Striking Miners Clash With Troops in Tamaqua Barricade
The first clash between striking miners and troops in Tamaqua Pennsylvania ends with five prisoners in the guard house and Captain Gearhart wounded by a stone. Troops marching to No 4 colliery are met by stones as strikers threaten a march and the Panther Creek valley grows tense with potential martial law.
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Tamaqua
Twelfth Regiment
Gearhart
Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company
Panther Creek
Laneford
Summit Hill
Mary Martin
Lansford
Coal Flows from Dorrance and Breaker Prompt Guard Deployment
The Delaware Lackawanna and Western delivered 250 tons of coal to the breaker on Wednesday while over 100 tons were mined at Dorrance colliery of the Lehigh Valley Coal Co. In West Virginia Governor White approved sending eight National Guard companies to Fayette county coal fields after Sheriff Daniel requested troops.
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Diane
Aruaaie
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Company
Dorrance
Lehigh Valley Coal Company
Daniel
Charleston
White
Fayette County
National Guard
Cholera Epidemic Spreads Across Asia and Pacific
Distressing reports from Victoria British Columbia describe a cholera outbreak sweeping from Java to Japan. Hong Kong records 525 cases with 511 deaths. in Tianjin 1 049 cases and 754 deaths inside walls, 1 015 cases and 593 deaths outside. European and native victims reported. Java and other regions suffer heavy mortality.
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China
Japan
Victoria
B. C
Pacific
Java
Hong Kong
No Contest in Fair Estate as Heirs Agree
Relatives of Charlies Fair and mis wife reach agreement in San Francisco. The estate valued around 300000 with heirs including Mrs Anna Nelson Abraham Nelson Charles Smith and others. Nelsons relinquish claims by quit claim for ten dollars in gold. They convey ninety nine property parcels in San Francisco and neighboring counties to Mrs Oelrichs and Mrs Vanderbilt.
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Charlies Fair
San Francisco
Chas. L. Fair
Fair
Anna H. Nelson
Abraham Nelson
Charles Smith
Nelson
Charles L. Fair
Napa
Yolo
Calaveras County
Fight in West Virginia ends in deaths at Crane Creek colliery
In Bluefields. West Virginia, August 28, a clash at Crane Creek colliery left two strikers and two guards dead and several others wounded. Authorities report strikers fired on non union miners and tipple men prompting guards to intervene.
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Bluefields
W. Va
Crane Creek
No Hope Of Resuming Mines At Pittston Strike Strain
Pittston Pennsylvania August 28 indications show unlikely early resumption of anthracite mining. Supervisors admit current rate means coal pits may be closed for weeks with only about 100 men at work at several mines though growing numbers are claimed. Second Regiment West Virginia National Guard ordered to New River coal mines. Cavalry recalled to Shenandoah to aid militia in the coal region. Authorities warn no new troops unless major outbreaks occur. Operators gaining in Wyoming region coal fields.
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Pittston
Parkersburg
W. Va
West Virginia National Guards
White
New River Coal Mines
Harrisburg
Stone
Gobin
Shenandoah
Tragic deaths and colonial relics surface in city notices
A widow Mrs John McCurdy kills herself at home by gas after undressing and donning a night gown atop a dining table. Thomas Donohue, 30, nearly starves in a storage box on a North river pier, claiming no home or work. Subways workers uncover colonial relics near Astor and Lafayette including a bell, sword hilt, and a bronze powder flask, with initials G. W. on the sword hilt.
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Chicago
John McCurdy
New_York
Thos
Donohue
North River
New York
Astor
Lafayette
Town Criers
G. W
Cameron Lumber mill fire destroys vast white pine stock
The Cameron Lumber company mills at Harrison Idaho burned, destroying nearly 3,000,000 feet of lumber. Estimated loss runs between 80 000 and 90 000 dollars with only about 20 000 dollars insured. Firemen and volunteer bucket brigade battled the flames.
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Harrison
Ida
Cameron Lumber Company
Fire Touched Town as Engine Spark Fanned Flames
Flames started from a spark from an engine and men and children aided, saving the town from destruction. In Montreal August 28 Claus Spreckels, president of the Federal Sugar Refining Co, and his counsel arrived to discuss forming a Canadian company with 6 million dollars in capital. Incorporation papers were signed and forwarded to Ottawa. details remain scarce.
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Queebec
Montreal
Claus Spreckles
Federal Sugar Refining Company
Ottawa
Wales Miners Forward $5000 Aid to U S Strikers
London Aug 28 at the South Wales Miners Federation council meeting it was decided to forward 5000 dollars to aid striking miners in the United States.
Rain Saves Southern Lower California From Drought
Timely and heavy rains, the heaviest in three years, have spared the southern portion of Lower California from turning barren, bringing relief to the region near San Francisco on August 28.
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Lower California
San Francisco
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New York State
Royal Blend Tea
Blanke & Bro
Malta
Batavia
Howell Brothers
S. H. Allphin
J. A. Travis
Whit Mitchell Old Place
Border
Hany
Bryan
Ing. W. McHs
Galveston
Bryan Weely Eagle
Bryan Eagle
Captain Gearhart
West Virginia
Wilkesbarre
Conl
Wyoming
Grand Opera House
Vianne Fountain Theatre Co
Haswell’s
H. B. Dorsey
Onty Union Shop
Exchange Shaving Parlor
Feed and Sale
Abors Bros. *S
D. Mike, Jr
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