Alabama Miners Strike As Walkout Looms Next Monday
In Birmingham on October 3 President Flynn of the United Mine Workers district of Alabama orders a work stoppage by about 1,600 Tennessee Coal Iron and Railway miners at Blue Creek and Blocton mines. The move raises total strikers to over 4,000 as Pratt division miners join. The dispute centers on union assessments for autocarite strikers withheld from pay. Union officials canvass Sloss Sheffield miners as expulsion threatens those who refuse to pay.
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Birmingham
Ala
Flynn
United Mine Workers of America, District of Alabama
Tennessee Coal, Iron and
Blue Creek
Blocton
Pratt Mines
Miners’ Union
Autoracite
Wignon
Sloss- Sheffield Company
Mississippi Capitol Cornerstone to Honor Jefferson Davis Birthday
Jackson Miss October 3 Special The capitol commission sets June 34 as the cornerstone ceremony date honoring Jefferson Davis birthday by popular demand Invitations go to governors and state officials. the event aims to be the most notable in state history. Also: political circles buzz over General Thomas Catchings entering next year’s governor race. Mississippi Historical Society plans unveilings of old documents. charter-fee law yields nearly fourteen thousand dollars.
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Jackson
Miss
Union
Mississippi
Capitol Commission
Jefferson Davis
Commonwealth
Catchings
Thomas C. Catchings
Southern Railway
Congress
Politioa
Misssippi Historical Sociery
Dunbar Rowland
Department of Archives and Histy
Stephen D. Lee
Columbus
Southern States See Record Industrial Growth in 1902
Chattanooga reports The Tradesman statistics show the thirteen southern states establishing 3454 new industrial enterprises in the first nine months of 1902. Miscellaneous plants lead with 218, followed by woodworking, natural gas and oil, mines, and gins. Alabama and Texas show notable leads in furnaces and electric power respectively.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Alabama
Arkansas
Florida
Georgia
Kentucky
Louisiana
Mississippi
North Carolina
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Virginia
West Virginia
South
South Caroline
Helele
Conleg
Enes Distilleries
Electric Light and
Ifosteel
Jenfeede
L. Yl Gas Works
Ap Iy
Ssbesbesbeneafes Hardware Companies
Afaginay
Lee Sugar Mi
Olde Tanneries
Tin Plate Mills
Ate
Fobacco Factore Water Works
Ee Woodworking Pian
Ie Ag
Fed
Ake
Dead man identified as Joe Erwin in Flint River case
Huntaville Alabama October 3 Special. The body of an unknown man found in Flint River Thursday was identified as Joe Erwin a traveling man from Birmingham. He had visited the city a week earlier in a demented state believing officers pursued him and traded clothes before fleeing. His clothes remain missing. Erwin had a wife in Florence.
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Flint River
Joe Erwin
Huntaville
Ala
Flnt River
Birmingham
Erwin
Florence
Freight train jumps bridge over Tennessee river at New Decatur
A freight train on the Southern railway bridge over the Tennessee river jumped the track at New Decatur Alabama causing a serious scare but no injuries. Trains were delayed over two hours while a wrecking crew from the Louisville and Nashville shops responded to clear the line and assess the damage.
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New Decatur
Ala
Southern Railway
Tennessee River
Louisville and Nashville
Southern Steamship Company charter granted in Mobile
Papers of incorporation filed in Montgomery for the Southern Steamship Company with headquarters in Mobile. Capital stock $60,000. Plans to operate fruit vessels in the gulf trade. Organizers include William Eckhardt of Bellville Illinois, Benjamin H. Charles of St. Louis, Philip H. Allison, A. F. Piazza and Daniel Gunn of Mobile.
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Mobile Concern
Capital Stock
Montgomery
Ala
Southern Steamship Company
Mobile
William Eckhardt
Bellville
Benjamin H. Charles
St. Louis
Philip H. Allison
A. F. Piazza
Daniel Gunn
Governor Jelks offers reward for murder of Mrs Dickson
Governor Jelks of Alabama announced a $300 reward for the arrest and conviction of the murderer who choked to death Mrs. Dickson in Morbile. The crime occurred a few nights ago when the assailant entered her room.
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Jeliks
Alabama
Montgomery
Ala
Jelks
Dickson
Morbile
Phillips Bound Over in Langdale Shooting Case
The preliminary trial of Phillips, accused of shooting Owens at Langdale last week, was held today before Judge Driver. He was bound over to await trial under a $4000 daily bond.
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Lafayette
Ala
Phillips
Owens
Langdale
Driver
Cotton rate cut by railroad commission in Alabama
On recommendation of the railroad commission, the rate on cotton bales from Montgomery and Selma, Alabama City and Gadsden has been reduced from 34 cents per 100 pounds to 250 cents.
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Montgomery
Ala
Railroad Commission
Selma
Alabama
City
Gadsden
Republicans Nominate in Chattanooga City Election
Chattanooga Tenn October 3 The Republican city convention held today nominated two of four city offices Major Charles R Evans for city attorney and John C Twinam for city judge. No nominations were made for the remaining two positions.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Sneelal
Charles R. Evans
John C. Twinam
Governor offers reward for assailant in Mrs Spivey attack
Governor Aycock has offered $300 for the capture of the assailant who attacked Mrs. Spivey at Fairview in Henderson County. A five day search has yielded no solid breakthrough, with suspicion centering on a dark complexioned white man possibly disguised in convict clothes. Descriptive circulars have gone to Tennessee and South Carolina and police alerted widely.
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Asheville
N. C
Aycock
Spivey
Fairview
Carolina
Contract Set for Louisiana
The Secretary of the Navy awarded Newport News Ship Building Company a $3,990,000 contract to construct the battleship Louisiana. The bids were straight and no combination appeared. The award was expedited by comparing two yards, with Newport News challenging New York Navy Yard's speed in building a battleship. Naval experts will monitor progress closely.
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Washington
Secretary of the Navy Today
Louisiana
Newport News Ship Building Company
Navy Department
Newport Newa
New York Navy Yard
Concre
Gen Alger for the Senate A Chicago paper endorses him
The Chicago Inter Ocean highlights Russell Alger as a sturdy living American. It recalls his Civil War army service, brevet major general rank, and broad cross party appeal among business and political figures in Michigan. It notes his 1884 victory backed by a fusion ticket and a strengthened Republican canvass.
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Chicago
Inter Ocean
Russell AL Alger
Michigan
Alger
West
Coalithon
Wagon Struck by Fast Train at Lin dale Georgia
J B Marrow a 55 year old white man was seriously injured when a Central of Georgia passenger train struck his wagon near Lin Dale six miles from Rome He could not escape due to paralysis while driver Joseph Hicka jumped clear The accident left Marrow with a broken left shoulder and a large head wound with little chance of recovery The incident halted at the crossing as the mules balked at the train pushing the wagon apart from the rails
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Rome
J. B. Marrow
Lindale
Central of Georgia
Marrow
Aragon
Joseph Hicka
Hicka
Poll tax debate and North Carolina politics noted
Raleigh reports Democratic State Chairman Simmons argues poll tax not needed for registration but required to vote and aims to place white men on a permanent voter roll via the grandfather clause. Other notes include Asheville building company charter, a knit mill project by James B. Martin and Ernest Martin, and large hotel plans near Southern Pines. Wake County registration opens, penitentiary earnings near fifty thousand dollars, and a Fayetteville jailer shoots and kills Henry Huggins during an escape attempt.
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Raleigh
N. C
Simmons
North Carolina News Motes
Asheville Office Building Company
Capital
N. C. MacLoud
Cleveland
Ohio
James B. Martin
Fleaboard Air Line
Ernest Martin
Northern
Great Niagara
Southern Pines
Pinehurst
Wake County
Henry Huggins
Fayetteville
Goddard
Censorship in Russia Explains Editors’ Dilemma and Fines
London Express details how Russian editors must also be diplomats, masking meaning in sketches. It traces early censorship from the first issue to today, outlining two grades of control, daily sample submissions, and punishments from cautions to long suspensions and fines up to £500, with editors jailed if unable to pay.
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London Express
St. Petersburgskiya V
Ukase
St. Petersburgakiya
Commissioner of Police
Pan
Ht Wi Killed by Westbound Passenger Train Near Montgomery
Troup Hodges of Savannah was fatally struck near Montgomery Alabama by a westbound passenger train of the Western Railway of Alabama. He had wandered from Mount Meigs and, after spending the night in a shack, approached the engine and was killed instantly. Hodges had a varied life, including service in South Africa with the Boers and a prior lunacy trial in Savannah.
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Montgomery
Ala
Troup Hodges
Savannah
Western Railway of Alabama
Mount Meigs
Here
Central Railroad
Hodges
South Africa
Rufus E. Lester
Georgia
Der Kaiser Bans American Goods in New Embargo
The Baltimore American reports Germany under Der Kaiser imposes new prohibitions on American imports including hats shoes beans jam tripe ham beverages and honey. The poem notes Kaiser bans on ships and misfortune for Americans as his son allegedly marries into the United States and vows to influence policy.
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der Kaiser
Boston
Germany
Sati
Jong
United States
Baltimore
Atlanta Tax Lien Notices Lead To City Property Seizures
Fulton County notices show city marshal listing multiple properties in Atlanta for sale under city tax levies for 1901. Properties include lots fronting Irwin and McDaniel streets, with parcels tied to Carrie M Thompson and Thos F Corrigan, among others, to satisfy municipal tax claims.
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Marshal Salge
Fulton County
Atlanta
Atla
4Th
Georgia
Irwin
Joming Langston
R Thompson
Atta] Oykin
Corrigan
Saldenia Thos F
Bates Faiferens
Rilty
Dougherty-Ward-1 Company Petition Filed in Fulton
Petitioners Daniel O Dougherty James R Little LA Redw J Castleberry and J 5 Eata County seek authority to form a Georgia corporation named Dougherty Ward Company to operate a wholesale dry goods business. They request power to purchase property, borrow money, issue stock up to $500 000, and locate offices in Atlanta with possible others. The filing, signed by Clerk SMITH HAM and dated 1902, seeks court approval to grant the charter and privileges under state law.
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Elton
Georgia
Superior Court of Lait
Daniel O Doughert
James R Little
J. O. Castleberry
Eata County
Dougherty-Wa
Aid Corpe
Bald Corporation
Eaid Corporation
Colle
Sime
Capital Stack Canal
Deblare
George Smith
Ham Her
Fuite
Fulton Broyles
Dougherty-Ward-1
Sefes
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Pradiw
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Southern Steamship CO
MRE
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United States Infantry
Fert Thomas
Brant Major
Chaputepec
Third Infantry
Smith
States Infantry
Chapultepec
Stetson
LAW Bros. CO
Decatur
Pai
Battle Ship
Newport News Company
Gen. Alger
Senate
Central
McKinley
Maine
Havana
Theodore Roosevelt
Navy
Gage
Long
Mr. Hanna
Roosevelt
War Department
Spain
Cuba
Porto Rico
Philippines
McMillan
Russia
Keele
Lamar & Rankin
Oxolo
the Oxolo Man
Oxolo Chemical Co
Providence
B. 1
Brown & Allen, Brannen & Anthony
Elkin-Watson Drug Co
Todd Drug Co
Hammack Drug Co
Bratton’s Drug Store
Hood & Roberts
Edmondson Bros
W. O. Trammell
Luis
SAN Frade
Gallerie
Portland
Tre
Walnatio
Weleo
Times Legs
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