Word: shopmen
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Reports of aliens smuggled into this country continue to appear. Forty aliens, including several Somalilanders, were discovered acting as strike breakers in railroad shops at Scranton and Ashley, Pa. Striking shopmen called the attention of the Government to their presence. Deportation proceedings are under...
...strike of the Railroad Shopmen seems to be a hardy perennial. Since its height last summer it has gradually faded from public notice. But a letter written by President Harding to the leader of the shopmen of the Jersey Central Railroad reveals the fact that some 40% of the men are still " out" in various parts of the country...
...speedy operation of the special trains. The arrest in New Haven yesterday of a man said to be the inciter of a plot to cripple the football train service may be taken as a warning that the New Haven Road will tolerate no attempt on the part of striking shopmen or others to interfere with its service...
...Moulton referred to the arrest in New Haven Thursday of Ernest Schleifer, of Watertown, N. Y., on a charge of inciting striking shopmen to commit felonies. He was held in a bond of $15,000 for a hearing in the City Court today...
Schleifer was arrested on evidence obtained by three operatives of the New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad, who attended a meeting of the striking shopmen Thursday, and took notes on a speech made by him. He is said to be an organizer and grand lodge representative of the International Association of Machinists...