Battle over coal strike center in Paint Creek inquiry
Senate committee probes a single key clash in the Paint Creek and Cabin Creek coal strike era. Ex-mine guard Lee Calvin testifies about an armored train attack at Holly Grove, the death of miner Cisco Estep, wounding of Annie Hall, and Morton’s alleged orders to return fire.
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Associated Press
Charleston
W. Va
Paint Crek
Cabin Creek
Senate
Holly Grove
Lee Calvin
Cisco Estep
Annie Hall
Calvin
Bonner Hill
Quinn Morton
Paint Creek
Paint Creek Junction
Mucklow
Morton
Jackson
Senator Martine
Martine
Mr. Jackson
Belcher
Bobbett
Chesapeake and Ohio
Coal Company
Miners Describe Holly Grove Strike Violence Before Senate Panel
Witnesses from West Virginia recount years of coal mining hardship and a deadly clash at Holly Grove. They accuse mine guards and a railroad armored train of firing on strikers, while operators defend actions as protective measures.
Tariff Bill To Caucus By Midweek
Washington reports the senate finance committee approved freeing iron and steel raw materials with an estimated $600000 annual duty loss. The measure widens the Underwood free list, bringing total annual revenue loss to about $27000000. Senator Simmons said the administrative features would be acted on early next week and the bill ready for caucus by Wednesday or Thursday.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
Simmons
Norfolk and Western Fights 2 Cent Law
The Norfolk and Western Railroad appeals to the supreme court from Kanawha county WV circuit court ruling upholding the 1907 two cent passenger law. It argues net earnings in intra state WV passenger business will be only 0.38 percent under the law. The court’s ruling on the act as applied to the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad was expected to be decided Monday.
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Washington
Norfolk and Western Railroad Company
Supreme Court
Kanawha
West Virginia
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
Supreme Court to Announce More Rate Decisions
Washington June 14 Further conclusions to the supreme court decisions in railroad rates for public carriers in West Virginia Missouri Arkansas Kentucky and Oregon are believed to have been added today in secret conference The court is expected to announce decisions on the remaining forty nine cases today Justice Hughes is favored to announce the conclusions as he did in the Minnesota rate case last Monday
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Washington
Supreme Court
West Virginia
Missouri
Arkansas
Kentucky
Oregon
Justice Hughes
Minnesota
Canadians Aboard World Cruise Empress of Asia
Many Canadians were among passengers on the Canadian Pacific liner Empress of Asia which departed Liverpool today for a around the world cruise.
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Liverpool
Coal Shipments Top Two Million Tons For Third Time
Norfolk and Western coal shipments surpassed two million tons in May, the third time in history. May totals show the field's largest output, with eleven-month output at 18,816,622 tons and full-year projection around 21.9 million tons, despite April floods reducing activity. Coke shipments reached 105,737 tons while Pocahontas field produced 21,274,091 tons.
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Norfolk and Western
Comtroller
State Department of Mines
West Virginia
Pocahontas
Pocahontas Field
International Woman Suffrage Alliance Convenes in Budapest
Thousands of women from around the world gather in Budapest for the seventh conference of the International Woman's Suffrage Alliance. Delegates include Emilia de Pardo Dasan, Velma Lageriof, Flora Anna Steele, Herman Bahr, and Keir Hardie with new representation from Egypt, China, India, Burmah, Japan, and the Philippines. The United States will lead proceedings amid strong global participation.
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Budapest
Hungary
International Woman’s Suffrage Alliance
Equal Suffrage Movement
Spain
Comtessa Emilia de Pardo Dasan
Sweden
Velma Lageriof
Flora Anna Steele
Herman Bahr
Joe Marchesa Lucifera
Keir Hardie
Catherine van Rennes
Lawrence Housman
Egypt
China
India
Burmah
Japan
Philippines
Great Britain
Australia
Canada
South Africa
France
Austria
Germany
Belgium
Bulgaria
Iceland
Denman
Bohemia
Servia
Switzerland
Italy
Eleven Die In New York Subway Cave-In
Eleven lives believed lost after a cave-in at fifty six street and Lexington Avenue during subway construction. Thirteen of a crew of thirty two laborers were entombed eighty feet underground with six bodies recovered by nightfall. Five injured men were found, one may die. Fire and police say recovery could take hours and a blast may have caused the collapse.
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New York
Fifty-sixth Street
Lexington Avenue
American Team Defeats British in Polo Cup Thriller
The American team beat Britain four and a half to four and a quarter to win the final polo cup match. Meadowbrook Green hosted about twenty thousand spectators and favorable conditions aided a final, hard fought contest with roughly even betting.
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New York
Meadowbrook Green
Japan Would Renew Arbitration Treaty With U S
Washington June 14 Wiscount Chinda Japanese ambassador advised Secretary Bryan that Japan is willing to renew for five years the arbitration treaty with the United States which expires August 24.
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Japan
Washington
Galveston Traders SAIL To Central American Tour
June 14 Galveston Texas under Galveston Commercial Association the steamship Preston carries prominent Texas businessmen on a trade boosting trip to the Central American republics.
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Galveston
Texas
Galveston Commercial Association
Preston
Mercerburg sprinter sails for English championships
Arthur S. Robinson of Mercerburg Academy sails from New York to Sirone to race abroad this summer. He will compete in the English championships at Manchester on July 4 and 5 against foreign runners.
Licenses Required for Air Travel in Massachusetts
Boston June 14 the highway commission enforces a new law requiring all persons venturing into the upper atmosphere of Massachusetts on and after tomorrow to hold a license issued by the highway commission.
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Boston
Mass
Massachusetts
Highway Commission
Knife Attack in East End Yard Leaves Man Injured
A fight among workers in the east end yards ended with John Green slashing John Douglass with a long knife. Douglass received a neck wound and was treated at Dr. Fox's office. Green fled toward the railroad and had not been captured by press time.
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Fox
John Green
John Douglas
Douglass
Green
Fire destroys large VPI machine shop in Blacksburg
A Cadet Fire Brigade and Blacksburg volunteers battled a blaze that destroyed the large three story machine shop at Virginia Polytechnic Institute in Blacksburg. Estimated losses reach 100000 with about half covered by insurance. No injuries reported as nearby homes were saved and campus remained insured.
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Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Blacksburg
Preston Olin Institute
J. L. Bakin
L. 8
Bransford
F. 8. Roop
Harvard marks 160th anniversary of Hollis Hall
Cambridge Mass June 14 Harvard celebrated the 160th anniversary of Hollis Hall, the favorite senior dormitory. The event highlighted the historic dormitory as a long standing symbol of campus tradition and student life.
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Cambridge
Mass
Harvard
Hollis Hall
Funeral of Suffragette Martyr Emily Davison Draws Nation
Tens of thousands of suffragists and supporters gathered from across England for the funeral of Emily Wilding Davison. A six thousand strong procession escorted the coffin from Epsom to London ending at St George's Church amid bands, banners, and orderly but somber crowds.
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London
England
Emily Wilding Davison
Derby
Epsom
Victoria Station
St. George's Church
Epsom Station
Davison
Page Acceptable to Italy News Note
The Italian government notified the United States that Thomas Nelson Page will assume a role or conduct diplomacy with Italy. The brief dispatch indicates formal acceptance or acknowledgment by Rome of Page’s status or mission.
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Italy
Washington
United States
Thomas Nelson Page
Page Nomination Heads to Senate for Ambassador Post
The president will send Page's nomination for ambassador to the Senate along with other diplomatic appointments. Italian Ambassador Confaloneri will host a dinner in honor of the new ambassador and Mrs Page.
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Page
Senate
Confaloneri
Retirement of Admiral Osterhaus in the Navy
Washington June 14 Rear Admiral Hugo J Osterhaus will be placed on the retired list tomorrow due to age He is a prominent navy figure representing the second generation of the fighting Osterhaus family His father General Peter J Osterhaus fought bravely in the Civil War His son Lieutenant Hugo W Osterhaus U S N led a rescue launch that saved seven men at Norfolk Virginia years ago
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Osterhaus
Washington
Hugo J. Osterhaus
Atlantic Fleet
Peter J. Osterhaus
Halis
Hugo W. Osterhaus
Norfolk
School Children Sail to See Canal in Isthmus Trip
New Orleans sends 1,200 pupils aboard the steamship Atenas for a weeklong voyage to Colon. The harbor cheers as thousands more line the shore to bid farewell to the students, who will view key canal features across the isthmus.
Watervliet Arsenal Centennial Celebration
Hundreds of men at the Watervliet arsenal in Troy celebrate the hundredth anniversary of its 1813 founding. The government purchased twelve acres for the first arsenal building on June 14, 1813.
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Watervliet
Troy
N. Y
United States Arsenal
Anniversary of Slocum Disaster Observed in New York
Memorial services are planned tomorrow in observance of the ninth anniversary of the General Slocum disaster in the East River. The 1904 ship fire killed more than 1000 people, making it one of the city’s worst maritime tragedies.
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New York
General Slocum
East River
Congress Proceeds Slow as Houses Idle in June
In Washington on June 14 the senate and the house did not convene for a session. Both chambers will reconvene on Tuesday to resume business.
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Congress
Washington
Senate
House
Proposals on City Offices Tie Up Detailed
In a board of affairs interview a Republican member revealed a plan to decide city office appointments by toss of coins or other chance. He said two Republicans favored alternating first picks, while Democrats urged the first two then the next two. Republicans rejected that. He claimed the proposed method was fair and blamed Democrats for any delays.
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Board of Affairs
Editor Boswell Indicted for Libel in Labor Paper Case
Charleston West Virginia June 14 Charles H Boswell editor of the Labor Argus a Socialist paper here was indicted by the Kanawha county grand jury on criminal libel charges arising from an article about Thomas Haggerty international board member of the United Mine Workers of America. The case also noted William E B Harrison who killed his stepfather Lucky Casto was not indicted despite the grand jury presentation.
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Charleston
W. Va
Charles H. Boswell
Labor Argus
Kanawha County Grand Jury
Boswell
Thomas Haggerty
International Board
United Mine Workers of America
Haggerty
Paint and
Cabin Creeks
William EB. Harrison
Lucky Casto
New Freight Line Opens From North Carolina to Lynchburg
Ernest Williams announces a traffic agreement between Norfolk and Western and Norfolk and Southern railways, creating a new freight line to open July 1 linking west central and eastern North Carolina. Lynchburg and Roanoke gain access to compete with Norfolk and Richmond for business.
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Lynchburg
Ernest Williams
Durham and South Carolina Railway
New York City
Norfolk and Western
Norfolk and Southern Railways
West
Central
North Carolina
Roanoke
Norfolk and
Raleigh
Troy
Durham
South Carolina
Duncan
Glasscock again heads WV mining probe in Charleston
Former Governor Glasscock dominates a West Virginia senate sub committee hearing on mining conditions. He details martial law motives and guards issues plus testimony on the Bull Moose train and February 7 events. Limited progress reported as witnesses contradict or clarify roles amid Holly Grove shooting claims.
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Charleston
W. Va
W. E. Glasscock
Senate
West Virginia
United Mine Workers
Glasscock
J. H. Hu
Mr. Arthur
Belcher
Holly Grove
Estep
Annie Hawes
J. H. Pike
Union
Mucklow
Hstep
Knight
Pike
Acts
Senator Kenyon
Ford Holly
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