Unions Plan Aggressive Tactics in Chicago Strike
Chicago and San Francisco union leaders vow strong actions to pressure packers. Amalgamated Meat Cutters vice president Cass Smith arrives as fears of meat shortages rise. Striking butchers leader Michael Donnelly declares socialism active in the labor movement. Incoming violence and shop closures threaten 150 markets with a 250‑name boycott list and ice supply cuts amid the strike.
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Chicago
Cass C. Smith
San Francisco
Amalgamated Meat Cutters and
Michael Donnelly
Organized Labor
Edward Tilden
Board of Education
Boycot
Stock Yards
Whites Are Not Deporting Cherokees to Mexico Rapidly
Muskogee Oklahoma Territory August 11 The plan by white conspirators to deport full blood Cherokee Indians to Mexico has failed so far. Agent Jack Ellis of Tahlequah says some Cherokees are leaving families to avoid detection but this is not widespread. If any Cherokees abandon homes authorities in Washington will be asked to intervene.
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Muskogee
I. T
Old Mexico
Jack Ellis
Tahlequah
Ellis
Southern Republic
Washington
Fearful Rio Grande Train Wreck Near Pinon
A Rio Grande passenger train plunged through a bridge near Pinon Colorado during a heavy rainstorm. Reports say 122 people died and many more injured or missing with volunteers sent from Pueblo to assist at the wreck site.
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Rio Grande Road
Pueblo
Colo
Rio Grande
Pinon
Missouri Pacific Flyer
Sec
Indian Territory Crops Benefit From Bumper Harvest Prospects
Muskogee reports suggest record corn and a twice-larger acreage than ever before with a promising cotton outlook in Chickasaw and Choctaw nations. Major Breckenridge notes cotton in better condition than ever. Irish potato second crop looks strong with forecasts near 35 000 bushels. If realized, yields may cover seed and harvesting costs for spring and fall crops.
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Muskogee
I. T
Indian Territory
Major Breckenridge
Dawes Commission
Insane Care Contracts Move to Norman in Indian Territory
Applications to place Indians in asylums rise in the Indian Territory as officials draft a contract to send patients to Norman private asylum. The deal covers 3240 per year per patient with top care and safeguards. fifteen applications were on hand, expected to grow once publicized.
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Muskogee
Indian Territory
Oklahoma
Norman
Parker Accepts Democratic Nomination for U.S. Presidency
Esopus New York August 11 Judge Alton B Parker receives formal nomination for the presidency from a Democratic committee led by Champ Clark. Parker resigns as chief judge to accept the role and delivers a half hour speech under a rainlit Rosemount lawn to about six hundred attendees including Tammin Hall delegates. He states his firm support for the gold standard and pledges to be the standard bearer of the party.
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Esopus
N. Y
Alton B. Parker
United States
Champ Clark
Sagamore
Tammany Hall
Parker
Court of Appeals
Johnston elected governor of the Chickasaws
Johnston wins the Chickasaw Nation gubernatorial race with a large majority amid heavy turnout. Final tallies show Johnston near 581 to 388 in earlier counts, with county results varying and the intermarried citizen vote leaning Johnston. The nation votes to end its executive line with Johnston's victory.
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Stonewall
I. T
Amos Hays
Gov. Moseley
Richard McLish
Johnston
Tishomin- 0
Douglas H. Johnston
the Chickasaws
McLisle
McLishs
Pontotoc
Ficrouas
Tishomingo Ar
Chickasaw
Indians Receive Semiannual Payment In Anadarko
The semi annual payment of 200000 dollars to the Comanche Kiowa and Caddo tribes began in Anadarko Oklahoma on Wednesday. Extra precautions were taken to protect the Indians from confidence men to ensure the funds reach legitimate trade channels.
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Anadarko
O. T
Indian Voters Pass Through Katy District Toward Stonewall
The News counts over fifty Indian voters at the Katy depot en route to Stonewall for Pontotoc county election.Voters from Western Indian Territory travel via Oklahoma City and Shawnee with several recalling phrases in Chickama. Conductor reports intervening in three scraps. about thirty-two wear Johnston badges. Polls open at Stonewall at 8 a.m. Miss Gertrude Case, Baylor educated, arrives in Ada to seek music teaching position with sister Mrs. R. H. Herndon.
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Katy
Stonewall
Pontotoc County
Indian Territory
Oklahoma City
Shawnee
Oklahoma
McLish Chickama
Johnston Chickama Fena
Here
Akbout
Johnston
Old Stonewall
Gertrude Case
Hubbard City
Tex
Miss Case
Baylor College
Belton
Texas
Baylor University
Waco
Ada
R. H. Herndon
New Officers Elected by Grand Lodge of Indian Territory Masons
The grand lodge of Indian Territory Masons elected officers for the ensuing term. Names include W. O. Bruton G M Muldro R W Choat D G M W A McBride S G W J B Barrow Jr G W Joe Lahay grand orator Leo Bennett grand treasurer Henry Fielding grand lecturer. The next meeting will be in Tulsa.
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Grand Lodge of
Indian Territory Masons
W. O. Bruton
G. M. Muldro
Choat
W. A. McBride
J. B. Barrow, Jr
Joe Lahay
Leo Bennett
Henry Fielding
Tulsa
Confederate Veterans meet for August 16 court room gathering
Old Confederate Veterans will assemble in the U.S. courtroom at 9 a.m. on August 16 for a march to the picnic ground by order of Sam H. Hargis Captain W. L. Byrd Camp UCV.
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Confederate Veteranss
U.S. Court Room
Sam H. Hargis
W. L. Byrd
Russian Ships Escape From Port Arthur
Reports from Chefoo and Tokio recount Russian naval actions around Port Arthur with destroyers entering harbor and four of six battleships escaping yesterday morning. Battleships Retvizan and Pobieda sighted outside Port Arthur as a larger clash with Japan unfolds with unknown outcomes.
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Chefoo
Chefoo Harbor
Port Arthur
Tokio
Retvizan
Pobieda
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Mexico
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Eden
Morgues
Wm. H. Henry
Gainesville
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Beard & Weaver
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Tishomingo
McLish
A. F
A. M
Claremore
Territory News Notes
Vinita
Carnegie Hero Fund
Standard Oil Company
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