Calumet Buries Victims of Fire Ends Funeral Procession
Calumet Michigan on December 2 marks the end of a four hour funeral procession for fifty nine dead from the Christmas Eve disaster at Italian Hall. Delegations from Neekaunee Ishpeming and copper country miners attend as coffins carried by mourners pass through streets toward a lakeside cemetery near Lake Superior. Eight women pallbearers and later a chorus of English miners sing hymns as many bodies lie in common graves on federation land awaiting coroner inquest into the panic caused by a false shout of fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calumet
Mich
Federation of Miners
Lake Superior
Nekaunee
Ishpeming
Women's Auxiliary
Western Federation
Steikers
Nina
Meath
Cornwall
Jesus
Union
Federation
Eugene A. McNally
George Strezich
St. Louis
Frank Altenen
Negaunee
McNally
Butte News and Tidbits From Today’s Standard Page
A compact digest notes tragedies in Cal and nearby areas with buried child victims, strikers clashing with guards, and telegraphers locked out by Frisco. It covers sports talk on Billy Evans and Matty’s League Gossip, state classifieds, Anaconda briefs, and post Christmas services in Butte churches. General hospital plans receive endorsement as Butte engineers approve refusals amid red and yellow confidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Friscoline
Sporting
Billy” Evans
Matty
Anaconda News
S-Anaconda News
Tii
San Francisco
Butte
Ehurch
Delaware
General ‘Hospital
Appeal to Congress by Chicago labor leaders over Copper Country crisis
Chicago Federation of Labor calls on Congress to probe Copper Country Michigan mine conditions after Christmas Eve violence. The resolution accuses mine owners and their agents of instigating disorder, blames gunmen for assaults on Charles Moyer and Charles Tanner, and demands protection for striking miners and organizers amid a planned Western Federation effort to intensify the copper strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Congress
Michigan
Chicago Federation of Labor
Houghton County
Charles, H. Moyer
Western Fection of
Hancock
Western Federation
Yanco Teraich
Det
Shaw
Amgassiz
Ndainery
Cronereae
Charles H. Moyer
Charles H. Tanner
Western Federation of
Miers
Moyer
Tanner
Houghtin
Citi
Telegraphers Threaten Lockout Forces Frisco Telephones
Springfield Mo December 28 The St Louis and San Francisco railroad moves to avert a strike by turning 12 000 miles of telegraph lines into a telephone system replacing 1100 telegraphers with operators tomorrow. The company removes instruments, guards lines and arranges marshal protection to prevent strike breaking while conference with telegraphers may be canceled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
St Louis & San Francisco Railroad
Frisco
B. G. Levy
United States Marshal
MISS BRANCE LEAVES JAIL FOR WEST VISIT
Adela Al Brance, once linked to the case of Melvin D Couch, left Monticello jail after a voluntary imprisonment. Friends escorted her to Fallsburgh private house before she boards a train for the West to visit an aunt for rest and recuperation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Nev
Adela AL Brance
Melvin D. Couch
Miss Brance
Fallsburgh
Strikers Attack Guards on Railroad Bridge
In Trinidad Colorado on December 28 a man and likely another were wounded or killed as strikers attacked guards on an Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe bridge linking Radiant and Rockvale mines. Ernest W. Farmer died from a bullet wound. G W Libby fell from the bridge and suffered serious injuries. Guards had halted the attackers who fired upon them with a coal oil can found on the bridge. The strike district mines have used non union miners since last September. Governor Ammons ordered a full civil and military inquiry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trinidad
Col
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Radiant
Rockvale
Ernest W. Farmer
G. W. Libby
Belge
Farmer
Libby
Ammons
Lodgers Escape in Park Street Fire
Fire at the Town cafe basement in 67 Park Street began early morning. Lodgers in the Ivanhoe lodging house above escaped via ladders as smoke filled stairways. two people overcome by smoke. Fire spread through five basements, with children rescued from a third floor window and property damage expected to be large.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fast Park Street
Ivanhoe Lodging House
Towa
No Fear of Death as Father Visits Condemned Bandit
Ralph Faris, the young train bandit sentenced to die at San Quentin, regained nerve then collapsed when his father James Faris, a Bakersfield railroad worker, fainted upon seeing him. The father later spoke with guards, seeking to avert the death penalty for Montague murder during the Sunset Express hold up at El Monte. San Francisco police note Faris, using aliases, has long pedigreed robberies since age 17, with a parole granted in 1910 and discharge on February 1, 191.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Ralph Fariss
San Quentin
James Faris
Bakersfield
Cal
Farias
Horace E. Montague
Southern Pacific Railway
el Monte
Farist
Gr. A. J. Wallace
Sa Crescenta
Mr. Wallace
San Francisco
Ralph Faris
Reformatory
Tasman Runs Aground With Americans Aboard In Papuan Gulf
A wireless dispatch reports the Tasman ashore on Bram Day, Gulf of Papua, near Brisbane. The steamer carries many Americans including former Colorado Governor Alva Adams and Thomas G. Stailsmith, commissioners of the Panama-Pacific Exposition. Ships have been dispatched to assist. condition described as dangerous but all aboard reportedly safe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brisbane
Australia
Bram Day
Gulf of Papua
Thursday Island
Tasman
Alva Adams
Colorado
Thomas G. Stailsmith
The
Pal
No Aid Expected From American Bluejackets at Tampico
Vera Cruz Dec 28 Warnings have been issued to Americans in Tampico and surrounding districts that if engaged in battle with rebels or federals they should expect no assistance from Marines or bluejackets who will be kept off the coast There are several hundred Americans at oil camps near Tampico though it is not generally believed they will be attacked as both federals and rebels avoid contact with Americans
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Moyer
Federation
Arizona
Montana
Calumet
Sxe
Soyer
Charles
ME Tanner
Western Federation
Win
Moyer
Hancock
Citizen's Alliance
cHait
Tanner
Vera Crus
Tampico
Ainco
Butte Miners Protest Michigan Assault and Deportations
At a large meeting of the Butte Miners Union No 1 Western Federation of Miners, members condemned the attack on President Charles H Moyer by Citizens Alliance of Michigan and urged action by Congress and the president. They pledged $2000 to aid victims' families, called for a congressional investigation, and heard speakers including J C Lowney and Adam Wilkinson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte Miners’ Union
Western Federation of Miners
Miners’ Union Hall
Charles H. Moyer
Citizens’ Alliance of Michigan
Wilson
Michigan
Butte Union
Walsh
Meyers
Stout
Evang
Stirring Aadress
Lowney
M. A. Donaghue
Montana Federation of Labor
Oscar Partelow
Henry Drennan
United Mine Workers of District
Adam Wilkinson
Bil
Riley
Miners” Union
J.C. Lowney
Mr. Lowney
Meyers Walsh
Stout and
Evans
Jo Eagan
W. H. Smith
Pat 0
Mayer
Calumet
United State Workers of
Montana
Butte
Charles Moyer
OUF
Butte Miners Seek Federal Probe Over Michigan Copper Strike
A mass meeting of the Butte Miners union denounces the Citizens' Alliance and calls for immediate federal investigation into the strike conditions in Michigan's copper country. The resolution condemns deportations and attacks on union leaders, pledges support, and includes a $2,000 relief gift to Calumet bereaved families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan
Citizens’ Alliance
Butte Miners’ Union
United States
Ura
United States Senate
House of Representatives
Calumet Dis
Reas
Also Mentioned on This Page
F-Butte
Brothers
Him
Emmet T. Flood
Nationa Aganizer
American Federationf Labor
Melvin H. Couch
Allen B. Parker
Adelaide M. Brance
West
Park Street
Young Train
Father
Cline ‘Alliance
Sring
Alliance
Western Federation of Sliners
Painesville
Bio
Sheri
Miners' Union
Waddell
Anaconda
Fans’ Alliance
Citzens
Calumet & Heela
Citizens' Alliance
Frst
Citizens Alliance
Talian Hall
Wilkinsot
United Mme
Indianapolis
M. M. Donaghue
Labor
Montana State Federation of
Committee On Resolutions
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!