Inquiry Into Steel Strike Now Ordered
Senate order launches swift inquiry into the steel workers strike to determine if federal action is possible. Senators Kenyon Knox and others press for facts amid industry concerns, while Gary and Pittpatrick are summoned to testify.
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Washington
Senate
Ober
Elbert HH. Gary
United States Steel Corporation
John Pittpatrick
Kenyon
Iowa
Deptet
Thomas
Dem
Ton
Senastor Thomas
Labor figures set for midweek appearance amid postponement
The entry notes a postponement to Wednesday of next week for a key appearance while John Witgpatrick and his labor organization aids are still expected to attend Thursday. The conflicting schedules suggest ongoing negotiations or testimony with multiple parties involved.
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John Witgpatrick
Aids In the Labor Organization
Oklahoma Troops Ordered to Entrain for Drum Night
Tulsa dispatch reports Maj James A Bell commanding the Third Oklahoman regiment of state troops to be ready to entrain for Drum Night. Deputies from surrounding towns struggle to protect property as Mayor Nicodemus Police Chief Ayers and Policeman Corall remain imprisoned by a mob in the city jail after clashes at telephone office pickets and the strikebound switchboard girls.
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Tulsa
Okla
James A. Bell
Dromright
Nicodemus
Ayers
Corall
Baker Pleads for League to Limit Future Army Size
Washington says without a League of Nations the 500000 peacetime army proposed by the War Department would be "child's play." Secretary of War Baker told the House military committee that without the league every nation must be armed to the teeth. Representative Crago of Pennsylvania commented that the balance of power never sent troops abroad, with the league, though without it troops may be sent.
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Washington
League of Nations
War Department
House Military Committee
Taker
League
Crago
Pennsylvania
Machinists Strike At Kansas City Over Wages
About 300 members of the International Association of Machinists in Kansas City walk out fearing wages will not meet their demands. Local business agent M E Walsh confirms the stoppage and says workers will not return until settlements are granted.
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Kansas City
International Association of Machinists
M. EB. Walsh
Senate Votes to Postpone Full Amendments to Peace Treaty
Senate approves 43 to 40 postponement of consideration of Senator Fall amendments to the peace treaty. Lodge later gains consent to call up all Fall amendments Friday. Johnson of California pushes equal voting strength in the League of Nations. debates continue with pauses on demonstrations and rule enforcement.
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Washington
Senate
Lawdge
Senator Fall
Lodge
Senator Falls
Johnson
Ten
California
League of Nations
United States
Great Britain
Jolmeen
Middle West
NEW TROUBLE AT FARRELL riot at Staunton and Greenfield streets
Farrell Pennsylvania reports say two state police and two crowd members were killed and two wounded when troopers charged a riotous group at Staunton and Greenfield streets. Earlier clashes at the same site left another death and injuries. Simultaneous Buffalo scene outside Lackawanna Steel plant wounded a man and a child as guards fired on strikers.
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Farrell
Staunton
Greenfield
Owi Tresses
Buffalo
N. Y
Lackawanna Steel Company
Riots Sweep Multiple States Amid Steel Strike Turmoil
Reports to police describe an ugly mood as rioting erupts in Youngstown Ohio where twelve are injured and two mounted police are mobbed. In Pittsburgh’s Lawrenceville district one man appears fatally injured, a special policeman hurt, and several others wounded. Farwell and Newcastle in Pennsylvania report deaths and injuries, with crowds dispersing across the state line after clashes with authorities.
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Youngstown
Pittsburgh
Lawrenceville
Farwell
Oho State Line
Farrell
Newcastle
Steel strike patrols and plant closings across Chicago district
Pickets withdrawn at mills of United States Steel Corp as thousands of deputies police streets. In Chicago area mills and Lig Mills area resemble army posts with ex soldiers sworn as deputies. Steel plants show mixed reopenings while leaders claim 100 percent effectiveness of the strike. Hammond and Waukegan show partial shutdowns with few plants operating. Gary plants disputed as shut down by unions but kept going by officials.
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Senate
Cooper
Itep
Youngstown
William Z. Foster
Labor Organization Committee
American Federation of Labor
Europe
Foster
Syndicatism
Bibert H. Gary
United States Steel Corporation
Kenyon
Seasite
Commputes
Newcastle
Lig Mills
Chicago
Waukegan
American Steel and Wire
Hammond Las Orly
Fen
Standard Steel Car Company
Hammond
Gary
Anti-Red Plot Discovered in Lemion and Executions
A Bolshevik wireless dispatch reports the recovery of an anti Bolshevik plot with branches across Bula. The conspiracy led to the execution of former Duma members N. N. Stechepkin Profs Astroff Vol koff Prince Obolensky Generals Kuzhetsef Maehoff and others including Prince Andranskoff Baron Stromberg and M Rozanoff a noted Menshevik leader. The plot is said to have originated in Moscow.
Butler Prison Terms Given in Rioting Case
After a week's trial a jury found 27 former Standard Steel Car company employees guilty of rioting in Butler County. Judge A. B. Rieber sentenced each to one year in the western penitentiary as the eight week strike against the firm continues.
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Butler
Butler County
A. BE. Rieber
Standard Steel Car Company
Western Penitentiary
Wilson visite Utah in peace treaty campaign
President Wilson toured Reno to Utah during a long ride ending in Salt Lake City. crowds welcomed him in Ogden and Salt Lake City as he avoided a long speech to conserve his voice for a mass meeting at the Mormon Tabernacle. He spoke briefly in a written statement praising peace guarantees and greeted deaf and blind children in Ogden.
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Salt Lake City
Reno
Tots of Deaf and Blind School
Ogden
Utah
Wilson
West
League of Nations
Mormon Tabernacle
Salt Lake Mitty
Great Salt Lake
White House
William D’arcy
Associated Advertising Clubs of the World
New Orleans
Deaf and Blind School
Wison
Storm deaths in Texas trenches reach thousands
Corpus Christi reports place the dead at 30 to 700 with estimates by prominent figures ranging widely. T. W. Wolling of Austin claimed 2000 to 3000 dead, noting 1500 bodies buried in trenches near Nueces Bay and a party burying many unidentified remains after the Corpus Christi storm disaster.
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Corpus Christi
Tex
Corpus Christi Relief Committee
T. W. Wolling
Austin
Corpus Cheristi
A. R. Clarkson
Texas
Wolling
Nueces Bay
Pm Menter
Miners Seek 60 Percent Wage Increase and Shorter Week
The Union Mine Workers of America convention in Mooveland endorses a wage scale report calling for a flat 60 percent raise, a six hour day, five days per week, and overtime pay time and a half with double time on Sundays and holidays. International officials may strike November 1 if no agreement is reached.
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Mooveland
The
Union Mine Workers of America
Frank Farrington
Illinois
Inland Steel May Close Six Months
Inland Steel announces a possible six month closure with workers given two days to return or face the plant shutting down. Management warns that failure to report could prompt a mass quitting across the facility.
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Inland Steel CO
Four Men Stabbed Riot at Cleveland Ends in Fatality
The Evening Journal reports a riot in Cleveland where four men were stabbed and a fatality occurred. Illinois Steel Company opened its plant in Chicago’s Calumet district and threatened closure for six months if workers do not return within two days.
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Evenme Journal
Chicago
The
Inland Steel Company Today
Calumet District
Four stabbed and beaten near Newburg plant entrance
Four men were stabbed with two believed fatally and two badly beaten near the entrance to American Steel and Wire Company's Newburg plant in Cleveland. The disturbance began when a car stopped to let off workers bound for the steel mill.
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Spectal
Eventing Journal
Cleveland
American Steel and Wire Company
Newburg
Slab Mills Open Amid Tense Labor Turnout
Special to Evening Journal from Chicago reports Illigais Steel Company slab mills reopening with 800 workers, including many African Americans. Strikers gathered at gates and muttered threats as smoke rose from the chimneys.
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Evening Journal
Chicago
Illigais Steel Company
Convention to Ratify and Define District Policy in Indianapolis
The document is to be submitted for ratification at a reconvened convention in Indianapolis. It will define policy for outlying districts, using the central competitive agreement as a basis.
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Indianapolis
Slayer of Child Must Die in Chicago Court
Thomas Fitzgerald confessed to killing six year old Janet Wilkinson and received a death sentence. Judge Crowe set the hanging for October 17 after asking for any final statement. The defendant expressed remorse and asked for mercy for the child's parents and others who had harmed him.
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Thomas Fitzgerald
Chicago
Janet Wikinson
Crowe
Miners to Aid Steel Men in Major Strike Support
Fifteen to twenty experienced salaried organizers from the United Mine Workers of America will aid the striking steel workers under strike organizing committee instructions. The miners' international executive board will vote on additional financial assistance and a substantial contribution to the strike fund.
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Cleveland
United Mine Workers of America
Miners’ International Executive Board
Two U S Marines Die in Mistaken Stray Fire
Washington dispatch reports Gunnery Sergeant Harry Ruble of Sugar Grove Ohio and Corporal Frank Sampson of Minneapolis Minnesota were killed September 21 near Halti when a detachment fired on a squad of constabulary. The Navy department says the constabulary unit was engaged with a bandit party.
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Washington
Harry Ruble
Sugar Groveeo
Frank Sampson
Mineneapolis
Ming
United States Marine Corps
Halti
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