Missing Atlas Machinists Contract Sparks Union Debate
The Central Labor Union revealed the long lost Atlas Engine Works contract. John Mulholland, acting for the machinists, altered the agreement after securing it, prompting protests from the union as it lacked shorter work hours. Debates on grievance committee room and disputes with carpenters' council followed.
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Atlas Engine Works
Central Labor Union
Central Labor Union Sevral
Union of
Machinists
Gent
International
Cleveland
John Mulholland
Mulholland
Atlas Works
E. J. Collins
Matt O'Mara
John Feltman
National Machinists
Central la Labor Union
Carpenters’ Council
Carpenters’ District Council
Ben
Committee On Arbitration and
Union 44
National Association of Steamfitters and Plumbers
Uankted Association of Steamfitters and Helpers
Union 440
Carpenters
Will Elect Business Agent for Local Bartenders Union
The Bartenders International League branch in Germania hall will elect a business agent tomorrow night. George Losh, acting walking delegate, is expected to win formal election due to his tireless work advancing the new union. The group, formed weeks ago with 28 members, has grown and now employs all listed union bartenders. The United Mine Workers audit team, led by Sears from Bellville, Mossop from North Lawrence, and Fitzsimmons from Olyphant, Pa, arrived for quarterly books review, likely spanning this week and into next.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Bartenders’ International League
Germania Hall
George Losh
Losh
United Mine Workers
Sears Ops
Bellville, Ill
John J. Mossop
North Lawrence, O
Patrick Fitzsimmons
Olyphant
Carnival Parade Opens Week of Fun at Statehouse Grounds
A parade will start Monday at 7 PM from the main carnival gate featuring four Indianapolis battalion cavalry units, animals from the Gaskill-Mundy Carnival Camp, and civic societies. It tours downtown streets and returns to the carnival grounds for the free show opening fourteen paid acts plus several free attractions. Proceeds fund an armory for the Indianapolis battalion.
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Statehouse
Indianapolis
Gate Opened to Road Elevation Rights in Indianapolis Franchise
City order allows railway to raise or lower tracks from a city point as per board of works, with penalties for failure to begin or complete work. Forfeiture clause grants the city power to remove tracks if construction and operation between Indianapolis and Logansport fail within five years.
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Msey Tereby
Board of Works
Serana
Indianapolis
Logansport
Cmain
Railway control by park board over park line work and specs
The passage assigns to the Park Commissioners broad authority over Someranion works within the park. It grants the right to approve plans and materials to be adopted and used, and to decide whether sidings or a switch should be tied into the main line. The railway company remains subject to reasonable rules and regulations set by the Board at all times.
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Pica
Board of Park Commissioners
Pensioners of Indiana Disburse Large State Totals
The Indianapolis pension agency issued a total of 10,245,286 dollars during the fiscal year 193. Of this sum 77,053 was charged to Mexican war veterans, 2,817 to Indian wars, and 113,131 to Spanish war veterans. Under general law 6,957,423 dollars were paid in Indianapolis, and under the 1890 act 3,088,460 dollars were recharged to the war. The remaining funds went to survivors and widows of the Mexican war.
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Indianapolis
Yilows
Noted humorist Bill Arp dies after gall stone operation
Maj. Charles H. Smith known as Bill Arp died at his Cartersville home The Shadows after months of illness following gall stone removal surgery His wife four daughters and two sons were with him The funeral is set for Wednesday morning Born June 15 1826 in Lawrenceville Ga he served in the Civil War as a major on General G T Andersons staff He wrote satirical pieces and letters that shaped Southern sentiment and published several books and essays during his career
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Cartersville
Charles H. Smith
Bill Arp
Texas
Mexico
Carl Smith
New York
Major Smith
Lawrenceville
South
Franklin College
Athens
G. T. Anderson
Georgia
Rome
Smith
Lincoln
Squire
North
Atlanta Constitution
John Brown
John C. Calhoun
Holmes
Mr. Davis
Millen
Macon
Wilson
George Adair
EB. ¥. Clark
Southern Confederacy
Atlanta
Tip
Branham
Underwood
Demand for Higher Wages Sparks Big Four Conference
Representatives of railway employees from Ohio Indiana Illinois and Missouri prepare to meet with Big Four officials at the Occidental hotel in Indianapolis. About 600 to 540 workers including conductors brakemen engineers firemen and switchmen seek roughly a 20 percent raise, potentially adding thousands monthly. The talks may extend over several weeks as both sides seek a settlement.
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Big Four Railroad
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Missouri
Occidental Hotel
J. Morrey
Mattoon
Big Four Department
The
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
Indianapolis
Ilinois
Citizens Seek Closure of Mantel Barrels House Saloon
Citizens on Capitol avenue demand Mantel's barrel house be closed amid claims of vice and a basement restaurant handling liquor outside laws. No arrests in Lydia Stratton case. police eye assault, while residents form a committee to press authorities, citing property harm and city disgrace. The mayor and Superintendent Taffe note lacking concrete evidence, with investigations to proceed.
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Lydia Stratton
Capitol Avenue
Mantel
W. H. Cooper
North Capitol Avenue
A. J. McIntosh
D. A. Lemon
Clayton Hildebrand
Mr. Cross
North Tol Avenue
Indiana Avenue
Indianapolis
Taffe
Man Mantel
Anglo German Atlantic Steamship Pact Talks Under Way
In London Herr Ballin headed a directors meeting of the Hamburg Atlantic lines, the second such gathering this month. Negotiations aim at an Anglo German combination in the Atlantic trade with Dover as a port of call, reflecting high level German interest in a commercial entente.
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London
Herr Ballin
Hamburg-American Line
Atlantic Steamship Lines
Savoy Hotel
Dover
Missing mail carrier tied to infant death case
Coroner Tutewiler investigates the death of Daisy Wirt’s infant at City Hospital. Washington, Indiana mail carrier C. T. McDonald allegedly fled duty after letters suggest he fathered the child and advised killing the baby if born alive. Disclosures sparked citywide sensation as he did not report for duty.
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Tutewiler
Daisy Wirt
C. T. McDonald
Washington, Ind
McDonald
Waston
Cruel German Sergeant arraigned for brutalities
Sergeant Wilhelm Nebelung of the Thirty sixth Infantry Regiment in Halle Prussia Saxony is before a court martial for mistreating soldiers. He allegedly beat men with a broom handle tore buttons off coats and forced drill on bent knees. He also made men crawl on all fours with rifles in their mouths. The court heard further testimony is sought.
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Halle
Prussian
Saxony
Wilhelm Nebelung
Little Boy Disappears In City Search
Abner Fults eight years old, son of Mrs John Fultz of 350 Madison Avenue, vanished from home at noon yesterday. Police notified, citywide search conducted with no results. Authorities consider a possible abduction or movement by someone from a nearby home.
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Abner Fults
John Fultz
Madison Avenue
Kruse and Deventer Furnaces on East Washington Street
Kruse and Deventer advertise celebrated warm air furnaces at No 427 4 East Washington Street.
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Kruse & Deventer
Washington Street
East Washington Street
Herzl Presses London Officials Over Consular Proposal
Dr Herzl met with Foreign Office representatives in London to discuss a consular issue and push for an official proposal, but Britain limited itself to endorsing the idea without further action.
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London
Herzl
At the Foreign
Geese
Britain
Ferdinand in danger must declare policy to Bulgarians
A Sofia deputation traveled to Hungary to urge Prince Ferdinand to publicly state his Macedonian policy. If he refuses, Bulgarians plan to depose him. Reports say a strong man will be called to the colors in the European vilayets, signaling grave tensions amid Russia and Austria. Officials blamed for cruelty in Kosovo vilayet are dismissed.
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London
Sofia
Ferdinand
Hungary
Berlin
Morning Post
Uskub
Daily Mail
Turkey
Russia
Kossovo
Lost in a hurricane six vessels and crews likely sunk
W. K. Syson & Co reports that the American schooner G. E. Bentley with eight crew and cargo of 900,000 feet of lumber from Mobile to Cienfuegos is lost in the great storm. Several other ships including Starke Flora Morong Governor Blake Maggie Elia and Anna M. Slammer are believed wrecked with varied crews and passengers.
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Mobile
Ala
W. K. Syson & Co
Cienfuegos
Cuba
G. E. Bentley
Starke
Senes
Pascagoula
Miss
Colon
Flora Morong
L. Bodden
Governor Blake
Bourne Proposed as Archbishop of Westminster
Rome reports Cardinal Gotti presiding over a Propaganda Congregation meeting. The body will propose to Pope Pius the elevation of Bishop Francis Bourne of Southwark to Archbishop of Westminster in succession to the late Archbishop Vaughan. In London the nomination surprised English Catholics as Bourne was a third choice by a narrow vote.
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Rome
Congregation of the Propaganda
Cardinal Gotti
Pius
Francis Bourne
Southwark
England
Westminster
Vaughan
London
Bourne
Monsignor Bourne
Regan and Feltz Fight 20 Rounds to a Draw
Johnny Regan of Brooklyn and Tommy Feltz of St. Louis battled twenty rounds in Kansas City, ending in a draw. Regan showed the edge early and late, scoring a knockdown in the nineteenth as Feltz absorbed punishment and fought on with a nearly swollen left eye. Regan weighed 115 pounds, Feltz 121, with Feltz aiming to challenge for the champion spot afterward.
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Kansas City
Aug
Johnny Regan
Brooklyn
Tommy Feltz
St. Louis
Regan
Feltz
Felta
Neil
YEGGMEN Revelations From New York Book Chief Says Robbers Plague Nation
New York Charity Organization Society chief James Forbes plans a book detailing the Yeggmen, migratory beggars and safe burglars. He cites 2,800 in the country, 1,400 described, with New York as their headquarters and 80 rooming houses. Yeggmen follow a code, share spoils, and may be shot for betrayal.
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New York Herald
James Forbes
Mendicancy
New York Charity Organization Society
United States
Mr. Forbes
New York City
Manhattan
Brooklyn
Yeggman
Moneker
Forbes
New York
Murphy Removed as Arizona Surveyor General Chief Clerk
Phoenix August 4 W E Murphy chief clerk in the office of the Surveyor General of Arizona has been relieved on telegraphic instruction from Washington. The action follows orders issued from Washington affecting administrative leadership in Arizona surveying operations. No immediate replacement named.
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Phoenix
Ariz
W. E. Murphy
Surveyor General of
Arizona
Washington
Change in Drafting Chief as Murphy is Replaced by Armstrong
Murphy, who headed the drafting department, has been succeeded by Thomas Armstrong. Murphy faced charges for collecting double fees claiming government funding lag and overtime costs for clerks.
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Thomas Armstrong
Drafting
Murphy
Trainman Burke Falls From Occidental Balcony
J Burke a Big Four trainman from Cleveland fell from the Occidental Hotel balcony about 1 AM and was carried to Ferger's drug store unconscious. He regained some consciousness when Drs Mackey and Jeffries arrived and was taken to City Hospital. Friends say he had been drinking heavily and fell accidentally rather than attempted suicide.
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J. Burke
Cleveland
Occidental Hotel
Ferger
City
Woman Reports Pocketbook Theft in Local Home
Mrs Hattie Mickens reported a theft at her home on 407 North Senate Avenue. Police pursued John Duke, who was found and arrested on a charge of petit larceny after a search by Bicyclemen Hull and Griffin.
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Hattie Mickens
North
Senate Avenue
John Duke
Duke
Hull and Griffin
Hebrews Have The Families Race Death Study Finds Hebrew Families More Prolific
The New York World reports an Federation study led by Dr Walter Landaw showing Hebrew families average 2.54 children compared with 2.08 for Catholics and 1.85 for Protestants. It notes more Hebrew families with large families and fewer childless Hebrew than Protestant households. It highlights Episcopalian and Presbyterian averages higher than Catholic, but only Free Methodists match Hebrew in high family size.
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New York World
Federation
Federation of Chur
Christian Organizations
New York City
Walter Landaw
Manhattan
Brooklyn
Private Car Of Their Own On Westport Car Line
A group of boys built a toy street car near Grand Avenue in Kansas City. Riding at about thirty miles per hour from Twenty sixth to Twentieth streets, they shouted ding ding as Officer Welsh confiscated the craft at No 4 station. The improvised car used pine tank platforms on broomstick axles with rim wheels and wooden pins, and many details were carefully measured to fit the wheel spacing. The boys disappeared as Welsh halted them, leaving the car off the rails by the station.
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Kansas City
Westport
Welsh
Fire in Windsor Place boarding house guards sixty guests
A long unused speaking tube whistle alerted Miss Louise Boehmer owner of the Emma Lindenburger boarding house at 37 Windsor Place to a blaze in a three story home. She woke guests and guided them to safety as Dr S Luton reported the alarm and firefighters fought the flames. Investigators blamed a possible spontaneous combustion from paints and oils left in the central hallway near the kitchen.
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Emma M. Lindenburger
Windsor Place
Uise Boehmer
Miss Boehmer
Tes
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John Malholland
Guardsmen’s Carnival
Pensioners OF
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Occidental
East
Theodore Herzl
Zionist Congress
Basle
Switzerland
Great Britain
Sinai Peninsula
East Africa
Congress
Gulf
Vaughn
Mgr. Bourne
Pabst
Telephone New & Old
Big Four
Hattie
Dean Bros
Steam Pump Works
Dan Patch
Sander & Becker Furniture CO
Members Merchants’ Association
J. T. Hearley Vehicle CO
Agesistor
Machines and Records
Umbiagraph CO
West
Claypool Hovel
Fairbanks, Morse & CO
South MerIdian Street
Willig’s Furniture Store
Washington St
Psellers
Dentists Lombard Building
Stevenson
WW. Meikel
Ooo
Pennsylvania St
W. H. Roll
East Washington St
Aneshaensel &Co
Ohio Street
Carter
Wes
Massachusetts Ave
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