General Strike Closes Chicago Lumber Firms
The Teamsters strike spreads through Chicago lumber dealers with all but two firms ceasing work over boycott deliveries. Mills run short of lumber. sash and door mills face shutdowns. carpenters are laid off as police struggle to maintain order amid looming jail for union leader Shea.
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Bottineau
D. H. McArthur
D. J. McArthur
William Collins
Thomas Gardner
Peter Scott
John Stover
Masonic Lodge
Alex Breault
E. B. Goss
Frank Collins
Murray Moore
Anna Bliss
M. A. Strock
R. B. Kilbourn
W. W. Wilson
Busch & Gerts
Teamsters
Chicago
Lumber and Son
O'Neill
Imen
Shea
The
International Union
Railway Express
Planing Mills
Every Lumber Teamster Struck Discharged in Chicago
Secretary Hooper announced that all lumber teamsters who struck have been formally discharged and will not be rehired by lumber dealers, who cite the express companies as precedent. Attorney Mayer asserted the union demand is permanently rejected and further talks useless, defending the companies' actions.
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Chicago
Hooper
Associated Wood Industries
Mayer
Employers’ Association
Teamsters Leader Defies Judge Over Questioning
International President Shea vows to defy Federal Judge Kohlsaat and Master in Chancery Sherman by refusing to answer questions at the resumed hearing on alleged strike violations. He says answering could incriminate him and prefers jail to cooperation, claiming the right to self defense.
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Chicago
International
Shea
Teamsters’ Union
Kohlsaat
Sherman
Fargo
Charles Dolman
Charlie
Dolman
Moorhead
Clara Clark
Nick Miller
Steinkamp
Miller
Carrie Clark
Clark
Methodist University at Wahpeton faces closure unless $50,000 raised
Trustees warned Wahpeton campus will close unless Grand Forks raises $50,000 within sixty days. Debts total about $12,000 and several relocation options were voted down or failed by narrow margins. Dr. Robertson reelected president, faculty not rehired as residents weigh price.
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Red River Valley Methodist University
Wahpeton
Grand Forks
Fargo
Methodist University
State Science School
Robertson
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