Strike News Grows Quiet Amid Steel Strike in Western PA
Reports from Pittsburg and surrounding towns describe the ongoing strike by the Amalgamated Association with no violence yet and no new arrivals at Wellsville. Union organizers plan to unionize the Riverside plant of National Tube Co in Benwood, near Wheeling, potentially expanding the conflict. International labor figures assure aid if needed while officials maintain silence.
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Bhaffer
Amalgamated Association
Wellaville
Flynn
American Federation of Labor
Shaffer
Amalgamated Association Oy
Wellsville
McKeesport
National Tube Co
New Amalgamated Lodge
Satuday
Steel Trust
National Tube Works
Sheet Steel Company
Riverside
Benwood
Wheeling
United States Steel Corporation
Amalgamated
Combine
Rumor of Early Peace Talks In Commons Described
London July 26 The Daily Express reports a pervading rumor of peace negotiations with Emperor William potentially acting as peacemaker. Kruger advisers empower the Kaiser to take the initiative to improve German British relations, with Kruger's Hague arrival linked to the peace hints. Washington July 26 Assistant Secretary Spaulding says free trade exists between the United States and Porto Rico effective July 25, 1901.
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London
House of Commons
The
Daily Express
William
Kruger
Great Britain
Mr. Kruger
the Hague
Porto Rico
Washington
Spaulding
United States
Detroit Parade Celebrates 200th Birthday in Grand Circus Park
On July 25 Detroit hosted a civic military and industrial parade for its 200th birthday. Grand Marshal George W. Fowle led mounted and foot units along Woodward Avenue as crowds, many visitors in festive attire, lined sidewalks from Grand Circus Park to Jefferson Avenue. The procession lasted about an hour and a half with bunting and national flags in view along the route.
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Detroit
Mich
Central Methodist Church
Grand Circus Park
Woodward Avenue
George W. Fowle
Fowle
Michigan Briefs Reflect Local Crime and Community News
Albert Ryan shot and killed his wife in a quarrel over papers in Litchfield. Flint inmates released from quarantine after July 5. Michigan Baptist assembly plans at Orchard Lake August 13 to 18. Police in Huron arrest two juvenile burglars, one very small. Manistee salt laborers form arbitration committee amid vague settlement prospects. Pontiac woman screams murder on Lawrence Street, claims assault by a well known man. A brutal hand to hand fight between Iron Mountain miners ends with a fatal stab. Antone Cozarsetzki flees to Europe with a blood stained photo linked to a Menominee incident. he believes the stains were omens.
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Litchfield
Ryan
Axford
Flint
Michigan Baptist Assembly Board
Orchard Lake
Part Huron
Reform School
Salt Laborers’ Union of
Manistee
Fannie Callen
Pontiac
Lawrence Street
Galli Tomassini
Salli Cruciano
Iron Mountain
Antone Cozarsetzki
Menominee
Europe
Indictments Stand Against Salsbury and McGarry in Water Works Case
Grand Rapids indictments against City Attorney Salsbury and T F McGarry remain intact after a judge denied a motion to quash. A point about grand jury drawing will be sent to a jury. Kent circuit jury to be recalled to resolve the issue before August grand jury session. Also notes a sensational divorce suit in Port Huron, a drowning in Detroit, a Miss Luella Granger contract with King Dodo company, and an advertisement for Rocky Mountain Tea and travel offers.
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McCarry
Grand Rapids, Mich
Walcott
T. F. McGarry
Kent
Port Huron
Mich
Bmyrs
William Carrigan
Girl Induces Lover to Escape in Canada Flint tale ends in elopement
Henry Bulmer, a farmer from Emira Canada, arrived in Flint to find his 17 year old daughter Dora and her companion George Stumpf. The trio checked into the Djuble House as man and wife and claimed they fled with little money walking most of the way. They planned a future wedding though the father declined to prosecute and police released Stumpf.
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Esape
Flint
Mich
Henry S. Bulmer
Emira
Canada
Dora
George Stumpf
Djuble
Stumpf
Weil
Bound Over in Murder Case of Father
Homer Bliss, charged with shooting his father, was examined again before Justice Ly. No new evidence was presented. The defense argued for bail, while binding over to the circuit court was ordered pending Monday morning bail argument.
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Er Bliss
Clemens
Homer Bliss
Storms, Fires, and Local News From Michigan July Entries
Severe electrical storms struck Michigan with a lightning hit on Ike Witz’s home in Benton Harbor as a couple slept, sparking a bedroom fire. A large block fire in Mt. Pleasant caused about $7,000 in losses, with many businesses gutted but insured. Grand Rapids hosts an annual grocers’ picnic with regional participation and speeches by William Alden Smith. Detroit reports Postmaster Dickerson’s father in Velparaiso died after a prior runaway accident. A Williamston barn burned for about $3,500 loss due to hay heating. Hood's Sarsaparilla ad ends the summary, touting strength and sleep benefits.
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Mich
Ike Witz
Mt. Pleasant
Webber & Ruel Bante
Downey & Miller’s
Lyceum Comey Company
Webber & Ruel
Grand Rapids
Battle Creek
Kalamazoo
Lansing
William Alden Smith
Detroit
Dickerson
Marshall
Velparaiso
Ind
Valparaiso
Williamston
Milo Speers
Here
Mackinac Great Lakes Getaway Ad and Foot Care Ad
An old advertisement promotes Mackinac as a pleasant Great Lakes outing with a pamphlet offer by A. A. Schantz Detroit. It also markets Allen’s Foot-Ease for swollen feet, itching, and foot discomfort, claiming relief for various foot issues and a 25 cent price with a free trial package.
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Mackinac
Great Lakes
A. A. Schantz
Detroit
Mich
Allen
Allen S. Olmsted
LeRoy, N.Y
Destructive Davenport Fire Sweeps Mills and Homes
A Davenport blaze destroyed the M1 of Weyerhauser and Denk Mann Co and surrounding sawmill yards, reaching 20 city blocks. Firefighters from Davenport Rock Island and Moline battled the flames until under control by 10 pm. Losses totaled about 700,000 with 400,000 in the mill and 300,000 in residences and other property. No fatalities reported, though deaths not definitively ruled out.
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Davenport
Rock Island Fuel Co
Waverhauser & Denkmann
Rock Island
Moline
St. Catherine's Hall
Weyerhauser & Denkmann Co
U. N. Roberts
Red Jacket Pump Co
Standard Oil Co
Riverside Mill
Davenport Woolen Mills
Pay for Soldiers Debate in British War Rate
In the House of Commons Mr. Brodrick the War Minister argued against raising Britain’s military pay to US levels. He noted the United States recruits one in 1000, while Britain already calls one in 100, and claimed there’s no proof the higher rate would attract more men. He also said recruitment remains higher than before despite not matching last year’s surge.
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London
House of Coumeno
Brodrick
Great Britain
United States
Executive board to investigate Col Meade charges in New York
Will Be Executive, New York, July 26 Capt. Philip H. Cooper Col. P. C. Pope and C H West formed a board of inquiry into charges against Col. Robert L. Meade commanding the marine barracks at the New York navy yard Maj Charles H Lauchheimer acted as judge advocate The investigation would be executive and no publication details were to be released.
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New York
Philip H. Cooper
P. C. Pope
C. H. West
Robert L. Meade
Marine Barracks
New York Navy Yard
Charles H. Lauchheimer
Cooper
Cresceus to Race Exhibitions Between Brighton and Wagon Record
Cleveland July 24 Mr Geers announced Cresceus will race alone at Brighton Teach for 12000 dollars a side on August 15. Cresceus will attempt an exhibition mile to beat the world record and the following Saturday chase the wagon record.
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Cresceus
Cleveland
Great Battle Fought Between French and Moors Near Figuig
A Cadiz dispatch to the Daily Mail reports a French victory in a clash with Moors near Figuig, part of operations to subdue tribes south of the Arlas mountains and to control Tafilet oasis. Moors claim France has 90,000 troops on the Moorish border.
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London
Daily Mail
Cadiz
Figuig
Arlas
Tafilet
Vengeance by Peasant Mob after Pekin Brigand Terror
In Pekin July 26 a period of breakdown of authority leaves a vacuum in the area under foreign punitive expeditions. Brigand bands of deserters and former soldiers terrorize the countryside while imperial troops plunder 46 towns south of Pao-Ting-Pu. After their departure enraged locals mob the mandarins and destroy government houses.
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Pekin
Pao-Ting-Pu
Danish West Indies Row Gains U S Backing in Liberal Cabinet
In Copenhagen on July 26 the newly formed liberal cabinet backs U S claims to the Danish West Indies. Foreign Minister Denutzer studies case details to push continued negotiations toward that objective. The dispatch notes ongoing diplomatic effort and cabinet emphasis on the transfer outcome.
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Danish West Indies
Copenhagen
United States
Denutzer
Abandoned Effort to Move Colored Labor to Melrose Park
General Manager Aertsen of Latrobe Steel and Courier works at Melrose Park declared the company had abandoned plans to hire colored laborers for Melrose Park. About 200 armed locals awaited the arrival of the train, and fears led five men to flee to Chicago seeking police protection, which could not be provided as the incident lay outside city limits.
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Chicago
Aertsen
Latrobe Steel & Courier
Melrose Park
Alabama
Lagrange
O'Neil
Steel Shipbuilding Plant Considerations In Lake Ports
Captain James Davidson says a large steel ship building plant and drydock will be built on the lower lakes with engines produced in house. Buffalo and Ashtabula among sites under consideration. aims to handle four large boats at once and complete 12 to 14 per season while continuing wooden boat work and repairs at his Bay City yards with the largest drydock on the lakes. In a separate item, a St Louis court suit seeks to restrain the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Co from using Forest Park as the site for the 1903 world’s fair, arguing it violates charter and citizen rights. President Francis says counsel will be consulted but the suit will have no effect.
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Bay City
Mich
James Davidson
Buffalo
Cleveland
Lower Lakes
Eric
Ashtabula
St. Louis
Louisiana Purchase Exposition Co
Forest Park
Henry H. Werder
John F. Bergman
Workingmen's Protective Association
David R. Francis
The
Engineer Relieved to Cincinnati Oversee Lighthouse District
Lieut. Col. Thomas H. Handbury of the corps of engineers was relieved from duty at Detroit Michigan as engineer of the eleventh lighthouse district and ordered to Cincinnati Ohio as division engineer of the central division. Meanwhile 350 miners of the Tennessee Coal and Iron Railway Co. will resume work today after a month out due to a signed scale for the coming year, ending a dispute over prizes.
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Cincinnati
Washington
Thomas H. Handbury
Corps of Engineers
Detroit
Mish
Central Division
Tracey City
Tenn
Tennessee Coal & Tron Railway Co
The Non Irritating Cathartic Headic Milis
A brief note describes an easy to take remedy labeled The Non Irritating Cathartic Headic Milis. The text lacks clear context or verifiable details but implies a consumer health product with user friendly attributes.
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Milis
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