Conference to settle major capital and labor issues in Pittsburg
Theodore J Shaffer announces a pivotal conference in Pittsburg with Amalgamated Association leaders and steel industry officials to settle grave questions. He notes Wellsville unrest and urges reinstatement of union workers before wage talks proceed. Conference aims for rapid resolution, with Wellsville workers remaining at work pending a settlement.
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Pittsburg
Capital and Labor
Lincoln
Amalgamated Association
Iron and Steel
Alabama North
Charles M. Schwab
United States Steel Corporation
Bergen
Theodore J ‘Shaffer
Shaffer
Carnegie
American Shoot Steel Company
Organized Labor
Wellsville
Chappel
Ohio
Combine
Soldiers take money from treasury in Greek cities
In Kilakth and Vodena, Macedonian Turkish garrison, unpaid by government, forced entry to treasury buildings and divided the money among themselves. An attempted troop uprising at Salonica was thwarted. London reports Rockefeller and Morgan plan a new bank with two hundred ten million capital.
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Vito
Greece
Kilakth
Vodena
Macedonia
Salonica
Great
Rockefeller-Morgan Bank
London
Paris
The
Daily Mail
John D Rockefeller
A J. Pierpont Morgan
Development Companies Formed in Mississippi Counties
Development companies and farmers associations were organized in several Mississippi counties during the past week. They aim to develop material resources and improve agricultural methods, reflecting a growing statewide trend toward progress and organization.
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Jackson
Miss
Mirosizsippi
Peabody Normals Convene in Mississippi Tomorrow
Peabody summer normal schools will meet in Braxton Port Gibson and Senatobia tomorrow under the state department of education. Next Tuesday five more normals are scheduled to convene. The season has been eminently successful with good progress reported in the work.
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Peabody Normals
Mississippi
Jackson
Miss
Peabody
Tearch of
Braxton
Port Gibson
Senatohld
National Education Meet Probes Isolation Debate in Schools
Detroit hosts the fortieth annual National Education Association convention with over 5,000 delegates. William T. Harris advocates isolation in schooling while others push for communal life in education. Elmer B Brown discusses educational progress as expansion driven by wealth and industrial growth. The Indian education session and institute proceedings follow with talks on education versus instruction and higher education for women.
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Detroit
Mich
National Council of Education
Henry Barnard
B. A. Hymsdele
University of Michigan
Indian Education Department
Board of Directors
National Couracil of Education
Young Men’s Christian Association
Department of Indian Education
Central Methodist Episcopal Church
National Educational Association
National Association
General Association
William T. Harris
Harris
Colonel Parker
Chicago
Ultla
South
Tuskegee School
Institute of Instruction
Baratoga
American Institute of Instruction
Walter Ballou Jacobs
Brown University
Aliee Freeman Palmer
Cambridge
Mass
Wellesley College
Will of Bogers Causes Speculation as Codicil Overrules Heirs
New York July 8 The will of eccentric millionaire Jacob Rogers faces challenge as a codicil dated October 2, 1900 grants to nephew Theo B Rogers Jr three hundred seventy five million dollars creating a tenfold bequest that leaves no residue for the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Lawyers say the apparent error must stand.
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New York
Jacob Rogers
Rendd
Theo B. Rogers, Jr
Theo B. Rogers
Rogers
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Ovation to Gomez in Central Valley
General Maximo Gomez was hosted by Tomas Estrada Pa'nta at his home in Central Valley New York. A large crowd cheered the veteran as the local band played Cuban airs amid bombs and fireworks. Gomez will return to New York tomorrow and sail for Cuba on Wednesday.
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Gomez
Central Valley
Maximo Gomez
Tomas Estrada Pa’nta
Falma
New York
Shooting in Laurel Ends in Deaths: Man Kills Man and Wife
James Whittington fatally shot Sam Hill, a Black man, and mortally wounded Hill's wife in Laurel Mississippi. Hill died tonight. Whittington faces likely homicide charges as investigators review the case.
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Laurel Miss
James Whittington
Sam Hill
Hill
O'Connell Tours Newport News as Machinists Strike
International Association of Machinists president James O'Connell met Newport News Ship Building officials to seek concessions, but the company refused. Strikers voted to stay out. workers told to report back by Thursday or lose their jobs as developments are anticipated in days. In Milwaukee, officials deny collapse and note few have returned. Waterbury reports most of 650 machinists back at work with others expected soon.
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Newport News
James O'Connell
International Association of Machinists
W.W. A. Post
Newport News, Ship Building and Dry Dock Company
Post
J. Mulcahy
Lodge of Machinists
Milwaukee
Wis
Holmes
O'Connell
Waterbury
Conn
International Plane Plant at Cincinnati Convention
Piang and Organ Workers International Union opens its annual convention in Cincinnati. Delegates aim to settle three ongoing strikes in Cincinnati Baltimore and Richmond Ind and seek admission to the American Federation of Labor. They will discuss creating a mammoth plane plant owned by the union to counter centralization in the plane industry. The plant would operate under ordinary business arrangements, not cooperatives. The convention will sit for several days.
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International Union
Cincinnati
Plano and Organ Workers’ International Union
Baltimore
Richmond
Ind
American Federation of Labor
Reading Strike Continues Indefinitely In Reading Pa
Indications late tonight show Reading railroad shop hands will keep striking for an unspecified period. Acting President Welsh proposed resuming work tomorrow with three extra days' pay and review of grievances, but the men rejected the terms. They demand definite wage terms and union recognition and warned of possible reinforcements if no new company proposals arrive.
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Reading
Reading Ralitoeg
Welsh
Baer
Settlement Offer to End New York Machinists Strike
The National Trades Association reports a proposal from James of Machinists. It calls for district wage arbitration, reinstatement of strikers with no loss of previous status, a 54 hour work week, an arbitration board ruling retroactive to workers’ return, and signed articles of agreement. Agreement expected within days, excluding certain firms.
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O'Connell
New York
National Trades Association
James O'Connell
International of Machinists
Arbitration Board
Ftrms
National Metal Trades Association
Inlet
Madison Equars
Broadway
Lare
Wrn
M. Haight
Fifteen Strangers Brought to Knoxville to Fill Machinists’ Jobs
Fifteen men arrived in Knoxville today to fill striking machinists positions. The group includes ten from the east and five from the south, with origins cited as Boston and Italy. Three labeled Sunrey from Richmond, Virginia, were rebuffed by a striker committee and returned on the next train.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Boston
Sunrey
Richmond
Pythians Page Reveals Hidden Deficit In Order
Hartford July Insurance Commissioner Schofield released an investigation of the Knights of Pythias showing the 1900 year end assets of the Uniformed Bank were $334,850 with liabilities of $600,123 a deficit of $225,267 and a $451,005 difference from earlier reports. The actuaries’ report clears current officials of blame.
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Hartford
Conn
Schofield
Connecticut Insurance Department
Uniformed Bank
Knights of Pythias
Connecticut State Insurance Department
Milwaukee Mayor Defends Injunction Against Striking Machinists
In Milwaukee the Glass Battle Flowers Association session featured Mayor Rose denouncing recent court orders and labor injunctions. The mayor, made an honorary member, argued a cheap injunction does not condemn Milwaukee's sympathy with the labor movement or justify opposition to the striking machinists.
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Rose
Milwaukee
Wis
Judy
Glass Battle Flowers’ Association
United States
Canada
Way
Girl's Body in a Cistern North of Fort Wayne
The body of ten year old Alice Cothrell was found in a cistern at Huntertown. A secret inquest was held by the county coroner. Charles Dunn, a wealthy lumber dealer, was taken into custody awaiting murder charges. Investigators say an attempt to assault preceded the death.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
Alice Cothrell
Huntertown
Here
Woroner
Charles Dunn
Ding
Dean
Coenerrum
Dunn
Nurse Mix-Up Causes Baby Swap at Store
In Anaconda, a pair of nurse girls carelessly swapped babies at a large store. Both mothers failed to recognize their children, a market book later revealed the mix up, and the babies were returned to their rightful mothers. Two nurse girls seek engagements.
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Anaconda
Natty
Prim
Soacey
Chaos at Paris hotel as ad lures 500 Parisian ladies
A Paris hotel ad offering lessons to an American man, G Webster Jones of San Francisco, drew a street long crowd. Police protected the hotel for a day as five hundred eager Parisian women clamored for a view. Jones fled, later giving up business pursuits.
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Parla Wessenger
Paris
G. Webster Jones
San Francisco
Place Vendome
Jones
Landslide and Flood Ravage Lung Keng Population
Cable reports from Tacoma detail Braemer steamer dispatches on June disaster in Lung Keng. An earthquake triggered a massive landslide and flood washing away two hundred houses and vast fields. Large landslides pushed Lung Keng into the bay as a tidal wave-like rush followed. Separate reports note kidnappings in Wang Tung province and a Buddhist nun exhibited in Canton for harboring abductors.
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Tacoma
Wash
Canton
Braemer
Lung Keng
Wang Tung
Not Afraid of His Ideals
A passage praising William Ewart Gladstone like figure in a late 19th or early 20th era, noting his long sentences and moral statecraft. The speaker, a relative, recalls debates on adjournment rules, stressing the high moral principles and insular yet lofty morality guiding his politics. He was not afraid of his ideals.
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Scribner
Tangagine
weIstone
Chaste
Evarts
Ladstone
Oratory
Athens
Rome
England
What Our Colleges Cost and the Education Price
John Gilmer Speed argues the cost of college instruction and contrasts it with New York City's policy expenditures. He lists grounds and buildings at 123 million, productive funds 132 million, scientific separatus 14 million, bens factiona 21 million, and total income 21 million, framing education as a costly but valuable pursuit amid civic spending on policy games. The piece notes national education spending at 21 million annually versus 16 million in a single metropolis, urging clarity about the true price of learning.
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John Gilmer Speed
Ainglee’s
New York
Metropolia
Theater on Wheels headlines from a Pan American showman
A New York showman unveils a portable theater on wheels designed to fold and be drawn by seven horses. The stage, orchestra circle, galleries, and seating for 20 fold away in an hour. He plans a two month stay at the exposition then moves to San Francisco for a Philippines voyage.
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Boston Globe
New York
San Francisco
Philippines
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Ene
National Association Holding
W. T. Harris
Professor Brown
Will OF Bogers
Youngstown
Republic Iron and Steel Company
Bar Iron Combine
Wutzfeldt
Prince Franze von Hatzfeldt
C. &. Huntington
Cooper
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ORGE
Phillies & Crew Cin
Peachtree Street
Newport Meas
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Plymouth
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W. A. Russell CO
Distributors
Sutels
Atlantic Beach
Fin
Jacksonville
Florida
East Coast
Serre
Ocean Pier
S&s
H. W. Merrill
Mgr
Porter
Springa, Ga
Southern Bell
Dally Mol
Cloudland Hotel
Cloudland, N. G
N. l. Murrell
Wisi
Camséau Ur Aeristate Spring
East Tennessee
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Prietor
Tate Spring
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Vktée
Gidenniar
Virginia
Harrington Mille
Theaters On Wheels
Newport City
Fourth Ave
Reed & Barnett
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White Sulphur Springs
Cotoe
Acuta
Moon
Old Point Comfort
Hyglia Hotel
Hampton Roads
America
Gott
A. Keeler
Mar
Hotel Brunswick
89Th St
Madison Avenue
New York City
City
Brunswick
Fifth Avenue
Central Park
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Howland
Elwood
Exposition
Elmwood Avenue
Lancaster
Pmleg's Hotel
Lake Shore
Buromer
Great Lakes
Young
Union Dépot
Prudential
North
Forsyth Street
Cumberland
Cumberland Island
South Atlantic
Fernendina
Fila
Bunkley
Mamabkating Inn
Mamakating Park
Wurtsboro
N. Ve
Ontario Western
Chas. Speur
Statler’s
Butiio
N.Y
Ainin
Stockton
Cape May
N. J
BR. Co
Hotel Normandie
Washington, D. C
Block Island
Spring House
B. B. Mitchell Prep
Barkington
27Th St. West
Richfield Springs
N. Y
Earlington
E. M. Earle & Son
Hotel Gerard
44Th Street
P. Hamblings Sons
Svon Inn
Avon-by-the-Sea
N. J. Mere
New Jersey
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