Sacco and Vanzetti Trial Jury Selection Begun
Sacco and Vanzetti, radical labor leaders, face murder charges for the April 15 1920 Slater and Merrill paymaster killing in Braintree Massachusetts. Jury selection began May 31 after days of screening hundreds of talesmen amid intense public interest and accusations of a frame-up.
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Nicolo Sacco
Bartholomew Vanzetti
Dedam
Mass
Frederick A. Parmenter
Slater and Merrill Shoe Company
Braintree
Alessandro Beradelli
Mooney
Dedham
Norfolk County
Talesmen
Gale Loses Habeas Corpus Fight and Draft Status
Gale, former editor of Gale's Magazine, loses a habeas corpus bid to move his case from military to civil courts. San Antonio judge rules Albany draft board mailed induction notice March 28, 1918, Gale received it, acted as a soldier after April 4, 1918, and willfully left the United States to evade the draft. Gale was arrested at Laredo in April and expelled from Mexico by President Obregon. he faces court martial for desertion with support from friends.
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Linn A, BE
Gale
Gale's Magazine
Mexico City
Mexico
West
San Antonio
Texas
Albany
New York
United States
Laredo
Obregon
Teller
Gali
Samuel Castelton
Atlanta
Frionds
Russia
Communist Party
Moscow
Nix
Novograd
Seriou
Pan
Cleveland Building Strike Settled In Part After Arbitration
The Cleveland building trades strike since May 1 seeks settlement as unions accept a general wage cut around 17 percent while preserving the closed shop. An arbitration board including employers unions and the public guides talks though some unions push for individual negotiations. Bricklayers and other crews contend with reduced pay as some jobs resume. questions arise over workers who did not return and the Sunday meeting to decide how to proceed under the arbitration award.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland Building Trades
Sevral
Board of Arbitration
Sam Gompers and a Denver observer clash at Albany Hotel
A Denver secretary of the Workers' Defense Union recalls visiting room 567 at the Albany Hotel where Samuel Gompers allegedly rebuked him. The piece contrasts Gompers with a worker’s demand for open discussion and reflects on labor tensions during the AF of L convention. It also includes extended sections on Communist doctrine and mobilization in Russia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. F. Of.l
Albany Hotel
Denver
Colorado
Shakespeare
A. F. of L
Gompers
Albany
Sammy
American Federation of Labor
A. F. of
S. Generalisimo
A. F. of S
Workers’ Defense Union of Denver
Robert Minor
Packers Seek Wage Cuts in Stockyards Amid Disputes
The Big Five packers ask federal judge for permission to cut wages for about 62,000 parking-house workers by 5 cents an hour starting June 19, plus a lower piecework rate. Dennis Lane says the move aims to break unions and quell strikes, while the wartime agreement had already trimmed wages. The plan would save the Big Five about 6.5 million dollars annually.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Big Five
Samuel Alachuler
Dennis Lane
Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher
Washington
Lane
Court Rules Against Alexander Howat
The Kansas Supreme Court upheld the Industrial Court law and affirmed the one year jail sentence for Alexander Howat, the leader of coal miners. His appeal challenged eight constitutional issues. the high court rejected all, with miners nationwide backing Howat but the ruling extending to the Shreveport gang incident noted in passing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Supreme Court of
Kansas
Crawford County
Alexander Howat
Howat
Senator Norris Pushes 1921 Farm Relief Plan
The American farmer, earning about 50 an hour equivalent in the midwest, faces bankruptcy as Senator Norris cites his hardship. He promotes the Parters Financing Corporation bill to create a 100 million dollar fund from government money to finance exports of cotton, wheat, and other farm products, hoping the venture funds itself. Without restructuring world farm markets, farmers risk becoming the poorest wealth producers amid debt and investment in land and equipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
U. S
Senator Norris
Norris
Secretary of Agriculture
Organized Greed Drives Thousands to Starve
The Federated Press reports mass unemployment and hunger in Connecticut and New England as organized employers push an open shop campaign. I N Ornburn warns conditions may worsen. Bridgeport Waterbury and New Haven face severe joblessness with 20 000 to 28 000 idle in each city. Labor leaders say unions hold firm while some factories move to non union labor including Hill and Loper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I. N. Ornburn
Connecticut
Lavor
Bridgeport
Waterbury
New Maven
Chamber of Commerce
Open Shop” Council of Employers
Patrick FP. O'Meara
State Federation of Labor
New Haven
Capitalists on Strike Spur Worker Solidarity Echoes Past Rebellion
A terse reflection on labor conflict as workers respond with defiant resolve. The note compares current tensions to postwar upheaval, suggesting history may repeat itself amid financial stress and collective action.
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Sacco-Vanzetti
William J. Callahan
Fred H. Moore
John A. Lyons
John W. McAnarney
J. J. McAnarney
Moore
Everett Masacre
Everett
Sacco
Vanzetti
Civil Liberties Union of New York
Cleveland
M.D. Litman
Workers’ Defense Union
Denver, Colorado
Meisel
Minor
Banda
Denk Ra
A. F
A. I. of L
A. Fu
Pueblo
M. Olgin
5. Smith
Jewish Daily Forward
Minsk
Denikin
Petlura
Ukraina
Baku
Vladimir
Charkov
Soviet Russia
The
Federated Press
Shreveport
Lacsa
RG. Hoss
Trades and Labor Council Fruits Home
Wboant & Trai 1
Texan
Uhore
New England
N. Y
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