Council debates strike crisis over trades delegation
Alderman Queen questions council action on ranking trades delegation and its strike vote while Mayor Gray favors mediation. Water pressure and supply color the talks as Aldermen push for negotiations, debate constitutional government, and resist a broad strike amid stalled ironmasters talks and a warning of heightened conflict. The Great War Veterans' Association backs its executive as delegates remain with the Central Strike Committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gray
Pulford
Fisher
Simpson
Fire Brigade
Building Trades Council
Metal Trades Council
Heaps
Fowler
Ald. Fowler
Ald
Robinson
Canada
Germany
Wigginton
Alderman Queen
Sparling
Yeas
Queen
Cockburn
Hamlin
Great War Veterans’ Association
Strike Committee Edict Urges Fuel Rations Across Sectors
A May 18 letter from the Strike Committee of the Trades and Labor Council directs coal oil for farmers and gasoline for medical and police use. It requires special permits for chauffeurs in permitted industries. Grain inspection staff rejected joining the strike after a lengthy meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Trades and Labor Council
Central
Gompers Denies Resigning as AFL Leader
Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, denied reports he planned to resign. He presided over AFL executive meetings in New York preparing for Atlantic City convention, said he is not worn out or quitting and will remain either president or a worker among the rank and file.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Gompers
Atlantic City
Cause of Labor
World News Digest Seeks Peace Terms And Political Shifts
Reports from Paris Berlin and Washington outline nearly ready German replies to Allied peace proposals and counter proposals due Thursday. Articles note Bolshevik revolts in Lenine territories, aviation delays, CPR shipbuilding, Canadian Commons criticism, missing aviators, and looming prohibitions. Judges critiqued League of Nations, while German political shifts stir cabinet talks and pacifist plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Also Mentioned on This Page
Trades Council
A.F
News of the World
Berlin
Bolsheviks
Lenine
Washington
N.C.4
Ponta Delgada
Lisbon
Montreal
C.P.R
Ottawa
Ministry
Winnipeg
Dublin
Hawker
Grieve
Congress
Wilson
Kansas City, Mo
League of Nations
United States
Arba S. van Valkenburgh
United States District Court
Kansas City Bar Association
Berne
Munich
Kempten
Rosenheim
Hoffmann
Bavaria
Breitfeelne
Count von Bernstorff
Dr. Dernburg
Mathias Erzberger
Noske
Karl Kautsky
Muehlen
Forster
Herr Hoferding
Willing
Maximilian Harden
Count von Brockdorff-Rantazau
Count von Kessler
Warsaw
Herr von Gerlach
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!