Miners Refuse Wilson Plea as Strike Looms
Washington October 27 Miners reject President Wilson's call for arbitration of coal wage disputes while operators had accepted. John L Lewis declares the strike set for November 1 and mediation efforts fail. Officials vow to inform districts and keep mines running if arbitration proceeds.
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John L. Lewis
The
United Mine Workers
Washington
Wilson
Toto
Thomas T. Brewster
Coal Operators’ Association
Board of Arbitration
Trotzky Arrives in Petrograd Defending City Street by Street
Leon Trotzky arrives in Petrograd and vows to defend the city street by street. All men up to seventy are conscripted as theaters close and a curfew is set at eight each night.
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Helsingfors
Leon Trotzky
Petrograd
Packer Quiz Taken to New York for Food Cost Drive
October 25 report states Justice Department officials prepared to move the government anti high cost of living campaign from Chicago to New York City. The transfer signals expansion of federal efforts to curb food price inflation.
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Packer
New York
Federal Department of ‘Justice
Chicago
Britain Seeks Hungary Rail Control With Loan Offer
Oct 24 report says England offered Hungary a loan of 500 million dollars with the condition that Hungarian railroads pass under English oversight. The proposal ties financial aid to control of rail lines amid postwar tensions and rising economic pressures in Central Europe.
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Hungary
Vienna
England
Farmers' side given demands wider market and higher consumer prices
Senator Capper told the Senate that farmers sell at a loss while consumers pay more. He blamed faulty distribution and cited Wheat at a loss with figures showing windfall profits for millers and others. He urged lifting embargoes and expanding credits to Europe to open markets for farmers.
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Washington
Senate
Senator Capper
Kansas
Capper
Grain Corporation
Europe
Wilson plea to labor meet fuels industrial peace plea
President Wilson urges action by the industrial conference to secure peace during reconstruction. Delegates split after the labor group walked out following a vetoed collective bargaining proposal. Samuel Gompers led the walkout blaming the employers for the breakdown.
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Executive
Washington
National Industrial Conference
Lane
Wilson
Employers’ Bloc
Samuel Gompers
Marble Hall
America
Woodrow Wilson
President Signs New Bills
President Wilson signed several bills recently passed by congress including amendments to the food control bill aimed at preventing hoarding and profiteering in food and clothing. The prohibition enforcement bill awaits a decision by the department of justice with a deadline of midnight October 28 to act or it would become law automatically.
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Washington
Wilson
Congress
Tumulty
Department of Justice
Perrysburg Bank Robbery Nets $5,000 Reward
Bandits robbed the Perrysburg Banking Company in Perrysburg near Toledo on October 23 and escaped with five thousand dollars. Ohio police investigated the heist as officials described the scene in Toledo.
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Toledo, O
Perrysburg Banking Company
Perrysburg
Here
Argentine Corn Exports Grow to 100000 Tons Weekly
Buenos Aires reports corn exports expanding rapidly with estimates showing a rate near 100000 tons each week. Large shipments are flowing to the United States as the export drive intensifies.
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Buenos Aires
U. S
Allied Ships Move on Fiume in Adriatic Action
A lively naval movement unfolds as allied forces in Adriatic ports shift positions. The U S torpedo boat Foote, based at Fiume, is ordered to Spalato as part of the maneuver.
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Fiume
Adriatic
United States
Foote
Spalato
Embargo on Sale of Arms Noted on the Border
The southern department of the U S army issued orders to embargo the sale and shipment of arms and ammunition on the border with Mexico. The measure, effective immediately, was issued from El Paso Texas on October 27.
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el Paso
Tex
Southern Department
United States Army
Form New Political Party in Railroad Employee Group
Pittsburgh October 27 formation announced by a central committee of railroad workers to cooperate with the steel strike. The move aims to unite employed rail labor under a new political party and coordinate actions with union leadership and steel industry protests.
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Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Central Committee
Rail workers threaten payoff demands before rail return
Washington reports that railroad employees led by Timothy Shea vow to press wage hikes and eight hour days for federal controlled lines as the government winds down wartime controls. They seek time and a half for overtime and living wages before return to private ownership.
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Washington
Railroad Administration
Timothy Shea
Board of Railway
Shea
Nobel peace prizes postponed for 1918 and 1919
Stockholm reports the annual Nobel peace prizes will be postponed again and the 1918 1919 awards remain undelivered. Philadelphia notes mint output at 75 million pennies monthly with 3.5 billion in circulation. Tulsa reports oil man J T McCoy age 75 killed by car near his daughter's home during a family reunion. he operated in Pennsylvania for 50 years.
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Stockholm
Philadelphia
Ray Baker
United States Mints
Tulsa
Okla
J. T. McCoy
Oil City
F. A. Gillespie
McCoy
Pennsylvania
Rail bill reported out by Senate committee
The bill to return railroads to private ownership under federal supervision was reported out by the Senate Interstate Commerce Committee with no changes from last week. The 14 to 1 vote 曯 Senator La Follette opposed anti strike provisions. The measure becomes effective 30 days after enactment and is set for Senate debate once the peace treaty is disposed of.
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Washington
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
la Follette
Wisconsin
Cun Mins
Senate
U S Attorney in Alaska Killed
Ketchikan Alaska Oct 27 Steven Ragan aged thirty three assistant United States attorney was shot and instantly killed on Front street and Pat Shannahan is in custody authorities say
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U. S
Alaska
Ketchikan
Steven Ragan
United States
Pat Shannahan
Kruvosky Beats Gunboat Smith In Coast Bout
Kayo Kruvosky won a decision over Gunboat Smith in a four round boxing match in San Francisco. It was Smiths first appearance on the coast after a long absence.
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Kruvosky
Gunboat Smith
San Francisco
Kayo Kruvosky
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