Negro labor import sparks steel mill labor clash
Cleveland August 2 A steel combine uses colored labor to displace white workers at Newbury Mills. About 200 Negro workers from Pittsburg Homestead and nearby iron centers arrive under a racial agent for United States Steel. They lodge in a large dwelling and many more are expected as a broader emigration of southern iron workers is cited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Ohio
big steel combine
Newsburg
Pittsburg
Homestead
Pennsylvania
United States Steel corpotation
south
steel corporation
Alabama
Tennessee
Steel Trust Grants Conference
New York city
Amalgamated
New York
Pennsylvania limited
association
Preston
Henry
Slessrs
Shaffer
Wiliams
Chappelle
Amalgamated association
Tin Plate Mills Strike Hits Elwood Wage House
All workers at the American Tin Plate Company mills in Elwood go out on strike. Men who had kept the plant running are idle as the labor action spreads, with limited movements by supervisory staff and some workers from other locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elwood
Ind
American Tin Plate Company
Schley Court of Inquiry to Call Few Witnesses
Washington reports the Navy selects Smith & Haies to stenograph the Schley court of inquiry. Proceedings in open court are expected to last two weeks to a month as few participants from the West Indian campaign may be needed. Judge Advocate Lemley departs for a month on vacation as officials prepare witnesses. Admiral Kimberly's request to detach due to a weak heart is approved, with assurances of health and future service potential.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
navy department
Smith & Haies
Schley
Lemley
St. Lawrence
Judge advocate general
Colonel Parker
Admiral Schley
Kimberly
U.S. N
Washington, D. C
department
ufe
Ph. W. HACKETT
Toombsboro
Spencer Atkinson
H. E. W. Palmer
Macon
Atlanta
J Lde Davis
George Mitchell
Hutchison
Chatham county
Savannah
Sanford
Floyd
Edmond Scott
West Point
LaGrange
Randolph county
Robert I. Moye
Cuthbert guards
Steel trust
New York
Schley court of inquiry
Roosevelt
Colorado Springs
Smithville
Tenn
Charles Davis
Hughes
Lawton
Springfield
Ohio
Lenox
Texas
Detective Attacked by Mob at New York Pool Room
Robert McClellan of the Society for the Prevention of Crime was beaten and fired a warning shot when detectives tried to raid a Broadway pool room. Patrons and workers formed a wedge, doors were locked, Moss and officials then aided in freeing McClellan and a fellow detective. Three men were arrested, one released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McClellan
New York
Robert
Society for the Prevention of Crime
Broadway
Melellan
Frank Moss
Highwaymen Hold Up Eleven Harvest Hands in Rail Yards
In Arkansas City Kansas on August 2 three highwaymen stopped eleven harvest hands in the railway yards and escaped with 105 dollars seven watches and other jewelry. The harvesters had come from Oklahoma en route to the Kansas fields and were resting in an empty freight car when the robbery occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aare
Arkansas City
Kans
Oklahoma
H wathin
Kansas Fields
toby l
bers
NO MAYOR CHAIR FOR REED FORMER SPEAKER DECLINES
Ex Speaker Thomas B. Reed at his summer home dismisses rumors of possible mayoral candidacy for New York. He calls the notion absurd and says he has no inclination toward the mayoralty, noting that such a position brings many enemies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Portland
Thomas B. Reed
Mr. Reed
No Revenue Tariff Revision Hinted by Senator Cullom
Senator Cullom of Illinois spent the day with the president at Denton Ohio discussing winter legislative work. He said he does not expect any general tariff revision and hopes there will be none. He foresaw limited legislation on the Philippines and anticipated much debate over the Cubs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cullom
Denton
Ohio
Illneis
Philippines
Henry Buckingham Horsbeck
Charleston
American Public Health Association
Magnolia cemetery
Staten Island
Johnny"’ Martin
Kentucky
McMillin
Tennessee
state
dalla
Knoxville
Harvey P. Hannah
Oliver Springs
Tenn
volunteer
Leonard
Jacksonville
Mary Burkett
Blowing Springs
Boiler of eS Ni 102 6 b Wy it
Fragmentary OCR notes show boiler references with partial codes and locations. The readable items name eS Ni and Wy it in relation to Balt, suggesting a boiler or facility notation tied to these fragments. No clear event or outcome is present.
Explosion wrecks engine near Boston Railroad disaster kills fireman
A Western and Atlantic passenger train from Atlanta to Chattanooga exploded near Boston seven miles from the city. Fireman John L. Renchbacher of 22 Simpson Street died after about an hour. Engineer Van Bell of St Moreland Avenue was injured. Conductor J B Holcomb led the train as it derailed. The mall car was toppled, but passengers largely escaped unharmed. The scene described a massive blast, twisted wreckage, and a white steam mist as the locomotive overturned across the main line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western and Atlantic railroad
Atlanta
Boston
John L. Renchbacher
Simpson street
Van Bell
St Moreland avenue
J.W. Brown
St. Charles avenue
Renchhacher
wanda
Chattahoochee
Chattanooga
Nashville
J. B. Holcomb
Holton
Bell
Homebeer Bell
builer eee Rae i Sas
Kruger Says Concentration Camps Worse Than Reported
Paris August 3 The Figaro prints a long interview with Mr. Kruger denying Boer cruelties in Kitchener’s report. He claims concentration camp atrocities are twenty times worse than Miss Hobhouse described and predicts global horror and intervention once known. He vows to defend liberty and not renounce the flag. Fisher says nothing decided about Kruger’s visit to America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
The Figaro
Kruger
Lord Kitchener
Miss Hobhouse
Great Britain
Mr. Kruger
Mr. Fisher
America
Massive early 1900s news roundup with varied events
A long regional digest reports boiler explosion on Western and Atlantic railroad near Bolton injuring a fireman, court cases on theft and bribery, lynching in Smithville Tennessee, labor strikes and union actions, and political shifts from Tennessee to South Carolina. It notes deaths, executions, and investigations, plus weather and local tax updates.
Chamberlain’s South Africa policy sparks House clash
In London a heated Commons debate over the colonial office budget features Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman and Mr Chamberlain clashing over Cape Colony war strategy. Chamberlain defends concentration camps while warning that natives in British service who assist the Boers will be executed if captured, signaling a harsher war posture and triggering mixed reactions from peers and papers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
house of commons
Chamberlain
Colombia
Venezuela
Kruger
South Africa
Garriott
Switzerland
Bresci
Humbert
London
colonial office
Henry Campbell-Bannerman
hersteader
Cane Colony
Cape Colony
Boera
aap
Lord Hitch
Lord Kitchener
Kritzinger
Senet
Cape
Botha
DeWet
Schalk-Berger
John Redmond
Daily News
Morning Leader
The Times
Also Mentioned on This Page
Newbury Mills
COMBINE
SOUTHERA
Wei
Wellsvile
American Sheet Steel Company
steel trust bay
Scottdale
Liverpool
H. H. Thompson
steel company
McKeesport
National Rolling mill
Boston Iron and Steel works
National Tube Company
nc i
SAMUEL LEMLY
CAPTAIN PARKER
Schiey
REED
RERCHBACHE LEE
tory
Bolton
KMling
ckenchbgeher
Breincer
bohait
Sr wardoniat
ezea
the Good Shepherd
behilf
Atlanta Railway and Parter Company
Robert Smith
Johnson
GEORGIA
SOUTHERN
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!