Miners Union Picnic Draws 5000 To Mountain View Park
The Butte Miners Union hosted a sizeable picnic at Mountain View park Anaconda drawing about 5000 attendees with 3000 from Butte and nearly 2000 Anaconda residents. Despite rain there was a full program of athletic contests drilling events and dancing with excursion trains bringing visitors from both cities.
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Miners’ Union of
Butte
Mountain View Park
Anaconda
Mountain View
Butte Miners’ Union
Park and Rack
Smoky City
Butte, Anaconda & Pacific Railroad Company
Butte Alwas
Taylor
O'Brien
Ed Hughes
Miners’ Union
Dan Ryan
Stella O'Donnell
John
Mildred Hughes
Hughes
John McDonald
Mary McNulty
D. J. Dunn
Mary Leary
Miners Union Picnic Sparks Strike Remarks at Church
In a church address tonight Conants stated that if J P Morgan does not intervene to end the strike it could last a long time. The comment references the miners' union picnic as a notable gathering connected to the labor dispute.
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J. P. Morgan
Bank loans to farmers could aid Filipinos, says Galloway
Joseph Galloway served as judge at the single handed drilling event. In other notes a Dublin Gulch nine beat the Montana Stars won by the latter. prizes ranged from $50 to cigars. Various races awarded clothing, chairs, pipes, and paraphernalia with many names and participants listed.
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James P. Murphy
Joseph Galloway
Martin Dougherty
John M. Sullivan
Michael Noon
Davy
Sgradshaw
Beaver
MacGuinness
Stevens
Snoderly
Alman
Wills
Almond Childs
Mr. Davy
Joseph Lewis
Jack Walters
Walters
Dublin Gulch
Montana Stars
Piquett
P. J. Tyman
Miners’ Union
M. Flynn
Ed Oker
D. 8. Mathews
F. Wilkenson
Vivian Thomas
Katherine Brown
Olive Beakey
C W. Dempster
Jack Sullivan
Don Sullivan
John Sullivan
Olive Dillon
Margaret Scully
James Stride
William Berry
Frank Shovelin
Harvard
Butte Miners’ Union
Frank Murphy
Butte Fire Department
Hopetoun Recalled From Australia Returns Home
Lord Hopetoun former governor general of the Commonwealth of Australia spent Sunday in Montreal and left for New York to sail home on Teutonic. He says he was recalled by the imperial government not resigning and declines to discuss reasons. Accompanied by aide Colonel Corbett who cites salary as a factor in the recall.
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New York
Henry Co Ide
Philippines
Charles A. Conant
Conant
Philippine Commission
Turkey
Egypt
Taft
Ide
Montreal
Lord Hopetoun
Geeral
Commonwealth of Australia
Teutonic
Corbett
Feast Reenacts Cheyenne Arapaho Retreat on Council Grounds
In Guthrie Oklahoma on June 17 40 Cheyenne and Arapaho Indians reenacted the retreat of General Custer and his troops. The annual feast featured the war and crow dances as part of the ceremonial observance on their council grounds in western Oklahoma.
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Guthrie
Okla
Custer
Oklahoma
Mutiny on Interinsular Steamer Mis Hermanos at Port Virac
The native crew mutinied aboard the Mis Hermanos at Port Virac in the island of Catanduanes last Thursday and murdered the vessel’s chief engineer.
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Manila
Port Virac
Island of Catanduanes
German Professor Sees Central Europe Unite for Common Tariff
Baron August von Waltershausen of Strasburg University writes for Zeitschrift fur Social Wissenschaft arguing Central European states will form a common tariff barrier against US and British rivalry. He forecasts a political union of Germany Austria Switzerland Belgium and Holland and cites US loan refunds from 7 percent to 2 percent as evidence of recoverable strength.
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Berlin
Baron August Sartorious von Waltershausen
Strasburg University
Zeitechrift Fur Social Wissenschaft
United States
Central Europe
Great Britain
Baron von Waltershausen
Germany
Austria
Switzerland
Belgium
Holland
Russia
Europe
Wife Dead Husband Dying In Iowa House Destruction
The composed body of Mrs. Jessie Tuman was found tonight 100 yards from her home near Muscatine Iowa. Her husband was discovered unconscious and mortally wounded on the floor amid a violent struggle. Missing money and the absence of Dan Williams, who recently lived with the Tumans, suggest a possible motive and he is said to have come from Texas. The axe near Mrs. Tuman indicates she was killed while fleeing.
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Muscatine
Iowa
Jessie Tuman
Dan Williams
Tumans
Williams
Texas
Roosevelt and family attend Christ Episcopal Church
Oyster Bay August 17 President Roosevelt and family attend Christ Episcopal church. Dr P M Rixey surgeon general of the navy and Mrs Rixey spend the day at Sagamore Hill and will return to Washington tomorrow. Dr Rixey said Mrs McKinley’s health is very satisfactory after recent communications
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Oyster Bay
Y. Y
Roosevelt
Christ Episcopal Church
P. M. Rixey
United States Navy
Rixey
Sagamore Hill
Washington
McKinley
Strikers Begin Hack Line After Railway Strike
Lafayette Ind Aug 17 The Amalgamated Order of Street Railway Employees ordered a strike on the Lafayette street railway and the Central Labor union declared a boycott. Union men quit over non reinstatement of discharged workers and lack of talks with union committees. The union started a line of hacks.
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Lafayette
Ind
Lafayette Street Railway
Central Labor Union
Ice coffin mystery: Morris burial corpse replaced by cake
A grave near Orlando Oklahoma opened for Morris from Madison Kansas found empty. A man called Cox claimed Morris was killed in a runaway. The coffin held a two pound cake of ice. Morris and the accompanying man are missing. Insurance inquiries and telegrams from Morris’s wife followed.
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Morris
Madison
Cox
Orlando
Man Arrested in Chandler for Gun Play
Chandler Oklahoma August 17 A man naming himself John Cox was arrested for making a gun play and held for investigation at Guthrie authorities request.
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Chandler, Okla
John Cox
Guthrie
Tariff Treaty Negotiated With China Signed
Washington reports Treasury expert T.8 Sharretts announced the tariff treaty between the United States and China was signed on the 15th inst and he will sail home on the first steamer. The notice arrives from the state department citing prior announcements.
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Washington
State Department
T. 8. Sharretts
Treasury
United States
China
Mitchell predicts victory in miners strike at Indiana visit
Indianapolis August 17 John Mitchell president United Mine Workers of America arrives en route to Spring Valley Illinois to meet with miners. George W Purcell Indiana executive board member joins Mitchell and Wilson in a conference. Mitchell says strike aims to win and operators control end date. He notes financial support steady and eastern soft coal shipments resume while anthracite remains exhausted.
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Indianapolis
John Mitchell
United Mine Workers of America
Spring Valley
Lil
Mitchell
Chicago
Illinnois
George W. Purcell
National Executive Board
Indiana
West Virginia
Wilson
Purcell
Mr. Mitchell
Avery
Duty Emphasized Amid Anthracite Strike Tour
Grand Master Fitzpatrick urged union members in the coal region to stand firm if non union mines ship coal. James Nelligan of the Brotherhood of Railway Telegraphers said his talks at strike HQ were not about the miners strike. Madeby colliery of the Lehigh Coal Company may reopen tomorrow with guards and electric lights to improve security.
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Wilkesbarre
Fitzpatrick
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
James Nelligan
The
Brotherhood of Railway Telegraphers
Madeby
Lehigh Coal Company
J. J. Curran
Moro Situation Critical in Mindanao as U S Troops Sought
Manila reports the Moro situation in Mindanao is critical with American troops expected to attack Bacalod after a massacre at Camp Vickars Mindanao where two 27th Infantry men were killed and one wounded. General Chaffee urged decisive action to preserve Moro support and prevent loss of influence over local allies.
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Manila
Mindanao
Bacalod
2Ith
Camp Vickars
Pershing
11Th Cavalry
Lake Lano
Chaffee
Zamboanga
Honors to General Meyer funeral in Brussels
Boer generals Dewet Delarey and Botha are expected in Brussels next Tuesday for General Lucas Meyer's funeral. Crowds viewed the embalmed body today as the remains are to be sent to South Africa. Wreaths include gifts from Kruger and Joseph Chamberlain, the latter made of orchids.
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Brussels
Dewet
Delarey
Botha
Lucas Meyer
General Meyer
South Africa
Kruger
Joseph H. Chamberlain
Chamberlain
Boers Meet King Edward and Queen in Royal Visit
South African Boer leaders Botha Dewet and Delarey arrived in London and traveled to Cowes to see King Edward aboard the royal yacht Victoria and Albert. They met Queen Alexandra and Princess Victoria, praised for their conduct, while reporters faced access limits.
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London
Botha
Dewet
Delarey
South Africa
Cowes
Isle of Wight
King Edward
Victoria and Albert
Southampton
Wildfire
Earl Roberta
Lord Kitchener
Earl Roberts
Kitchener
Waterloo
Associated Press
Edward
Queen Alexandra
Victoria
Collea
General Botha
Chamberlain
King Edwards
Nigeria
Mob hanged two outlaws to force gang details in Oklahoma
In Cordell Oklahoma a mob of several hundred dragged Leo Reed and Bud Wingo from the county jail and strung them up to trees to extract the whereabouts of Casey Cravens gang leaders. Reed was strangled and later recovered with difficulty as the mob dispersed seeking further information.
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Cordell
Okla
Leo Reed
Bud Wingo
Casey-Cravens
Reed
Casey and Cravens
Oklahoma
Better Oil Strike Near Evanston Wyoming
An Evanston Wyoming report says the Section 12 strike is far stronger than first thought. Finest quality petroleum flows steadily and experts predict about a hundred barrels daily. Tanks fill, rush orders go to the railroad, and a four mile pipeline to Leroy will ship output. The oil at Leroy is valued per barrel on board cars.
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Evanston
Wyo
Section 12
Leroy
Kiowa Sub-chief Killed in Faction Clash at Pree Basin
In Anadarko Oklahoma on August 17 a fight among Kiowa and Diane people near here resulted in the death of a Kiowa sub-chief by a faction led by his mother-in-law.
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Anadarko
Okia
Here
Pree Basin
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