Fights Break Out as Steel Strike Sparks Cleveland Violence
Four men were stabbed near the American Steel and Wire Newburg plant in Cleveland as steel strikers clash with police. Two likely fatally injured and two more badly beaten as a streetcar unloads workers bound for the mills. State troopers clear Lackawanna streets. Pittsburg situation unchanged. Chicago mills closed or running with reduced forces.
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Lackawanna
Pittsburg
Chicago Mills
American Steel and Wire Company
Newburg
Cleveland
Troopers Restore Order After Fatal Shootout at Lackawanna
Mounted state troopers under Capt. W. W. Robinson dispersed a street crowd at Lackawanna after a fatal shooting at the plant. Casimir Mazurek, a striker, died. three others injured. Employers vow to keep mills closed as strike leaders warn of a long campaign despite promises of calm. More troopers expected from Albany and Oneonta.
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Lackawanna
Ridge Road
W. W. Robinson
Albany
Oneonta
Casimir Mazurek
France
Donner Steel
Rorer-Brown
Wickwire Steel
Buffalo Union
Chicago District Steel Mills Hit by Widespread Strike
In the Chicago district most mills closed or cut force while East Chicago plants largely kept running after a voluntary agreement. Reports circulated of strikebreakers arriving as eleven steamers with 100000 tons of ore were stalled in South Chicago harbor. Seamen's union officials said crews voted to strike in sympathy.
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Chicago
East Chicago
South
Seamen’s Union
Break in Martins Ferry steel strike as Wheeling plant to reopen
Notices posted state Wheeling Steel and Iron company will resume operations within days under a union agreement. The tin plate plant at Yorkville near Martins Ferry with 800 workers operates under a contract with the Amalgamated Association, while the Martins Ferry and Wheeling furnaces employing 3,000 remain idle.
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Martins Perry
Wheeling Steel and Iron Company
Yorkville
Martins Ferry
Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers
Wheeling
Pittsburg Situation Unchanged in Steel District
The Pittsburg district remains generally unchanged as mills in the Monongahela valley continue to operate. Steel companies and Secretary Foster of the steel workers still differ in estimates, though Foster no longer claims all mills are down, amid strong police protection in the valley.
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Pittsburg
Monongahela Valley
Foster
Foster cites progress after blocking organizers' operation
Foster said the action prevented the operation of organizers but he believed satisfactory progress had been made.
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Foster
Higher Rank for Gen Crowder Senate Panel Backs Promotion
The Senate military committee reported favorably on Senator Knox's bill to elevate Major General Enoch H. Crowder, judge advocate general, to lieutenant general upon his retirement for his administration of the selective service act.
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Crowder
Senate Military Committee
Knox
Enoch H. Crowder
Army
Senator Penrose Charges Gifts to Wilson from Europe
In a Senate exchange Senator Penrose asserts President Wilson and his party received hundreds of thousands in jewelry and gifts from foreign rulers during a European visit, while Senator Ashurst denies knowledge of specific gifts and condemns any Democrat accepting such presents.
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Senate
Ashurst
Arizona
Penrose
Wilson
Europe
Bronx rent hearing erupts in melee at Morris High School
More than 3,000 tenants and landlords packed a Bronx meeting of the mayor’s rent profiteering committee. The crowd’s clash forced police reserves to separate participants after chairman Cornelius O'Brien was punched twice. The session adjourned as tenants and landlords clashed over rent issues in the Morris high school classrooms.
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Mayor’s Committee
Bronx
New York
Cornelius O’brien
Morris High School
Cunard Lines Acquires Imperator For Service
Announcement in New York states the former Hamburg America liner Imperator has been acquired by the Cunard Steamship Company from the British ministry of shipping. The vessel, one of the world's largest ships, is docked in New York and refitted for passenger service after wartime troop transport duty.
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Cunard
Imperator
Hamburg-American Line
Cunard Steamship Company, Ltd
Ministry of Shipping
New York
Hamburg
Hoover's Advice Predicts Price Drops and Clothing Ban
Herbert Hoover arriving in San Francisco en route to Palo Alto said food prices had fallen and would continue to drop for three months. He urged the public to refrain from buying clothes and shoes for that period to rectify the high prices.
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Herbert Hoover
San Francisco
Palo Alto
Corpus Christi Storm Toll and Aftermath Report
Storm losses in Corpus Christi reach an estimated ten million dollars with widespread destruction. Thousands homeless, food scarce, and airlift aid ordered from San Antonio to move supplies from stalled trains. Reports indicate at least two hundred dead and many injured across stricken districts while most residents lost everything except the clothes they wore.
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Corpus Christi
San Antonio
Texas City
New Jersey Transit Zone Fare Plan Triggers Walkout Chaos
The new zone fare plan on streetcars sparked widespread dissatisfaction and attacks on cars in northeastern New Jersey. About 50 000 people walked to work as streetcar service ground to a near halt within a thirty mile radius of Philadelphia and beyond.
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Jersey
Stret
New Jersey
Philadelphia
Transcontinental air race offers $10,000 in prizes
Plans for the first trans continental aerial derby are under the Aerial League of America. Rear Admiral Peary, president of the league, has named a committee to draft rules and set a date for the event.
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Arial League of America
Peary
League
Upheaval fears amid Bolshevik moves in Russia
A London-dated report says peace offers are being made to Ukraine as Moscow seeks truce with all nations to avert a counter revolution. A Bolshevik wireless dispatch details an anti Bolshevik plot leading to 66 executions, with Moscow as its origin. Denikine forces face setbacks near Igor and retreat from Tsaritsyn area while heavy fighting continues north of Teherov Yar.
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London
Ukraine
Moscow
Russia
Denikine
Igor
Kursk
Tsaritsyn
Volga
Teherov-Yar
Survivors Landed From Bayronto and Lake Winona Incidents
Eleven survivors of the British steamer Bayronto and one of the American steamer Lake Winona were landed at Tampa Florida by the fishing smack Ida. With 19 Bayronto crewmen landed at Charleston on Sept 16 and 18 more at Havana on the same day, the ship's full complement is accounted for.
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Tampa
Fla
Charleston
S. C
Havana
No Sale for French Airplanes
The French army struggles to manage a large aircraft stock as government organized auctions fail to attract buyers. In the latest sale a scout plane with a 36 horsepower motor drew no bids even at $40.
Republicans Take Control As Treaty Debate Opens
In a party line clash the Senate adopted a one week postponement on 40 amendments to the League of Nations covenant. Lodge led the move to delay while Hitchcock's administration forces supported ratification. The 43 to 40 vote reflected early sentiment, with Jones and McCumber opposing and Reed supporting the delay. Ten pairs and three absentees were noted.
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Senar
Lodge
Foreign Relations Committee
Fall
United States
Senate
Hitchcock
Wade
League
Jones
Washington
McCumber
North Dakota
Reed
Missouri
Gore
Oklahoma
King
Utah
Shields
Tennessee
Anti-Saloon League plans $50 million drive in five years
The Anti-Saloon League of America and state leagues announce a joint Chicago effort to raise 50 million dollars within five years for law enforcement and education. A short term phase aims for 25 million to begin immediately and end January 16 when prohibition takes effect. Funds will target big wet cities with large foreign populations for educational work.
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Anti-Saloon League of America
State Leagues
Chicago
Salvation Army
New York
Baltimore
San Francisco
Lenoir in Serious Condition After Military Justice Appeal
Pierre Lenoir once condemned to death for sharing military intelligence remains in a very serious condition after an appeal to the under secretary of state for military justice delayed his execution.
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Lenoir
Pierre Lenoir
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