Appalling Utah mine disaster leaves many dead
Salt Lake special reports a Pleasant Valley Coal Co No 4 explosion at Scofield Utah at 10 20 am caused 200 plus deaths with 137 bodies recovered by noon. Rescue continues as workers wash, identify, and prepare victims in company boarding houses while officials coordinate aid and coroner inquest.
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Pleasant Valley Coal Company
Scofield
Utah
Salt Lake
Tribune
Salt Lake City
John Hunter, Sr
Thomas Padfield
Henry Wilson
Charles Edwards
Bernard Dougal
Andrew Hunter
Thomas Williams
James Gatherman
William Gatherman
John Barnes
John Price
Alex. Wilson
George Coulthard
Thomas Livesay
Sandy Wilson
John Wilson
John Kirton
William Boweter
John Beddoe
Thomas Sellers
William Livesay
Mine disaster toll from Scofield coal camp
A Scofield Utah dispatch reports 85 dead bodies removed from No 4 mine at Winter Quarters camp with 250 workers in Nos 1 and 4 mines. The balance of miners are dead according to the special to the Tribune.
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Salt Lake, Utah
the Tribune
Scofield
Utah
Coal Company
Winter Quarters Camp
History of the Scofield Mine and Fire Damp Davy Lamp
The Scofield coal mine in Utah near Pleasant Valley Junction is an old Mormon mine tied to the Rio Grande Western line. It employed about 400 miners and supplied coal to Colorado during the 1880s strikes. Fire damp gas and explosions have long plagued mines, prompting Sir Humphrey Davy in 1815 to develop the safety lamp that cools flame with wire gauze to prevent ignition of surrounding gas.
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Scofield
Utah
Harry Goodwin
Good- Win
Pleasant Valley Junction
Rio Grande Western
Salt Lake
Colorado
Pleasant Valley Mining Company
Rio Grande Western Railway
Ight
Humphrey Davy
Newcastle
London
Davy
Royal Society
Explosion ties No 4 and No 1 workers in disaster
A blast linked No 4 to No 1, trapping men in No 1 who were choked, while those in No 4 suffered burns and severe scars in the incident.
Prominent Turkish Governor Ismael Kemal Bey Disappears
In Constantinople Ismael Kemal Bey, newly named wali of Tripoli, vanished after sailing with German colonel von Ruedgisch aboard the Fuad. The pair disembarked, Kemal Bey remains missing with plans reportedly to flee abroad with his three sons, signaling turmoil at the Yildiz kiosk and echoing a prior disappearance.
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Constantinople
Porte
Ismael Kemal Bey
Great Britain
Wali
Tripoli
von Ruedgisch
Fuad
Vali
Yildiz
Ismael
Mahoud Pasha
Turkey
First State Democratic Convention in Michigan Adopts Platform
The Port Huron gathering elected delegates from 77 counties to the national convention and adopted a party platform opposing McKinley era policies in Puerto Rico and territories, urging trust curtailment, gold and silver standard, home rule, direct election of senators, and Bryan for president. Delegates at large were Daniel Campau, Thomas E F Barkworth, Wellington Burt, Rush Culver.
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Port Huron
Mich
Michigan
Daniel Campau
Detroit
Thomas EF. Barkworth
Jackson
Wellington R. Burt
Saginaw
Rush Culver
Marquette
Friends of Good Government
Chicago
Congress
McKinley
Porto Rico
Spain
United States
South Africa
W. J. Bryan
Charles A. Towne
Income and Outgo in April Show Surplus for the Month
The April statement reports receipts of 45,039,326 and expenditures of 40,903,927, yielding a surplus of 4,136,000. Revenue sources rose with Customs up 1,120,000 Internal revenue up 1,400,000 and miscellaneous up 900,000. Ten month totals reach 472,387,067, up 48,300,000 from last year while war and navy disbursements declined.
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Washington
Customs
War Department
Navy
Dewey Triumph Parade Through Chicago Streets
Dewey leads a triumphant procession through Chicago as crowds cheer and flags wave. Politicians and supporters march with the candidate amid honks and banners celebrating a decisive victory in the election sweep.
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Dewey
Chicago
Dewey Celebrated in Chicago with Vast Parade and Jubilation
Admiral Dewey was hailed by around 600000 spectators in Chicago on the Manila Bay anniversary. He bowed to cheers from streets and windows as 300 white clad women formed Dewey letters at the Art Institute. The parade covered eight divisions, then a Union League luncheon, visits with Mrs Dewey, and a reception for the Deweys before a naval review.
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Chicago
America
Dewey
Manila Bay
Art Institute
Michigan Avenue
Admiral Dewey
Union League
University Club
Post Office
Jackson Boulevard
United States Army
Harrison
Charles A. Plamondon
Union League Club
James F. Wade
U.S. A
General Executive and Women's
Smith Renominated by Fifth District GOP
Grand Rapids May 1 Congress man William Allen Smith was unanimously renominated by the Fifth district republican congressional convention. The resolutions approve all legislation by congress concerning insular possessions.
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Grand Rapids, Mich
William Allen Smith
Congress
Bryan Heads to Columbus From Detroit for Mohawk Club Banquet
Hon. William J. Bryan arrived in Detroit from Port Huron and left for Columbus where he speaks tonight. He will return to Detroit tomorrow and address the Mohawk Club banquet tomorrow night.
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Detroit
William J. Bryan
Port Huron
Columbus
Mohawk Club
Fire nearly destroys Steubenville wallpaper plant
Fire at the Wall Paper Factory Barnes in Steubenville Ohio about midnight nearly destroyed the Steubenville Wall Paper company plant and half a million rolls of wallpaper. Loss reported at 50 000 dollars fully insured.
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Wall Paper
Barnes
Steubenville
Ohio
Steubenville Wall Paper Company
Wall
Helenna's Wall Players
Special Dispatch to the Standard Helena May 1 Bill Bettley one of Hel enas crack pitchers arrived today from
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The
Standard
Helena
Bill Bettley
Syracuse Club Needing Manager For Helena Series
Syracuse prepared to play Helena this season. Jim Hart wired from St. Paul that he cannot start due to sickness. Settley named two good players to engage, and if all expected arrive the club will be complete except for a manager.
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Syracuse
N. Y
Helena
Jim Hart
St. Paul
Settley
Inauguration of Charles H. Allen as Porto Rico Governor
Charles H. Allen was inaugurated as American civil governor of Porto Rico amid a sunny day crowd of about 5 000. Troops from the fleet and Porto Rican regiment attended the plaza review while city bands played both island and US airs. Public enthusiasm appeared orderly with no loud cheers as Allen took office at the executive mansion and took the oath before the chief justice.
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San Juan de Porto Rico
Charles H. Allen
Porto Rico
Lth Infantry
Sth Cavalry
Porto Rican
Island
United States
Executive
Pricipal Paras
Diario
Julio Henna
New York
Federal Party
Hawaii
Henna
Miles
Allen
Davis
Executive Mansion
Farhquar
Supreme Court
Army
Navy
Forest fires devastate towns across Wisconsin and Michigan
Northern Michigan and Wisconsin battles wildfires now destroying Ames and Arnold towns. A passenger train is missing amid downed wires and burning lines along the Wisconsin & Michigan and Soo roads. Stevens of Perrigo & Sons and Lindsley company yards burned. total loss exceeds $100000 with extensive timber damage.
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Marinette
Wis
Michigan
Wisconsin
Ames
St. Paul
Ellis Junction
Fisher
Mich
Soo Road
Minneapolis
East Tawas
Menominee
Wisconsin & Michigan Railroad
Iron Mountain
Niagara
Arnold
Big Cedar
Perrigo & Sons
H. Worcester & Co
Lindsley Company
Swanson
Carbondale
Change of Venue Granted in Goe bel Case in Frankfort
In Frankfort on May 1 Judge Cantrill granted a venue change petition for five defendants charged with complicity in the Gobel assassination after testimony from about four witnesses and brief counsel arguments. Defendants include Caleb Powers Secretary of State and Captain John W. Davis with others named Hart Whittaker Youtz and Richard Combs. Judge Cantrill will decide tomorrow which county will hear the trials.
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Frankfort
Cantrill
Goebel
Publican Secretary of
Caleb Powers
John W. Davis
Henry BE. Youtz
Hart and Whittaker
Richard Combs
Wallace Man Charged With Scab Term Incitement Cleared
Wallace Idaho May L F Murphy was arrested last Thursday on a charge of intimidation and inciting trouble by applying the term scab to miners and was discharged from custody today.
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Wallace
Idaho
L—F. D. Murphy
Great Falls Strike Bites Montana Central Trains
Great Falls sees a Montana Central walkout as train crews refuse to operate under the new hour-based wage schedule. Up to 1,500 workers may lose jobs if ore supplies run dry at the KB M smelter by Saturday evening while passenger service largely continues.
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Great Falls
Montana Central
Great Northern
Here
Havre
Buttle
Clancy
Butte
Belt
Stockett and
Sand Coulee
Neihart
Ross
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Order of
Glasgow
Associated Press
Montana Central Division
Burns
Helena
Strikers Grow as Buffalo Train Shops See Wider Walkout
About 700 more car repairers joined the Buffalo strike as 550 Lackawanna and 150 Nickel Plate shopmen walk out to demand repairs for crippled New York Central cars. The ultimatum lingers while Superintendent Wait may confer with strikers' leaders.
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Buffalo
New York Central Railway
New York Central
New York
Lackawanna
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
New England Adopts Eight-Hour Day Amid Strikes
Boston May 1 eight hour day established across most New England districts where journeymen in building trades organized. Granite cutters led demands with widespread adoption, Barre Vermont granite polishers struck, Providence Pawtucket and Boston saw painter and carpenter actions. Overall May Day ends with encouragement and success for labor leaders.
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Boston
New England
Barre
Providence
Pawtucket
Gompers Defies Injunction With Strike Support Letter
Samuel Gompers president of the American Federation of Labor urges Cigarmakers union members to ignore a supreme court injunction prohibiting benefit payments to strike employees at Levy & Co. He mails a $5 check to fund picketing and states he will be in New York on May 7.
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New York
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Justic Freedman
Supreme Court
Cigarmakers’ International Union
Levy & Co
Morris Brown
Cigarmakers’ Union No
Gompers
Washington
Boat One Hundred and Tenth Street
New York City
Woodworkers Union Votes Strike in Twin Cities
About one hundred members of the woodworkers union vote to strike starting tomorrow affecting sash and door and showcase factories in Minneapolis and St Paul. Manufacturers refuse to discharge their non-union workers.
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Minnapolis
Twin Cities
Omaha Strikes Hit City Over Eight-Hour Demand
Omaha workers walked out on May 1 demanding eight hours a day and a raise from 35 to 40 cents per hour. They also called for exclusive use of the union label on planing mill material.
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Omaha
Plumbers Strike In St Paul For Shorter Hours And Higher Wages
All union plumbers in St Paul walked out today to demand shorter work hours and higher wages, signaling a citywide labor action.
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St. Paul
Builders Strike Strikes Across Philadelphia In May
Secretary Allen of the allied building trades council says workers from all trades stopped work to press demands. About 3,000 laborers reportedly quit.
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Philadelphia
Allen
Allied
Bulldd Trades’ Council
Building Trades
Kansas City Strike Demands Raise Wage Push
In Kansas City on May 1 about 1,000 workers walked off the job as strikes pressed for higher wages amid a broader dispute between labor and employers.
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Kansas City
Contra
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