Witnesses Describe Terror in Anthracite Strike
Philadelphia January 7 witnesses testified to a reign of terror in the anthracite region during the coal strike with dynamite damage, beatings, stoning and boycotts. The testimony featured a Hazleton clerk married Sept 16 who faced mobs at his wedding and a Mahanoy City ladder boss fearing for his family and mother’s death.
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Thomas Washevski
Hazleton
Pardee & Co
Washaiski
Seabs
Paustor
Seab
Charlies Carl
Mahanoy City
Tunnel Ridge
Reading Company
Tragic Monongahela crash leaves seven dead on Pittsburgh line
A passenger train struck the rear of a freight at Cochranes station near Duquesne. Seven men were killed and one dying, with five more injured as the tender crushed the baggage and smoking car. Conductor Cook and Baggagemaster Stroud among the severely burned survivors.
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Pittsburg
Pennsylvania Railroad
Cochrane Station
Duquesne
J. D. Stroud
C . Bohner
Accommo
Mike Grentill
West Elizabeth
Cochrane
Patrick Quinn
Quinn
Cook
Stroud
Shootout at Keystone Mine Amid Wage Strike
In Keystone Nevada 12 miners attacked J A Traylor the mine manager. He broke free and fired killing James Staggs Sam Johnson and J Smith and wounding three others. The strike stemmed from a wage cut ordered by Traylor. Keystone lies 75 miles from rail access and further details remain scarce.
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Salt Lake
Tribune
Eureka
Nev
J. A. Traylor
New York & Nevada Copper Company
White Pine County
Keystone
Miners’ Union
Traylor
James Staggs
Sam Johnson
J. Smith
Denver
Nevada
Durango
Mexico
Carrie Nation Opens Retreat for Wives of Drunkards
Kansas City Kansas receives a large residence bought by Mrs. Carrie Nation to house the wives of drunkards. The $7,500 purchase will be improved and turned over within three months with funds raised on Nation's recent eastern trip.
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Kansas City
Kan
Boy 17 is hanged for Arsenic Murder of Two Boys
Paul Woodward, 17, was executed at Camden jail for the October 1 killings of John Coffin 11 and Price Jennings 14. Arsenic poisoning traced to Woodward's purchase days earlier. prosecutors say robbery motive, insanity appeal denied. Bodies found near Hadden Heights after disappearance.
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Camden
N. J
Paul Woodward
Woodward
John Coffin
Price Jennings
Hadden Heights
Young Coffin
Garrison
Pardoning Board
Slow start marks Montana legislature session in Helena
Helena reports a cautious opening to the eighth legislative assembly. Bills duplicate across houses and a boundary realignment proposal shifts French Gulch from Silver Bow to Deer Lodge. Committees await appointment as Speaker White and a senate select panel work through the early session.
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Standard
Helena
Eighth Legislative Assembly
House
Select Committee
Senate
White
Cullen
Deaf and Dumb Asylum
Stapleton
Silver Bow
Allen
Deer Lodge
French Gulch
Remodel of Anaconda Montana Hotel Under Way
Remodeling and refurnishing of the Montana Anaconda’s leading hotel will begin within days with at least 25000 dollars to be spent. Work aims to keep the business open with a European plan and new cafe, elevator, and redesigned entrances enhancing service and appeal.
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Anaconda
Montana
Northwest
J. S. Marshall
Scallon
Dudley
Anaconda Company
Park Avenue
Main Street
Former Postmaster Goes to State Prison
Charles Meighan former postmaster at Ogden was convicted of embezzling government funds and began serving a year and a day in the state penitentiary after withdrawing his appeal petition. Federal Judge Marshall granted the request. Meighan stated he wishes to have it over with and believes the truth will emerge.
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Salt Lake
Charles Meighan
Ogden
Marshall
Meighan
Explosion rocks Hobart after fire and blast in hardware store
A disastrous fire in Hobart Guthrie Oklahoma started in a hardware store where dynamite was kept. A terrific explosion followed the blaze with total damage expected to exceed 50000 dollars and the shock felt thirty miles away like an earthquake.
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Guthrie
Okla
Hobart
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Haoough
Dation
John Stewart
John Pollock
Wilson Station
T. D. Cook
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Origs
Sam Sullaniskey
Peter Kimoski
John Smith
Mike Chonnie
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Capitol
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Butte
Senkins
Rosebud County
Rosebud
Pan Tewey
the Capitol
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Hang
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Sinty Das
Tntil
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