Government readies action in event of nationwide rail strike
Attorney General Daugherty said a general railroad strike policy would come from President Harding when time comes. The Justice Department plans to act judiciously within the law to prevent transport disruption. District attorneys nationwide were briefed and Western conferences set to discuss emergency steps. Public officials warned against hoarding food and fuel as supplies remained ample, with milk and fuel challenges mainly in eastern cities and the Northwest.
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Rail Clerks Ordered Not to Strike Against Rail Labor
Cincinnati dispatch reports the Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship Clerks with over 200000 members directs members not to strike. Grand President E H Fitzgerald says clerks must continue normal duties and avoid cooperation with transportation unions in the planned rail strike.
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Brotherhood of Clerks Weighs Strike Settlement
A union committee states the brotherhood will not be bound to remain on strike after a settlement acceptable to them is reached. Those who aided the strike may obtain no settlement while others continue striking. Final action will depend on the United States railroad labor board decision.
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Washington
Barton
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Knéwyi
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Shipping Board
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Railroad Labor Board
Congress
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Wilson
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Neueral
Chicago
Texas Road May Drop Freight Embargo Soon
Armed guards and deputy US marshals guard Houston yards of the International and Great Northern as local strike action continues. Local chairman Nellis reports orders for striking train men to stay away, with officials hopeful the freight embargo declared Saturday can be modified promptly.
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Great Northern
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Union Chiefs Prepare for Legal Battle Over Board Hearing
In Chicago tomorrow five railroad labor chiefs seek to retain Walker D Hines to handle legal issues but Hines declines to represent them. Warren Stone questions attendance of general chairmen with only six officers expected to attend. W G Lee orders 200 general chairmen and officers to be present while the others confer separately. Simultaneously in Hawaii sugar company directors vote to suspend all dividends pending further action.
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Public Opinion Molded Against Railway Workers by Roads
W. S. Carter president of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen accuses press and big business of deflating labor. He cites inflation of railroad valuations, a labor board bias, and a plan for wage cuts and rate hikes as the drive toward crushing railroad unions.
Rail Board Rejects Wage Cuts Amid Strike Tensions
The railroad labor board refuses to consider further wage reductions while strike threats loom. Executives say carriers will follow the law, noting wage cuts could only come if rates fall. The board stresses it will not abandon rule matters to rush wage decisions.
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Railway Board Orders Memoranda On Carrier Rules
The board voted 7 to 2 to issue memoranda to railroads on rules and working conditions ahead of hearings. A. O. Wharton and Horace Beker opposed, while observers awaited hearings that could last several days starting tomorrow.
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New York and New Jersey Ready Emergency Food and Fuel Plan
Drastic measures were proposed to feed and fuel New York and nearby cities within 60 miles if a national rail strike occurs. A committee led by Maj. Gen. George W. Goethals includes food, fuel and transport reps and seeks highway use, commandeering stations and ferries, and anti profiteering laws with support from 200 supply and civic groups. Railroad managers report potential disobedience by about half of local workers.
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Urges 3 Cents a Mile Top Passenger Fare
John H. Benton counsel for the National Association of Railway and Utilities Commissioners urged restoring a three cent per mile ceiling on passenger fares before the Senate interstate commerce committee. He argued higher rates dried passenger traffic and that states can regulate intrastate rates, citing 1926 voluntary increases approved by state commissions.
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John H. Benton
National Association of Railway and Utilities Commissioners
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Interstate Commerce Commission
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Mrs. Burkett Sentenced to Three Years in Prison
Mrs Ama Richardson Burkett of Hillsdale Indiana was sentenced to three years in the penitentiary for forging Theodore Roosevelt's endorsement on a 69900 note. Judge Talley noted the crime harmed a prominent American and stated she was sane based on alienist assurances. Burkett's husband George urged clemency.
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George Burkett
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Washington Bodies Condemn Proposed Big Four Strike
Resolutions from the Washington Chamber of Commerce Board of Trade and Merchants and Manufacturers association urge the federal government to avert the railroad workers strike and uphold the Railroad Labor Board rulings. They warn that a strike would disrupt the nation’s welfare and fprbade many jobs across industries.
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Congress of the United States
Railroad Labor Board
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Railroads Cameron Indictment Headlines Crisis Years Later
Chicago Friday update notes unsettled railroad liability after wartime subsidies as labor and farmer tensions mix with political reactions. Arizona Senator Ralph H. Cameron faces grand jury indictment for perjury amid ongoing U S Justice Department inquiries.
Sues to Test Grain Law Under Capper-Tincher Bill
John Hill Jr of the Chicago Board of Trade files suit in Federal District Court to test the Capper-Tincher grain bill. He seeks a restraining order against Secretary of Agriculture Henry Wallace and other officials, arguing the law interferes with grain futures trading. Hearing set for November 7 before Judge Kennesaw M. Landis. no party to act until then.
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Ralph H. Cameron
United States
Arizona
William H. Sawtelle
United States District Court
Thomas N. Flynn
Deugnerty
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Secretary of Agriculture
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Chicago Board of Trade
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John C. Cannon
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Tombstone Erection Overseen By Richmond Official
Richmond Virginia Ont Mitchell, southeastern freight agent for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, today supervised the erection of his own tombstone in a local cemetery. Mitchell is described as hale and hearty by friends.
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Ont Mitchell
Southeastern
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
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