Seattle Telephone Girls Strike A Lesson In Fair Play
In 1917 Seattle telephone girls struck for union recognition and won, but the company continued to harass workers. They now demand apprentice wages starting at 12 dollars, rising to 19, plus a workers' adjustment board as a core goal. May Duffy, business agent, emphasizes fair play and collective bargaining as essential outcomes.
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Seattle
Meyer
Miss May Duffy
Adjustment Board
Fair Play
Boxing Benefit Smoker For Mother Ryther Fund Tickets On Sale
A boxing benefit event called Show Your Speed will raise funds for the Mother Ryther home at Stoneway and 42nd. Austin and Salt will run the program at the Arena donated by Metropolitan Building Co. W. W. Keen leads the fund committee with W. Ladd assisting. proceeds cover furnishings and janitorial costs. The event includes other stunts and a four-car sale decided by Chief Warren and Mother Ryther. date set for Friday July 12 with tickets soon at local cigar stands and billiard rooms.
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Stoneway
42Nd St
Star Smoker
Austin & Salt
United War Work
Mother Ruther Fund Finance Committee
F. W. Keen
W. W. Ladd
Metropolitan Building Company
Warren
Ryther
Ticketa
Prohibition Enforcement Warned in DOJ Reports
Justice Department reports say liquor dealers in major cities would ignore wartime prohibition laws. The act provides fines up to 1000 dollars or up to one year in prison, or both.
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Department of Justice
Serta Strike Demands Include Wage Scale And Board
The Cc Croples service outlines a strike demand package for Serta workers. It calls for an adjustment board patterned after the New England board, a minimum wage of 12 dollars, a maximum of 19 dollars after survival years, and back pay to January 1, 1919. The company offers an adjustment board, a 12 dollar minimum after six months, a 19 dollar maximum after five years, and no back pay.
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Serta
New England Board
Riots in Brent After Fight Injures Scores
The Brent area faced riots after a brawl last night leaving about 100 French wounded. An American naval officer, reportedly drunk, tore down a French flag and was attacked by French civilians. American troops intervened to quell the violence as civilians besieged American hotels. Military police restored order.
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Brent
Italian earthquake toll rises with many killed in three cities
From Rome and London dispatches on June 30 report a powerful earthquake devastating villages in Italy. The Tempo notes Marradi Padulo and other areas suffered severe destruction and a church collapse killed several, while Vecchiano near Pisa tallies about 100 dead and hundreds wounded as aftershocks continue through the region.
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Rome
United Press
Tempo
London
Vecchiano
Pisa
Italy
New Yorkers Move to Fight John Barleycorn's Death
June 30 report says New York saloonkeepers hotel owners and restaurateurs would keep their establishments open to resist prohibition as John Barleycorn faces execution. A large coalition of 6000 United Retail Liquor Dealers' members planned continued operation and a public wake regardless of the outcome.
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New York
John Barleycorn
Old John
United Retail Liquor Dealers’ Association
Chicago Prepares for Greatest Stew in History
Chicago today readies for what is described as the greatest stew. Reports from grills say nearly the entire adult population will attend the wake of the wet one. Capacity reservations are noted with tables priced from six to ten dollars per head.
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Chicago
Thousands Flee DC For Drinks In Sudden Population Drop
Washington experiences a sharp population decline as about 26 000 residents leave the capital for drinking spots during a dry spell. The mass exodus centers on the wake event, drawing crowds away from the city.
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Washington
Strike Keeps Pacific Telephone Service Running
Pacific Telephone and Telegraph workers walked out after wage and condition demands failed. About 900 operators, linemen, and wiremen joined the strike, guarded by police, while non union staff struggled to maintain some service. An adjustment board is to be set up with three union and three company representatives.
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Seattle
Central
Hello
Blanche Johnson
New England
Nine US troops killed in Siberia clash
Washington reports that nine teen United States soldiers were killed, two died of wounds, eight were seriously wounded and 17 slightly wounded as anti Kolchak forces attacked railroad guards of the American expedition at Romano via, Siberia, yesterday, according to the war department.
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Washington
United States
Romanovia
Siberia
War Department
Yankee Divisions to Leave Germany
In Coblenz June 29, the Fourth and Fifth American divisions were assigned to the service of supply as the first step toward their return home. The Fifth is slated to depart Tuesday and the Fourth on July 6.
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Coblenz
More Sunshine Forecast for Tuesday Proclaimed by Weather Official
A Salisbury weather official predicts more sunshine on Tuesday in a cheerful Monday morning briefing. Citizens in Seattle remain hopeful that the atmospheric forecaster will deliver clear skies and mild conditions.
Polk to Succeed Lansing on Peace Mission
Frank Polk under secretary of state will replace Secretary Lansing on the American peace mission when Lansing sails for America. A sailing date for Lansing has been fixed, with Polk set to take Lansing's Lansing place on the commission.
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Polk
Lansing
Paris
United Press
Frank Polk
American’peace Commission
America
Rhymesters Enter Ca prise and Tickets to Clemumar Theatre
I want to buy a home right now and not delay. Want Ads guide the way to smiling property today. The Star Office awaits your verses by Friday noon to play. See rules of contest on Classified Page and join the fray.
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Clemumar Theatre
Star Office
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CC. C. Myers
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P. L. C. Grasser
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
San Francisco
Peay Girls
U. S
Germany
Rhymsters
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