Coal and rail actions mark week of labor and finance
Major coal price hikes announced by Philadelphia & Reading Co. and mule hoists ordered as workers strike at Shaneokin. Rail grain pooling agreed to skirt laws. Bank closures, ship collisions, and a growing sea food combine headline a week of economic and labor tension across the Northeast and Midwest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia & Reading Coal and Tron Co
Luther
Henry Chay
Burnside
Shaneokin
New York City
South Danvers National Bank
Peabody
Mass
Minnehaha
America
New York
New York Harbor Tug Co., Was Sunk and Two Lives Lost At New York City
New York Dispatch
New Jersey
Newark
Minneapolis
Berlin
National Sea Food Co
Spring Lake
Sea Girt
McKinley
Roger Wolcott
Massachusetts
Italy
Wolcott
Ambassador Draper
Schuylkill Valley
Reading Railroad Co
Reading
Pottsville Queltirisburg
Maggie Sullivan
Chatham
Boston
Sullivan
Julia Casta
Frank J. Nelson
Wornellsville
N. Y
Connecticut
Hartford
Samuel Lo Bronson
New Haven
Cyrus IB. Beckwith
New London
van Wyck
Jones
Galveston
Pennsylvania
Wyoming Valley
Europe
United States
Canada
Lewis Allert Sayre
Atlantic Dock
Keaok- Inn
WN. Y
Brooklyn Wharf and Warehouse Co
Associated Banks of
Miners Strike Appeal Drives Intercession Effort in Chicago
Nearly all 509 ministers in Chicago signed an appeal for intercession in the anthracite coal miners strike seeking an amicable adjustment and to be sent to Gov Stone of Pennsylvania. The St. Louis presbytery, eastern Missouri churches, after its fall meeting, voted against revising the creed by 2 to 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Gov Stone
Pennsylvania
St. Louis
Pirates Sought to Destroy Christian Villages in Canton Delta
French captain reports eight pirate junks conspired with ashore figures to devastate Christian villages near Canton. Also in Ontario a wall at Van Kleek Hill church collapsed killing Rev. J MacLeod and mason Gus Delorme during construction. British estate duties show 1899 00 yields large sums to exchequer. Opium seized near Havana packed as sausages worth about $20 000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Avalanche
Kamnoi
Canton
China
New Presbyterian
van Kleek Till
Ont
J. MacLeod
Gus Delorme
Hatana
National banks lead with deposits above five million
The nation shows 113 banks with deposits over 5 million up three from June and a near 1 billion rise since October 1896. National City Bank of New York tops the list at 159 million, followed by National Bank of Commerce and First National of Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National City Bank
New York
National Bank of Commerce
First National
Chicago
Hazleton
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Census Bureau
Savannah
Isd
Weehawken
Phis
Joseph Brennings
Omer
Mich
Oat Nietar Col
Yale University
Ano
Acting Governor Appoints Democrat to U S Senate in Utah
Salt Lake City September 21 News reports Judge Powers a Salt Lake Democrat was appointed United States senator by Acting Governor Nebeker. The move occurred while Gov Wells and Secretary Hammond were in Idaho escorting Gov Roosevelt. Nebeker signed the appointment as acting governor but no certificate was issued. Powers calls the act serious and asserts Nebeker’s power during their absence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Utah
Salt Lake
Wells
Hammond
Idaho
Roosevelt
Judge Powers
United States
Aquila, Neheker
Senate
Nebeker
Nehbeker
United States Senate
Quay
Insurgent Activity Reported in Luzon Battles
General MacArthur confirms heavy insurgent activity across Luzon with 500 fighters in Carig and Estella Isabella. Small engagements occur north of Pasig and in Tayabas, Laguna, and Siniloan. A battle on September 16 at Mavilac leaves 24 killed and 20 wounded for U S forces, insurgent losses about 10 killed and 20 wounded.
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Washington
MacArthur
Luzon
Carig
Estella
Isabella
Tlocan
Young
Kingsbury
Third Cavalry
Borden
Fifth Infantry
Pasig
Bulawan
Tayabas
David Mitchell
Siniloan
Laguna Province
Cailles
Mavilac
Mitchell
Causeway
George F. Cook
Sinilcan
Mavitac
Biggest of all combines
The Electrical Review plans an editorial on rumored amalgamation of U S telephone and telegraph firms. It cites progress by financial interests controlling AT and T, American Bell, Telephone Telegraph and Cable, Western Union, and Postal Telegraph Cable. A single National Telephone and Telegraph Co. may form and be completed this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
The
Electrical Review
Telephone and Telegraph Companies
United States
Electrical Eview
American Telephone and Telegraph Co
American Bell Telephone Co
Telephone,Telegraph and Cable Co of America
Western Union Telegraph Co
Postal Telegraph Cable
Frenchman Champion Wins Washington Park Tricycle Race
Albert Champion of France won the 15 mile race at Washington Park in 20 minutes 47 seconds. The French machine’s double motor performed flawlessly as Champion led from the start and finished ahead of Ridgeway of Great Britain and Skinner of America. The American finished second, several hundred yards behind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Albert Champion
Washington Park
Champion
France
Ridgeway
Great Britain
Skinner
America
Lamp Chimney Prices Rise Across Sizes
Pittsburg September 21 glass chimney makers raise prices by two to five cents per dozen across sizes and qualities citing higher costs for all raw materials while asserting the move is justified by market conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Review of 97000 Soldiers Near Chartres France
French army maneuvers wrapped up with a presidential review near Chartres. Some 97,000 troops and 29,000 horses participated in the exercise, which was staged five miles from the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chartres
France
Miners Strike Sparks Gov troops as Floyd County riot grows
A Hazleton Shenandoah flare up prompts sheriff Toole to fire on rioters injuring several and killing two. Gov Stone orders three infantry regiments and cavalry to Shenandoah to restore order as Ah non union coal shipments fall. Scranton talks hint at wider strike among railroad switchmen awaiting national officers’ decisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yazleton
United Mine Workers
Shenandoah
Here
Toole
O’donnell
Brenneman
Indian Ridge
Reading Co
East Centre Street
Lehigh Valley
Serguson
Harrisburg
Adjt
Stewart
Philadelphia
Mike Yuckavage
Edward Coyle
Michael Scanlan
Anthony Skarnazicz
John Wasdickey
Peter Stalmacovich
Mike Sazitska
Anthony Axalavage
Gov. Stone
Sheriff Toole
Schuylkill
Gobin
Borough Council of
Phoenixville
Scranton
New York
Truesdale
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western
Indian outbreak threaten in San Miguel County
Dispatch to Gov. Thomas reports Ute Indians from Navajo Springs agency in the Ute mountains raiding stock, seizing range horses and defying protestations. Stockmen threaten to shoot, and chiefs warn they will attack women and children. Local authorities fear a broader war if aggression continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Col
San Miguel County
Thomas
Cedar
Navajo Springs Agency
Ute Mountains
Two Up and Topping a Ball in a Chicago Exchange
A humorous Chicago Tribune excerpt shows a couple debating golf terms with a witty exchange about what two up and topping a ball mean. A stranger asks for bank directions, paid by a quarter, highlighting city humor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Times
Chicago
Chicago Tribune
Wouldn't This Jolt You and a Courtship Scene
A brief, humorous exchange featuring Mr. Wabash and Miss Olive from St. Louis. Miss Olive laments waiting long for someone to escort her to supper as a lively, unnamed moment appears in the Chicago Evening News.
Lane's Family Medicine Ad Promises Daily Bowels and Health
A historical advertisement for Lane's Family Medicine touts daily bowel movement as healthy and claims gentle action on the liver and kidneys. It promises relief from a sick head ache with doses of 25 and 50 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lane
Prable Lesson Sparks Birthday Banter and Prints
A classroom exchange centers on word play about the dollar and games. The item quotes various texts from period publications, noting a Minneapolian address and a January 6 1900 date, reflecting a light cultural snapshot of 1900.
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Carey Tibes
Homer Thrall
Ohio
News OF the
Hana
Edmiston
National Committee
Hanna
Hitchcock
Tex
Brewster
Wash
Central West
Colville Indian Reservation
Military Department of the Lakes
State Committee of
Texas
Republican Party
Jerome Kearby
Judge McMinn
San Antonio
Des Moines
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Frank
Sargent
J. J. Dannahan
C. A. Wilson
Grand Rapids
Grand Minster
Northern Pacific
Athol
Shenandoah, Pa
Defenee
Fee Yor Bank
James
Ma’am
Pracuse Herald
J. W. O’brien
Third Ave
Minneapolis, Minn
Hellere Welt
Puck
Atchison Globe
Aiche As
Kier Abbas
Re ‘Ting
Ious Anis
NEW_YORK
Peruna
Health and Beau
Dr.Hartman
Man Sanitarium
Columbus
van B
fenzZuss
Bears
Castoria
the Centaur Company
Waltham Watches
Waltham Watch Company
American Waltham Watch Company
Waltham, Mass
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