Bucks Stove case ends with jail terms for Gompers Mitchell Morrison
Washington December 24. Justice Wright’s DC supreme court verdict finds Gompers Mitchell and Morrison guilty in the Bucks Stove and Range boycott case. Gompers gets 12 months, Mitchell 9 months, Morrison 6 months. All three released on bail while appeals proceed.
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Washington
Bucks Stove and Range Company
Gompers
Mitchell
Morrison
American Federation of Labor
Wright
Supreme Court of the District of Columbia
Gould
United States Court of Appeals of
District of Columbia
Bucks
American Federationist
Denver
Col
American Feedration of Labor
Bucks Store and Range Company
Six Honest Men In Pittsburg Graft Ring Declared
Pittsburg graft hearings accuse seven councilmen and two bankers of paying 745000 to influence the filtration plant contract. Detective Wilson testifies of pardons, money, and a reformer offered 10000 to talk. Voters League holds subpoenas to compel witnesses in the ongoing case.
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Pittsburg
Robert ‘Wilson
Scranton
Voters’ League of Pittsburg
Mr. Wilson
W. A. Martin
Martin
Wilson
Brand
Klein
Wasson
Atchinson
Soffel
Geng
Ormer
Ramsey
Vilsack
German National Bank
Voters’ League of
Tensard de ‘Wolft
Broay
Reasons and the Men Hot Shots in Decision
A critical excerpt questions labor unions and officials meddling in workers daily affairs. It argues workers overestimate their authority and questions knowledge of boycott conspiracy and injunction. The piece contends customers face browbeating and coercion by a store company.
Accusations Against Restraint Of Trade In Breach Case
Accusations allege breach of plaintiff existing contracts and deprivation of property including goodwill. Claims allege deceptive restraints and interference with lawful business across multiple states. The notice frames charges of restraint of trade and due process violations impacting plaintiff’s commercial interests.
Issuers Shatter Three US Trusts in New Indian Scene
A dramatic headline reports three US trusts being shattered as Waters-Pierce Co. faces dissolution. The piece notes plans to abolish the concerns on January 15, 1909, and mentions changes affecting the Standard of Indiana and Republic.
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St. Louis
Supreme Court of Missouri
Standard Oil Company of
Indiana
Republic Oil Company
Missouri
Waters-Pierce Oil Company of
Waters-Pierce Oil Company
Supreme Court
Hadley
New York
State Supreme Court
Woodson
Graves
Lamb
Standard
Standard of
Republic
Court finds conspiracy to fix prices and restrain trade
The court finds that the companies conspired to regulate and fix prices to retail dealers, to control and limit the trade in refined petroleum products, to prevent competition in buying and selling these products, and to deceive the public into believing they operated as separate legitimate competitors.
Heavy Snowfall Shuts Roads Across Delaware Valley
A heavy snowstorm blanketed eastern Pennsylvania New Jersey and Delaware on Wednesday with depths from six inches to a foot. Philadelphia reported more than six inches as snow ceased later that day.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Delaware
Five Hurt In Collision At Chaffee Missouri
Five people were injured when a local passenger train collided with a freight train at Chaffee Missouri on December 24. The Chicago & Eastern Illinois railway reported no fatalities.
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Chaffee, Mo
Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railway
Venezuela Reopening Talks Amid Dutch Venezuelan Warships Stopped
Washington reports a resumption of diplomatic relations with Venezuela is near as Vice President Gomez seeks a satisfactory settlement and US warships remain at La Guaira. The Hague says Dutch warships will cease hostile actions and Caracas may see a quick settlement.
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Washington
Venezuela
State Department
Caracas
Gomez
United States
la Guaira
W. J. Buchanan
North Carolina
Hague
Cipriano Castro
Berlin
Castro
Foreign Office
Large holster found linked to Captain in murder trial
In Flushing New York on December 24 evidence in the Thornton J Hains case centers on a large leather revolver holster found strapped under Captain Peter C Hains and near his arrest for the killing of William BE Annis. Police say the holster could press against the chest and enable quick drawing if worn.
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Flushing
N.Y
Thornton
Baker
Fire destroys block of Brooklyn apartments in big blaze
More than 1,000 people homeless and 100000 dollars in property lost after a fire roared through an entire block of apartment houses between Second and Third avenues and Forty-fourth and Forty-fifth streets in Brooklyn on Wednesday. Twenty persons were overcome by smoke but rescued by firefighters as the Bush Terminal docks nearby were saved by a powerful fireboat keeping flames from Second Avenue.
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New York
Second
Third Avenues
Forty-fourth
Brooklyn
Great Bush Terminal
Avenue
Labor Unions Plan Amalgamation on Great Lakes
Cleveland December 24 The Cleveland Leader reports a movement for uniting all labor unions around the Great Lakes. A secret conference of national officers in Cleveland launched the effort to form a broad amalgamation of unions.
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Cleveland, O
Cleveland
Great’ Lakes
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Sec
Labor
Labor Press
Keefe
Detroit
Mich
Daniel Keefe
Bucks Store Company
New Jersey Company
H. Clay Pierce
Waters-Pierce Company
Standard Oil Company
Jefferson City
Standard Oil
Samuel Gompers
John A. Mitchell
Aissours
TRIO
Waters-Pierce CO
Iil Wauher
Sentinel
Dionysius of
Halicarnassus
Carlyle
Saul
B. C
David
Solomon
Farrar
New Jerusalem
God
Big Gun
M. Hains
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