Tacoma Bakers to Close Shop
The Tacoma Master Bakers association and the bakers union failed to agree on a new wage scale, prompting the closure of all association affiliated bakeries starting tomorrow and lasting until Monday. Union bakers say a new contract was refused and they were locked out. The union seeks a $1 per day wage increase.
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Tacoma
Tacoma Master Bakers Association
Bakers Union
Mortimer Miller
Maeter Bakers’ Association
Chicago tightens guard on Reds amid May Day clash
Chicago authorities set up rifle squads and federal agents at key points to prevent any May Day parade. I W W leaders were denied a permit and would-be processions faced police defiance. Chief Garrity warned no parade would be allowed as meetings continued with Seymour Stedman and Rose Pastor Stokes speaking. Police monitor mail for bombs after a package reached Federal Judge K M Landis who was in Rockford, Illinois.
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Garrity
Seymour Stedman
Chicago
Rose Pastor Stokes
K. M. Landis
Landis
Rockford, IL
One Thousand Carmen Strike in Wheeling Event
In Wheeling West Virginia on May 1 a thousand carmen walked out halting traffic on three electric lines in the tri state area. They demand a 20 cent per hour wage increase and there were no disorders or attempts to operate cars.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Carmen
Tri-State
Japan Grants Concessions in Shantung Dispute
Paris May 1 details of Japan moral victory in the China dispute are to appear in the peace treaty. Japan will surrender the Shantung peninsula including the port of Kiauchau to China but keeps economic rights and gains concessions in Port Tangtau aided by Chinese police trained by Japan.
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Carl D, Groat
United Press
Paris
Japan
China
Shantung Peninsula
Kiachau
Tuingtau
Kiaochau
Armed Reds March In East In Uncertain May Day Protests
A group of armed radicals alleged to be Bolsheviks moved toward Imboden, Pennsylvania, planning a May Day demonstration. Police and armed citizens at Indiana prepared to arrest the marchers. At Homer City a red flag bearer led 150 demonstrators and was arrested, while 49 protesters near Watertown faced arrest and weapons were seized. Buy a Victory Bond.
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Clearfield
United Press
Imdbana
Homer City
Indiana
Watertown
Red Bomb Plot Targets Immigration Foes Across Nation
The Mayday bomb case shows 16 parcels addressed to officials and wealthy individuals tied to immigration policy. Investigators note red flag enmity, with targets including District Attorney Fickert and Mayor Hanson, while bombs resembled cologne bottles and used fulminate mercury to trigger dynamite.
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Duta
Cheater
Olver Wendell Holmes
Lamar
Post Office Department
Hylan
New York
Fickert
San Francisco
Ole Hanson
Beattle
Gimbel's
Senator Hardwick
Atlanta
Kaplan
Post Office
Cochran
San
Franh Ciaco
Postal Officials on Strict Watch Coast Bomb Alerts
Postal authorities in San Francisco and other coast cities reported no new bombs found after inquiries. Earlier parcels tied to New York mailed devices prompted heightened caution as detectives traced the source while officials vowed careful handling of all mail.
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San Francisco
United Press
Hangon
Seattle
Fickert
New York
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