Coal Strike Settlements Seen After Monday Parley
Reports from Edinburgh Philadelphia and Cleveland indicate the United Mine Workers strike may end soon. Operators predict a Monday settlement and say 65 percent of tonnage will be represented at the Cleveland peace talks while Lewis negotiates without naming participants. The Ohio and Pittsburgh districts convey optimism as major operators foresee resolution next week.
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Edinburg
Scotland
United States
United Mine Workers of America
Philadelphia
Cleveland
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Pittsburgh
Ohio and Pittsburgh
Intervention by Big Brotherhoods Near to Save Nation
Timothy Shea, head of the Locomotive Firemen and Engineers, sent a message to President Harding. He warned 30 percent of locomotives are out of service now and within 60 days 40 percent will be unusable, with the rest failing within 50 days, threatening train safety.
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Harding
Shea
Brotherhoods
Reed Retains Safe Margin Over Opponent in Missouri Primary
Senator James A. Reed held a substantial lead in Missouri's senatorial primary with 6679 votes from all but 220 precincts. Indications suggested Reed could not be overtaken by Breckenridge Long as the race moves toward renomination and a likely general election clash.
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Reed
Kansas
Aus
James A. Reed
Missouri
Breckenridge Lange
Washington
Breckenridge Long
Long Neglected Soldier Given Decent Burial
The body of Civil War veteran Martin V. Withers, once in a potter’s field, was exhumed and reinterred at Archer Cemetery with a government headstone. Local activist Al Green supervised the move aided by the Women’s Relief Corps and the G.A.R. Ras Yancy prepared and reburied the remains, offering his services as a duty to honor the fallen soldier.
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Women's Relief Corps
G. Aa. St
Martin V. Withers
Potters
AL. Greene
G Ua
Archer
Martin VY. Withers
Mr. Green
Co. D
Ind
Green
Ras Yancr
Archer Cemetery
Yancy
Mediation Extended In Chicago Street Car Strike
Acting Governor Fred Sterling moved to end the Chicago street car strike through mediation after a telegram from William Quinlan offering talks. Sterling invited Quinlan and Weary Blair of Chicago Surface Lines to meet at Congress Hotel at 10 tomorrow morning to pursue a mediation conference.
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Springfield
Fred Sterling
Chicago
William Quinlan
Quinlan
Weary Blair
Congress Hotel
Southern Railway Officials and Employes Confer Tomorrow
Southern Railway officials and employes will confer tomorrow in Washington to settle the shopmen's strike using the president's plan. Officials have notified workers they are ready to accept full seniority rights in return. The strike leaders remain pledged to the Harding administration while Bert Jewell opposes sectional agreements.
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Washington
Veg
Sn Eile
Southern Railway
Southern
Bert Jewell
Harding Yuan
Interment of Inventor Alexander Graham Bell Noted
In Bade Nova Scotia aug 5 the body of Alexander Graham Bell inventor of the telephone will be lowered into a tomb on Benn Breagh summit Breton Island at twilight. The rugged pine casket will be carried from his home to a carriage and driven to the mountain. Family and employees attend a somber funeral with Psalm of Life Requiem and the Lord's Prayer recited.
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Bade
Nova Scotia
Alexander Graham Bell
Benn Breagh
Breton Island
Playfellow
Booze Runner Captured After Gun Battle Off Fire Island
In N J near Seabright, a motor boat carrying smugglers was overhauled by revenue officers from the Blueboy after a brief gun exchange. Three men and a large quantity of Scotch whiskey were seized. Lieut. Bannon warned the craft and fired when it refused to stop, forcing surrender with a white flag.
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Seabright
N. J
Fire Island
Lieut. Bannon
Blueboy
Mtor
Revenue Officers
Life of Unionism at Stake in Railroad Labor Fight
Washington report says union life is in jeopardy as railroad executives clash with shopmen. AFL official warns the struggle could become the greatest industrial threat in the nation. Conservatives and radicals unite to back the shop craft unions as President Herding weighs steps for peace or escalation.
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Washington
Labes
Record Making Hiker Mel Crosley Visits Indiana
Motoring along routes from his 10 000 mile hike Crosley the Indiana newspaper man and songwriter stopped Friday in Evansville after Terre Haute. He planned further southern visits to gather material for a moving picture scenario based on his songs and experiences. Crosley known as Sergeant Crosley broke four cross country records during the hike and saved 47 50 with fifty cents capital. A 40000 word scenario book and newspaper story is nearing completion and has drawn interest from First National and Fox.
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Mel Crosley
Tnidigna
Crosley
Evansville
Terre Haute
Kentucky
First National
Fox Film
Beasley Fined in Police Court Assault Case
Brade Beasley of Trancisco was fined 10 dollars plus costs for assault and battery. The mayor returned the finding on Wednesday night. Complainant was Mrs. Carl Maxam.
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Brade Beasley
Trancisco
Carl Maxam
Bell System Suspends Phone Service For One Minute
Indiana Bell and other Bell exchanges plan a one minute suspension of service at 5 25 pm local time in tribute to the inventor Alexander Graham Bell who died earlier this week. Messages from F A Stephenson and C H Rottgen indicate a coordinated nationwide observance across the Bell system.
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Alexander Graham Bell
Reniius
Baddeck
N.S
Bell
W. I. Burton
Local Exchange
F. A. Stephenson
C. H. Rottgen
Indiana Bell Telephone Comany
SC. H. Tottgen
Indiana Bell Telephone. Co
Indianapolis
Tud
Alexander “Graham Bell
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Gifford
Bell System
FL A. Stephenson
Indiana Bell Telephone Company
Tis
Indiana
United Presbyterian Bible School Picnic Attracts Large Crowd
The annual picnic at the fairgrounds drew about two hundred attendees with a supper enjoyed by all. Delegates from the national Y P C U convention at Monmouth will report to the younger people's service Sunday. The Y P C U delegates toured Lafayette Indiana and met Col and Miss Stormont at the Soldiers Home. Frances Patton of Sparta IL plans to teach in the Sudan Egypt and will spend the Sabbath at the parsonage. The pastor takes a two Sabbath vacation but Bible school and youth services proceed as usual.
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United Presbyterian Bible School
Fair-Grounds
Monmouth
Jennie Stormont
Soldiers’ Home
Lafayette
Ind
Frances Patton
Indiana National Guards Readied for Coal Emergency
Indiana guardsmen statewide and troops training at Camp Knox are held in readiness to move into southern Indiana as the state digs coal. Mine operations beyond Rowland Powers pits may start next week if Cleveland talks fail. State supervised mines to supply canneries at four dollars a ton. railroads to supply cars for the coal emergency committee.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Indiana
Camp Knox
Rowland Powers Company
Cleveland
Hester Lough
Public Service Commission
State Coal Emergency Committee
Outposts Fired On Near Staunton Ind
An outpost about four quarters of a mile west of Staunton was fired on by two men last night. Troops returned fire. no injuries reported. The Rowland Powers Co. line to strip mine No 3 was cut twice during state operation preparations. Signal corps repaired the line. Firing ran from midnight to 2 am. Sentries were nervous and firing at shadows and cattle. All arms in the area under military rule were collected. one man surrendered 11 guns.
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Staunton
Ind
Mmine No. 3
Rowland Powers Co
Signal Corps
Military rule spreads as Indiana mines brace for strikes
Four hundred national guardsmen occupy Owen Green and Sullivan counties centering in Clay to guard Rowland Powers Co. mines as martial law covers the region. Tensions rise after a taunting threat near Jasonville and fears mount that Governor McCray may widen measures if Cleveland peace talks fail to quell the strike.
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Owen, Green
Sullivan Counties
Clay County
Rowland Powers Co
Robert Tyndall
Rowland Powers
Indiana Guards Secure Coal Mines in Staunton Region
Staunton Indiana Aug 4 1200 soldiers now guard eight Rowland Power mines across Clay Green Sullivan counties with 400 more arriving. Governors McCray plans state protection for coal production and may open additional mines as needed to supply state institutions and utilities.
Miss Eleanor Mitchell Elected to Madison High English Post
The Mount Carmel Republican Register reports Miss Eleanor Mitchell elected to teach in the English department at Madison High School Wisconsin. She begins duties in the high school after election and appointment.
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Eleanor Mitchell
Miss Mitchell
Madison
Wis
Mt. Carmel
Republican Register
Weather Outlook and Daily Extremes for Burton Tonight
Generally fair tonight and Saturday with a high near 84 and a low around 65. Compare to last year on August 4 when temperatures reached 72 and 65 with 0.51 inches of precipitation. Sunset is 6 57 and sunrise tomorrow at 4 55.
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Bame
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Knox
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Princeton
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