International Mercantile Marine Company formed in Trenton
The ship combine was incorporated here this afternoon by amending the certificate of incorporation of the International Navigation Company. The name change to International Mercantile Marine Company carries an authorized capital of 120 million dollars. Papers signed by Clement A. Griscom of Philadelphia as president and Emerson Parvin as secretary. Original incorporators included Griscom, William Henry Barnes, A. J. Cassatt, Henry H. Houston, Joseph D. Potts of Philadelphia, Benjamin Brewster of New York, and William J. Sewall of Camden, now deceased. Stockholders approving the capital increase and name change include Griscom and a slate of prominent partners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trenton
N. J
International Navigation Company
International Mercantile Marine Company
Clement A. Griscom
Philadelphia
Emerson Parvin
William Henry Barnes
A. J. Cassatt
Henry H. Houston
Joseph D. Potts
Benjamin Brewster
New York
William J. Sewall
Camden
Joseph S. Swartz
Joseph S. Fahnstock
Joseph J. Hope
Howard Pusey
John PD
Morgan details extend control of new steamship combine
J P Morgan and Co released the scope of the International Mercantile Marine Company formation. It expands capital to 120 million with 50 million in bonds, unifies the American line Red Star Leyland White Star and Atlantic Transport lines, and names Griscom as president. Americans predominate on the board. British lines will be subsidiaries with no public stock sale. A noncompetitive pact with German lines is unofficially reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
International Steamship Combination
J. P. Morgan & Co
International Navigation Company
International Mercantile Marine Company
C. A. Griscom
P. A. B. Widener
B. H. Baker
John I. Waterbury
George W. Perkins
E. J. Berwind
James H. Hyde
Charles Steele
Morgan & Co
Gerald Balfour
Board of Trade of Great Britain
Mr. Steele
Balfour
British Lines
Clinton E. Dawkins
Young Men Congress Dinner Celebrates 2nd Anniversary
A Boston Young Men's Congress banquet at the Quincy House marked its second anniversary. Notables including Hon. James J. Myers and Rep. Robert Luce attended as guests. Speakers reflected on the congress's history, public life, and ongoing issues from gas to trusts, with remarks on Massachusetts leadership and parliamentary tradition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Young Men's Congress
Quincy House
Benjamin C. Lane
James J. Myers
Robert Luce
A. F. Flint
Congress
James Russell Lowell
Charles Sumner
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Whittier
Field, Holmes
Bayard Taylor
Joe Jefferson
Frank F. McLeod
Fass
Carl
John Buckley, Jr
Cambridge
Amos K. Tilden
Russell H. Conwell
John 14
Farnham
Malden
Wendell Phillips
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Myers
Massachusetts
House
Boston
Albert F. Flint
P. J. Conian
Myron
Fleree
H. E. Grigor
C. V. Hathaway
William Hoag
Permanent Fund
Charles H. Innes
March G. Bennett
President Acts as Arbitrator in Coal Strike Talks
The President proposes arbitration to end the coal strike, insisting it is his duty as head of a threatened nation. He aims to bring operators and miners to a calm, productive discussion without political leverage, seeking a possible temporary arrangement to endure the cold period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quay and
Penrose
Pennsylvania
Platt
New York
Stone
Mitchell
Root
Morgan
Governor Crane Returns From Roosevelt Coal Talks
Governor Crane came back from Washington after a conference with President Roosevelt on the coal strike. He declined to discuss details, calling it a matter for the President to decide, and asserted the issue is not political but one of humanity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis B. Patten
Permanent Fund
Congress
Leon R. Egges
Crane
Washington
Roosevelt
Rhode Island Governor Considers Coal Strike Delegation
Governor Kimball of Rhode Island conferred with leading business figures in Providence on October 1 to decide whether to send delegates to Detroit to discuss the coal situation. The meeting focused on the advisory action and potential representation for the state in the national discussion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rhode Island
Providence
R. I
Kimball
Detroit
Hewitt Replies to Mitchell on Miner Strike Policy
Abram S. Hewitt writes to President Mitchell of the miners denying claims he sides with operators and opposes workers. He aims to show that Mitchell’s policy, as stated, does not reflect Hewitt’s views on the coal strike and its broader context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Hewitt
Mitchell
Mr. Mitchell
Coal Presidents Accept Roosevelt Invitation for Talks
COAL leaders from Lackawanna Ontario & Western and Delaware & Hudson acknowledged President Roosevelt’s invite to discuss the coal strike. Operators are likely to accept. Truesdale denied any strike settlement. Morgan praised the invitation while awaiting operator returns. John Markle, invited to attend, said he would go but declined to predict outcomes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Truesdale
Lackawanna Road
Fowler
Ontario & Western Company
Olyphant
Delaware & Hudson Company
Roosevelt
J. P. Morgan
John Markle
Washington
Markle
Mitchell Accepts Roosevelt Invitation to White House Conference
Mitchell smiled as Roosevelt invited him to the Washington conference. He will accept and depart Wilkesbarre tomorrow afternoon. The likely aim is a plan to settle the strike to mutual satisfaction with both sides.
Drifton Colliery Opens Under Guard at Hazleton
Coxe Brothers & Co started their Drifton colliery in Hazleton Pennsylvania with a small non union force and began preparing to hoist and market about 800 tons of coal. The site is guarded by 200 special officers and operations began without strike interference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hazleton
Penn
Coxe Brothers & Co
Drifton
Gas as Heating Agent in Home Furnaces
A furnace engineer explains gas can heat water heaters and hot air furnaces. In water heaters perforated iron pipes should cover the entire grate. At night burners can be partly shut off and still provide heat.
Policemen Guard Coal for White House in Washington
The first car load of antiacite coal since the strike arrived in Washington and was set aside for the White House with policemen guarding it. Later two more carloads were sent to the District of Columbia government and distributed to schoolhouses. An estimate puts total anthracite in the city at 0 tons, controlled by four dealers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
White House
District of Columbia
Rhode Island Workers Face Shortages Citing Rights
Governor Kimball notes that residents may be entitled to relief as basic needs become unavailable. He questions whether mine owners’ wage refusals or insufficient protection by authorities caused the labor shortage, acknowledging uncertainty away from the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terview
Kimball
Rhode Island
Captain Eldridge Urges Ministers to Act
Captain George W. Eldridge sends an open letter to Boston ministers urging them to act on his coal strike resolutions. He explains delays in distributing the resolutions and notes Roxbury and some Boston churches have considered them. He requests ministers take action next Sunday in the cause of humanity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Eldridge
Boston
Vicinity
Roxbury
Sterling Washery Closes as Mob Forces Shutdown
Sterling Washery at Plymouth Pa suspended operations after a crowd of men and boys cut belting and plugged machinery. Employees from Scranton were driven away by a mob and sent home as the plant closed today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilkesbarre
Penn
Sterling
Plymouth
Scranton
Wedding of Horace Rowell Parker and Miss Bessie Inez
Swampscott today witnessed the marriage of Horace Rowell Parker clerk of the Lynn Board of Public Works and newspaper man, to Miss Bessie Inez Thing at the bride’s parents home. Rev. William E. Gardner officiated as Chase’s Orchestra played Lohengrin and Mendelssohn. The couple celebrated with a reception and left for their honeymoon in a blue cheviot traveling suit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chase
Mendelssohn
Selwyn Bowman ‘Parker
Cora Gertrude Thing
Catherine Mermet
Edward H. Curtis
Herbert T. Curtis
Frank R. Chapman
Swampscott
Swampscott Club
Richard Wiggins Crown
Lynn
Mattle O. Galenda
Alice Chapman
Jennie B. Stone
Mrs. Parker
Roosevelt Illness May Be Tedious Says Dr Jelley
London reports Dr Richard Jelley says President Roosevelt suffers with pertostitis an inflammation of the bone membrane. He warns serious illness may follow with possible pus formation necrosis and removal surgery. In Washington doctors Lung OReilly and Rixey report the condition satisfactory after their morning visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Richard Jelley
Daily News Today
Roosevelt
Washington
Lung, Oreilly
Rixey
Three Hundred Pikes Celebrate Annual Family Reunion
Three hundred descendants of the Pike family gathered for the third annual Pike Family Association reunion at the United States Hotel held September 30 to October 2. The event featured genealogical talks and musical performances. Morning attendance reached nearly 300, with elections for next year’s officers to follow and excursions planned to local sights. Officers listed: Edwin B. Pike, president. Joseph T. Pike, vice president. Dr. Clifford L. Pike, secretary and treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pike
Pike Family Association
United States
Association
Edwin B. Pike
Pike's Station
N. H
Joseph T. Pike
New York
Clifford L. Pike
Saco
Irish Leader Denounces Redmond Crimmins at Faneuil Hall
James Connolly denounced John Redmond and John Crimmins before about a thousand Irish Americans at Faneuil Hall, accusing them of false prosperity reports. He cited famine and emigration statistics to claim Irish hardship under English rule and urged support for the Socialist ticket. John Maloney presided. Michael Perry spoke as a Socialist candidate for governor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Connolly
Social Republican Party
Dublin
Ireland
John E. Redmond
John D.crimmins
United Irish League
Faneuil Hall
Mr. Connolly
John PD. Crimmins
United States
Connolly
John Mulhern
Redmond
Crimmins
Gladstone
Parnell
John Maloney
Michael T. Perry
DROWNED IN SOUTH SEA GALES
Victoria B C Oct 1 The steamer Moana reports several Australian vessels lost in South Sea gales The schooner Sybil of Sydney recruiting vessel left Solomon Islands in April with 110 aboard for Queensland never heard of again The Quirang of Sydney lost off Australian coast with 30 all hands perished Mambaro 2000 ton interisland steamer lost off Santos reef all hands saved Eclipse schooner lost Solomon Islands Father Rouillac a French priest drowned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victoria
B. C
Moana
South Sea
Sybil
Sydney
Solomon Islands
Queensland
Quirang
Mambaro
Santos
Eclipse
Rouillac
Emile Zola Death Resolutions Adopted by Boston Socialist Club
At a meeting of the Boston central committee of the Socialist party clubs held Tuesday evening last complimentary resolutions on the death of Emile Zola were unanimously adopted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Socialist Party Clubs
M. J. Konikow
Emile Zola
Snatch Thief Strikes Cambridge Woman
Mabel Friar aged 20 of Prospect Street Cambridge was robbed of a pocketbook containing $2 and other valuables last evening. She described the thief as about 20 years old, slim and dark complexioned, who grabbed the purse near Prospect Street, crossed Massachusetts Avenue and escaped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabel Friar
Prospect Street
Cambridge
Massachusetts Avenue
Miss Friar
Candy maker fatally injured by belt accident at plant
John Arratto, 54 Cooper Street, a candy maker, died at the Emergency Hospital last night from injuries suffered at his workplace. While adjusting a slipping belt entangled with a ladder, he was pulled into a running flywheel despite attempting to free it with a pole. He sustained multiple severe injuries and never regained consciousness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Arratto
Cooper Street
Arratto
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Griscom
America
Leading Credit Clothiers
Boyle Bros
South End Green
Washington ST
Mr. Hewitt
Mr. Baer
United Mine Workers
Gov. Crane
COAL
Captain Eldridge
Sterling Washery
Parker—Thing
The
Zola
Candy Maker
Old Hervey Corner
Union St., Cor. North
Comer's College
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