Caney Texas Train Robbery and Texas Labor Day Proclamation
A southbound passenger train 2% was robbed near Caney Kansas and Texas line, with express car looted and safes blown by dynamite. Eight men were arrested later near Atoka. Separate note: Texas Governor Sayers proclaims Labor Day on September 2, 1901. A Chicago bank swindle of $30,000 via a London draft and two $30,000 checks is reported as secretive.
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GS. Griffith
Terrell
W. Mellrath
Newport
Denison
J. Tl. Welch
Weatbrook
Hearne
Abilene
Robert Walker
Graycon County
Sherman
Percy Fenn
St. James Church
Texarkana
Trinity Church
Mobile
Ala
W. I. Dingler
Klondike
Delta County
Jeme Tiner
Sutherland Springs
Jim Henry
Tyler
Miguel Castro
Cannel
Laredo
City Council of
Kansas City
Eastland County
Corsicana
Bo Racugno
Grand Lodge of the
Texas Knights of Honor
Fort Worth
Steeles of Honham
Dallas
Parsons’ Brigade
Bonis
United States
Quinns Park
Jacksonville
Palestine Era
A. C. Finnie
Alta Loma
Sons of Herrmann
Krugerbund
North America
San Antonio
Texas
Caney Tank
Missouri, Kansas
Tulley
Expres
Lanham
Caney
Caney Station
Express Company
Dolan
Indian Territory
Atoka
Austin
Joseph D. Sayers
A. D
John G. Tod
Chicago
Inter-Ocean
London
O. K
Farmer Shot Near Austin in Midnight Ambush
Oscar Perry, a young farmer near Lytton Springs about twenty five miles from Austin, was killed by buckshot fired through an open window at midnight. His wife was unhurt as the assassin escaped into the night.
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Austin
Texas
Oscar Perry
Lytton Springs
Manila to Welcome 600 American School Teachers
Superintendent Atkinson prepares a grand reception for 600 American teachers arriving from San Francisco in a few days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Atkinson
San Francisco
Dallas Jury Unable To Reach Verdict In Hayden Cranfill Suit
After a sixty day trial costing Dallas county about $7000 the jury for Rev Dr S A Hayden versus Rev Dr J B Cranfill and about thirty others failed to agree on a verdict. This marks the third trial following a 1897 San Antonio state convention dispute.
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Dallas
Texas
Dallas County
Hayden Cranfill
Morgan
Forty Fourth District Court
Court of Civil Appeals
A. Hayden
J. B. Cranfill
State Baptist General Convention
San Antonio
The Great Strike Stalemate Deepens in Steel Trade
In Pittsburg and nearby cities the steel strike stalls with both sides claiming readiness for moves. Ten Carnegie workers defected to the union at the Lower Union mill, though the company says replacements were found and no further desertions are expected. Also, St Louis passenger agent C KE Miner of Mexican Central died of heart failure.
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Pittsburg
McKeesport
Wheeling
Bellaire
Union
Carnegie Company
Pittsbourg
Carnegie
St. Louis
Amalgamated fight intensifies with strikes and imports
The Pittsburgh scene shows Amalgamated leaders weighing gains as 60,000 men remain out amid scattered calls in McKeesport Wheeling and Youngstown. Shaffer plans a Wheeling mass meeting while imported workers land at Crescent Tin Plate mills and strike sympathy grows in Cleveland.
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Shaffer
Wheeling
Amalgamated
American Federation of Labor
West
Davis
Chicago
Trust
Amalgamated Association
Williams
Carnegie
Lower City
Cleveland
Ohio
Cresent Tin Plate Mills
Bamfield
Mexican gang ambush at saloon wounds constable
In Austin Texas August 13 a crowd of Mexicans entered a saloon and fired on Constable Sellers. Deputy Brooks returned fire and the gang leader was mortally wounded while the others fled.
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Austin
Texas
Sellers
McNeill
Brooks
Tragedy Near Elgin Involving Two 15-Year-Olds
A bloody tragedy occurred near Elgin Texas as two 15 year olds, sons of William Owens and George Carter, stabbed each other while church services were in progress at Pleasant Grove. The Carter boy died from wounds and the Owens boy was involved in the incident amid much excitement.
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Elgin
Austin
Texas
Plesant Grove
William Owens
George Carter
Owens
Carter
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Mad Dog
Sherman City
Bank of Eddy
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A. J. Batts
Hastrop
McGregor
Havelars
Reuben Dudley
Henrietta
Morrison
Konig
Alice Smith
BK. Chapman
Allen
McKinney Public Schools
J. N. Dante
Cotulla
Ruth Bryan
A. R. Bryan
Midland
Jdall
Farmer
Cranfield
Pittsburgt
Chicago Toilet
Bay View
Kiskiminetas Valley
Youngtown
Columbus
Carnegie Mille
St. Pittsburg
Lightelne
Orange
Clarence Perry
George Fortman
Perry
New York
Atlantic City
N. J
Robert Wilson
Henry
Nashua
N. H
Galveston
Joe
Henry Wilson
Boston
Journal
Pariy
Germany
France
Cayo Romano
Cayo Cruz
Greater Antilles
Cuba
Prudencio Ebanez Y Vega
Baron Adolf Oppenheim
Paris
Fort Sill
Lawton
Ottumwa
Iowa
Sterling Mullach
Edinburgh
Scotland
Point Plesant
Edward Childs Cronan
George Smith
University of Pennsylania
Mr. Houghton
Houghton, Mifling & Co
C. C. Cook
Mr. Mullach
Mr. Cronan
Mr Mullach
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