Ice men vote to strike as union support grows
A mass meeting at Central Turner Hall sets a strike for this morning with about 250 workers present and 182 of 485 ice workers called to walk out. Organizer T McArthur states most firms accept union scale, while several key firms refuse to sign cease.
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Central Turner Hall
T. McArthur
Cullen
Steam Engineers’ Union
A. Committee
McArthur
St of
Ice Delivery Company
Cooimpany
Walnut Hills Company
Krug, Mulvihill
Avondale Company
Ice Dealers Face Antitrust Inquiry By Prosecutor Pogue
Prosecuting attorney Pogue will examine the Ice Dealers' Association to determine if it forms a restraint of trade. Dealers allegedly pay $1.90 per ton for ice and receive 710 per ton from consumers. Ice is given in 30 pound cakes to drivers who must account for that amount. The charge notes that consumers rarely receive the full value.
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Pogue
Ice Dealers’ Association
Water supply famine feared by city officials
Officials warn of a water famine as pumps fail to meet rising demand. With capacity at 36 million gallons daily and recent use near 39.5 million, bids for a new pump are sought though installation delays push shortages into February. Sprinkling bans and muddy mains follow. Superintendent Baldwin urges conservation.
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Baldwin
Water Works Department
Service
Price
Windy City Excited Over Model Margaret Van Slyke
Chicago artists admire Margaret Van Slyke born in Ireland as a potential symbol model for Ireland atop the John F. Finerty monument by Sculptor Mulligan. The Irish Fellowship Club has raised nearly $3,000 toward a $16,000 cost as plans set a South Side park, likely Washington Park, for the sculpture.
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Chicago
Margaret McMaster van Myke
Chaves J. Mulligan
Ireland
van Slyke
Irelans
John F. Finerty
Mulligan
Kimee
Startesman
Washington Park
Calli
Train Bandits Hold Up Illinois Central Express
In Springfield on June 18 two masked robbers dynamited an Illinois Central Diamond Special near Glenarm ten miles south. Deputies sheriffs and reporters chased as the robbers boarded the engine and escaped toward the city. The express car safe was dynamited with an estimated 25 000 dollars likely taken. George E. Marney and Maurice O Leary were identified among the relieved passengers.
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Springfield
Illinois Central
Glenarm
Wester
Sangamon County
Adams
Engineer Shell
George E. Marney
Maurice O’leary
Arctic Expedition Karluk Sails With Stefansson Crew
Doctor Stefansson explains Canadian government funds the Arctic voyage while Captain Bartlett steers the whaler Karluk toward Nome Alaska, with plans to reach Cross Channel and Lee Pass. Stefansson says vessel safety is secondary to achieving the expedition’s scientific goals.
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Victoria
B. C
Karluk
Vilhjalmar Stefansson
Arctic
Robert Bartlett
Peary
Roosevelt
Cross Channel
Lee Pass
Behrin
Nome
Alaska
Stefansson
RR. M. Anderson
Seattle
Government To Seize Meat For Adulteration Or Misbranding
Washington reports a major expansion of meat regulation under the food and drugs act. The decision by Secretaries Houston McAdoo and Redfield extends pure food law coverage to interstate and foreign meat products, enabling seizure of adulterated or misbranded meats and enforcing compliance alongside the meat inspection act.
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Washington
Houston
McAdoo
Redfield
McReynolds
Bureau of Chemistry
Wets victorious in Wilson's state
In Nuttley New Jersey a special election kept seventeen saloons by vote 579 to 306. It was the first initiative election under the new law as the Antisaloon League opposed a nine-saloon reduction while supporters were aided by Rev. Edmund R. Wasson of St Steven's Newark.
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Commercial Tribune
Nuttley
N. J
New Jersey
Antisaloon League of
Edmund R. Wasson
Newark
Schoolmarms Aim to Bring Liberty Bell East
Nine Northwestern teachers from Idaho Washington and Oregon travel to New York under Philip S Bates to seek loan of the Liberty Bell for the Pacific Exposition. Miss Moseley from Bickleton says 6000 schoolchildren back the request and the group vows to press the case despite uncertain outcome.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
Idaho
Washington
Oregon
Philip S. Bates
Portland
Ore
Philadelphia
Miss Moseley
Bickleton
United States
Pacific Northwest
Harried fisherman survives snake attack in burning log trap
George Ensor, a Piedmont business man, was bitten and tangled by more than a dozen snakes from a rotted log while trout fishing near Mountaindale West Virginia. He rolled into a fire to burn off the reptiles, then jumped into a stream to extinguish burning clothing. He suffered severe burns but was expected to recover.
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Commercial Tribune
Piedmont
Mountaindale
George Ensor
Ensor
Movement forms nonpartisan bid for city reform
A cross‑section of Cincinnati business leaders and property owners agreed yesterday to launch a new nonpartisan movement. They will oppose anarchy socialism and any rise in taxes while promising a straight declaration of principles against confiscation and political machinebuilding.
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Cincinnati
Clash Outside Carnegie Music Hall Spurs Religious Riot
A mob of 5000 religious adherents from varied sects jammed the north side of Carnegie Music Hall during Rev. Wallace Sharp's lecture on Martin Luther and the Reformation. Catholics and Protestants clashed, heads brused as police used nightsticks to restore order. Sharp fled to his home as guards protected him.
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Commercial Tribune
Pittsburg
Carnegie Music Hall
Wallace Sharp
First Christian Church
Invita
Dr. Sharp
Sharp
Professor Wilson Mixes Monikers in Wesleyan Tale of Benchmarks
At Wesleyan University an 1883 alumnus gathering recalls Woodrow Wilson as professor mixing two Landon students papers by name. Seymour Landon earned a four while Samuel G Landon had a near perfect one, jeopardizing Phi Beta Kappa honors and prompting a long later laugh at the mix up.
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Commercial Tribune
Middletown
Conn
Wesleyan University
Woodrow Wilson
Wesleyan
Landon
Seymour Landon
New Brighton
Samuel G. Landon
Albany
Seymour
Sam
Wilson
Heaven and Earth
Rat detective aids Berkeley Hotel robbery case
A large rat led Scotland Yard to stolen checks notes and gold hidden in a radiator after a May 29 Berkeley Hotel robbery. Arthur James, a porter, was arrested amid suspected insider collusion, with three other suspects still at large as investigators seek fuller evidence and possible state evidence from James.
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Commercial Tribune
London
Berkeley
Piccadilly
Arthur James
Chee A Yard
James
Scotland Yard
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