President Acts to End Rail Strike After Massive Upheaval
President Truman moves to end the outlaw railroad strike by nominating nine members to the railroad labor board. Attorney General Palmer says the department has key facts and will act decisively, with preparations to deploy troops only if needed, and notes the strikes are a coordinated effort rather than spontaneous.
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Hson
White House
Senate
Railroad Labor Board
See Que
Chicago
Palmer
Joseph Tumulty
Baker
Everhiniert
Department of Justice
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Lever Act Explained as Interference Prohibition
Attorney General warns that any interference with transportation under the Lever Act constitutes a violation of section 4. He cites actions by multiple parties to restrict distribution of necessities as illegal and notes fines up to 5000 dollars or two years in prison. Palmer stresses government duty to protect mail and recalls President Cleveland mobilizing trains in a similar crisis.
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Palmer
Cleveland
Strike Shuts Illinois Mines Threatens Coal Supply
Springfield April 13 Approximately half of Illinois coal mines idle and about 45000 miners out of work due to a railroad switchmen strike. Frank Farrington president of Illinois miners association cites the impact as the industry reels.
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Springfield
Illinois
Frank Farrington
Former German Empress II. Victoria Summoned to Kaiserin's Side
The former empress of Germany Victoria II has been summoned to the Kaiserin’s bedside, per Deutsche Trieszeltung reports. The report notes her serious condition and the royal family’s concern as April 113 unfolds.
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Berlin
Germany
Deutsche Trieszeltung
Victoria
Kaiserin
Bank Robbery In South Bend Net $11000 In Cash
Five masked men robbed the South Bend State Bank at eleven in the morning taking about $11,000 after forcing three bank officials and several customers into a washroom. The incident occurred in South Bend Indiana with no injuries reported.
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South Bend
Ind
South Bend State Bank
Kowat Denounces Governor Allen Before Kansas Miners
Alexander Kowat head of the Kansas miners union denounced Governor Allen as a skunk of a governor to a crowd outside Crawford county jail in Chamt. He criticized the court of Industrial Relations and the three corporation lawyers tied to the governor. The crowd cheered as Howat spoke from a jail balcony and marched with banners and flags. Ninety percent of Kansas coal mines idle as miners protest imprisonment of Howat and other district officials.
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Alexander Kowat
Kansas Miners’ Union
Crawford County
Covernor Allen
Liewst
Court of Industrial Relations
Allen
Howat
Tog
Andrew J. Curran
Curran
Jal
Kansas
France to Recall Army from Rhine Occupied Areas
Paris reports that France will evacuate Frankfort and other German towns once the San Remo session approves Germany's intervention to restore order. British and French diplomacy push for troop withdrawal amid reports of black troops removed from Frankfort with European outcry.
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Supreme Council
San Remo
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Hale
London
Gord Derby
Mitterand
Britain
Lloyd George
Gorzen
San Tehe
Huber
Ver Gullies
Supreme Counseil
Peathfort
Europe
Rhine
Reports on Camps Allege Big Waste
Washington April 13 two opposing reports from the long congressional probe into 32 army camps and cantonments were submitted to the house by the war expenditures committee and debated. The majority blamed waste and graft in contracting and spending of 78.58 million for national arm and cantonments, while the minority defended the administration calling the work a great wartime achievement.
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House
Cantonmenta
National Guard
McKenzie
McCullough
Kip
Doremus
Dewe
Jeromy
Handle Mail in the East Ends Rail Strike Fallout
The Central Railroad of New Jersey suspends all Hiseetiger service at noon affecting about 45,000 commuters as army troops unload mail in Jersey City. Federal ultimatum pressures strikers to return to work or be replaced, with widespread disruption across New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania during a multi-state labor stoppage.
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Tye
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Tremton
West Marineville
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Drietel
U. S
Chicago
Federal Building
Mey
Pickets at Embassy Held in Washington Case
Ten Irish pickets arrested last week at the British embassy were held for a federal grand jury by United States Commissioner Richardson on charges of violating a federal statute making it a felony to assault a diplomatic representative of a foreign government.
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Washington
United States
Richardson
Oon
Walkout of Labor Ordered in Erin
Irish trades union congress and Labour Party call for a general strike across Ireland protesting the treatment of political prisoners. Outside Mount Joy prison a soldier was wounded by a likely accidental shot as crowds protested hunger strikers. Justice Clarke resigns after appeals for clemency are rejected.
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Irish Trades Union Congress
The
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Workers of Ireland
Mount Joy
Clarke
Lord French
Justice Clarke
Otice
General to Take Charge at Chicago Central Department
A new administrator is appointed to lead the Chicago Central Department, shifting oversight and policy toward streamlined operations and centralized management. The move positions the department for coordinated efforts across internal divisions and local offices.
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Chicago
Federal action pending as Wood takes central command
In Chicago on April 13 General Wood announces he will leave his presidential campaign duties to assume personal command of Central Department troops. He will coordinate efforts to resolve the freight strike tied up by rebel elements, focusing on the strike in Chicago and eastern cities.
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Evening Journal
Chicago
Wood
Central Department
Boston
President Wilson Names Railroad Labor Board
President Wilson scheduled a cabinet meeting for Wednesday to address labor unrest with the general strike as the focus. He named a Railroad Labor Board with public representatives George Hangar Henry Hunt and Eh M Barton. Railroad members include Horace Baker H Elliott and William L Park with Albert Phillips A O Wharton and James J Forrester as employe representatives.
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Te Mivenmne
Washington, D.C
Wilson
George Hangar
Washington
Henry Hunt
Cincinnati
Eh. M. Barton
Temnessee
Railroads
Horace Baker
4. H. Elliott
William L. Park
Employes
Albert Phillips
A. O. Wharton
James J. Forrester
Soviet Russia rejects League inquiry with caveat on alliance terms
Paris reported April 12 that Soviet Russia will not allow a League of Nations commission to visit Moscow to investigate the government unless an explicit agreement is reached granting Soviet Russia membership in the league with the allies.
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Russia
League of Nations’ Commission
Paris
League of Nations
Moscow
Soviet Russia
States Seem Ready to Follow Sonora’s Secession Call
General J M Pine reports semi official information that 18 more states may quit Mexico and align with Sonora. Nogales cable says General Blanco is advancing from Chihuahua with about 2000 troops toward the Sonora line, expected to arrive within days.
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J. M. Pine
Howeer
Nogales
Blanco
Chihuahua
Navy chiefs debate Sims criticism in Senate hearing
Rear Admiral Niblack told a Senate naval investigating committee that Rear Admiral Sims shared responsibility for unpreparedness as a member of the Navy General Board from January 7 to March 25 1817.
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Navy
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Niblack
Naval Intelligence
Senate Naval Investigating Committee
Navy General Board
United States Niles
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