Unions Face Sherman Suit Over Telegraph Wire Attacks
Two Chicago locals of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers are named defendants in a federal suit under the Sherman act for allegedly conspiring to damage Postal Telegraph Cable Company wires and disrupt interstate messages. The government seeks an injunction to stop cutting, burning, and intimidating workers and to preserve telegraph lines during the case.
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Chicago
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Postal Telegraph Cable Company
Telegraph Company
Postal
United Etes
Unions Face Government Suit Over Closed Shop Clash
The suit lists International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers unions 9 and 134 and numerous Chicago men as defendants. It centers on a labor dispute sparked by demands for a closed shop at the telegraph company and alleged acts of violence, line cuts, and service crippling in Chicago. The government claims the actions threaten interstate commerce and general government efficiency.
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International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Martin J. Healey
Michael J. Boyle
William J. Swan
W. J. Harris
E. M. Lamie
J. J. Elliott
W. Conrad
E. D. Shanks
G. Florian
W. Gray P. Warner
W. Sinclair
S. ©. Minor
A. V. Beckner
F. S. Allen
H. Coghill
United States
Postal
Telegraph Company
Closeq
Chicago
Healey and Boyle
Mexican Band Amigos del Pueblo to Play at Alamo Plaza
On Tuesday at 5 PM the Mexican band Amigos del Pueblo will offer an open air concert on Alamo plaza. The program includes eight numbers of classical and popular music conducted by Professor A Martinez.
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Amigos del Pueblo
Alamo Plaza
A. Martinez
San Antonio A and M College resolves student strike
Most San Antonio boys expelled from the Agricultural and Mechanical College returned to the university this morning under new terms offered by college officials. Some demands from before the strike were granted while other issues were settled by compromise.
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San Antonio
The
Agricultural and Mechanical College
Water contract talks push back to council session
City water committee and representatives from the water company met with engineers to draft a tentative contract. A 20 percent rate cut is proposed, but most classifications remain unsettled, delaying submission to the City Council for final approval.
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Water Company
Mgor Jones
Potter
Alexander Potter
Leonard Metcalf
Lucas
Public Utilities Committee
Council
Metcalf
George R. Stumberg
Citizens’ Advisory Committee
Britain withholds Mexico recognition until general election
London reports the British government will not recognize the new Mexican government until its legitimacy is confirmed by a general election as stated today.
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England
London
Mexico
Woodmen Guests Fill Over 1000 at Shriners Fair Night
More than 1000 Woodmen of the World camps and Woodmen Circles attend the Shriners fair. A voting contest for the most popular Woodman runs all evening with a prize at the end. Shrine escorts guide members to the exposition hall while the Woodmen Uniform Bank performs an exhibition drill at 10. Music for dancing continues throughout the night.
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Ladies’ Auxiliary
Exposition Hall
Woodmen Uniform Bank
Objections Filed Over Union Pacific Southern Pac Merger Plan
In St Louis on Feb 24 the US Court of Appeals heard objections to the dissolution plan. Attorney General Wickersham and Robert S.Lovett explained the plan while F W McCutcheon for Western Pacific urged modifications. Judge Hook warned against turning the decree into a judicial travesty.
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ST. Louis
Union Pacific
Southern Pacific
United States Court of Appeals
Wickersham
Robert S. Lovett
F. W. McCutcheon
Western Pacific Railway Company
Hook
Sanborn
Smith
Chimney Blaze at Goeth Residence Causes Brief Fire Run
A chimney blaze at the residence of C. A. Goeth at 329 Adams street triggered a run by several fire companies at 12 45 this afternoon. No damage occurred. A hose wagon from Co. 12 was out of commission after an 11 o'clock last night alarm on Vance streets. A crossing on Sadie street snapped a tongue and broke the rear axle.
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C. A. Goeth
Adams Street
Vance Streets
Co. No. 12
Sadie Street
Cardui praised by Tampa woman over years of use
Mrs E C Coram of Tampa writes that Cardui helped her through womanly troubles 15 years ago and again during two critical life moments. She says the tonic made her feel like a new woman and recommends others try Cardui, advising writing to Chatta Medicine Co Advisory Dept.
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Tampa
Fla
E. C. Coram
Highland Ave
Cardus
Coram
Chatta Medicine Co. A
Bogies Advisory Dept
Fiesta San Jacinto needs funds for upcoming festival
Fiesta San Jacinto Association faces a shortfall as the Chamber of Commerce plans to recruit 1000 new members to cover a budget gap. Only 13000 is on hand of an 18000 need, forcing a possible independent fundraising drive to raise 5000 more before the festival begins.
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Mossback
Chamber of Commerce
Fiesta San Jacinto Association
Atlee B. Ayres
Free lecture on Palestine ends Dr Banks series
The Carnegie Library schedules a Tuesday night talk by Dr. Edgar J Banks titled Palestine Old and New. The illustrated lecture concludes his five part city series. A second lecture Friday features Professor J G Troop on Rostand with a reading list of Ibsen Rostand Maeterlinck Shaw Galsworthy and Barrie available for study.
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Carnegie Library
Edgar J Banks
Palestine
Banks
J. G. Carter Troop
Troop
Rostand
Ibsen
Maeterlinck
Shaw
Galsworthy
Barrie
Hst
Concluding Surveys For Interurban Road
Engineers near completion of surveys for the San Antonio Austin interurban line. Four routes, ten miles north of San Antonio, hinge on right of way ease and grade. Survey camps shift to Cibolo Creek sixteen miles north as work continues in both directions.
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San Antonio
Austin
Cibolo Creek
Gasoline Burns Fatal in Hillsboro
Hillsboro Texas February 24 Talmage P Curry aged 19 died here today from burns suffered when a gasoline light exploded near him last night in an accident reported from the town.
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Hillsboro
Tex
Prisoners Suspected in Daring Hold-Up and Car Theft
Two men believed to have attacked H. R. Bensch the upholsterer on Soledad Street near Romana and to have stolen a car from Charles F. Gambs, chief engineer for the Lone Star Brewing Association, were arrested hours later. Bensch identified marks on the suspects and Gambs’s car sped off before crashing into a telegraph pole. the gunmen fled but were soon captured.
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H. R. Bensch
Charles F. Gambs
Lone Star Brewing Association
Gambs
Provisional Sonora governor Mascarenas arrested in El Paso
Manuel Mascarenas Jr. claiming Huerta era provisional governor of Sonora was arrested in El Paso on a warrant from San Antonio connected to the Emilio Vasquez Gomez revolt. He faced indictment with Gomez and about fifty others. capias had been issued earlier. He will likely appear before a U S commissioner in El Paso for bond.
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EL Paso
Tex
Manuel Mascarenas Jr
Sonora
Huerta
San Antonio
Emilio Vasquez Gomez
Mascarenas
Mexico City
Capias
United States
Dinner Postponed After Mexican Leaders' Deaths
A dinner at the Travis Club honoring Manuel Garza Aldape, Mexico’s minister of agriculture, is postponed following the Sunday murders of Francisco I. Madero and Jose M. Pino Suarez in Mexico City. Invitations are withdrawn per Aldape’s request.
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Francisco I. Madero
Jose M. Pino Suarez
Mexico
Travis Club
Lic
Manuel Garza Aldape
Victoriano Huerta
Aldape
Rumor of Wilson Death Circulates in San Antonio
A rumor claimed Henry Lane Wilson US ambassador to Mexico was killed, but press dispatches in San Antonio did not confirm the report.
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Henry Lane Wilson
United States
Mexico
San Antonio
Wilson Sets April First for Special Congress Convening
President elect Wilson announced an extra session of Congress would convene on Tuesday April 1. The governor cited a letter from Representative Underwood and said the interval between March 4 and April 1 would be used for caucuses and conferences. Editors urged early action on currency reform and Wilson agreed the issue should come soon.
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Trenton
N. J
Wilson
Underwood
Wilsoy
Congress
Well Street
Date Set for Convening Extra Session Suits Them
A terse dispatch from Washington reports that February 24 indicates plans for an extra session. Democratic leaders announce readiness to convene, signaling possible swift action on legislative priorities.
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Washington
Wilson Sets Date for Extra Session and House Remodeling
Democratic leaders express satisfaction with President-elect Wilson's chosen date for an extraordinary session from March 4 to April 1. The period will permit House chamber remodeling and accommodate fifty added members after reapportionment, with tariff revision plans to proceed. Representative Palmer ridicules alarmist voices amid the plan.
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Wilson
House
Underwood
Presidente Wilson
Congress
Palmer
Pennsylvania
Thompson in Critical Condition After Collapse in Chicago Hotel
John S S Thompson, first assistant United States attorney general, was found unconscious in his hotel room in downtown Chicago late Saturday night and remains in critical condition with acute uremia. He is from Washington, D C.
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Thompson
Chicago
John S&s Thompson
Washington, D. C
United States
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