Striking Miners Begin March On Mine In Athens County
In the second day of the temporary restraining order hearing in Athens County Common Pleas Court, witnesses testified that union miners entered the Armbruster home and surrounding property on July 20 or later, forced residents to leave, and threw mining tools from the dwelling. Superintendent Fitzer and foreman Bryson described the incidents and noted lack of a formal designate list for pickets.
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Luhrig Collieries Company
Athens County Common Pleas Court
Frank Murphy
Ed. Michaels
Robert Swyers
John Wycoff
William Six
Roy Graham
Leonard Six
George Brewer
Joseph
Armbruster
Jos Y Chester
Chester Armbruster
Charles Fitzer
George Baron
Coal Cars Plunge 50 Feet in City Street Crash
Two Baltimore and Ohio steel coal cars jumped the track and dropped 50 feet from a stone viaduct into a business district street in St Clairsville. Damages are estimated at $20,000.
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Clairsville
Baltimore and Ohio
Death of Henry Bohl Union Building leader at 83
Columbus July 29 Henry Bohl 83 longtime president and chairman of the Union Building and Savings company died at his home today.
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Columbus
Henry Bohl
The
Union Building and Savings Company
Booklet on Movies Offered by The Athens Messenger
The Athens Messenger offers a reader booklet about movies titled The motion feature The world's... The catalog lists costs and a coupon for readers to obtain the booklet.
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THE
Athens Messenger
Motion Feture Indust of
Kim
Rumors of Link Between Dupont and U S Steel Rise
Rumors of an impending connection between Dupont interests and United States Steel gained strength today causing frenzied Stock Exchange trading. Dupont De Nemours and Company and U S Steel climbed to new high levels.
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Dupont
United States Steel
New York
U.P
Dupont Interests
Stock Exchange
E. I. Dupont Denemours and Company
U. S. Steel Corporation
Strike Breakers And Guards Import Near Ohio Mines
BELLAIRE July 29 U S importation of guards and strike breakers to reopen mines in the Pittsburgh coal seam of Ohio is set to begin early next week. Mines named include Rose Valley near Provident St Clairsville Florence near Martins Ferry and Webb near Shadyside. Two deputies per mine will patrol to keep idle miners away while guards carry no weapons though guns and ammunition are on site. Also 33 families face eviction at Johnson mine Dilles Bottom with 68 eviction suits filed in St Clairsville. miners' lawyers seek continuances as the mine union plans tents for evicted men if needed.
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Bellaire
U.2
Pittsburgh
Ohio
Rose Valley
Provident
St. Clairsville
Florence
Martins Ferry
Webb
Shadyside
Belmont County
George Thorpbug
Powhattan Mining Company
Johnson
Dilles Bottom
Justice of the Peace
Four in Cleveland Suicide Attempts In Hospital Today
Four Cleveland residents were hospitalized after attempts to end their lives. Authorities reported the incidents occurring in the city, with ongoing investigations into the motives and circumstances.
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Cleveland
Lindbergh reception tickets go on sale at airport
Ten thousand tickets for Col. Charles A. Lindbergh’s reception at the airport went on sale here today. The event is slated for Monday and is expected to draw large crowds.
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Mindy Cleveland
Col
Charles A. Lindbergh
Miami University Names New President Upham
Dr Alfred H Upham will return to Miami University as president February 1 succeeding Dr Raymond H Hughes Upham currently leads Idaho State University at Moscow Idaho chosen by Miami trustees from more than 50 educators nationwide for the post and is a Miami graduate of 1897 February 1 arrival is announced
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Alfred H. Upham
Miami University
Upham
Idaho. State University
Moscow
Idaho
Raymond H. Hughes
Vexatious Delays Give Way to Assurance of New Pomeroy
Bridge operations on the project are to begin by the end of next month. Officials promise quicker progress and a clearer schedule as work moves forward on the Pomeroy replacement bridge.
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Pomeroy
Plans Completed for River Bridge at Pomeroy
After months of delays and hopeful talk a bridge across the river at Pomeroy moves toward reality. D Curtin Reed of Dravo announces negotiations are settled and construction will start soon to put piers before high water and winter halts. Local boosters credit W A Compton and Athens cooperation for the breakthrough.
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D. Curtin Reed
Dravo
Kiwanis Lawn
Pomeroy Bend
Pittsburgh
Mason Depot
W. A. Compton
Athens
Thieves Loot Ed Kelley Car After Bridge Wreck
Four tires two car springs and one seat were stolen from Ed Kelley of Hollister from a wrecked car near Modoc. The theft occurred after an accident around 11 PM and Kelley found the car damaged and the thieves had beaten him the following morning. The tires were nearly new.
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Glouster
Ed Kelley
Hollister
Modoc
Officials Seek to Fix Blame in Chicago Disaster
Twenty six bodies recovered from Lake Michigan after the excursion tug Favorite sank. Fifteen of the dead were children, ten were women, and one man drowned as officials search the lake bottom for more victims and responsibility.
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Chicago
Divera
Lake Michigan
Surviving relative recalls Eastland disaster ordeal
In Chicago on July 29 four of seven Brendt relatives, sole survivor Mrs Gertrude Brendt aboard the Favorite, describes how the boat tipped and she and her daughter Lois, 5, were washed into the water. They were rescued. Brendt and her husband Edward survived while others including her mother, sister-in-law, and a small niece and nephew perished.
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Chicago
Juy
Gertrude Brendt
Lois
Southern railroads seek 20 cent coal rate cut supported
Coal operators and shippers from southern West Virginia Virginia Tennessee and eastern Kentucky pledged support to Chesapeake and Ohio Louisville and Nashville and Norfolk and Western railroads after they announced a 20 cent a ton reduction on lake cargo coal shipments pending Interstate Commerce Commission approval. W E E Koepler Pocahontas Operators association executive secretary announced the accord after a conference with railroad officials and the joint committee of southern operators.
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Bluefield
W. Va
West Virginia
Virginia
Tennessee
Kentucky
Chesapeake & Ohio, Louisville & Nashville
Norfolk &Western
Interstate Commerce Commission
W. E. E. Koepler
Clairvoyancy Credited With Finding Wellston Banker Body
In Chillicothe Ohio a 45 year old Wellston Bank cashier Roger Harry disappeared nine weeks ago. His decomposed body was found by his brother in law J C Gooding along the Scioto river near Edgewater. Gooding and Harry were guided by clairvoyants who had predicted a river bank discovery.
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Wellston Bank
Chillicothe
Clair+voyancy
Roger Harry
Welleton
Scioto River
Here
Edgewater
Opal Harry
J. C. Gooding
Wellston
Harry
Cincinnati
Mr. Gooding
Coubittes Aetates
Warner House
Scioto
Small steamer capsizes on lake ride injuring many
A derelict small steamer carrying about 75 people including many children and mothers capsized in a lake squall between Chicago Municipal pier and Lincoln Park. Passengers rushed to the opposite side, water surged aboard, and the vessel sank after the lifeboats were released by Captain Arthur Olson who aided evacuations.
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Chicago Municipal Pier
Lincoln Park
Lake
Arthur Olson
Mine Tipple Destroyed at Griff Shar Coal Mine
Fire destroyed the tipple of the Griff Shar coal company near SHAWNEE to DESTROYED NEW LEXINGTON. The loss is estimated at 9 000 dollars. The mine was idle but cleanup at a nearby mine has begun and investigators are probing the blaze.
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New Lexington
Griff Sharshall Coal Company
Heat wave claim three lives in New York
Sweltering New York endures a second July heat spell. Three people died yesterday and another today as the city records a 9 am temperature of 76, up from 71 yesterday, with a high of 87 yesterday.
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New York
Rescue At Sea After Sinking Boat Off Beach
Thousands watched as a boat sank near the shore leaving many children stranded. Millionaire yachtsman William Hofnauer led a rescue reaching the Favorite first and saving several women and children while Mrs Hendricks and another daughter died.
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William Hofnauer
L. B. Hendricks
Sterling
Chicago
Hendricks
Mary Jeanette
Third Proposal For Coal Rate Cut Received Today
The Interstate Commerce Commission received the third proposal for coal rate reductions from southern fields to Great Lake ports. Norfolk & Western proposed a 20 cent per ton cut, joining similar filings by Chesapeake & Ohio and Louisville & Nashville. The move would offset a 20 cent cut from Pennsylvania and Ohio fields to lake ports effective August 16 per the lake cargo decision.
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Washington
U.P
Virginia
West Virginia
Kentucky
Tennessee
Great Lake
Interstate Commerce Commission
Norfolk & Western
Chesapeake & Ohio
Louisville & Nashville
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Commission
Lake
Injunction Stalls Longstanding Pomeroy Mine Operations
Meigs county and Pomeroy file injunction papers to halt Durst Mining Co operations in the hill back of the business district. Surveys show mining within 30 feet of the cliff face near the Carnegie Library and courthouse, posing risk to the building and jail. The Durst Coal Co plans to remove remaining coal and equipment and relocate to Sterr's Run.
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Pomeroy Bend
Pomeroy
Meigs County
Durst Mining Company
Carnegie Mbrary
Durst Coal Company
Hennessy & Durst Coal Company
Spies Supposedly Rough Handles Stir Hocking Valley Field
Colonel Hardgrave and Captain Shafer of a National Guard unit, along with Judge L. G. Worstall, were reported in the Hocking valley area amid a serious situation after a night of unrest.
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Hocking Valley
Hardgrave
Thearre Shafer
National Guard
L. G. Worstall
Common Pleas Court
Miners near Nelsonville threaten mine with explosives
About 1 000 striking miners gathered near the Lick Run mine two miles from Nelsonville early today as tensions rose over contract conditions. National Guard and local officials were urged to protect the property amid threats, ammunition and dynamite devices reportedly displayed at the site.
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Fitter
By Oliver Hartley
Messenger
Edwin L. Heckler
United Press
Arthur Harry
Shawwnee
Southern Railroad
Oliver Hartley
Sterr’s Run
Portroy Bend
Logan
Hortons
A. W.vorhes
Shbersbach Interants
Lidl Run
C. H. Bartlett
Nelsonville
Lick Run Coal and Clay Company
Hocking
Oral Daugherty
Conrad Wein
John Owens
Dauerty
Don McGill
Lick Run
McGill
L. G. Worstell
William Williams
R. D. Williams
Wheeler Dew
Vic Donahey
Henderson
Camp Perry
Apple
Sheriff Williams
Stan
Fred Mulligan
Donald den
Mulligan
Phoenix Coal Company
Snake Hollow
Sonville
Miter
Worstell
Draferty
Sun
Daugherty
Dom
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