Omaha Riot Calm as 700 Federal Troops Patrol City
Riots in Omaha subside with 700 federal troops from Fort Omaha Camp Dodge and Camp Funston patrolling the streets. General Leonard Wood arrives to take command while Mayor P. Smith remains in critical condition. Balloons, machine guns, and a heavy rainstorm aid calm as threats of arson and looting ease and authorities vow full protection.
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County Court House
Funston
Dodge
Grant
Central Police Station
J. E. Morris
20Th Infantry
Leonard Wood
Central Department of the Army
Baker
McKelvie
Omaha
Twenty-fourth
Lake Streets
Fort Omaha
Mayor Smith
Badco
Wuest
United States Army
Two Alabama Negroes Lynched by Mob Near Montgomery
In Montgomery Alabama on September 29 two Black men Miles Phifer and Robert Croskey a discharged soldier were seized from county officials by about twenty five masked men and shot to death. The mob ambushed the car intended for Wetumpka state prison, forced surrender, marched victims into a wood and opened fire. Phifer died instantly Croskey survived for several hours.
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Montgomery
Ala
Miles Phifer
Robert Croskey
Wetumpka
Phifer
Crosby
Nations decide Fiume question and elections set
Rome reports Parliament dissolved and elections scheduled for November 16 with reassembly December 1. In Paris Italian deputies push for Fiume to be Italian, amid cabinet tensions and protest clashes.
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Fiume
Rome
Associated Press
Germany
President Slightly Better After Restful Day
The President, amid nervous exhaustion and indigestion, slept several hours, took a motor ride with Mrs. Wilson and Margaret, and was declared slightly better in Grayson’s bulletin. All public business is canceled as advisers monitor his condition and a possible Kings visit is postponed.
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Washington
Grayson
White House
State Department
New York
Viscount, Grey
Wilson
Margaret Wilson
Monticello
Thomas Jefferson
Jefferson Levy
Associated Press
Signal Defeat Imminent in British Strike Says Government
London reports indicate the railway strike may end quickly, with the government confident of adequate food distribution. Volunteers run trains on the London tubes and other services resume, aided by private enterprise and various conveyance methods. Leaders warn of a long fight, while some unions call the strike a mistake. Continued on Page Four.
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London
National Union of Railway Men's Execu
London Tubes
Underground
Great Western
Brighton
Thomas
J. Bromley
Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen
National Union of Railwaymen
W. A. Appleton
General Federation of Trade Unions
Wage row erupts as miners and operators clash in Buffalo
In Buffalo on September 29 the central competitive field miners and coal operators debated the 1916 wartime wage framework and miners' demand for a 60 percent raise and shorter hours. Operators argued the demands are impossible and tied to wartime constraints while miners claims of delegated authority were supported by John T. Lewis of the United Mine Workers. The four hour session adjourned with plans to reconvene, amid tensions over who can negotiate and how the 1916 agreement applies.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Thomas T. Brewster
United Mine Workers’ Cleveland
John T. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Indianapolis
Lewis
Germany
Mr. Lewis
National Coal Association
Brewster
Pittsburgh Steel Strike Grows In Strength Amid Firms’ Pushbacks
Labor leaders report mounting resilience among strikers in Pittsburgh and Bethlehem as the walkouts expand. Despite finance strains, unions cite gains at Carnegie and Jones & Laughlin plants while acknowledging mixed results, with Homestead closing and several independents facing weak calls to strike.
Bethlehem Strikers Fail to Paralyze Bethlehem Steel Plants
Bethlehem Pennsylvania September 29 Jewish smoke and reports show 25 percent of workers at one gate walked out while most plants ran at near normal. Despite arrests no riot occurred and power plant briefly disrupted as union leaders pressed for a vote on strike.
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Bethlehem
Penn
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Lebanon
Reading
Steelton
Sparrows Pot
National Committee For Organizing
Iron and Steel Workers
American Federation of Labor
Pennsylvania
You Can Live Without Friends You Can Live
A fragmented snippet voices a stark claim about living without friends and mentions Catholic readers and prayer manuals, with scattered names and phrases such as Rose and Gibbons, amid an unclear ad-like collage.
Gov Smith Calls People to Check Lawless Spirit
Albany Sept 29 Patriotic Fire Prevention Day set for Oct 9 by Governor Smith in a proclamation. He urged citizens to prevent wasteful fires and to continually practice patriotism to offset unrest and lawlessness.
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Gov. Smith
Albany
Smith
Belgian King Albert and Queen Elizabeth to Visit Boston First
Washington dispatch reports Boston will host King Albert and Queen Elizabeth as the first U.S. stop on their tour after leaving New York. The royal visit to Boston is confirmed with plans to be announced by the State Department, though details were delayed due to a change in the itinerary.
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Washington
Boston
Albert
Queen Elizabeth
New York
United States
State Department
Clash in the Anthracite Field Extended to 1920
The anthracite mine contract and the bonus supplemental agreed last November will run to March 31 1920 after a Philadelphia conference. Operators and United Mine Workers leaders agreed to extend the existing contract while a Scale Committee will handle a future new agreement. John L Lewis was absent but will sign later.
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United Mine Workers of America
Wilkes-Barre
Tri-District
S. D. Warriner
W. J. Richards
C. F. Huber
W. L. Connell
John T. Dempsey
Thomas Kennedy
C. J. Golden
John L. Lewis
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