British Reservists Refuse Strike Duty In Coal Fields
Two thousand British naval reservists on strike duty in the Welsh coal fields have been removed because of sympathy with the strikers. Disaffection in the ranks, agitation by radicals, and resistance by railway workers against handling imported coal weaken the government line. The government targets the Communist movement, detaining Albert Inkpin without bail, while J H Thomas faces sharp public censure in New York.
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Tripple Alliance
Britain
Albert Inkpin
Communist Party
Inkpin
Third International
Bastilea
Sylvia Pankhurst
The
Dreadnaught
Malone
May Day Casualties of the Class War
Police crackdowns on May Day activists in Chicago Philadelphia and New York lead to multiple arrests and bail hearings. Reports say four women arrested in New York for distributing May Day literature and in Chicago two for red flag display or illegal literature. Bail figures shift, with claims of further indictments for Criminal Anarchy.
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Munist Party
Rover
New York
Philadelphia
Chicago
J Committee
Senator Franee to Investigate Russia Travel
WashingtonMay13 Senator Franee of Maryland will travel to Russia with State Department credentials to lead the first senatorial investigation since the Russian revolution. A passport has been issued by the State Department for this mission.
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Russia
Washington
Franee
Maryland
State Department
Perie
What's the Matter With Farming Questions Farmers Must Answer
Earl Adams argues that farmers face deep economic distress after 1920 crop drops, wage declines, and unemployment while food surpluses and need persist. He condemns a perceived invisible government and banking interests, cites Russia’s farmer revolt, and urges self reliance and policy change to lift farm families from poverty.
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Earl Adams
Gale on Trial in Texas for Draft Evasion
Lin Gale, editor of Gale's Magazine once based in Mexico City, now faces trial at Fort Sam Houston San Antonio for evasion of the U S draft after deportation by President Obregon for revolutionary activities. Alleged to have fled to Mexico after draft calls, funds were remitted to Mrs A S Gale of San Antonio. L Vincent of Ciuco Texas was arrested for circulating Communist literature but released by federal authorities.
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Lim A. E. Gale
Gale
Mexico City
Mexico
Obregon
Fort Sam Houston
San Antonio
Texas
Piranda
Inia
A. 5
Belvin St
L. Vincent
Ciyco
Quit Yellows Join Reds
London reports over 200 British trade unions pass resolutions urging central executives to sever affiliation with the Amsterdam Internation al and link with the Moscow Trade Union International.
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REDS
London
Tiona
Amsterdam International
Unido International
Employees magazines and their critics in 1920s press
A critique of workers magazines seen as tools for morale by manufacturers. The piece argues editors claim employee publications boost morale while promoting employer views. It notes hostility to public speaking forms and predicts a surge of propaganda as printers push workers to accept layoffs and hunger.
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Aettle
C. M. Bostwick
Pabty
Cross
H. Hildreth
Rand Company
America
Hildreth
Socialist Party
Plutocracia
Bill Haywood
West Virginia Mine War Grips Mingo County Again
In Mingo County West Virginia battles between strikers sympathizers and strike breakers state police and sheriffs rage along Tug River. Six deaths and several wounded mark ongoing hostilities as miners live in tent colonies while owners employ nonunion labor. State troops are deployed and a martial law proclamation by President Harding covers Mingoco and Pike County Kentucky with possible War Department support.
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Mingo-co
West Virginia
Tug River
Baldwin-Feltz
Albert Feltz
Sid Hatfield
Harding
Mingoco
Pike County
Kentucky
War Department
Warning against free reading matter from the Teis Poison
A brief admonition warns against free reading material from the Teis poison, urging readers to beware that such material can poison the mind. The notice emphasizes caution about mind-altering content offered at no cost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Cash Register Company
Study of Law Prevents Syndicalist Takeover Threats
A Milwaukee dweller seizes a flat after long searching, while global job unrest grows with millions jobless in Europe and Asia. The piece warns that workers must study law before seizing jobs or property, noting legal protections, courts, police, and the risk of extra legal groups like the American Legion and Ku Klux Klan being used to guard private property.
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Milwaukee
Europe
India
China
Japan
Italy
American Legion
American Defense Society
Ku Klux Klan
U. S
Hitting the Bull's Eye From Leavenworth Voices
A Leavenworth dispatch denounces wartime repression and calls for worker solidarity. It attacks press elites and the New York Times while praising the drive to unite black and white workers under a red banner. The piece cites unemployment figures and critiques capitalist systems and jailed labor activists.
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Germany
Lloyd George
Commons
Thomas
Judas
J. H. Thomas
National Union of Railwaymen of Great
Triple Alliance
Lindgren
Pittsburgh
United Com
Edgar Owens
Sec’y Treas
Washington Street
Ilinois
Jer
TER
Supreme Court of the United States
Bankers' Association
United States
League of the Banks
Papiek Mind
Stedman
Robert Minor
W. Va
Leavenworth
Egypt
Marx
Brailsford
John Spargo
New York Times
Department
Gary
Africa
Copenhagen
Stockholm
Jamen Stillman
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