Packing house strike ends with partial union victory
Chicago reports a 4 15 a m settlement after a secret overnight conference between packers and teamsters ending a strike. Agreement allows non discrimination against union members with a scale two cents lower than demanded. Five hundred teamsters ratified the deal at Cerecoran hall near the stock yards and workers returned to duty. A premature blast on university grounds injures William Gouttel.
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Chicago
Packing House Teamster
Packers
Teamsters
Cerecoran Hall
Meat wagons moved as Chicago beef strike erupts in clashes
Thirty six meat wagons entered the Union Stock Yards amid a riot that left 100 to 150 injured. Police and rioters fought across Sixteenth Street and Michigan Avenue while soldiers stood by. Governor Yates arrived to review the strike situation.
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Chicago
Union Stock Yards
George June
Anglo-American Packing Company
Sixteenth Street
Michigan Avenue
Yates
House votes £50,000 grant to Kitchener amid war debates
The British House of Commons approved a £50,000 grant to General Kitchener after a heated session. Irish Nationalists Dillon and Redmond condemned the war in South Africa, Redmond drawing ire for calling Kitchener a commander who fights women and children. The vote passed 380 to 44 amid closure and clashes. Clarification notes mention a Rock Island extension plan via Guthrie from Enid toward the gulf.
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House of Commons
Kitchener
Balfour
Si Henry Campbell-Bannerman
John Dillon
South Africa
William Redmond
Redmond
Rock Island
Guthrie
Enid
Gulf
Minister Squires to Probe Kidnapping and Murder Case
From Havana a dispatch says Minister Squires will conduct a thorough investigation into the reported kidnapping and murder of a man at Cienfuegos. American lives and property are cited as under U S protection amid Platt amendment concerns. Precinct Palma acts to arrest perpetrators and curb lawlessness.
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Squires
Cienfuegos
Havana
United States
Platt Amendment. Prec'cent Palma
Eyes disease classified as contagious in New York public schools
The board of health in New York places ophthalmia on the contagious disease list after finding it prevalent among many city school pupils. Public health measures will be taken to control the outbreak and protect students.
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New York
Board of Health
Taft Sees The Pope In Rome On Philippines Issue
In Rome on June 5 Judge Taft civil governor of the Philippines Bishop Thomas O Gorman Judge Smith and Major Porter met with the pope. Taft presented Roosevelt works and the pontiff thanked him for the greeting. The pope promised to study the issue and seek good results. Taft then met Cardinal Rampolla to discuss Philippines matters.
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Taft
Philippines
Thomas O’gorman
Sioux Falls
Smith
Porter
Judge Advocate’s
Washington
President Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Cardinal Rampolla
Georgia Democrats Hold Primaries for Governor and State Officers
Democrats across Georgia voted to nominate a governor and several state officers and congressmen. Surviving contenders for governor were J. M. Terrell Dupont Guerry and J. H. Estill with Terrell backing local option Guerry state prohibition and Estill promoting reforms on labor and taxation. The Terrell Guerry contest factors into the looming state convention where neither may secure the nomination.
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J. M. Terrell
Dupont Guerry
J. H. Estill
Savannah News
Terrell
Guerry
Estill
Mrs Bailey Bartlett Dead at 99 in New Jersey
Mrs Bailey Bartlett daughter of the Revolution dies in Orange New Jersey at age 99. Widow of Bailey Bartlett a member of the First Continental Congress and ally of Washington Adams and Hancock. Her father Moses Long served in the war including Burgoyne’s surrender and Valley Forge.
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New York
Bailey Bartlett
Orange
N. J
First Continental Congress
Washington
John Adams
John Hancock
Moses Long
Burgoyne
Valley Forge
Monmouth
Chotaw Railroad Buys Right of Way for Milburn to Denison Line
Guthrie Oklahoma June 5 The Choctaw Railroad company is purchasing the right of way for an extension from Milburn Indian Territory to Denison Texas crossing the Missouri Kansas and Texas line a short distance south of Sterrett Indian Territory.
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Guthrie
O. T
Chotaw Railroad
Milburn
I. T
Denison
Tex
Missouri, Kansas and Texas
Sterrett
Black man struck in Austin. five white youths charged
Ed Felix, a Black man, was struck in the business district of Austin on Wednesday night and believed fatally hurt after a violent incident. Five white boys have been arrested and charged in connection with the crime.
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Austin
Ed Felix
President Roosevelt Addresses Military Surgeons Convention
President Roosevelt opened the convention of the Association of Military Surgeons in Washington stating a high tribute to the services of army surgeons and their contributions to the nation.
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Washington
Roosevelt
the Association of Military Surgeons
Combes to Form New French Cabinet
Paris reports Senator Combes a Progressive Republican and former senate vice president has accepted the task of forming a new cabinet. The June development marks a political shift as he assembles his government team and outlines aims for reform.
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Paris
Combes
Senate
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