Conspiracy Ties Strike to Knights and Ward Co
State's Attorney Healey reveals grand jury evidence supporting reports that the Chicago teamsters strike is partly the result of a conspiracy against Montgomery Ward & Co. by rival employers and labor leaders, with a $30,000 scheme paid in installments. Indictments may name conspirators for murders linked to wrecking crews.
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Healey
Teamsters
Montgomery Ward & Co
Teamsters Consider Modified Strike Proposal In Chicago
Representatives of the Teamsters predict an early end to the strike after the Joint Council schedules a Monday meeting to appoint a new strike committee. The board plans a moderated settlement proposal and a conference with employers to resolve the dispute.
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Chicago
Teamsters
Teamsters’ Joint Council
Alleged Split From Strike Leader Plans Caucus
They are said to have broken away from strike leader President C. P. Shea and organized a caucus to canvass the situation and secure pledges to call off the strike. Financing the strike burdens the group with 730,000 a week for benefits and expenses as shrinkage grows since the grand jury investigation.
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C. P. Shea
Grand Jury
Demurrer Overruled in Cleveland Coal Trust Case
Judge Stone overruns the demurrer of the Cleveland Coal Dealers association known as the coal trust. Indictments stand for members under the Valentine anti trust law, with trials to proceed unless reversed on appeal. The grand jury also indicts plumbers trust members and Cleveland Mantle and The Dealers association for a restraint of trade from April 14 to June 17.
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Common Pleas Court
Cleveland Coal Dealers’ Association
Coal Trust
Coal Dealers’ Association
Plumbers’ Trust
Valentine
Cleveland Mantle
Dealers’ Association
Pastor Refuses Resignation Over Automobile Use
In Laporte Indiana on June 19 Reverend Alfred Builta pastor of the Christian church in Oxford faces pressure to resign for using an automobile. Members opposed to the car demand he abandon the vehicle or the pulpit while protest grows among farming members who object to his travel by car.
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Hoch Writes Biography From Inside His Cell
Chicago June 19 A condemned wife murderer Johann Hoch is reportedly drafting an autobiography while confined. He works night and day at a small desk, only pausing to eat, with details of the narrative known only to his publisher.
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Chicago
Johann Hoch
War talk shifts as Japan terms debated in Far East talks
Press and public opinion in Russia and abroad push for continuation of the war rather than accepting harsh terms from Japan. Papers note hostile stances toward the United States and concern over meeting location while Grand Duke Alexis retires as admiral. A separate U S court probe hires Harmon and Judson as special counsel. Moody and Roosevelt promise full statements next Tuesday.
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Foreign Office
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Bourse Gazette
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France
Great Britain
Germany
Austria
Novoe Vremya
Sviet
United States
Far East
Washington
Grand Duke
Alexis
White House cites Santa Fe rebate case conference
A White House conference involving the president, Secretary Morton and Attorney General Moody addressed the Santa Fe railway rebate lawsuit. Secretary Morton admitted as president of the Santa Fe that rebates were granted to Colorado Fuel and Iron, as Judson Harmon questioned the inquiry.
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White House
Morton
Moody
Santa Fe Railway
Department of Justice
Merton
Santa Fe
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company
Judson Harmon
Cincinnati
Mayor Weaver's Crusade Prompts Mass Dismissals
Philadelphia report notes the dismissal of thirty health bureau employees as Mayor Weaver pushes for reforms. Public Health Director Sunderland says most are valuable, with vacancies likely filled. Meantime, arrests of Republican-linked figures in frauds tied to the filtration project are anticipated pending Elihu Root's approval. Bowen Loomis controversy sees Taft return to Washington and hear more witnesses as he aims to close the case soon.
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Republican Organization
Elihu Root
Washington
Taft
Judge Rules Alien Labor Act Ultravires in Pere Marquette Case
Judge Anglin declares the alien labor act ultra vires and blocks the deportation order against two American Pere Marquette railway employees arrested at St. Thomas for alleged violations. The ruling limits enforcement of the act by the Dominion government.
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Pere Marquette Railway
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