Reading Company Increases Wages Do Not Break Strikers
Hazleton Pennsylvania October 1 The Reading Coal and Iron company posted a 10 percent pay rise for all workers in thirty nine Schuylkill valley collieries but United Mine Workers President Mitchell remained unmoved and sought details on how information would be conveyed to men. He warned operators risked alienating workers and signalled no immediate compromise.
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Hazleton
Philadelpha
Coal and Iron Company
Schuylkill Valley
United Mine Workers
Mitchell
Reading Company
Associated Press
Ths
Fire in Union Block destroys part of St Paul building
Fire discovered just before 1 o'clock in the Union Block, a large brick building in central St Paul. Firefighters fought the blaze but it still burned fiercely. several lodgers were in the building but all escaped unharmed, no injuries reported.
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St. Paul
Union Block
Wreck on Northbound Through Passenger Train in Oklahoma
A Waterloo wreck fifteen miles south of Guthrie on the northbound through passenger line leaves two dead and about a dozen injured. Engineer John Lane reversed the lever as cars left track. smoker and baggage cars toppled. Injuries include Edmund Rook dying soon after, Tom Mayer killed, C T Smith severely hurt, Ray Vander fatally injured, James Black with a broken arm.
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Oklahoma
New Orleans
Guthrie
O. T
Waterloo
Guthbrrie
John Lane
Rdmund Rook
Jonah
Texas
Sle
Thomas Mayer
Oklahoma City
C. T. Smith
Galveston
Ray Vandever
Ray County
James Black
Dallas Man Shoots Self in Waco Hotel Room
Eugene M. Logan of Dallas killed himself in Waco on October 1 after arriving from Dallas the prior night. He bought a derringer at a pawn shop, dined at the New Era saloon wine room, then shot himself in the temple. His note said I die of a broken heart and requested belongings sent to Dallas. His brothers Roy and Harry Logan work in Dallas. His remains were sent back to Dallas for burial.
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Roy
Harry Logan
Dallas
Brazos Receding Damages in Brazos Bottom Cotton Loss
The Brazos River has receded near Waco Texas allowing an estimate of flood damage. Most loss came from backwater flooding rather than direct inundation. Replanted cotton survived. some stands were ruined though 300 acres suffered such losses.
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Brazos
Waco
Texas
Brazos Bottom
Steamer Collision Sinks Calanda Off Iwo Shima
Reports state the Norwegian steamer Calanda and the Japanese steamer Ise Maru collided off Iwo Shima. The Calanda sank with forty five passengers and crew drowning. Ise Maru reported the incident near Iwo Shima.
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Nagasaki
Japan
Calanda
Iwo Shima
Burned at stake after confession in Eclectic Alabama
October 3 Wetumpka Alabama. Wil feld Townsend alias Floyd a negro was burned at the stake in Eclectic five miles from town shortly after midnight. He confessed to an attempted assault on Mrs Harrington and implicated Floyd in prior crimes. The mob pursued, captured, and executed him with a burning stake. The incident followed a prior hanging of a relative in town. Brazos Improvement. Navasota Texas. October 3. Major Oppikofer US engineer reports the Brazos River fell fifteen inches guiding rehabilitation plans for a wooden wagon bridge and river improvements to aid landowners and reduce flood damage.
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Ochild
Bear
Dallas
Texas
J. A. Self
Canton Street
Lizzie
Chief Price
Wetumpka
Ala
Wilfeld Townsend
Floyd
Electic
Linnie Harrington
Townsend
Odion
Eelectic
Littl
Alex Ford
Kate Pearson
Brazos
Navasota
Cal Bates
Noom
Brazos River
Oppikofer
United States
Old Washington
Velasco
Galway City Election Yields Conservative Gain
English Elections London reports Galway city voters swung to Conservative Hon. Martin Morris with 882 votes over nationalist E Leamy who tallied 763. The result shocks a nationalist stronghold long noted since 1866 and adds to unionist gains while liberals win one seat.
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London
Galway
Martin Morris
E. Leamy
Morris
Charles Stewart Parnell
O. T. Shea
Irish Nationalist Party
Santiago Council Donates $500 for Galveston Sufferers
The city council of Santiago contributed five hundred dollars to the fundraising efforts aiding victims in Galveston.
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Santiago de Cuba
City Council of
Santiago
Galveston
Linemen Killed as Tower Wagon Overturns in San Antonio
Paschal Jacks is instantly killed when a tower wagon from the San Antonio Traction Co overturns on Garden Street around 3 30 yesterday. Wash Dabrowski is believed near death from the same accident. Five linemen were aboard. three others were uninjured. The wagon carried a frame on top for repairing the middle trolley line.
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San Antonio
Texas
Orange County Rice Crop Yields High In Texas Harvest
Rice crop in Orange County Texas is rapidly harvested and producing a fine yield. A sample from Frank Granger farm shows Japan variety heads from five stalks weighing a quarter pound. Experts project over twenty two barrels per acre from Granger’s eighteen acres, with Honduras variety also excellent. Harvesting advances across the county.
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Orange County
Orange
Texas
Orage County
Frank Granger
Japan
Honduras
Duel leaves two critically wounded near Tuscaloosa
Rodney Lowry nephew of Mississippi ex governor Lowry fought a duel near Tuscaloosa after a dispute over moving a cotton seed car. Each fired eight shots. Lowry struck W. H. White in the abdomen with a final shot. Both men in critical condition and White may die.
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Tuscaloosa
Ala
Rodney Lowry
Lowry
Mississippi
Young Lowry
Moundville
W. H. White
White
Boy Hurt While Riding Train Car Near Farmersville
Walter Carter a 15 year old from San Francisco fell from a stock car on a Santa Fe train near Farmersville Texas while transporting race horses to Dallas. He was found badly hurt and brought by hand car to Ex charge hotel for treatment.
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Farmersville
Texas
Walter Carter
San Francisco
Dallas Fair
Bold Horse Theft Stuns Hillsboro Crowd
In Hillsboro Texas on October 3 a horse team was stolen from William Rawls’s wagon. One horse sold for 25 dollars and a suspect was jailed after the other horse disappeared while market buyers tried to barter it.
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Hillsboro
Texas
William Rawls
Wage Agreement Reached Between Tin Plate Officers and Workers
In New York talks between American Tin Plate Company officers and employee representatives, both sides reached agreement on the wage scale though minor details remain to be settled.
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New York
American Tin Plate Company
Notable Deaths and Global Events Highlight Gazette
Notices report Earl Howe and the Quebec premier dead, and George Duke the first Florida Democratic governor, with others dying. Dispatches note battles, rescues, and political moves, including Diaz’s Mexican presidential result and Galveston relief efforts.
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England
Quebec
Royal Arch Masons
Cincinnati
J. W. Taylor
Lutherville
George F. Duke
Florida
Jacksonville
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