Miners in Butte Meet Over Trustees Power and Stock Purchase
A special Butte Miners Union meeting is called for 2 PM to decide whether trustees must follow union mandates or act independently with 50 000 of idle funds. Debate centers on buying Amalgamated Copper stock while opponents claim trustees and president seek their own interests.
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Butte Miners’ Union
Miners’ Union
Amalgamated Copper Company
Surlus
Ryan
Daly Trust & Security Company
Amalgamated
Amalgamated Company
Heinze
M. O. P. Company
Stole a March on Their Friends, Wed Nuptials Quietly
J L Haddican a diamond drill setter for Anaconda and Miss Lou Urbanus of New York Life were quietly married in Boulder. They will live with Mrs Clark at 606 West Park street. Haddican left New York Life. California Cafe hours updated to 7 am to 8 pm with KE Hill proprietor.
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J. L. Haddican
Anaconda Company
Lou Urbanus
New York Life Insurance Company
Hennessy
Boulder
Clark
West Park Street
Haddican
The
Wage settlement keeps rate fixed for 20000 workers
The wage rate remains at the new in force figures, despite workers expecting an increase. Twenty thousand men are affected by the settlement.
Unions Threaten Strike Over Non-Union Lumber at Pan-American
Buffalo May 11 unions and exposition officials face a fresh dispute as non union lumber used for a booth at the Pan American grounds prompts a stoppage order from Director General Buchanan. The Building Trades Council votes to pull every man from the manufacturers building if the lumber remains.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Manufacturers and Mineral Arts
Buchanan
Building Trades Council
Machinists threaten nationwide walkout over demands
A statement warns that if the machinists demands are not met, every union machinist in the United States, Canada and Mexico will walk out. The city strike followed a local firm firing four union men.
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United States
Canada
Mexico
United Traction Board Refuses Arbitration Orders Striking Workers Back
Albany May 11 The United Traction company board refused to arbitrate with striking employees and ordered them to report to work by 9 am Monday or face discharge.
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Albany
N. Y
United Traction Company
Linemen Strike Sparks Boston Sympathy in Lowell
Lowell Massachusetts May 11 The linemen employed by the New England Telephone and Telegraph Company in Lowell quit work today in sympathy with Boston linemen who are on strike, disrupting service and showing solidarity across the region.
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Lowell
Mass
New England Telephone and Telegraph Company
Boston
Russia’s Debt Rise Ties to Wealthy Foreign Financing
The passage notes a surge of foreign capital into Russia with many industrial ventures fused domestically. English securities will be recalled to fund Muscovite enterprises as Lombard Street readies higher discounts to defend the British gold reserve.
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Russia
Lombard Street
Sheep Herder Kills Miner Near Pearl in Idaho Case
L F Crake a miner was shot and killed yesterday by George Edin a sheep herder near Pearl Idaho Edin was arrested at Emmett 12 miles away Crake s dogs guarded the body and attacked searchers Edin says self defense pointing to a wound in his leg from Crake s rifle and empty shells found near the scene
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Boise
Idaho
L. F. Crake
George Edin
Pearl
Edin
Emmett
Crake
Jury Deadlock in Driscoll Blacklisting Suit
In Chicago on May 11 the jury in Michael Driscoll versus Pittsburg Fort Wayne and Chicago Railway Co failed to agree and was discharged. Driscoll, a switchman, sued for $50 000 damages claiming the railroad conspired to blacklist workers who joined the 1892 American Railway Union Strike and denied them employment without a favorable character reference.
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Chicago
Driscoll
Michael Driscoll
Pittsburg, Fort Wayne & Chicago Railway Co
American Railway Union
United States
Carpenters Return as Unfair Lumber Issue Settles
Workers at the Buffalo exposition grounds return to work after striking over lumber used in a booth for an exhibitor. The obstructing lumber has been removed and the director of works says the booth will be removed tomorrow morning. He confirms the strike is settled.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Exposition Grounds
Manufacturers’ and Liberal Arts
Carlton
Lovere to be B&O President under Pennsy control
The Evening Telegraph reports L. E. Lovere, fourth vice president and general manager of the Pennsylvania line west of Pittsburg, to be named president of the Baltimore & Ohio. J. C. Stewart would become general superintendent of the entire B and O lines, strengthening Pennsylvania Railroad influence.
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Philadelphia
Evening Telegraph
L. E. Lovere
Pennsylvania Company
Pennsylvania Line
Pittsburg
Baltimore & Ohio
J. C. Stewart
Midland and Northwest
Pennsylvania Railroad
Lovere
Noted Indian Chief Killed in Navajo Uprising Lead
A Republican dispatch reports Hostein Boetting Begay, famed Navajo leader of the 1899 uprising, shot and killed by his own tribesmen who had convicted him of attempting to incite further trouble with whites in Arizona.
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Phoenix
Ariz
The
Republican
Hostein Boetting Begay
Machinists Demand Higher Wages and Nine-Hour Day
Chicago May 11 Eight hundred union machinists voted to press the National Metal Manufacturers association for a 24 percent raise, effective May 20 when the nine hour workday law starts nationwide. About 3 500 workers in the Chicago area are affected, with arbitration compulsory to avert a strike.
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Chicago
Machinists’ Union
National Metal Manufacturers’ Association
Too Free and Easy in China Dispatch Sparks British Mockery
London reports amused reaction to a China dispatch claiming relief among European troops as American soldiers withdraw. The Daily News scorns the idea praising American looseness as a clash with European military etiquette and mocks the behavior of the American soldiers and their officers.
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London
China
Daily News
Europe
Atkins
Dumanet
Compromise Offered in Duke of Manchester Debt Talks
London May 11 Eugene Zimmerman son in law to the Duke of Manchester offers creditors ten shillings on the pound while a creditor faction presses for full settlement.
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London
Eugene Zimmerman
Duke of Manchester
State Department Belief on German Venezuela Aims
The department of state believes Germany does not intend to acquire any island off the Venezuelan coast nor a harbor or coaling station in that vicinity. The statement was furnished for publication in Washington on May 11.
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Washington
Department of State
Wholesale Executions Reported Across Macedonian Revolt
A Constantinople dispatch to the Abendblatt says revolutionaries in Macedonia were executed wholesale, including women. The counts: 24 at Manastir 4 at Penhai 18 at Aigating 18 at Seres and 29 at Uskub.
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Vienna
Abendblatt
Constantinople
Manastir
Penhai
Aigating
Seres
Uskub
Wage talks slate 60 day scale eyed by union and firm
In Pittsburg on May 11 the Amalgamated Association and Sheet Steel Workers wage committee examined the American Sheet Steel sales sheets to fix the wage rate for the next sixty days under the sliding scale. The session led to a decision in process.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg, Pa
American Sheet Steel Company
Schaefer
Amalgamated Association
Sheet Steel Workers
Strike by Kansas City machinists for nine hour day and higher pay
Between 400 and 500 union machinists and blacksmiths at engine and machine manufacturers in Kansas City walked out for a nine hour day and a 12 percent wage increase. The strikers insist the action is city wide, not local, with plans announced for action on May 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Edwin F. Uhl Relapses in Grand Rapids Death Watch
Grand Rapids reporters say former U.S. ambassador to Germany Edwin F. Uhl, once under President Cleveland, worsened this morning after a weeks long illness and doctors fear he will not survive the day.
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Grand Rapids, Mich
Edwin F. Uhl
United States
Germany
Cleveland
Amalgamated Street Railway Union Reelects Mahon President
In Buffalo the convention of the Amalgamated Association of Street Railway Employes adjourned after re electing W D Mahon of Detroit as president. The meeting concluded with Mahon chosen to lead the union for another term.
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W. D. Mahon
Buffalo
N. Y
Amalgamated Association of Street Railway
Detroit
Why It Was Done In London May 2 The Russian loan issue
The Sunday Special notes in its financial column that the Russian loan placed with Paris bankers was given for a clear reason. It says it was an open secret that the man was given because it could not be re-appealed.
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London
Paris
Order Restored as Strikers Return to Work
A Barcelona dispatch reports restored order in Paris with many strikers resuming work on old terms and all arrested individuals released from custody.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Barcelona
Treasury Buys Bonds In Short-Term Issue
Washington May 11 The secretary of the treasury today purchased 380000 short term 4 per cent bonds at 113.65 dollars each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treasury
Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Bank Closes Its Doors Canton May Day Closure
The Canton State Bank failed to open this morning signaling a bank closure. Officials faced questions as customers gathered outside the locked building in Canton.
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Bank
Canton
Canton State Bank
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