Railroad wage unrest spurs threat of broad near term strike
Riots of railway workers rise as wage disputes persist with the Railroad Labor Board. Officials warn of a July 1 mass strike if demands are unmet while President Wilson weighs a quick ruling amid a nation watching transport networks.
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Railroad Labor Board
Washington
Wilson
White House
Payne
Railroad Administration
I. W. Pe
New York City
William Fel
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
Escaped Easton Prison Fugitive Recaptured on Maryland Farm
Isaiah Fountain, a Black inmate who twice escaped Easton Md jail after a sentence for harming a thirteen year old white girl, was recaptured on a farm fourteen miles north of Easton. Neighbors spotted him in a barn, notified authorities, and Fountain was moved to Maston jail under guard.
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Easton
Baltimore
Isaiah Fountain
Calvin Anderson
Pustand
Mary
Fountain
Maryland
Hyde Frampton
Atte
Hey
Talbot County
Maston
Waterbury Riot Quiet as Police Guard Strikers
Waterbury remains tense after a riot left one striker dead and two police lieutenants wounded. Riot guns guard the streets while three raid events occur with no arrests. Local 813 machinists plan a 10 20 a m meeting to challenge the police edict and defend their right to assemble.
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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 the Boston Army Transport Service sailed from New England to relieve a coal shortage. The vessel, tasked with transporting bodies of American dead for months, will return to its port within weeks as Boston faces supply stress.
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New England
Army
Yeaterday
Boston
Seruin
N. Juni
Nansemand
Boon
Sing Sing Station Painted Bright Yellow and Red for Visibility
OSING, N. Y. June convicts spent the day transforming Sing Sing station from drab gray to a bright eye catching yellow with bold red trimming. The northbound depot outside the tunnel will now be easier to sight for railroad crews and easier to load prison cars.
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Tha Tripuna OS Ing
N. Y
Sing Sing
City to Tackle Willful Food Waste Across Boroughs
City departments launch a campaign against wasteful food handling led by Deputy Commissioner Mrs. Welzmiller with Mayor Hylan’s directive. The effort includes housewife workshops and demonstrations at major hotels by August Janssen of the Restaurateurs Society to show edible dishes from presumed waste.
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Department of Public Markets
Hylan
Louis R .Welzetfer
Welzmiller
Riverside Drive
Seventieth
Ninetieth Street
15 Year Sentence for $350000 Jewel Theft
The judge rebuked a former hotel clerk at the Biltmore for not aiding in the recovery of loot from a jewel theft worth $350000. Most of the jewels were recovered. only about $4000 remained missing.
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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
House Collapses Buries Worker But He Is Uninjured
Brooklyn builder John Petebone was working at 265 Meserole Street when a two story frame building at 267 269 Meserole Street began to sway. He warned coworkers before the structure fell, trapping him briefly before rescuers pulled him free unharmed. He credited luck and his old clothes for his safety.
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John Petebone
Nell Street
Brooky
Meserole Street
Brooklyn
Peteleone
Petelone
Fire hits shanty near Kearny shipyards
A red hot rivet dropped on a shanty under a federal shipbuilding way at Kearny New Jersey sparked a grave fire yesterday. The blaze caused much excitement but limited damage as the shipyard 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
Pennsylvania
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Learm
Agit
Wall Street
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Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Order of Railway Conductors
Brotherhood of Railway
Cedar Hill
New York, New Haven
Baltimore & Ohio
Reading
Sproul
Loca
Siemen
Thsugh
Camden
Pennsylvania Railroad
West Jersey Send Seashore Railroad
Reading Road
York
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Grecieseley Square
John David
Lombard
Jacob
House
Man
Hock
Stadrecinet
Ebe Street
Agg Hook and Ladder
Crouse
St. Catherine’s Hospitals
Brooxlyn Union Gay Company
Geerg
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Commodore
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Blende
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Ito
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