Labor Leaders Sentenced in DC Contempt Case
Samuel Gompers Frank Morrison and John Mitchell leaders of the American Federation of Labor were sentenced to one year nine months six months respectively for contempt of court in the Buck and Range boycott case. The three vow to appeal to the Supreme Court after a lengthy District of Columbia ruling.
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Federation of Labor
Washington
Supreme Court of the District of Columbia
Buck's
Samuel Gompers
Frank Morrison
John Mitchell
American Federation of Labor
Supreme Court of the United States
Daniel Thew Wright
Supreme Court
Gompers
Morrison
Mitchell
Wright
Niagara Dead Toll Rises After Eagle Park Disaster
Niagara Falls Buffalo reports that a dock collapse at Eagle Park island sent 100 people into the Niagara river. By nightfall seventeen bodies had been recovered and identified, with eleven others missing among those known to be at the park. Identified victims include Mrs Arthur Mayer Mrs John Hayes Mrs Lillie Kellogg Celia Kelly nine years old and several other named passengers.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Eagle Park
Island
Niagara River
Park
Arthur Mayer
John Hayes
Lillie Kellogg
Celia Kelly
Riot Injures Six In Dobbs Ferry National Conduit Strike
Six people were hurt in Hastings on the Hudson after a mob attacked workers returning to the National Conduit and Cable plant at Dobbs Ferry. One man was dying and five others, including a woman, were seriously injured as strikes and wage disputes escalated.
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Hastings
Hudson
N. Y
Dobbs Ferry
National Conduit and Cable Company
Cool Bandit Robs Train Near Port Bolivar
A bandit boarded the mail car of the International and Great Northern train near Port Bolivar in Texas. He forced three clerks at gunpoint, selected a main pouch from several, kicked it from the car, and leaped off as the train sped on. What was in the pouch remains unknown.
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Longview
Tex
International & Great Northern Railroad
Port Bolivar
Mob Threats A Bank In New York On June 26
A mob of several thousand foreigners threatened bankers on the East Side of New York until reserve police intervened to close the private bank of Auerbach and Goldberg. In Columbus Ohio on June 26 John D Rockefeller reduced his car fleet from five to four after a government order dissolved the Standard Oil Company.
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New York
Bank of
Auerbach & Goldberg
John D
Columbus
John D. Rockefeller
Standard of! Company
Taft Wins First Ballot at Republican National Convention
Taft and Sherman were nominated as the Republican ticket in Chicago on the first ballot Taft with 561 of 1078 votes Roosevelt received 107 votes while 344 delegates refused to vote La Follette earned 41 votes Cummins not presented but received 17 votes The convention adjourned with disorder and controversy surrounding Roosevelt’s stance and the party leadership.
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Taft and
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Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt
James Schoolcraft Sherman
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Porto Rico
Charles E. Hughes
Senator la Follette
Cummins
la Follette
Henry J. Allen
Platform Committee
Committee On
Illinois
Taft
Republican Committee
Hadley
Roosevelt Delegates Clash in Turbulent Republican Convention
The Chicago gathering featured fierce disputes over contested delegates and party allegiance as Roosevelt supporters protested, Taft forces gained a key victory with Elihu Root as temporary chair, and Hadley drew strong ovations amid a day of disorder and dramatic roll calls.
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Elihu Root
New York
Taft
Roosevelt
Francis E. McGovern
Wisconsin
Root
McGovern
President Taft
Republican Party
Platform of the Republican Party Endorses Reforms and Protections
The platform reaffirms party principles and calls for an independent judiciary and continued constructive legislation. It supports public health laws, workers compensation, streamlined court procedures, and removal of derelict judges. It opposes special privilege and monopolies, backs anti trust changes, and favors a federal trade commission. It supports tariffs, caps some duties, bans corporate campaign contributions, endorses conservation and parcels post, and urges a strong navy, river and harbor improvements, and Mississippi river aid under McKinley Roosevelt and Taft.
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Federal Trade Commission
McKinley
Roosevelt
Taft
Roosevelt Acceptance Forges New Party in Chicago
In Orchestra Hall a new party forms with Colonel Theodore Roosevelt as its candidate for president. The event drew thousands while delegates from twenty one states prepare ahead of August organization. Roosevelt urges a fresh mandate from the people before entering the race.
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Chicago
Taft
Orchestra Hall
Theodore Roosevelt
Union
Roosevelt
Foster Fathers
New Party
National Committee
Committee On
Johnson
California
Moses E. Clapp
Minnesota
W. A. Prendergast
New York
Pennsylvania
Honest Chauffeur Returns Lost Satchel of Riches
A Paris taxi driver finds a satchel aboard a Gare de West ride containing over 20 000 in banknotes a 10000 diamond necklace and a 3000 pendant among other items. He hands it to police and the owner later rewards the cabman with 200 after reclaiming his valuables.
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Gare de West
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Hughes
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Clarence D. Clark
Credentials Committee
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Col. Roosevelt
George Buea
Post
Postam Cereal Company, Ltd
Batfle Creek, Mich
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