Strikes Spark Soldiers Clash Fears In Panther Creek Valley
Tamaqua Pa August 28 The Panther Creek valley faces serious tension as Lansford and Summit Hill streets fill with strikers. Two companies of the Twelfth regiment patrol the area while crowds jeer soldiers and a woman is beaten during a supper delivery. Authorities fear a morning clash between troops and miners over nonunion workers at Lehigh Coal No 4 colliery.
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Tamaqua
Panther Creek
Lansford
Summit Hill
Twelfth Regiment
Mary Markley
Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company
No. 4
Woman fights for infant possession under new Iowa law
In Keokuk a mother appointed a special constable to guard her eleven month old child amid a vagrancy case sparked by the Associated Charities. Secretary Park was jailed briefly for contempt as judges and lawyers debate the constitutionality and reach of a new statute allowing courts to remove children from parents amid lengthy appeals through the system.
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Keokuk
Vina Kellar
Mer Park
Retary Park
Cientific
Last
Adge Hughes
Superior Court
Altc
Cretary Park
Hughes Ig
Iowas
Iowa
Park
Hughes
Marshall
Shock Restores His Reason: Wild Wisconsin Madman Shot
Marinette, August 28. A bullet unexpectedly cured a deranged man, Joseph Forvillin aged 30, who had held a posse at bay all night. He fled after officers fired at his barn but was later shot by Officer Zimmerman. The bullet banished insanity though he recalls little of the escapade.
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Marinette
Wis
Joseph Forvillin
Zimmerman
Forvillin
Life Sentence for Wisconsin Wife Murderer
George Wolfe, known as the Chippewa Falls wife murderer, was brought to Shell Lake from Chippewa Falls and pleaded guilty to first degree murder. Judge Vinje sentenced him to life imprisonment at Waupun.
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Shell Lake
Wis
Aus
George Wolfe
Chippewa Walls
Chippewa Fells
Vinje
Waupun
Five Young People Drowned at Lake Cognac Michigan
Five workers from Battle Creek sanitarium including nurses and stenographers drowned when the steamer Welcome collided with a rowboat on Lake Cognac. A group of young people, led by Bennett, were returning to the villa. Carrie Fyock survived. Drowned: Fannie Brady, Mabel Richard, Ella Dorsey, Fannie Willis. remains recovered from twenty feet. The wreck occurred as the Welcome began its last trip.
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Battle Creek
Mich
Hattle Creek
Mr. Bennett
Dallas
Tex
Fannie Brady
Mabel Richard
Traverse City
Ella Dorsey
Allegheny
Fannie Willis
Toronto
Ont
Carrie Fyock
Johnstown
Miss Brady
Miss Richard
Work Thain
Train wreck in Arkansas kills workers near Illinois Station
Van Buren Arkansas reports a wreck on the Kansas and Arkansas Valley division of the Iron Mountain road near Illinois Station. Several black laborers are dead and others are missing. the engineer and fireman escaped.
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van Buren
Ark
Kansas and Arkansas Valley
Iron Mountain Road
Ilinois Station
Northwestern Telephone Co Long Distance Reach
Of Interest To You To Know that the Northwestern Telephone Co s long distance lines and connections reach over 2 000 cities and towns in Minnesota North and South Dakota Iowa and Wisconsin Copper metallic circuits first class service and low rates.
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Northwestern Telephone Co
Connec
Minnesota
North
South Dakota
Iowa
Wisconsin
Troops Reinforce Panther Creek Area After Nonunion Assault
Governor Stone dispatches Captain Ott's troop from Shenandoah and Captain Schermerhorn's Philadelphia unit to Gearhart's command amid Panther Creek unrest. Major Gearheart sought aid as crowds threatened a major outbreak. Quinn the nonunion worker was attacked near Cambridge colliery and saved by two friends and soldiers arriving with fixed bayonets.
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Shenandoah
Ott
Panther Creek Valley
Philadelphia
Schermerhorn
Stone
Clement
Gobin
Gearheart
Manila Park
Panther Creek
Gearhart
Quinn
Cambridge
Farauhar
Troops Sent to West Virginia Coal Fields by Governor
Charleston dispatch Aug 28 reports Governor White agreed to send eight companies of the national guard into the New River coal field after Sheriff Daniel requested state assistance. The move aims to restore order amid unrest in Fayette county.
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White
New River Coal Fields
Charleston
W. Va
Daniel
Fayette County
National Guard
New River
Minnesota Foresters oust supreme counsellor Olmstead
The high court of the United Order of Foresters of Minnesota sustained charges against S. Olmstead of St. Paul, excluding him from the state high court. The special session at Central hall followed a day of investigation into alleged questionable real estate loan negotiations. High Ranger L. F. Cole presided as Olmstead attended the proceedings.
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St. Paul
High Court of the United Order of Foresters of Minnesota
Central Hall
S. €. Olmstead
Supreme
Order
Olmstead
High Court
Mr. Olmstead
L. F. Cole
Minneapolis
Earthquakes Kill Twenty Moros in Mindanao near Camp Vickers
General Chaffee reports a major earthquake on Mindanao near Lake Lanao in the Moro region. Twenty Moros died as walls fell while American forces at Camp Vickers reported no injuries and the military situation remained quiet.
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Washington
War Department
Chaffee
Manila
Mindanao
Lake
Lanao
Camp
Makatui
Camp Vickers
Relief sought for Navajo Indians in Southern Utah
Sheriff Christensen of San Juan County Utah appealed to U S Commissioner Rawlins for Navajo relief in Southern Utah. Rawlins wired Washington about the desperate condition of the Navajos.
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Salt Lake City
Sherif Christensen
San Juan County
Utah
United States
Rawlins
Washington
Christensen
Steamer Collision in New York Harbor
In New York Harbor a daytime collision occurred between the Italian liner Liguria with over 1100 passengers and the British steamer Peconic. The Peconic struck Liguria forward of the foremast, flooding the hull while Liguria held water out with prompt crew action. Both ships sustained damage. Peconic went for repairs while Liguria proceeded to dock after quarantine inspection.
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New York
New York Harbor
Liguria
Royal Mail Steamship Company
Peconic
Mediterranean
New York Steamship Company
Quaarantine
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Ea Ae Es SC
R.R. Murphy
Austin, Minn
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Shock
Lake Cognac
Sime Telephone
Northwestern Telephone Exchange Company
Nonunion
West Virginia
Minnesota High Court of Foresters
Island of
Pekin
Pain
U.S
E. W. Randall
Sec’v. CN
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