Riot in Philadelphia leaves one dead and nine hurt
A thirty minute riot in Federal Street near Third Street injured nine and killed one bystander, Goldie Stern of 308 Green Street, Philadelphia. John Polosky, John Joyce and Donahue were among the seriously wounded. Police from four stations responded and later dispersed the crowd. In Canton, a touring car crash killed Mrs. Horace Robinson and injured others.
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the Tribune Philadelphia
Federal Street
Third Street
Pennsylvania Hospital
Goldie Stern
Green Street
Russia
John Polosky
John Joyce
Donahue
Joyce
Pole Canton
John Hultz
Mira
Killin
Horace Robinson
Galeton, Pi
Rail Rate Appeal Warns Public Safety Risk
Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities urges the Interstate Commerce Commission to grant railroads higher freight rates about 25 percent. The letter argues that without increased income railroads risk unsafe operation, citing poor roadbeds and rolling stock and potential danger to travelers.
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Massachusetts Department of Utilities
Interstate Commission
Boston
Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities
Interstate Commerce Commission
Massachusetts
General Strike Follows Mutiny in Italy Amid Turmoil
In Rome on June 27 a general strike was called after the mutiny of the 11th Bersaglieri Regiment near Ancona. The Chamber of Deputies was twice suspended during debates on Ancona and Albania policy as Signor Bonomi said the mutiny ended and officers resumed command. Anarchist violence was linked to the unrest.
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Rome
Ancona
Bersaglieri
Chamber of Deputies
Albania
Signor Bonomi
Giolitti
Avlona
Roadway proposal to ease Grand Central traffic
The Fifth Avenue Association backs opening a new roadway on the easterly side of Grand Central Station after more than 500 members urged city authorities to relieve congestion on Forty-fifth Street between Vanderbilt and Lexington Avenues. The aim is to improve traffic flow around the viaduct and Fortieth Street as the current westerly route is too narrow for peak volumes.
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Grand Central Station
Fifth Avenue Association
Forty-fifth Street
Vanderbilt and
Lexington Avenues
Fortieth Street
Fortieth
Forty-fifth Streets
Pennsylvania Line Shopmen Vote to Strike Ultimatum
Pennsylvania line shopmen vote to strike with an ultimatum listing five demands and a threat to walk out of six crafts at 11 A M tomorrow amid labor tensions and union actions across the railroad sector.
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Pennsylvania Line
Four Thousand Penn Railroad Workers Threaten Walkout
About 4,000 workers across six shop crafts threaten a walkout on the Pennsylvania system if demands are unmet by 11 a m Tuesday. They seek removal of three foremen and reinstatement of gang leaders with full seniority, plus a general stance against discrimination. The advisory board cites a near unanimous ballot and warns of a complete freight and passenger tie-up.
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Tiibune
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad
Philadelphia and
Camden
Pennsylvania
Jeffrey
Harrisburg
International Asociation of Machinists
International Brotherhood of Blacksmiths and Helpers
International Brotherhood of Boilermakers
Iron Ship Builders and Helpers of America
Amalgamated Sheet Metal Workers’ International Alliance
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
The
Brotherhood of Railway Carmen of America
Staples
Kieseling
Reinstatement Demands for Gang Leaders Under Rule 35
The document outlines charges against H. S. Jeffrey for acts performed under rule 35 of the national agreement and calls for immediate reinstatement of all gang leaders or foremen who ceased work with other employees, preserving seniority and opposing prejudice or discrimination.
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H. S. Jeffrey
Attempt at General Strike on Baltimore Railroads Is Failure
Baltimore June 27 insurgent strikers failed to induce a citywide walkout on the three systems linking the city to the outside world. Passenger service on Western Maryland is maintained, but no freight left terminals in two days. About 1,500 workers on the line at Hagerstown are out. Pennsy reports progress with 34 crews handling 1,800 cars and no outbound freight restrictions. Baltimore and Ohio operates at about 40 percent of normal. Freight traffic also halted at Fairmont, West Virginia, as the strike spread there.
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Baltimore
Maryland Road
Hagerstown
Pennsylvania
Smith
Pennsy
Baltimore & Ohio
Fairmount
W. Va
Patrolmen Beaten By Merry Dancers Of Laight Street
At a Laight Street block party hosted by the Laight Street Social Club a patrolman was assaulted after confronting undisciplined youths. Patrolman Cummings, uninvited, faced insults and blows before fellow officers intervened. several youths were charged with felonious assault and others with disorderly conduct and fined.
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Laight Street
Tombs
Waight Street
Cummings
Beach Street
Theodore Raphael
John Hazel
Hudson Street
Paul O'Callaghan
Laicht Street
Jury Briber held in $10,000 bail in Hammer case
Thomas Sheehan of the Bronx was held in $10,000 bail after arraignment on suspicion of bribing juror Joseph Maher in the Julius Hammer manslaughter case. District Attorney Francis Martin called bribery "next to treason" and the magistrate noted the bail could have been higher.
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Mancuso Thomas Sheehan
East 188Th Street
Bronx
Julius Hammer
Morrisania
Joseph Maher
Forest Avenue
Hammer
Sheehan
Francis Martin
U. S. Destroyers in France Arrive at Villefranche
Paris June reports that American torpedo boat destroyers Dupont and Tattarrived in Villefranche today marking Allied naval movement in France during the ongoing operations.
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U. S
France
Paris
Dupont and
Tattrrivd
Villefranche
Boy Hangs by Hands to Fourth Floor Window
Four year old Eugene Flaherty dangled from a fourth floor window at 758 Highth Avenue as his siblings watched. Patrolman Hottendorf pried open the locked door and pulled the boy to safety, then escorted the three children to the police station. The mother, Catherine Flaherty, returned home to find her son unharmed.
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Catherine Flaherty
Highth Avenue
Eugene
Robert
Virginia
Hottendorf
Flaherty
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