Union Telegraphers Strike Threatens Wider Action
San Francisco Aug 12 The Western Union dispute may trigger a national strike as President Small of the telegraphers union threatens to call all members from their keys if no settlement is reached by Tuesday. He seeks government arbitration and urges figures Gompers and Roosevelt to intervene.
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San Francisco
Western Union Telegraph Company
Small
Western Union
Neill
National Union
Wesley Russell
Chicago
Gompers
Roosevelt
Clowry
Postal Telegraph Employes Strike Paralyzes Salt Lake Office
In Salt Lake the Postal Telegraph company workers walked out in a prearranged sympathetic strike. Four men remained to run essential tasks while Western Union operators continued their own strike, leaving the postal office short handed and relying on mail to clear messages.
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Salt Lake
Postal Telegraph Company
Western Union
Postal
W. P.S. Hawk
McNichol
Riley
Hawk
McN
Long
McDonald
Western Union trims LA staff as strike halts NY lines
Western Union officials in Los Angeles announce excess operators in the local office and send three men back to Oakland. About ten operators remain at the keys with no communications to New York likely due to the NY strike. Wires to Chicago function without issue.
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Los Angeles
Western Union
Oakland
New York
Chicago
Western Union Strike Shuts Office In New York
At 1 PM a strike by Western Union operators began in the main New York office. A whistle blew and many workers quit, cheerfully leaving their keys as crowds gathered on Broadway to watch the event unfold.
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New York
Western Union
Broadway
Southern Idaho Fair Association Forms With Vaudeville Shows
A Southern Idaho Fair association forms with J H Garrett of Mountain Home as president and W F Dolan of Boise as secretary. The group, including St Anthony Blackfoot Caldwell Mountain Home and Boise, plans extra stake races and vaudeville acts at fairs from September to October with acts such as DeNovas and Kelsey Moore and purses of 400 300 and 200 plus night parades on main streets.
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W. H. Stufflebeam
Blackfoot Fair Association
Gate City
Boise
Idaho
Southern Idaho Fair Association
J. H. Garrett
Mountainhome
W. F. Dolan
St. Anthony
C. C. Moore
Blackfoot
W. H. Sturtlebeam
Caldwell
J. B. Gowan
J. UH. Garrett
F.C. Woodford
Dolan
DeNovas
Harry Boise Company
Kelsey Moore
Baker City
Injured Telluride Power worker steadily improves at hospital
Fred Hendrickson, a Telluride Power Co. employee on Bear River, suffered extensive injuries trying to board a fast freight at Grace station July 21. He arrived at Pocatello General Hospital under Dr. W F Howard, with severe injuries including a torn scalp, multiple leg fractures, arm bruises, and a twisted back.
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Fred Hendrickson
Telluride Power Company
Bear River
Grace Station
Pocatello General Hospital
W. F. Howard
Hendrickson
Hms
Howard
Crowd gathers as traffic squad marshals volunteers
A large crowd formed but stayed orderly while police from the traffic squad directed movement. One man refused orders to move and was arrested. A company officer said 201 of 400 men refused to go out, with the rest at the keys and expected to be deployed by five this afternoon.
Warrant Issued for Socialist Writer Shoaf in Idaho
A warrant was issued in Boise after a complaint by probation officer M. H. Sebern for George H. Shoaf on a statutory assault charge involving a 15 year old girl, Florence M. Abbott. The act dates to July 9 with repeated incidents at a rooming house on State street. extradition was arranged from Denver as authorities await arrest papers.
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Boise
M. H. Sebern
Justice Dunbar
George H. Shoaf
Florence M. Abbott
Cassia County
State Street
Shoaf
Girard
Kansas
Idaho
Koelsch
Denver
Siggins
Coal famine in Idaho prompts intercity relief effort
Payette Idaho reports a severe coal shortage with an estimated 125 cars needed for future demand, only about 50 cars delivered last year. Governor Gooding may appeal to the Interstate Commerce Commission for relief as commercial clubs coordinate reports from South Idaho to address rising prices and supply gaps.
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Payette
Idaho
Pennsylvania
Havenor and Herrington Clash Over City Cement Specs
City engineer W P Havenor sought a warrant for arrest of cement contractor H E Herrington after Herrington refused to follow city cement sidewalk specifications. Herrington agreed to comply to end the dispute, and work on the Seavers corner resumed under enforcement of the engineer and police chief.
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Herrington
Havenor
City
H. E. Herrington
W. P. Havenor
McManus
Seavers
Center
Main Streets
Seavers Corner
Major Willing Accepts Challenge for Foil Bout at Auditorium
Major McGuire tells the Tribune he will fight Prof. Gerard for $250 at Murphy & Bartlett's, offering any weapon and venue. The likely match is pegged for Wednesday night at the Auditorium, as Gerard seeks a no quarter bout after his last defeat.
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Gerard
Major McGuire
the Tribune
Murphy & Bartlett’s
Citizens Stop Coal Train and Force Carloads Outbound
Citizens halted a coal train bound west and compelled the company to dispatch three or four carloads. Investigations suggest railroad policies aim to curb competitive mines, stalling development and leaving mines under railroad control unable to meet current demand.
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Commercial Club
Corner Stone Laid for Y M C A Building
The corner stone of the new Y M C A building on North Arthur avenue will be laid at 7 o clock Sunday evening with Judge Frank B Dietrich delivering the dedicatory address. A metal casket will be placed in the cornerstone and the Y M C A male quartet will perform. The $33,000 contract building aims to be ready before snow flies as Green handles the foundation and brickwork begins Monday. Eastern Idaho Press club members will attend the ceremony in Pocatello for their sixth quarterly meeting.
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Arthur Avenue
Center and
Clark
Tribune
Frank 8. Dietrich
United States District Court
Association
Pargellis
Dietrich
Portland
Eastern Idaho Press Club
Pocatello
Text Book List Approved for Six Year Use in Pocatello
The State Text Book commission selects a six year list for Independent School District No. 1 in Pocatello with A. B. Chaffee & Co. as the Pocatello depository. Dealers will sell all designated books. the district ceases in house sales. An exchange allowance of half price is offered for old books. lists available by Sept. 2 at the superintendent or Chaffee & Co. store.
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Pocatello
A. B. Chaffee & Co
State Text Book Commission
Walter R. Siders
Independent
Bass
Bass First
Cyr
Wheeler
Walsh
Buman and Smith
Patrick’s
Speller
Aiten
Tarr & McMurray’s
Davis
New Education
Berry
Dictionary—Webster
Montgomery
Mace
Civics
Our Government
Hinsdele
Wells
Well
Hale
Allen & Greenough
Moulton
Myer
Walker
Hart
United States
Lockwood and Emmerson
Painter
Shaw- Backus
Kavana- Beatty
Riverside
Blaisdell
Bergen’s
Twiss
Remsen
Taylor
Chaffee & Co
Coal field development urged to keep citizens from leaving
Officials remind that immediate government and railroad action is needed to spur the discovery and development of new coal fields or families may be compelled to move to the coast or other regions with better opportunities.
Wonderful Crops and Rich Copper Finds Near Areo
C W Gray reports from Little Lost river area after a two week look at mining propositions and prime agriculture. He cites 100 bushels oats per acre and vast alfalfa fields. Talbot of the Advance claims he shot 18 sagehens solo, while rumors label him a poet.
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C. W. Gray
Little Lost River
Areo
Lost River
Mr. Gray
Arco
Trux Talbot
Civay
Talbot
Wife seeks release for elk teeth case prisoner in Yellowstone
Mrs. William Binkley petitions in Gate City asking U S court commissioner in Yellowstone Park to discharge her husband, held on felony charge of killing elk in the park after he pleaded guilty in Pocatello to unlawful shipping of elk teeth from Wyoming through Idaho to California under the Lacey law. The petition asserts long jail time and alleges government persecution.
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William Binkley
Pocatello
United States
Dietrich
Wyoming
Idaho
California
Gate City
United States Court
Yellowstone Park
Park
Binkley
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State Commission
W. Gray
Yellowstone Court
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