Miners Strike Expands Across Pennsylvania Coal Fields
In Hazleton on September 19, a broad strike by anthracite miners spreads across district No. 7 and neighboring zones. About 20 percent of 16 000 district workers quit, with 5 000 mines idle and others operating with reduced forces. Union leader President Mitchell signals arbitration, while foreign workers depart for Europe.
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United
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Fberate
Drittom
Lattimer
Pond Creek
Markle
Fazle
Diagzletom Young
Annie Winfed
Eoray
Valley Hotel
G. Bb. Markle & Co
United Mineworkers
John Markle
Archbishop Wan
Philadelphia
Ferm
Philadelphia & Reading Coal Company
Tlarrizburg
Lykens
Dauphin County
Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company
Maneh Chunk
Philadelphia & Reading Company
Shamokin
West and Coal Company
Mocanaqua
Wilkesbarre
Bryan renews pledges in acceptance letter for president
The letter from W. J. Bryan accepting the Democratic nomination outlines firm support for the Kansas City platform. It calls for direct election of senators, direct legislation, labor reforms, and opposed to corporate entanglements in politics, while endorsing bimetalism and a Nicaragua canal. It also stresses unity and the importance of the presidential campaign issues.
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Lincoln
Neb
W. J. Bryan
Kansas City
Republican Party
Democratic Party
Chicago
Cinl
United States
Monroe
North
South America
New World
W.J. Bryan
Demand by Germany Result of a Fall
Berlin dispatch reports a German circular note insisting that delivering up masterminds of outrages in Pekin is a prerequisite to peace talks with China. The note names key Chinese leaders and asserts unity among cabinets to pursue just atonement. Pennsylvania miners' strike and Salvador insurrection follow.
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Germany
Berlin
Foreign Office
China
Pekin
Atekin
von Bulow
Washington
London
St. Petersburg
Paris
Rome
Vienna
Tokio
Explosions Kill and Injure at Tung Chow
British dispatches report a fatigue party destroying gunpowder at Tung Chow was blown up. Sixteen killed and 22 injured in the blast. A San Francisco attorney Edward T. Dudley recounts recovery after a streetcar fall leading to paralysis and credits Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People with his renewed strength and weight gain. Additional notes cover smallpox concerns in California, cost-cutting at American Hide and Leather, and a warehouse fire in New York City with $220,000 losses.
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London
Taka
Tung Chow
Edward T. Dudley
San Francisco
City Hall Avenue
Dudley
Mr. Didley
Williams
Dr. Williams
Justin Gates
State of California
Leather Trust
New York
American Hide & Leather Company
Chicago
Terinal
Yenth
Allies seize Pei Tang and Lu Tai forts amid heavy losses
Berlin reports allied forces captured the Pei Tang and Lu Tai forts with great losses. German terms demand surrender of the forts as negotiations loom. Two thousand six hundred Germans join a force near Taku to assault at daybreak tomorrow. 4,000 Russians and 1,500 Germans among others already in position. American postal arrangements for Tien Tsin are completed with branch offices opened for troop service to Pekin.
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Berlin
Lokal Anzeiger
Shanghai
Germany
Yangtse
London
The
Daily Mail
Pei Tang
Li Tai
Tien Tsin
Tien ‘Tsin
Taku
United States
Pekin
Roberts Dispatch Details Boer Retreats and Deportations
Lord Roberts reports 700 of 3,000 Boers retreating from Komatipoort entered Portuguese territory others dispersed and remaining forces occupy Lombobo mountains near the railway. He notes a general tumult as their cause collapsed and Long Toms and field guns were destroyed. The Johannesburg plot and foreign deportations are reviewed with consular cooperation.
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Lord Roberts
Nelspruitt
Pretoria-Delagou Bay
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Komatipoort
Machadodoro
Komati River
Lombobo
Deer Army
Whelly-Kenny
Doornberg
War Office
Johannesburg
South Africa
America
France
Sweden
Netherlands
Cotton market surges as prices and demand climb sharply
Bradstreets notes a strong demand surge across many trades led by raw cotton. Prices rise to the highest levels in a decade as manufacturers grapple with cost, supply, and shifting market power. Wheat and other staples show firm or higher prices with mixed demand and weather affecting receipts.
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United States
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