Rail wage dispute widens after conference collapse
The eight hour day dispute between railroads and workers deepens as a New York conference fails to settle the issue. Rail executives propose arbitration or ICC submission, while unions plan a strike vote. Santa Fe general manager R G Wells circulates notes arguing current terms are fair and costly changes would burden the public. A related piece from the Louisville Courier Journal reflects on Wilsonian policy and Mexican events. James Kennedy, a Bank Exchange Saloon bartender, died after a brief illness. funeral held at Rollie Undertaking parlors.
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R.G- Wells
Coast Lines
Santa Fe Railroad
National Railway
Interstate Commerce
Commission
Railways Today
New York
Brotherhoods
Railways
Interstate Commerce Commission
National Conference Committee of the Railways
James Kennedy
Bank Exchange
Rollie Undertaking
Ordinance Amending Gallup Liquor Prohibition Ordinance
The town of Gallup New Mexico enacts changes to prevent sale or gifting of intoxicating liquor to Indians within city limits. Violations carry fines from twenty five to one hundred dollars or jail time from twenty to ninety days or both. Licenses may be revoked for selling to Indians or allowing loitering near saloons. Passed and approved June 10 1916.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallup
New Mexico
Town of
Board of Trustees
Cotton
Trus Peng
New Mexco
Meerse
Goln
Board of Trust
Mexico
Ilup
Ortinanes
Co. N. Cotton
Board of Truste
McKinley County
Tippling House
Thia Ordnance
Tofwyn
Parson and Peryong
Reginald. G. Werb
Board of “Trustees
Women's Club of
Galt
C.N. Cotton
Witeiudas
Gallup New Mexico Liquor License Ordinance 1916
An ordinance amends prior regulations to set wholesale liquor dealer fees at 3000 per year and retail dealer fees at 1500 per year for sales over and under five gallons. Drug stores are retail dealers unless selling by doctor’s prescription. Repeals conflicting ordinances. Passed June 10, 1916.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallup
McKinley County
New Mexico
Co. N. Cotton
Miner Peter Scarmela Dies in Powder Explosion at Heaton
Peter Scarmela a noted miner at the Heaton died Monday from a premature powder explosion. The death was instantaneous. He belonged to the Odd Fellows lodge and a Co-Mason. The public funeral at the Odd Fellows hall followed by cemetery services was conducted in Italian. He is survived by a wife and two children. Mrs Laura Lanigan and daughter arrived from California to visit Mr and Mrs C N Cotton. Mrs Lanigan long resident here. Mrs J R McFie left for Santa Fe for several weeks visit. she had been ill. Mattlock Transfer Office phone 199, residence 143.
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Peter Scarmela
Heaton
Odd Fellows Lodge
Odd Fellows Hall
Laura Lanigan
California
C. N. Cotton
Mra Lanigan
J. R. McFie
Judge McFie
Santa Fe
Gallup adopts strict hours and billiard license tax ordinance
The town of Gallup New Mexico enacts amendments to Ordinance Five creating a $12 annual license per billiard table and restricting hours for billiard rooms and gambling, with penalties including fines and jail time. It also regulates prize fights and saloon openings, imposing licenses and fines up to $200 and city jail terms, and preserves existing ordinances while repealing conflicting sections.
Wells progress at Santa Fe roundhouse drilling reaches depth
Gus Mulholland's crew lowers a well to about 800 feet with a 1000 foot depth target for the Santa Fe roundhouse and machine shops. The second derrick is nearly ready, and work on the third well will start within days after tool trouble was resolved. A coal seam about six feet thick was encountered during drilling.
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Gus Mulholland
Santa Fe
Errick
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Herald
Gallup, New Mexico
L.E. Gould
Inez L. Gould
N. M
Congress
Mattlock ‘Transfer Office
P. Peralta
Bony
Peralta
Fisher
Oklahoma
Della Swartz
Murray
Yale, Oreg
Louisville Courier- Journal
Col. Watterson
Tampico
Vera Cruz
Cuba
Villa
Carranza
Courier-Journal
S Webb
Wall Street
THE
Gallup State Bank
Reginald G. “Webb
Mattlock
Just
Yacht Club
Ssaraies’ G. Whbr, “Dew Clerk
Lumita
Reginald G. Webb
Apd
Sla
Attest Reginald
G. Whbr Town
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