End of Coal War Declared at White House Arbitration Move
Six men named for a presidents led arbitration board after a dramatic 2:20 a.m. White House agreement ending the coal strike. Roosevelt, Mitchell, and Morgan representatives pushed for miners representation on the commission. Bishop Spalding of Peoria chosen to represent miners, with Wright as recorder.
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Bishop Spalding
Illinoiisa
Fabir
White House
Washington
Hope
Roosevelt
Root
Carroll D. Wright
Labor
Sargent
George W. Perkins
Robert S. Bacon
J. P. Morgan & Co
J. P. Morgan
Bishop
John Mitchell
Mitchell
Arbitration Commission
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Porto Rican Schools Open 1200 Across Island
One thousand two hundred public schools opened on September 20 across Porto Rico, educating about 50,000 children toward American citizenship. The move signals opportunity for southern Porto Rico under the American flag and potential future statehood. mentions telegraphic briefs on local labor and corporate matters follow.
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Porto Rico
American Union
Story of the Coal Strike and its End
A detailed recounting of the anthracite coal strike from its demand for an eight hour day in 1902 through May to June and October crackdowns. It covers United Mine Workers actions led by President Mitchell, operator resistance led by George Baer, political mediation by Hanna Roosevelt Morgan Platt and Secretary Root, court actions for receivership, and a final White House conference that signaled the likely end of the prolonged labor dispute.
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Civic Federation
George F. Baer
Reading Railroad
Mitchell
New York
Board of Trade
United Mine Workers
Hazleton
Indianapolis
Thomes €. Pratt
Edwardsville
Gov. Stone
Platt
Morgan
Roosevelt
Washington
Mr. Mitchell
Pennsylvania
Mr. Morgan
Robert R. Bacon
Root
New Commander in Chief of the Grand Army of the Republic
Gen Thomass Jamison Stewart of Norristown Pa was elected commander in chief of the Grand Army of the Republic and has long served as adjutant general of Pennsylvania since 1895. A Civil War veteran of the One Hundred and Thirty eighth Pennsylvania volunteers he remained devoted to the National Guard and GA. Aged and unmarried he has spent his life in Norristown.
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Thomass Jamison Stewart
Norristown
Grand Army of the Republic
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvana Volunteers
National Guard
G. A. BR
Pennsylovania
Ireland
Alreays
Outlook for Coal After Miners Strike Ends
A Wilkesbarre dispatch estimates 143,000 miners will return within 24 hours of an official end to the strike. Seventy five thousand tons can be mined and shipped in 48 hours, rising to 100 000 or 125 000 tons daily within a week. Coal could reach New York and other Atlantic cities in 36 hours from mine delivery as railcar shipments increase at coal ports.
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Wilkesbarre
New York
Atlantic
Moon Eclipse Captivates Thousands Across Nation
Across the United States thousands witnessed the total lunar eclipse on Thursday night. Observatories including Lake Geneva Harvard Lick photographed the event, which offered a dimly shining moon during total darkness and puzzled astronomers by not confirming the volcanic dust theory. The eclipse will not recur for eighteen years, though other solar series eclipses lie within two years.
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Mount Pelee
Lake Geneva
Harvard
Lick
United States
Rev Sam Small collapses on Vermont platform stage
The Georgia evangelist Rev Sam Small collapsed on the platform twice in Vermont while speaking on a local option license issue. He admitted his condition openly and continued speaking. The New York Republican platform favors road and canal improvements and preservation buys for Adirondack and Catskill lands. Wisconsin's Rep Babcock announces campaign HQ in New York with Hall of Iowa as executive chair. Louisiana's Tioga local option vote yields one compliant taxpayer vote, keeping the town wet despite general prohibitionist sentiment. Former Speaker Reed urges leaving tariffs alone, warning against tariff revision if it ever comes up.
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Sam Small
Georgia
Vermont
New York
Representative Babcock
Wisconsin
Republican Congressional Committee
St. James
Broadway
Washington
Air
Babcock
Representative Hall
Iowa
Louisiana
Tioga
Thomas B. Reed
Dowie ordered to return 50000 to Sutton heirs
Judge Cutting of the Chicago Probate Court will compel John Dowie, famed “restorer,” to disgorge fifty thousand dollars to Frederick Sutton’s heirs. Sutton, a New Zealand immigrant who joined the Zionites in Chicago, left his estate to Dowie by will dated March 22, 1902, with a March 25 codicil altering heirs. Spelcher as executor faces scrutiny amid testimonies that Sutton was feeble minded when naming relatives, yet sound-minded days before. The matter now sits in Cook County Probate Court, after Lake County filing, with Ellowidge of Yellowirk, New Zealand, pressing her sister’s claim. Reported gold finds in Missouri hint at a possible mining boom with Henry Clay citing rich ore near Cass.
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Cutting
Chicnzo
Frederick Sutton
Elijah IL
Chicago
Speicher
Sutton
Lake County
Cook County
Ell ‘Dwidge
Yellow Lurk
New Zealand
United States Tops World Coal Production in 1901
The United States produced 32.86 percent of world coal in 1901, with Great Britain and dependencies at 30.56 percent and Germany at 19.42 percent. U S output surpassed Great Britain by 47,965,938 short tons, driven by iron, steel, and metal trades. Britain and colonies still led before 1900.
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United States Geological Survey
United States
Great Britain
Germany
Austria-Hungary
France
Belgium
Russia
India
Transvaal
Record Mile on Straight Course Broken by Gately and Penvier
The world record for a mile on a straightaway motor vehicle was surpassed by professional riders F A A Gately and W F E Penvier of Nor. The new mark highlights their speed and motorcycling prowess on a challenging course.
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F. A. A. Gately
W. F E. Penvier
Nor
Blair elected president of board of lady managers at world’s fair
Mrs James Lawrence Blair head of St. Louis fair board of lady managers chosen unanimously by Missouri women. Known for executive ability and businesslike administration, she is described as young and handsome, a Western society leader who works to educate and refine young women of the lower stratum. she is the wife of the fair’s attorney.
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James Lawrence Blair
Missouri
Blair
Packers merger formed as United States Packing Company
New Jersey Friday witnessed the formation of the United States Packing Company amid NY financier talk of a forthcoming national merger. Chicago packers deny it being a trust. Capital stock is 1 million dollars, 10 000 shares, with New Jersey law allowing expansion. J W Dekay, secretary of North American Beef Company, confirms interest but states legitimate aims. Names Horace D Gould Frederick K Howard Kenneth McLaren appear as clerks at Corporation Trust Co. of New Jersey.
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United States Packing Company
New Jersey
New York
Chicago Packers
Chicago
J. W. Dekay
North American Beef Company
Horace D. Gould
Frederick K. Howard
Kenneth McLaren
Corporation Trust Company of New Jersey
Sketches of the Commission for the Great Coal Strike Arbiters
Biographical notes on the appointed arbiters led by Gen John M Wilson retired Bishop John L Spalding Judge George Gray Edgar B Clark Edward Wheeler Parker Thomas H Watkins and Carroll D Wright detailing birth years education careers and roles in labor and mining law and arbitration efforts.
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U. S. Anny
U.S. A
Washington, D. C
Engineer Corps
Military
Naval Service of
United States
B. W. Parker
Washington, D. G
Parker
Coal Division
United States Geological Survey
Engineering and Mining Journal of
New York
George Gray
Wilmington
Del
E. ©. Clark
Cedar Rapids
Jawner
Thomas H. Watkins
Scranton
John L. Spalding
Peoria
Bishop Spalding
Carroll D. Wright
West Point
Engineers
Lebanon
St. Mary’s College
Maryland
Belgium
Rome
Louisville
St. Augustine's Church
Loouisville
New Castle
Princeton
Delaware
Ele
Edgar B. Clark
Iowa
Order of
Railway Conductors
National Civic Federation
Edward Wheeler Parker
Port Deposit
Scranton, Pax
Aire Mission
Artificial Coal Plant Might Rise in New York
New York coal dealers and financiers consider building a briquette plant in the United States to manufacture fuel from peat and slack coal. Briquette, artificial coal, already produced in Germany from lignite, is molded from peat-like material and coal waste, burning with strong heat and little smoke. The article notes Germany’s several plants producing over one million tons annually. The Sierra arrives at San Francisco from Australia with $3,700,000 in English sovereigns aboard.
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Germany
Europe
San Francisco
Australia
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