Roosevelt to mediate coal strike with operators and miners
President Roosevelt plans a Friday morning meeting in Washington with anthracite coal mine owners led by John Mitchell and operator leader George Baer to urge open mines and end the strike. Cabinet advisers approve arbitration-like talks to avert a fuel famine and avoid federal intervention.
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Washington
Roosevelt
United States
Mitchell
John Mitchell
United Mine Workers
George F. Baer
Reading
Baer
Coal Shortage Grips New York Tenements Amid Suffering
Sept 2 New York reports a worsening coal crisis with prices rising to over one cent per pound in tenement districts. Flat and office owners fear shortages as suppliers limit tonnage and gas and stove orders surge. Staten Island also feels the strain as four yards shut and residents scavenge driftwood to heat.
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New York
Humber
Staten Island
Warrants Served on Strikers and Sympathizers
Pottsville Pa October 2 127 warrants issued for strikers and sympathizers at Centralia. Prisoners transported to Bloomsburg about 175 miles away for hearing on various charges.
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Pottsville
Centralia
Bloomsberg
First Coal Car Arrives for White House Guarded
The first car load of anthracite coal since the coal strike reached Washington on Wednesday and was set aside for White House use. Police were detailed to guard the shipment on arrival.
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White House
Washington
Shortage in Iron and Coal Strikes Shape East Supply
The Iron Age says the anthracite miners strike drives pig iron scarcity, but even without the strike furnaces would struggle to meet demand. Foreign billets and foundry iron sales remain heavy, with $22 ton deals in Boston. German billet orders grow as prices advance amid broader import activity.
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New York
Bessemer
Boston
Earthquake Damage Reports Reach City of Sydney
The City of Sydney brings news from Tapachula near the Mexico Guatemala border after a Sept. 24 quake. Mazatlan reports demolished buildings and other damage in Tapachula, following a larger tremor earlier in Guatemala that nearly leveled nearby towns.
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San Francisco
Sydney
Tapachula
Mexico
Mazatlan
Quesantenango
Guatemala
Catholics Fight for the Bill in England
English Catholics led by Cardinal Vaught and the Duke of Norfolk join English churchmen against the education bill. Irish Nationalists oppose it, with massed tactics and strong discipline. Local voluntary Catholic schools would gain about 1,000,000 dollars from local taxes if passed without major amendments.
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London
Cardinal Vaught
Duke of Norfolk
England
Southern Railway of Mississippi Charter Approved
Gov. Longino approves the charter of The Southern Railway of Mississippi, settling the merger legality of Mobile and Ohio and Southern in the state. The company may acquire Mobile and Ohio title, build branches, and operate the Memphis and Charleston.
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Mississippi
Jackson
Miss
Southern Railway of Mississippi
Longino
Mobile and Ohio
Southern
Mobile
Obie
Memphis
Charleston
Interchangeable Mileage Tickets Considered by Rail Leaders
A meeting of general passenger agents and auditors of trunk line railroads in New York discussed creating an interchangeable mileage bureau. The aim is a single mileage ticket valid on the trunk line network, and the plan appears likely to advance.
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New York
Fire Horses Run Away in Weatherford Fire Drill
Weatherford Texas October 2 A fire alarm was turned in and Fire Steward Gus Boswell hitched the fire team. The two large horses ran away throwing Boswell to the ground and wrecking the fire wagon. Boswell was badly bruised but not in danger. The fire was extinguished with little damage.
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Weatherford
Tex
Gus Boswell
Boswell
Boiler Explosion Kills Five at Glasgow Mill
Five people died when a boiler exploded at Jesse Hinslow's Rocky Hill mill in Glasgow Kentucky on October 2. The deceased are Jesse Hinslow William Hinslow Allen Shackelford John V Camp and E Camp. The disaster is blamed on low water in the boiler.
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Glasgow
Jesse Hinslow
Rocky Hill
William Hinslow
Allen Shackelford
John V. Camp
E. Camp
Not Sanguine Over Conviction in Molineaux Trial
Assistant District Attorney Osborne doubts a conviction of Roland B. Molineaux at his second trial for the death of Mrs. Katherine Adams. The trial, set to begin Monday, faces missing crucial witnesses and others who have been removed from the state.
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New York
Osborne
Roland B. Molineaux
Katherine Adams
Hawaii Sugar Shipments to U S Reach Over Three Hundred Million Pounds
Honolulu customs figures show Hawaii's sugar shipments to the United States totaled 690,877,034 pounds from July 1 1900 to June 30 1901 and 720,533,337 pounds from July 1 1901 to June 30 1902, valued at 23,520,113 dollars.
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San Francisco
Collector of Customs of
Honolulu
Hawaii
United States
Miners Quit in Alabama Over Wage Withholding
In Birmingham on October 2, several miners refused to have $1 withheld from their wages to aid striking anthracite miners in Pennsylvania. The Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad company paymaster complied, triggering a suspension of work by 1500 miners.
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Alabama
Birmingham
Ala
Pennsylvania
Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company
Wantland says irrigation congress will draw larger crowd in Colorado Springs
Denver report notes C. E. Wantland, chairman of the executive committee, predicts a much larger attendance than expected at the irrigation congress meeting in Colorado Springs next week and says any notable men will be present.
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Denver
C. E. Wantland
The
Irrigation Congress
Colorado Springs
First inebriate law conviction in Iowa section
Edward E. McNeel was sentenced to one year in the inebriate ward of Mount Pleasant insane asylum under Iowa's new inebriate law. This marks the first conviction of this kind in Webster City and surrounding area.
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Webster City
Edward E. McNeel
Iowa
Mount Pleasant Insane Asylum
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