Pier and Rail Strikes Near To Settlement
Port strikes prompt hopes of near settlement as union leaders, Attorney General Palmer, and Joseph W Folk signal progress. Conference seeks eight hour day and restored positions. Supreme Court ruling stamps out conspiracy. Open questions linger on coastwise longshoremen ballots and freight rate demands.
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Mey
Palmer
Washington
Joseph W. Folk
Missouri
Folk
Marina
Isaac Edward McHugh
Frank Boland
Railroad Labor Board
New York
Gener) Falmer
Erie Railroad
Giillers
Siste Supreme Court
Indox
Supreme Court
Fawcett
Brooklyn
Burgess Bros Ine
Fot Brooklyn
Buress Bros. Inc
Aixty Cento
Justice Powcett
Union
Steamship Companies
United States ‘Shipping Net
Walter Gordon Merritt
Citizens’ Transportation Committee
Rabin Bears Family In Tied Up Freight
A local lumber dealer illustrated rail delay by noting $879,000 worth of lumber from the South has been stalled since last December. An inspector found a robin nest on a plank in a car on a Southern siding, where the bird built a nest laid eggs and hatched its brood while awaiting removal.
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Merchants’ Association
Strike and Union Move Promise New Longshore Vote
Longshoremen face renewed pressure as union leaders pledge to call another vote to end the strike. Marine workers fear continued pier disruption will derail coastwise cargo and freight-rate requests. A telegraph from Thomas H. Hewley urged a Washington meeting to push for higher freight rates, to be reviewed by the Interstate Commerce Commission in weeks, while T V O Connor, IL A president, attends an AFL congress in Montreal.
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Les Kohna
New York Board of Trade and Transportation
Tha
International Longshoremen's Association
Boston
Galveston
Lvest
Coastwine
Thomas H. Hewley
Marine Workers’ Affiliaton
Washington
Inter- State Commerce Commission
T. V. O’connor
International Longshoremen’s Association
American Federation of Labor
Montreal
Alfred E. Marling
New York State Chamber of Commerce
Mmerekaaga
Merchants Fund Push Amid Longshoremen Strike Hits Lumber Supply
Merchants raise funds to fast track plans while the longshoremen strike disrupts lumber flow. Normally 49,000,000 feet of Southern lumber arrive monthly to New York by steamers, but the strike has cut local supply by about 20,000,000 feet.
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New York
Two Plans Proposed to Check Strikes by Public Utilities
Members of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States voted on two committee recommendations. They urge explicit law to prohibit strikes by public utility employees and creation of tribunals to adjudicate disputes between employers and public service providers. Tribunals would issue binding decisions and enforce final outcomes.
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Chber of Commerce of
United States
Dindine
Merchants Association of New York
New York
Public utilities referendum and Sea Breeze Home opening
Officials from major New York City business groups urge the Chamber of Commerce of the United States to act quickly to protect public rights and promote supportive legislation. The thirty-second referendum targets over 1200 trade organizations. Sea Breeze Home opens at Coney Island providing two weeks vacations for 300 mothers and children, with about 4000 expected this season at an estimated $6.6 per week per vacationer.
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City of
New York
Chamber of Commerce of
United States
Alfred E. Marling
Chamber of Commerce
State of New York
William Fellowes Morgan
Lewis E. Pierson
The
Merchants Association
J. Sherlock Davis
Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce
H. Pushoe Williams
Chamber of Commerce of Queens
James Breckenbridge
Bronx Board of Trade
Chamber
Committee On Public Utilities
Sea Breeze
Coney Izaiil
Archer Kills Two Bears Hunts Grizzlies in Yellowstone
Dr. Saxon T. Pope of San Francisco killed two grizzly bears with bow and arrows in Yellowstone Park under government permit to provide a habitat group for the California Academy of Sciences museum. The project is financed by Ogden Mills of New York. Pope hopes to kill two more bears.
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San Francisco
Saxon T. Pope
Yellowstone Park
California Academy of Science
Pope
United States
Academy
Ogden Mills
New York
Four Dry Law Violators Are Sent to Jail
Federal Judge Chatfield in Brooklyn ordered harsher treatment for prohibition violators. He sentenced James Marno, owner of a restaurant at 110 Flerrush Avenue, to ten days in jail while fining his chauffeur ten dollars and two days’ jail for liquor transport. Over twenty violators received imprisonment as his policy shifted toward stricter enforcement.
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Chattelll
Brooklyn
Clal
Supreme Court
James Marno
Flerush Avenue
ChatSeid
Williaay Woerm
Prospect Park Uni
Fifteenth Street
Whisky Wagon Spill Fines Follow Brooklyn Incident
George Call, age seventy eight, fined 25 dollars and sentenced for one day after a Brooklyn whisky spill. Onlookers along Ocean Avenue and Tennis Court observed liquor spray the street when a wagon belonging to F Foster, 125 Ashland Place, overturned dumping 100 cases of whisky. Foster cried for help as bottles disappeared before police arrived.
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George Call
Ocean Aynue
Tennis Court
Brooklyn
A. Foster
Ashland Place
Foster
Stolen Liquor Thefts Reported In Transit Incident
An incident details a theft involving a truck and two drivers who seized a large quantity of liquor. They drove away with the remnants, brandished revolvers, and fled to a nearby area as authorities respond to the robbery case. Police report two suspects fled on foot after dismounting from the truck.
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Rowsy
Walsky
Siek Wits
Newara
Rudolph Michaelini
Eet
Crick
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Rabin Bears
U.S. Commerce Chamber
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