Dust Clouds Sweep Adjacent Islands Amid Volcanic Alerts
Reports from Guadeloupe and Dominica describe fine dust and smoke showers spreading from Mont Pelee. Seawater darkness and alarmed residents accompany multiple dispatches noting eruptions and rumbling since late August, with cables to Martinique intermittently cut and New York telegraph links down.
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Pointe-a-Pierre
Guadalupe
Basse Terre
Martinique
Mont Pelee
Ceuturies
St. Lucia
St. Thomas
Dominica
Paris
Ministry of the Colonies
Fort de France
New York
Labor unions denounce Corbin over ant hrag coal field order
The Central Labor Union of Philadelphia passed a resolution condemning Brig. Gen. J. P. S. Corbin for ordering troops to shoot strikers resisting duty in the anthracite fields. They urge Governor Stone to revoke his commission and seek indictment for threatening Pennsylvania citizens.
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Philadelphia
Central Labor Union of Philadelphia
J. P. S. Corbin
Pennsylvania
Stone
Cobin
State of
Policeman Robbed and Beaten Near Kingston Coal Beds
Wilkesbarre Pa Sept 1 Jacob Smith a coal and iron policeman for Kingston Coal company was held up by two men as he walked to relieve another officer. The assailants took his revolver and then severely beat him.
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Wilkesbarre
Jacob Smith
Kingston Coal Company
Dynamite Blast Damages Scranton Pump House
The National washery pump house at Minooka was blown to pieces by dynamite on Sunday. Manager Sharkey reports no damage to the main structure and says operations will continue. No one has claimed responsibility. Nearby collieries like Westridge, Marvin, and Oxford plan startup this week. Oxford coal output reaches 400 tons daily with a new searchlight defense. In Tamaqua Panther Creek valley, a disturbance involved non union workers fleeing after an attack near St. Michael's church in Lansford.
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Scranton
National Washery
Minooka
Sharkey
Westridge
Marvin
Toby
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Company
Oxford
Tamaqua
Panther Creek Valley
John
Albert Kutzeka
St. Michael's
Lansford
Taft Outlines Philippine Future at Manila Banquet
Gov Taft addressed the American chamber of commerce in Manila last Saturday night outlining plans to retain the Philippines indefinitely while guiding Filipinos toward self government. He stressed American aid for education and fair treatment of American capital and urged a return to a gold standard currency. Luke Wright also spoke on opening Philippine products to American markets and criticized politics over the issue.
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Manila
Gov. Taft
American Chamber of Commerce of
Philippines
United States
Canada
Australia
Great Britain
Taft
United States Civil Commission
Congress
Philippine Islands
Luke E. Wright
Chamber of Commerce
Wright
Cholera Cases Rise Across Provinces in Manila Report
Manila dispatch notes a sharp cholera increase with 340 new provincial cases last Saturday. The cumulative totals reach 27 929 cases and 19 640 deaths to date.
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Manila
Philippine agriculture hit by war and cholera epidemic
Manila reports agriculture crippled by war and cholera with Governor Taft estimating cultivation at about half the normal area for the year across the Philippine islands.
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Manila
Philippine Islands
Taft
Sultan of Hinidayan Killed by Sentry at Camp Vickers
In Mindanao Manila dispatch reports the sultan of Hinidayan, held hostage at Camp Vickers, tried to escape last Thursday and was shot by a sentry. He had been arrested after murders of American soldiers and held awaiting the surrender of the killers.
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Manila
Hinidayan
Camp Vickers
Island
Mindanao
Soldiers aiding strikers force shift of National Guard unit
In Parkersburg West Virginia on September 1 soldiers ordered to preserve order in coal fields sided with striking workers. Their influence swayed workers to join the strike, causing the Rush Run detachment to be recalled and redeployed to prevent mine emptying.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
National Guard
Rush Run
HARTZELL ENCOURAGED IROM AFRICA MISSION WORK
New York dispatch reports Bishop Jos C Hartsell returning from his sixth Africa mission tour. He notes growing industrial schools and churches among natives and languages preserved. He cites Rhodesia Amatlia in east Rhodesia as a focus for large scale industrial missions. He expects eventual federation of South African colonies with central government. He cites population figures south of Zambesi and rising British numbers.
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New York
Jos. C. Hartsell
Methodist Episcopal Church
Africa
Chicago
Amtalia
Rhodesia
Zambesi
East Africa
German Southwest Africa
Race Riot Flare At Redwood Mississippi Scene
Reports from Redwood ten miles north of Vicksburg describe a bloody race riot. A white man named Hughes was nearly beaten to death by a group of black men. Whites tried to arrest ringleaders, about thirty blacks took shelter in a freight car refusing capture, and deputies with a posse and Warren light artillery moved in. Quiet reportedly restored.
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Vicksburg
Miss
Redwood
Hughes
Scott
Warren Light Artillery
Woman Burned in Fire Attempt Near Clarksville
In Clarksville Texas on September 1 Mrs. Ellen Vincent 30 tried to start a blaze with coal oil at the Ike Reed farm five miles from town. She was fatally burned and died of her injuries.
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Clarksville
Tex
Ellen Vincent
Ike Reed
Fire destroys Alice Consolidated mine hoisting plant
In Butte Montana on September 1 the hoisting plant pumping station and shafthouse of the Alice Consolidated Gold and Silver Mining company were gutted by fire. Estimated loss stands at $100000 with the entire mine infrastructure destroyed.
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GIY
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Perion Guar
A. L. Zinanti
Giuffre
Zannatti Block
Bryan Gocery Co
Gobin
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James & Hart
Franklin Brothers
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Sultan
Hartzell
Mississippi
GLC
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