Great steel strike spreads through Chicago and Gary
Chicago and Calumet districts erupt as hundreds of workers refuse to start shifts at midnight. Union leaders claim 80 percent of132,000 workers in Hammond and Gary areas are untoned while plant superintendents vow operation with guards on duty.
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Chicago
Calumet
Gary
East Side Park
United States Steel Corporation
Milnois Steel Company
Sherif Barnes
Pitty
Broadway
Citizens’ League
Todlana Harbor
Joliet
EB. H. Gary
Steel Corporation
RK. N. Glover
Christ
Kaiser Gary
Waukegan
American Steel and Wire Company
Valen
Pittsburgh
Striking Workers Cripple Plant Departments Across Clairton
Workmen remain at their posts but cannot work as strikers cripple plant departments. Several meetings broke into disorder. Sixteen men were arrested at a Clairton meeting in a Carnegie Steel plant hub and jailed.
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Clairton
Carnegie Steel Company
Jall
Germans Plan Expanded Emigration Office To Manage Departures
Berlin reports a surge of German applicants for passage to South America has led to extending the interior ministry immigration office and creating 30 branches nationwide to regulate aid and prevent undesired influxes. Merchants professionals and ex-army officers form the largest groups seeking emigration. Laborers are in the minority.
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South America
Berlin
Ministry of the Interior
Department of Immigration
Germany
French Troops to Bulgaria to Oversee Treaty Provisions
Paris reports that French military units will be sent to Bulgaria to supervise the execution of treaty provisions. The Echo de Paris cites the move as part of Allied oversight. Belgium has accepted France's proposal for a French general to command all Rhine allied forces, per Journel.
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Belgium
Paris
Bulgaria
Echo de Paris
France
Rhine
Roumania Mobilizes Troops Against Bolshevik Threat
Geneva report says Roumania recalls volunteers in southern Russia to concentrate on the Dniester river amid bolshevik fears. The government also plans the release of 50 000 Roumanian troops from Transylvania and other areas to bolster defense.
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Russia
Dniester
Geneva
Roumania
Roumanian Bureau
Bern
Transylvania
Nationwide Steel Strike Plans 2 Million Weekly Outlay
Washington reports union leaders outline a plan costing two million dollars weekly in strike benefits for a 200000-strong walkout. Officials say workers could lose about one million dollars daily in wages while nonstriking members may face assessments up to a dollar per day to fund the action. the labor department appears unable to stop the nationwide steel strike.
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Washington
Wen
Department of Labor
No Secret Treaty Denied by Tokyo in Rome
The Japanese embassy in Rome denied reports of a secret treaty between Germany and Japan saying no such agreement exists.
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Rome
Germany
Japan
Farmers Press Capper Heisman Bargaining Bill
Agricultural interests organize a determined drive for the Capper Heisman bill allowing farm collective bargaining. The campaign follows repeal of daylight saving law and targets a winter session push, led by Senator Capper and Representative Hersman to make the issue partisan.
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Capper-Heisman
Washington
Congress
Raisin Growers
California
Department of Justice
Senator Capper
Kansas
Representative Hersman
Law Bill Sparks Bipartisan Opposition in Rural Nation
The bill is challenged as not adding rights beyond those under the Clayton act and faces a determined cross party fight led by rural interests. Both parties acknowledge the clash as rural lawmakers push back against congressional control of the measure.
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Congress
Valbanero Identified At Half Moon Shoals Wreck
Washington reports the wreck on Half Moon shoals identified beyond doubt as the Spanish steamer Valbanero of the Penin line. The hull lies underwater with the port edge of both decks visible. The vessel carried 454 persons in two companies and no survivors have been reported.
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Washington
Navy Department
Radio Department
Twelfth Naval District
Key West
Fla
Half Moon Shoals
Valbanero
Penen
Steel Strike Deepens as Gary Faces Wilson Demand
John Fitzpatrick bodying the iron and steel workers declares a nationwide strike to pressure E. H. Gary to meet with workers’ representatives. He says President Wilson urged a hearing, but Gary refused, prompting the men to strike after voting to act within ten days.
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Chicago
E. H. Gary
Wilson
Steel Trust
John Fitzpatrick
Pitgpatrick
National Committee For Organizing the
Iron and Steel Workers
Chicago Federation of Labor
RE. H. Gary
Gary
President Wilson Heads to Reno in Campaign for League
President Wilson leaves Los Angeles for Reno convinced California supports the League of Nations. He addresses the Johnson camp, notes shifting sentiment in Sacramento, and reassures voters on Shantung Article X immigration and Germany's future entry. Officers and supporters attend a record Shriners meeting as crowds gather in Los Angeles.
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Sacramento
Cal
Wilson
Los Angeles
Reno
Nev
California
League of Nations
Hiram W. Johnson
Ren
Allen
Sacramento Union
Johnson
State
League
The
Sacramento Bee
Senator Johnson
Shantung
League Assembly
Willam B. Hamilton
San Francisco
Porter
Republican National Comittee
Republican Wonga
Pacific States
Los Angeles Examiner
Ain
Shriners’ Auditorium
Roosevelt
Francis J. Heney
Times
Nore
Great Britain
Germany
United States
Government to Sell Large Fleet of Merchant Vessels
Washington report says the National Merchant Marine association urges a gradual sale of the government fleet. It endorses private ownership for large steel ships and unrestricted sale of smaller vessels. The plan favors chartering ships to Americancontrolled firms with an option to buy later.
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Washington
Congress
National Merchant Marine Association
Shipping Board
Campaign to Erect Maternity Home in London
Lady Eatty formerly Ethel Field of Chicago starts drive for a 4.7 million maternity home in London to serve wives of British workers. The effort follows a call for improved social welfare in September.
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London
Lady Eatty
Ethel Field
Chicago
Strikers Claim a Victory Amid Bethlehem Wage Tieup
Bethlehem workers postpone walkout after menacing strike action as negotiators seek agreement. The dispute centers on pay and benefits with both sides signaling readiness to resume talks.
Ten Thousand Strikers Parade at Gary Indiana
Across Indiana a massive labor show of strength unfolds as ten thousand steel workers march in Gary while other regions report mixed strike activity. Officials claim high participation yet managers show varied attendance, signaling a tense national steel dispute.
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Minle
REDS
National Board of Farm Organizations
Nevada
Allesues
PLETE
Bethlehem
Indiana City
Evening Journal
Bethlehem, Pa
Bethlehem Steel Company
Lehigh Valley
Spectal
Duluth, Minn
Minnesota Steel Company
Hammond
Ind
Indiana
Freusnoer Amnpam O29
True
New York
Pittsburg Disputch
Carnegie Steel Works
Chicaga
Keamner
Tenmedy
BK. W. Wagnert Co
Washington, D. C
Gompers
Foster
Steel Workers Union
Jolint
United States Steel Plant
Youngstown
Johnstown
Pittsburg
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