Engagements With the Insurgents Reported Across Cuba
A dated dispatch outlines engagements in Cuba with forces of 200 infantry under Cap Ponton surprising insurgents near Jorn proving del Rio. The report details casualties, prison captures, and actions around San Antonio, Nicholas, and a mayoral imprisonment for supplying troops.
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Cap- Ponton
Surnrise
Jorn
Prove del Rio
Yaids
Ruby
Pinar del Rio
Weyler
Madri
San Antonio
Nicholas
Gaines
San Nicholas
Myere
Tiago de Cuba
Exports Rise in July While Other Goods Fluctuate
The July export figures show a large uptick in total value compared with the previous year, with gold exports also increasing. While exports of certain products fell, others rose, marking contrast across categories in the first seven months of the year.
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United States
End of Great Miners Strike Nears in Columbus
The United Mineworkers' Association executive board recommends to the miners a 65 cent per ton price from Pittsburg Operators to run through year end. A joint Operators and miners meeting will be held in December 1897 to set future rates. A convention of suspended miners is slated for September 5 in Columbus to act on the offer. President Batchford and the board expect ratification and immediate resumption of work.
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Columbus
United Mineworkers’ Association
Pittsburg
Batchford
Mail Chief Sues for Reinstatement in General Office
John G. Woods, superintendent of mails, seeks to be reinstated after Postmaster General Gary announces action to remove him from the railroad mail service. A restraining order blocks removal while Clerk O'Donnell is named to succeed him. The judge’s order directs Woods to resume his old duties pending further action.
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John G
Toffice
Broughit Potmater
Gary
P Woods
Woods
Wools
O'Donnell
Bingham
Rand
Heath
Miners Reject Ultimatum in McDonald Strike
Colonel Read’s miners refuse the terms offered yesterday. A committee reports meetings last night approved the rate except 69 cents, with a pledge to not work for that price unless all other miners do. Operators say they will not pay 69 cents and will hire new workers to restart the mines.
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Pittsburg
Read
McDonald
Marchers Enjoined Near Worthington Coal Yard
In Wheeling West Virginia Judge J H Hagans issues an injunction prohibiting J Rea James Wood and 73 named and unlimited unnamed persons from meeting or marching near Worthington Coal and Coke Company property. In San Francisco the labor council asks affiliated unions to donate one day’s wages to East striking miners via Secretary Pearse in Columbus.
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Wheeling
W. Va
J. Rea
James Wood
Worthington Coal & Coke Company
J. H. Hagans
Marion County Court
San Francisco
San Francisco Labor Council
Pearse
Columbus
Twelve Miners Killed In Sunrise Coal Mine Disaster
A coal dust explosion at Sunrise Coal Company in Sunshine Colorado killed 11 Italians and one American as they prepared to leave for their shift. A powder barrel ignited and intensified the blaze, damaging one chamber of the mine where 50 to 55 men were employed. The bodies were recovered two hours later.
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Glenwood Springs
Colo
Spet
Sunrise Coal Company
Colorado Fuel & Tron Company
Sunshine
Evangelina Cisneros Visited at Havana Prison Home
World dispatch from Havana portrays Evangelina Cisneros during prison visits with multiple inmates. It notes her charm and guarded statements about Colonel Berris, Weyler, and possible transfer, while detailing other inmates and prison routines.
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Evangelina Cisneros
Market Letter Forecasts Bullish Wheat and Steady Corn
The week ends with nervous but steady markets near prior levels. Heavy exports 6,268,247 bushels push bullish wheat outlooks, despite meagre Northwest threshing yields and poor quality. Corn remains firm with strong demand and ample exports, while grain prices, farm staples, and livestock notes list varied per ton or per pound values across Wheat, Oats, Barley, Millstuffs, Hay, Eggs, Butter, Cheese, Poultry, Potatoes, Onions, Hops, Wool, and Fresh Meats with regional prices and forthcoming output considerations.
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Walla Walla
California
Oregon
America
Oregon Burbanks
Wool—Valley
Washington
San Joaquin
Mountain
Eight Die of Fever in South American Mines
George W. Adams of Cripple Creek arrived in Denver after 11 months in a South American gold field 800 miles from Georgetown. He survived fever that killed eight companions and witnessed mass burials and deaths before fleeing the country.
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Denver
George W. Adams
Cripple Creek
South America
Adams
Georgetown
Lead market soars as Missouri mines resume output
In St Louis on September 6, lead prices rose to 4.05 to 4.10 per 100 pounds, the strongest in five years. Missouri mines, about to close, have reopened and expect higher tonnage than before. Since August 1896 the price climbed from a low point, signaling a peak in the metal’s history. In Oakland, Judge Eli Worth ruled that a bicycle is personal property and exempt from execution if used in daily business.
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St. Louis
Missouri
Oakland
Cal
Eli Worth
France honors 800 monuments to distinguished citizens
San Francisco report notes France has erected about 800 monuments to distinguished Frenchmen in 25 years and 127 committees are raising funds for more. The item also covers William Bradbury fined for spitting on a streetcar and a music teacher Paul E. Durnoy filing a warrant after an altercation. Bradbury posted $50 bail. A Muncie parrot alarmingly cried fire waking its owner as his house burned.
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France
San Francisco
William Bradbury
Paul E. Durnoy
Bradbury
Muncie
The Charmer’s Trouble at Lea Farm
In the Charlton Towers household, Mr. Mainwaring clashes with tenant Wilder over barbed wire on Lea farm. His niece Gladys vows to intervene and succeeds by diplomacy, promising rewards if she can remove the fencing and ease the dispute.
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Mr. Mainwaring
Wilder
Lea Farm
Mrs. Mainwaring
Higgins
Nightingale Wood
Hartopp
Gladys
William
Gladys Onslow
Charlton Towers
Miss Gladys
Lea
Mnan
Papa
Australia
Onely
Rialto
Prilliant
John Wilder
Diplomat Gladys Wins Old Friend’s Aid At Wilder Farm
Gladys Onslow visits Warwickshire to reconnect with John Wilder at Hazeldean farm. Wilder agrees to provide goods, praising Gladys's diplomatic skill and planning a reunion with the uncle to thank him, as they consider a hunter or a bracelet as a gift.
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Mr. Wilder
O' Fortin
Gladys Onslow
Hazeldean Farm
Warwickshire
Hever
Gladys
John Wilder
Chicago Chronicle
Cooley Collapse Attributable To Overwork Judge McGrath Says
Former Michigan Chief Justice John W. McGrath discusses Justice Thomas M. Cooley's mental decline, attributing it to perpetual 18 hour workdays and intense legal labour. He notes Cooley's vast writings, Blackstone edition, and interstate commission toil as final strain, while praising Cooley's spotless ethics.
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John W. McGrath
Michigan Supreme Court
Thomas M. Cooley
Flint
Judge McGrath
Cooley
Michigan
Christianey
Campbell
Graves
Detroit
Ohio
Interstate Commerce Commission
Not in It. Party Invitations and Money Jokes
A humorous exchange about inviting Mrs. Fowler to a party and her husband earning a hundred dollars a month. The Cleveland Leader and Puck humor are cited. The note jokes about money and the phrase crushed to jelly used in accident reporting.
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