Declaration of Principles Against Boycotts at New Orleans Labor Meet
At the National Association of Manufacturers session in New Orleans on April 16 a resolution declaring principles against boycotts and lockouts was adopted. It recognizes the right of labor to organize and pledges the association to oppose legislation misaligned with these principles despite employer rights.
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New Orleans
Comitee
Tds
Parry Pn
Carroll D. Wright
United States
Roosevelt
Wright
James , Taler
Cincinnati
Taler
Ayor Jones
Toledo
Denver
Colo
The
News Boys
Western Federation of Miners
Northwest
British Columbia
W. D. Haywood
Haywood
Northern Pacific Trainmen Win Wage Increase Deal
In St Paul on April 16 an agreement settles the dispute between Northern Pacific officers and the trainmen committee. Eight firemen receive 15 percent higher wages and passenger crews 12 percent. Yardmen in Chicago gain a half cent more than St Paul. Over 1,500 NP employees are directly affected, with 5,000 more impacted by similar terms sought from Omaha and Great Northern. Negotiations have lasted four months.
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St. Paul
Great Western
Southern Pacific
Santa Fend
Union Pacific
Great Northern
Maha
Northern Pacific Railway
Omaha
Gas famine predicted as Teamsters join People’s Gas strike
Chicago April 16. Teamsters and meter setters and repairmen walk out in a mass strike at the People’s Gas company. Leaders warn of a gas famine if demands are not met while officials say drivers violated the agreement and must return to work. Nonunion firemen were captured from the steamer Lycoming and held for hours as police guard the vessel against strikebreaker violence. Outside the lines fifty strikers await strike breakers.
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Chicago
People’s Gas Company
Teamsters’ Union
Lycoming
Oil Fire on Spindle Top Derricks Consumed at
A fire swept Spindle Top derricks consuming oil equipment in a blaze reported early today. Firefighters battled the flames as smoke rose over the field and surrounding areas. No injuries were immediately noted and the cause is under investigation.
Beaumont Oil Fire Devastates Spindle Top District
A blaze at Caldwell Oil company wells near Beaumont Texas caused 800000 to 1000000 in damage. 265 derricks and 200 rigs were ruined as flames spread across three blocks with no extinguishing effort. No injuries were reported and many firms may not recover.
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Beaumont
Tex
Caldwell Oil Company
German Ensign Hessner Faces Court Martial For Fatal Swording
Berlin reports a court martial is ordered to try Ensign Hessner of the German navy for killing an artilleryman named Hartmann at Essen on Good Friday. Hessner says Hartmann grossly familiarly attempted to shake hands after being arrested for an informal salute. Hessner claims Hartmann ran and he stabbed him through the back.
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Berlin
Hessner
Hartmann
Essen
Gross
Interboro Board Rejects Nine-Hour Day for Elevators
New York April 16 The Interborough Rapid Transit board refused nine hour day demands of elevated employees after a conference with a committee. Union President Pepper warned of a strike if the demands are not granted as the dispute reached an absolute issue.
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New York
Interborough Rapid Transit Company
Manhattan Elevated Railroad Company
Pepper
Men’s Union
Supreme Court Grants Motion in Lorimer-Duborrow Case
In Springfield Illinois on April 16 the state Supreme Court granted a writ of habeas corpus to Isaac N Powell and election commissioners Thomas Judge and William C Malloy of the Sixth district. They had been jailed by Judge Hanecy for not obeying an injunction against releasing ballots for a recount under a subpoena duces tecum. The writ is returnable at once and was served on Cook County Sheriff Barrett. The case is set for hearing on April 24.
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Springfield
Ill
Supreme Court
Lorimer-Duborrow
Barrett
Cook County
Severe Northeaster Ravages Jersey Coast Piers
A fierce northeaster pound Atlantic City and Asbury Park for a full day. The 9 p.m. tide set a record unseen in eighteen years as huge breakers battered pilings under the piers and pavilions. Boardwalk timbers ripped away and swept into the sea by relentless waves.
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New York
Atlantic City
Asbury Park
Jersey
Burglars Trigger Gas Explosion in Chicago Home
Burglars robbed a Chicago house then turned on the gas causing an explosion that blew Mrs. Ada Brownell from her kitchen to the yard. She lay unconscious an hour before awakening to alarm. The home was wrecked and many valuables were missing, suggesting burglary.
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Chicago
Ada Brownell
C. W. Brownell
Yale Student Barton Missing After Catboat Trip
Lester C. Barton of Chicago a Yale 1906 student and an unnamed friend sailed a catboat Monday from New Haven toward Milford. They were last seen drifting or possibly washed onto Long Island shore, with Barton believed to be in danger.
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New Haven
Conn
Lester C. Barton
Chicago
Yale University
Barton
Milford
Long Island
Revolutionists Win In Honduras Capital Surrender
The U S state department received a cable from Consul Moe in Tegucigalpa dated the 15th stating the revolution was successful and Tegucigalpa surrendered to Bonilla. Commander Wilson aboard the Panther confirmed the capitulation and peace was assured in a later dispatch from Puerto Cortez.
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Washington
State Department
United States
Moe
Tegucigalpa
Honduras
Bonilla
Navy Department
Wilson
Panther
Puerto Cortez
Honduran Leader Surrenders as Bonilla Troops Enter Tegucigalpa
San Salvador report says Juan Angel Arias, named president by the retiring Sierra, surrendered to General Bonilla whose forces have occupied Tegucigalpa, as Honduras moves toward a new leadership.
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San Salvador
Juan Angel Arias
Honduras
General Sierra
Bonilla
Tegucigalpa
Repuic
Stable man Borgstrom kills wife and dies by suicide attempt
In Mount Kisco a coroner investigates Isaac Borgstrom who reportedly killed his wife by throat cutting, killed his step-daughter, and attempted to kill himself by slashing his throat. The step-daughter died. Borgstrom may recover.
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White Plains
N. Y
Mount Kisco
Isaac Borgstrom
The
Mono
Taylor denies funding Cecil to kill Goebel
Indianapolis April 16 Ex Governor Taylor of Kentucky denounces as infamously false the claim that he offered Frank Cecil 2500 dollars to shoot Goebel. He says he did not know Cecil and has never seen him to his knowledge.
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Frankfort
Frank Ceceil
Kentucky
William Goebel
James Howard
Cecil
Culton
Broughton
Golden
Caleb Powers
Goebel
Powers
W. S. Taylor
Taylor
Youtsey
Indianapolis
Frank Cecil
Moros suffer heavy losses as Pershing forces advance in Mindanao
Manila reports six hundred American troops under Captain Pershing engage Moros near Calai after their retreat from Bacolod. The Americans shell the fortifications for eight hours, destroying defenses and killing many Moros. Pershing’s force then moves to Marahui and joins the camp north of Lake Lanao, sealing control of the lake district. Datto Nonucan dies of cholera amid the fighting. A detachment of the Twenty-eighth Infantry surprises a band at Cagayan Mindanao, capturing eighteen and wounding thirteen bolomen.
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Manila
Captain Pershing
Bacolod
Pershing
Calai
Marahui
Lake Lanao
Lake District
Datto Nonucan
Twenty-eighth Infantry
Cagayan
Mindanao
Riot by striking firemen on steamer Howard L Shaw
Fifty union firemen armed with knives and clubs attacked three nonunion workers aboard the steamer Howard L Shaw after arriving from Duluth. George T Smith was stabbed and nearly beaten to death and thrown into the river before rescue. Pearl and Sigler were injured, with serious wounds. all were hospitalized. Police hunt the attackers as Peare remains in serious condition.
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Cleveland
Howard L. Shaw
Duluth
Adolph Peare
Gladstone
Mich
George T. Smith
Walter Sigler
Smith
Pearl
Sigler
Peare
Master Plumbers Association Declared Illegal in St. Louis
A St. Louis circuit court judge ruled the Association of Master Plumbers of St. Louis an illegal combination aimed at monopolizing the plumbing trade and restricting supply sales. The order dissolves the group while allowing individual firms to refuse sales, affecting seven concerns.
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St. Louis
Deportations of Native Students Stir U S Trust
The state department seeks facts from Germany on the deportation from Ruk to Ponate in the Caroline group. Rev Dr Judson Smith of the American Board reports harsh treatment and asks protection of missionaries. Melilla dispatches confirm mounting fighting and casualties including a pacha wounded. A London cable notes the sultan’s move to appease rebels.
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Washington
State Department
Ruk
Ponate
Caroline
Judson Smith
American Board of Foreign Missions
Smith
Tress
Frajana
Melilla
Pacha
London
Missionaries Arrested by German Warship in Caroline Islands
Reports from Rev. M. L. Stimson and Miss Jennie D. Baldwin describe four native missionaries seized by the German warship Cormoran after a German trader accused them of impropriety. Stimson was denied defense and ordered off the vessel as trials occurred aboard the ship. Prisoners were to be taken to Ponapa following testimony by heathens and traders' adherents.
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Boston
M. L. Stimson
Jennie D. Baldwin
Caroline Islands
Cormoran
Stimson
Ponapa
Moors Capture Fort Reported From Melilla
dispatches from Melilla Morocco say insurgent Moors seized a fort in a region near Madrid on April 15 signaling a strategic gain in the conflict and prompting Allied diplomatic notes.
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Madrid
Melilla
Morocco
Governor Morton Activated in Buffalo Strike Tensions
In Buffalo a patrol boat Governor Morton was put into service to counter striking marine firemen’s tactics of boarding ships from small boats and intimidating nonunion workers. Nonunion firemen were beaten earlier. Lake Carriers' association President Livingstone arrived and signaled meetings only if new points arise.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Morton
Livingstone
Lake Carriers’ Association
Cooks and waiters strike at Kinsley's restaurant
Two hundred union cooks and waiters walk out as rations for gas plant workers arrive. Police escorted a wagon of cooked provisions to the Twenty second street gas plant, but the cooks refused to supply any items.
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Chicago
Kinsley’s
People’s Gas Company
Twenty-second Street
Center Avenue
Western Ohio railroad workers strike over layoffs and Italian hires
Wapakoneta Ohio April 15. about 100 workers on the Western Ohio railroad line between here and Sidney strike after the company dismissed 25 older workers and replaced them with Italian laborers.
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Wapakoneta, O
Western Ohio
Here
Sidney
Postal investigations to continue with swift action
Postmaster General Payne announces ongoing postal department investigations and promises summary action against those found guilty. The statement indicates tightening oversight and accountability within the postal service.
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Washington
Payne
Postal Department
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