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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1922
Page
6
Washington officials say President Harding favors a cautious approach, seeking to avoid hasty action while Congress may grant him authority to seize railroads and the anthracite mines if strikes worsen. He aims to keep options open and allow more time for operators and unions to settle disputes.
Camack Georgia August 28 W Hall a guard in Georgia railway yards was jailed for the killing of Dan and Boxley Latimore. He says he fired in self defense after being threatened with a pistol.
Washington August 28 President Hard ing's strike cabinet on the Mayflower urged railroads to move food first then coal and to prioritize coal shipments to sustain manufacturing. Steps will be taken to supply industries with coal through the priority system.
Riga August 28 George Tchitcherin foreign secretary of the soviet government in Russia is seeking passports to the United States where he plans to go in an effort to obtain funds.
The Illinois Central System announces that after the New York conference on August 28 the differences with the shopcrafts are unreconcilable and that the company will focus on serving its own railroad. It notes gradual hiring of replacements while former workers may return without loss of pension or seniority and lists new employee organizations formed to represent workers before the Labor Board.
In Macon Georgia Yancy Wiley attacked John Herrod after tailing him all day injuring him with a knife. Wiley is now in custody. Also in Macon Deputy U.S. Marshal John Seckle died by suicide amid illness. A Bryan Walsh letter urges federal control of railroads and mines to meet public demand.
Kansas City dispatch reports Missouri rail lines crippled by a trainmen walkout on the Chicago and Alton Roadhouse Division. Missouri Pacific freight service halted after three hundred workers protest armed guards, leaving Jefferson City stalled.
Atlanta reports a coal shortage will force shutdowns of many Georgia and Carolina cotton mills within two weeks. P. Glenn, secretary of the Georgia Cotton Manufacturers Association, stated the warning today.
Two Jackson firemen, Capt. Cameron P. Phillips and Louis M. Gatlin, died when a high powered engine overturned at Capitol and Adams while rushing to an alarm. Injured firefighter T. J. Smith, badly hurt and hospitalized, witnessed Gatlin's death in front of his home.
August 28 report from Jackson California describes forty-five miners trapped five hundred feet below the surface at the Argonaut mine after a fierce blaze erupts at the three thousand foot level. Little hope is seen for rescue.
Bryan argues the national crisis demands federal control and centralized authority to restore order. He asserts state or local measures are insufficient and urges swift legislation to empower federal response.
In Macon Georgia strong police guards remain after William Warren white, arrested in August for abusing several young girls in Augusta, was moved to Macon to avert mob violence. One four year old girl is reported dying from the attack. Funeral held for John Chile Edwards aged 96 in Richmond, noted as one of America's oldest Masons who joined 75 years ago. The report from Washington mentions the president’s time.
Paris reports a German receivership modeled on Sir John Bradbury’s outline is under consideration by the French government. If approved, the United States may be asked to serve as receiver.
Memphis Tennessee August 28 the Transportation Bus Club started operations defying orders by the Tennessee Public Utilities Commission to protect streetcars from bus competition. The move protests inadequate Memphis Street Railway Company service.
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