Nationwide Strike Looms With Limited Facts Emerged
A nationwide strike threat emerged as leaders of the Brotherhood conferred today but provided no details. The session yielded no concrete action or timeframe.
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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1917
Page
1
Strike Looms as Rail Unions Plan Stepwise Walkout
National Conference Committee reports four freight railworker brotherhoods set a staged strike starting Saturday at 12 01 a m eastern time affecting 40 000 men on lines including New York Central Baltimore and Ohio Erie Atlantic Coast Line Southern Railway Louisville and Nashville and Seaboard Air Line. Additional actions would follow March 19 20 and 21 escalating to nationwide freight and passenger rail stoppages if demands for higher wages and eight hour days are not met.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sturday
Newaak Central
Baltimore & Ohio
Erie
Atlantic Coast Line
Southern Railway
Louisville & Nashville
Seaboard Air Line
Lehigh Valley
Lackawanna
Jersey Central
Pennsylvania
Long Island
Maine
Delaware & Hudson
Readino
Southmeteen
New Vy
No Strike Orders Reached Local Railroad Chairmen
Local chairmen of the railroad brotherhoods reported no strike orders by early today and said they had not been notified that the nationwide Brotherhood leaders were planning a general strike. J. Blake, chairman of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen of the Boston and Maine system, said he would have heard if such action were proposed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noston
Dlocal
Railroad Brotherhoods
Ley
Brotherhoods
J. Blake
Brotherhood of Locomotive En
Boston and
Remen
Maine
Rail Brotherhoods Reach Tentative Talks With Wilson
March 13 Watlington reports the three railroad brotherhoods notified President Wilson of a conference set for March 15 with railroad officials. Leaders said they hoped for a satisfactory adjustment of issues, and would support the government if war interrupts negotiations. Government officials await the New York meeting outcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watlington
Mesident Wilson
Dss
Wilson
Sec
Lary Wilson
Department of Ishor
Wil
New York
Dowd
Storstad Sinking Cited As Belgian Relief Vessel Devastated
The Storstad, a Norwegian Belgian relief ship of 9000 tons, was sunk by a German submarine near the Skelligs after signaling Belgian relief goals. Only American aboard, John Roy Christian of Seattle, survived. three total deaths reported. The incident escalates pressure on U S relief policy and hints at Dutch Spanish aid plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Brand Whitlock
Brussels
State Department
Storstad
Consul Frost
Queenstown
Bennos Aires
Rotterdam
Sketligs
Skelligs
John Roy Christian
Mercer Street
Seattle
Capitolven
Liverpool
Democratic House Caucus Called
Washington March 13 Democratic Leader within today called a caucus of House Democrats for April 12 to consider organization of the House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
House Democrats
House
Wayne Farmer Held Up Near Pikeville
Goldsboro reports a bold robbery attempt four miles north of the city as John W. Howell, a prominent farmer from near Pikeville, was shot in the hand by an unknown Black assailant. Howell fled to town and Sheriff efforts focus on locating the attacker amid recent zone assaults.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goldsboro
John W. Howell
Pikeville
Howell
Dispatch
Johnson resigns as governor effective March 15
Governor Hiram W. Johnson, newly elected senator, announced his resignation from the governorship in Sacramento as of March 15. The move follows his election to the Senate, ending his term as chief executive of California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Sacramento
Cal
Hiram W.johnson
Likely After a German Raider
An unidentified ship sighted off the Azores on February 24 by the Norwegian steamship Askild, likely an entente vessel hunting German raiders. The stranger had four masts two funnels and gray paint and did not interfere with the Askild. A tank vessel reported a possible armed German merchant ship north of the Azores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New York
Azore Islands
Askild
Gibraltar
Azores
TAR EEL SENATORS HOLD POSITIONS
Senate Steering Committee assigns key posts for two years. Senator Simmons remains finance chairman and heads commerce engrossed bills and meat exports while overseeing civil service expenditures and interoceanic canals. Senator Overman becomes rules chairman with allocations in appropriations forestry and game protection and judiciary and university of United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George H. Manning
Washington, D. C
Senate
Simmons
Overman
Commerce Department
University of the United States
Commerce
Civil Service
Department of Agriculture
Senator Overman
Department of Commerce
Judiciary
University of United States
Germans Brace for Next Move on Northern Front
The Franco Belgi an front shows constant activity as both sides prepare for a large scale operation. German forces reportedly close the Belgian Dutch frontier with troop movements behind a secret barrier and may try to break the Yser line toward Calais. Paris reports say Hill 185 and surrounding positions remain contested as German counterattacks are repulsed. The British face German attacks on a wide front near Arras and aerial combat intensifies with both sides building air supremacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yser
Calais
Champage
Paris
Maisons de Champagne
French War Office
Berlin
Arras
House of Commons
British Attack Fails Near Arras With Heavy British Losses
Berlin reports a British assault along a wide front south of Arras failed yesterday. An official gazette says the attack incurred heavy British losses and failed to break through.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Arras
Germans Repulsed In Night Assaults At Verdun Front
Paris reports several German attacks last night were repulsed. A detachment tried to push on Coury Road and near Beaume-et-Chivy but was checked. Two assaults on Hill 185 and Louvemont work on the Verdun front were countered easily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
War Office
Coury Road
Beaume-et- Chivy
Louvemont
Verdun
Count von Bernstorff Arrives in Copenhagen
Count von Bernstorff and his party reached Copenhagen at 10 30 this morning from Christiana. German minister to Denmark Count von Brockdorff Rantzau and the German consul general welcomed the former Ambassador to Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Copenhagen
London
Count von Bernstorff
Christiana
Count von Brockdorff-Rantzau
Denmark
Washington
Mine Explosion Entombs 24 in Cannonsburg Area
In Hendersonville near Cannonsburg Pennsylvania twenty four men were entombed by two mine explosions at the Henderson Coal Company mine. Seven were rescued and efforts to reach the trapped workers continue as a rescue car and automobile truck from the Pittsburg Bureau of Mines assist the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Cannonsburg
Henderson Coal Company
Hendersonville
Pittsburg
Bureau of Mines
British Cavalry Occupy Kazimain on the Tigris River
The British cavalry from Bagdad has occupied Kazimain on the Tigris, five miles above Bagdad, the official announcement reported. The occupation occurred on March 11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
I Lendon
Bagdad
Kazimain
Tigris River
Mail removed from American ship at Halifax halts Atlantic mail
The John D. Archbold, a Standard Oil tanker flying the American flag, was stopped at Halifax by British authorities and its 89 sacks of mail from Norway Denmark and Sweden were seized for examination. This marks the first denial of mail transport for an American flagged ship Atlantic routing since the war began. The vessel resumed its voyage after the seizure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New York
John D. Archbold
Halifa
Vessl
Bergen
Norway
Atlantic
Forsign County
Denmark
Sweden
Halifax
Kirkwall
Federal Trade Commission says anthracite producers must cut spring prices
The Federal Trade Commission notified leading anthracite coal producers that higher production costs do not justify delaying the usual spring price reductions. A forthcoming report shows 1916 costs covering about 75 percent of output and indicates no rise in average costs in late 1916 with some high-cost firms even showing declines. January 1917 tonnage suggests costs will not significantly change the 1916 average.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
iTrade Commision
British occupy Baghdad described as success by paper
London reports the Koennische Volks Zeitung quotes a Central News Amsterdam correspondent saying the Baghdad occupation is an undeniable British success. It notes British advances also drive Turks from the Sinai, makes Mesopotamia a secondary theatre, and calls Baghdad loss painful to the Turks despite the war’s ongoing course.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
London
Koennische Volks Zeitung
Central News
Amsterdam
Bagdad
Sinai Peninsula
Mesopotamia
Thaw Adjudged Lunatic in Pennsylvania Court
Harry K Thaw was ruled a lunatic by the Philadelphia Common Pleas Court and will be kept at St Marys hospital pending transfer to a Pennsylvania asylum. The lunacy commission had heard Thaw and his mother and filed its finding. His extradition to face assault charges in Kansas City is thus halted. Mrs Thaw and family favor dropping the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Philadelphia
Harry EK
Thaw
Common Pleas Court
New York
Kansas City
St. Mary’s Hospital
Pennsylvania
James Gay Gordon
Harry K. Thaw
Court of Common Pleas
Martin
State of
Court of Chancery
Commonwealth
Mystery Cloak Likely Tragedy In Roanoke
Stockton Heth Jr son of Captain Stockton Heth of Virginia was shot three times in the abdomen at 3 am in the home of Prof C K Vawter mathematics instructor at Virginia Tech He was taken to Roanoke Hospital and seriously injured No arrests have been made Prof Vawter left for Christiansburg to surrender He reportedly underwent an operation and remains critically ill with slim chances of recovery
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Roanoke
Stockton Heth, Jr
Stockton Heth
Washington
Radford
C. K. Vawter
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Young Heth
Blacksburg
Heth
Vawter
Christiansburg
President Wilson Improves Citing Indoor Convalescence
President Wilson stays indoors due to a week long cold but is described as steadily improving. White House officials report he will sit up this afternoon and that the usual Tuesday cabinet meeting was canceled. Secretary Tumulty and Dr. Cary T. Grayson confirm the progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Wilson
White House
Tumulty
Cary T. Grayson
Grayson
German Submarine Reported Stranded Near Dutch Coast
A Reuters dispatch from The Hague reports a German submarine stranded near Hellevoetsluis on the Dutch coast as of March 13, according to a AP brief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
L.ondon
Hellevoetsluis
Reuter
Hague
Navy issues sealed armed guard instructions for merchant ships
Washington reports complete and definite orders for armed guards aboard American merchant vessels bound through German submarine zones. Secretary Lansing approved final text and it will be issued to officers only as ships prepare to sail. Public release is avoided to deny enemies usable details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Naval Service
Navy Department
Folio Sinking Reports One American Survived
A Cunard liner Folio sank off Waterford on the 10th with one American aboard. Boat Surgeon W. J. Core of Nashville Tenn. was the sole American survivor, saved uninjured after landing at Dungarvon. The State Department released the preliminary dispatch from Consul Frost at Queenstown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Cunard
State Department
Frost
Queenstown
Waterford
Dungarvon
W. J. Core
Nashville
Tenn
Railroads Stand Firm on Eight Hour Day Amid Strike Threat
The Associated Press reports New York March 13 that railroads will not compromise on a nationwide eight hour day if trainmen four brotherhoods strike at Thursday conference with managers. The stance rests on an agreement with the government to maintain the status quo until the Supreme Court rules on the Adamson law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New York
Four Brotherhoods of
Supreme Court
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