General Strike Tensions Rise in Pittsburg Steel War
The steel strike pits United States Steel and Amalgamated Association as the general order nears. Shaffer and Gompers meet to decide on federation support while mills reopen and workers vote on obedience. Reports indicate scattered reopenings and limited nonunion operations amid mobilization efforts.
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Pittsburg
United States Steel Corporation
Amaleamated
Federation of Labor
Shaffer
Amalgamated
Amalgamated Association
Steel Corporation
Clark Mill
Lawrenceville
Samuel Gompers
Steel Trust
Association
American Glass Workers’ Association
Assembly
Structural Iron Workers’ Association
Standstill in San Francisco Economic Tangle Stalls City
San Francisco August 8 turmoil from Land Teamsters order halting wagon drivers halting street sweeps, leaving downtown filthy and delaying business. Labor council retaliation committee to push boycotts against Employers’ association while building stalls and waterfront congestion grows daily pending marine firemen action.
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San Francisco
Land Teamsters’ Union
Labor Council
Employers’ Association
Charges Dropped In Local Case
Police and prosecutors announce charges were dropped in a local case after new evidence emerged. No arrests or further action planned.
Noted Divines Present at Mont. Conference Session
Methodists in Missoula convene as committees wrap routine business and prepare reports. Bishop Fowler to deliver an Abraham Lincoln themed address tonight. Easter investigation results remain undisclosed amid consolation over Rev. Easter’s exoneration rumors.
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Missoula
W. T. Easter
Easter
D. Crouch
Montana
Anaconda
Crouch
Conference Proceedings Highlight Sermons and Lectures
The conference featured long sermons with Amen responses and continued addresses by Rev. T. B. Neeley and others. Afternoon sessions covered the Women’s Home Missionary Society with talks by Mrs. Miller and Dr. Cool. Evening programs included Rev. Little, Rev. Van Orsdel, and President Morris, plus discussions on superannuated pastors and higher education. Bishop Fowler to lecture tomorrow on Abraham Lincoln. The Standard corrects a headline error misattributing charges to Presiding Elder Mills instead of Rev. W. T. Easter.
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Spencer
Bashford
Ohio Wesleyan University
Fowler
W. W. Edmonson
Charles FE. Miller
C. E. Haynes
J. W. Brodie
Yeat
C. D. Crouch
A. H. Morton
Melvin Kumontz
A. W. Hammer
L. R. Kufne
John Oliver
W. E. Snyder
E. T. Merry
Kk. J. Forbes
Charles Sthill
Jonn ¢. Clark
H. W. Haynes
E. Smith
Tt. H. Reed
Brown
Spokane
Washington
Cool
M. E. Church of
Winters
Ohio
President Craig
The
State University
Craig
Miller
T. B. Neeley
Sunday School Journal
George P. Smyth
Foreign Missionary Society
Neeley
Tract Society
Woman's Home Missionary Society
L. L. Tower
Morris
Abrahim Lincoln
Union Opera House
Standard
Presiding Elder Mills
W. T. Easter
Seven Perish When Liner Oceanic Sinks Kincora
The White Star steamer Oceanic collided with the Waterford line Kincora in dense fog in the Irish Channel near Tuskar. Seven crew and passengers drowned including Fireman George Collins. Oceanic saved 7 survivors and a saloon collection raised £169 for widows and orphans.
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Queenstown
Aug
White Star Line
Oceanic
Cameron
Liverpool
New York
Kincora
Waterford
Ireland
Limerick
Waterford Steamship Company
Tuskar
White Star
George Collins
Stonemasons Stop Work on Northern Pacific Station
Special Dispatch reports Missoula Aug workers halted progress on the new Northern Pacific station after a local union dispute. The stonemasons claim they work under different union scales from the local, with no contractor present to resolve the standstill.
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Standard
Missoula
Aug
Northern Pacific Road
St. Paul
Spokane
Incendiary Fire Threat at Missoula Mercantile Store
A fire was set at the rear of the Missoula Mercantile company building about 11 at night. Night watchman Pat Callahan discovered the blaze, sounded an alarm, and he extinguished the flames before firefighters arrived.
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Missoula Mercantile Company
Standard
Missoula
Pat Callahan
Callahan
Trainmaster Black Returns From East After Sudden Death
Reluros From the East Missoula Aur Trainmaster Black of the Rocky mountain division came back this afternoon after a 10 day absence due to his mother’s sudden death in the East.
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Reluros
Standard
Missoula, Aur
Black
Rocky Mountain Division
Man Vanishes Then Reappears in Montana Mystery
Julius Danielson, an employee of a Great Falls meat company, vanished Sunday leaving wife and four children. He reappeared on a delayed stub train and says he remembers nothing from Sunday until arriving in Missoula yesterday. He suspects a blank spell not caused by drink but has resumed work.
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The
Standard
Great Falls
Julius Danielson
Missoula
Danielson
Finnish mob riot ends in deputy shot by Under Sheriff Gebo
In Red Lodge Wyoming a mob of Finnish miners disrupted a disturbance arrest. Under Sheriff Gebo shot Alex Matson after a struggle, Matson dying later. Coroner's inquest underway with evidence pointing to a justifiable killing. Finns vow retaliation and possible lynching if exoneration occurs.
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Standard
Red Lodge
Aug
Rocky Fork Coal Company
William Gebo
Gebo
Fleming
McAlister
William Larkin
Alex Matson
Carbonado
Wash
Sheriff Potter kills Wyoming horse thief in pursuit
Red Lodge August 8. Sheriff Potter and Deputy Kaufman killed a Wyoming horse thief after a camp chase near the city. The man fired as Potter drew near, but the sheriff shot him in the chest. The suspect died at 5 o'clock, while another horse thief had been jailed earlier that afternoon.
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Standard
Red Lodge
Potter
Wyoming
James
Big Horn County
Wyomine
Ted Sloan
Kaufman
Sloan
Talmages
President Kruger's Mind Questioned in Rotterdam Dispatch
A Rotterdam dispatch reports serious concern over Paul Kruger's mental condition. A nervous-disease specialist has been summoned from Berlin by telegraph to assess the former president.
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London
Rotterdam
Kruger
Berlin
Stinson Breaks World Record in Baltimore Race
William Stinson defeated Archie McEachern in a 0 mile motor paced bicycle race at the Coliseum in Baltimore tonight with a time of 30 minutes 18 25 seconds to lower the world record.
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Baltimore
William Stinson
Archie McEachern
New Drawback Allowed by Treasury on Guam Sugar Shipments
The treasury department ruled that the California and Hawaii Sugar Refining company may liquidate certain drawback entries for shipments of sugar to Guam. The decision clarifies eligibility and procedures for compensating import duties on interstate or overseas transfers.
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Washington
California and Hawaii Sugar Refining Company
Guam
Treasury Department
No Drawback Allowed for Guams and Tutusia Exports
The text states that Guam and Tutusia are not foreign countries under drawback laws because exportations must go to jurisdictions outside the United States. Consequently, no drawback can be allowed.
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Guam
Tutusia
United States
Five Hours Battle Fought in Batangas Province
Captain Brown of the first cavalry with troops L and M and Company I of the 21st infantry engaged insurgents led by Malvar in Batangas. Two cavalrymen killed, insurgents fled after a prolonged fight. The enemy held positions before being driven back and quarters burned. casualties on their side not confirmed.
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Manila
Brown
First Cavalry
21St Infantry
Batangas
Malvar
Two Killed by Storm in New Hampshire Seav erins Island
A destructive windstorm struck Portsmouth and Seaverins Island injuring about six others. Victims include Mrs L M Mealey of New York and Noel Pearson a stone cutter. The storm wrecked contractor John Pierces shed at the navy yard dry dock project.
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Portsmouth
N. H
Seaverins Island
L. M. Mealey
New York
Navy Yard
Noel Pearson
John Pierce
Work Begins on Cascade Courthouse Construction
Great Falls August 8 Cutting has begun on the new courthouse stone and site work will start in about three weeks. Lease and Richards contractors have let sub contracts for all work and supplies. American Bridge company awarded the 700000 pounds of structural steel.
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Standard
Great Falls
Lease & Richards
Raines & Lawrence
American Bridge Company
St. Paul
Ex Governor William A Newell Dies in New Jersey
Ex Governor William A Newell dies at his Aleton New Jersey home at age 73. He served as New Jersey congressman from 1865 to 1881 and was governor of New Jersey in 1856. He later led Washington territory during President Hayes administration and lived in Washington until about three years ago.
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Trenton
N. J
William A. Newell
Aleton
Newell
Congress
New Jersey
McClellan
Hayes
Washington Territory
Washington
A GOOD GOVERNOR
William A. Newell the former territorial governor of Washington from 1838 to 1884 died in New Jersey. Local pioneer B Ward recalls Newell’s broad and satisfactory administration inaugurating the life saving service. He arrived during a tight territorial campaign and spoke then.
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Seattle
Wash
William A. Newell
New Jersey
Washington
President Hayes
Elisha P. Ferry
Watson C. Squire
Mr. Newell
Thurston County
D. B. Ward
Congress
Ward
Territorial
Constitutional Convention Adopts Women Taxpayers Vote
Montgomery Ala Aug 8 The constitutional convention voted 65 to 69 to grant women taxpayers the right to vote on bond issues and obligations. This action extends voting rights to women on specific fiscal questions while other suffrage questions remain unresolved.
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Montgomery
Ala
Man Held in $230000 Smelter Robbery Questioned
Detectives identify John Winters, 37, as a suspect in the Selby Smelting Works heist. A cap, clothing scraps, a pistol, chalk, a cut gas pipe tool, and a battery with dirt link Winters to the tunnel vault entry. The Selby company raises the reward from $5,000 to $25,000 for arrest and conviction and return of all gold.
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San Francisco
Seymour
Selby
Valielo Junction
John Winters
Winters
Selby Smelting Company
Selby Works
Conspiracy Unearthed In Red Boy Mine Theft Case
Charles Matty confessed to the Sumpter theft of $1500 amalgam from the Red Boy mine. George Clements, the mine millman with the safe keys, was arrested as an alleged conspirator. Authorities say a broader plot to rob the mine is uncovered and additional arrests are expected. Both men appeared before a Granite magistrate and were bound over at $2000.
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Union Mills
Sligo
St. Louis
Birmingham
Amalgamated Journal
John Ward
Cleveland
Shappell
New Castle
Baker City
Ore
Charles Matty
Sumpter
Red Boy
George Clements
Clementa
Godfrey and
Tabor
Matty
Clements
Granite
Hawaii Coffee Growers Press for Army Navy Purchases
The Hawaii governor urged the government to buy coffee from Hawaiian growers for army and navy needs citing importance to local producers. The War and Navy Departments replied the idea is impractical as they do not use Hawaiian coffee and deem the product inappropriate and priced beyond their requirements.
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Washington
Hawaii
Army
Navy
War and Navy Department
David Searey Death Shocks New Orleans Fraternal Orders
David R. Bearey grand secretary of the Knights of Honor and a leading figure in fraternal organizations died tonight in New Orleans. The report notes his prominent role and long service with the order.
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David Searey
New Orleans
Aug
David R. Bearey
Knights of Honor
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Gibson
Preston
Hanna
Scott
Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Frank Morrison
Federation
Williams
Tighe
Reaand Chappell
Lindsay & McCutcheon’s
Painter
Charters
Carnegie
Lindsay & McCutcheon
American Stee Hoop Company
Chartres
Henry
Republic Tran
Wellsville
Scottdale
McKeesport
Wood Company
Leechbure
Apollo
Saitsbure
Vandergrift
Amalgamated Assortion
Carnegie Works
Natrona
Pennsylvania Salt Manufacturing Company
Cascade Park
Newcastle
McKee
Rocks
Mennessen
Raney
Rosana
Buster
Com
Mittee Room
Bishop Fowler
Abraham Lincoln
Sunday School Union
President Kruger
Hampshire
Cascade
Selby Smelter
Saepeets
Dele
Army and
Navy Departments
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