Bayview Men Strike After Unanimous Vote at Bayview Plant
In Milwaukee Wisconsin on August 17 Bayview workers vote unanimously to strike after President Shaffer's order. Illinois Steel Bayview plant will close indefinitely leaving about 1400 idle with 219 Amalgamated members among 1400 workers and 1000 unskilled. Leaders say Bayview action may influence South Chicago and broader strike dynamics.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Bayview
Shaffer
Illinois Steel Company
Michael F. Tighe
W. C. Davis
Chicago
Joseph Redfern
Bayview Lodge
Amalgamated Association
Bayview Mills
United States Steel Corporation
East Chicago
Republic Iron and Steel Company
George L. Reis
McLmnols Steel Company
Reis
Steel Workers Plan Latonia Labor Rally Leaders Say Strike Strong
Charles H. Davis of Newport, VP of the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers Third District, says the union is financially ready to fight. He notes mills in his district operate, pays strikers, and plans a Latonia rally with President Shaffer and other officials to explain their actions. Davis departs this week to visit mills or attend Pittsburgh conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles H.davis
Newport
Amalgamated Association’ of Iron and Steel
Third District
Covington Mills
Shaffer
Morgan
Schwab
Carnegie
Latonia
Davis
Pittsburg
Milwaukee mills vote shifts steel strike momentum
Milwaukee workers opted to join the strike, boosting Amalgamated Association morale and signaling potential gains against United States Steel. Wheeling nonunion crews also voted to strike, while Pittsburgh area mills prepared覆盖 to escalate. Violence fears rise as nonunion labor moves threaten Carnegie properties and McKeesport tensions mount.
Patriot and politician Crispi explored as ruthless reformer
Max O'Rell surveys Italian minister Crispi as a patriot and conspirator, noting his turn to conservatism, his brutal suppression of followers, and his mixed legacy. The piece blends contemporaneous reflections on Empress Frederick, Parliament, and British views of the Transvaal conflict with Kitchener and Chamberlain.
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New York Journal
I. ‘Tribune
Wears London
Crispi
Bismarck
Sicily
Rome
Italy
Abyssinia
Oil man Kare Queen in dispute over extra fare
Kare Queen, prominent oil man, boarded an Ohio River train at Jim's Run where no ticket office existed. The conductor demanded ten cents extra. Queen paid under protest after the train was stopped. Officials say mail was held up, with a hearing planned Monday on the railroad's right to collect a bonus for lack of on board ticketing.
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Commercial Tribune
Wheeling
W. Va
Kare Queen
Jim’s Run
Queen
United States
Thought trick to win love ends in shocking farce
In Muncie Indiana Walter eler begged Miss Jessie Linn to marry him after a week. When she refused he pretended to drink carbolic acid to compel her pity. The ruse failed as he faked injury then confessed and departed claiming it was to make Jessie love him.
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Commercial Tribune
Muncie
Ind
Walter
Jessie
Bryan Declines Hill Invite at Jacksonian Club Picnic
A Lincoln dispatch reports Nebraska Democrats claim David B Hill will not speak at Omaha’s Jacksonian Club celebration amid tension with William J Bryan. Bryan declined to pressure Hill and warned that if Hill spoke from the picnic platform one Bryan would not attend.
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Commercial Tribune
Lincoln
Neb
Nebraska
David B Hill
Jacksonian Club
Omaha
W.j.bryan
New Yorker
Bryan
Henry Watterson
Carter Harrison
David B. Hill
Jacksonian Committee
Mr. Hill
Hill
W. J. Bryan
Abeken Claims Aerial Invention Parallels Dumont
Dr F W Abeken of St Louis asserts his 20 year old patent anticipated the propulsion principle used by Parisian aeronaut Dumont. He notes his design powered by a weight and cord over a wheel, while Dumont’s craft used a motor. Abeken says his craft could operate automatically.
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Commercial Tribune
ST. Louis
F. W. Abeken
W. Dumont
Paris
France
Abeken
Gigantic Swindle Claim Tangles Indiana Lovers
Cincinnatian exposes a supposed marriage scam involving Gertrude Flora Griefe of New PIBENY Ind and Frank Hicks of Bedford Ind. Hicks insists they eloped and married at Jeffersonville nearly a year ago, but Griefe denies the tale and her father calls Hicks lunatic. A photograph and letter are referenced with no final verification.
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Gertrude Flora Greife
Gertrude Flora Griefe
New Pibeny
Ind
Frank Hicks
Bedford
Jeffersonville
Hicks
Gertrude Flora Hicks
Miss Greife
Demise of McLean Johnson Bout in Ohio Senate
The piece reports on political maneuvering around two candidates McLean and Johnson withdrawing from consideration for the Ohio Senate. It discusses Kilbourne as an independent factor and predicts how a Democratic Legislature could influence the 1904 contest, with notes on campaign finance and party strategy.
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McLean
Johnson
Kilbourne
John
Tom
Jim
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Scherezad
Sapp Wins Control as Republicans Split in Louisville
In Louisville on August 17 Col Sapp defeats challengers to maintain party control. The State Central Committee votes 65 to 6 against abolishing the committee, approves a three member Campaign Committee with Al Spies G W Smith W C Owens John J Barrett and C Mc Clarty named, with City and County to appoint the remaining five. The vote solidifies Sapps grip amid factional tension within the party.
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Commercial Tribune
Louisville
C. E. Sapp
Republican State Central Committee
Messrs
J. E. Buckingham
J.H. Tinsley
George B. Todd
Sapp
Buckingham
J. J. Bonett
J. H. Tinsley
A. T. Wood
State Central Committee
Deboe
Mr. Sapp
W. J. Wilhem
B.C. Reynolds
G. D. Todd
J. Barrett
al Spies
G. W. Smith
W. C. Owens
John J. Barrett
C. McClarty
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Milwaukee Mills
Riverside
Joliet
Steel Corporation
Pennsylvania Tube Works
National Tube Company
American Federation of Labor
Carnegie Mills
Duquesne
Amalgamated
McKeesport
Moneen
BY Max O’rell
Frederick
Rosebery
Kruger
Chamberlain
Transvaal
Kitchener
South Africa
Sudan
Henry of Battenberg
Queen Victoria
Prince Imperial
England
Zululand
Beatrice
Uncle Sam
Doctor
Law
WM. J
David B
Aeronaut Dumont
Wil
Cincinnatian
Ban
Oot
Burdbau
Ercial Tribune
Columbus, O
Barkis
McLean-Johnson
Hinkle
Columbus
Newswriters’ Union
Garfield
Colonel Kilbourne
Rod Jones
Jones
Nash
Rod
Bro Hood Jones
Wood Caeseta
Kansas
Reemelin
Ee Ae
Ben W. Cross
The
Manor Lumber Company
Towesin
Maryland
Charles E. Cochran
American Hardwood Lumber Company
Baltimore
Towson
Chas. E. Cockran
Cockran
Cross
Boston
Nouth
Nashville
Chequassett Lumber Company
New York
Norfolk
American Hardwood Company
Cinciinnati
Chesapeake Lumber Company
Manor, Parkton and Suburban
Baltimore County
Pocahontas Company
Sylvania Company
Philadelphia
Muskoka Company
North Tonawanda
Manor
Burke
Osborne I. Yellett
Manor Company
Parkton Company
Col. Sapp
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