Dull day on Wall Street as copper stocks rise and fall
In New York a dull market dragged on with bears reappearing after early strength. Manhattan and Metro stocks weakened amid talk of underground competition while United States Oil and States Mining plan new developments. Copper shares showed volatility as insiders push for a boom in mining towns and the Boston News Bureau notes price lows versus last year.
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Wall
State
New York
London
Wall Street
General Electric
Manhattan
Metropolitan Street Railway
Brooklyn Rapid Transit
Boston
Big Four Road
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company
Atchison
United States Oil Company
Charles H. Cole
United States Mining Company
Holden
Charles Hole
J. W. Morrigan
Hornblower & Weeks
Michigan
Boston News Bureau
Arcadian
Butte
Centennial
Isle Royale
Mining and finance notes amid Boston stock exchange
Market letter comments on Occidental mining strength and possible consolidation of Lake Superior mines. Century and Kearsarge lodes touted. Revenue Leasing stock urged. Government bond demand noted with bank purchases. Amalgamated Copper and ore results reported. smelting deal with Centennial Eureka to begin. dividends declared by American Linseed Oil. Boston exchange closes with mixed stock activity and bond volumes.
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Lake Superior
Arcadian
Islé Royale
Centennial
Kearsarge Lode
Osceola
Guy M. Spear
Revenue Leasing & Mining Company
Leadville
Robinson Placer
Yomewest
Revenue No
Lucky Webber
Penrosé
Bonair
Ham Company
American National Bank
Boston
American Loan and Trust Company
State Street
Ore Institution
New York
Little Tiger
Cameron & Noyes
Wiliam A. Bantz
Eran
Opper
H. H. Rogers
Navaho
Bay State Gas
Magnolia Zinc
New England Gas and Coke
Wyoming Development and Trading
Houghton, Mich
St. Mary's Canal Mineral Land Company
Township
Trimountain
Oa Copper Company
Wilam A. Paine
Centennial-Eureka Mining Company
American Smelting, & Refining Co Ny
Centennial Eureka
American Linseed Oil Company
Cochiti
Mellen
Northern Pacific
Rio Grande Western
Cotos i Veicherse
Oeeedaeness
GYOSS
Worcester Gazette
Boston & Albany Railroad
Erie Telephone Company
Dean's Kidney Pills Proclaimed Cure by Boston User
A Boston man details severe kidney symptoms and quick relief after using Dean's Kidney Pills from Woodbury’s drug store. He credits an immediate effect and a full cure, urging others to publish his testimony to warn against delay in kidney trouble.
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T. J. Flaven
Chelsea Street
Boston
Dean
Woodbury
Wheat Opens Lower on GA Decline and Liverpool Cables
Wheat opened 14%c lower driven by weak English cables and a close yesterday. Liverpool second advices were 4d under prior. Northwest receipts fell to 805 cars, down from 2416 year ago and 1115 last week. McLean Brothers bought nearly 1,000,000 bushels of December, rallying the market. Bradstreet notes a 6,028,000 bushel rise in world supplies and Prime calls last week strong for winter wheat.
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Messrs. Howard
Crosby & Co
Liverpool
Buenos Ayres
McLean Brothers
Bradstreet
New Lynn Steamboat F. W. Carter Launch Nearing Fitout
A new Lynn steamboat F. W. Carter is released from her Essex launching cradle and will be towed to East Boston for machinery. Captain Day of the Putnam will command, with service to the Shoe Nty area.
Aladdin charter indicated as steamship departs harbor soon
The Aladdin is slated to leave for a port after refilling water and bunker coal yesterday afternoon. The Britannic and Falk have completed three trips from the game district with 86ll tons, while the Nereide set a Nagasaki to Portland record of 29 days and 306 miles in a single day. Susie and apes lie ashore near Bass Harbor full of water, and 5600 barrels from Liverpool arrived on the Michigan with some damage. Captain Baker denies a barge accident in East River. Towboat Sweepstakes and barge Wadena headed to Norfolk. Cunarder Altonia, with 300 steerage passengers, anchored at quarantine and will reach East Boston today.
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New Lynn
F. W. Carter
Story
Bertlesen & Petersen
East Boston
Day
Putnam
T Wharf
Haddock
Hirtle
Junenburg
Turk’s Island
Mystic Wharf
West Indies
Nova Scotia
United States
Nobska
Castle Island
Arthur McKinnon
Prince George
Adelbert
Percy Cann
Benedict
Halifax
N. S
Oak
New Orleans
Philadelphia
Urban
San Francisco
Atlantic Coast
Japan
Needles
Nagasaki
New Steamship Company
Albany
N. Y
Canada
Central and South America
Mexico
Europe
Asia
Africa
Australia
Cameron Steamship Company of
New_York
Lamont G. Burnham
A. W., Preston
W. D. Munson
New York
Philadelhia
Aladdin
Everett Coke Company
Louisburg
C.B
Dominion Coal Company
Game
Portland
Nereide
Susie
Apes
Annapolis
N. 8
Bass Harbor
Liverpool
Michigan
Baker
Commercial Towboat Company
Joshua Lovett
East River
Brooklyn
Lake
Wadena
Norfolk
Michael O’brien
Taurus
Profit sharing proposed to ease industrial conflicts
To the Editor of the Post Sir this subject deserves attention as a chief topic of the day. The piece argues for profit sharing to align worker interests with company profits, offering direct or credited shares to workers to deter strikes and reduce labor disputes. It claims profit sharing is a legitimate business arrangement and could foster loyalty and cooperation. The author signs as B. B. Willard.
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B. B. Willard
Knights of Labor Pledge Eight Hour Law at Boston Meeting
A crowd at Faneuil Hall in Boston heard John N. Parsons of New York urge support for an eight hour workday. He argued shorter hours reduce unemployment and idle time and urged citizens to back the amendment in the upcoming election. Herlain of Pueblo, Colorado closed the evening with further remarks on the eight hour law.
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Boston
Faneuil Hall
Knights of Labor
John N. Parsons
New York
Herlain
Pueblo
Col
Knights of Labor Hold First Boston Convention
Delegates from across the United States and parts of Canada gathered at Faneuil Hall for the Knights of Labor thirty first national convention the first session in Boston. About 35 delegates attended with expected totals rising to 100 or more as the ten day session began. Charlestown’s John Hurley and Governor Wolcott welcomed attendees and General Master Workman Parsons replied. A five member committee spent a couple of days on initial arrangements.
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Knights of Labor
United States
Canada
Faneuil Hall
Boston
John Hurley
Charlestown
Wolcott
Gerrgral
Parsons
New York
New York City
James Pines
Brooklyn
M. A. Fitzgerald
P. I. Daly
A. J. O'Keefe
Birmingham
Ala
J. G. Schonfarber
Baltimore
Thomas O'Reilly
A. J. O’ Keefe
John Fernan
Pittsburg
Penn
J. A. Bostock
Muncie
Ind
J. J. Donelly
Bay
Odd Fellows’ Hall
Knights of Labor Leaders Advocate Eight Hour Day
Long article quotes ex General Worthy foreman I D Cham and speakers from New York Boston and Baltimore urging labor reform. They praise organization centralization and direct citizen voting power on laws affecting industry. Delegates arrange committees and plan banquets trips and receptions for the gathering.
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Knights of Labor
Henry A. Hicks
New York
Hicks
J. G. Schonfarber
Baltimore
Boston
Union
Thomas B. McGuire
Maine
California
General Worthy
Foreman
I. D. Cham
Shipwreck in Campo Bello Island Strands Crew near Eastport
The schooner Henry F. Eaton bound from New York to Eastport ran ashore at Schooner Cove off Campo Bello Island. Captain Samuel Ashford, mate Thomas Patterson, and crew reached shore with help. Patterson walked three miles barefoot for aid. Howard Zwicker’s jaw was broken in the launch. Ashford is frostbitten and exhausted. Vessel and cargo are a total loss. Crews belong to Calais.
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Eastport
Henry F. Eaton
Samuel Ashford
New York
Cove
Campobello Island
United States
Howard Zwicker
Thomas Patterson
Ashford
Calais
Can Congress unseat a member for religious belief
A reader questions whether the House can seat or unseat a member based on religion. He cites the Constitution’s faith freedom and asks if Mormon Roberts from Utah could be seated or removed. The letter expresses personal objection to Mormon representation but seeks constitutional clarity.
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National
House of Representatives
Normon Church
Roberts
Utah
David
Sanborn
Eiingham Falls
N. i
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Knights of Labor Convention
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John Schonforseep
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Aster Orkman
K. O. L. Convention
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Hawsburg
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