Switchmen Union seeks 50 percent wage hike across railroads
Chicago October 31 members of the Switchmens Union of North America plan to submit a 50 percent wage demand to U S railroads after a two day meeting. If not granted within 30 days a nationwide strike referendum will be held. The union cites rising living costs and the Adamson law reducing hours from 10 to 8 without pay increases.
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Chicago
United States
Switchmen's Union of North
S. E. Heberling
Buffalo
Quincy
Knollenberg
Patrick Welsh
Kentucky Street
Blessing Hospital
I. C. Stewart
Elm Street
Floyd Stewart
Kansas City
Mr. Stewart
Snyder
George E. Flassig
Myra Loomis
Harry
Hampshire Street
California
Stannus
J. A. Thompson
A. C.bickhaus
Fifth Ward
St. Louis
Pape & Loos
Daniel Speyer
Jonas- Meyer Company
H. F. Lafler
Ill
State Bank
Imogene Mills
Mayor Mills
Hannibal
Helen
Ethel Requet
Broadway
L. L. Boyer
Women’s Relief Corps
Eagles
D. J. Thomas
Frank Gould
McLeansboro
Elnora Wall
Clara Lubbe
Illinois Federation of Catholic Alumni
Jefferson Hotel
Charles Futterer
Theodore Futterer
Clara Marie
Holden, Mo
Henry Schrader
Shrader
Lottie Rosswog
Fred Moller
Dred
Park Place
Herman Lubby
Moller
Anton Binkert
Carl Dickhoener
Cherry Street
St. Mary's Hospital
Harry Gross
Clarence Smith
Jersey Street
Monmouth
Ida Dale
Terribly Sick Woman Finds Help in Lydia E Pinkham Plant
Madison Wisconsin housewife Mrs Benjamin F Blake credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with curing years of back pain and avoiding surgery. She and her husband praise the remedy and urge other women to try it and request free advice from the Pinkham company.
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Madison, Wis
Lydia FE. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Mirs
Benjamin F. Blake
R.F D
Madison
Wis
Mrs. Blake
Lydia & Pinkhem Medicine Co
Ne Lynn
Wage Scales For Railroad Helpers and Foremen Reported
The article notes wage levels under the Adamson law with Chicago standards set at 3.50 a day for day helpers 3.80 for day foremen 3.70 for night helpers and 4 for night foremen. Switch tenders earn about 582 dollars monthly, with some working up to twelve hours daily. A special committee of about 60 members from almost every railroad system represented in the switchmen union authorized the demands.
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Heberling
Short Filling Stations In Missouri Reported
Missouri State Coal Inspector Omar D. Gray told Gov. Gardner that about three of ten public filling stations deliver short measures. Four deputy inspectors found nearly one-third of stations tested had short measures, some up to 50 percent. Gray kept station names private, citing innocent causes and pump defects. He ordered inspections statewide and set a Nov. 15 deadline to fix or discontinue faulty pumps, with names published for those failing to comply. No St. Louis stations inspected yet.
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Jefferson City
Omar D. Gray
Gov
Gardner
Missouri
Gray
Irrt
The
Missouri University
Whc
St. Louis
Aluminum Ore official testifies about bribe offer
Ray F. Rucker, assistant superintendent of the Aluminum Ore company, testified before the congressional riot investigating committee that the firm was offered immunity from labor troubles if it paid $10,000 to an official of a plant formed organization. He said the reply was that the company was not in the bribery business.
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East ST. Louis
Ray F. Rucker
Congressional Riot Investigating Committee
Rucker
Von Hertling Named Imperial Chancellor
Amsterdam dispatch reports Count George Von Hertling Bavarian prime minister named imperial chancellor. Appointment announced by British Admiralty wireless press.
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von Hertling
Amsterdam
British Admiralty
George von Hertling
Lieutenant Struck by Shell in French Trenches
In France, under a full moon, American troops report a wounded lieutenant from the signal corps arriving at a base hospital with a slight leg wound from a shell splinter in a communication trench near the first line. Weather clear and cold. sun returns for the first time since trenches were occupied. gunners gain better sighting.
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France
No Man's Land
Signal Corps
Camp Point Families and Community Notes
Camp Point area residents share visits and farewells as relatives travel between Camp Point Timewell and nearby towns. A surprise sendoff honors Mrs Grove and Miss Brown ahead of moves to East St Louis and Macomb Normal, with Rebekah lodge pins presented.
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Camp Point
III
J. A. Shake
Macomb
Add Shake
William Shake
Charles Dunham
Lyle
Timewell
Abe Dunham
George Hart
Maxine
Chicago
James Hart
Dudley Jacobs
Liberty
Lewis Phillips
W. B. Grove
East St. Louis
W. H. Brewster
Clayton
Elizabeth Sparks
Bess
Frank Myers
Bowen
James Jacobs
Charles McGauhey
Katie
Galsburg
Wiliam Omer
Grant Manlove
Golden
Robert Walker
Frank Roberts
Edith Brown
Grove
Miss Brown
Maplewood
Macomb Normal
Rebekah Lodge
Christian Church Choir
Flora Cutter Boger
Aubrey Phillips
Dudley
Otho Ward
Quincy
Arthur J. Hallows
I. H. Todd
Virgil Austin
Dillard Bates
Edward Bates
Florence Cate
Paloma
Elda Cate
Julia Miller
Kansas City
San Diego
Cal
Isabelle
Geralda Smarr
Springfield
James Downing
Lincoln Smith
Warren Omer
Jessie
Myrabelle
Harry Bennett
Orville Hunsaker
Walter Ward
Bradford
Roy Bowers
Ferner Ripple
Carrie
Harry
Gale and flood lash Boston, leaving injuries reported
An 84 mile gale and heavy rain swept the Boston area on Tuesday. In under six hours 1.68 inches of rainfall fell, injuring several people. Small craft in the harbor were driven ashore. No deaths were reported.
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Boston
Wisconsin Governor Declares U S Senate Appointment Plan
Madison October 31 Governor Phillip announced plans to call a December special session to seek permission to appoint a U S senator to fill the vacancy caused by Senator Hastings death He declared he would not run for the office himself.
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Philip
Madison
Wis
Phillip
United States
Hasting
For Sale Six Pure Bred Cable Pups Ready Now
Six pure bred male cable pups offered for delivery with white and yellow markings. Raised on fine stock and ready for immediate shipment. Price five dollars. Write today to 7 43 care of The Whig.
Adventist War Stand Report Pleases Draft Officials
In Minneapolis on Oct 81 the Seventh Day Adventist war commission told the world conference council that war department officials welcomed the attitude of more than 1 members of the drafting pool. The panel said steps are being taken to permit these men and others to remain true to their teachings against killing.
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Minneapolis
War Commission
Seventh Day Adventista
General World Conference Council
War Department
Rake Fen
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