Early settlement signals in miners strike
Philadelphia dispatch reports John J. Lewis signals conciliatory stance in wage talks with anthracite operators. Some producers move to reopen mines, suggesting negotiations may resume soon.
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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1925
Page
5
Philadelphia dispatch reports John J. Lewis signals conciliatory stance in wage talks with anthracite operators. Some producers move to reopen mines, suggesting negotiations may resume soon.
Reports from the Potavillo region indicate miners prepared to enter amicable talks toward a wage contract for a multi year, continuous operation. One large producer reportedly ordered nearly 100 million carats of deliveries and a comprehensive mine checkup. Secret conferences among operators allegedly discussed softening a strict no concessions stance.
Red Cross work continues in the county with daily member intake at 12 East Washington Street. No reports yet from Hagerstown or other towns as the Roll Call emphasizes expanding home service to rural communities to aid needy families. Local chairmen include George T. Brown in Brownsville, Harvey Bamberger in Boonsboro, and Mrs. H C Foster in Clear Spring among others across Weverton Rohrersville Cave Town Blue Ridge Summit Hagerstown Hancock and surrounding areas.
Trustees of rural schools visit school houses this week by invitation of the Board of Education as part of Education Week observances. Also noted are facts about jewel grades used in watch hearings, with sapphires and rubies as best, garnet as cheaper, and ordinary rock crystal as lowest grade.
An advertisement promises rapid relief from rheumatic pain with Allenriia. It claims uric acid deposits dissolve within twenty four hours and offers a money back guarantee. James H. Allen of Rochester NY is named as the inventor and Wareham's City Pharmacy as the local agent. requests for out of town orders are welcomed.
The eighteenth annual Christmas Seals sale, sponsored by the Maryland Tuberculosis Association, will start Thursday November 26. Seventy percent of funds stay in the county to aid local tuberculosis efforts. The illness imposes high costs in treatment and lost work, with US deaths near 100,000 in 1924 and about 900,000 cases nationwide.
James G. Carroll of Cumberland is elected state president of the Ancient Order of Hibernians succeeding the late John T. Doyle. The announcement came from the State Board. Thomas J. Walsh of Baltimore is named to fill the vice president role.
London reports the former Kaiser, living in exile at Doorn, remains in showy uniforms though aged and mellowed. He clings to Potsdam-era pomp but forgets war bitterness, spurring interest as British secretary Alexander Carlisle recounts his visit and talk of old English acquaintances. A Cairo court case concerns a Moslem girls stage appearance.
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