Miners Union Claims World Largest Labor Group
Indianapolis March 29 The United Mine Workers of America the largest craft labor union in the world reports about half a million members with a peak figure of 615 243. John L Lewis of Springfield Ill is president and union headquarters are in Indianapolis. The union argues its reach spans Pennsylvania to the Pacific and Michigan to Alabama with a Canadian fringe. The article traces its 1890 formation from mergers and the long battle for national unity among miners.
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Indianapolis
Ind
United Mineworkers of America
United States
Canada
John L. Lewis
Springfield
Pennsylvania
Pacific
Michigan
Alabama
Texas
Nova Scotia
Illinois
United Mine Workers of America
National Progressive Union of Miners and Mine Laborers
National Trades Assembly No
Knights of Labor
St. Louis
Belleville
American Miners Association
Ohio
Anthracite
Workmen's Benevolent Association
John Siney
Miners’ Movement
America
Siney
Second National Union of Coal
Miners’ National Association of the
United States of America
Youngstown
Miners’ National Association
Middle Western
Porces
National Federation of Miners and Mine Laborers
Lanthracite
National Trades Assembly No. 135
National Progressive Union
Equal Socks Rights Arrest in Chicago
Carl Sattley of Chicago was arrested after a crowding incident on an elevated train. A woman complained about exposed skin and challenged him to keep trousers up. The judge fined Sattley five dollars plus costs.
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Carl Sattley
Chicago
Sattley
W R C Department Officials Visit Fairfield
Mrs. Orpha Turner of Fairfield, department inspector, visited last evening between trains with department president Mrs. Nora Bryson.
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Orpha Turner
Fairfield
Nora Bryson
McCormick Named Chairman of Pan American Committee
Secretary Hughes announced the appointment of Senator Medill McCormick of Chicago as chairman of the Pan American committee to foster diplomatic and commercial cooperation with other American nations. Other members include Dr. A Lawrence Lowell of Harvard and Dr. David P Barrows of California.
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Washington
Medill McCormick
Chicago
Hughes
A. Lawrence Lowell
Harvard University
David P. Barrows
University of California
Derail Burn Belfast Train Near Newry by Raiders
A Belfast to Dublin freight and mail train was derailed near Newry by armed raiders. Nine cars including the mail car were burned. Ulster specials along the Armagh South frontier came under fire when crossing into Free State territory. One constable was wounded. A patrol between Culloville and Crossinagton was ambushed. a special constable and a sergeant were killed and another special wounded.
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Belfast
Dublin
Newry
Ulster
Armagh-South
Free State
Culloville
Crossinagton
Armagh-Monagh
Reds Kill Four Churchgoers in Moscow Shooting
Four parishioners were killed and 161 wounded when Red guards fired into a crowd at a provisional church doorway. Authorities say the incident happened during a push to enforce the confiscation of church treasures under a recent Soviet government decree.
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Moscow
Red Yards
Bomb Explosion Kills Man in Port Arthur
Explosion in downtown Port Arthur Ontario on March 30 killed one man and seriously injured two others. The blast shattered windows within a three block radius, drawing emergency responders to the scene. Local authorities are investigating the device and motive.
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Port Arthur
Ont
Police Chief Kawin Conti Dies at Home
Police Commissioner Kawin Conti is reported dead at his Boston home on a day in March. Authorities confirmed the death and began routine investigations while residents recall his public service.
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Boston
March S
Kawin UV
Conti
Actress backs corsets for men at club talk
Amelia Bingham told the New Century club in Philadelphia that men should wear corsets for trimness and comfort. She urged flexible corsets for men just as women are advised to avoid traditional corsets.
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Philadelphia
Amelia Bingham
New Century Club
Bombing Threat Prompts Reward in Green Bay Church Meeting
Green Bay authorities offer 100 pounds for information leading to the capture of the person or persons who threw a bomb into a Congregational church during a meeting held by William BE. Pussyfoot Johnson and Lewis KR. Horton, noted prohibition workers.
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Green Bay
Wis
William BE
Pussyfoot
Divorce granted to Evelyn Booth Sherman in Providence
Evelyn Booth Sherman wife of motion picture actor Lowell Sherman was granted a divorce in Providence on grounds of extreme cruelty and neglect to provide. The petition was heard on depositions and was uncontested.
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Providence
R. 1
Evelyn Booth Sherman
Lowell Sherman
Arbuckle
Engineers Cut Own Wages To Kickstart Building Boom
St. Louis march 30 The Hoisting Engineers union with about 100 men voted to cut wages from 125 to 100 cents an hour to spur a $20 million building program. This marks the ninth building trades union in the city to reduce its own wages.
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St. Louis
Hoisting Engineers’ Union
Wwupes
First Drink Kills Him In Omaha Death
Leonard Whaley aged twenty four died after reportedly taking his first drink during a celebration in Omaha Nebraska. He was the son of a farmer living near Lexington Nebraska and the incident occurred on March 10.
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Omaha
Neb
Leonard Whaley
Lexington
Aging farmer and teenager elope in Iowa farm setting
In SAC CITY Iowa on March 36 William Hewett age 85 and widow Mrs Ethel Hall 36 secretly ran away February 21 to marry at a farm five miles from Bac City. Hewett, a wealthy farmer, sought a rural honeymoon.
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Sac City
William Hewett
Rockwell City
Ethel Hall
Bac City
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Northwestern Yeast Company
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