Insurgent leaders arrested as rail strike eases
Reports from railroad centers show the central west and Pacific coast returning to normal traffic as insurgent leaders and officials claim the strike’s backbone is broken. Chicago switchmen and other workers end walkouts and resume duties. embargoes lifted and volunteers move freight and passengers. Across Michigan Ohio and California, thousands remain idle or see partial recovery while unions claim continued resolve.
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Chicago
Central West
Pacific Coast
Brotherhood
Rock Island
Pennsylvania Railroad
Soo Line
Palmer
Michigan
Detroit
Ohio Cities
Pennsylvania
New York
Pasenger Transportation
New Jersey Shore
Manhattan
American Railway Express
Cleveland
Erie Railroad
Collinswood Yard
New York Central
Brotherhood of Railroad
Menno
St. Louis
Cheyenne
Wyo
BE Paso and Southern Railway
el Paso
Tucson
Ariz
Chicago Strikers Return as Rail Disruptions Ease
Chicago April 15 AP signs of easing strike in the district as 443 switch engines operate, 585 cars of live stock delivered, and 45,000 stockyard workers return. Centralia Champaign report all switchmen back. Paris sees 20 switchmen quit. Leaders arrested on Lever Act conspiracy charges, bonds set at $10,000, hearings set for April 24.
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Chicago
L. B. Allen
Chicago, Burlington & Quincey
Central States
Centralia
Champaign
Tis
Finois
Paris
Big Four Junction
Mason
Federal
Elmer B. Bidwell
Palmer
Grunau
Fred A. Feltner
KK. &. Murphy
Yardmen's
Charles F. Clyne
Stutz Stock Sells On The Curb After Exchange Halt
New York April 15 AP Stock of the Stutz Motor Car company left the New York exchange at the request of chairman Allan A Ryan after trading was suspended. Early curb sales reached 700 to 710 with asks to 730 while the exchange price stood at 391. Ryan resigned from the exchange amid accusations against board members and today backed incorporation of the exchange.
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New York
Stutz Motor Car Company
New York Exchange
Allan A. Ryan
Ryan
Exchange
District Near Normal as Railroad Men Press Strike
Railroad managers said they were making headway against the striking yardmen while the industrial situation worsened with thousands out of work due to idle mills and mines.
Railroad Strike Ties Up Michigan Central Yards
Detroit April 15. Railroad officials said the walkout by 40 switchmen started a week ago and spread to all local yards and several other state terminals, halting most operations statewide.
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Detroit
Michigan Central
Striking Winslow Switchmen Return as Pacific Lines Reopen
Albuquerque reports most striking switchmen at Winslow Arizona return to work. AT and SF railroad lines to the Pacific coast reopen and passenger trains resume service, officials state.
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Albuquerque
Winslow
Arizona
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad
Pacific Coast
Road Ay
Young Savages Try to Burn Newsboy in Lancaster
Police hunt five older boys after they bound ten year old Charles Kneller to a stake, piled kindling around him, and started a fire before fleeing. A nearby girl alerted Mrs. A F Mowery who rescued the boy, leaving him badly burned as Juvenile Court Judge F M Acton investigates.
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Lancaster, O
Charles Kneller
A. F. Mowery
F. M. Acton
Reds hide arms for more trouble
Ninety percent of arms owned by Communist adherents in the region have been hidden rather than turned over to authorities. Some officials warn a troop withdrawal could trigger disorders as patrols in Essen began to pull back.
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Essen
Ultimatum to Shaan workers on railway job recall
Short Line and Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen issue a joint General Manager bulletin warned that workers failing to report by Friday morning April 16 1920 will be removed from the road's employe list and lose Brotherhood membership. KH V Platt signs as General Manager.
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Short Line
Brotherhood of
KH. V. Platt
Brotherhood Trainmen Notice To Members On Oregon Short Line
Notice from J. C. Davis General Chairman of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen to members and workers under the Oregon Short Line and Ogden Union Railway contracts. Reading posted bulletin and official guidance required. failure may cancel membership.
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Salt Lake City
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
Oregon Short Line Railroad
Ogden Union Railway and Depot Company
Grand Lodge of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
Oregon Short Line Railroad Company
Aet
Organization of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
J. C. Davis
R, T
Johnson Captures Wayne County in Presidential Primary
Detroit April 15 AP reports United States Senator Hiram Johnson carried Wayne county for the Republican endorsement in the presidential primary by 158,824 votes. He tallied 177,648 to Major General Leonard Wood 18,824 in the official tally.
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Detroit
United States
Hiram Johnson
Wayne County
Leonard Wood
Johnson
Wood
Wood to Remain on His Leave Amid Strike Tension
Major General Leonard Wood, commander of the central department, arrived in Chicago from the east and said he would stay on leave as the railroad strike situation proves. He cancelled a Boston speaking tour to hurry back to headquarters for strike concerns. He had been on a ninety day leave to campaign for the Republican presidential nomination.
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Chicago
Leonard Wood
Central Department
Boston
Return to Work Seen in Pocatello Yard Strike
A week after a switchmen walkout in the Pocatello yards, 32 yardmen report for duty and six engines run this morning, up from prior days. Kemmerer yardmen return to full strength and mines reopen Monday as officials note resumed operations across the Short Line system except Salt Lake.
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Pocatello
Montpelier
Kemmerer
Salt Lake
Ogden
Ogden Terminal and Railroad Company
Elks Organize New Lodge as Burley Trip Planned
One hundred members of Pocatello lodge of Elks, with many wives, will travel at 8 a.m. on train 83 to Burley for the opening ceremonies of a new Burley lodge. Tickets are available via Secretary David or the Burley committee. round trips valid for tomorrow and the 17th. The Burley event is billed as highly entertaining with special features and six cars of guests anticipated. A gendarme Beckmann was killed in Schleswig as tensions rise over Danish control, signaling possible organized opposition in Central Schleswig.
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Copenhagen
Beckmann
International Commission
Schleswig
Flensburg
Pocatello
Trist
Burley
Cabinet did not make him sick at White House briefing
AP reports at the White House that the president’s illness was not caused by the cabinet. It was his first meeting with the official family since last fall. Officials expect soon a formal presentation of credentials by many foreign diplomats.
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White House
Bank of England Raises Discount Rate to Seven Percent
London reports the Bank of England increased its discount rate from 6 to 7 percent today, signaling tighter monetary policy. The move affects banks and markets in the City with broader implications for borrowing costs.
Grunau Among Those Arrested in Lever Act Conspiracy
Six officers of insurgent railroad unions were seized by U S marshals on warrants from Commissioner Mason on charges under the Lever Act. Grunau, Elmer Bidwell, and other leaders were named in warrants for a nationwide insurgent strike. Grunau and Bidwell deny displacement allegations as federal agents raid a Yardmen’s meeting and arrest several union officials. Cleveland action and Ohio yard activity show mixed progress as federal prosecutors pursue violators of interstate commerce laws.
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United States
Mason
Federal Building
Joseph Scott
Chicago Yardmine Azedciation
Martin J. Kenney
Lodge No. 2
A. W. Larrabell
Association
Fred L. Schultz
Enginemen's Association
Ellgas
El’s
Justices
Nason
Elmer Bidwell
Palmer
Grunau
Bidwell
Federal Agenta
Grunav
Wil B. Reading
J. C. Logan
Anne Jones
Palmer strikes and railroads brace for a big union push
Railroad workers in turmoil pressed for talks with Edward McHugh and the strike committee as federal agents arrest leaders in Chicago and New York. The government prepared to move troops for freight and care duties while railroads push to reopen lines with volunteers and loyal staff. More walkouts reported at Camden New Jersey and Elmira New York.
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Palmer
Ul Steel
Edward McHugh
Railroad Labor Board
Chicago
John Grunau
New York
Pennsylvania Railroad
Jesey City
Hoboken
Camden
N. J
Elmira
N. Y
Cincinnati Faces Sugar and Potato Shortage
Cincinnati reports a wartime transport tie up causing a sugar famine and potato shortage. AP notes no sugar in wholesale houses and most commission houses lacking potatoes as railroad workers continue yard assignments.
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Cincinnati
Foster Attempts To Dodge The Charge
Pittsburgh April 15 AP W Z Foster leader of the late steel strike located at his home here He says he has been out of Pittsburgh only once in four months busy writing a book on the steel strike He may respond to Washington statements later from the steel strike organizing committee headquarters here He planned to meet inquirers that afternoon.
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Pittsburgh
Penn
W. Z Foster
Washington
Foster
Committee
Liberal Defeats Labor Candidate in Northampton Bye-Election
The Northampton bye-election to fill Charles A. McCurdy's seat after his food controller appointment gave McCurdy the coalition Liberal win by 3371 votes. McCurdy tallied 16 650 to Miss Margaret Bondfild 13 279, down from a 7 275 majority in the December 1919 general election.
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Northampton
England
House of Commons
Charles A. McCurdy
McCurdy
Margaret Bondfild
Mr. McCurdy
Miss Bondfild
Foster Denies Ties to Railroad Strike and Attacks Palmer
Pittsburg April 15 AP Foster former head of the steel strike and named as a mover behind the outlaw railroad strike declares he knows nothing about the railroad situation. He accuses Attorney General Palmer of courting big business and says Palmer’s actions fuel unrest and radicalism in the labor conflict.
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Pittsburg
W. Foster
Washington
Palmer
Department of Justice
Foster
Mr. Palmer
Court halts Sioux City pickets with injunction
Sioux City April 15 District Judge John W. issued an injunction ending picketing of local restaurants and meat markets by six culinary and meat cutters’ union members, stopping the protests that had disrupted business.
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Sioux City
John W
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