Union Men Allegedly Misled as Union Pacific Strife Grows
Reports from Omaha allege Union Pacific imported workers under false pretenses to fill positions while strikes persist. Four Cincinnati machinists, misled by an agent, quit upon learning of ongoing labor unrest, with two more union members still inside shops. Strikers vow to curb out-of-town imports and seek redress through possible legal action or Westward hiring restrictions.
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Union Pacific
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Denver
Equipment orders surge as railroads race to meet demand
A lengthy roster of locomotive and car orders shows the industry struggling to keep promises. Major lines like Norfolk and Western, Seaboard, Western Maryland, Southern, Texas and Pacific, and Santa Fe report multi hundred to thousands of cars and engines on order or under construction, with fleets arriving in parts and ongoing plant buildouts. In Oklahoma Territory the Rock Island lines seek capital, while local crews report routine staffing moves and near-term repairs as rail activity rises across the Southwest and plains states.
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Seaboard
Maryland
Southern
Tennessee Central
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Texas and Pacific
Baltimore and Oblo
Ameriest
Atlantic
Rogers
Baldwin
Queen and
Atlantic Coast
Southern Pacific
Train Yard Notes and Labor Shifts At Topeka Shops
Reports from the Topeka Santa Fe shops describe new foreman promotions, reassignment of workers including George Fraser and George Preser, and an increase in oil tank car orders for California routes. Mentions labor sicknesses, accidents, and a move toward time card replacement with office ledgers, alongside rising Rocky Ford cantaloupes shipments and railcar shortages affecting stock traffic.
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Thossns
Tects
EiSine
W. Sager
Westinghouse
George Durand
George ‘Fraser
Topeka
Denver
Netman
Carl
Philip Slusher
Datin V. O'Brien
Western Union
Tuscon
Artz
Cormain
Francisco
Jomms H. Reynolds
Tony Beyer
Aso
Springfield
Brisco
Santa Fe
San Bernardino
Fullerton
Olina Fettle
California
Beaumont
Tex
Emergong Bool
Jamea de. Tarr
Tom
Charles Ogilvy
Chicago
Walter Muck
Bracksmith
Newton Lee House
Callroads
George Preser
William Bigham
Meriden
M. G. Bigham
George Wenthe
Lunday
William Reddy
Philadelphia
Baldwin Works
Rocky Ford
Sulines
Geo Bennett
Anunga
Oakland
Washington
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Charles Cramer
South Shop
Ant Oterty
Shawnee County
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Wiliam Meszpert
Cal
Meebert
Burlington
Acme Peets
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Eruption of Soufriere Strains St Vincent Island News
London cable reports deepen concern over St Vincent as Soufriere erupts on September 3. Rabacca river channels burn, land reshapes shoreward, and estates bury under ash. Workers exposed to the zone flee as electric discharges and gases drive them to shelter. Kings Town and Chateau Helaire observers note a lower summit with new ridges and a ravine forming in the west. Arrowroot crops ruined.
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St Vincent
New York
St. Vincent
London
the Tribune
Chamberlain
Rabacca
Pitty
Kings Town
Chateau Helaire
Carib
Harakal
Pett Dorblea
Sharpe
Graveyard find sparks police inquiry at State street
Chicago September reports three bodies found at 2711 and 2709 State street in an undertaking shop. Authorities including police coroner and health department investigate possible murder or illegal burial with two babies and one adult in a wooden box covered with sawdust. Further digging may reveal additional graves in back yards as officials examine premises and verify permits.
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Chicago
State Street
City Health Department
Charles Johnson
William McKissock
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Mollie Allen
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