Miners Accept Roosevelt Plan at Wilkesbarre Convention
United Mine Workers at Wilkesbarre Pa voted unanimously to accept President Roosevelt arbitration plan and end a five month strike. Mitchell announced immediate arbitration commission action and expect findings within a month. News spread as miners and crowds cheered, work to resume in the anthracite region.
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Proper Handling of Soft Coal Burn Care
The article explains the correct use of soft coal in furnaces, contrasting it with anthracite. It stresses that the feed door slide damper must stay open for soft coal to ensure proper combustion, and notes the ash pit draft should be less open than for anthracite to avoid inefficient burning.
Miners and Operators Accept Commission on Anthracite
A 1904 Pennsylvania anthracite dispute notes miners and operators agreeing to accept a government commission to report on issues of strike and resumption of mining. John Mitchell to lead, with Theodore Roosevelt pressing for settlement. report to begin Thursday morning.
Ex Bandit James Younger Ends Life in a Tict
James Younger, famed ex bandit, who was paroled from Stillwater penitentiary a year ago, killed himself in a tic tac. Authorities believe his recent parole conditions and disappointments contributed to his decision to end his life.
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Peat James Younger
Stillwater
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Surgeon Lorenz Restores Child Walk After Long Trial
Dr Adolf Lorenzo of Vienna operated to correct a hip displacement in a gravely ill child brought to the United States with promises of a $20000 reward for success. The procedure, performed on a patient named Armour after consultation through the Medical Society of Chicago, aims to seat the femoral head properly in the socket and restore walking ability. He has done over 300 similar operations, often for poor children at no charge, and lauds the United States.
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Vienna
Lorenz
University of Vierona
Elizabeth Cady Stanton Dies in New York City
Elizabeth Cady Stanton the feminist leader died at her home in New York City after a long illness. She helped spark the first woman suffrage convention at Seneca Falls in 1848 and remained a stalwart advocate for abolition and women’s rights throughout a career marked by controversy and perseverance.
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Elizabeth Cady Stanton
New York City
Chase
Mr. Stantonegan
Seneca Falls
N. Y
Stanton
Johnstown
N_ Y
St Louis Man Is Accused Of Bribery Five Years Possible
Jury convicts I St Snyder of bribery tied to passage of street railway bills in St Louis City. He faced three other convictions among officials in a widening probe begun last December. Snyder did not defend. inquiries sought Missouri residency to trigger statute limits. Industry figures from Kansas City banks testified. Also reports Denmark rejects sale of West Indies to the United States, with sentiment in Denmark pro-sale but government embarrassed. Kansas penitentiary warden seeks shoe factory at the prison using convict labor.
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I. St. Snyder
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Assembly
Snyder
Aissouri
Isos
Kansas City
Alechanics
City National
Alawned Gas Company
Missouri
Landsthing
Rigsdag
Danish West Indies
United States
Denmark
Jewett
Kansas Penitentiary
Carnegie proposes United States of Europe at St Andrews
Andrew Carnegie urged a political and industrial union of Europe to repel an American markets invasion and conquer world commerce. He spoke at St Andrews University during his rectoral address after being reinstalled as rector, with Joseph Choate, Andrew White, Alexander Bell and Henry White receiving honorary degrees in the same ceremony.
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Andrew Carneck
America
St. Andrew's
Scotland
Andrew Camesgie
United States of Europe
William of
Germany
Carnegie
Sifes
Europe
France
Russia
Mr. Carnegie
Hague
Incubus
St. Andrew’s University
University
Joseph H. Choate
Court of St. James
Andrew D. White
Berlin
Alexander Graham Bell
Washington
Henry White
London
Royal Arbiter Oscar Rules Against United States
Washington announces King Oscar of Sweden and Norway has ruled against the United States in the Samoan dispute, siding with Germany. Officials say the decision will be accepted in Samoa but will not set a precedent for future claims when U S marines act to protect interests.
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Sweden
Norway
United States
Great Britain
Germany
Washington
Miners Strike Commission Opens Work at White House
Roosevelt convened the arbitration panel for the anthracite crisis at the White House, briefing them on expedition and appointing two assistants to the recorder. The group reviewed statements from operators and prepared to seek a just, lasting settlement between employers and wage earners.
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Strike Arbitration Commission
Roosevelt
Anthracite Coal Strike Commission
Wright
Bir. Mitchell
Moseley
Neil
Theodore Roosevelt
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