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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Aug 04, 1906

Page

7

Buckhorn and Antioch railroad tale unfolds in Antioch

Dan Oakley manager of the Buckhorn and Antioch railroad presses wage cuts to save the car shops. Roger Oakley returns as a convicted man but is revealed as innocent. Oakley stands firm, threatens lockout, and faces a potential strike led by Griff Ryder and Branyon. Constance Emory and local politics frame the struggle.

Dan Oakley Buckhorn and Antioch Huckleberry Roger Oakley General Cornish H— Oakley Dr. Emory Constance Emory Griff Ryder Antioch Herald Turner Joyce Oakley Holt Dan Ryder Constance Amsory Will Kenyon Congress The Herald Branyon Emory Constance Old Hanover Hercules McClintock Mr. Oakley Mmittee

Labor Tensions Rise at Antioch Car Shops

Oakley reads the Herald report on a developing strike at the Antioch car shops. Carpenters threaten walkout over wages and the manager’s Eastland father, an ex convict, while workers demand Branyon’s reinstatement and accuse company greed. A committee meets secretly at Odd Fellows Hall as labor unrest simmers.

Herald Oakley Lie Ryder Cornish Branyon Thomas Sharp Burton Mass Mberly Odd Fellows South Main Street

Strike Ends The Dread Of Shutdown At Oakley Works

Workers refuse to return to the benches after a mass strike sparked by fear of Cornish’s wrath. The yard empties as belts hiss and machinery dies, leaving McClintock to seal the deserted shop while foreman Roberts and Joe Webber plan for a September start.

Cornish Oakley McClintock Smith Roberts Joe Webber Roberts Milt

Excelsior Springs Rail Line Promotes Local Book

A new thirty-two page promotional book with twenty one illustrations on Excelsior Springs and its medicinal waters, shoels and train service has been published by the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway. It can be mailed for four cents postage. F A Miller, General Passenger Agent, Chicago.

Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway F. A. Miller Chicago

ONECENT NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT AND EXCURSIONS ADVERTISEMENTS

National Encampment details for Minneapolis and St Paul with one cent ticket sales and return by August 31 with extensions noted. Also describes HOMESEEKERS EXCURSIONS to Minnesota Iowa the Dakotas Manitoba Saskatchewan and Canada Northwest with rate one fare plus $2 and optional stopovers. Canadian and New England rates via Nickel Plate Road plus Chicago to destinations with varying day limits. Bucklen's Arnica Salve touted as quick healing for burns and wounds.

Minneapolis Minn Iowa Central St. Paul Cutts Minnepplis Mion Iowa Minnesota Dakotas Manitoba Saskatchewan Canadian Northwest A. B G. P T. A Chicago New England Nickel Plate Road John Y. Calahan Adams St LaSalle St

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