Debs Urges Union Solidarity to Strike Stand United
Chicago July 17 AP Eugene V Debs calls striking railroad men and unions to unite strike together vote together and fight together amid government threats of force. He warns working class leadership allied with plutocracy and urges conversion to a single industrial union to secure democracy and labor gains.
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Debs
Chicago
Eugene V. Debs
Great American Railway Union
Department of Justice
Imwuciuy
Union
Wall Street
Plutocra
Grable
Washington
Harding
Railroad Labor Board
R. A. Henning
Poneres
Federated Shop Crafts of
Northwest
E. H. Fitzgerald
Chicago and Northwestern Railroad
Chicago and Eastern Illinois Road
Brotherhood of Railway
Southern Railway
No Wind Helps Fight Washington Forest Fires
Western Washington forest fires showed improvement with almost no wind. Bellingham fires near homes were under control and gradually burning out. Kentin in King County near Seattle also brought under control.
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Seattle
Wash
Washington
Bellingham
Kentin
King County
Heavy rains in Iowa cause crop damage and communication outages
Dés Mottes Iowa July 17 AP reports say heavy rains in the last twenty four hours caused considerable crop damage and suspensions of telegraph and telephone communication. No loss of life is reported though damage is widespread across Iowa based on reports received.
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Dés Mottes
Iowa
Archbishop Alexander Christie Injured in Portland Car Collision
The Most Rev. Alexander Christie Catholic archbishop of Oregon City was badly shaken after his automobile collided with a street car yesterday in Portland Oregon.
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Portland
Ore
Alexander Christie
Diocese of
Oregon
City
Cork Under Insurgent Control Amid Port Closure and Robberies
Belfast dispatch reports Cork is under insurgent control with the port closed and property seized for troops. Refugees describe looting targeting Protestant homes, terror in streets, armored patrols suppressing Free State expressions, and mass unemployment as thousands flee or fail to exit.
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Belfast
Cork
Belfast Telegraph
Four Courts
Dublin
Free State
National Army Captures About 500 Republicans in Weekend Actions
National troops say they captured about 500 insurgents during weekend operations. Of these 300 were taken at Dundalk, 70 at Collooney, 54 in North Tipperary, and 1 in Donegal. Mullingar troops near Kinn er seized 12 irregulars in a deserted mansion along with rifles and large stores of ammunition.
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Dublin
National Army
Dundalk
Collooney
North Tipperary
County Donegal
Mullingar
Kinner
Flood Sweeps Homes From Foundations in Chicopee
Twenty million gallons of water overwhelmed the Willense tt district as Langwilds dam and a Robert pond dam failed. Homes and businesses flooded above first floors forcing occupants to upper levels. Tracks damaged and property loss expected. dozens of dwellings swept from foundations with livestock drowned. No casualties reported.
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Chicopee
Mass
Willensett
Langwild
Robert Pond
Boston and Maine
Result May on Meeting Maintenance ay Employes
Approximately 100000 maintenance of way workers and 10000 oilers and stationary firemen and engineers joined a nationwide strike now in a critical phase. Key talks in Detroit aim to set national policy as unions push for stalled wage and job protections amid fuel and freight shortages.
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Maintenance of Way
New York
E. F. Grable
Maintenance of Way Union
Detroit
Grable
Mene Eee
Rail strikes and mail service disruption across states
Unions on major rail lines seek a July 20 strike amid coal and equipment shortages. Reports warn of train cancellations, but mail service remains largely intact. Texas Denison deployments noted while aviation mail options prepare for possible rail stoppage. Chicago leaders acknowledge no immediate exigency but readiness remains.
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Topeka
Kansas
Big Four Brotherhoods
Switchmen’s Union
Washington
War Department
Denison
Texas
Neff
Hickman
Texas Rangers
Arthur C. Leader
Chicago
Airplanea
Chicago, Milwaukee and
Hammer Murder Trial Reveals Alibis and Confessions
A chaotic courtroom grapples with the so called Insamefy basis defense as testimony unfolds in the murder of J. Kennedy. Mrs Caffee describes the death scene and claims a hammer was used in the attack. Alberta Meadows and Clara Phillips are central figures with alleged infidelity and violent confrontation. Miss Gen eva Tremaine corroborates the night before slaying.
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Cala
Lips
Wee
Murer
Fred A. Tremaine
Ing
Caffee
Meadows
Phillipe
Meeer
Mea
Cilara
Clara
Alberta
Mr. Phillips
Mrs. Meadows
Geneva Tremaine
Rival Militarists Cause Grave Internal Disorders in China
In Peking a broad chorus of Chinese papers urge strong parliamentary action against rival militarists fomenting unrest. The crisis spreads as government and military leaders clash over control, while Sun Yat-sen supporters press for decisive measures.
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China
Peking
Chekiang
Fukif
Sun
Sen
J Kwangtung
Sze
Kiangsi
Tso-Lin
Mukden
Chang
Great Chinese Wall
Great Wall
Farm Population of United States at 20 Percent in 1920
The 1920 census reports 31,614,260 farm people in the United States, 20.0 percent of the national population. Of this, 31,350,640 lived in rural areas, with 255,629 farms inside incorporated communities. Mississippi shows 3.6 percent of the total farm population in the state.
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United 1920
Agriculus
Mississippi
Rhode Island
President weighs quick action to end coal strike
Washington reports in government circles that the administration plans to reopen mines within 48 hours under federal troop protection and plant American flags at entrances if miners and operators fail to accept arbitration. Potential royalty payments and volunteer miners are noted as contingency steps. John Lewis says miners reject government terms. Pennsylvania operators reportedly oppose the plan.
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Washington
John Lewis
United Mine Tkers of America
Harding
Tm Ats
Pennsylvania
Mass mining assault at Standard mine near Wellsburg
Deputy sheriffs and state police scoured hills near the Clifton mine ten miles from Wellsburg after a dawn attack on the Standard mine. Authorities say several hundred attackers opened fire on guards and deputies, set the tipple on fire, and battles left multiple dead and wounded.
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Wellsburg
W. Va
Fas
Clifton
Richland Coalty
H. H. Duvall
Thomas H. Duvall
Wheeling
Standard
Coal Company
W. West Virginia
Lis Wing
Wheeling New
Welleburg
Bernct
Miners Fall in West Virginia Mine Outbreak
Wellsburg West Virginia July 17 AP miners clash with authorities as 10 men die and shooting closes access to the Richland mine. Deputies and residents report heavy gunfire from the hillside and casualties as ambulances race to reach the site.
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Wellsburg
W. Va
Pittsburgh
Pace
Pennsylvania
Steubenville
Ohio
Follawsbee
West Virginia
Richland
Duvall Counts Light Bodies at West Virginia Mine
H Duvall and a mine owner father attended to his father's body at their home in West Virginia after a rumored strike against a non union mine escalated into a nighttime confrontation. The sheriff mobilized guards near the mine and gunfire from the hilltop preceded a patrol response overnight as crowds moved toward the state line.
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W. Va
H. Duvall
Shariff
Pennsylvan
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