Bay View Iron Workers Face Second Strike Vote
Milwaukee August 17 Bay View lodge of the Amalgamated Association of Iron Steel and Tin Workers weighs a strike in line with President Shaffer's order. W C Davis helps arrange a meeting with Redfern as Joliet workers have already walked out. Tighe predicts a vote to strike, while conservative members favor remaining at work. If charter revocation follows, the issue goes to the national convention.
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Milwaukee
Bay View Lodge
Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers
Shaffer
Michael F. Tighe
Shafer
W. C. Davis
Amalgamated Association
Redfern
Joliet
Tighe
Bay View
Shifted to the West as Steel Strike Grows
Interest centers in Milwaukee Joliet and Pittsburgh as the steel strike spreads to the West. Strikers celebrate Western gains hopeful of victory while operators claim the flood tide favors them. About 30,000 men called out and total strikers exceed 70,000 with expansions to Duquesne and Homestead.
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Milwaukee
Joliet
Fittsburg
West
Chicago
National Tales
McKeegport
Duquesne
Homestead
Carnegie Company
Jolley
Shaler
Amalgamated plans mass job placement after strike
President Shaffer announced post Sept 1 unemployment benefits of 40 dollars per week for idle Amalgamated men and a provision for non members. The program follows a series of employment bureaus targeting to place many more idle workers.
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Shaffer
Cattle Thieves Struck Island Grazing Grounds Near Lynxville
Reports from Lynxville Wisconsin say 300 head of cattle vanished from a Mississippi Island used by wanderers during summer months. Farmers blame itinerants at the island camp but cannot confirm theft method or exact culprits. No suspect identities or numbers are known, and the loss puzzles local authorities.
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Lynxville
Wis
Crosse
Mississippi
French Budget Committee Pushes Government Petroleum Monopoly
Paris reports the Prefich budget committee votes seven to four with three absent to introduce a 1902 bill establishing a government monopoly on petroleum. The move alarms Finance Minister Caillaux and refiners who fear ruin as indemnity would be set by decree rather than expert arbitration.
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Paris
Marcel Sembut
M. Caillaux
Shortage of cotton at Liverpool threatens serious revival
London reports cotton shortages at Liverpool growing serious with only a few cargoes en route and fortnight of supplies on hand. Possible stoppage of machinery and repeat famine like last year loom as American producers move to sustain values, amid English reliance on Southern states. Vancouver noted the Canadian Pacific steamer Hating arriving under own steam after grounding near Texedo岛, towing the steamer Trading for assistance and to enter dry dock in either Vancouver or Victoria. The vessel is kept afloat by a pump.
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Liverpool
London
England
Hating
Vancouver
B. C
Texedo Island
Trading
Here
Victoria
Agreement Reached on Afghan Situation and Wireless Telegraphy Trial
The British and Russian governments have a complete agreement on the Afghan situation, with no expected concurrent intervention even after Abdur Rahman’s death and Habibullah’s accession. London reports a new wireless telegraphy and telephony system tested at Armstrong and Orling’s Buckinghamshire laboratory, using car currents over 600 yards.
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St. Petersburg
Afghanistan
Abdur Rhaman
Habib Ullah
London
Messrs. Armstrong and
Qrling
Buckinghamshire
Marconi
Famine Reach Extends to Five Siberian Districts
News from Saint Petersburg reports the interior minister officially designating famine conditions in Samara province extending to Samara Bogoulminsk Navonsensk Nicolayesk and Stavropol. A relief plan allocates forty thousand roubles for four Siberian districts with more districts likely to join.
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Samara
Bogoulminsk
Navonsensk
Nicolayesk
Stavropol
Siberian
Ministry of the Interior
Siberia
Russia
American mining man in Mexico faces tax and citizenship clash
Ambassador Clayton, acting under the U S state department, investigated W H Mealey an American miner held in Monterey. Mealey was released on bail then rearrested on robbery and perjury charges. The case challenges the status of Americans permanently residing in Mexico who pay no taxes or fulfill citizen duties, potentially affecting many long time residents.
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Mexico
City of
Clayton
State Department
Washington
W. H Mealey
Monterey
Mealey
United States
Fed eration to Fight Injunction Over Machinist Strike
Chicago October 21 the Chicago Federation of Labor allied with Aldermen and the Allis Chalmers machinists to challenge Judge Kohl’s injunction in court. They vow to hire capable lawyers and launch a campaign against federal judges, urging Illinois Congressmen and both Senators to seek curtailment of federal judicial powers, and asking President Roosevelt to include the demand in his first message to Congress.
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Chicago Federation of Labor
Ald
Chicago
Allis-Chalmers
Kohlsaar
Congress
Roosevelt
Efforts Stall in Stone Abduction Case in Constantinople
The United States legation in Constantinople reports no definite news from Rev. H C Haskell or Rev. J W Baird about contacting Ellen M Stone and Mme Vailka’s abductors. Baird, back at Samakov after reaching Djumabalo, shows failure to reach brigands from the Turkish side. All efforts shift to the Bulgarian side.
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Constantinople
United States
H. C. Haskell
J. W. Baird
Congregational
Samakov
Bulgaria
Ellen M. Stone
Mme. Vailka
Mr. Baird
Djumabalo
Servian Skupshtina Opens Amidpled Throne Pledge
Belgrade on Oct 21 King Alexander opened the Servian Skupshtina with a throne speech pledging support for the new constitution. He praised correct and friendly relations with foreign states and reaffirmed Servia's traditional policy of securing friendship with Russia. Townes for New York noted in dispatches from the era.
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Belgrade
Alexander Sunday
Akupshtina
Servia
Russia
Towhreams Departs Duluth Aboard Mixed Farewell
Charles A Towwhreams leaves Duluth with many political and personal friends at the depot. He will briefly stop in Chicago then proceed to New York to settle permanently. Marquis Ito arrives in Washington meets Japanese legation staff at rail station and stays at Arlington hotel during U S visit. Venezuelan rebellion sees Nationalists renew ops and insurrection cases under Castro as Uribe Uribe activity persists on Tachijera frontier. St Louis churches petition for convention hall at world fair grovings. Marion country dance ends in gunfire with Harley Marshall and Lee Larkins wounded. Deeren jailed, Marshall and Larkins gravely hurt.
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Marquis Ito
Washington
Marquia Ito
United States
Takahiro
Legation
Arlington Hotel
St. Louis
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