Western rail engineers vote looms over line workers strike
Chicago June 2 A vote by about 55 000 engineers and firemen on 98 railways west of Chicago will decide on a possible strike after wage talks broke off after nearly three months. The group represents 140 000 miles of track with about 67.75 million in annual wages. The union seeks a 50 percent payroll increase and overtime changes among other demands.
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Chicago
Ill
United States
Illinois Central
Canada
Fort Williams
Grand Trunk Pacific
General Managers’ Committee
Warren S. Stone
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
W. S. Carter
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Militants Ruin an Old Church in Henley England
An arson squad of militant suffragettes destroyed St. Marys Wargrave church near Henley on the Thames. The 16th century church left only a tower fragment and scorched walls. an ancient register and some ornaments were saved by the vicar. A hammer and suffragette literature were found amid the ruins.
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Henley
England
St. Mary’s Wargrave
Thames
Basil S. Batty
Hero Ray Hill Saves Two Girls From Deep Quarry
Ottumwa report credits Ray Hill a Harrow's branch miner with diving into Rodgers rock quarry to rescue Grace Roarty and Marion Mascheck after they slipped into the 20 to 25 foot deep pool during a Sacred Heart school picnic. grace Roarty went under a third time and was unconscious before rescue. Both girls recovered at home.
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Sacred Heart School
Caldwell’s Park
Grace Roarty
Ella Hill
Parents of Girl Held for Murder Suspected in Disappearance
In Findlay Ohio and Newcastle Indiana authorities rearrest Dr. W A Winters Mrs Bird Winters and boarder W H Cooper on conspiracy to commit murder and burn Catherine Winters 9 who vanished March 30 1913 A grand jury will probe the case while Indiana and Ohio officials compare notes The Thrappe foster mother Emma Thrappe faces school neglect charges tied to the missing child detection efforts continue across states
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Newcastle
Ind
W. A. Winters
Bird Winters
W. H. Cooper
Winters
Catherine Winters
Thornberg
Walter R. Myers
Robert W. Abel
Erine Winters
Thrappe
Des Moines
Chicago
James Sanford
Anti-Saloon League
Indiana
Catherine
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