Commission Visits Worst Mine in Scranton Area
The anthracite commission held a Scranton hearing and announced wage changes if any awards are issued will take effect November 1, 1902. Tour followed, with Manville mine inspected as jointly operated by Delaware and Hudson and DL&W. described as one of the region’s worst for miners due to narrow veins and crowded working conditions.
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Scranton
Anthracite Commission
Wright
Roosevelt
Commissioner Watkins
Watkins
Nicholls
Miners’ Union
Manville
Delaware and Hudson
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western
Important Mining Venture in Western Pennsylvania
Pittsburg on October 31 reports work has begun on a major mining venture in western Pennsylvania. Guffey and McQueen, linked with the old Carnegie Steel, formed the Great Lakes Coal Company with 5 million dollars capital. They acquired 25,000 acres near Brady's Bend and started ten mines with five more planned, aiming for a daily output of 12,900 tons.
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Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
Guffey & McQueen
Carnegie Steel Company
Great Lakes Coal Company
Brady’s Bend
Mines cave in near Prosperity mine in Joplin area
The Prosperity mine cave in near Joplin is expanding with seven shafts on the eleventh hour tract destroyed. Homestead and Cleveland mines also caved in, all former producers that paid about half a million dollars in dividends. Five nearby mines are deemed unsafe and abandoned.
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Joplin
Homestead
Cleveland
President Roosevelt Tours Virginia Battlegrounds
President Roosevelt and Secretaries Root Cortelyou and Surgeon General Rixey left on a special train for Manassas Virginia seeking a brief retreat. He plans to review nearby battlefields and take a restorative excursion.
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Virginia
Washington
Roosevelt
Root, Cortelyou
Rixey
Navy
Manassas
Delegate Bersch Convicted on Perjury
Edmund Bersch former member of the house of delegates was found guilty of perjury in grand jury testimony about a 75000 doodle fund to secure the suburban franchise bill. He received a five year penitentiary sentence.
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Bersch
St. Louis
Edmund Bersch
House of Delegates
Grand
Towns Threatened as Santa Maria Eruption Worsens
Cable from Consul General McNally reports ongoing eruption near Quesaltenango. City buried under six inches of volcanic ash and matter while rich coastal coffee plantations are submerged under seven feet of sand and ash. Detonations heard in the capital amid frequent earthquakes.
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Washington
State Department
McNally
Santa Maria
Quesaltenango
Department of
Tombador
Volcano destroys Guatemala coffee zone near Santa Maria
A cable from Guatemala to Castle Bros reports the Santa Maria volcano has destroyed the Costa Cuca and Costa Granda coffee districts. The eruption threatens lives and may wipe out about one third of Guatemala’s coffee crop, with San Felipe Mazatenango and Quezaltenango at risk as the volcano had been quiet for years.
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Santa Maria
San Francisco
Guatemala
Santa Aria
Castle Bros
Louis Hirsch
Osses
Mr. Hirsch
Costa Cuca
Costa Granda
Retalhulen
Quesaltenango
San Felipe
Mazatenango
Eruption Reports Stir Conflicting News on Santa Maria
Telegraphs from Guatemala and Bolivia report conflicting views on Santa Maria eruption. Guatemala’s president claims no damage, while Ocos railroad sources note continuous eruption since Oct 24 with twelve inches of ash at the line terminus. Reports also cite Isolco eruption near San Salvador and a sudden black smoke plume seen from Acajutlan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Maria
San Francisco
Phillipe Gallacia
Bolivia
Guatemala
Ocos
Pacific
Colon
Acajutlan
San Salvador
Isolco
Isobo
Riots in Ponce Return as Republican Mob Fights Police
Political rioting in Puerto Rico's Ponce flares again as a Republican mob seizes the city from 9 to 11 pm aided by municipal police. The Federal club house was fired on. One man is dead and several wounded in the clash.
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San Juan
Ponce
Federal Club
First arrest for local option law violation in Waxahachie
The Oct 31 arrest occurred as a man was found bootlegging whisky while a circus drew a large crowd into Waxahachie Texas. Police moved in during the town event and charged the suspect with violating the local option law recently adopted.
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Waxahachie
Tex
Spanish Minister Velez Receives at Diaz Palace
General Carlos Velez, newly named first minister of Mexico from Cuba, was received by President Diaz at noon Thursday in the ambassadors hall. A large gathering of distinguished visitors attended the ceremony in Mexico City.
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City of Mexico
Carlos Velez
Mexico
Republic of Cuba
Diaz
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Dada
Faust
Batavia
Brazil
Howell Brothers
Parsons Bottling Works
C. G. Parsons
Bryan, Texas
Crown Cork System
Hutchinson
Bryan
J. M. Boriskie
Houston
Texas Central
Texas
Denison
Houston, Corsicana
T. J. Anderson
M. L. Robbins
Memphis
Memphis Trotting Association
Mont Pele
Cook Store
JO. B
Mike
Ssissoesses Coses A
C. M. Proctor
Trinity
University
City National Bank
Parks & Waldrop
Tyler Haswell
Wilson & Jenkins
Hunter & Chatham
Burt Norwood
Jno
M. Caldwell
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