Union Labor Turned Down by Steel King
New York August 28 Elbert H L Gary chairman of United States Steel Corp sent a letter to John Fitzpatrick head of the American Federation of Labor committee stating the firm will not discuss labor unions or engage in closed shop. The missive emphasizes open shop policy and the corporation’s focus on welfare of employees and families while declining further talks with union representatives.
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New York
Elbert HL. Gary
United States Steel Corporation
American Federation of Labor
Iron and Steel
Gary
John Fitzpatrick
Iron and Steel Industry
Committee seeks hearing with steel officials in 1919
A New York committee notes an upcoming meeting in another city on Thursday next and asks for a reply before August 27 1919 to John Pitzpatrick at the Continental Hotel New York. They threaten to appeal to President Wilson if no hearing is granted.
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New York
John Pitzpatrick
Continental Hotel
Broadway
Forty-first Street
New York City
Gary
Wilson
Steel Corporation
Chieftain Finds the Goliath in Moroccan Desert
A Mauritanian chieftain discovered the French airplane Goliath near a village after it landed in the desert while en route to Dakar. The caravan members hid but then signaled. pilot Bouxsout rer plans to wait for a new propeller and resume to Dakar.
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Paris
Goliath
Dakar
Bouxsoutrer
Hungary to Extradite Bela Kun and Associates
Budapest seeks Bela Kun and his former Hungarian communist government associates from Austria's new foreign office. Vienna reports Baron Adolph Altman of the Hungarian credit bank says confiscated private funds and jewels are intact in banks, tagged with owners' names.
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Basel
Bela Kun
Hungary
Vienna
Adolph Altman
Hungarian Credit Bank
U S Minister to China Resigns Amid Ambiguity
Washington reports Dr. Paul Reinsch American minister to China has resigned. The White House has not acted on the resignation, and reasons for stepping down were not made public. Reinsch, born Milwaukee 1869, held academic posts and served as US delegate to Pan American conferences.
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Washington
Paul Reinsch
China
Wilson
Honolulu
Wiite House
University of Wisconsin
Berlin
Paris
Imm
Alma Marie Moser
Roosevelt
Leipzig
Wil
United States
Rio de Janeiro
Buenos Aires
Due
Reinseh
Santiagn
Mer Sack at Work as Strike Ends in Bloomington
Bloomington August 28. Merks and baggagemen of the Chicago and Alton resumed work after a strike that began Monday. They failed to secure the concessions they demanded.
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Bloomington
Merks
Chicago & Alton
Germany Names Von Haimhausen as U S Ambassador Drawn From Embassy
Berlin and Washington clash over Haimhausen selection as official German ambassador to the United States. The Washington report says the Wilson administration is unlikely to accept him due to his prior role as propagandist and counselor under Count von Bernstorff.
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Wilson
New Republic
Washington
United States
Haniel von Hafmhausen
Berlin
Herr von Halmhausen
Count von Bernstorf
Count von Bernstorff
Herr von Haimhausen
Versailles
Haimshausen
Haniel von Haimhausen
W.8. Solf
Great Britain
Herr Radowitz
China
Explosion at Italian munition depot kills and injures many
A large munition depot at Pelligind Italy exploded after a worker dropped a box of hand grenades. The blast killed or wounded over 100 soldiers and civilians and sent missiles showering within about a one mile radius. A man nearby lost an arm in the blast.
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London
Pellegind
Italy
Milan
Daily Chronicle
UCV Association Invited to American Legion Convention
In New Orleans on August 28 U S Wolussey president of the Louisiana UCV branch welcomed the invitation for the United Confederate Veterans Association to attend the American Legion convention in Minneapolis on November 14 and 12.
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American Legion
New Orleans
United Confederate Veterans’ Association
Minneapolis
Minn
U. Seaves Wolussey
Louisiana
Food Sent To Ten States From Midwest Center
Chicago zone of the war department begins shipping surplus army food to ten states in the central region. About 160 million pounds will be sent at 50 carloads daily, rising to about 100 cars per day, aiding more than 40 million people at prices below market. States include Illinois and neighboring areas. efforts to indict food profiteers and hoarders are planned with a federal grand jury next Tuesday.
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Chicago
The
War Department
James C. Castleman
Castleman
Illinois
West Virginia
Virginia
Michigan
Ohio
Minnesota
Milroy
Federal Grand Jury
District Attorney's Office
U S Officials Say Mexico Cannot Seize Oil Properties
Washington reports that the United States will not permit Mexico to confiscate oil properties owned by foreigners under article 27 of the 1917 constitution. The note, sent by the State Department, cites prior protests and notes other nations share the view. A Mexican stance supporting retroactive confiscation is challenged by the American Association of Petroleum Producers in Mexico.
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U. S
Mexico
United States
State Department
France
Great Britain
Holland
Carranza
American Association of Producers of Petroleum
Mexico City
Cabrera
Schieffing
Retroactive law debate cited by French authority
The discussion centers on whether retroactive laws serve the public interest. Francois Laurent argues that private rights harmed by retroactive effects may still be protected, stating the maintenance of individual rights is the greatest public interest.
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Francois Laurent
Laurent
Meat Prices Take Tumble
The stockyards saw a price collapse as hogs fell $1 per hundred pounds, cattle and sheep declined amid the protest against high living costs. Farmers, sensing a broad campaign, rushed to market with livestock to secure better prices.
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Chicago
Farmer
Hungarian cabinet formed with Heinrich as premier
Budapest reports a nonpartisan government formed with Heinrich, a manufacturer, as premier. Allies are expected to approve the new administration.
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Budapest
Herr Heinrich
Senators Near Come To Blows In Treaty Row
In Washington on August 28 the Senate clash over the Shantung provisions of the peace treaty led to heated exchanges between Senators Fall of New Mexico McCumber and Nelson of Minnesota. The dispute featured interruptions dramatic desk pounding and sharp retorts as the Republicans debated the treaty’s terms and implications.
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New Mexico
Nelson
McCumber
Washington
Fall
Senate
Foreign Relations Committee
Minnesota
Fighting in Progress Across the Country Reported
Widespread clashes and efforts to suppress an uprising are reported nationwide as authorities and combatants engage in ongoing fighting. Details on locations and parties remain sparse.
Lenine Wants Peace Amid Balkan Upheaval
Bolshevik Premier sends delegation to Roumania while South African Premier is reported dead. In Monte negro fighting erupts across the country with the nation in a state of serious revolution and Serbian authorities taking strong measures to suppress the uprising.
Lenin sends delegation to Chishinev for peace talks
A dispatch from Budapest reports Soviet Premier Lenine has dispatched a delegation to Chishinev to negotiate peace with Roumania. The move signals efforts to end hostilities and establish terms through diplomatic talks.
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Copenhagen
Lenine
Chishinev
Roumania
Budapest
General Louis Botha Dies in Influenza Attack
Pretoria reports General Louis Botha premier and agriculture minister of the Union of South Africa died this morning from influenza after a day of illness. The former Boer leader had guided the government since the Union's creation.
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Pretoria
Union OF South Africa
Louis Botha
Senate exchange over Shantung and German policy
The dialogue features heated exchanges as senators deny opposing statements about Germany and defend or challenge positions on Shantung. Fall argues concessions to Japan, while McCumber accuses Pall of hypocrisy and predicts more sharp remarks ahead in the debate.
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Germany
Shantung
Fall
Sand
Japan
McCumber
Pall
Cavell Execution Reported as Legal Under Civilized Warfare
Baltimore August 28 The execution of Edith Cavell the English nurse by the Germans is said to be in accordance with the laws of civilized warfare a minority report of the American Bar Association committee on military law states while the majority and minority reports were prepared by the committee to investigate courts martial and military law reforms.
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Baltimore
Edith Cavell
American Bar Association
Two Die In Rail Wreck Near Tuscumcarl Texas
An eastbound Rock Island Golden State Limited wreck 13 miles east of Tuscumcarl New Mexico at 5 30 am killed engineer W 8 Ford and wireman Rex Mathews. An unidentified postal clerk was seriously injured while no passengers were hurt. The train was bound for Chicago.
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Dalhart
Tex
W. 8
Ford
Rex Mathews
Rock Island Road
Tuscumcarl
N. Mex
Chicago
ORDER MEN BACK TO WORK FOR RAILROAD BROTHERHOODS
Four railroad brotherhoods in Los Angeles received telegraphic orders from Warrel Stone to return to work immediately. The message instructed members to resume duties, signaling a resolved labor dispute and imminent operating normalcy.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Warrep
Stone
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
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U.S
Quits
Bern- Storffeld
Tokyo
Fritz August Thiel
Pelligind
U. C. V. Association
U. 5
Middle West Center
America
México City
Mall
Wall
Podeo
Mir
Premier
Montenegro
Botha
Cavell
Committee On Military Law
Rock Island Golden State Limited
Brotherhoods
California
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