Miners Strike Looms as West Virginia Coalfields Face Halt
North Fork West Virginia June 6 Twenty thousand miners plan a general walkout in the Flat Top field affecting over forty coal and coke companies. Miners bring tools, flood concerns rise, and agitators are active along the Norfolk and Western line. Officials say train crews may shrink but general shops can stay busy for a month.
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Charles McCann
Otta
Mitchell
North Fork
W. Va
Flat Top
Norfolk and Western Tailroad
Norfolk and Western Railway
Thomas Haggerty
West Virginia
Gad
Harrisburg
Lykeng
Lyikens
Williamston
Wicontscu
Horses and Men Mangled Special Train Wreck Near Mix Station
A Cleveland Cincinnati Chicago and St Louis special horse train wrecked near Mix station Ohio injuring about twenty horses from a train of ninety one. Brakeman James Borden of Ansonia killed and Engineer Daniel Kunkel and Fireman George Bayer of Bellefontaine badly injured. Several horse owners including H S Argyl Nashville J J O gies Fort Worth J M Garth Charlottesville and J W Pangle Washington were injured. Train from St Louis to Fort Wayne jumped the rack at high speed.
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Mix Station
Ohio
Bellefontaine
Junge 6
Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St Louis
James Borden
Ansonia
Daniel Kunkel
George Bayer
H. S Argyl
Nashville
Tenn
J. J. Ogies
Fort Worth
Tex
J M. Garth
Charlottesville
J. W. Pangle
Washington
FLOWERS FOR HEROIC DEAD IN BALTIMORE
Confederate graves in London Park were strewn with flowers by the Maryland Society of the Army and Navy of the Confederate States. About eighty uniformed soldiers from Pikesville joined a procession to the graves followed by an oration, a rendition of Father Ryans Conquered Banner, and choral numbers by a double quartet.
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Baltimore
London Park
Maryland Society of the Army and Navy of the
Confederate States
Pikesville
Father Ryans
Hanna Springs Volcano Scare and Panama Route Support
Washington June 6. Senator Hanna argues for the Panama route in the Isthmian canal debate, citing eighty three ship masters and pilots who favor Panama over Nicaragua. He warns volcanic dangers to Nicaragua, urges US business logic, and questions Captain Merry’s Nicaragua testimony while linking canal construction to national interests.
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Washington
Senate
Banna
Ohio
Panama
Bahia
Nicaragua
Hanna
Nicaragua Canal
Panama Canal
Captain Merry
United States
Merry
Maritime Canal Company
Bing
Hellprin
Suea
Manchester
Kiel
Mitchell
No Cure, No Pay Paazo Ointment Ad
An advert promotes Paazo Ointment with a no cure no pay guarantee. It claims refunds if the ointment fails to cure ring worm tetter ulcers sores pimples and blackheads on the face and similar conditions. The tone is a classic medical remedy pitch.
Roosevelt Is Rapped For Attacking South
In a heated Senate debate on the anti-anarchy bill, Alabama Democrat Richardson condemned President Roosevelt’s Memorial Day remarks at Arlington. He contrasted Roosevelt with McKinley, urged propriety, and criticized references to Lincoln and Grant, including calls tied to lynching. The session adjourned after voting on a bodyguard provision and penalties for killing the president.
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Washington
Richardson
Arlington
Lincoln
Grant
Long
Littlefield
Senate Bil
House
McKinley
Roosevelt
Alabama
President McKinley
Huntsville
Ala
South
Buffalo
Huntaville
Arington
Linco
Confederate Congress
United States
Lee
Appomatox
Richardson Alag
Bartlett
Georgia
Senate
Judiciary Committee
Crumpacker
Indiana
Parker
New Jersey
Ray
Alexander
New York
Bartlett Fails to Land on Wood in Cuban Pay Row
Washington June 6 a war department note opposes Bartlett Georgia seeking info on General Leonard Wood's pay as governor general of Cuba Secretary Root explains Cuban revenues funded allowances and fixed U S officer pay Five Democrats on the military committee join a minority report arguing Wood’s compensation is statutory and not subject to extra allowance The House votes 100 to 72 to table the resolution with Bartlett's challenge overruled
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Washington
Secretary of War
Hull
House Military Committee
Bartlett
Georgia
Leonard A. Wood
Cuba
Rodt
Alger
Brooke
Wood
Volunteers
Palma
United States
Root
House of Representatives
Willey of Georgia Named Third Vice President at TSA Meet
The Travelers' Protective Association held its national convention in Portland selecting Indianapolis for the 1903 meet. Howard W. Peake of Texas is president with Robert W. Simons of California as first vice president and B W. Dohme of Ohio as second. Robert L. Willey of Georgia becomes third vice president, Louis Ochs of Louisiana fourth. Nelson Gray of Kentucky chairs the hotel committee and Rev. Virgil Tevis of Indiana is named national chaplain.
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Travelers’ Protective Association
Portland
Ore
Indianapolis
Howard W. Peake
Texas
Robert W. Simons
California
B W. Dohme
Ohio
Robert L. Willey
Georgia
Louis Ochs
Louisiana
Nelson Gray
Kentucky
Virgil Tevis
Indiana
Will of Judge Crabtree Proves in Sterling Illinois
The will of Judge John D. Crabtree of the appellate court is filed for probate in Sterling Illinois. He leaves $200,000 in real estate and personal property to eight children and exhorts his sons to be ready to defend the country as in 1861 if needed.
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United States
Sterling
John D. Crabtree
John
Ocean Terrors In Grand Review Naval Maneuvers Set
The navy announced winter assemblies for North Atlantic, South Atlantic and European fleets to rehearse an unprecedented global fleet maneuvers. By November 15 a large, ready-to-sail force will assemble at Hampton Roads, Bahia, and Gibraltar before converging at Culebra or Guantanamo for two months of drill.
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Washington
Navy Department
North Atlantic
South Atlantic
West
Indies
Department
Culebra
Porto Rico
Guantanamo
Cuba
Higginson
Hampton Roads
Sumner
Bahia
Brazil
Crowninshield
Gibraltar
Cape Verde Islands
West Indies
Kearsarge
Iowa
Massachusetts
Brooklyn
Illinois
Alabama
Indiana
Maine
Olympia
Baltimore
Cincinnati
Raleigh
Albany
Chicago
San Francisco
Neéwark
Atlanta
Detroit
Montgomery
Nashville
Marietta
Matthias
Denver Negroes in a Huff Over Sunday School Seats
Denver church representatives call a meeting and adopt resolutions to boycott the international Sunday school convention in protest over assigned seats. They will inform colored delegates nationwide to skip the event unless a seating restriction is lifted.
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Denver
Colo
Fireman killed as locomotive jumps track in Chattanooga
A belt railroad locomotive jumped the track early today in Chattanooga Tennessee tipping over an embankment and killing fireman Fred Rabe aged 17. Rabe died at the scene with the accident reported by local officials.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Belt Railroad
Fred Rabe
Rabe Weg
Taft Mission to Vatican Stirs Church State Debate
Secretary Root tucked Taft guidance for negotiating friar lands with Vatican officials into a May 9 1902 directive. It urges advocacy of church state separation and outlines terms for possible land sales while protecting Philippine interests and ensuring congressional authorization. A Pope visit anecdote and a Big Four derailment report follow in the same dispatch.
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Washington
Phe
Root
Senate
House
Taft
Vatican
United States
Watt
Manila
Rome
Philippine Islands
Congress
Wanila
Ney
Islands
Philippines
Roosevelt
White ‘House
Lpon
America
Islands Ready for Civil Rule
Acting Governor Wright reports Secretary Root: only Moro country areas lack civil government are Lepanto Batangas Laguna Princip e Infante Mindoro Samar Paragua and small groups. No armed insurrection. Civil governments planned for Bontee Lepanto Laguna Batangas to be established. Batangas to be temporarily under military until July 4. Princip e Infanta and Paragua to wait for vessels by Sept 1. Mindoro and Paragua group need military due to sparse population and transport limits. Major General Adna R. Chaffee to supervise until civil authority established.
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Washington
Root
Wright
Philippines
Manila
Moro
Lepanto
Bontoc
Batangas
Laguna
Principe
Infante
Mindoro
Samar
Paraguan
Bontee
Philippine Commission
Infanta
Bontoe
le Panto
Martinique
Adna R. Chaffee
Kidnapped Girl Recovered In Cincinnati Homecoming
Margaret Taylor known as Baby Taylor was kidnapped from Cincinnati over four years ago and arrived home with her parents and three year old brother Edward. Reporters met the party at the depot and she spoke Italian. Neighbors and friends gave an ovation in Cumminsville. Interest centers on extradition of aunt Clara Taylor from Italy and pardon applications for grandmother and Miss Frances Taylor.
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Little Margaret Taylor
Cincinnati
Margaret Taylor
Edward
New York
Baby Taylor
Cumminsville
Clara Taylor
Italy
Columbus
Frances Taylor
Combine of Liquor Dealers to Fight Prohibition
In Louisville on June 6 representatives of Cincinnati and Kentucky liquor dealers forming the National Protective Association postponed amalgamation with the Wholesale Liquor Dealers’ Association until their Pittsburgh meeting on June 10. If a bureau of education is created, both groups will unite to oppose prohibitory legislation. Also noted is the gazetting of Senor de Ojeda as Spain’s minister to Washington and Senor DeColognan succeeding him at Tangiers.
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Louisville
Cincinnati
Kentucky
National Protective Association
Protective Association
Wholesale Liquor Dealers’ Association
Pittsburg
Bureau of Education
Senor de Ojeda
Morocco
Spain
Washington
Duke de Arcos
Belgium
Senor
B. J. DeColognan
Pekin
Tangiers
Doctor’s pink pills restore Rahway woman from near death
Mrs. W. H. Wake of Rahway New Jersey was near death from anaemia after months of weakness nervousness and loss of appetite. After three boxes of Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People she improved rapidly and was cured, according to her account. The pills cost 50 cents a box or six for 2 50 and are sold by druggists or by Dr Williams Medicine Company Schenectady NY.
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Wake
Dr Williams
Dr. Williams Medicine Company
Schenectady
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Ocean Terrors IN Grand Review
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