Mobile boosters depart to promote coal wage talks
More than a hundred boosters headed from Mobile to two dozen towns in the Middle and Eastern states. They spoke of Mobile and neighboring areas while advancing a wage scale discussion for bituminous mine workers in Pennsylvania Ohio Indiana and Illinois. The group included representatives wives experts and staff and planned to reconvene in New York next week.
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Middle
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
New York
United Mine Workers
Satsuma
W. H. East
Indianapolis
Ind
South
Clearwater
Florida
Mobile
Duncan M’donald
Springfield
Ill
Joseph Purseglove
Cleveland
Mo! Boosters
E. D. Logsdon
Cambridge
City
Notable Mobile Visit Draws Praise From Conference Guests
Hugh Shirkie of Terre Haute chairs the conference in Mobile praising its mild climate, harbor views, and absence of northern sales pitches. Visitors from Pittsburgh to Indianapolis extol Bienville Square, Government Street, oysters, pecans, and hospitality while urging more winter conventions and potential industrial investment.
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Mobile
Bienville’' Square
Government Street
J. G. Patterson
Pittsburgh
James Oats
New Kensington
John A Donaldson
Bienville Square
Edward Stewart
Terre Haute
Ind
Margaret Westwood
Springfield
Ill
J. H. Winder
Columbus
Ohio
van Bittner
Phillip Murray
C. J. Albison
Bridgeport
Mary Murphy
Satsuma
Bay
A. A. Augustus
Cleveland
Mobile conference praised by United Mine Workers leaders
John P. White and other UMW leaders hail a Mobile winter gathering as productive and congenial. They praise weather, hotels, and hospitality, foresee groundwork for an agreement, and express strong optimism about Mobile as a growing regional hub.
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John P. White
Des Moines
United Mine Workers
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Pittsburgh, PA
Wilson
California
Hanna Carr
Albia
Iowa
Captain Perry
Tallapoosa
J. T. M. Stoneroad
Hot Shell Oysters
Marshall Bell
Frank Farrington
Streator
C. Thompson
W. B
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A. J. Moorshead
Chicago
H. C. Perry
ST. Louis
H. N. Greenway
Janesville
Frank Hayes
Michael Gallagher
James Forrester
Duquoin
Clarence E. M’laughlin
W. Keefer
Steve
George W. Schleyderberg
John Paxton
Salineville
Sidney Davis
Suterville
P. H
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Gulf Coast
W. H. Haskins
Elmer Whitman
Princeton
James Flood
Noblestown, PA
David Ingle
Evansville
H. H. Devereux
Ili
P. Hannaway
William Zeller
Brazil
Alabama
John. Moore
Cc. M. Moderwell
Chicago, Ill
William Henderson
Adolph Germer
Olive
William Hargest
Monongahela City
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J. ©. Kolsom
Terre Haute, Ind
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