Operators Combine to Keep Up Prices
Edward Hamlin, president of the Metropolitan Coal Company, faced cross-examination by Chairman Littlefield as the congressional coal committee opened at the Chamber of Commerce. He admitted an arrangement between the coal trust and independent operators to ship coal to Boston and New England, with lawmakers believing they have proven collusion that fleecees the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Hamlin
Metropolitan Coal Company
Littlefield
Congressional Coal Committee
Chamber of Commerce
Coal Trust
Boston
New England
Collision at sea between Saxon City and Georgic near Boston
The Saxon City and the White Star liner Georgic collided 200 miles off Boston Light on Jan 18. Both ships reached port safely. one missing is Fritz Rubella, 29, a coal trimmer on the Saxon City. The Georgic arrived in Liverpool from New York. weather, damage, and rescue efforts are described.
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Boston Light
Fritz Rubella
Smith
Boston
Georgic
Liverpool
New York
Georgie
Findigg
Rubella
Wealthy Ladd Sues Former Sweetheart for Gems
Sherman W. Ladd files an equity suit to recover diamond rings from his former sweetheart who currently refuses to return the gems he owns.
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Ladd
Sherman W. Ladd
Mr Ladd
Mr. Ladd
Sherman Winslow Ladd
United Shoe Machinery Company
Pretty May Stowell
Miss Roche
Miss Stowell
Reynolds
Independent coal operators gain small share under market stringency
The article notes the trust coal cost per ton and an independent price range from 8 to 10 dollars. On reaching Boston, coal sold at a uniform price. Before October’s stringency the trust dominated the New England market, but now it allows independents with high prices an almost noncompetitive field, while independents mined 20 percent of output but sold 7 percent of all anthracite.
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Trust
Boston
New England
Hamlin
Coal Trusts and Price Collusion Exposed in Hearing
The article reports on a congressional inquiry into coal pricing where trusts and independent operators are accused of collusion. Evidence shows the trust controlled 80 percent of output but sold only 25 percent, with prices inflated to half a dollar and 5.50 per ton for anthracite. Congress debates profits, names withheld, and demands disclosures from coal agents and brokers amid vessel loading details.
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Trust
New England
Littlefield
Washington
McDermott
Fair Forecast For Boston Area This Week
The forecast calls for a fair and warmer Tuesday in Boston and vicinity with light to fresh southerly winds. Wednesday remains fair with continued mild temperatures and calm to breezy conditions.
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Boston
Vicinity
Thermometer Readings At Thompson Spa
Yesterday at Thompson Spa 219 Washington street the thermometer showed a series of readings with an average temperature of 21 22 to 24 degrees. A year ago yesterday the average was 32 11 to 21 degrees with fluctuations recorded throughout the day.
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Thompson Spa
Washington Street
RCM Cabo
Found Dead in His Room in East Boston
Frank Shorts aged 31 was found dead in his room at 190 Sumner Street East Boston yesterday afternoon by Mrs Ida Henry.
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Frank Shorts
Sumner Street
East
Boston
Ida Henry
Four Luces Men Rescued After Ship Collision at Sea
The Ocean line steamer Chattahoochee, Captain Johnson, brought four crewmen from schooner Hattie C. Luce to Lewis wharf yesterday. Rescued were steward A Su Barter and seamen James P Steen George Christiansen and Cornelius Andersen after Luce, dismasted and leaking, collided with schooner John H. Buttrick off Chatham. Two Luce crew, Mate Liscomb and John Smith, rode to the Buttrick. Captain Heal drowned attempting to follow. Chattahoochee’s crew faced heavy seas to prevent flooding as pumps failed and hatches were battened down.
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Ocean Line
Chattahoochee
Johnson
Lewis Wharf
Hattie C. Luce
Chatham
Steward A. Su. Barter
James P. Steen
George Christiansen
Cornelius Andersen
John H. Buttrick
Wilmington
N. C
lLuce
Liscomb
John Smith
Heal
Luce
CAPT A F JOHN FIRST MATE SYL SON VESTER OF CHATT AHOOCHEE
CAPT A F John first mate Sylson Vester of the steamer Chattahoochee faced peril as a lifeboat damaged by a sea forced men to jump. The steward was first to leap, others quickly followed until the boat was swept away. One man landed in a heap in the lifeboat after a misstep. The crew laughed at his awkward arrival. Steward A L Barton of Rockport left for home. Christian Sen remained at the Marine Hospital with a fractured leg. The Luce was towed to Vineyard Haven by the Storm King.
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Cape
Johnson
Coe
Hamilton
William McGinn
John Nelgon
William Winberg
Chattahoochee
Mate Hamilton
Gate Keat
Steward
A. L. Barton
Rockport
Christiansen
Marine Hospital
Luce
Vineyard Haven
American liner ashore near Holyhead in gale
An American line steamer is reported ashore off Aberfoam Point fifteen miles south of Holyhead amid a heavy gale. A despatch from Holyhead says seventeen crewmen reached shore in their boats confirming the vessel is a total wreck.
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Holyhead
Wales
Aberfoam Point
St. George’s Changel
London
Exchange ‘Telegraph Company
Collision Damages Two British Steamers Near Dungeness
The British Prince, bound for New York from Antwerp, collided with the Waterloo from Iquique Chile in a gale three miles from Dungeness. The Prince suffered a rapid flooding of engine room and stoke hold and went ashore but was later refloated. The Waterloo lost its top deck equipment.
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London
Antwerp
New York
Dungeness
Waterloo
Iquique
Chile
Ambassador Meyer and Italy's King Hurt in Auto Crash
United States Ambassador Meyer and the King of Italy were badly shaken in a car breakdown during a day’s hunting trip near Rome. The accident was initially sensationalized but later confirmed as minor with no serious injuries to the occupants.
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Meyer
Italy
King
Rome
United States
Occu
Unselfish Boston girl ends life in religious despair
Margaret Quinn a 17 year old East Boston resident living with her mother and sisters, drank carbolic acid and died an hour later. Described as intensely religious and devoted to her family, she had recently left work, brooded over life and faith, and was deemed religiously inspired by the priest. A neighbor and sister describe her as always helping others and uninterested in pleasures. Her death is mourned by a sympathetic group at home.
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Margaret Quinn
Hooten’s Court
Boston
Sisters’ School of the Assumption
Sisters ’ of Notre Dame
Margaret
Mother
O’keefe
Moltedo Rifle Death Shocks Dorchester Home
Angelo Moltedo 55 was instantly killed at 26 Crescent Avenue Dorchester when a Winchester rifle in his hands exploded. Neighbors found him in a pool of blood and initial reports suggested suicide, though his son says the rifle was being cleaned and the death may have been accidental.
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Angelo Moltedo
Crescent Avenue
Dorchester
Winchester
Molcedo
Harkins
Dorchester Avenue
Henry
Ilawana
Maine
Moltedo
Summer Street
Worker dies after fall into ship hold in East Boston
Daniel Driscoll aged 36, a single man living at 281 Sumner Street, was unloading the steamer Winifredian at East Boston when he slipped and fell into the ship’s hold. He died within minutes from injuries sustained in the fall.
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Daniel Driscoll
Winifredian
Boston
Sumner Street
Roosevelt Leaves Washington for Canton McKinley Birthday
President Roosevelt and a party depart Washington at 12:30 AM aboard a special train bound for Canton Ohio to take part in the McKinley birthday exercises today.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Canton
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Congressional Coal Investigators
MR. Hamlin
Metropolitan Compas
Pia
Othe
Miss May Stowell
Hotel Reynolds
Helen Roche
Cuba
Red Fox
John
Captain Heal
A. F. John
Sylson Vester
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