Striking Workers Face Hazards as Walkout Wears On
Verses begin with a tie and little serious trouble as some men are stoned or pushed into pools on the way to work. The fear of harm pushes more men to quit, while President Mitchell reports steady progress and good behavior among idle workers. He notes fewer arrests in 21 strike days and says no miner arrests occurred. The New York Board of Trade asks Roosevelt to intervene, with no comment from Mitchell.
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Mitchell
Wilkesbarre
New York Board of Trade
Roosevelt
End of Mont Pelee eruptions observed by Heilprin in Martinique
Professor Angelo Heilprin of the Philadelphia Geographical Society, visiting Fort de France after exploring Mont Pelee, reports the eruption period likely ended. He confirms the new crater location, no lava overflow, no subsidence, unchanged mountain height, no crater cone, and no regional topographical change, though activity may resume quietly later.
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Fort de France
Martinique
Angelo Heilprin
Philadelphia Geographical Society
National Geographical Society
Mont Pelee
Heilprin
Bride and Groom Hissed At Worcester Church Wedding
Mary E Donaher a Worcester public school teacher married Dr Maurice Quinn of Brockton at St John s Church Worcester. A thousand women hissed as the wedding party entered the church police failed to control the scene following Miss Bertha Condon s accusation of betrayal by Quinn and an attempted shooting.
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Worcester
Mass
St. John’s
Mary E. Donaher
Maurice Quinn
Brocton
Quinn
Bertha Condon
Packer Strikes See Partial Wage Agreement After Violent Day
Chicago June 5 after four hours of talks packers concede wage and hour demands but refuse to recognize the union. Riots with police and strike sympathizers leave hospitals crowded as National Guard units stand by. In Lincoln Nebraska the state may recover 537000 embezzled by ex treasurer Bartley as supreme court orders new trial.
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Chicago
Frederick W. Job
State Board of Arbitration
State Street
Lincoln
Neb
Supreme Court
District Court of
Douglas County
Bartley
Supreme Cont
Strike Sympathizers Lead Police in Exhausting Day
Chicago on June 5 reports men covered in dust and blood barely able to hold the reigns as 36 meat wagons enter Union stock yards amid a shower of stones bricks bottles and sticks. Wagons guarded by five police wagons and two buses carry bluecoats returning from delivering supplies to downtown provision houses after one of the fiercest days in the conflict.
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George June
Anglo-American Packing Company
Sixteenth Street
Michigan Avenue
Illinois National Guard
Yates
City
Chicago
Union
Fever Over Death From Hydrophobia In Ellsworth
A Pasteur Institute death in Chicago sparks townwide alarm as John Oleson of Ellsworth dies from hydrophobia after a dog bite. Eight others from Ellsworth who were bitten are en route to Chicago for treatment.
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Fort Dodge
Ellsworth
Here
Pasteur Institute
Chicago
John Oleson
Elsworth
Price Record Set At Rolfe Short Horn Sale
Des Moines reports a Rolfe Iowa sale of short horns broke the West price record. N A Lind sold fifty three head for more than fourty thousand dollars. Red Crest a bull sold for three thousand eight hundred eighty dollars to Beigler and Son of Hartwick Iowa.
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Des Moines
Rolfe
West
N. A. Lind
Red Crest
Beigler & Son
Hartwick
Miners Strike Hampers Water Supply in Nanticoke
Miners and support workers continue to strike in Wilkes Barre area as engineers firemen and pump runners walk out. Susquehanna Coal No 3 at Nanticoke halts engines, threatens water supply for the borough with a possible water famine. Fire alarms misfire and volunteer crews are delayed as the company contemplates letting mines flood. The Wyoming valley remains relatively quiet aside from the ongoing stoppage at the colliery.
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Wilkesbarre
Coal Company
Susquehanna Coal Company
Nanticoke
Wyoming Valley
Illlinois Manufacturers Gather for Banquet Address
Chicago June 5 One of the largest gatherings in the Auditorium welcomed James J Hill president of the Great Northern railway as the keynote speaker for the Illinois Manufacturers association banquet. He spoke on Commercial Expansion to highlight prosperity tied to expansion policy.
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Chicago
Illinois Manufacturers’ Association
James J. Hill
Great Northern Railway
Illinois
McKinley
Kitchener Elevated to Viscount and General Honor
London June 5 Lord Kitchener is created a viscount and promoted to general in recognition of his services in South Africa. King Edward recommends a grant of £50,000. The move is noted as unparalleled since Nelson and Wellington. Many papers question the large grant. Kitchener may not return before mid July to attend the coronation. General Lyttleton and General Ian Hamilton slated for future commands. Court cases涉及 habeas corpus for two men extradition dispute from Montreal to Quebec.
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London
Lord Kitchener
Edward
House of Commons
A. J. Balfour
Nelson
Wellington
South Africa
Lyttleton
Transvaal
Orange River
Ian Hamilton
French
Cape Colony
Michael Hicks-Beach
Montreal
Quebec
la Fontaine
United States
Great Britain
Prisoners Seek Case Move From Montreal to Quebec
Counsel for Colonel Gaynor and Captain Green wanted in Savannah Georgia for alleged fraud in government contract work filed an answer to the prosecution petition to remove the case from Montreal to Quebec.
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Quebec
Gaynor
Green
Savannah
Kansas City Man Arrested After Three Weeks Chase
R. 8 S. Abbott, charged with swindling Kansas City grain dealers out of 1200 dollars on May 16, was arrested in Duluth as he stepped from the steamer Monarch. Detective Kenney and Chief Trever held him, ending a three weeks pursuit that included Canada. Abbott denies the fraud and plans to return to Kansas City. Investigators suspect he and accomplices sold two ears of Rock Missouri grain as his own, a scheme they believe repeats from a previous year used by the same gang.
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Duluth
S. Abbott
Kansas City
Matthew Kenney
That City
Trever
Monarch
Abbott
Pinkerton
Canada
Rock
Engineer and Fireman Killed in Train Wreck Near Cave Springs
Cincinnati Southern local passenger train No. 5, en route from Oakdale to Chattanooga, derailed after striking an obstruction a half mile south of Cave Springs. Engineer Frank Finch and Fireman Pay died. Four passengers injured.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Cincinnati Southern
Oakdale
Cave Springs
Here
Frank Finch
Pay
Tragic Fire Claims Belle Smith and Children at Harfin
Mrs. Belle Smith and her two young children died in a house fire at Harfin Missouri. Origin of the blaze is unknown. Neighbors speculate a prior triple murder could have preceded the fire, but investigators have not substantiated that theory.
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St. Joseph, Mo
Belle Smith
Harfin
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers Convention Adjourns
Norfolk Va June 5 After a session of more than three weeks the national convention of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers adjourned to meet the second Monday in May 1904 in Los Angeles California.
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Norfolk
the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Los Angeles
Cal
Locomotive Boiler Explodes Near Piedmont
Baltimore and Ohio engine No. 1797 exploded near Piedmont with four killed and two badly injured. Fireman Robert Graham of Cumberland Maryland and E. Smith of Rowlesburg West Virginia died. Engineer W. G. Lynn of Cumberland Maryland was badly hurt but may recover. Front Brakeman Charlie Powell of Grafton was fatally injured. The engine wrecked and both tracks blocked.
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Piedmont
W. Va
Robert Graham
Cumberland
E. Smith
Rowlesburg
W. G. Lynn
Charlies Powell
Grafton
Clergyman and miner drown in Colorado river near Durango
Denver reports Rev Cor nelius O Rourke of Silverton and John McComb a Denver mining man were drowned in the Las Animas river near Durango. In Chrisney Indiana James Woods aged twenty two was shot and killed by Jefferson Whitehouse after a quarrel at Whitehouse's confectionary.
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Denver
Colo
Cornelius O’rourke
Silverton, Colo
John McComb
Las Animas
Durango
Chrisney
Ind
Jefferson Whitehouse
James Woods
Whitehouse
Wisconsin farmer dies after Monday shooting
Racine, Wis. John Mulhaney, a Waterford farmer, died after being shot by Joseph Minnett on Monday. Louisa Brown, with a fractured skull, survives with little hope for recovery. Minnett, captured and jailed, will be held for murder.
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Racine, Wis
John Mulhaney
Waterford
Joseph Minnett
Louisa Brown
Minnett
Northwestern Telephone Exchange Company Expands Toll Lines
The Northwestern Telephone Exchange Company reports millions invested to expand toll lines across the Northwest and provide service meeting all demands. The plant links with over a hundred independent companies, offering a nationwide network unequalled in this country.
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Northwest
Northwestern Telephone Exchange Company
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