Strike Continues as Miners Vote to Fight It Out
Hazleton Pa May 16 The United Mine Workers convention votes 811 for strike 461 for peace and 349 for peace with majority for strike to continue the 145000 miners may extend action into bituminous regions and other industries Leaders warn of a long battle amid fears of union destruction and widespread business paralysis with President Mitchell urging peace but delegates choosing fight over compromise
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Hazleton
Mitchell
United Mine Workers
Fahy
Hartiein
Dempsey
Nicholls
American Federation of Labor
Miners Celebrate National Leader Call as Strike Becomes Permanent
Correspondents gathered as the national leader announced the result, sparking cheers among miners. Hazleton and nearby towns held parades to mark the inauguration of the permanent strike.
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Hazleton
News of Continuance of Strike Brings Disappointment
Scranton residents reacted with disappointment at the prolongation of the strike. Companies deployed deputies to guard washeries and offices while grocers prepare to cut credit terms from 30 to 7 days, signaling possible shop closures on to-credit sales.
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Scranton
Food for a Month for Martinique and St Vincent Victims
Washington reports the Dixie and Sterling will deliver more than 86 days of rations for 50,000 people to Martinique and St Vincent. Government funds mix with private contributions, with yeast and cod fish added to make food usable. Supplies arrived within hours of appropriation and Congress approving relief measures.
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Washington
War Department
Martinique
St. Vincent
Dixie
New York
Sterling
San Juan
Root
Congress
France expresses gratitude for US relief effort in Martinique
The French government, conveyed by Ambassador Jules Cambon to Secretary Hay, thanks the United States for its energetic relief actions for Martinique catastrophe sufferers and asks that the thanks be shared with the president, congress, and nation.
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Washington
Jules Cambon
Hay
France
Martinique
French Republic
Congress
United States
Building trades lockout affects few, says Barkeman
Washington May 16 The main feature of the lockout is a statement by J T Barkeman business agent of the building trades council and carpenters executive board claiming only 500 men are affected. Builders say several thousand are out but refuse to disclose numbers. Barkeman adds operations are halted on only three city buildings and the dispute may end within a week.
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Washington
Building Trades
J. T. Barkeman
Building Trades Council and Carpenters’ Executive Board
Barkeman
Chicago linemen threaten new strike over pay
In Chicago on May 16 the telephone company faces a planned strike by the replacement linemen. The workers organized last October voted to quit on Monday if their pay demands are not met, and the company has refused those demands. A strike is seen as almost certain.
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Chicago
Chicago Telephone Company
Meyer Declines Run for Congress in Sixth District
Boston May 16. George von L. Meyer United States ambassador at Rome dispatches a cablegram to a friend stating he is not a candidate for Congress in the Sixth district. He says he must comply with his physician's orders and expects to undergo an operation later though not one of a dangerous nature.
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Boston
George von Ll. Meyer
United States
Rome
Meyer
Dumprope Found Guilty of Manslaughter in Third Degree
Emporia Kansas May 16 James H Dumprope aged 17 found guilty of manslaughter in the third degree for killing traveling companion George Crow ley near here March 26 and throwing the body into the Neoshoe river. Dumprope pleaded self defense and admitted taking 20 dollars from the dead man Wong-
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Kan
James H. Dumprope
George Crowley
Here
Neoshoe River
Dumprope
En's
Wong
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