Parry Warns Shelbyville on Labor Dangers from Unions
Indianapolis manufacturer D. M. Parry addressed the Citizens' Alliance in Shelbyville urging opposition to organized labor. He denounced unions as a great trust, warned of labor's supposed toils on industry, and urged farmers to beware, arguing wages rise through natural conditions and industry growth. He called for nonunion support and education to counter labor influence.
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Indianapmlis Journal
Shelbyville
Ind
D. M. Parry
Indianapolis
Citizens’ Alliance
Parry
Chary
Labor Trust
Elle
Harvard
Eliot
Vale
Pana
Shelbyville urged to oppose organized labor influence
A speaker argues that boycotts by unions are bluster and that union labels and price savings drive choices. He asserts farmers face higher costs from labor trusts, warns Shelbyville must reject organized labor, and urges residents to defend rights under the U S Constitution to attract manufacturers and prosperity statewide.
Mill Workers Eye Pay Rise In Local Plaining Mills
Mill workers in local planing mills, allied with the Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners, may strike today if demands for higher wages are not met. A committee led by Frank Duffy, Mary Travis, and John Kirsch will confer with mill operators before Monday to settle disputes. Current pay lags 10 to 11x cents per hour behind other unions, with a request to raise to 30 cents. The six unions’ district council oversees executive affairs.
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Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners
Frank Duffy
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners
Marry Travis
Carpenters’ Union
John Kirsch
Millworkers’ Union
Discu
Dan Patch March Sought for State Fair Attraction
Secretary Downing of the State Board of Agriculture received copies of the Dan Patch March published by Dan Patch Music Company. He aims to secure the famed pacer as a State fair attraction but managers seek high fees, asking up to 2000 dollars to appear and cover attempts to beat his record. The horse is owned by M. Savage of Minnesota.
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Downing
State Board of Agriculture
Dan Patch
Ofnaeapolis
Secretary Tee
M. Savage
Minner
City officials to discuss electric light contract today
Mayor Bookwalter and City Attorney Joel meet with the Commercial Club committee at noon to discuss the electric light contract. New suggestions are to be reviewed and the attorney will present the specifics in legal form for the administration to act upon today.
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Bookwalter
Joel
Commercial Club Committee
Improvement Blocked In Easement Case No Man's Land
Charles Becker sues in Circuit Court to stop Alphonso Pettis from building across a narrow passageway known as no man’s land between Washington and Pearl streets near the Gramling block. Pettis seeks to enlarge the New York Store, claiming inclusion of the strip in his deed. Becker alleges historic dedication and an easement. The city of Indianapolis is named as a party and Wison & Townley represent the plaintiff.
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Washington Street
Pearl Street
New York State
Gramling Block
No Man's Land
Circuit Court
Charles Becker
Alphonso P. Pettis
New York
Pettis
Mr. Pettis
Nicholas McCarty
Eee
Indianapolis
Wison & Townley
Contempt Proceeings Against White River Lodge
Judge Carter orders contempt hearings for James Anderson William Veach and Frank Kittlewell over alleged injunction violations at Indianapolis Drop Forge Company plant. Hearing set for June 30 to show cause why they should not be fined. related to Louis Beyers shooting incident and restricted picketing. The move marks a major local labor case.
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Indianapolis
Carter
White River
International Association of Machinists
James Anderson
William Veach
Frank Kittlewell
Louis Beyers
Beyers
Whallon
Wee
National Motor and Vehicle Company
White River Lodge
James M. Leathers
Christian Schober
Mary Schober
William Stoeffier
Vinson Carter
William M. Taylor
City of Indiana
Olis
Elizabeth Obr
City of
Duckwall Harman Rubber and Suply Company
White River Gravel and Nd Company
Bsuszan F. Stewart
George W. Stewart
Costa
Herman Hildebrandt
Mary Ann Hildebrandt
Laura M
Arthur Simpson Trial For Forged Note At Union Stockyards
The trial of Arthur Simpson for uttering a forged four thousand dollar note drawn on Warman Chamberlain Black Co will be held in Criminal Court before Judge Alford this morning. A. J. Soffel of Columbia S. C was named as the forger. Witnesses from five towns are summoned. John B Duncan prosecutes and John W Kern defends.
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Arthur Simpson
Warman
Chamberlain, Black & Co
Union
Alford
A. J. Soffel
Columbia
8. C
Simpson
John 8. Duncan
John W. Kern
Judge Leathers Grants Special July Term Of Superior Court
An order issued yesterday in Judge Leathers's court sets a special July term of the Superior Court in Rooms 1, 2 and 3. The term will begin on the first Monday in July and continue as long as business requires. After vacation the court will likely convene on the third Monday in September.
Bailiff George W Bone Returns to Court After Illness
Bailiff George W Bone, absent from Judge Leathers's court for nearly two years due to illness, returned yesterday and was warmly welcomed by friends at the courthouse.
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George W. Bone
Judge
Court notes from Indianapolis Superior Court docket
Multiple cases heard in rooms 1 2 and 3. Dismissals costs awarded on several suits. Judgments for defendants in others. Damages awarded in some notes. several new suits filed including divorces and quiet title actions.
Jersich Terminal Company Damages Case Summary
Cir John F. Heqstotter sues The City of Sn ame for damages in Superior Court. Henry Fink sues Andrew Jackson Trabur et al for notes and foreclosure in Superior Court Room 2.
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Superior Court
John L. McMaster
City Bond Company
Charles Schleicher
Forest Lake Et al
Cerealine Manufacturing Company
James Cruse
E. W. Hayes
John Black
Walters Chapel
M. E. Zion Church
Jersich Terminal Company
John F. Heqstotter
The
City of Sname
Henry Fink
Andrew Jackson
Trabur
Higher Courts Record Preserves Mandamus and Appellate Rulings
Reversal and affirmations span Hart v ex rel Hite and multiple Indiana appellate actions. The record details mandamus procedure, exceptions, and suit interpretations, with numerous references to county courts, petitions for removal, and assignments of errors across Wells, Huntington, Bartholomew, and other districts.
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Hart
Hite
Marton C. C
Hadley
Ess
T. H
L. Ry. Co
Holmes
Clinton C. C
Monks
Appellant
Salmon
Whisler
Grant C. C
Dowling
George T. Jarvis
Oscar Hitch
Gibson C. C
Town Stories Reveal Oddities From Indy to Muncie
Witty vignettes center on a well to do Muncie man stranded in Indianapolis with $1.46 asking for a ride home. Cy Neal cites a dog story to argue salaries over commissions for insurance agents. Addison C Harris recalls a Fort Wayne preacher mix up amid a Methodist convention skit.
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Ax Cy Neal
Insurance Department
Auditor of State
Mr. Neal
Jones
Brown
Addison C. Harris
Columbia Club
Fort Wayne
Indianapolis
Fort Avon
the Tran
Fort Wayne visitors mix up at station while awaiting address
At the station a group of young women with badges mistook a speaker for a local dignitary and showered him with greetings. The scene included banter about a stop at Sister Jones's and a run in with Captain Ike Frazier Hiatt, the Statehouse guardian, famed for laughing under the big flag and answering endless questions.
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Prince Albert
Povere
Fort Wayne
Sister Jones
Pe Jones's
Ike Frazier Hiatt
Captain Hiatt
Sam Schutt
Statehouse
Ike Frazier
Cap
Hiatt
Rev Milford H Lyon Preaches Gospel at Prospect Street Tent
Rev Milford H Lyon delivered a fervent gospel sermon on Ingratitude at the union gospel tent at Prospect and Linden streets drawing about twelve hundred attendees. He urged two paths to God, grace and law, warned against self made men, and called listeners to move from Grumbler alley to Sun shine boulevard with emphasis on salvation through Christ.
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Milford H. Lyon
Union
Prospect
Linden Streets
Edwin Ray M. E
Lyon
Christ
Grumbler Alley
Sunshine Boulevard
Bedford Strike in Indication of Settlement Soon
Rumor says Bedford Indiana miners may settle the strike this week or continue it. The dispute centers on re-employment of a single man, delaying stone work for the new Federal building. About twenty five carloads of stone await transport from the quarries.
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Bedford
Ind
Federal
Quares
Judgment Reversed Over Bank Tax Case
The Supreme Court yesterday reversed a judgment commanding former State Auditor Hart to issue a warrant on the State treasury for the State's share of taxes alleged to have been illegally collected from Martinsville First National Bank stockholders. The court held the summons was insufficient to bring the auditor into court.
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Hart
Martinsville First National Bank
Supreme Court
United Mine Workers Expand Westward District in Montana
The United Mine Workers create a new western district covering nearly all Montana mines, excluding one contested by operators who threaten water shutoffs to deter unionizing. Leaders Burke and Berger push the district with about 9,000 potential new members, amid a broader Western Federation exodus and political tensions.
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United Mine Workers
Montana
Thomas Burke
Illinois
National Board
D. M. Burke
Stockett, Mont
D.M. Berger
Red Lodge
Mont
A Sane Sous Sopether
Federation
Socialist Party
Western Federation
Harry Brousfield
Vancouver
Nanaimo
British Columbia
Western Federation of Miners
Colorado
Sexton
United Mine Workers’ Journal
Pentertey
United States
Tioga River
Pennsylvan
Roanoke
W. Va
Death and Disability Claims Near $1700 for May
Frank Duffy, general secretary of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners, and assistants processed May death and disability claims. Over $1700 in small checks, $100 to $200 for deaths depending on tenure, $10 to $? for disabilities, were mailed to local union secretaries in the US and Canada. A notable case involved George H. Barnes of the edited city, injured in a sawmill, losing fingers and disabling his arm. The union’s main office is in Indianapolis, with $6000 distributed for deaths and accidents yesterday.
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Frank Duffy
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners
United States
Canada
Indianapolis
Union 21
George H. Barnes
Italian Band at Fairview Park to Play Weeklong Series
Beginning next Sunday Fairview Park hosts a week of concerts by Sig nor A. Liberati’s Italian Band. General Manager McGowan of the Street Railway Company announced the forty piece ensemble will be secured for a full week. Soprano Kathryn Kilarer will perform vocal selections as the concerts begin Sunday afternoon with additional shows Tuesday Thursday and Saturday next week.
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Fairview Park
Signor
A. Liberati
McGowan
The
Street Railway Company
Kathryn Kilarer
Board of Works Routine Final Action Taken
The Board of Works reports final action on street improvements in Lockwood Street from Ena Street to Naomi Street including cement walks and midwar gravel, brick axles and curb, and gravel roadway and curb in La area between Minnesota Street and Naomi Street with estimates of materials.
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Lockwood Street
Ena Street
Naomi Street
Minnesota Street
New York Street
Michigan Street
la Salle Street
West Side
State Avenue
Washington Street
Dearborn Street
Roosevelt Avenue
Senate Avenue
McLean Place
Thompson
W. Pinden Street
Maryland Streets
Traub Avenue
Maryland Street
Broadway
Sixteenth
Seventeenth Street
Shelby
Brightwood Avenue
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Western Union Telegraph Company
Western Union
Postal Telegraph Company
Justice Court
Shelby County
Mill Workers’ Affairs
Possiasee -Ag
State Fair
Electric Light
A. P. Pettis
No Man’s Land
Machinists’ Union
Indianapolis Drop Forge Company
Corydon R. Shimer
Irvington
Mary Young
Mr. Shimer
William H. Davis
James Hoop
Board of Commissioners
Allen
Woollen
Daniels
Jarvis
Hitch
Haugh
Ristine
Ladoga
Lafayette, Etc
Bulner
Boone C. C
Krause
Board of School Trustees
Bartholomew C. C
Norton, Etc., Co
Steele
Oran c
Harrison Collicott
Lucy
Veneceats
C. Appellee
Jacob A. Cannon
Francis M. Hornbeck
State of Indiana
George Davidson
Greene C. C
Interm
Bond
Anna Z. Bryson
George F. Collmer
Guardian
Elkhart C. C
Terre Haute Electric Company
Anna M. Kieley
Vigo C. C
Indianapolis & Greenfield Rapid Transit Company
Thomas B. Derry
Rush C. C
Muncie
Bradstreet’s
Union Traction Company
Jim Dumps
Sunny Jim
of the Glad Ducks
Sunny Jims
Fairview
Signor A. Liberati
Board OF Works
Fins
Morris
Washington St
Dean Bros. Steam Pump Works
C.aneshaensel & CO
the Plumbers
Ohio Street
Pearson’s Piano House
Indianapolis, Ind
Edgar M. Cawley
North Illinois Street
May Wright Sewall
Pennsylvania St
Kruse Furnaces
Street
Deventer
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