Steel Trust Scores In Fight With Labor In Monessen Mills Start Up
Pittsburgh August 19 United States Steel Corp began reopening crippled properties after the Amalgamated Association strike. Monessen mills partly restarted with strike breakers, others at Painter and Clark properties operated amid street disorder. Strikers claim no real progress and prepare to defend other plants. Police guard mills as Amalgamated organizers push to expand, while Carnegie company Duquesne mills remain a key battleground. National guard threats and letters to officials add to tensions as labor and management posture for a protracted clash.
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Pittsburg
United States Steel Corporation
Amalgamated Association
Monessen
Painter
Clark
Monesgen
Ineal
Gorlin
Steel Corporation
Newcastle
MacKeesport
Wheeling
Bellaire
Mingo Junction
Painters
Duquesne Mills
Carnegie Company
Steel Company
Amalgamated
Milla
Coal and Iron
Somerset
National Guard of Pennsylvania
United States
Tighe
West
Shafter
Chicago
South Chicago
Council of Chicago
Obi Hyo
Textile Workers Move Toward Disbandment in North South Impact
New York August 19 At a meeting of the International Union of Textile Workers of America the council voted to convene November 18 in Washington to disband and surrender its charter to the American Federation of Labor and merge with the American Federation of Textile Workers. The move aims to establish a universal ten hour day, likely affecting 40 000 to 50 000 workers chiefly in the south where ten hour laws are rare. The amalgamation includes slashe rs loom fixers mule spinners and other federat ion groups. a wage strike is anticipated if mills cut pay and the federation treas ury currently holds over 100 000 dollars.
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New York
International Union of Textile Workers of America
International Union
Washington
American Federation of Labor
American Federation of Textile Workers
International
Textile Workers of America
South
Virginia
Green
Federation of Textile Workers
Slashers
Federation of Labor
Oldest man in the South dies in Louisiana
Napoleon Pierre Gucheveau, born in 1778 in France, died at age 161 in Breaux Bridge at his son August Gucheveau's home. He moved to New York as a child, then to Breaux Bridge, where he lived upright and cheerful. He never wore spectacles and enjoyed daily papers.
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South
Louisiana
Breaux Bridge
Napoleon Pierre Gucheveau
France
New York
August Gucheveau
Strikes Expand As National Guard Contingent Keeps Watch
The strike grows with more workers leaving Pennsylvania Wube and Frackstown plants, raising the total to about 1800. Some units threaten more disruption while the Keystone ring mills face a minor incipient walkout amid pressure from the Amalgamated. No peace talks are reported, and guards may stay on standby for strike duty.
Turmoil as La Federacion Editor Calls Strikers to Leave Tampa
An incendiary La Federacion article by Louisa Herera secretary of the Strippers Union of Resistencia urges Resistencia to pack up and depart Tampa in a grisly call for revenge. Authorities demand Herera’s arrest amid fears of arson and bloodshed following the officers’ disappearance.
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Tampa
Fla
la Federacion
O? la Resistencia
Louisa Herera
Akeleton
Estill in Georgia governor race amid Turner dispute
The campaign heats as Colonel Estill reports broad state support and declares he will run to the finish. He denies any alliance with Howell and discusses a recent Marietta dinner and ongoing tensions with Captain Turner, while Governor Candler remains noncommittal about the race.
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Estill
Turner
Captain Turner
Mr. Turner
Mr. Howell
Colonel Estill
Candler
Capitol
Marietta
Vincent L. Starr
Aspen
Savannah
Zion
Henry G. Turner
Hastill
General Assembly
Hut
Chatham County
Terrell
Chatham
Georgia
Clark Howell
Howell
Journal
News
Constitution
Savannah News
Quitman
Estil
South Georgia
Mihation
Lynching Mob Executes Two Suspects After Missouri Crime
In Pierce City Missouri a mob of about 1000 armed citizens hanged two Black men, Godley and Carter, after Miss Caselle Wild was murdered near a Frisco bridge. Carter denied guilt. Godley had prior rape conviction. Bodies were shot and desecrated as violence spread. a boy was killed and others wounded. The mob planned to hang Joe Clark upon his return to Monett.
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Pierce City
Will God Jey
Gene Carter
Caselle Wild
Frisco
Carter
Joe Clark
Clark
Monett
Godley
Commission Fixes a Rate to Thomasville Freight
The railroad commission met at the state capitol and three hours were spent on routine matters. The principal action was setting a fixed freight rate among Thomasville Savannah and Brunswick matching the Albany rate after a prior complaint from Thomasville about higher charges. The commission asked Plant System to propose an equitable tariff but granted the Thomasville rate equal to Albany.
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Thomasvillé
A& Bruns
Wiel
Sainté Points
State Capitol
Thomasville
Savannah
Brunswick
Albany
Hay to Canton for talks on state issues
Secretary Hay leaves for Canton Georgia soon to discuss pending state department matters with the president. He comments on prohibition, education funding, and pensions for destitute veterans and widows, arguing for local liberty and broader support for learning.
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Hay
Canton
Washington
State Department
Georgia
Sheriff Sales in Fulton County Georgia September 1901
Sheriff sales in Atlanta Fulton County Georgia for September 1901 cover multiple property parcels. Listings include land lot 36 in the 14th district, properties in land lots 104 and 186 in the 17th district, a corner lot at Jackson and Thomas streets, and various other parcels and liens. The notices describe boundaries, streets, and deed references, with levies in favor of creditors such as Gustavus W. Nagle and Thomas Finley.
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Atlanta
Fulton County
Georgia
Faulton County
Hood and
Rawson Streets
Hood Street
Rawson
Thomas Morris
Morrie
H. H. Newton
Morris
Peachtree Creek
W. WL. Bohler
Said Bohler
Montgomery Ferry
W. Nagle Va
Jackson and
Thomas
Algo
County of
Fulton
Lucite Street
Gresham Street
Venable Street
Luckie Treet
Luckle Street
W. Harrig
Franklin Harris
Asa L. Harris
Julia BE. Harris
Luckta Street
Julian Harris
Glty Court of Atlanta
Thomas W. Strangrean
Julia F. Horia
Dickinson Loan Company
Onerty
Tuiton Ooecty
Heory
County
Srey
Hl Street
Georgia Avenue
E. A. Anderson
James A. Burns
Fulton Superior Court
Merchants and Mechanics' Banking and Loan Co. Va
James BR. Burns
Wits
Ward 7
West End
Lee and
Gordon Streets
Eva S. Caldwell
Gordon Street
Wagener
Gorenflo
Gorton Street
Oon Marth
Plaindl
Frick’ & Co
Waynethors
Ohio
Walton Street
Léviedom
Tidg. Fuller
Germania Loan and Banking Co
M. Flutelluon
Atte Gorser
John W. Nelm
Sheritt
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Steel Trust
Wberry
Textile Workers
Aberte
Ok “Labor. Federation
Duquesne
National Guard
Guard
Pennsylvania Works
National Wube Company
Frankstown
Frackstown
Skelp
Keystone Ting Mills
Amal
Sroken Aa
Phelps
Sattle Creek, Mich
Baier
Michigan
Delsarte
Phelps -Medical and Surgical
Battle Creek, Mich
SES
Tam‘sa Ba
Col
Kad
Ryals
Ta Bruyes Bie
Judge Lynch
Commission
Chambertin- Cohnson-LuBese Co
Orage
Care Oy
I & Ade
Black Dress Goods
Tee
T. R.sawtell
Surthees
Old Point Comfort
Virginia Beach
Ocean View
Norfolk
Richmond
Southern Railway
Southwestern Limited
Kimball House
Union Depot
Broges Morua
D. P. A. Avanta
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