Dynamite Used to Check Blaze in Bisbee Fire
Fire in Bisbee Arizona began with a gasoline explosion at the Colorado Hotel and raged through ten acres, destroying over two hundred residences and much of the business district. A severe wind and low water forced use of dynamite to blow up buildings and halt the flames. Over 1,200 homeless, relief arranged, tents provided, and a special train to bring provisions and clothing.
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Bisbee
Ariz
Colorado Hotel
National Guard
Will Organize Union Of Over 200000 Tracemen
New York June 29 A movement to unite over 200000 Italian and other trackworkers follows a strike on the New York Central railroad. Organizers aim to affiliate workers across the country and secure a higher wage scale amid a largely unorganized labor force.
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New York
New York Central Railroad
United States
Greanleed
Western Federation of Miners Opens Meetings in Debate
Derver Colorado June 29. The Western Federation of Miners debates Mahoney report on affiliation with the Industrial Workers of the World. The majority favors holding open meetings while opposing factional action. Delegates praised decorum, intelligence and family roots, with Pinkertons cited as provocation in a tense convention unfolding in Bisbee.
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Derver
Colo
Mahoney
Western Federation of Miners
Industrial Workers of the World
Mittee
Federal
Mine Owners’ Association
Pinkertons
New York City Strikes Overhaul Garbage Removal
Non union workers began collecting garbage in New York streets as the city faces a strike by garbage cart drivers and a threatened walkout by the street cleaning department. Health officials warn sickness will follow. police monitor carts amid sporadic clashes. A separate ice men strike follows the American Ice Company layoffs prompted by union demands.
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New York
Health Department
Moses
Department
Greater
American Fee Company
Rockefellers Guarded Home As Legal Probe Nears
A Pittsburg dispatch reports John D Rockefeller staying at daughter Parmlee Prentice Palmer’s farm with a protective guard to shield him from process servers. Guarded lakefront, patrol launches, and federal officials loom as Judge Landis pursues fines up to 24 million against Standard Oil.
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New York
Pittsburg
Mast
Parmlee Prentice Palmer
John D. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Eputy
United States
Chicago
Landis
Roosevelt Announces Three Appointments This Week
Oyster Bay June 29 President Roosevelt announced three embassies and a postmaster assignment. Philip M. Brown becomes secretary of the U S embassy at Constantinople, Peter Augustus Joy secretary of the embassy at Tokio, Edmund A. Potts postmaster at Caldwell Texas. The medical inspector Presley L Rixey is advanced to medical director, a rank held by Dr Rixey as surgeon general of the Navy.
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Oyster Bay
N. Y
Thoosevelt
Philip M. Brown
Constantinople
Peter Augustus Joy
Tokio
Edmund A. Potts
Caldwell
Texas
Presley L Rixey
Risey
Navy
Russian Estates Devastated In Wave Of Peasant Fury
A Russian incendiary movement began among peasants in response to parliament's actions and rapidly spread, leaving estates burned and property destroyed as of late June.
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Tita
Russia
Future of Utes Finally Settled
Washington June 19. The Ute Indians who left their reservation last winter and have been held at Fort Meade are provisioned to the end of the fiscal year. Army officers placed them south of the reservation on the Cheyenne river and formed an Indian bureau so they would fall under its charge after that date.
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Washington, D. C
Fort Meade
South Dakota
War Department
Taft
Cheyenne River
Morris Friedman Tells Haywood Jury on Union Detective Reports
Morris Friedman testifies before the Haywood jury that detectives compiled reports on union men. The testimony centers on police and Pinkerton activity related to the Western Federation of Miners case.
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Morris Friedman
Haywood Jury
Prove Orchard Was Not at Bunker Hill
Boise Idaho June 29 testimony tied Dominick Leon Mullen and Mary Orchard to events around the Bunker Hill Sullivan mine blast. Flynn identified Orchard’s presence in Mullen and other witnesses placed Orchard in Wallace and Alaska as the case discussed Pinkerton methods and union activity.
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Bunker Hill
Boise
Idaho
Sarmoons
Dominick Leon Mullen
Orchard
Sotho
Ecpiesian
Sullivan Mines
Hig Place
Flynn
Orc Artry
Wan Towers
Mal
Mullen
Patrick McHale
Aitive Orchard
Forest Clark
Min Man
Col. Moore
Electric Light
Water Man
Provanion Flynn
Dehard
William Ample
Denver
Portland
Cripple Creek
Tme
Independence Depot
James HM. Ramey
Coeur D'Alene
Mit and Sullivan
Hercules
Deweuves
Union
Morris Friedman
Pinkerton
Friedman
James McParland
Western Federation of Miners
Crane
Charles M. Rhymere
George W. Riddell
B Halley
Cummings Laviow
Contbewr
Miss Loving Saves Father in Courtroom Drama
A Virginia girl Elizabeth Loving testifies tearfully about a night of attempted assault by Theodore Estes, leading her father Judge Loving to defend her honor by killing Estes. The trial shifts through sensational testimony, including union intrigue and miner strikes in Colorado. The proceedings reveal a clash of personal honor and vigilante justice amid broader labor disputes.
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Bonstonre
W. G. Loving
Theo. I. Bates
Hetes
Evelyn Nesbit
Elizabeth Loving
Virginia
Theodore Aates
Ebl Kidd
Mr. Kidd
Judge Loving
Theodore Estes
Theodore Trica
Nationwide Streetcar Strike Talks Reach Concession
A San Francisco conference between President Calhoun of the United Railroad and labor leaders ended with reports that the streetcar strike may end as other unions withdraw support from the carmen's union.
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San Franciso
Calhoun
United Railroady
Labor Iwaders
Carmen
Jealous suitor fatally wounds woman and man in Chicago
In Chicago a boarder Gibson Wans fatally wounds Mrs Molesworth after dragging her from bed to confront alleged engagement with Thomas Jones. Jones is shot and wounded fatally or likely fatally. Wan is arrested. The crime follows threats over Mrs Molesworth’s relationship with Jones.
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Chicago
Gibson
Thomas Jones
Jones
Iles Roe
Post Postal Affairs and Appointments in New Mexico
Washington dates note Harriet PB. Hesse named postmistress at Logan in Quay county. Rural Free Route No. 1 planned for Hagerman in Chaves county. Delegate W. H. Andrews travels to New York for NM affairs. Also reported is a chilling New York murder of eight year old Viela Boylan and a forthcoming marriage of Jacob A. Kile to his secretary Miss Mary Phillips in August.
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Washington, D. C
Harriet PB. Hesse
Logan
Quay County
T. J. McFarland
Hagerman
Chaves County
W. H. Andrews
New York
New Mexico
Viela Boylan
Second Avenue
Coatain
Jacob A. Kile
Roosevelt
Mary Phillips
Mr. Klis
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Joseph Cannon
Belxe
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The
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Haywood, Moyer and Pettibone
Holse
International Brotherhood of Papermakers
Haywood
Tacklg Autos
Point Breeze Track
John Harkins
Hear
Houston
Japan
Francisco
Ubu
MANY
Pinkertons Federation OF Miners
Lyte Gregory
Trinidad
Frank
Heaney
Jack Simpkins
Sey
Tae Blomenberg
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Darrow
Hough
Simpkins
Wallace
Alaska
Uue
Almoost
Nur
Towtiin
Telluride
Tanidoner
Ory
Miss Low
Ing
Montana
Redman
A. W. Gratias
Globeville
Gratias
McParland
Federation of Miners
United Mig
Gregory
James Mooney
Missouri
National Board of Union Mine Workers
Mooney
Colorado
Homay
Wood
Ald Darrow
Man
Roots Jones
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