Chicago Walks 10 Work When Gra s Tied Up By Strike
Chicago faced a transit paralysis as about twenty thousand motormen conductors and guards went on strike at 4 am. Widespread disruption followed with buses pressed into service and pedestrians taking to the streets. Officials warned of a long struggle as wage cuts of about 17 percent were demanded and talks failed. The strike shut tunnels and stations while police and National Guard units stood ready. Chicago remained the focal point for visitors tied to the progress pageant at the municipal pier.
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Chicago
Chiergo
Charles C. Fitzmorris
Surface Line
Surface Carmen
Mer Foin
Chicago River
Chicago Herald and Examiner
Dpelice
Hanois National Guard
Thompson
Sanborn Flappers Face Curfew Talk and Shaky Night Life
Sanborn, Ta. United Press reports flappers blamed for curfew, as town enforces a 9 p.m. curfew for under 20 and tries to curb movie and social excess. Mayor and council back the ordinance but admit enforcement is uneven. no arrests yet, and residents worry about nightlife and safety.
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United Press
Banborn
Sanborn
Meyer Fiindt
Sanhorn
Rafety
Iowa News Briefs Report Driver Suffering Fingers Loss
Nes Moines reports Misa Mabel Lawler lost three fingers on her right hand in an automobile accident yesterday when the car she was driving overturned. The brief item notes unclear accompanying details and local charity remarks in the margins of the clipping.
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Nes Moines
Misa Mabel Lawler
Lewis Galls Joint Wage Conference To Meet Monday
News report from Philadelphia August 1 notes a joint wage conference of operators and miners in the central competitive bituminous fields to negotiate a basic wage agreement ending the coal strike. John L. Lewis urged a meeting in Cleveland for August 7 with union policy leaders, while various operators’ groups voiced mixed expectations and invited participation or rejection.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
Cleveland
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Lewis
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Indiana
Ilinois
United Mine Workers —Eam
Hollenden
Pittsburgh Vein Operators’ Association
John L. Lavis
United Mine Workers of America
International
Michael Gallagher
Indiaa
Witners
Des Moines
Iowa
E. C. Smith
Iowa Coal Operators’ Association
Smith
Jewséa
Chicago
F. C. Hennold
Illinois Coal
Indianapolis
Ind
Insana
John S. Lewis
Miners Union
Morton L. Could
Indiana Bituminous Coal Operators’ Association
St. Louis
WW. K. Kavanaugh
Core Operators' Association of the
Afth
Willness
Harding Peace Proposals Prompt Labor Board Talks
Road executives and union chiefs meet in New York and Chicago to discuss President Harding’s settlement plan. Hooper of the labor board meets union leaders after returning to Chicago from Washington. The proposals require strikers to return with intact seniority and direct all lawsuits to the labor board for settlement. wage decisions are to be agreed upon.
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New York
Chicago
Harding
Hooper
Labor Board
Ghicago
Washington
Labor Board For Settlement
De Valera Hope Turns On December Endgame
Dublin dispatch reports Free State troops advancing through Cork to Tipperary and Kilkee with several casualties among Regulars and Rebels. Prisoners taken, material seized, and De Valera said to aim to sustain guerrilla warfare into December to block the Anglo Irish Peace treaty ratification. Rebels torch water mains barracks and a major industrial plant, while Cork faces a terror regime as rebels prepare mountain strongholds. Also: Boland’s liver injury remains critical after a Skerries arrest attempt. Community Center in Austin Tolliver post to reopen with a fish fry and expanded canteen and groceries.
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Daniel O'Connell
Dublin
Cork
Tipperary
Kilkee
Free Slate
Eamonn de Valera
de Valera Beiaves
Kilkes
Lillis
Simon
Munster
Boland
Harry Boland
United States
Skerries
Hearst's Goal Is White House Not New York Governorship
The article analyzes Hearst's likely path toward the White House, arguing his main aim is the presidency rather than the New York governorship. It weighs the patronage deal with Murphy of Tammany Hall, the possible elevation of Mayor Hylan, and the political risks of shifting power in New York City.
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Hearst
White House
N. Y. Governorship
Hylan
New York
Uns
Tammany
Charles F. Murphy
Murphy
Hrlan
Hunan
Iies
New York City
Gehrig
Acs
Nathan L. Miller
Millar
Miller
York
Wyeningthe Poet, Inc
Desolate Escanaba Yards Hold Quiet Strikebreakers
Desolate air hangs over Escanaba yards as strikebreakers arrive under guard. Superintendent Helmer reassures them, beds and meals prepared, while pickets lie outside. The scene is silent yet tense, with maintenance crews and guards keeping essential engines ready for action.
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Escanaba
Jin
Helmer
Excanaba
Coal Strike Summary Calls Four-State Parley In Cleveland
President John L. Lewis of the United Mine Workers invites coal operators in Pennsylvania Indiana Illinois and Ohio to a conference in Cleveland on Monday to end the strike. Indiana operators refuse to attend and will only deal with Indiana miners. Southern Ohio operators reject the invitation while eastern Ohio may attend. Pennsylvania operators reject the four-state parley plan.
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Peai| ‘Tlyaly
Indiana
Kouthern Ohio
Western Payn Jsylvania
Fh Yenewal
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
United Press
Sense Committee
Pittsburgh Coal Producers’ Association
John L. Lewis
Cleveland
R. W. Gardiner
Association
Lewis
Farrington
Associated Press
Springfield
Ill
Frank Farrington
Tlindis
Springfeld
John &L. Lewis
United Mines
Towa Coal Dealers Ask Gov Kendall to Let State Run Mines
Des Moines Aug 1 Two hundred Towa retail coal dealers and Manufacturers urged Governor Kendall to seize control of state coal mines to prevent crippling Iowa manufacturing. C H MacNider, Mason City clay maker, called it a travesty on citizenship as owners suffer without minority consent to detri ment of the country.
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Towa
Kendall
Des Moines
Gov. Kendall
Iowa
C. H. MacNider
Mason City
Senators Battle Hard For Seats In Primaries
Three sitting U S senators faced strong opposition in Missouri Virginia and West Virginia with governorship contests in Oklahoma and Kansas dominating primaries. Missouri’s six contender GOP field featured a wet dry contest while Reed and Long vied for support in Kansas City and St Louis. Virginia’s Claude Swanson faced ex Governor Westmoreland Davis. West Virginia saw Howard Sutherland opposed by four candidates. Oklahoma saw a bitter Democratic gubernatorial race amid Nonpartisan league and Ku Klux Klan issues. Kansas featured McNeal and Lambertson in the GOP governor race. Women candidates Alice Robertson and Elizabeth Wooster led in their races. Missouri and Oklahoma saw numerous local contests and education issues referenced.
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Associated
Kansas City
St. Louis
Long
Missouri
William Lecks
Gil
Barrett
Claude A. Swanson
Virginia
Westmoreland Davis
West Virginia
Howard Sutherland
Isetta Jewell . Brown
William G. Brown
M. M. Neelay
Oklahoma
Kansas
Stubbs
Morga Lambertson
Tom’ McNeal
Wes
Helen Pettigray Footie
McNeal
Alice
Alice Robertson
Elizabeth Wooster
Publica Instruction
Jess WW. Milley
Wooster
Manuel Herrick
Republi
Eighth
Supreme . Court
Ferry Collision Triggers Panic on North River
New York August 12 passengers on the steamship Grand Republic and the ferry Chautauqua collided in the North River. A woman was hurled overboard and rescued from the water. Passengers panicked but no further serious injuries were reported.
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New York
Grand Republic
Chautauqua
North River
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Cincinnati
Fannie Bell Wright
Mis
Jessie Imogene Wright
Cincinnati, C
Lewis Galls
Mine Union
Central Field Operators
T. el Maher
Maher Collieries Company
Matynonantoan Mineral
Thei Cnal
Ingenses
Harry Wiliam Young, Duhuans
Mary Marga Treat
Brandon
Dubugne
C. Perrow
Ruth Caroline Kelley
Waverly
RAM Strike Sutadiary
DE Valera
Gov’t
Austin- Tolliver Post, American Legion
Shilliam Avenue
Woman's Auxiliary
Arteriey
Shave Klan
Jrc. Walton
Oklahoma City
Farmer-Labor Reconstruction League
National Nonpartisan League
Ku Klux Klan
BR. Ho Wilson
Ha, Owne
Mmit Igarette
Calumet
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