Moyer Declares Nation-Wide Strike Probable
Charles H. Moyer and other AFL officials in Washington discuss convening in days to weigh a nationwide labor strike in sympathy with Michigan copper miners. Governor Ferris and state labor chief Cunningham plan to investigate the Calumet dispute as both sides indicate limited progress toward a settlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Jr. Moyer
Chicago
Charles H. Moyer
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Washington
Michigan
Calumet
Western Federation of Miners
Ferris
Cunningham
Argne
Chas. H. Moyer
John
Densmore
Federal
Department of Labor
Calumet, Mich
W. D. Mahon
Detroit
Union Street Car & Electric Railway Employer of America
Mahon
Calumat
Unions War 1500 Locked Out At Hamilton Brown Shoe
Chicago dispatch says the Hamilton Brown Shoe company in St Louis locked out 1500 former employees who belonged to the United Shoe Workers union. Only members of the Boot and Shoe Workers union, allied with the AF of L, were hired when the plant reopened, amid a wage and union conflict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Hamilton-Brown Shoe Company
United Shoe Workers’ Union
United Shoes Workers’ Union
Boot & Shoe Workers’ Union
American Federation of Labor
Officials rip up death grade crossing in Memphis
Memphis officials led by Mayor E H Crump and Public Utilities Commissioner Thomas Dies tore up railroad tracks at a grade crossing after a fatal collision between a Nashville Chattanooga and St Louis freight train and a streetcar killed five and wounded several others. The freight train used a track city workers had ordered removed days earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis, Tenn
E. H. Crump
Thomas Dies
Public Utilities
Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis
Weather forecast for a week for Washington and nation
The Weather Bureau reports no extended fair spell probable across the United States next week. Pacific coast states expect rain and storms with considerable snow and rain in the plateau region. Central and eastern areas should stay generally fair for a few days, with snow along the lake region on Monday and a warming, wet eastward move midweek. A second disturbance toward midweek may reach the Pacific coast and spread to the plateau, crossing the Rockies by week’s end with likely precipitation east of the mountains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
United States
Weather Bureau
Pacific Coast
Plateau
Washington
Rocky Mountains
Temperature Record Fragment From January In 1912 1913 Era
Temperature log notes markings from Buchanan Optical Co on ground floor Syndicate bloc. Entries show 12 midnight readings with percent changes and daily figures for 1912 and 1913. Details are fragmentary but indicate comparisons above and below baseline values across years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buchanan Optical Co
Actress Lillian Sin Found Dead In New York Apartment
A young actress known for Broadway shows was found dead in her New York apartment today. She reportedly killed herself with throat and wrist wounds as friends said she was despondent over the death of her fiancé to be.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Lillian Sinnott
Big Business Urged Amnesty and Legal Clarity in Reforms
Samuel Untermyer urged in Chicago that past violations be met with full amnesty and a complete clean slate as laws are clarified to prevent future corporate abuse. He called for plain laws, dissolution of railroad–corporate ties, an executive study body, and focus on stockholder inertia as major obstacles to reform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Samuel Untermeyer
Pujo House ‘Committee
Money Trust
Ilinois Manufacturere’ Association
Untermeyer
Standard Oil
Union
Southern Pacific
Weir Mitchell Heeds Death Call
Dr Weir Mitchell famed physician and novelist dies in Philadelphia from influenza after a brief illness. He was stricken last Monday with a mild grip like illness, and funeral services are set for Tuesday January 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weir Mitchell
Philadelphia
Mitchell
Fall Off Terrace Kills Burlington Man Instantly
Burlington Ja Jan 6 Capt Thomas Peel 75 a truant officer and veteran river man fell from a terrace at his home this morning breaking his neck and dying instantly
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Burlington
Thomas Peel
Roll of Honor Courier Readers from Waterloo
Waterloo Iowa December 24 1913 letter from Fred Kroll at 127 Jefferson St praising the Courier since 1872 and a Havana Cigar advertisement note appears with the readers roll honoring subscribers and promoting a product.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roll OF Honor Courier Readers
Waterloo
The
Courier
Fred Kroll
Jefferson St
Oldest New England Citizen Dies Aged 105 in Norwalk
John Weeks of Norwalk Connecticut died at age 105 becoming New England's oldest man. He retained all faculties until about a year ago when he became blind, leaving a long life noted for his vitality and longevity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
Norwalk
Conn
John Weeks
Inquiry Report Spurs West Virginia Martial Law Critique
A Borah led inquiry finds West Virginia martial law from 1912 to 1913 violated constitutional rights. Military authorities, not civil courts, sentenced suspects by court martial without warrants or jury trials, while civil courts remained open.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
West Virginia
Cabin Creek
Paint Creek
Borah
Senate
Boras
Swanseon
Shields
Martine
Kenyon
Cabin
Creek
Grand Juty
Tank steamer and crew lost near Sandy Hook storm
The Oklahoma, 2796 tons net, 419 feet long, went down off Sandy Hook with 24 crew lost and 8 saved. The Bavaria rescued several, while reports differed on vessel name. Warnings said the coast damage topped over a million dollars as Seabright suffers storm wreckage. The Androscoggin ran aground near Cove Point and was aided by Apache.
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New York
Sandy Hook
Oklahoma
Ald
Bavaria
Philadelphia
Boston
Alfred Gunter
Bert Iverson
Knute Dahle
Karl Klunde
Wm. Davis
Christian Rassmussen
Hamilton Powell
Norman Ericksen
J. M. Gaffney Petroleum Company
Shoe
Port Arthur
Texas
Waseca
Standard Oil Company
Delaware
Sinler Manuel Calvo
Royal Mail
Caribbean
The
Washington, D. C
Cove Point
Chesapeake Bay
Baltimore
Hill
Revenue Headquarters
P. S. Aberroth
Employment Agencies Face Serious Charges in Chicago
Chicago January 6 reports that certain Chicago employment and theatrical agencies are accused of sending young women to disorderly houses and questionable theatres and cafes. More than thirty-three complaints, including 23 against agencies, were filed with the state labor commissioners. Charles Richards, a Graham Paper Co. salesman, suffered a severe wrist fracture and dislocation after slipping on ice in St Louis, delaying his work for weeks. Edward Kelly of Forest City, Iowa, visited relatives in the city over the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
State Board of Labor Commissioners
Charles Richards
Graham Paper Co
Brown
Mr. Richards
St. Louias
Missouri
Sea Gives Up Body of Miss Jessie M'Cann
New York, Jan 5 The body of Miss Jessie B E McCann a 23 year old settlement worker who disappeared a month ago was found at Coney Island yesterday and taken to her father's home in Flatbush An autopsy in the Coney Island morgue confirmed drowning The family believes death by her own action and not an accident Robin McCann says Tessie suffered bouts of low mood and her last distress proved too much for her to bear
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Jessie BE
McCann
Coney Island
Flat Bush
Dorothy Arnold
Moving Picture Theatres
Robin McCann
Tessie
Mise McCann
Mother" Jones
Denver
Colo
Mother Jones
Trinidad
el Paso
Chage
E. A. Smith
Colorado and Southern
H. O. Nichols
Gan. Chase
Jones
Capt. Smith
John M. Clennan
Walsenberg
Believes She Saw Miss Edith Wills at Rock Island Depot
A Courier report notes a woman swears she saw Edith Wills, a missing Illinois girl from Council Hill, at Rock Island depot New Year’s afternoon. A strange, aged woman near her in tan coat and dark hat spoke oddly, seeming not fully lucid. Separately, Pastor S. J. Arnold preached on the Resurrection of the Just and Unjust to a large library audience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edith Wills
Ulinois
Council Hill
Rock Island
S. J. Arnold
Dayton
Mc Namee’s Action Justified by U S Dispatches
Overnight reports from General Bliss, head of the border patrol, say Major Mc Namee’s order to drive four Mexican federal soldiers back across the Rio Grande is mind and fully justified. State Department dispatches note improved conditions at Ensenada where Americans sought a warship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Hrig
Bliss
American
Border Patrol
McNamee
Rio Grande
State Department
En Senada
Ex-Sheriff Sammons Charged in Kearney Post Office Robbery
Walter F. Sammons former sheriff of Buffalo county and Union Pacific claim agent was arrested in Kearney Nebraska charged with the Christmas night post office robbery. A clerk confessed he gave Sammons the keys and later retrieved them. Reported that $7,600 in registered mail cash was stolen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kearney
Neb
Walter F. Sammons
Buffalo
Union Pacific Railway
Rice
Blaner
Sammons
Mother Jones deportation sparks congressional probe
Washington reports demand for immediate investigation into charges that Harry Ratliff, Colorado forest reserves superintendent, led a mob to remove strikers and deport Mother Jones. Colorado lawmakers seek Ratliff’s removal and a full congressionals review of the coal strike actions, with affidavits prepared and forwarded to Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Harry Ratliff
Steamboat Springs
Colo
Representative Keating
Colorado
Ratliff
Keating
Forester Graves
Galloway
Department of Agriculture
Jones
Congress
Denyer
Oak Creek
Routt County
United Mine Workers of America
Washinon
E. L. Doyle
Oak Crek
Taxpayers’ League
Mary Jones
Trinidad
Women to Dance to Secure Vote
New York, Jan. 6. Dancing as a means of advancing the cause of votes for women is one of the campaign plans announced by the New York City Woman's Suffrage party. Hall rentals will be arranged and an appeal made through dancing schools for children. The slogan for 1914, Mrs. Laidlaw announced, is Concentration for 20 months and victory in 1914.
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New York
New York City
Woman's Suffrage Party
James L. Laidlaw
Halla
Nte
Suiraginis
Laidlaweald
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Gov
Copper District
John B. Densmore
Bureau of Labor
Mich
Gov. Harris
Big Rapids
W. P. Nesbit
James V. Cunningham
Houghton
Mackinac
Ing
Lansing
O'Connell
Morrison
Illinois’ Manufacturers’ Association
Tovar Havana Cigar Se
Walts
Edward Kelly
Forest City
Iowa
M. H. Kelly
Sea
Jessie M’cann
Mnamee
P.O
Colo. Mob
Congressman Keating
Superintendent Forest
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