Rail strike near settlement as officials push peace talks
Chicago reports hope for a settlement of the 90018 railway shopmen strike after Ben W Hooper urged a peace conference with Bert M Jewell. Officials say talks may occur within a week though no surrender is anticipated. Separately in Denison Texas a mob attacked nonunion workers injuring several. a foreman was shot and sixteen men were seized as bloodshed erupted near the Katy Limited.
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Denison
Texe
Chicago
Ben W. Hooper
United States Railroad Board
BLM
Jewel
Bert M. Jewell
Adjt
Carlos Black
Bloomington
John James
Glenn Bonham
South Chicago
Baltimore & Oeehepe
Pighre- Ninth Street
Tex
Migsouri & Texes
Retina
Katy Limited
Dallas
Red River
Colbert
Ohina
Texas
Tweathers
United States
Mar
Germany's Fate in French Hands
Report from Berlin shows Herr Fischer and Herr Schroeder delivering a note to the inter allied reparations commission seeking a moratorium on cash indemnity payments. France signals possible opposition but may acquiesce if Anglo-American debts are reduced. the final decision awaits the guar antees committee's return.
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Paris
Herr Fischer
Herr Schroeder
Germany
M. Dubois
France
Guarantees Committee
Berlin
Petit Parisien
Ingland
United States
Nogland
Hard coal miners back peace plan and new wage scale
The first acceptance of President Harding's arbitration plan comes from anthracite operators led by Michael Gallagher and Warriner. They demand a mandatory wage scale fix by August 10. Bituminous operators and miners plan to respond to the President on Saturday as Secretary Davis pushes for coal movement and a clarifying explanation of the arbitration commission. The interallied reparations commission will wait for Germany's next instalment due after July 15 per Temps.
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Washington
Harding
Michael Gallagher
Meveland
Warriner
Philadelphia
White House
Davis
Paris
Germany
Sech
Temps
Two Ships Ground in Fog Off Washington Coast
Two steamers named Northland and Willamette ashore after losing their way in fog near the Strait of Juan de Fuca. Northland grounded near Port Orchard Whidby Island while Willamette ran aground elsewhere in the area.
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Seattle
Wash
Strait of
Juan de Fuca
Northland Ad Willamett
Polridge
Whidby Island
Federal Troops Held Ready to Enforce President Proclamation
Orders issued for federal forces to prepare at strategic points to enforce the President's proclamation ending the railway shopmen strike. Officials say no movement will occur without Washington authorization and that regular army unlikely to be needed. Senators pledge support to protect mail delivery and interstate commerce.
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Washington
Rlt
Weelingies
United States
Tarding
War Department
Harding
Senate
Lodge
Congress
Boral
Senate Labor Couittee
Senators Asked to Delay Ship Subsidy Vote Until December
Washington July 13 A warning from Senator Willis to the Harding-Lasker ship subsidy bill that it will be defeated unless shipping board bars are closed was issued as a DOJ decision on high or sales looms. Willis argued the board has no right to deal in liquor or slaves and urged postponement to December while polls show Senate backing the President if he pushes action this session but preferring delay.
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Washington
Harding-Lasker
Shipping Board
Congressional
Willis
Ohio
Warnigh
Department of Justice
Senate
Congress
Ship Subsidy Debate Ties Liquor Sale to Slave Trade
A speaker argues against liquor sales aboard ships and links it to slavery, claiming travel and hotel use avoid liquor, and warns that government pushes workers to drink elsewhere. He contends liquor issues block passage of the ship subsidy bill until resolved.
Hat Makers’ General Strike Shuts Down New York
New York hat end cap makers strike involves about 5000 union members as workers walk out after employers refuse demands. Picket lines form at affected factories while the strike unfolds in the city. Peoria, July 12. A nude young man with a bullet fracture skull is found buried on a Havana area farm, possibly connected to recent Smith intrigue.
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New York
New York Hatmakers’ Union of
Peoria
Havana
Chagr
Spark
Smith
Rail Worker Kidnapped by Six Men in Chicago Incident
Six armed men in an automobile abducted John Matias, 71 Best One Hundred and Second Street, after beating him insensible at Ninety-ninth Street and Michigan Avenue. Police search for the kidnapper vehicle as Matias is treated for injuries. he refused to strike at the Burnside coach shops of the Illinois Central Brown.
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Cilengs
Gompers Moves Against Reds In AFL Action
Samuel Gompers led a purge within the AFL by suspending the New York local of bookkeepers stenographers and accountants for red taint. Leonard Bright remains in charge during reorganization as charges cite revolutionary rhetoric by delegates at a Trades Union Educational League meeting.
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New York
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Federation
Cincinnati
Hugh Frayne
Gompers
Leonard Bright
Bright
Trades
Unioh Pdocational League
Wiliam Z Foster
Foster
Une
5 Star Chamber
Explosion at Graben Depot Kills and Wounds Dozens
A Graben ammunition depot near Cuxhaven exploded just after an Entente inspection. An Allied officer was wounded and several others escaped death narrowly. Initial casualties were 90 but later increased to 150.
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Berlin
Graben
Cuxhaven
Entente
Eaid
Golf Club for Negroes in New Jersey Claims Distinction
Shady Rest near Westfield New Jersey enters as a country club and golf course for colored people. It is touted as the first Negro country club in the United States with a cottage garden area expanding as Harlem residents migrate from the black belt.
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New York
Shady Rest
Greater York
Westfield
N. J
Harlem
United States
Hague Meeting Breaks Down Over Reparations
The late conference on Truesian affairs collapsed with no immediate plan for further talks. Maxim Th Litwines, head of the Russian delegation, said there was little hope of renewal as non Russian delegates insisted on property compensation and guaranties before Russia assessed credits.
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Maxim Th Litwines
Haid
Wednesday's Results in National and American Leagues
In the National League New York defeated Chicago 6 to 1, Pittsburgh beat Cincinnati 4 to 3, Philadelphia won 8 to 3 over a team listed as Gt Leula. In the American League Chicago beat Washington, Cleveland defeated Boston 7, Detroit won 7, and an unclear New York score shows 4.
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New York
St Louis Sone
Ciscinnati
Renee Ter
Brooklyn Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
St Louis
Stoene
Chicago
Letport
Washington
Postonoes
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
Becakion
Leula
Cleveland
Boston
Detroit
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Ue Labet
United States Railroad Labor Board
Samuel Felton
Chicago Great Western
Hooper
Rall
Mr. Hooper
Poesil
Jewell
Inher
National Guard
Onion
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Springfield
G. Atherton Marr
Salt Lake City
Utah
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War Finance Corporation
Gerard C. Henderson
Marr
Lyon's
Tom
Gotham Hat Makers
REDS
Hague
Royall
Klueber
Kovall QO. Kideber
Virgala
Direete
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