Anarchy and Riot Gallop in Colorado Strike District
Strikers, mine guards, and deputies clash through 12 hours from 3 AM to 4 PM in Berwind Canyon near Hastings. A Lombard guardsman fires to halt a train as shots ring along the Ludlow area. Wilsenburg and Cedar Hill mine tensions rise with possible capture threats amid armed districts.
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A. Lombard
Trinidad
Tarnes
Ludlow
Walsenbureg
Unionista
Tile
Cedar Hill
Obasco
Dawoon Explosion Tops Nation in Deadly Loss of Life
The Dawoon explosion last Wednesday is noted as the most violent disaster of the country's current period, ranking third in the United States for loss of life. Officials described the event as a shocking catastrophe with extensive fatalities and damage.
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United States
Battle Rages as Strikers Clash with Mine Guards Near Ludlow
Reports say a mine guard was killed and a striker is missing after a twelve hour battle across Berwind canyon Hastings and Ludlow. Strikers reportedly loaded five hundred wounded into wagons and headed toward Aguilar tent colony amid fears of further attacks.
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Morning Journal
Ludlow, Cole
Get
Berwind Canyon
Hastings
Colorado & Southern
el Paseo
Ludiow
Aguilar
Vorbes
Primero
Weston and
Sexunde
F & I. Company
Tobasco
Ludlow
Jerwind Canon
Delagua
Cedar Hill
Tollerburg
Oberwind
Colorado & Southeastern
Trinidad
Colorado & Southeastern Bridge
Whitney
Tabasco
Canon
Berwind
Aquila
Vietor American Fuel Company
Aguilar Tent Colony
Barney Station
Denver & Rio Grande
Governor Ammons Pursues Peace Amid Colorado Strike Tensions
Governor Ammons suspends sending troops to the southern strike area and seeks settlement with union leaders. State Auditor Kenehan opposes funding certificates for troops, urging county response. A Monday 6:30 AM meeting with Patterson and strike leaders is planned, with potential troop deployment if no agreement.
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Ournal
Denver
Ammons
Kenehan
Huerfano
Boulder County
Union
Farrar
Pearce
Thomas M. Patterson
Patterson
Colorado
Valve Break at Utah Light Plant Damages City
A large valve failure at the Utah Light and Railway power plant near Ogden causes widespread blackout for about six hours. The incident wrecks equipment, demolishes the plant building, halts streetcars and church services, floods surrounding blocks, and leaves damage estimates between 50 000 and 100 000 dollars.
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Ogden
Utah
Utah Light & Railway Company
Ogden Canyon
Strikers Threats Force Train Crew to Desert
Intimidated by strikers claiming the track near Barnes station was mined the Denver and Rio Grande special train with thirty five armed guards from Walsenburg to Trinidad deserted their posts at Rouse Johnston fifteen miles south of Walsenburg.
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Trinidad
Cole
Get
Barnes Station
Denver & Huo Grande
Walsenburg
Rouse Jonetson
Colder Weather Forecast Hits Central Valleys This Week
Washington reports temperatures below normal with rains nationwide. Colder air will spread over the central valleys by Monday, with a warming trend in the plains. An disturbance in the far west will move east by Tuesday with precipitation. Northwest regions turn markedly colder by Thursday.
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SOY Morning Journal Brecal Seabed Wire
Washington
Weather Bureau
Great Central Valleys
Plain States
Far West
Unknown Inscription Appears On Coffins Across Town
A startling stencil on numerous coffins reads the phrase Total of 155 Bodies Have Been Taken Out, the pathetic word unknown, spreading through funeral parlors and burial grounds as residents seek meaning amid loss.
Bodies Retrieved From Mine Disaster In Dawson
The bodies of William McDermott and Henry McShane were recovered tonight from chamber fourteen north in mine No 2 of Stag Canon Fuel company. They were among sixteen buried under tone of debris in the disaster.
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Dawson
N. M
William McDermott
Henry Pr. McShane
New York
Tragic Stag Canon Mine Disaster Claims 284 Miners
Dawson N March 26 Positive knowledge confirms none of the 284 miners trapped in Stag Canon mine No 2 remain alive. Helmet crews explored all workings and located unlocated bodies buried under debris. Two helmet men died while aiding rescue as 23 lives were saved. The blast is described as the nation’s greatest in violence and third in loss of life, with 1556 bodies brought to surface. Identification is hampered by decomposition and unknown rosters.
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Dawson, N
Stag Canon
Helmet
Retcre
United States
Associated Press
Wade
Rescue Crews Clear Mine After Devastating Explosion
Rescue teams describe the grim effort at the west facing mine where eighteen miners perished in a double blast. Helmets crewed efforts to reach the nineteenth east chamber found no bodies as debris trapped many, with 261 dead overall and recovery continuing amid extreme heat and peril.
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Debrie
Faigue
Elghteen
William McDermott
Henry P. McShane
Debrig
Not Enough Votes Cast in Mexico for Election
Felix Diaz resigns as general in the Mexican army sending a telegraph to Huerta after declining invitation to come to the capital. The report notes vote shortfalls undermine the legitimacy of the political process.
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Mexico
Felix Diaz
Huerta
Capital
Absence of Weekly Bull Fight Marks Vera Cruz Election Day
Vera Cruz voters stayed away as polling places remained quiet and unfrequented. John Lind inspected a few polls but found no voters while General Diaz abstained from voting and amid security preparations in Diaz's quarter police and plainclothes officers protected him.
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Vera Cruz
Get
Felix Dias
General Huerta
Diaz
Department of War
Mexico City
Huerta
Vidaurrézaga
Blanquet
Vidaurrazaga
General Diaz
General Dias
War Department
Senora Dias
Dias
Leander Alcolea
Senor Alcolea
Alcolea
Wilson
John Lind
National Democratic Party
Hequena
Manuel Calero
Jesus Flores Magon
Federico Gamboa
Eugenio Rason
General Diag
Ding
Asquith Speech Denounced by Press Across Factions
London papers from October 27 condemn Premier Asquiths Ladybank address on Home Rule. Ulster editors denounce it as closing any settlement, nationalist papers reject Ulster exclusion, and English papers call for further government clarification before negotiations.
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Morning Journal
London
Asquith
Ladybank
Ulster
Sailors Cheer at Temperance Meeting Appearance by U S Sailors
At the Brooklyn Academy of Music mess meeting of the World's Woman's Christian Temperance Union, sailors from the U S and Washington appeared to cheers. Mrs Anderson Hughes Drew of New Zealand spoke, challenging anti suffrage views and praising suffrage for women.
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Morning Journal
New York
America
Veteran Utah editor dies in Ogden after cerebrial hemorrhage
Salt Lake City October 26 Colonel William Nelson editor of the Salt Lake Tribune for 25 years died at his Ogden home this morning of a cerebral hemorrhage. Nelson 74 born and noted as a leading western journalist who came to Utah in 1876 as U.S. marshal and helped prosecute John D. Lee in the Mountain Meadow massacre case.
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RNAK
Wikre
Chicago
Indianapolis
Nspiracy
United States
Elf Ull Coutr
Leavenworth
Kan
Frank M. Hyan
International Association of Bridge and Structural Tron
Olaf Tyeitmee
Eugene A. Clancy
San Francisco
J. B. Munsey
Salt Lake Cl
John T. Butler
Buffalo
Michael J. Young
Peston
Philip A. Cooley
New Orleans
Frank ©. Webb
New York
F. K. Painter
Omaha
Chester H. Krom
St. Louis
John Zoline
Charles W., Miller
Indiana
Ryan
Miller
Morning Journal
Salt Lake City
Willian Nelson
Salt Lake Tribune
Nelson
Utah
John D. Lee
Mountain Meadow
Springfield men injured in bridge crash at Plateau Creek
Grand Junction Colorado, October 26. Harry G. Mead and Fred H. Monfore of Springfield & Co. were seriously injured when their automobile plunged from an unused bridge into Plateau Creek. They were pinned beneath the car. Companions Frank KE. Daws and Sterling A. Burton, also of Springfield, escaped unharmed.
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Grand Junction
Colo
Harry G. Mead
Fred H. Monfore
Springfield, & C
Plateau Creek
Frank KE. Daws
Sterling A. Burton
Springfield
Washington monitors Mexico election as world powers weigh policy
In Washington officials stay in close touch with the state department as Mexico City reports show light voting and a quiet election. Secretary Bryan receives a cipher cable from John Lind in Vera Cruz while diplomats in Paris discuss how foreign governments view U S policy. The Huerta regime and a six month naval presence end as Atlantic fleet ships prepare to replace those at Vera Cruz under a new schedule.
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Morning Journal
Washington
State Department
Wilson
Mexico City
Bryan
John Lind
Vera Cruz
Huerta
Nelson O'Shaughnessy
Paris
United States
Mexico
Hiverta
Hverta
Hampton Roads
Wilson Indifferent to Second Term Says He Must Do Well
Washington reports quote President Wilson saying he does not care about a second term and is focused on the four years ahead. Democrats say he shows no concern for re election as he aims to govern well after his election.
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Morning Journal
Washington
Wilson
Congress Hall
Philadelphia
Mexico City Polls Open for Huerta Election Quiet in Capital
In Mexico City polling places operated from 9 a.m. to noon then 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. with 928 sites. Voters signed ballots at polling stations, but secrecy was lacking and officials said participation was low. Manuel Calero did not vote. Federico Gamboa voted for Calero. Result likely insufficient to constitute a valid presidency.
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Mopning Journal
Mexico City
Huerta
Pach
Ave
Manuel Calero
Washington
Federico Gamboa
Catholic Party
Senor Calero
Victoriano Huerta
Congress
Huerta Carries Day at Piedras Negras
Eagle Pass Texas reports Huerta won the Piedras Negras election with about 2200 votes out of 2800, Felix Tamaz as lone rival with under 100. Voters were soldiers. two minor clashes occurred but were quelled without disorder. No public notice was issued for the polling site amid peacetime uncertainty.
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Eagle Pass
Tex
Victoriano Huerta
Mexico
Piedras Negras
Felix Tmaz
Huerta
General Huerta
Negros
Mexico City
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Mdermott
Wshane
OY Morning Journal Sreecral IS
High Court
Roosevelt
Sao Paulo
Rio Janeiro
Theodore Roosevelt
Lind
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