Will Fail to Settle Strike in Scranton Convention
Eight hundred fifty seven miners met in Scranton to consider a ten percent wage advance offered by operators and adjourned without action. Delegates favored concessions on grievances before raises, pressed for abolition of the sliding scale and a tonnage basis, and debated guarantees of timely payment. The convention adjourned to reconvene at 9 am with no definite settlement in sight.
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Scranton
Penn
Mitchell
Mitchell Addresses Miners at Scranton Convention
National President Mitchell speaks to Scranton miners urging careful judgment on a 10 percent wage advance offered by operators. He cautions against hastily accepting terms, calls for fair treatment, and suggests joint wage scales to prevent strikes, while stressing the convention’s national attention.
Feared Strikers Force Action At Hazleton Colliery
Coxe Bros. & Co of Drifton petitioned Sheriff Harvey at 11 today for protection from about 300 strikers threatening repair crews at the Derringer colliery. Deputies and the sheriff moved to the scene as nonunion men repairing railroad tracks and a breaker faced intimidation.
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Hazleton
Penn
Coxe Bros. & Co
Drifton
Harvey
Derringer
Smalley Allegedly Took 40000 From South Framingham Case
Smalley, the missing straw goods manufacturer, reportedly left South Framingham with $40,000 on October 2 and is thought to be heading to Europe or South America. Rumors say the factory safe combination was changed and Boston experts aided the assignee in accessing the strong box. The firm’s books show a demoralized, unclear financial picture.
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South Framingham
Harry W. Smalley
Ruel S. Harvey
Nelson Place
Smalley
Europe
South America
Boston
Somerville Vets Celebrate Firemen Prize Wins
The Somerville Veteran Firemen celebrated prizes of 500 dollars at Hingham and 125 dollars at Manchester New Hampshire by hosting fellow veteran firemen from Hingham Redjackets Cambridge Everett Arlington and Lowell. A parade with two bands and a drum corps traveled through several streets to Bacon Hall where a Dutch collation followed. John W. Macdonald led the parade and served as MC with a welcome by Caleb Page.
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Somerville
Hingham
Manchester
N. H
Cambridge
Everett
Arlington
Lowell
Washington
Medford Streets
Highland Avenue
Walnut
Bow Streets
Bacon Hall
John W. Macdonald
Caleb Page
Harry Reed
Georgie Vigal
Ida M. Beexham
Fred Brown
Somerville Firemen
Frank Sowner
Commonwealth’s New Transatlantic Liner Reaches Charlestown
After eight and a half days at sea the Dominion liner Commonwealth arrived at Charlestown dock at 5 p m with 663 passengers aboard including 112 first saloon guests and 289 second saloon. Captain James McAuley praised the ship’s seaworthiness after a voyage tested by heavy weather and a near hurricane. Quarantine detained 40 steerage passengers and William Musgrove with family refused vaccination, remaining two weeks. Saloon list includes many named passengers led by Hon. David Richards and others from Richards Mills Co. and assorted families.
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Dominion
Commonwealth
Boston
Charlestown
David Richards
Richards, Mills & Co
Dominion Line
Queenstown
The
James McAuley
New England
Post
McAuley
United States
William Musgrove
Musgrove
F. D. Abbott
F. E. Barney
Pauline H. Barton
Frances Bather
Abbie S. Beede
E. J. Beede
Robert Bennet
H. C. Bellamy
Belamy
T. Bevington
J. H. Bevington
W. G. Black
Katharine Briscoe
A. M. W. Forrester
George H. Francis
T. J. Gargan
Gargan
Gary
Clara E. Gary
Albert Geiger
Emily Geiger
Laura Gillespie
Mary R. Goodwin
William Gordon
Gordon
M. K. Guderian
McArthur
Father McKenna
Mary McKinnon
A. G. Minshall
Minshall
P. W. Moen
Moen
Margaret S. Moen
Elizabeth Moen
Dorothy Moen
Edward C. Moore
H. E. Morey
P. J. Murray
Meikeljohn Defends Administration in Letter to Bryan
Assistant Secretary of War George D. Meikeljohn mails a letter to William J. Bryan dated October 12, 1900, arguing constitutional limits on applying slavery and territorial rights, contrasting Democratic platform with Tilden’s views, and questioning Alaska and Sulu agreements, in Chicago.
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Meikeljohn
Chicago
George D. Meikeljohn
W. J. Bryan
Ill
Republican Party
Sulu
United States
Tilden
Democratic Party of the
Fathers of the Republic
Alaska
G. D. Meikeljohn
Rutland Railroad Seizes Rutland-Canadian Line
The Rutland railroad early today took possession of the unfinished Rutland-Canadian line by injunctions served on O'Brien and Sheehan and on all subcontractors. About seventeen deputy sheriffs were posted along the line to maintain order as construction continues under Rutland management.
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Burlington, Vt
Rutland Railroad
O’brien & Sheehan
New York City
Mission board ends meeting in St Louis with relections
The ninety first annual meeting of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions closed after three days in St Louis. Officers were largely reappointed with Willis James of New York declining re election and Henry Hopkins of Kansas City elected as vice president. The prudential committee also saw a leadership change in Webb being succeeded by a new chairman.
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ST. Louis
American Board of Commissioners For Foreign Missions
Hartford
Franklin Park Semi Finals in Scratch Tournament
Yesterday afternoon the Franklin Park scratch tournament semifinal matches produced J. Merrill Richards defeating LB Pratt 4 up and 3 to go, and W R Tukerman beating G M Dudley 1 up 19 holes. In the consolations Dr F B Colby won the cup by defeating Rh B Vinton 4 up 3 to go.
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Franklin Park
J. Merrill Richards
LB. L. Pratt
W. R. Tuckerman
G. M. Dudley
Dr. F. B. Colby
Rh. B. Vinton
Foul play stops fight in seventh round
In Biddeford Maine on October 12 a scheduled 10 round bout between Allie Brown of Lewiston and George Powers of Berlin Falls New Hampshire was halted in the seventh round by police due to continued fouling by Brown. The referee did not award a decision.
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Biddeford
Allie Brown
Lewiston
George Powers
Berlin Falls
N. H
Brown
Hobarts Visit White House Guests of McKinley
Mrs Garret A Hobart and her son arrived in Washington to be guests of President and Mrs McKinley at the White House noting their arrival this evening in the capital.
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Washington
Garret A. Hobart
McKinley
White House
Minstrels Delight Fill Union Hall Second Night
The second Middlesex Minstrels show at Union Hall Cambridgeport drew a crowd nearly as large as opening night. A cake walk last night was won by Frank B. E. Conant and Miss H. M. Simp Soul.
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Middlesex Minstrels
Union Hall
Cambridgeport
Frank BE. Conant
H. M. Simp- Soul
List of 37 Hall of Fame nominees voted by NYU senate
The New York University senate confirmed the committee’s list of 37 Hall of Fame eligibles, led by George Washington, Abraham Lincoln and Daniel Webster. Other top vote recipients included Franklin, Grant, Jefferson, and Morse, with notable figures such as Adams, Clay, Hawthorne, Lee, and Cooper also receiving substantial support.
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New York
Senate
New York University
Hall of Fame
George Washington
Abraham Linecon
Daniel Webster
Benjamin Franklin
U.S. Grant
John Marshall
Thomas Jefferson
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Henry W. Longfellow
Washington Irving
Jonathan Edwards
David G. Farragut
Samuel F. B. Morse
Henry Clay
George Peabody
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Robert E. Lee
Peter Cooper
Horace Mann
Henry Ward Beecher
Eli Whitney
James Kent
Joseph Story
John Adams
William Ellery Channing
John James Audubon
Elias Howe
William Morris Hunt
Gilbert Stuart
Asa Gray
Washington
Lincoln
Webster
General Grant
F. T. Nichols
Louisiana
Justice Nichols
Franklin
Jefferson
Nichols
James Monroe Monroe
Grover Cleveland
Cleveland
Samuel Adams
John Jay
Tincoln
James Madison
Will leaves estate to Rice Institute in Texas
New York Oct 12 One of the wills of William M Rice the millionaire was filed for probate. Dated Sept 26 1896 witnesses W C Wetherbee and William F Harmon executors William M Rice Jr John D Bartine and James A Baker. Executors receive 80000 cash for the benefit of Frederick A Rice and his first wife Charlotte. 10000 for Miner va R Olds and 10000 for Charlotte S McKee. Executors get 5 percent commission on value. Remainder bequeathed to the William M Rice Institute Houston Texas for literature science and art.
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New York
William M. Rice
Surregiane
W. C. Wetherbee
Greene Avenue
Brooklyn
William F. Harmon
Putnam Avenue
William M. Rice, Jr
John D. Bartine
James A. Baker
Frederick A. Rice
Charlotte
Minerva R. Olds
Massachusetts
Charlotte S. McKee
Massachusettts
William M ™. Rice
Houston
Tex
Schooners Stranded at Atatak Straits
Eight schooners were piled up last night at the Straits of Canso after a fierce storm. Fishermen and coasters from Britain and the United States, including the John Halifax Avon Glenora KE YD Myra Bahama P Walsh Onora and Eliza J Pendleton, were reported. The craft are over 700 tons in total with others around 109 tons each.
Burdett College Opens Season with Melrose Win
Burdett College defeated Melrose High 11 to 6 at Melrose in the season opener. Burdett used many new players and nearly fielded two teams which limited their scoring, while Melrose’s lone score came on a fluke as the crowd swarmed the field.
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Burdett College
Melrose High
Melrose
Burdett
Mistrose
Second Will of William Rice Presented in New York
Chief of Detectives McClusky released a copy of the suspected second will of the late William Rice. The document names executors Bem M. Rice Jr., Ames A. Baker Jr., and Albert T. Patrick, and bequeaths all remaining estate to Patrick after various relatives receive bequests. Texas connections feature prominently in the executors.
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New York
McClusky
William Rice
Patrick
Captain McClusky
Captain Baker
No More Ball Players Farmed Across Leagues
Magnates of the American Baseball League ruled at their meeting in Chicago that no American League player will be farmed to a minor club and no National League club may loan its players to an American League team.
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Chicago
American Baseball League
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