Rail strike dispute winds down in multiple cities
Amid a broad walkout the spread of the railroad strike slowed as New York saw improved food supplies and freight movement. Volunteers handled record suburban crowds while Jersey and Philadelphia shops prepared to resume operations with seniority protections and wage talks advancing.
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Fraser
Newark
Bael
New York
Entral
West Shore
Pennsylvania
Long Isai
Arso
Lackawanna
Erie
Unions Push Back as Wage Board Tackles Rail Strike
Reports show a shift toward returning to work as the railway labor board meets to hear wage demands from Doak and executives led by E T White. Radical agitators persist, but Justice agents deter incidents while leaders like Trethry Hunt and Wallace Wagner organize the board. Morrison challenges claims of revolutionary influence, noting investigations found no Bolshevik or I W W control.
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Toboken
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen
M. T. Graham
T. W. OW
Tyrahes Osyvid
Labor Board
Morrison
Palmer
Doak
Washington Post Co
Department of Justice
Railroad Labor Board
Won
Switchmen's Union
E. T. White
Trethry Hunt
Cincinati
Wallace Wanger
A. Th Wharton
R. M. Berton
Memphis
Frank Morrison
American Federation of Labor
Departtment of Justice
United States
William Haywood
John Sandgren
Que Big Union Monthly
Chicago
Tragic Bolshevik Rescue Mystery on Danube Yacht
Eleven members of the Russian Fairfein and Lyadowski families were found shot dead aboard the stranded yacht Pettra near Sulina. The vessel carried 14,006,000 rubles in gold and jewels. Romanian authorities, aided by Russian friends, investigate whether deaths were suicide or murder amid Bolshivik refugee displacement and royal interest in the case.
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Bucharest
Pettra
Sulina
Danube
Falzfein
Odensa
Constanza
Arvere Atorme
Poland closes all wires amid telegraph communications halt
New York reports that Polish authorities ordered a suspension of all private telegraphic communication with foreign countries from April 17 to 26. The move cuts Poland off from international lines and disrupts cross border messaging during the period.
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New York
Poland
Soviet Note Reiterates Peace Conference Location Call
The Russian soviet government urged a peace conference in Buthonia and rejected Poland’s local armistice proposal around Borisov. It argued the plan would mask strategic aims of the Polish general staff and criticized Poland’s suggested center of the fighting front. Warsaw’s note to the conference was dated April 16.
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Cabie
Warsaw
Associated Press
Poland
Buthonia
Borisov
Strikers Return to Work at Washington Yards
Rail workers resume duties at Eckington and Potomac yards as major halt ends. Freight traffic stabilizes with normal movement in most areas but embargoed routes and reduced express volume keep delays for passengers and some trains unresolved. Federal involvement influenced but not fully resolved the walkout.
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Lee
Chicago
Brotherhood
Brotherhood of Railroad
San Francisco
Whitney
Chicago Terminal
Washington
Mkckington
Potomac
Nckington and
Potomac Yards
W. L. McMenimen
Brotherhood of Railway
Eckington
Ticer
Te Southern
E. F. Sentry
Richmond, Fredericksburg
Potomar
W. O. Doak
The
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
Baltimore
Baltimore and Ohio
Union Station
Pennsylvanias
Two airmen die in crash at Sandersen Texas
Lieut. Don M. Hansell of Springfield Air Force base and Sergeant William T. Maxwell of Dallas were killed when their Border Patrol aircraft crashed shortly after takeoff in Sandersen. Spectators saw the plane fall and the men were trapped beneath debris.
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Sandersen
Tex
Don. M. Hansell
Springfield
Afc
Johnson Files at Annapolis
Annapolis Md April 16 a certificate of candidacy of Senator Hiram Johnson of California for the Republican presidential nomination was filed with the secretary of state today Maj Gen Leonard Wood's papers were filed yesterday Shoup of Colorado and other state officials today telegraphed invitation to President Wilson to establish the summer White House at Bets Park Colo Denver Colo April 15 State authorities report
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Annapolis
Hiram Johnson
California
Leonard Wood
Shoup
Colorado
Wilson
White House
Betes Park
Colo
Denver
Hitchcock
Bryan
Nebraska
Joahnson
John J. Pershing
Wood
Omaha
Court House
Nebraska primary race shifts as Johnson leads Hitchcock
Nebraska voters face a tense presidential preference contest with Johnson favored over Hitchcock five days from the primary. Bryan looms as a potential power broker, while Wood, Pershing, and Johnson divide Omaha county sentiment as wets and pro treaty factions influence the outcome.
Lodge a Candidate for Vice President in Oregon
Salem Oregon April 1819 The name of Henry Calcott Lodge United States senator from Massachusetts was today filed with the secretary of state a candidate for the Republican nomination for Vice President of the United States.
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Salem, Oreg
Henry Calcott Lodge
United States
Massachusetts
Business Men Run New York Lifts Strike Spotlight
In New York on April 16 a lift strike by building elevator operators disrupts daily work. Management and state officials seek mediation with arbitration possible if workers return immediately. Strikers claim up to 17,000 out, but officials place it around 7,900, affecting financial districts and tall landmarks like the Equitable, Woolworth, and other towers. Women operators, briefly wartime, are recalled. wage scales differ by building type and location.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad
Jersey City
Pennsylvania
Camden, N. J
New York
Wall Street
J. J Belan
State Industrial Commission On Mediation and Arbitration
Breian
Pfice
Financial District
Equitable
Woolworth
Tallent
Sport
Passage for troops raises border clash fears
Henry L Wilson former ambassador to Mexico testifies before a Senate committee accusing current policy of fueling the Mexican crisis. He cites 800000 lives lost 500 million dollars in damage and 29000 Mexican deaths while urging passage of troops to strike Sonora. The State Department faces pressure as Carranza demands a corridor for operations into Mexican territory.
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Henry L. Wilson
Mexico
Republic
White
Carranza
Sonora
Henry Lane Wiieur
Senate
Wilson
Unite States
Feria
Hiniry Po
Etmsil Panera
Basson Moore
Foriaer Emase Tor
Enemie Nur Her
Sonora to Seek U S Recognition of Belligerency
Nogales Ariz Apr 16 Del Ane sar de Rodrigues reports severe troops moving toward Nogales to reinforce state forces at Agua Prieta as Yaqui regiments brace for a long siege. Adolfo de la Huerta, Sonora leader, dismisses claims Sonora has become a separate republic as false.
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Sona
Nora T
Rite
Belay
United States Nogales
Ariz
del Anesar de Rodrigues
Nogales
Senora
Agua Prieta
Linugine Ariz
Col. Beriguez
Paso
Todas
Elias DL
Torres
Cay
Adolfo de la Huerta
Sonora
11 Millions to Hill Heirs In Final Probate Account
The final account of the estate of James J. Hall, pioneer railroad builder, was filed by son and administrator Lewis W. Hill. Died 1918, estate balance listed as 11,477,704.67 to be distributed among ten heirs including Mary Hill and Clara Hill Lindsey, with sons James, Lewis, and Walter J. Hill also named.
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St Paul Minn
Yrinel Press
James J. Hall
Pioneer Railroad
Weert
Lewis W. Hill
Hill
Mary Tail
Mary Hill
Clara Hil Lindsey
Charlotte Hill] Slade
Ruth Hill Beard
Rachel Hill Booheman
Gartride Hill Gevin
James, Lewia
Walter J. Yu
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