Coal Goes Up as Mine Price Advances 50 Percent
Coal prices surged with a 50 percent jump in a week as miners’ strike ranks grew. Officials reported stronger demand and tighter supply amid labor unrest in key coal regions.
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13 Jul 1897
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1897
Page
1
Miners Strike Sparks Arbitration Push as Coal Prices Surge
July 12 report shows coal selling at 1.80 amid a broad miners strike. A joint arbitration board met in the city seeking peaceable settlement while West Virginia mines face potential shutdown and rail stopwork. Corporal J J McDonald dies in Peekskill tent fire. multiple soldiers injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Joint Arbitration Board
W. P. de Armitt
New York & Cleveland Gas Coal Company
Dé Armitt
Chamouni
Apollo
Jack Jones
O’neill
Fayette City
Equitable
Webster
Riot disrupts bullfight in Barcelona arena
July 12 Barcelona reports a riot at a bullfight after management altered the order of events. Spectators hurled sticks and benches, bullfighters fled, gendarmes intervened, shots fired, police cleared the ring, and several people were injured amid arrests and rioters attempting to burn the arena.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barcelona
Mrs Nack III Demands Starvation Food Over Prison Fare
Mrs Nack in Tombs cell says prison meals will kill her unless she gets food. She claims money in O'Brien's care, given to lawyer Friend, was not returned. Warden O'Shea to inform Lawyer Friend while policingers clear her condition is not dangerous. Details also describe a costly river bottom search for a head tied to the Thorn case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Guldensuppe
Paris
Thorn
Gartha
Tailor reports theft of watch from Chelsea shop
Morris J. Downing, a tailor at 9 Broadway Chelsea, told Chelsea police a man entered his shop about 1 pm to sew buttons and left with a gold open face watch valued at 75 dollars and a gold plated chain. The thief, about 40, 5 feet 9, dark complexion with a black mustache, vanished with total value of 80 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morris J. Downing
Broadway
Chelsea
Downing
Thorn and Nack arraigned in murder case in New York
Martin Thorn and Augusta Nack faced charges in the Court of General Sessions for the murder and mutilation of William Guldensuppe. Both defendants refused to plead as demurrers argued lack of jurisdiction and multiple crimes. Judge Newberger to hear demurrer arguments. security remains tight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Martin Thorn
Augusta Nack
Court of General Sessions
William Guldensuppe
William F. Howe
Thorn
Queens County
Tombs
Guldensuppe
Newberger
Officials Arrive to Propose Arbitration of Strike
Labor commissioners and official arbitrators from Ohio Indiana Pennsylvania West Virginia Illinois converge in Pittsburgh to discuss a regional arbitration plan. Eighty five Owen leads Ohio board with ex-attorney general and union leaders among figures. Kentucky and Tennessee not represented as strike continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of
Ohio
N. Owen
Columbus
Supreme Court of Ohio
John Little
Xenia
Joseph Bishop
Amalgamated Association
Indiana
L. P. McCormack
State Typographical Union
B. F. Schmidt
Indianapolis
James M. Clark
Pennsylvania
Harrisburg
West Virginia
Illinois
Death of Thomas Smith father-in-law linked to Thorn case
New York July 12 Thomas Smith aged 95 father-in-law of John Gartha who aided arrest of Martin Thorn in the William Guldensuppe murder died suddenly this morning. Officials suggest stress from the case and his family ties to Policeman John J. Smith hastened his death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Thomas Smith
John Gartha
Martin Thorn
William Guldensuppe
Smith
John J. Smith
Hanna's Manager Sees the Peacemakers
Invitations have gone to Pittsburg district coal operators to meet arbitrators informally and discuss settling the strike. James Young of M. A. Hanna mining interests arrived from Cleveland to confer with the peacemakers at the Seventh Avenue Hotel. A few smaller operators attended briefly, but no major conference occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blyth Coal Company
Red Bird
Fayette City
Stickel Hollow
Washington Coal Company
New York & Cleveland Gas Coal Company
de Armitt
Pittsburg
James Young
M. A. Hanna
Cleveland
Seventh Avenue Hotel
Smetanalli CURED by Boston Drug secret remedy
An advertisement touts Smetanalli cured by Boston Drug Co a mail order remedy claimed to destroy stimulant appetite and restore resistance to temptation. It promises safe discreet treatment with no taste or odor and lists Tremont Street Boston address and sample availability for "RICE."
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Drug
Boston Drug CO
Tremont St
Sackett Still On Duty As Selectmen Hold Special Meeting
The Revere Board of Selectmen met to decide Patrolman Fred Sackett's status after a grand jury indicted him for assault with intent to murder. Sackett had earlier been suspended and reinstated. the board tabled the matter pending a town solicitor report, with Hall Whiting voting yes and Yapley no.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Revere Board of Selectmen
Fred
Sackett
Cornelius Phair
Phair
Hall
Whiting
Tapley
Scientists join Peary expedition to Arctic voyage
Two Washington scientists C. D. White and Charles Schubert depart for Boston to join the Peary expedition. They will disembark at Disco Island near Greenland to study fossils suggesting a tropical past and will trace discoveries through September before awaiting the return of the Peary ship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
D. C
Messrs. C. D. White
Charles Schubert
National Museum
Boston
Peary
Arctic
Disco Island
Greenland
Frightened Horse Dashes Through Crowded Fenway Entrance
A frightened horse pulling a buggy roared into a dense crowd of cyclists near Fenway Beacon Street around 8:30 PM. Though chaos ensued with women screaming and wheels skidding, only minor injuries were reported to Miss Lottie Barron, Miss Matilda Barron, and Daniel Rein gold, as bystanders and riders escaped harm due to providence. The horse was frightened by a three wheeled motor cycle from Mr. George Barle of 219 Second Street South Boston and halted on Bay State road with no major damage beyond a strained buggy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beacon Street
Fenway
Providence
Parkways
Jamaica Pond
Daniel Reingold
Bay State Road
Missing Roxbury girl Frances Curran found with Chinese lover
Frances Curran an 18 year old reported missing a year ago was located by Patrolman Jordan of Station 4 in a Chinatown house with Charley Doane. Frances wore a Chinese wife style house dress as she sobbed upon removal from her lover. Doane vowed they would not be separated and faces possible marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances Curran
Roxbury
Jordan
Station 4
Charley Doane
Frances
Charley
Alpine Terrace
Station 10
Chinatown
Copper Shares Sell Slowly in Boston and Nevada Mining Co
Copper shares of the Boston and Nevada Copper Mining Co are trading slowly as a feed block offer is believed to close out the implied block offered at 50 cents on the ground floor. Interested parties should apply immediately to 603 Tremont Building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston & Nevada Copper Mining Co
Ft Ie
Conference on international bimetallism with Salisbury
In London a high level talks on international bimetallism was held at the foreign office. US commissioners Wolcott Stevenson and Paine discussed powers to negotiate or arrange an international conference and potential treaty. Britain France and Germany show varying positions with further consultations planned. The meeting ended with a formal Windsor luncheon to present commissions to the Queen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Foreign Office
Wolcott
Stevenson
Paine
United States Bimetallic Commission
Hay
Lord Salisbury
Michael Hicks-Beach
Arthur Balfour
Treasury
George Hamilton
India
France
United States
Great Britain
Germany
Baron de 1Child
Messrs. Wolcott
Stevenson and Paine
Windsor
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