Strike expands as Shaffer orders steel workers out
Pittsburgh July 1 twenty thousand men in American Sheet Steel mills were ordered out on strike aiming to boycott ten thousand non unionists and then mobilize up to 150000 more in United States Steel Corporation works. Amalgamated Association seeks a protracted conflict testing strength across plants.
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Pittsburg
American Sheet Steel Company
United States Steel Corporation
Amalgamated Association
Sheet Combine
McKeesport
Amalgamated
Shaffer
American Sheet Steel Co
American Steel Hoop Co
Strike looming in mills as union prepays stir
Notice pins open mills across Hollidaysboro and Pittsburg to halt work while organized plants plan a broad walkout. Leaders warn 50,000 may be affected as talks on scale fail. Simultaneous closings in Youngstown and Mahoning valley for inventories. Two farmers killed near Waterloo, ind. as train incident ends.
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Hoop Trust
Hollidaysboro
Pittsburg
Monesan
Youngstown
Pomeroy
Sharon
Girard
Warren
Greenville
Wabash Tickets On Sale For Pan American Exposition
Wabash railroad offers Adrian to Buffalo round trips with ten day limit at $9.70 and ten day limit $11.60 plus $14.10 for the one way via boat. Special coaches run on Tuesdays with return trips leaving Buffalo Thursdays at $6.20. Tickets exclude sleeping cars.
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Buffalo
Wabash Railroad
Adrian
Exposition Gates
Brutal Father in Michigan Fateful Jump at Pere Marquette Bridge
Saginaw July 1 The Wilber family of Randolph Street faces tragedy as Andrew Wilber a 45 year old stave mill worker assaults his daughters Mauda 11 and Edith 11 attempts another rape, then with laudanum flees to Pere Marquette Bridge and dives into the river. An inquest will review the death and circumstances.
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Saginaw, Mich
Andrew Wilber
Randolph Street
Mauda
Edith
Wilber
St. Mary’s Hospital
Wilbes
Tindle & Jackson
Maud
Pere Marquette Belt Line
State Briefs From Marshall Area And Region
Henry Klingman of Marshall remains in critical condition after a Sunday afternoon injury. Fire caused considerable damage to the Mason cold storage plant early Sunday. Local politics threaten board of supervisors members who raised tax rates. Conductor George Scott injured his wrist and two steers were killed in a D. R. & L. railway accident near Hagerton Sunday morning. A hearse and harness were stolen from Rolin Pond’s barn in Owosso Saturday night. Balloonist Prof. Keyes collapsed from gas and heat in St. Joseph Sunday afternoon, in critical condition as crowd dispersed. Avon steamer caught fire near Sault Ste. Marie. two tugs assisted while Victory and Manitoba supported crew. Avon, carrying flour and grain from Duluth to Buffalo, towed by Cheney. upperworks damaged and engines disabled. Hull likely undamaged and cargo water damage limited.
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Henry Klingman
Marshall
Mason
Hobbing
Battle Creek
Board of Supervisors
George Scott
Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
Avon
Point Sux Pines
Victory
Manitoba
Duluth
Buffalo
Tur Cheney
Awful accident near Oxford with man crushed between gondola and trolley pole
Duane Dear a 23 year old brakeman on an Oxford line train was crushed between a gondola car and a trolley pole Saturday night. He suffered multiple fractures and lung injury and was hospitalized with slim chances of recovery. Relatives plan to sue the railway company. Also reported are Turnfest crowds in Saginaw and the sudden death of Henry Hulbert in Colon from apoplexy.
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Oxford
Mich
Duane Dear
Oxford and
Flint
Dear
Goodrichville
Deariy
Colon
Henry Hulbert
Theatre recital at Gorleston church draws crowded night
Mrs. Brown Potter recited Pope and another poem in the chancel at Gorleston church near Yarmouth after evensong with organ and choir accompaniment. A large crowd filled the church doors before the service, and rumors state the bishop may bar a repeat. Also reports a steamer Preston wreck on Lake Superior with crew saved except one man.
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Brown Potter
London
Forbes Phillips
Gorleston
Yarmouth
Pope
Phillipa
Athol Forbes
Winnipeg
Man
Preston
Barlow
Toledo
Lake Superior
Athabaska
McDougall
Wnt. Eckert
Algonac
Mich
Fort William
Mackenzie & Mann
Canadian Northern Railroad
Massive weekly wedding boom in St Joseph Michigan
St Joseph Michigan reports a record 78 marriages in the week ending last Sunday, with 18 solemnized Saturday. The rush drew couples from Chicago and Indiana as license requests ran high and none asked to suppress licenses amid the surge. Also notes a German-born returnee story and a runaway accident near Owosso leaving Emma Frey critically injured.
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St. Joseph
Mich
Jane Briten
Michigan Gretna Green
County Clerk Church
Chicago
Indiana
City Bank of Buffalo Closed as Comptroller Takes Over
Buffalo July 1 a notice on the City bank door states it is in the hands of the comptroller of the currency and will not open today. Bank officials declined comment and directors protested ignorance of the causes. The public had no warning, and the bank had been a prosperous institution with many depositors. Nearby, a separate report notes a fatal crossing accident in Huntington, Indiana, where a man, his wife, and two children were struck by a train. the father, mother, and one child died, the remaining child seriously injured.
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Shaffer
Amalgamated Association
Smith
Sheet Steel Company
Fts
Youngstown
Mahoning Valley
Republic Tron & Steel Co
Mahoning
Shenango
American Steel Hoop Co
Seale
Republic Iron & Steel Ca
Amalgamated Qaen
Pittsburg
Owoseo
Mich
Emma Frey
D. M. Christian
Misa Frey
Fred Frey
Buffalo
City Bank
Dawes
Cornwell
Publc
Indianapolis
Huntington
Nine arrestees in Tug River clash amid union strife
In Thacker West Virginia on July 1 Detective T L Felts and Deputy John Justice led a six man posse across Tug River into Kentucky to seize nine men accused of terrorizing workers by denying sign signals along the railroad. The captives surrendered and were held for Kentucky court action while J Charles Burke of the United Mine Workers was jailed on a separate charge.
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Thacker
W. Va
T. L. Felts
Jotn Justice
United States
Matcral
Kentucky
Tug River
Immera
West Virginia
J . Charles Burke
Lotan Union of
United Mineworkers of America
Moon
Hufford
Felts
Parkersburg
Jackson
Williamson
Excursions To Detroit Railroad Sale Notice
Detroit Southern Railroad offers a round trip excursion to Detroit on July 2 with return July 9. Fare is 1,760 dollars for the round trip. Tickets go on sale late July 2. Witnessed during Buffalo Bills event in Detroit.
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Buffalo Bills
Detroit
Detroit Southern Railroad
D&c
St. Ig Sacer
Mackinac
Cheboygan
Alpoms
Edo
Cleveland
Buffalo
Pitteburg
New York
Mich
Dr Byron Sunderland Dies at 83 in Washington
Prominent Reverend Byron Sunderland of Washington died at his son in law Orrin Day's home of cerebral embolism on July 1. He served 43 years as pastor of the First Presbyterian Church in Washington and officiated at Grover Cleveland's wedding to Frances Folsom. He was born in 1819 in Vermont and known for scholarly attainments and steady leadership.
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Washington
Grover Cleveland
Catekill
Byron Sunderland
Orrin Day
Tanners’ National Bank
D.C
Sunderland
First Presbyterian Church
Vermont
Alexander
N. Y
Batavia
Syracuse
Cleveland
Miss Folsom
White House
Mr. Cleveland
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Johnson
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Onr
Taylor Bros
Shel
Heavy Hardware
Bell
Geo. Benet
East Maneate
IF. G. Bonficlio & CO
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Sree
Rollins Cafe
Rollin
Maumee
Scranton
Lehigh
E. W. Cone
Wesleys
Waterloo
Ind
Lee Hines
Isaac Tryon
Lake Shore
Michigan
Pere Marquette Bridge
Saginaw
Grand Rapida
Ludington
Manistee
Port Huron
Ohio Points
Germania Grounds
Rocky Mountain
Johnson & Andrews
Jane Brides
A. Wuring
St. Doe
Pingree
South Bend
Fred Heiler
Lansing
Anriett
Germany
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City Bank of
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Hood
DR. Sunderland
Michigan Telephone CO
W.J. LaFraugh
Mean'nent Park
E. Maumee
Cash Dry Goods Co
Stevens
Cash Market
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Eclipse Manufacturing Co
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