Bitter End Stands Firm as Coal Operators Reject Demands
New York October 10 opens with hope for settlement in the anthracite strike but ends with no progress. Senators Platt Penrose and Quay and New York Governor Odell host coal barons, who refuse to concede miners demands, urging civil and criminal actions and a possible congressional inquiry into the coal industry.
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New York
United Mine Workers of America
Pennsylvania
Thomas C. Platt
Mitchell
Platt
Detroit Coal Conference Pushes Extra Congressional Session
Detroit delegates from eleven states gathered for an interstate coal conference seeking an extraordinary session of Congress to address the coal situation. Monteg resolutions were discussed amid the proceedings marking a push for urgent federal action.
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Detroit
Odell and Lauterbach Meet on Strike Settlement Efforts
In New York on Oct 10 Governor Odell and Republican leaders held a late night conference on general strike issues. President Mitchell had not approved any settlement proposals. Lauterbach and David Lamar visited Mitchell at the Ashland House and reported progress after about twenty minutes.
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New York
Republican State Committee
Odell
George W. Dunn
State Committee
Edward Lauterbach
Mitchell
Senator Platt
Mr. Lauterbach
David Lamar
Ashland House
Mr. Mitchell
Mr. Lamar
Miners union talks threaten nationwide coal stoppage
Telegram exchanges between Western Federation of Miners leaders and United Mine Workers President Mitchell pressure a complete halt on coal mining in the United States and Canada until the anthracite strike is resolved. Mitchell thanks for cooperation and says he will give careful consideration.
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Denver
Western Federation of Miners
Mitchell
United Mine Workers
United States
Canada
Moyer
Haywood
Western Federation
New Orleans Strike Situation Grows Grim
New Orleans October 10 The street car strike here deepens with tension rising hourly as Governor Heard meets with officials including Mayor Adjutant General Hummel Major Glynn Attorney General Guion Speaker Sanders and Cotton Exchange Secretary Hester. No cars operated though 2,500 protesters gathered at Canal and Galvez waiting for service.
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New Orleans
Heard
Hummel
Glynn
Guion
Sanders
Hester
Cotton Exchange
New Orleans Railway Company
Canal and
Galvez
Chicago Garment Workers and Special Order Union Declare Truce
A truce ends the dispute over which union handles certain classes of work and the boycott of more than 4500 garment workers is lifted. Both groups will return to work in harmony until the AFL convention in New Orleans next month resolves the jurisdiction questions.
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Chicago
Garment
Special Order Clothing Workers
American Federation of Labor
New Orleans
Miners Reach Wage Agreement in Missouri Strike
In Kansas City on October 10 representatives of the United Mine Workers of Missouri and the Mine Operators' association agreed on a new wage scale for the coming year. Most of the 1,000 striking miners in North Missouri will return to work immediately and other Missouri miners and operators are expected to reach settlements soon.
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Kansas City
United Mine Workers of Missouri
Mine Operators’ Association
North Missouri
Missouri
Fatal buggy crash at Vincennes fairgrounds
At Vincennes Indiana on October 10 A J Bridgeman and grandson Russell McCormick were riding a buggy when race horses crashed into it. The buggy was destroyed and both men were thrown high in the air sustaining fatal injuries witnessed by about 15 000 spectators at the fairgrounds track.
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Vincenes
Ind
A. J. Bridgeman
Russell McCormick
Pride and marriage plans in a clipped Life magazine exchange
The dialogue shows a suitor insisting he will not accept gifts after marrying the daughter, while the father asks about a prior settlement. The exchange highlights expectations of propriety and financial arrangements in marriage in the Life era.
General Stewart Elected G A R Commander In Chief
Washington Oct 10 The Grand Army of the Republic elected General T J Stewart of Pennsylvania as commander in chief with General John C Black and Colonel John McElroy as rivals. The pension committee denounced the medical division as deadlined and blamed reports on fraud as unfounded while praising other G A R groups and a memorial bridge dedication with Secretary Root as speaker.
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Washington
Grand Army
Torrance
T. J. Stewart
Pennsylvania
John C. Black
Illinois
John McElroy
Daniel Sickles
New York City
William M. Olin
Massachusetts
James M. Averill
Georgia
Pension Committee
Pension Bureau
Vere
Woman's Relief Corps
Daughters of Veterans
Ladies of the
Army Corps
National Cemetery
Arlington
Root
Bridge Across the Potomac Memorial Cornerstone Dedicated
In Washington a large crowd watched the cornerstone for the Potomac bridge linking Washington with Arlington cemetery. The seven ton stone was cut by the DC Stone Cutters' union and bears the dedication to American patriotism. Secretary of War Root presided and spoke in favor of the bridge during the 36th national encampment of the A R.
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Washington
Potomac
Arlington Cemetery
White Lot
Stone Cutters’ Union
District of Columbia
Washington, D. C
National Capital
Arlington
A. R
War Root
Postal receipts soar in largest U S upturn
Washington reports the fifty largest post offices showed a 20 percent net increase in receipts from September last year to September this year. Total gross receipts reached 5 058 694 dollars, up 833 667 dollars. Dayton Ohio led with a 50 percent rise, Jersey City close behind at 49 percent, New York City and Chicago each up 22 percent.
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Washington
United States
Dayton
Jersey City
New York City
Chicago
Nebraska Supreme Court bans Bible reading in public schools
The Nebraska supreme court rules that reading the Bible, prayer, and sacred song in state public schools violates the state constitution. The decision reverses a Gage county district court ruling, with all judges concurring that the opinion states the plain law as written.
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Nebraska Supreme Court
Lincoln
Neb
District Court
Gage County
Union Veteran Legion closes, elects leaders for next year
The seventeenth encampment of the Union Veteran Legion ended in Chicago with Dayton, Ohio chosen for the year meeting. George W. Spahr of Indianapolis was elected national commander and Francis Taggart Baker of Buffalo was named national president of the ladies auxiliary.
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Chicago
Union Veteran Legion
Dayton
Inferno of incendiary forest blaze near Pikermi rages
A massive forest fire of incendiary origin is burning at Pikermi between Athens and the Marathon river. A large force of troops has been sent to aid the fire brigade.
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Athens
Pikermi
Marathon River
Petition to revoke charter targets Philadelphia and Reading Railway
Frank H. Thompson seeks permission from Attorney General Elkin to sue using the Commonwealth name in a suit to revoke the Reading Railway charter. The petition alleges violation of Art. 17 Sec. 5 by a mining related activity and accuses the company of unlawful coal price fixing and control of coal lands via Reading Coal and Iron and Temple Iron. Thompson filed suit in U S circuit court under the Sherman Act naming the major coal carriers.
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Philadelphia and Reading Road
Philadelphia
Frank H. Thompson
Elkin
Harrisburg
Commonwealth
Philadelphia and Reading Railway Company
Reading Coal and Iron Company
Temple Iron Company
Reading Railway Company
Reading
United States Circuit Court
Thompson
Quiet at Wilkesbarre as mine strike continues
Wilkesbarre Pennsylvania October 10 The mine workers strike remains quiet with troops patrolling the Lackawanna and Wyoming valleys. Third brigade units arrived and were stationed by Brigadier General Gobin who then departed for Harrisburg. Operators consider requesting more state help and possibly federal troops.
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Wilkesbarre
Lackawanna
Wyoming
Gobin
Harrisburg
Stone
Roosevelt aide visits Wilkes-Barre on coal strike
George Graham Brooks acting as the president’s representative arrived in Wilkes-Barre and met several miners in the evening. He planned talks with local coal operators and said he would report to the president early next week.
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Wilkesbarre
George Graham Brooks
Roosevelt
Roosevelt Appeals Fail as Miners Strike Continues
President Mitchell of the miners union rejects President Roosevelt's appeal to end the strike. In a White House release, Mitchell says responsibility for continuing the stoppage rests on those who refused arbitration.
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Washington
Mitchell
Coal Miners’ Union
Roosevelt
White House
Lay on Macduff cue sparks battle in dialogue
The Toledo Bee recalls Macbeth shouting Lay on Macduff in a tense exchange. Macduff hesitates, questioning the cue and grammar before the conflict resumes. The quirky colonial phrasing highlights language and interpretation in a moment of rising tension.
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Macduff
Macbeth
Toledo
Brother rises to third assistant after clever work
A New York World note recalls a brother, once an assistant bookkeeper, being promoted not to first or second but directly to third assistant, praised for his clever performance. The brief item highlights rapid advancement and industry recognition.
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New York World
Naggem And Mrs Love Question Remains Open
San Francisco Bulletin quotes Mrs Naggem asking if love endures and Naggem replying he has never had the chance to prove it in a brief exchange.
No one likes to be reminded there is another side
A brief editorial note from the Atchison Globe remarks that readers dislike being reminded of the other side to any story, prompting a cautionary nudge on perspective.
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Atchison Globe
One does not have to fall asleep to dream
A New York News item presents a thoughtful aside on dreams and waking life, suggesting imagination and aspiration persist beyond slumber as a metaphor for personal pursuit. The brief reflects a reflective, literary tone typical of city pages.
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New York News
A Successful Business Man Uses The Northwestern Exchange
An advertisement promotes the Northwestern Telephone Exchange Company offering copper circuits with prompt reliable service. It advertises one two and three minute rates and night rates from 6 p m to 6 a m urging readers to give it a trial.
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Northwestern Telephone Exchange Company
Hostility in Cuba Grows. Cuba Delays Treaty with U S
Washington reports growing spirit of indifference in Cuba toward friendly trade with the United States. The Platt amendment treaty awaits Cuban approval, delayed by inertia rather than rejection, with Hay and Senor Quesada having drafted the accord and Havana holding back.
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Washington
Cuba
United States
State Department
Havana
Hay
Senor Quesada
Congress
Tragic Manitoba Schoolteacher Kills Trustees and Children
In Altoona Manitoba Henry L Toews a Mennonite schoolteacher shot three trustees John Hiebert Abraham Rempel and Peter Kehler and three children aged eight ten and eleven. He then killed himself after a chase toward the railway station. Five victims believed fatally wounded. Hiebert a local merchant others farmers.
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Winnipeg
Man
Henry L. Toews
Altoona
Manitoba
John Hiebert
Abraham Rempel
Peter Kehler
Toews
Hiebert
Rempel
Kehler
Indians in an Ugly Mood at Leech Lake
At Leech Lake agency in Cass Lake Minnesota the Chippewa Indians refused a regular annuity payment of five dollars demanding stumpage money of 15 dollars per person. Major Scott could not fulfill the demand lacking funds or authority and telegraphed Washington for guidance amid a morose mood and insistence on the stumpage payment.
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Cass Lake
Minn
Major Scott
Leech Lake Agency
Washington
State Debate Over Rural Depot Rule Reaches Supreme Court
The Minneapolis and St. Louis railroad challenges Minnesota laws requiring depots in rural areas within a mile of each other. The case, docketed in the U S Supreme Court, questions the state’s power to compel depot construction at Emmons Minnesota and to appropriate private property without railroad consent.
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Washington
Minneapolis and
St. Louis
State of
Minnesota
Railroad and Warehouse Commission
United States Supreme Court
Minnesota Supreme Court
S‘atute
Emmons
Minn
Guarding Trains and Depots in Mexico Border Strike
The Mexican government orders a military guard to protect trains and depots on the National road portion affected by a workers strike. A guard from Monterey is stationed in the Mexican yards while traffic on the Texas-Mexican and National lines is tied up. No passenger trains have run for two days.
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Laredo
Tex
Monterey
National
Panama Transit Crisis Negotiations Reach Bogota
The Colombian legation in Washington reports government talks between Bogota and US Minister Hart over Isthmus transit orders by Commander McLean and his successor Admiral Casey. Officials decline to speculate since the matter has not been officially raised.
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Washington
Panama
McLean
The
Cincinnati
Casey
Bogota
United States
Hart
Fire sweeps lodging house at Park Row and Worth Street
A fire at Park Row and Worth Street in New York swept through a lodging house housing 200 men. All inmates escaped injury as far as known and were roused by the flames.
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New York
Park Row
Worth Street
Three Killed in El Dorado Street Shootout
In El Dorado Arkansas on October 10 a street shooting left three dead and two wounded with one dying later. The clash stemmed from earlier killings involving H L Dearing and Robert Mullens, with factions led by Dearing and the Parnell brothers colliding near the square as shots rang out from multiple directions.
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Eldorado
Ark
H. L. Dearing
Tom Parnell
Walter Parnell
Guy E. Tucker
Dearing
Robert Mullens
Parnells
Mullen
Thomas Newton
Jim Parnell
Newton
Tucker
Parnell Brothers
Marshal Tucker
Hilton
Passenger Trains Collide Near Sandy Hook Station
A head on collision on the Highland division of the New York New Haven and Hartford Railroad at Sandy Hook, Danbury, left one dead and more than twenty injured. An excursion train rear grew into the westbound train. Engineer Edward Farrell and fireman Lawrence Lillis fled the scene, with Lillis lightly injured and Farrell missing. Mamie Quinlan of Naugatuck, twenty two, died minutes after from serious injuries.
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Danbury, Conn
Highland Division
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
Sandy Hook
Mamie Quinlan
Naugatuck
Edward Farrell
Lawrence Lillis
Lillis
Farrell
Tragedy in Indianapolis: Pruitts Found Dead in Basement
Pleasant Pruitt aged 62 and Winnie Pruitt aged 47 were found dead in their basement. Mrs Pruitt had two heart-stab wounds and a torn eye. Mr Pruitt died of a pistol shot to the head. Police suspect murder suicide after frequent quarrels. coroner ruled an earlier killing by Pruitt accidental.
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Indianapolis
Pleasant Pruitt
Winnie Pruitt
Pruitt
Forest Fires Sweep Michigan and Wisconsin Areas
Iron Mountain Michigan October 10 Forest fires rage across Michigan and Wisconsin. The Menominee river bridge between Dickinson and Florence is destroyed. Large crews battle flames as logs cordwood and timber burn. Estimated losses reach 65000 with 9000 cords of Niagara paper wood burned. Other losses listed at Kell Michigan and Armstrong.
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Iron Mountain
Mich
Michigan
Wisconsin
Menominee River
Dickinson
Florence
Niagara Paper
Kell
Armstrong
Senator Clark denies Oregon Short Line purchase rumor
Butte Montana October 10 The Inter Mountain reports Senator W A Clark denies rumors from Salt Lake City that he is involved in a deal to purchase the Oregon Short Line. He states there is nothing in the rumor.
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Butte
Mont
Inter Mountain
W. A. Clark
Salt Lake City
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