin
Bayville
English Channel
Atlantic
England
France
Gorridge
Radie
Auto Crash Kills Five After Harlem River Pillar Collision
A car speeding about sixty mph struck a pillar of the Willis Avenue Bridge, killing five today and injuring seven others, with one more death reported later. Twelve people rode from Sulzer's Harlem River Casino and across the Bronx after a James Duffy Association ball. The vehicle, owned by Gra ham Murtha, was driven by Thomas Haire who took the car without permission from a night watchman. The deceased include Thomas Haire Herman Haike May Burns William Fay May Flannery Hart Newman Frank Taylor and Lillie Wilson. Thomas Duane, also in the car, survived with minor injuries and returned home after treatment.
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Willis Avenue
Harlem River
James Duffy
Haire
Thomas
East 124Th Street
Haike
Herman
Pannest
Newman
May
Spangenburg
Carl
Washington
Burns
William
East 120Th Street
Fay
Flannery
Daniel
East 137Th Street
Hart
Frank
Taylor
Frank Kane
East 121St Street
Thomas Duane
Second Avenue
Sydenham Hospital
Graham Murtha
South Ninth Street
Brooklyn
Murtha & Schmohl
IU Street
Murtha
Manhattan
Kane
Amazing Deeds of British Willies in Redoubt Assault
British troops broke through the German third line on Sept 15 and advanced into open country. Tanks, a new armored motor weapon, stunned the Germans and sparked celebrations among Allied soldiers as they pressed forward after months of brutal trench fighting.
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Europe
Isaac Newton Lewis
U.S.A
France
Somme
Hugh Cecil
House of Commons
von Donop
United States Army
Lewis
United States Signal Corps
Redoubt
England
Flers
Germany
Britten
Cnttefield
French Gain Ground On Somme Front In Bold Assault
French troops struck a new Somme sector, seizing Vermandevillereau and Berny villages and pressing toward Déniécourt while British forces captured Mouquet Farm and the Danube trench. Prisoners total around 700, with heavy German counterattacks repulsed alongside aviators bombing rail depots.
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Somme
Mouquet Farm
Danube Trench
Thiepval
Artiller
Vermandevillers
Arn Berny
Vermandw- Villera
Idéniécourt
Deéeniécourt and
Merny
Déniécourt
Berny
Barleux
Mouquect Farm
Ancre
Les Boeufs
Flers
Flere
Martinpuich
Hindenburg Voices Struggles and Hope for Victory
German Field Marshal Hindenburg spoke frankly of wartime difficulties and the need for money to sustain operations. He praised troops on the western front and warned that success hinges on finance and resolve, while noting the hardship at home and the ongoing supply efforts from his headquarters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
East
Hindenburg
West Front
Ludendorf
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Transit Business
Sisted
Ordnance Bureau
Bureau
Gen. Crozier
Plattsburg Test
Unof
Seth Low
Dewey
Nassau Sta
The
B. Williams
Harlem
Grounds
Willis Avenue Bridge
Harlem Hospital
Centinuea
Philip Gibbs
TIMEA
London
Detiz Chronicle Dispatches
Geo
Mke
Vermandovillers
Benny
Deniecourt
Vermandevillereau
Beiles
Lennoir
Douaumont
Dorme
Erie
Hatzheim
Tergnier
Abbecourt
Roisel
Speny
Athies
St. Quentin
Ham
Cyril Brown
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