Labor leaders meet in Pittsburgh over wage demands
A secret conference of major labor figures gathered at the Monongahela House to map strategy for increased wages amid widespread coal suspensions. Attendees included Samuel Gompers and M. D. Ratchford among others from the United Mine Workers and various craft unions. The session ran past midnight as plans were formed to secure union support and press for victory in the ongoing strike.
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United States
Samuel Gompers
American Federation O Ber
M. D. Ratchford
United Mine Workers of America
M. M. Garland
Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers
Stephen Madden
Amalgamated Association
J. M. Hughes
The
Federation of Metal Trades
M. J. Cornahan
Monongahela House
Ratchford
Messrs
Gompers
Cornahan
Messrs. Ratchford
Iaw
Warner
Semua Lane
Tennessee
West Vnia
West Virginia
American Federation of Labor
New York Heiress to Marry Duke of Manchester
London reports the engagement of a New York heiress, daughter of Ogden Goelet, to the Duke of Manchester. The groom is young and not wealthily endowed. the bride's family is very wealthy and the dowry is expected to be substantial. Society has matched the duke with American heiresses in recent seasons.
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London
Duke of
Manchester
Ogden Goelet
New York
Heat Prostration Claims Joseph Dalton in New York
In New York on July 9 Joseph Dalton aged 50 collapsed from heat and was admitted to Fordham Hospital. Annie Oestreicher aged 40, temporarily deranged by the heat, climbed a fire escape and fell from the second story to the street but was caught by bystanders and escaped injury. She was placed in Bellevue Hospital in a strait jacket after assaulting a policeman who aided her.
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New York
Joseph Dalton
Fordham Hospital
Annie Oestreicher
Bellevue Hospital
Drowning Tragedy Off City Point Involving Five Men
Three longshoremen, Martin Conley Patrick Hamilton and Bartholomew Riley, sailed from Chelsea in a row boat and overturned near City Point. Conley drowned, Hamilton was rescued and hospitalized, Riley survived. Farrell the deck hand saved Hamilton and Riley. Conley’s body taken to Chelsea home. Hamilton recovering at City Hospital. Riley released by police.
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Martin Conley Nescold
Patrick Hamilton
City Hospital
Conley
Chelsen
City Point
Hamilton
Bartholomew Riley
Riley
Farrell
Amilton
Castle Island
Gallivan
Glawson
Draper
Williams Street
Chelsea
Walker
Boston
Peckham
Division 10
Drowning scare ends as young woman saved on Beachmont raft
Miss Susie Smith, 22, nearly drowned while swimming off Beachmont when she fell from a raft and was dragged into deeper water by a current. Charles Garbutt entered the surf, reached her as she surfaced, and pulled her to safety onto the raft. She was brought to Hotel Otis exhausted, had swallowed water, but soon recovered consciousness with no lasting injury expected.
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Beachmont
Susie Smith
L. F. Smith
Hotel Otis
Sot
Shruster
Otis
Painter Davis Injured Nearby Home Fire In Hex District
A painter named Hd ward Davis, living on Winchester Road, was injured yesterday afternoon while at work on the Heaton property. The incident occurred near his home in the Bast Way district as a blaze or accident disrupted work.
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Hdward Davis
Winchester
Heaton
Lg Dock
Trent Feet
Drowning Tragedy Strikes Lawrence Man at River
John Cahill aged 27 drowned after cramps while bathing in the Merrimac River in Lawrence Massachusetts. He was seized by cramps and could not be helped before the body was recovered.
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Lawrence
Mass
John Cahill
Merrimac
Dorchester Boy Drowns In Canton Harbor
A Dorchester youth, named George Matthews, drowned while fishing near Canton Harbor. Local authorities report the incident occurred during a routine outing. no further details on the circumstances or funeral arrangements are provided in the fragment.
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Dorchester
Canton
George Matthews
Houchton
Bath
Dorchester Burglary Gang Arrests After Shootout
Frank Murphy and George Williams, both arrested in Dorchester after Murphy drew a 38 caliber pistol at Patrolman Gallagher during a failed burglary attempt at N. P. Robinson & Co. on Dorchester Avenue. Police tie the pair to a prior liquor-store wreck and a grain-store burglary with dynamite in the seized tools. Williams faces questioning as investigators seek a confession.
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J. Donovan & Co
Haverhill Street
Ation
Dorchester
Gallagher and
Doherty
N. P. Robinson
Dorchester Avenue
Frank Murphy
C Street
Boston
George Williams
Bromley Park
Murphy
Pollagher
Robinson
Gallagher
Robinson Place
Donherty
Donovan
Williams
Weather promises a genuine cool wave in Boston
A vivid forecast speaks of a real cool wave arriving in Boston around Sunday with plans for ongoing, indefinite performances. The description praises a true cool, refreshing air, dismissing fake temperature gimmicks and theater-style frost.
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Boston
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Penn
Appeal For Peace
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MFG
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Washington
New England
Vicinity
Getti
Rueter and Company
Highland Spring Brewery
Boston Cycle CO
Roof Carden
Franklin Park
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Fisk
Orld
C. O. Norcross
Tremont St
Temple Plage
West
Bowdoin Square
Revere House
Crash Grushers
Ogden Greet
Duchess of Manchester
Martin Conley
Charles Garbutt
Mercy
Painter
Nectcez Madras
David H. Oesn
William Gordon
Emerald Street
Dover Street
Goron
Laught
Frenk Murphy
George Wilans
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Lars
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