Rail worker unrest and talk of a large scale strike
Signs of railway labor unrest rise as wage delays from the Railroad Labor Board spark talk of a July 1 strike. Officials report meetings at the White House and Cabinet, with fringe groups promoting a one big union and mass action, while non I W W unions urge workers to stay at work pending board decisions.
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Railroad Labor Board
Washington
Wilson
White House
Payne
Railroad Administration
I. W. Pe
New York City
William Fel
Wall Street
Brotherhood of
Locomotivegineers
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Order of Railway Conductors
Brotherhood of Railway
New Haven
Cedar Hill
New York, New Haven
Labor Board
F. S. Evans
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
J. P. Farrel
Brotherhood of Locomotive
W. J. Loring
Orde
J. L. Rowe
Brotherway
Philadelphia
James P. Casey
Lodge 15
Brotherhood of Locomotive Enginemen and Firemen
Casey
Loca
Siemen
Camden
Pennsylvania Railroad
West Jersey
Seashore Railroad
Reading Road
York
Easton Jail Breaker Re Captured Near Pungtown Farm
Isaiah Fountain, a Black fugitive who twice escaped Easton jail after a sentence for assaulting a 13 year old white girl, was found in a barn on Calvin Anderson's farm fourteen miles north of Easton. Neighbors alerted authorities, Fountain was moved to Maston jail under guard, and Easton jail was placed under added protection.
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Easton
Baltimore
Isaiah Fountain
Calvin Anderson
Pustand
Mary
Fountain
Maryland
Hyde Frampton
Atte
Hey
Talbot County
Maston
Waterbury Strikers Quiet After Riot Violence
Waterbury remains calm after a riot left one striker dead and two police lieutenants wounded. Police with riot guns patrol streets while three halls are raided and no arrests are reported as authorities test a ban on further meetings. The Local 813 machinists plan a courtroom meeting to challenge the edict and a funeral procession for Alberto Tis draws striker participation amid police vigilance.
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Waterbury
Conn
Nic
International Association of Machinists
Building Trades Council Hall
United States
Joseph Tone
Thame
Andy
Alberto Tis
Tisa
Winchester Avenue
Oli
St Joseph's Cemete Sonte
Army Funeral Ship Drafted In New England Coal Crisis
An army transport carrying 1000 tons of coal for Boston sailed yesterday to aid the army transport service amid a New England coal shortage. The ship, previously tied to carrying bodies of American dead, heads back to port within a week.
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New England
Army
Yeaterday
Boston
Seruin
N. Juni
Nansemand
Boon
Sing Sing Station Brightened to Aid Prison Car Deliveries
OSING, N Y June convicts labored to paint Sing Sing station a bright yellow with red trim to make it easier for overburdened locomotive engineers to locate the depot. The northbound station near the tunnel, used for prison car removals, was previously deemed almost illegible on dark nights.
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Tha Tripuna OS Ing
N. Y
Sing Sing
City War on Willful Waste of Food Campaign Begins
City officials announce a drive against waste of food led by Deputy Commissioner Mrs. Welzmiller with Mayor Hylan’s backing. Demonstrations with restaurateurs president August Janssen will show palatable dishes from waste, while housewives are to be educated on preserving food.
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Department of Public Markets
Hylan
Louis R .Welzetfer
Welzmiller
Riverside Drive
Seventieth
Ninetieth Street
15 Year Sentence for Jewel Theft at Biltmore Hotel
A former Biltmore Hotel clerk received a fifteen year term for stealing about $350,000 in jewels. The judge criticized the clerk for not aiding in recovery efforts as police recovered roughly $4,000 of the loot. Evidence showed the loot was largely recovered by officers Irving O Hara and Jay Tofts, with the court noting the clerk had time to assist.
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Biltmore
Kaye
Tal Buitnor
Sing Sing
Het Ween
Petro Ives
Irving O'Hara
Jay Toots
Srete Puablt
Fa Malone
Ces Nes
Foye
Ing
Builder Dug Out Uninjured After Brooklyn House Collapse
Police and fire crews extract 40 year old builder John Petebone from the wreckage at 267 Meserole Street Brooklyn after a two story frame house collapsed during excavation. He survived with minor injuries and noted he was lucky to have his old clothes on.
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John Petebone
Nell Street
Brooky
Meserole Street
Brooklyn
Peteleone
Petelone
Hock
Stadrecinet
Ebe Street
Agg Hook and Ladder
Crouse
St. Catherine’s Hospitals
Brooxlyn Union Gay Company
Geerg
Red Hot Rivet Sparks Fire at Kearny Shipyard Shanty
A rivet dropped on a rooth ros ignited a slight blaze in a shanty under a Federal Shipbuilding way in Kearny New Jersey yesterday. The fire caused excitement but little damage as the yard crew quickly extinguished it.
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Baltimore
Syracuse
Ew York Central
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western
Fremen
New York, New Haven & Hartford
Dar Tillyada
New Haven
Wa Hor
Federal Shipbuilding Company
Kearny
N. J
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American Manufacturers Export Association
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Agit
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Sproul
JO Lin David Tein Boerswarrco Hes
Grecieseley Square
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Lombard
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