Strike cripples city transit as United Railroads workers walk out
Motormen and conductors vote to strike after failing to win an eight hour day and wage rise. Stationary firemen join with pay increases from 2.75 to 3.25 daily. Union support grows with allied unions likely to back the platform men. Car barns fortified, 160 strike breakers housed, and picket lines set. Federal aid may be sought if city and state cannot restore order.
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Patrick Calhoun
United Railroads
United Railroads Investment Company of
New Jersey
United Rairoads
Farley
Civic League
Cornelius
Turk
Fillmore Streets
President Writes to New York Labor Committee About Justice
A 1906 letter read before a Federated union committee is cited by the president as urging that Haywood and Moyer receive exact justice. The exchange covers extradition concerns, safeguarding legal rights, and avoiding miscarriages of justice amid pressure from unions and socialist papers.
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New York
Labr
Nics Committee
York
Ral Federated Union
Relt
Evimee
Ion
Washington
Haywood
John Hennal
Thally
Coakley
Stout
Moyer “Ng Haywood
Justice inquiry prompts evidence submission on Moyer and Haywood
The speaker urges that any evidence of a miscarriage of justice concerning Moyer and Haywood be submitted promptly. They promise to forward such evidence to the attorney general for full consideration and necessary federal action if warranted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haywood
Moyer
Colorado
Idaho
Messrs. Moyer and Haywood
Riot in Buffalo as Italians clash with police
In Buffalo on May 4 a violent confrontation erupted when an Italian parade blocked Main Street and thwarted a trolley, prompting police reserves to clash with more than 100 rioters. Officers used clubs and switch poles as they fought hand to hand, leaving multiple wounded before the Italians fled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
N.Y
Trains in Collision Near Bowling Green Causes Injuries
A head on crash on the Toledo to Detroit line near Bowling Green injures two fatally and more than twenty seriously as a southbound limited and northbound local collide after the limited allegedly failed to stop for a passing local. Both trains were late and traveling fast. Mrs Minnie Galles is arrested in St Paul for allegedly placing a dead infant on a doorstep while seeking her bridal dress alteration. she faces arraignment on charges connected to the infant’s death.
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Toledo, O
Toledo Trearm
Interurban
Bowling Gren
Bowling Green
St Paul
Minnie Galles
Seventh and Chestnut Streets
Central
Man Attempted Suicide Fails Then Succeeds in Second Try
A man who arrived Friday to visit his son in the city first attempted suicide by asphyxiation and was revived. A few hours later he succeeded with a self inflicted gunshot. Local authorities report no further details.
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Kansas City
W. R. Haymaker
Fort Worth
Tex
Monarch Hotel
St. Louis
Haymaker
Manhunt for Toney Talembes After Resort Shooting Near Bovey
In Itasca county a shooting at a resort near the Holman mine two miles from Bovey prompts a manhunt for Toney Talembes. Motive unclear. Talembes fled toward Grand Rapids as authorities seek him.
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Holman Mine
Bovey
Ibsen County
Toney Talembes
Talerthes
Itasca County
Grand Rapids
Baseball Scores Sentences From Rival Games
At Chicago the Pittsburg team lost 3 to 1. Cincinnati defeated St Louis 11 to 8 in the American League. In Chicago Cleveland beat the home team 4 to 1 in the American Association.
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Chicago
Pittsburg
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Cleveland
Crop shortage feared from winter wheat damage
Chicago reports indicate severe cold across the West and Southwest has damaged winter wheat. Traders expect higher trade volume on the Chicago Board of Trade with optimism fading as an authority projects a crop decline of about 106 million bushels from last year.
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Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
Pleureau
Brother slay case shocks Chicago family quarrel over phonograph
Michael Casey age 29 fatally stabbed his brother John Casey 24 with a razor at 103 Worth Claremont Avenue after a quarrel over a phonograph. Both men had been drinking. John died within 30 minutes. Michael was arrested.
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Chicago
Michael Casey
John Casey
Margaret Brennan
Claremont Avenue
Theaymunrdere
Fire destroys warehouses B and C in Chicago
An eight story brick building housing Schwarzschild & Sulzberger company warehouses B and C at Forty first and Paulina streets is partially destroyed by fire. The loss is estimated at $100,000.
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Chicago, Mal
Schwarzschild & Sulzberger Company
Forty-first
Paulina Streets
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San Francisco
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Waywood
Exenusynthetes
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Brown
Debs
Arrionn
del Smt
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Tearmster
Minn
Duluth
Samuel Ibsen
National League
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St. Paul
Minneapolis
Toledo
Milwaukee
Indianapolis
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Lade
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Brussels
Nottinghals Lace
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Panama
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B. Priestly & CO
Priestly
Racine
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