Governors to mediate coal strike with board of conciliation
Heavy coal buyers urged governors of Pennsylvania West Virginia Ohio Indiana Iowa Illinois to form a conciliation and arbitration board to settle the mine dispute. Illinois Governor Altgeld declined noting it would accomplish little. A Springfield telegram says Illinois miners and operators will settle, likely affecting Ohio and Pennsylvania with 69 and 60 cent rates respectively.
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Iowa
Illinois
Pittsburg
Altgeld
Columbus
McBride
Springfield
Illa
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Illiois
Miners Strikes and Militia Move Through West Virginia and Pennsylvania
Nineteenth century dispatches describe eight miles below Spillman West Virginia where forty strikers travel by boat toward Cam den mines guarded by a sheriff ten deputies and a Gatling gun. In LaSalle Illinois militia and troops mobilize after threats of trouble with rioters fleeing upon word of approaching forces.
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Pomenoy
Camden
Spillman
W. Va
Hostixeros
W Va
Comines Land
Sty
Meerkle
California Fig Syrup Co Remedies Laxative Popular
Advertisers claim California Fig Syrup offers health benefits as a pure liquid laxative that eases constipation without weakening the system. The copy touts its natural action on the kidneys and bowels and notes broad availability through druggists and retailers.
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California
Mining unrest and troop moves amid labor strife
Reports from multiple locations on May 30 describe ongoing mine labor trouble. Judge Williams orders Loomis Coal receiver to reopen Bevier mines with available miners, while Cripple Creek deputies and questions of state troops escalate. Movements of militia to McAlester and preparations for possible clashes unfold. In Iowa and Birmingham strikers threaten violence and coercion, with miners and engineers facing coercive tactics and blacklisting threats.
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Lasalle
Uett
Venona
Pole
Birkowski
Hannibal
Cripple Creek
Colo
Bowers
Denver
Waite
Indian Territory
Leavenworth
Kaw
Secretary of War
Fort Leavenworth
McAlester
I. CT
Andrews
Haskell
Iowa
Ottumwa
Company G
Bixter
Me Confesses to His Knowledge of Blee den Crookedness
Ex Justice of the Peace Kenneth F Sutherland was sentenced to two years and eight months in Sing Sing and a 900 fine for election frauds connected to John Y MecKane in Gravesend last November. He read a confession alleging 900 fictitious votes in the second district and about 1 50 0 fictitious votes citywide, saying he forged two bundles of ballots but declined to implicate others.
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Brooklyn
Kenneth F. Sutherland
Sing Sing
John Y. MecKane
Gravesend
Sutherland
Tariff Debates and House Plan for Bill Passage
House tariff leaders expect ten days to settle Senate and House differences on the tariff bill and anticipate Senate passage by June 15 with presidential signature before month end. Conference committee members will push for item reductions while some reformers prefer standing by the Wilson bill and opposing compromise to avoid weaker tariff laws.
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Senate
House
Sugar Trust
Washington
Wilson
Breckinridge
Arkansas
McMillan
Tennessee
Turner
Georgia
Reed
Burrows
Congress debate and nominations mark May sessions
Reports from Washington and nearby capitals note senate quarrels over press sources in the Gray sugar inquiry, tariff bill debates led by Proctor and Pettigrew, and nominations sent to the senate including postmasters for multiple states. Local notices record a series of crimes, trials, and civic appointments across the country.
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West of
Missouri
Turpie
Senate
United States
Proctor
Vermont
Pettigrew
South Dakota
House
Albany and
Gray
Select Committee
Edwards
Shriver
Walker
United States District Attorney
District of Columbia
Wasuxetos
George W. Owens
Northwood
Z. J. Dunlap
Perry
Charles H. Trousdale
Monroe
Charles C. Rogers
Plainwell
Mich
Martial Fielisteault
Two Harbors
Mian
Edmund Caplis
West Duluth
Minn
James M. Nickell
Hannibal
Bert Burns
New Lisbon
Pennell C. Evans
Euston
Thomas Chalfant
Danville
Charles E Lillpop
Chebalis
Wash
Markets by Telegraph and Grain Prices May 2
Market notes from New York and Chicago detail futures for Wheat Corn and Oats with opening and closing prices. Also listed are livestock receipts hogs cattle and sheep at Union Depot and prices for eggs poultry and produce. Attorney actions include a judgment against Blair Wharton and Brown for damages in a bond case.
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Reptember
Skye
Ber Yyry
Mabie
Hebrona
Louisiana
Centralia
California
Cnnce
Ierek
Senge Reagh
TSA
Milwauker
Pring
James A. Blair
J Wharton
Alexander Brown
Ceapen Posse Conch
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Lucas Pfeiffenberger
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Jiucas Pfieffenbeger
Alton, Ill
W. Jackson
Tacoma
Marsh’s Drug Store
Pitts & Hamill
Belle Street
Juesting & Sachtleben
West Third St
Alton
Moritz
Frank Budde
Anheuser’s Bottled Beer
Band
Ee Efchaeae
Belle and Fourth Sts
Raible's
Ili
WL. Klunk, Undertaker
Pbakags Caskrs
State St
Shurtleff Business College
Upper Alton
Senator Camden
West Virginia
Americas Railway Union
Dis Moines
American Railway Union
Des Moines
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Asiontown
Kyle
Murphy Mine
Minonk
Ills
Delavan
Canton
Peoria
Birmingham
Ala
Birch Bros
Mines
Duluth
Nelson
Frederick Weyerhauser
Mississippi River Logging Company
Pine Land
T. B. Walker
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W Hame
Land Department
Tiliote
May
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Charles KE. Palmer
Noble
Richland County
Chicago
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Rowe
O’connor
O'Connor
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Francis Hodgson Burnett
Mirage
Clinton
Sixth Avenue
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St. Paul
Pioneer Pressents
Frank Burchard
Gettysburg
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Gettysburg Electric Railway Company
Gettysburg Battlefields
Judge Tuley
Ilc
State Register
Central Illinois
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Murray F. Tuley
W. Herrick
Minneapolis
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Natonal Capital
Presidential Postmasters
Ray Moore
Representative McGann
Carlisle
Art Moore
Dili
Washisorox
Cullom
Lnter
Ostkosu
Wis
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Melotosh
Newank
Addis Lewis
Glenced
Rosebery
House of Lords
National Conference of Charities and Corrections
Nashville
Tenn
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Browne-Chapin Lumber Company of
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Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr
W. S. Miller
University Club
Yale
Benjamin Franklin
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Miss Irwin
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Alexander McMasters
Buffalo
N. Y
Frances Hodgson-Burnett
Belva Lockwood
Edward Massey
Elijah Lynch
J. H. Brineger
Mitchell
Ind
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Guthrie Center
O. A. Sanpear
Dayton
Sullivan
Earl of Dunraven
Valkyrie
New York
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Huntington
Lagonegro
Potenza
Italy
William H. P. Haines
Cunard Line
Aaron Harvey
Vincennes
Ottawa
Can
Herbert
Milita
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Queen's Own Rifle
Toronto
St. Thomas
Munster
Maysville
Charles Graham
Henry Allen
Helena
Graham
Allen
Frankfort
Ninth Congressional District
Alonzo Burkhart
Ipton County
Telegraph
New York Financial
Minereauilie
Sterling Exchange
East Buffalo
Lebt
Leer Hoggie Ceipts
Suis Iy
Milwaukee Grain
Alton Santpariom
Alton, Illinois
W. H. Enos
M. D
MISS
C. Enos
M. D. House Physicians
Laurens Enos, M. D
Alton St. Louis
Union Trust Building
Seventh and Olive Streets
Aln Sanitarium
Alten, I
Julius H. Raible
California Wines and Brandies
West Fourth St
Monogram
Water P Grates & Composteion
John M. Sellers
St. Louis
Southern Hotel
Lindell Hotel
New Planter House
Lepers Tobacco Warehouse
Lemps Brewery
H. C. Mack
Ill
Maxwell
Charles H
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O. Schmidt
Eddie Fox
Smith
Cadets
E. L. Jacoby
Glen Echo
Charles Drumheller
Adele
Chas
Drumheller
Chas Drumheller
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