Leaders Debate Strike Policy for Anthracite Miners
A federation leader urges cautious action on a national coal strike in Pennsylvania. He argues contracts must be kept, warns against sympathy strikes, and proposes funding steps to support districts and unions if a strike proceeds. Mitchell receives applause for backing measured, unity preserving policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
United Mine Workers’ Organization
Trades Union Movement
Bame
United Mine Workers
United Mine Workers of America
United Mine Workers Pee America
Dheir
Gan
Yse
Anthraun
Deir
Mitchell
Latimer Death Inquest Reveals No Burglar Testimony
New York July 17 coroners inquest into Albert S Latimer s killing began in Brooklyn with wife Sadie Latimer testifying and describing the shooting as the burglar tale. Dr Meagher recalled Latimer saying a coward shot me in bed and other witnesses noted the dying man s statements and a nearby neighbor heard a voice urging restraint.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Albert S. Latimer
Brooklyn
Sadie Latimer
Meagher
Latimer
Christine Fussell
Mary L. Cashman
Cashman
Louis A. Parker
Walter
Margaret Venning
Severe Nebraska Iowa Storm Hits Plattsmouth and Omaha
A severe storm swept eastern Nebraska and western Iowa with a reported cloudburst at Plattsmouth. Omaha reports a heat wave with temperatures near 106 degrees over the past two days.
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Plattsmouth
Omaha
Nebr
Nebraska
Iowa
Extradition Refused for Clara Taylor in London
Rome correspondent reports judges in Groa refused to extradite Clara Taylor to the United States on the Nathan Pernice murder charge. Taylor was liberated, with the court saying her actions were motivated by a good motive in abducting the infant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara Taylor
America
London
Rome
The
Morning Leader
Geroa
United States
Nathan Pernice
Miss Taylor
Flashes From The Cable Across the World
A severe typhoon sweeps southern islands. the US steamer Shearwater missing off Martinique with nineteen dead including three Americans. Guitterez brothers, linked to Apprentice Vineville’s murder, reach Baler after evading forces. Rhone floods threaten Switzerland. Guayaquil suffers a $2,000,000 fire. Archbishop Ceconimidus dies after university riots. Cape Town ends telegram censorship. Mrs Steyn receives a gift before Europe voyage. Kitchener, Slocum, and Yuan discuss foreign troop withdrawals from Tien Tsin. dowager empress may veto.
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United States
Shearwater
Martinique
Miners Split Over Strike Vote As Caucuses Convene
Delegates from Illinois Ohio and Iowa caucus to oppose a general strike. Illinois faction backs President Mitchell’s recommendations except for a $1 weekly assessment. Adjournment set to allow anthracite caucus. Britons offer monetary aid to striking miners as relief efforts begin.
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Ryan
Illinois
John Dempsay
Ilinois
Mitchell
Ilnois
Ohio
Iowa
Tlinois
Cleveland
Max Hayes
Ben Tillett
British Federation ‘of Trades
John ‘Mitchell
Friars Hostile to Americans in Philippines Negotiations
Washington July 17 The war department released the final note from Secretary Root to Governor Taft on friar lands in the Philippines. It reports proposed moves to withdraw religious orders, replace them with other teachers, and purchase lands with public funds to reduce discord while preserving church interests.
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Washington
War Department
Root
Taft
Vatican
Rome
Associated Press
Philippines
United States
Government of
The
Congress
Cardinal Rampolla
Holy See
Triest
Father Bantiago Playa
Manila
Father Patya
Spain
Father Playa
Oklahoma population set for reapportionment plan
The reapportionment commission announces Oklahoma has 600 000 residents with one representative per 22 000 people and one senator per 45 000. Separately plumber Charles Sturms sues to force anti trust action over goods purchases excluding nonmembers of a Kansas master plumbers association. A charred body found in a steel bloom car at Steelton points to murder and arson. In Columbus, Shaffer and district officers meet with Republic Iron and Steel and Tennessee Coal and Iron to set plate mill wage scales.
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Oklahoma
Charles Sturms
Master Plumbers’ Association of Kansas
James Devlin
Pennsylvania Steel
Steelton
Columbus
Ohio
T. Z. Shaffer
Ninth
Amalgamated Association of Steel and Tin Workers
Republic Iron and Steel Company
Tennessee Coal and Iron Company
Canal Treaty Delayed As Negotiations Continue
Washington reports say Cromwell, counsel for the Panama Canal Company, met Secretary Hay seeking assistance for title settlement. Negotiations with Colombia progress, but a treaty signing within a month is unlikely due to needed correspondence. Ministers Corea and Calvo of Nicaragua and Costa Rica discussed route options. Paris dispatches deny removal of a steel material obstacle.
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Washington
Cromwell
Panama Canal Company
Hay
Paris
Knox
Russell
United States
Colombia
Panama Canal
Bogota
Corea
Calvo
Nicaragua
Costa Rica
State Department
Panama
Rebuild Campanile as Reconstruction Not Imitation
Venice acts to preserve Palladiana firm while clearing the Square of St Mark for Campanile rebuilding. Minister Bignor Nasi orders preservation measures and a reconstruction approach rather than exact replication. Mayor Low of New York cables sympathy, shaping a favorable reaction.
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St. Mark
Venice
Vicenza
Bignor Nasi
St Mark
Venic
Mayor Low
New York
Baltimore Franchise Forfeited By American League
Ban Johnson of the American League announced Baltimore’s franchise is forfeited for failing to field a team to play St Louis. The league takes rights to Baltimore as of today and charges disbanding the team, failure to field a scheduled game, and sending players to the New York club. Johnson seeks a response by noon tomorrow as a board meeting is planned after a quorum arrival. Selbach named captain with sufficient players arranged to play tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Ban Johnson
St Louis
New York Baseball Club
American League
Johnson
Selbach
Electrical Storm Paralyzes Peoria Streets
Peoria Illinois on July 17 faced the worst storm in memory with street cars halted and downed wires across the city. A heavy downpour accompanied the blackout, disrupting transportation and causing widespread disruption.
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Peoria
Ile
Italy and Russia Exchange Explanations on Far East Policy
London reports The Times Paris St Petersburg correspondent says Italy and Russia have exchanged frank clear explanations regarding their Far East policy and Albania. The governments seek satisfactory understandings to clarify positions amid regional tensions.
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Russia
Italy
London
St. Petersburg
The
Times
Far East
Albania
Sultan Hamad of Zanzibar Dies at 2 A.M.
Hamad Bin Mahomed, sultan of Zanzibar since 1860, died at 2 o'clock this morning after a relapse of paralysia. The death closes a long, British-supported reign and leaves Zanzibar in quiet.
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Zanzibar
East Africa
Hamad bin Mahomed
Sultan
Great Britain
Hyatt Delivered to Officer on Wife Murder Charge
Charles F. Hyatt alias Charles F. Osborne, held for the 1896 murder of his wife in Stillwater, was delivered to Oklahoma authorities today and will be taken to Stillwater for trial.
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Be Will Barried
Norfolk
Charles F. Hyatt
Charles F. Osborne
Oklahoma
Stillwater
Osborne
Free Sample Hagans Magassia Balm Coupon Offer
A promotional coupon promises a free sample bottle of Hagans Magassia Balm for the face neck arms and hands. Readers are instructed to mail the cutout with name and address to Lyon Manufacturing Co. at 41 South Fifth St Atlanta Ga. Constitutions Brooklyn NY are cited in the text.
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Lyon Manufacturing Co
South Fifth St
Atlanta
Constitution
Brooklyn
N.Y
Shooting at Decatur ends with man shot by conductor
In Decatur Alabama on July 17 after a game between Decatur and Pulaski Tenn a Louisville and Nashville freight conductor Robert Howard shot Frank Bauer center fielder of Decatur possibly fatally Bauer a Cullman resident was reportedly amid taunting when Howard fired twice Bauer allegedly struck Howard before the shots.
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Robert Howard
Bauer
Cullman
Decatur
Ala
Pulaski
Tenn
Louisville and Nashville
Frank Bauer
Howard
CAPTAIN W. W. REISINGER DIES
Captain William W. Reisinger who commanded the Panama cruiser Philadelphia died of Panama fever on July 10 and was buried at Magdalena The report comes as a brief naval obituary from Philadelphia via San Francisco and London dispatches describing his service.
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San Francisco
Gretes
P! Cal
United Hil Delphia
Ant
Charles Laird
William W. Reisitzer
Panama
Philadelphia
Magdalena
Lake Michigan Tide Surges Shock Chicago Shore
A sudden atmospheric pressure shift caused a Lake Michigan tidal surge described as a queer convulsion. Two high waves advanced landward along the lakefront, washing onto docks, tossing craft, and prompting rescues of two bathing youths near Lincoln Park, a fisherman saved by Evans ton crew, and another Evanston boy saved from drowning.
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Chicago
Geneva
Lake Michigan
Bream
Lincoln Park
Evanston
Georgia man among officers candidates for second lieutenancy
Washington July 17 The secretary of War designates men to be ordered for examination for appointment as second lieutenants in the army from civil life. Listed are Joseph F Ware Virginia George Albionshire Virginia M L Blount Georgia Oscar Tolley North Carolina John W Hyatt Virginia Harry L Johnson Virginia A A Jackson Florida.
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Washington
Secretary of War
Joseph F. Ware
Virginia
George AL Berbyshire
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Tts
Guitterez Brothers
Vineville
J C Gilmore
Yorktown
Baler
Principe
Switzerland
Hallau
Schaeffhausen
Farsaz
Viennaz
Vauvry
Guayaquil
Ecuador
Procopius Ceconimidus
Athens
Cape Town
Lord Kitchener
J. P. Morgan
L. H Slocum
Slocum
Henry
White
Yuan Shi Kai
Child Province
Foreign Office
Tien Tsin
T. Louis
Sultan OF
John Gilbert
Uog Sandy
Randy
Sandy
Enea
Rick
Andy
Beree
York Sun
Sunday
Constitution Daily Constitution
Sunny South
Guy Delivery
W. W. Reisinger
Parker
Fort Valley
Enterprise
Ontario
Virge Fagan
M. L. Blount
Georgia
J. Newton Hathaway
M. D
Dr. Hathaway
J. Rewton Hathaway
Inman Bldg
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