Suicide by train and deadly gun battle in San Pablo
In San Pablo California Joseph A Willey an Oakland youth eighteen boarded a moving northbound train. He fired on brakemen and the conductor and later was mortally wounded after a confrontation with a constable and train crew. He died as the train neared San Pablo.
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San Pablo
Cal
Joseph A. Willey
Oakland
Sle
Stege
Reeves
Wells
Aitken
Willey
Energies of Reds in Russia Focus on Universal Strike
St. Petersburg reports that after a railroad strike collapse the Reds plan a universal political strike to support a revolutionary program when the national assembly convenes. They claim peasant organization in Kharkoff province and vows to arm workers, with famine as an ally and attention on Moscow’s gemstvo congress. Siege has been declared in Penza amid reports of a false emperor leading peasant forces.
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St. Petersburg
Reds
National Assembly
Kharkoff
Kirghiz
Vistula
Moscow
Penza
Russian Legation Status Raised to Embassy in Tokyo
St Petersburg reports the rank of the Russian legation in Tokyo will be raised to embassy as Japan agrees to accept M Rakhmetieff. In Pekin Bar on Komura negotiates with Chinese officials while Russia guards interests. China assures no secret Manchuria treaty with Japan and Russia will receive privileges Japan gains.
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Ussian
St. Petersburg
Tokyo
Japan
M. Rakhmetieff
Pekin
Baron Komura
Russia
China
Manchuria
Arrests and Gunfire at Polish Church Sings
About 200 people were arrested in Lodz for singing patriotic songs in the Church of the Holy Cross. A crowd assaulted the escort near Mikalajewska and the commanding officer ordered fire, killing two men and one woman and wounding four men. Consuls urged protection for foreign residents amid precarious conditions in Warsaw.
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Lodz
Russian
Poland
Funeral for two steel workers buried in ingot at Midvale
A unique funeral in Philadelphia marked by a forty ton ingot containing the remains of John Ferkin and Joseph Gazda. Molten steel poured from a cupola after a plug gave way, incinerating the laborers completely. Burial occurred in a ten foot grave as the company refused to sell the ingot.
Slain Mississippi Planter Shot on Porch
Death reported near Baugh Station in Coahoma County Mississippi as R. Fontes, a prominent planter, is shot on his home porch. Dave Simms, a black tenant on Mr Jones' plantation, is charged with the crime and a posse of citizens searches area for the suspect.
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Mississippi
Hne
Memphis
Friara Point Miss
R. F.ontes
Cohoma County
Baugh Station
Dave Simms
Workmen’s council ends strike in St Petersburg
The conservative leaders in the committee of workmen win again at 2:55 this morning and carry a resolution against any move toward an eight hour day. The strike ends as of 5:55 this morning.
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St. Petersburg
Committee of Workmen
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