Settlement Ends Chicago Garment Strike At Hart Schaffner Marx
In Chicago a major garment workers strike at Hart Schaffner Marx ends after a conference with Joseph Schaffner and the Joint Strike Conference Board. 10 000 workers return to jobs within ten days, with 12 000 at capacity planned. an arbitration clause sets three arbitrators to settle grievances.
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Chicago
Garment Workers
Hart, Schaffer & Marx, Theargest
Independent Clothing Ncems
Joseph Schaffner
First Ad
Association
Hart, Chaffner & Marx
Great Northern
Otel
Ond Pittpatrick
Chicago Fedration of Labor
Joint Triket Conference Board
Presiden
Homas A. Rickert
United Garnt Workers of America
Raymond Robins
Wom Nn Trade Union League
H. C. Harris
Hich
Two Chicago Failures Strike Cold Storage Dealers
Chicago reports two firms, EB. J. Piggott and EB. JL. McAdams, failed amid a glut of stored butter and eggs. Brokers blame an abnormal milk flow this winter, with 20 million pounds of butter in warehouses signaling trouble.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
EB. J. Piggott
River Street
EB. JL. McAdams
la Salle Street
Building for Doctors on Medigan Avenue Planned
Plans filed in New York call for a twenty five story office building on Medigan avenue to be occupied exclusively by physicians and dentists. It would be the largest building of its kind in the world.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Medigan Avenue
Race riot in Benton leaves two dead and one fatally injured
Reports from Benton Ark say two African American men, members of a theatrical company, were killed and another critically injured in a race riot in Hot Springs area. The events unfold after a confrontation in Hot Springs on January 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arkansas
Hot Springs
Ark
Benton, Ark
Duke D'Abruzzi Suitor for Elkins Hand Nears U.S. Visit
The Duke D Abruzzi faction seeks permission to advance a courtship with Miss Elkins and is expected to travel to the United States soon. The potential marriage would connect European nobility with American society, drawing wide attention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Elkins
U.S
Gary Mill Starts Work as Rail Plant Resumes Operations
Gary Ind January 16 Seven hundred more men hired at the Gary works of Illinois Steel after six weeks idle ness. American Sheet & Tin Plate adds 100 workers as first unit of twenty two mills aims to be ready by early spring. Inland Steel plans nut and bolt mill and steel barrel factory needing one thousand workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gary
Ind
Illinois Steel Company
Standard Rail
American Sheet & Tin Plate Company
American Bridge Company
Inland Steel Company
Indiana Harbor
Weather forecast for Illinois Indiana and Wisconsin
Fair and warmer today across Illinois Indiana and Wisconsin. Unsettled and warmer tomorrow with variable winds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ilinois
Indiana
Wisconsin -Fair
Bank Swindler in Toils
Charles P. Everett, alias Roy B. Thorpe and others, was arrested in Hot Springs by a Pinkerton detective on swindling charges. Authorities say he defrauded western banks with forged drafts totaling about $20,000 and specifically swindled the People's Savings Bank of Seattle out of $1,812.85 last August.
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New York
Charles P. Everett
West
Hot Springs
Ark
Pinkerton
Everett
Roy B. Thorpe
J. O. Ross
R. R. Roulie
John R. Davis
B. M. Reynolds
People’s Savings Bank of Seattle
Sentile
Wreck Victim Dies in Batavia Collision
H. H. Cade of Chicago died at a Batavia hospital from injuries in the New York Central rear end wreck. The death toll from the incident rises to six.
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Chicago
Batavia, N. Y
Batavia
N. Y
H. H. Cade
New York Central Railroad
Severe Storms Hit Northern Spain Disrupt Transport
Snow storms continue across northern and western Spain, halting railway and telegraph services and delaying mails. Coastal towns report vessels wrecked at Cerunna and Gijon, with severe damage around Oviedo in Asturias. A freight train was overturned near Oviedo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madrid
Spain
Cerunna
Gijon
Oviedo
Asturias
Lorimer Case Issue Heads for Senate Action
The Lorimer investigation report is expected to be taken up by the senate within a day or two. Senator Gamble of South Dakota will hear from Senator Crawford as opponents push against seating the Illinois member. Gamble has not taken a firm stand but is anticipated to vote for the resolution to confirm the committee finding and seat Lorimer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Lorimer
Senate
Gamble
South Dakota
Crawford
Ale Committee
City Sues Contractor Over Shale Rock Payment
Chicago news reports that Michael H. Mc Govern, contractor in the Lawrence avenue sewer project, is sued for $60,000 on behalf of the city by Corporation Counsel Edward J. Brundage in the circuit court. The action seeks $45,984.20 allegedly wrongfully paid and to be returned to the city.
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Chicago
Michael H. McGovern
Lawrence Avenue
Edward J. Brundage
Zena Dare Betrothed to Maurice Brett in London
Photo graphed musical comedy actress Zena Dare becomes engaged to Maurice Brett. The match aligns with the Esher family, who have hosted Miss Dare in recent years. Dare’s father works as a lawyer’s clerk.
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London
Zena Dare
Maurice Brett
Viscount Esher
Miss Dare
Bride to be scorns peril on cross country romance
Mrs. Fannie Kelley of Moline aged 32 heads toward Reno to wed FE Frabel a Susenville California merchant who advertised for a wife. Her train was halted near Ogden Utah then wrecked leaving passengers without food for a day and a half after a robbers hold up six days into the journey.
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Moline
Ill
Fannie Kelley
Mexican Bandits Rob Paymaster in Northern Mexico
Reports from El Pero Tex dated January 16 describe rebels posing as insurgents in northern Mexico robbing paymasters and villages. Bandits have killed several leaders, raided the Ranch of Gen Luis Terrazas near Chihuahua, and seized payrolls on the Parral Durango line with paymaster D Piza robbed of 800 dollars and valuables. Authorities in Torreon and Parral pursue bandits as incursions rise and tensions between insurgents and federal officials intensify.
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el Pero
Tex
Mexico
Manuel
Jimalco
Torreon
el Guaje
Serer Amador Carnedas
Torrejon
Luis Terrazas
Chihuahua
Terrazas
Parral
Durango
Mesa Sandia
D. Piza
Guerrero
Navarro
Cerrero Prieto
FE Norte
Enrique Creel
Slayer escapes crowd at Albany with widow Melcher
A crowd thronged Albany Union Station and streets to glimpse Mrs Beleth Mel cher widow from Rochester charged with murdering her five year old son George. Police staged an escape at West Albany three miles from the city center. Melcher and detectives fled the scene amid shouts, but no organized rush occurred. The woman remained pale and fainted upon entering a building.
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Albany
Union Station
Mre
Beleth Melcher
Beenedudyr
Rochester
Train wrecks platform near Nicholson station
Fast Lackawanna No. 6 bound for New York ran off rails at Nicholson twenty two miles north of Scranton. The engine and eight cars left the rails and smashed the platform but no one was seriously injured. The journal on the engine broke causing the accident without stop at Nicholson.
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Scranton
Lackawanna Road
New York
Nicholson
Butte Mine Disaster Claims Two and Traps Dozens in Modoc
In Butte Montana on a Saturday night a timber gas fire underground in the Modoc mine adjoining the High Ore and Bell and Diamond mines caused deaths. Michael Belangie, a contract miner, and James Carney, a shift boss, were killed. Twelve others were overcome but revived. Belangie, a Spanish American War veteran, rescued two pump men before dying.
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Butte
Mont
Michael Belangie
Anaconda Company
James Carney
Bell and Diamond
Modoc
Kelangsie
Stephen Slogan
Dennis Lynch
Carney
Markets Report Mild Hogs and Steady Cattle Decline
Chicago markets show weak to lower tone with hogs steady to lower and cattle 10 lower on the day. Estimated receipts total around 41,000 with light hogs around 7.70 to 7.92 and heavy grades 7.70 to 7.80. cattle at 35,000 and sheep at 36,000 with declines expected.
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Chicago
Ills
Sealand
Local Market Prices in Washington City Segment
The Washington City market lists multiple commodity prices including hay by load and by bale, straw, coal, various flours, bran, shorts, corn meal, and duckweed. Figures shown are per unit or per sack with ranges indicating prevailing rates.
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Washington City
Medals for Guards in Michigan Smallpox Epidemic
Governor Osborn will award bronze medals to each National Guard member who stood guard at the Michigan Home during the smallpox outbreak. Design pending. selection rests with Dr. J. V. Prazier.
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Lapeer, Mich
Gov. Osborn
Michigan
J. V. Prazier
Live Stock Gonsign to John A Babcock Commission Merchant
Announcement directs consignments of live stock directly to John A. Babcock, commission merchant, at U S Yards Chicago Illinois. Rooms 27 22 Main Floor Execige.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A
U. S
Ghigago
Illinos
Neutralization of Panama Canal Favored Over Fortification
Boston January 16 signers including Richard Quiney President Jordan of Stanford University and Jane Addams oppose canal fortifications. They argue neutralization is safer in war time follows Hague 1907 terms, U.S. history, and avoid costly defense of the big ditch with projected costs up to 50 million dollars and annual maintenance around five million.
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Boston
Panama Canal
Big Ditch
Richard Quiney
Jordan
Stanford University
William Dean Howells
Charles P. Anderson
Chicago
Faunee
Brown University
Jane Addams
Hull House
George B. Holt
United States District Court
George Foster Peabody
New York
Dean Rogers
Yale Law School
John Graham Brooks
N.O Nelson
St. Lewis
EB. P. Wheeler
President Capen
American Board
Thomas Mott Osborne
Auburn
N. Y
Sues
England
United State
David J. Foster
Committee of Foreign Affairs On the of Representatives
Continental National Bank to Erect World’s Largest Building
The Continental Commercial National Bank plans a 58,500 square foot twenty story office tower on LaSalle Adams Quin Fifth, bounding land with Adams Quincy streets. Investment about 10 million dollars. Building height to be twenty stories with a broad footprint.
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Chicago
Continental Commercial National Bank
LaSalle, Adams, Quin Streets
Fifth Avenue
LaSalle
Adams Quincy Streets
Al H Tyrrell Dies Aged 32 In Jackson Hospital
Al H Tyrrell, a renowned blackface comedian, died at Jackson city hospital at age 32. He toured nearly every vaudeville circuit in the United States and was well known in theatricals. He was survived by his wife Mrs John B Tyrrell of Jackson. Brights disease caused his death.
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Jackson
Mich
al. H. Tyerell
City Hospital
United
Mir
John B. Tyrrell
Bright
Man killed coasting near Fort Plain
Frederick Mauhs, proprietor of the bath at Sharon Springs, died after a coasting accident as freezing rain left a hill icy. He rode a bob down the slope unprotected and struck a tree at the foot, suffering fatal injuries.
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Bartholomew
Minneapolis Journal
Abruzz
Gary Mill
Tin Plate Company
U. S Weather Bureau
Temp
C. P. Everett
United States Senate
CITY
Brett-Dare
Durango Road
Mills
Slayer
George Melber
Belangie
Grain Market
Beach-Wickham Grain Company
Sobaly Somslaw
Keister & Son
Turkeys
Michigan National Guards
AL. H. Tyrrell
America
Fred Mauhs
Bobsted
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