Building trades strike sweeps Pittsburg area May 1
Pittsburg employers and about 12 000 workers faced a strike that shut many building sites. By day’s end, settlements were being negotiated as unions demanded an eight hour day and wage parity. A wave of similar labor actions touched New England and Ohio, affecting thousands of textile and construction workers.
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Pittsburg
National Association of Blast Furnace Workers and Smeltters of America
United States Steel Corporation
Republic Iron and Steel Company
Bessemer Association
Independent
Lowell
Masa
Citizens’ Committee
Citizens' Committee
Youngstown
Ohio
Shaffer Reelected President of Amalgamated Iron Workers
Theodore Shaffer was reelected president of the Amalgamated Association by 148 votes to 66 over Thomas Williams of Zanesville Ohio. Secretary John Williams and Editor Ben I Davis were reelected unopposed. The union also increased salaries 20 percent for top officers. The constitution now allows discussion of political and economic questions in lodges.
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Association of Iron Workers
Wheeling
W Va
Theodore Shaffer
Amalgamated Association
Thomas Williams
Zanesville
Ohio
John Williams
Ben I. Davis
F. Tighe
Shaffer
Eci
Pnoente
Indian Appropriation Bill Receives Senate Report
A conference report on the Indian appropriation bill was presented in the senate. It includes new provisions for courts in Indian territory and increases the number of court locations, as suggested by the interior department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Interior Department
New City Limits Agreed Upon In Charter Report
A suburban charter revision subcommittee unanimously agrees on new city limits as per the Constitution map, planning to report to the general committee. The revised lines extend the south side toward Oakland city, including West End property, with ward division to follow after final adoption.
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Charter Revision Committee
General Committee
Oakland City
West End
Capitol Avenue
Pittsburg
Charter Committee
Greater
Atlanta
Battle With Desperadoes Near Almira Ends in Death
Davenport Washington May 1 Details reach of a fierce confrontation between officers and outlaws Sunday near Almira. Billy Gibbons was killed after a long exchange of gunfire while Wild fled but was later recaptured handcuffed yet at large. Gibbons had a prior cattle stealing record and was pursued after hijacking horses bound for Wyoming.
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Davenport
Wash
Law
Almira
Here
Biily Gibbons
Wild
Gibbons
Wyoming
Nicholl
Okanogamo
4Imbe
Cleveland Returns From Florida Visit
Grover Cleveland returned to Princeton New Jersey from Florida and said the trip was very pleasant and that he felt much improved in health. He added that he enjoyed the stay and looked forward to resumed activities.
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Cleveland
Florida
Princeton
N. J
Grover Cleveland
No World Fair For Next Year Told By Exposition Chief
In St Louis on May 1 President David R B Francis of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Company announces the world’s fair is essentially postponed to 1904. Directors, Governors, and officials press for congressional action to delay, citing exhibitor delays and government building material concerns. The executive committee and over fifty directors favor postponement and urge rapid congress and presidential action.
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St Louis
David RB. Francis
St. Loui
Executive Committee
National Commission
Congress
Carter
Cockrell
Senate
District of Columbia bill debate and local actions
Washington May 1 Members spoke on general subjects during debate on the District of Columbia appropriation bill. Shattue of Ohio discussed industrial conditions and Gaines of Tennessee criticized Philippine governance. The Burleson resolution for orders from the war department on Smith was adopted. Other bills moved port of entry shifts Edenton to Elizabeth City and bridge construction across the Manatee River in Florida.
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House
Washington
District of Columbia
Shattue
Ohio
Gaines
Tennessee
Philippines
Burleson
War Department
Bamar Vander
Jacob H. Smith
Albemarle
Edenton
Elizabeth City
United States and West Indian Steamship Company
Manatea River
Florida
Flurey in power stocks prompt rally fails
New York May 1 price action in International Power Company shares shows a loss of 17 points for the day. The stock opened at 115, fluctuated to 101, and closed at 103 with 1500 shares traded. Pliny Fisk of Harvey Fisk & Sons was asked by President Hoadley to investigate the company’s condition, and Cyrus Field Judson resigned from the board.
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New York
International Power Company
Pliny Fisk
Harvey Fisk & Sons
Hoadley
Cyrus Field Judson
International Power Directorate
Beaf Trust Testimony Doubtful As Kansas City Packers
Missouri officials seek evidence of a beef packing trust while retail butchers fear packers influence. Testimonies falter as butchers request anonymity. Jeffries hopes to compel Kansas City witnesses in Jefferson City. Beef consumption slumps as packers claim export orders steady prices and cattle receipts drop versus last year.
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Kansa City
E. C Crow
Missouri
S B. Jeffries
Jefferson City
Kansas City
Supreme Court
Packers’ Combine
St. Louis
St. Joseph
Butchers
Chicago
Todk
Department of Justice
Washington
Mr Wu Likely Speaks To Georgians In Milledgeville
Ashington May 1 Special Mr Wu the Chinese minister has about consented to visit Georgia after discussions with Senator Clay and Representative Bartlett urged acceptance of the Milledgeville invitation. He may address Georgians if he avoids criticism like that from Senator Teller. Wu refused to commit on a Pekin cable claim that he is pressed for a new bureau of foreign laws, noting laws were once fit for old conditions and have since outgrown.
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Ashington
Georgia
Milledgeville
Bureau of Foreign Laws
Jen
Georgia blood dyed Maryland two Confederate remains found
In May near Antietam on the Maryland side workmen unearthed two Confederate skeletons, wearing uniforms with Georgia buttons. One thigh bone held a one third shell fragment and rusted dirk knives. A blue silk thread was around an ankle. The bodies, once sought by Georgians a score years earlier, were interred at Elmwood Cemetery.
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Martinsburg
W Va
Antietam Battle Field
Maryland
Georgia
Elmwood Cemetery
SONS OF GEORGIA AMONG THE STARS AT ANNAPOLIS
Annapolis Md May 1 Graduation day at the naval academy featured an artillery drill led by Lt W T Cluverius. Star graduates included Henry Wallace Denver Cole Horace Kryce Frank Sterling John Woodruff James Richardson Emory Land Donald Bingham Louis Porterfield James Lannon Adolphus Statum David Weaver Charles Early Frank Freyer Oscar Cooper Puleston and others with President Roosevelt expected to present diplomas and speak.
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Annapolis
Naval Cadets
Academy
W. T Cluverius
Cacre
Henry G
Wallace
Denver Cole
Horace
Kryce
Fayetteville
Ark
Frank W Sterling
Chicago
John W Woodruff
Ludington
Mich
James QC. Richardson
Paris
Tex
Emory
Laramie
Wio
Donald C. Bingham
Talladega
Ala
Louis B. Porterfield
Greenville
James P. Lannon
Alexandria
Adolphus
Roosevelt
Goodman Is Chosen President At Air Brake Association
The National Air Brake Association wrapped a three day session in Pittsburg and elected officers. J E Goodman of the Northern Pacific was named President with W Huntley of Chesapeake and Ohio as vice president and EG Desco of Boston and Albany as second vice president. John Hume of Houston and Texas Central became third vice president. FOM Nellis of Locomotive Engineering in New York was secretary and Otto Best of Nashville, Chattanooga and St Louis railroad was treasurer. Colorado Springs will host the next meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Air Brake Association
Pittsburg
Colorado Springs
J. E Goodman
Northern Pacific Railroad
P Huntley
Richmond
Chesapeake and Ohio
EG. Desco
Springfield
Mass
Boston and Albany
John Hume
Houston
Tex
Houston and Texas Central
Fom Nellis
Locomotive Engineering
New York
Otto Best
Nashville, Tenn
Nashville, Chattanooga
Moody Takes the Oath as Secretary of the Navy
William Henry Moody was sworn in as secretary of the navy at the navy department. Moody and the department staff were introduced to him as clerks and officials watched, marking a formal transition in the cabinet post. A separate notice reports a liquor-law warrant tied to alleged violations involving a Capitol venue.
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Moody
Washington
Wiliam Henry Moody
Secretary of the Navy
Navy Department
Long Starewall
Capitol
Theo ‘L Page
Senate
Remmel Resigns Arkansas Revenue Collector Post
Washington May 1 Henry L Remmel of Little Rock has resigned as collector of internal revenue for Arkansas. He will be succeeded by F W Tucker. Remmel is the chairman of the Republican state central committee.
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Remmel
Washington
Henry L Remmel
Little Rock
Internal Revenue
Arkansas
F. W. Tucker
Republican State Central Committee
De Wollant Transferred to Mexican Embassy Post
Information comes from Washington that M. De Wollant, recently first secretary of the Russian embassy, has been reassigned to the same rank at the Russian embassy in Mexico City.
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de Wollant
Washington
M. de Wollant
Mexico City
Conference of Bishops Invited to Visit Chattanooga
A semiannual conference of the Methodist Episcopal board of bishops convened in Chattanooga on May 1 with bishops Herrill Andrews Warren Foss Walden Malla?veau Fowler Fitzgerald Goodsell Cranston Hamilton Joyce arriving tomorrow. Committees were formed to review communications. Atlanta invited the bishops to visit, likely a board committee will go after adjournment. The federation and uniform journal proposals drew mixed responses and the ministers voted 8421 for adoption of the new constitution with a large majority. A reception for the bishops was held in the city tonight.
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Atlanta
Chattanooga
Tenn
Board of Bishops of the
Methodist Episcopal Church
Herrill
Chicago
Andrews
New York
Warren
Denver
Foss
Philadelphia
Walden
Cincinnati
Mallalveu
Boston
Fowler
Buffalo
Fitzgerald
St. Louis
Goodsell
Cranston
Portland
Oreg
Hamilton
San Francisco
Joyce
Book Committee
Commmitee On Federation
Roosevelts Move to Court Martial Major Edwin F Glenn
Washington May 1 President orders Major Edwin F Glenn Fifth Infantry to stand trial by court martial for alleged water cure torture in the Philippines General Fred D Grant will head the court The trial opens May 12 at Catbalogan Samar with Lieutenant A L Conger and Captain Palmer H Lyon under investigation for possible court martial action by Judge Advocate General Davis
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Washington
Smith
Root
Edwin F Glenn
Fifth Infantry
Senate Philippine Committee
Catbalogan
Samar
Fred D. Grant
Lst
War Department
Glenn
Senate Committee
Philippines
Chaffee
A L Conger
Eighteenth Infantry
Palmer H. Lyon
Presidente
Igbarras
Davis
Shade Grown Sumatra Leaf First Sale in Connecticut
The first sale of shade grown Sumatra tobacco leaf was held in Hartford on May 1 1901. Growers from the Connecticut river valley sold leaf by auction to dealers and manufacturers from New York Chicago and Houston. Prices ranged from 250 to 20 cents per leaf with color and length affecting value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Connecticut
Hartford
Conn
Connecticut River Valley
New York
Chicago
Huston
Republicans Upbeat on Philippine Policy Debate
Washington reports a Republican shift to an active defense of the administration's Philippine policy. Senators Pritchard Carmack and Lode prepare pointed speeches recalling alleged massacres to counter Democratic calls for silence. The aim is to portray U S actions in the Philippines as comparable to past scars in American history and to discredit critics by stressing misconduct among opposing figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jos. Ohl
Washington
Republicana Hate
Philippines
Biliami
Senator Pritchard
North Carolina
Carmack
Senate
Pritchard
Simmons
Lode
Mort Pillow
Senator Carmack
Miles
Philippine Islands
Jakiemith
Many Old Items From Atlanta News Roundup
A patchwork of brief notes from Atlanta and nearby cities covers court rulings, political events, and national affairs. Highlights include tax issues for Consolidated Street Railway, a charter committee report on city limits, Boer War commentary, and local ceremonies marking anniversaries and corner stones.
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Fitteburg
Steel Trust
Massachusetts
New England
Cape Ann
Barre
Providence
American Woolen Company
Bridgeport
Artford
Presidi
Francis Saya
WU Ting-Fang
Teller
MR. WU
Buttons
Sons OF Georgia
Among the Stars
Haris of
Ta Sie
Glass
Naval Headeny
Alabama Boys
Weaver
Lexington
Freyer
Marietta, Ga
Bingham
Porterfield
Goodman
Bishofs
Major Glenn
Courtmartial
Fred Grant Wil
Sumatra
General Smith
South
Fort Pillow
Indiana
Repub Heang
Wright
Consolidated Street Railway Companies of
Jan Krige
Court House
Dock Howell
Waycross
Gilbert
Savannah Volunteer Guarda
Candler
Masons of Columbus
Henry Clay
Felton
Bible Superior Court
Ogden
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Blacksburg
Admiral Schrey
Jackson
Miss
McKinley
Virginia-Carolina Chemical Company
Montgomery
Johnson City
United States
Francis
Mr. Havemeyer
Sugar Trust
Italy
Venice
Palma
Cuba
Santiago
India
Great Britain
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