Wilson Tells Hines 10 Stop Rail Strike
President Wilson authorized Director General Hines to review the railroad shopmen wage demands on merits and urged workers to return to duty. About 450,000 Brotherhood of Railway Clerks members began voting on immediate strike action as tension rose and 80,000 workers were out nationwide. The union seeks roughly 20 cents an hour plus overtime pay, while a congressional commission was proposed to study the wage question.
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Wilson
Carmmenius
Committee On Interstate Commerce
Hines
Congress
Tyler
Railroad Administration
The
Brotherhood of Railway Clerks
J. J. Forrester
Brotherhood
Mr. Forrester
Archangel Falls Under Bolshevik Control Report
Stockholm reports Archangel in Bolshevik hands as Social Democrat sources say the Bolsheviks have severed the Murman connection and gained strategic control amid the Baltic area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockholm
The
Social Demokraten
Archangel
Murman
Archangel News: American Ships Reported at Petrograd
The paper notes two American ships allegedly arriving at Petrograd with food for the Soviet government but doubts the report. No confirmation of American blockade runners in northern European waters is found. The latest reports say the Allies control Archangel.
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Bolsheviki
Petrograd
Archangel
North European
American flag to stay on Ehrenbreitstein fortress
Allies report informal information from the Rhineland commission that General Pershing advised keeping the Stars and Stripes flying from Ehrenbreitstein fortress while American troops hold the occupied area. He also recommended Coblenz as American headquarters.
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Coblenz
Atiz
Ehrenbreittein
United States
Rhineland
Pershing
Cobletz
Army Seeks $900 Million Yearly Peacetime Militia Plan
General March told the senate military committee that a 510000-strong ec force and compulsory military training under the war department bill would cost about $900 million annually to establish a permanent peacetime military policy.
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Washington
Aug. S
War Department
Senate Military Committee
General March
Manhattan car line quits after exhausting treasury
The Mil-Crosstown Railway company announces suspension of operation at midnight due to exhausted treasury and inability to obtain further credit. It operated crosstown cars on 28th and 20th streets in Manhattan at a great loss on borrowed money. In Peking, Japanese residents are warned to stay indoors at night amid rising tensions after the Kwong-Chang-Tsu incident.
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New York
Aug
Mil-Crosstown Railway Company
28Th
20Th Streets
Manhattan
Great Toss
Peking
Kwong-Chang-Tsu
Railroads Plunder Charged by Plumb Plan Supporters
Testimony to the House Interstate Commerce Committee alleges that Wall Street banks and Morgan and Rockefeller aligned groups orchestrated a systematic plundering of U S railroads. Glenna Plumb of Chicago claimed major lines such as New Haven Chicago and Alton Rock Island and Prince suffered deliberate damage, urging congressional investigation.
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Washington, Aug
Wall Street
Morgan
Rockefeller
United States
Glenna KL Mumb
Chienge
Plumb
Enid
New Haaven, Cilenga & Alton
Rock Island and Prince Lines
Pare Tlegereer
Cleveland Faces High Dividend Demand On Streetcar Fares
Ohio City plans to grant a 7 percent dividend on the 5 cent streetcar fare with transfer, while Chicago caps at seven cents. Cleveland notes lower capitalization and wages hikes. city arbitration is set after a two day streetcar strike and fare reductions.
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Ohio City
Chicago
Cleveland
Coveland
John Stanley
The
Traction Company
Transit fare disputes reveal costly mispricing and reform calls
In Cleveland and Chicago fare differences spark debate as Chicago offers free transfers while Cleveland dumps riders into a public square. Analysts say the extra cent raises about 900000 dollars yearly, equating to over 3 percent of the 29000000 capital value. Some systems are seen as failing. Cuban Crowder bill advances in Senate with 14 to 102 two party lines, awaiting presidential signature.
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Cleveland
Chicago
Traethem
Mr. Stanley
Philadelphia
Mippenpolis
Lieran Homie
Crowder
Havana
Cuba
Auy
Senate
GHP
Gen. Crowder
Menoecal
Sinking of Gallia and collision near Boston Harbor
Reports from Halifax dated August 8 describe the schooner Gallia sinking after a collision with the British steamer Wat Witch near St Terre, with seven survivors named. Separately in Boston the Mary Chilton carrying 800 passengers collided with the Kathamb a in outer harbor, causing panic but all passengers were later discharged safely.
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Halifax
St. Terre
Boston
Mary O' Mom
Nantagket Beach
Kathlamba
Mary Chilton
Kathamba
Mary Chiltomwehar
Hilton
Strike at Chicago stock yards threatens general walkout
After 4700 white workers walked out and 3600 colored workers returned, the stock yards labor council warned city and state authorities to withdraw police and militia or risk a general strike. The meeting at Columbia hall involved 500 stewards from 42 unions, with leaders blaming officials for maintaining guards rather than opposing the presence of police and militia.
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Chicago
Tobor Council
Dickson
Garrity
William Tinte Thompson
J. W. Johnstone
Stock Yards Labor Council
Columbia Hall
South
Paulina Street
Johnstone
Martin P. Murphy
M. F P. Wagener
John Kikulski
American Federation of Labor
Officials fail to find mayor as walkout threat rises
The secretary to the governor said the matter rested with Mayor Thompson. Despite visits to his home and office on Wednesday and Thursday, he could not be found. Adjutant General Dickson said action require mayoral authority. The union voted to walk out stock yards workers Friday morning if guards aren’t removed, with ten colored workers' union representatives among the delegates.
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Sheriffs Office
Thompson
Dickson
Colored Workers’ Union
Bandits Loot Chicago Bank in Afternoon Robbery
Six youths entered the Sixteenth Street bank at 3500 West Sixteenth Street after 2 PM. They locked four employees and three customers in the president's private office and escaped with 2500 to 3000 dollars in cash. They did not open the vault and missed a large sum in the cashier's desk drawer.
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Chicago
Sixteenth Street Bank
West Sixteenth Street
Frenchman’s Daring Flight Through Arc de Triomphe
Paris reports Lieutenant Godfrey, a French aviator, threaded an airplane under the Arc de Triomphe with an eight yard wingspan and seven yard clearance. He then powered through and continued over the Champs Elysee.
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Paris
Godfrey
Champs Elysee
Senate panel proposes 510000-strong regular army plan
Washington Aug 8 The senate military affairs committee backs a plan for a regular army of 510000 and the introduction of compulsory military training.
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Senate
Washington
Senate Military Affairs Committee
Hungary to be ruled by a king as Archduke forms ministry
Budapest reports Archduke Joseph forms a ministry in place of the peidl government after its resignation. Roumanian forces move into Budapest's business district seizing supplies, while peasants hunt and punish communists fled from the capital. courts tour the provinces chasing suspected leftists.
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Archduke Joseph
Peidil
Budapest
Peidll
Paris
Jules Peidll
Danube
Roumania
Social Democratic
National Palace
Hungary
Austria
First Break Among Many R A Strikers
The article notes a first break among several strikers from the C A line with the president's attitude influencing certain employees. It describes cautious shifts in stance as management and workers weigh demands and possible concessions.
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R. A
Expect More Backed by AFL Leader Says Men Will Change Course
In Bloomington Illinois on August 5 a special report notes the first split among Chicago and Alton strikers as all ticket clerks return to work signaling a shift in labor action.
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Bloomington
Tfi
Chicago & Alton
Labor leader expresses faith in shopmen return to work
Special to Evening Journal from Washington Aug 8 reports B M Ewell acting head of the American Federation of Labor says confidence the striking railroad shopmen will heed Wilson's order and return to work. He notes the strike’s logic puts them at a disadvantage as they defy their own officers.
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Evening Journal
Washington, D. C
Wilson
B. M. Ewell
American Federation of Labor
Senate panel to study Mexican situation at Lodge call
Washington Aug 8 The senate foreign relations committee will meet on the Mexican situation at the demand of several senators A special meeting is called by Chairman Lodge Republicans say the committee will back the proposed investigation and if the senate agrees a substitute panel may be appointed hearings to cover the Mexican border and Washington.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Lodge
Senate
Food Riot In Boston Matapan Lots Reports Police Dispersal
In Boston on August 8 a food riot broke out in the Mattapan area with about 1 200 people, mostly women. Police were called as the mob dispersed after clashes over fish and chicken prices and alleged boycotts. One woman was attacked and several arrested.
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Boston
Mattapan
Car men ask 75 cents an hour in Illinois traction strike
Springfield Aug 8 a committee representing trainmen of the Illinois traction system presented to General Manager F Handsley a demand for wage increases. Motormen and conductors seek 75 cents per hour up from 50 cents while brakemen demand 2 cents up from 87 1 2 cents and a recognition of affiliation with the Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employees.
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Springfield
Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric
F. Handsley
Illinols Traction System
Robbery at Lake Elmo Bank Nets $3000
Unclear report states two men robbed a Lake Elmo bank before noon, threatening staff with pistols and taking about $3000. The suspects fled in a car. details are incomplete due to damaged text. Local authorities investigated the incident.
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Lake Elmo
Minn
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U. S
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Pekin
Glenn E. Plumb
House Committee
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Shorter
Hallis
Galita
Bandits
Chicago Bank
U. K.D
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Fr Ieration
Illinois Traction System
Minnesota
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