Ranks of steel strikers swelled by western men
The Aug 1 dispatch reports a westward shift in steel strike activity as Joliet joins the walkout and Milwaukee plans a final vote. Strikers voice confidence in winning Chicago and Milwaukee, while operators predict a flood tide of success for the union, with mass mobilization across McKeesport Wheeling Bellaire and Duquesne Homestead. The Amalgamated plans employment bureaus and strike benefits after September 1, while non union workers are brought in from the south to break the strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Joliet
Milwaukee
Chicago
McKeesport
Wheeling
Bellaire
Tai otpetes
National Tube Company
Shaffer
Ine
Duquesne
Carnegie compan
Amalgamated association
ohe
wile Amalgamated
spiece
Jonessen
Eivery
American Tin Plate Company
Union
Carnegie mill
Lindsay
WMsCutcheon mills
Pierce
Duncansville
Amalgamated asienation
Tighe
Davis
International Tin Plate Workers’ Protective Association
Fall River Labor Menace as Weavers Weigh 15% Wage Cut
In Fall River Massachusetts workers brace for a strike over a proposed 15 percent wage cut. The Weavers' Association with about 3,000 members plans to vote tonight after textile council recommendations. Manufacturers’ executives met but offered no timing on a deal, aiming to avoid delays beyond September and to keep the cut large enough to let mills compete, especially with southern rivals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fall River
Mass
Weavers’ association
textile council
south
Growth of Canada Is Slow Population Rises Half a Million
Ottawa announces the first census bulletin showing Canada’s population at 5,389,883, up 505,644 since the last tally. The provinces list Manitoba 236,464, Ontario 2,167,978, Quebec 1,620,974, British Columbia 190,000, Nova Scotia 450,116, and others with city counts for Montreal, Toronto, Winnipeg, Halifax, and more.
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Ottawa
Ont
Dominion
British Columbia
Manitoba
New Brunswick
Nova Scotia
Ontario
Prince Howard Island
Quebec
territories
Canada
Montreal
Toronto
Flamiston
Winnipeg
Halifax
St Johns
Lyndon
Victoria
Kingston
Vancouver
Brantford
Hull
Charlottetown
Valley Field
Sherbrooke
Sydney
Moncton
Calgarry
Swift Train Leaps Track injures passengers near Raleigh
Train No 36 on the Big Four east bound wrecked at five AM near Raleigh one mile west of Pendleton. The 50 mph train carried seventy passengers with two mail cars a baggage car a day coach and two sleepers. Engine and tender separated with one mail car in a cornfield. Fireman Lilly hurt. track badly blocked.
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Nena
Anderson
Raleigh
Pendleton
Lilly
Acres of Buildings Burned at West Berkeley Planing Mill
Fire swept Nicholls Brothers planing mill and adjoining works in West Berkeley destroying three acres of buildings and lumber piles. John Everding's works and residence nearby damaged. Haywood Jumper yards also affected. Loss estimated at 120000 with 100000 tied to the planing mills and insurance around 16500.
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Berkeley
Cal
Nicholls Brothers
West Berkeley
John Everding
Policeman Shoots Man at Pan-American Exposition Site
Buffalo August 16 Policeman Diebold killed Judson C Burr of Albion New York who was tearing down a platform at The Free Midway outside the Pan American exposition grounds He says he fired in self defense after Burr struck him with a scantling Diebold wore citizen clothes and warned Burr he could not continue without a permit
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Buffalo
Diebold
Judson C. Burr
Albion
N.Y
Burr
To Strike or Not to Strike in Amalgamated Vote
Milwaukee August 16 The Bay View branch of the Amalgamated Association plans to vote tomorrow on whether to honor President Shaffer’s strike order. A second ballot is expected as many members favor striking, despite pressure to maintain supply lines and avoid conflict with rival mills.
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American Tin Plate Company
Amalgamated association
Amalgamated
Connellsville
Cleveland
McKeesport
Duquesne
Carnegie Steel Company
Homestead
Bratdock
Bay View
Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin ‘Workers
Shaffer
Gulf-born hurricane relief results mixed with property damage
Reports indicate the Gulf-born hurricane caused limited property loss and fatalities far less than feared. Central Alabama and New Orleans areas saw flood effects, river mouth damage, and coastal crop injury, while Pensacola ships and bay vessels suffered losses totaling about $470,000. The center moved north of Memphis, with scattered winds and rain. forecast calls for north-northeast movement bringing winds and rain across the Mississippi and Ohio valleys and New England.
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Mobile
Alabama
New Orleans
Pensacola
Eulyn W
bar
Memphis
Tenn
Atlanta
Chattanooga
Jacksonville
Nashville
Ohio river
Indiana
Illinois
gulf coast fair
Mississippi
Ohio valleys
lake region
middle Atlantic states
New England
Cyclone and Tidal Inundation Hit Lower Coast Victims Fatalities
Reports from New Orleans and Alabama describe a cyclone and possible tidal wave along the river below the city with six river mouth fatalities. Drowned include Rosa Walker and others. two sailors on a tugboat Biloxi perished. Widespread damage to farms, resorts, and rail lines. rescue efforts and vessel wrecks noted. In Birmingham rainfall and wind caused damage as railroads monitored tracks and lines.
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New Orleans
Rosa Walker
Ida Walker
Birdie Cobden
Miasi Ella Cobden
Biloxi
Blaine Davidson
Peter Yea
Louisville and Nashville railroad
Louisville
Nashville
Northeastern
Cromwell Hner Camus
Dr. J. Thomas
Cartain Franklin
Stevenson
Esther
Samuel J Dunham
Southwest pass
Hatcher
Juan Y. Carrillo
Belize
Damage to Proper Is Grea but Only Sir Lies Re ported Lost
The storm at Mobile on August 16 battered shorelines and wrecked vessels. Reports claim several drownings, but communications are down. The Artel wrecked on Battles Wharf. Mayflower crew survived on Cat Island while the boat lay wrecked. Fort Morgan cut off. coast artillery stationed. Flarald amid Puerto Cortez reported dismasted a two masted schooner. Logging camps suffered booms broken. logs drifted to Royal Street. Dixie saw mill and Hermayrus Brothers mill at Magazine Point damaged. Water rose across cotton wharf and streets. power and rail service halted. Continued on Third Page.
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Mobile
Ala
Mepile
bey
Artel
Battles
Cat Island
Fort Morgan
coast artillery
Mississippi sound
Flarald
Puerto Cortez
Royal street
Dixie saw
Heironymus Brothers
Magazine Point
Charles Mohr & Son
Dauphin street
cotton wharf
St. Anthony
cotton exchange
Western Union
electric railways
electric
Louisville and
Nashwe
Mobile and
Ohio
Commerce street
Steamer Evelyn Aground Near Pensacola Amid Heavy Losses
Pensacola reports the American steamship Evelyn, ten days from New York, went aground at 10 am about eight miles offshore and is fast breaking up. The loss list also includes the steerage of the Gergo and other schooners sunk in the same region. Cyrano arrived with partial details and indicates four other vessels went to the bottom.
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Pensacola
Fla
Cyrano
Evelyn
New York
Vows at Honolulu for 60 of 400 aboard transport Thomas
Carbondale Illinois reports that sixty American teachers on the Thomas sailing from San Francisco to Manila were married in Honolulu after brief courtships of under ten days. The ship captain initially barred weddings, but thirty couples later wed with a clergyman aboard. A boat tour of the bay followed.
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Carbondale
Thomas
San Francisco
Manila
Honolulu
sed
Convention of Colored Business Men in Chicago Next Week
Chicago hosts the annual convention of the Business League of Blacks with representatives from across the United States. Booker T. Washington will attend as president of the national organization and deliver an address. The gathering runs Wednesday through Friday under Cook County League auspices.
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Chicago
United States
the
colored business men’s league
league of Cook county
Booker T. Washington
national organization
Transport service costs in San Francisco cited in army report
General O F Long reports nearly 20 million dollars disbursed in San Francisco for the army transport service maintenance. He notes transport costs to Manila at 136 dollars per soldier and 256 dollars per cabin passenger, with ships handling 1500 to 2000 passengers and coal expenses around 327,000 dollars for the Meade voyage.
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Frisco
San Francisco
O F. Long
army transport service
quartermaster general of the army
Manila
Rainy weather and warm up dominates yesterday’s report
Rainy weather gave way to fair skies and warmer readings yesterday with highs around 74 degrees and a low near 6 in the early hours. The Chattahoochee river rose to 12 feet above normal by 9 PM and is forecast to overflow its banks before morning.
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tates teres
Chattahoochee
J B Hewitt
Harry Silverman
Tightaldea
Rufe Land
James Chambers
the
Southern railway
A. L. Haecker
Whitehall street
Peachtree
Decatur streets
GEORGIA
Nick Miller
Columbus
Gertrude Ambrose
Tybee
Savannah
Macon
J M Carroll
M C Young
Tampa
Valdosta
Young
Forrest McNaughten
Spalding county
Tom Patton
Three Ships of War Under Orders to Isthmus
Washington August 11 A navy telegram orders the Iowa to sail for Panama at once as soon as it arrives in San Francisco. The Ranger at San Diego heads out today with limited speed, while the Iowa will follow when ready. The State Department reports Venezuelan minister Vicuna is departing Caracas, leaving the archives in trust to Mr Russell. In Europe, papers fear possible US land grabs as Venezuela Colombia tensions rise, with Britain and Germany weighing stance. The Ranger sails today from San Diego, and the Iowa arrives San Francisco soon for dispatch to Panama.
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Washington
navy department
San Francisco
department
Panama
Ranger
San Diego
state department
department of state
Russell
Venezuela
Caracas
legation
Paris
Le Matin
Colombia
United States
Colon
Galveston
London
Spectator
Pen
Great Britain
Saturday Review
Germany
Spain
France
South America
The
Cal
U 8
Great Street Railway Deal in San Francisco
Reports indicate negotiations for the sale of a controlling interest in the Market Street Railway Company to an eastern syndicate. Huntington, president of the road, is in New York meeting capitalists aiming to acquire the property. If successful, and with options on other lines, the buyers would command a near monopoly of San Francisco street car traffic.
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Frisco
San Francisco
Market Street Railway Company
EB Huntington
New York
Crushing rock kills three miners at Calumet mine
August 16 Calumet Michigan report the falling rock in shaft No 2 of the Pamarack mine at the twenty eighth level killed three miners and badly injured five others. The dead are Bighard Trezona 23 John Simmons 31 Abe Stainda 26 Austrian. Injured include Samuel Jacobsen Finnlander Matthew A M Ula and Jacobsen had worked only two shifts.
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Calumet
Mich
Pamarack
Ewe
eas BIGHARD TREZONA
JOHN SIMMONS
ABE STAINDA
Samuel Jacobsen
Fin‘lander
Matthew A M. Ula
Jacobsen
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Mec- Keespert
ABERD
Fal
Southern Mill
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Aly
north Alabama
ceparery
Alabama City
ATBck
Cupid
Philippines
BUSINESS LEAGUE OF BLACKS
SOUTHERN
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Miss
Jackson
people International Typographical Union
Tennessee
Athens
Rea Davis
Fort Davis
Union Springs
fred
steal
Iowa
Deveryn
southern mills
Admiral Schley
court of Inquiry
London Globe
bar of the commons
London Spectator
Cecil Rhodes
Egypt
seehaven
Lord Hitchener
Botha
Puget
Berlin
Vineta
Bahia
Brazil
Trinidad
Tageblatt
Niobel
Caribbean
Geier
Caribbean Sea
China
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