Strike breakers imported from Dixie trust hope to win
A party of strike breakers brought by special train to Monessen arrives before dawn, with the United States Steel Corporation planning to add more non-union workers. Carnegie properties resume operations, while strikers vow to test strength at Duquesne and other plants. Shaffer’s health strains under weekslong conflict as guards secure Monessen mills and talks of broader industry action loom.
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Pittsburg
Monessen
United States Steel corporation
Carnegie
Duquesne
steel corporation
milig
Paintera
Shaffer
Shaffer He wan il
McKeespart
Browns station
Demmler
United States Steel
theis
Chicago
M. F. Tighe
Tighe
Ben I. Davis
Amalgamated association
America
Carriage Workers Told to Report to Non-Union Shops
Over two thousand carriage workers were notified last night that their services were not needed and that only non-union shops would reopen on September 3. Nine factories recently merged under one corporation said they would employ whom they pleased, set their own wage scale, and handle apprentices, piece work, and contract systems.
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setben
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one
Kruger says Irish support keeps Boers fighting
In a Dublin interview from Hilverson, Kruger thanks Ireland as “brothers in oppression” and rejects British promises, praising independence and denouncing British use of force. Redmond notes Kruger's appearance contradicts claims of breakdown.
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London
The
Freeman's Journal of Dublin
Kruger
William Redmond
Hilverson
Holland
South African
Lord Kitchner
Chamberlain
Great Britain
mn Treland
United States
Redmond
Fifth Victim Dies in Chicago Trolley Collision
Chicago reports a fifth fatality from the Forty seventh street Pennsylvania crossing crash. Kate Trader died after a fractured skull and leg amputation failed to save her. Motorman P H Bowman, initially thought dead, is in critical condition. other injured are expected to recover.
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Chicago
Forty-seventh street
Kate Trader
P. H. Bowman
British Admiralty Plans Marconi System to Protect Ophir
St Johns August 18 The British Admiralty intends to install the Marconi wireless system on Cape Race to communicate with the royal yacht Ophir bearing the duke and duchess of Cornwall and York as she nears the Newfoundland coast in October.
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Ophir
St. Johns
N. F
Marconi
Cape Hace
duke and duchess of Cornwall
York
New Foundland goast
Qohir tr
Pension Commissioner's Report On Pensioners And Pensions
August 18 Washington The Pension Commissioner Evans reports a June 30 pensioner rolls total of 997735 up 4206 from the prior year high water mark. Spanish war pensioners paid 1175225 up 842320. act of 890 pensioners 66973481 up 1207402. general law 67867233. Totals of past terms show grants paid to pensioners under various administrations totaling billions with year averages cited.
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Evans
sizar
Snamanco af
Missing Swift & Co secretary treasurer sought after large embezzlement
New York August 18 The New York branch of Swift and Company reports the disappearance of John T Hayden the secretary treasurer after auditors found accounts short by between 15 000 and 20 000 He signed checks on company accounts deposited them in his own bank and used funds for personal needs a warrant is sworn and detectives seek him The company says Hayden was trusted and will not lose a dollar
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New York
John T Hayden
Swift & Company
Hayden
John Chaplain
Chicago
Chaplain
Firemen to Take Buffalo for Pan American Demonstration
Buffalo August 18 More than eighty fire departments from across the country will attend the Pan American exposition this week with the convention running through Wednesday evening Thursday and Friday devoted to prize drills and parades Participants hail from New York Pennsylvania Massachusetts Ohio Rhode Island Virginia South Carolina and Canada Michigan Louisiana and Virginia day celebrations are set with speakers Governor W W Sicard Professor Albee Fortier Hon BR L Brous pard and Professor J B Atwell Virginia officials arrive Friday the 23rd with the Richmond Light Infantry Blues for Virginia day"}
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Buffalo
New York
Pennsylvania
Massachusetts
Ohio
Rhode Island
Virginia
South Carolina
Canada
Michigan
Louisiana
W. W. Sicard
Alvee Fortier
L Brouspard
J.B. Atwell
J. Hoge Tyler
Richmond Light Infantry Blues
Felton Named to S Pacific Post. Union Pacific Absorbs
San Francisco reports the resignation of Southern Pacific president Charles M. Hayes and identifies Samuel Morse Felton of the Chicago and Alton as his successor. The move signals Union Pacific control of the California system, with policy to be directed from Omaha headquarters.
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Union Pacific
Southern Pacific
San Francisco
Charles M. Hayes
Southern Pacific Company
Samuel Morse Felton
Chicago sand Alton company
Chicago
Felton
Union Pacific railroad
California
Union Pacific ines
Omaha
Two Killed and Many Hurt In Brooklyn Trolley Crash
A Brooklyn trolley car collided with a locomotive late last night killing one man and the motorman John Sirinek. Joseph Rosenbacher of New York died today in a hospital. About twenty other passengers and the conductor were injured, some seriously, but none believed to be in danger of death.
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Brooklyn
New York
John BSirinek
Joseph Rosenbacher
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conaactor
Fice H
Pension Roll Hits High Water Mark in U S History
Washington reports Commissioner Evans issued a statement showing pension rolls at 997,745 on June 30, a record high. The year saw 43,586 new entries, including 38,153 by death and 3,849 from the Spanish War. The data include classifications by survivors, invalids, and widows, with total first payments and disbursements across administrations. The Spanish War and Civil War era beneficiaries dominate the totals, and the year closed with 1,027,?9 in pending claims and 103,668 certificates issued.
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Washington
Commissioner of Pensions
Evans
pension bureau
Spain
Mexico
bureau
Grant
Hayes
Garfield
Cleveland
Harrison
McKinley
Molten metal blast kills three at Ohio steel plant
An explosion in Youngstown at the National Steel Company blast furnace department kills three workers and injures eleven. Named victims are Richard Richards Joseph Bugos and John Crinkshank. Injured include Steve Stahma Michael Yachyko Michael O'Brien Andrew Kahut and others. Several victims are reported in critical condition as molten metal breaches a ladle control mechanism and spills into a water tank.
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Youngstown
Ohio
National Steel Company
Richard Richards
Joseph Bugos
John Crinkshank
Steve Stahma
Michael Yachyko
Michael O’Brien
Andrew Kahut
Joseph Dymenko
Andrew Burgess
Andrew Magyir
George Jakubez
George Paviik
George Iwanizak Stahma
Yachvko
Three Nations Rally Forces for Battle Across Frontier
Ecuador joins Venezuela in a dramatic move sending troops across the Colombian frontier as tensions rise. The action marks a rare regional military escalation with both nations mobilizing armored units and infantry toward strategic border zones.
Armies Draw Near as Battle Imminent in South America
Reports from Quito and Colon describe Ecuadorian troops poised to invade Colombia near Pasto, with 150 miles northeast of Quito cited. Curacao sources say Castro and Venezuela aid to Colombia may unfold, while Curacao hosts sixty partisans. News of unrest in Venezuela and a possible landing near Panama adds to regional tensions. The battleship Towa plans to move to the west coast of Panama to aid revolut ion troubles, though boiler repairs delay sailings.
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Quito
Ecuador
Colombia
Pasto
Willerstad
Curacao
Haytien
Castro
Venezuela
Ceuta
Emilio Fernantez
Caracas
Laguash
Colon
Galveston
Canada
Ruiz
Panama
Guayaquil
Washington
Perry
Towa
San Francisco
navy department
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Manahan arrested in Buffalo amid dubious behavior
Dr. M. W Manahan, a prominent homeopathic physician, was arrested in Buffalo on suspicion of taking four pieces of government exhibit apparatus. Authorities believe he was mentally unbalanced at the time.
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M. W Manahan
Buffalo
Georgia
Thomas
Charles R. Nisbet
new Westminster Presbyterian church
Iceberg sinks Islander off Douglas Island with many dead
Victoria August 18 The Islander, a crack passenger steamer on the Alaskan route, struck an iceberg off Douglas Island at 2 am Thursday and went to pieces. From sixty-five to eighty souls were lost, including passengers and crew. Survivors say the hull exploded as it sank. Captain Foote went down with the ship. The vessel carried 275000 in gold, including 100000 carried by passengers. Names of many passengers and crew losses follow. Officials state 112 saved. total deaths likely under twenty.
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Douglas Island
steel trust
Bronessen mills
Hayden
New York
Swift & Company
Cincinnati
naval
Washington
gal Schiey
MacArthur
San Francisco
Philippines
Victoria
Canadian Pacific Navigation Company
Queen
Foot
Yukon territory
JOHN DUNCAN
W G PRESTON
WIFH
Seattle
Wash
F. MILLS
J C. HENDERSON
W. H. KEATING
Los Angeles
Cal
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DOUGLAS
Vancouver
PHILLIPS
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FALL
NICHOLSON
J SMITH
oilers
KENDALL
JOHN BARD
G MILLER
barber
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Iowa
Ruskin commonwealth of socialists
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Eatonton
Harmony Grave
Americus
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N.C
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Johnston
Alabama
Conn
Mississippi
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