Pocahontas coal field history and early land booms
The piece traces Pocahontas coal fields from 1883 shipments to 1896 growth, naming key firms and leaders. It covers the Pocahontas company pool formed March 12 1895, land acquisitions by Southwest Virginia Improvement and Flat Top groups, and the rise of Flat Top Coal Land association with vast holdings in Mercer and surrounding counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republic
Pocahontas
Great
Southwest Virginia Improvement Company
Mill Creek
Caswell Creek
Pocahontas Company
J. J. Tierney
Frank E. Randall
Isaac T. Mann
Philip Goodwill
3. M. Buck
John Cooper
William Spencer
Tazewell
McDowell
B. W. Clark
Philadelphia
Bluestone River
Mercer County
Bluestone Coal Company
Mercer
Crane Creek
Widemouth
Indian Ridge Coal Company
Wyoming
Flat Top Coal Company
Southwest Company
Flat Top Land Trust
Flat Top Coal Land Association
No. 3
Crozer Company
Welch
I. A. Welch
Bramwell
Edward Cooper Jr
Bluestone Land Company
Freeman and Jones
Wm. Booth & Co
Robert Goodwill & Co
Flat Top Coal
Quakers Rank Dwell But Come Reach Agreement
Textile workers decide to not walk out Monday. Butchers busmen street car operators filling station men and brewery employees join strikers seeking concessions. Across cities unions push for raises hours and recognition amid looming broad walkouts.
Gretchen Stuerwald Crowned Greenbrier College Queen
Miss Gretchen Stuerwald of New York was crowned queen of the campus at Greenbrier College for Women during the 122nd commencement exercises in Lewisburg West Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewisburg
W. Va
Gretchen Stuerwald
New York
Greenbrier College For Women
Relief In Sight As Dry Spell Continues In West
Cooler weather and scattered showers ease conditions in parts of the central and northwestern states while the Midwest endures heat and drought. Government observers foresee rain in the north central area and wheat prices fall on the Minneapolis market. Governor Olson mobilizes the state national guard to enforce livestock embargoes and railroads cut cattle and feed grain rates. Fires burn in Michigan forests as three thousand acres burn between Ishpeming and Republic.
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Associated Press
Central
Middle West
North Central
Chicago
Floyd B. Olson
National Guard
Western Steam Railroads
Kansas
Iowa
Nebraska
Minnesota
Missouri
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Illinois
Wisconsin
North Dakota
South Dakota
Indiana
Commodity Credit Corporation
Michigan
Ishpeming
Republic
Government Plans Relief Amid Midwest Drought
Washington reports the administration weighing a request to Congress for about 200 million dollars to combat the escalating drought in the Midwest. Leaders anticipate a presidential message next week and a possible special emergency fund. Farm Administrator Chester Davis said a broader relief plan would be outlined after a Monday conference with the president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Chester Davis
Middlesboro Faces Townwide Darkness Over Lighting Bill
Middlesboro Kentucky was left in darkness as Kentucky Utilities cut street and public building lights after the city failed to pay about 35000 dollars for service up to February 17, 1934. A court of appeals ruling allowed the cut on or after June 1, and city officials had not decided on a remedy. Private homes and businesses were unaffected. The dispute stemmed from a disagreement over the amount due.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middlesboro
Kentucky Utilities Company
Court of Appeals
State plans high speed highway into Bluefield
Charleston West Virginia June 2 Plans for a high speed roadway along the southern boundary of the state were announced by Road Commissioner Ernest L Bailey The highway will run from the Kentucky line in Wayne County over an abandoned Norfolk and Western railroad right of way to Naugatuck in Mingo County then east along present Route 52 to Bluefield Completion is projected in about three years and will connect U S Route 52 from Chicago to Norfolk VA Bailey also announced steps to acquire a street car right of way abandoned by Monongahela West Penn Public Service between Fairmont and Mannington for a boulevard type highway awaiting approval by the state car company of the offer to purchase the right of way
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
Ernest L. Bailey
Kentucky State Line
Wayne County
Norfolk and Western Railroad
Naugatuck
Mingo County
Bluefield
Bailey
U.S
Roosevelt Talks to Groton Graduates in Private Address
President Roosevelt visited Groton School in Groton Massachusetts for a private graduation talk. He urged the graduates to adapt to a changing world and praised headmaster Rev Endicott Peabody and his family. The trip included a banquet, and Roosevelt planned a Monday return to Washington to pursue administration goals.
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Groton
Mass
Roosevelt
Worcester
Washington
Congress
Peabody
John
Hyde Park
New York
White House
Pretty Boy Floyd Said Dead or Crippled in Opinion of Officials
Oklahoma officials believe outlaw Charles Pretty Boy Floyd may be dead or crippled after a recent investigation at Sallisaw. Ballistics expert C N Reber cites sources claiming Floyd was wounded in a two year old bank robbery fight. Other reports place him in California Pennsylvania or Mexico with fear of capture driving possible border crossing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Charles
Floyd
Southwest
George Birdwell
Boley
Oklah
John FE. Johnson
State Bureau of Criminal Investigation
Sallisaw
C. N. Reber
State Bureau
Stonewall
Okla
Cass Gilbert Interred After English Death
The body of Cass Gilbert renowned architect who died in England May 17 was brought to Ridgefield Connecticut for burial after funeral services at the Protestant Episcopal Church of the Heavenly Rest. Mrs Julia T Gilbert widow a son Cass Gilbert Jr and two daughters Miss Emily Gilbert and Mrs Charles Morgan Pust attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Cass Gilbert
England
Ridgefield
Conn
Death of California Governor James Rolph Jr
Gov. James Rolph Jr. 64 died at his Santa Clara County ranch after a two week battle with lung congestion and heart failure. The long time shipping magnate and former San Francisco mayor faced illness with family at his bedside. Merriam succeeds him as governor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Rolph JR
California
Santa Clara
San Jose
Calif
Santa Clara County
Theodore J. Roche
Rolph
Frank F. Merriam
Long Beach
Merriam
Hopkinton
Iowa
J. M. Scanland
Will
Ronald
Tom
San Francisco
Mission District
Tom Mooney
Warren K. Billings
Ralph
Thomas H. Thurman
John Holmes
Brooke Hart
Brooke
Hart
San Francisco Bay
Union claims victory over Communists in Toledo unrest
In Toledo Ohio June 2 union labor proclaims victory over Communists and obstinate employers as industrial peace returns. National guard troops depart after aiding order and 900 Edison workers secure a 20 percent wage increase via federal mediation. Automotive plant strikes loom at Electric Auto Lite with two dead and over 200 wounded in prior rioting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
National Guard
Toledo Edison Company
Tragic bicycle and motorcycle crashes caught on camera
Photographs capture fatal race incidents. George Herzog in Tohokus New Jersey was fatally crushed when his car overturned after skidding. Spaggiari in Rome perished after being thrown from his motorcycle as the rider was photographed in the international contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
RIM
George Herzog
Tohokus
N. J
Spaggiari
Rome
Congress Hopes Textile Labor Talk Ends Soon
Washington reports labor disputes influence Congress with plans to adjourn and push remaining bills. The Wagner labor board bill faces Senate approval but stalled in the House as strikes loom in steel and cotton textiles. A new rule could speed bills to the White House if votes permit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Wagner Labor Board
Senate Committee
House
Senate
White House
Mr. Roosevelt
NRA
Black Diamond Bus Lines Sold to Jack Craft
Consolidated Lines announces purchase of Pocahontas Transportation and Logan Transit, effective June 1. Jack Craft, president, confirms sale. Pocahontas chief Carroll Woods was unavailable. Black Diamond routes run Bluefield to Welch and Roanoke, with McDowell County towns served. Logan Transit covers Logan County. Consolidated lines run between Bluefield and Welch and other towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Black Diamond
Jack Craft
Pocahontas Transportation Company
Black Diamond Lines
Bluefield
Logan Transit Company
Consolidated Lines
Carroll R. Woods
Pocahontas ‘Transportation Company
Logan County
Black Diamond Company
Welch
Roanoke
McDowell County
Logan Transit
Consolidated
Page Seven
Tragic Chalks Peters Mourned After Falls Mills Crash
Virginia Side residents mourn Charles William Peters a Graham high school star killed when a sedan collided with a coal truck on Falls Mills road. Driver J Olin Austin suffered a fractured arm while others escaped injury as investigators probe the crash. Peters 17 was to graduate June 12 and admired across Bluefield and Virginia Side communities. Funeral services set for Graham Methodist Church with burial in Inez Kentucky.
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Virginia Side
Charles William Peters
Tazewell County
Falls Mills Road
Graham
J. Olin Austin
Charles Peters
Austin Tickle
Falle Mille
Blueston River
J. M. Hale
Young Peters
French Edmonds
Gertrude Edmonds
A. L. Edmonds
French
Gertrude
Bluefield
Pocahontas
Arthur Hendricks
Sunset News
Austin
Young Austin
Commonwealth’sa
Joseph Gillespie
Walter Breckenridge
H. (. Peters
Bane Block
Virginia
Graham High School
Graham Methodist Church
Young Peoples
Mabel Peters
Dennis
Harry Lee Peters
Automobile Party
Lena E. Peters
Olin Austin
Automobile
Koah Journal
Also Mentioned on This Page
Norfolk & Western Railroad
J. H. Bramwell
C. H. Duhring
Bluestone
Major Duhring
John J. Tierney
F. L. Paddock
M. A. Miller
Crozier Land Association
South Fork
Elkhorn
S. A. Crozier
Upland
Crozer
Turkey Gap Company
Quaikers
The
South Bend
Ind
Northern Indiana Railways, Incorporated
Mishawaka
St. Louis
St. Charles
Omaha
Buffalo
N. Y
Great Lakes
Cleveland
Hugh 8. Johnson
George A. Sloan
Cotton Textile Code Authority
Johnson
Pittsburgh
M. F. Tighe
Amalgamated Steel Workers Union
Edward F. McGrady
Pacific Coast
Alton
Ill
Western Cartridge Company
Chicago — Steel Workers
Gary
West
Hadmaster
Pretty Boy Floyd
America
Gov
James Rolpa
Mooney
Graham Hi
Wagner
NRA Board
Extile
Thomas F. McMahon
United Textile Workers of America
Hugh S. Johnson
Labor
Labor Advisory Board
United Textile Workers
Wokers
Industrial Relations Board
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