Chicago Strikers and Employers Expect End to Conflict This Week
Chicago leaders predict the two month old Teamsters strike will end by week’s end. A plan involves union officials urging strikers to vote on ending the walkout, with a referendum after key officials are persuaded. Police intervene as a mob assaults Charles Tull, who is badly injured and hospitalized.
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Special Dispatch
Sg Commercial Tribune
Chicago
Employers’ Association
Teamsters
Chicago Federation of Labor
Teamsters’ Joint Council
Plan of Federation
Joint Council
Federation of Labor
Shea
Mystery Veiled Woman Shoots Huntington Citizen
Walter Stephens, a well known Huntington resident, was seriously shot in a house at noon. An eye witness says a heavily veiled woman entered by a rear door and fired. Stephens says the shooting was accidental. Officials investigate.
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Commercial Tribune
Huntington
W. Va
Walter Stephens
Stephens
Massacre of 150 Natives Off Kamchatka Coast
SF dispatch reports a letter from Petropavlovski describing pirates who arrived in a yacht, pillaged a coastal settlement, killed 150 natives, and fled. Robbery was the motive, with some Japanese among the raiders. Fear of further attacks followed.
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Commercial Tribune
San Francisco
Petropavlovski
Morogravlenos
Morogravienos
St Louis Typographical Union Rejects Nine Hour Pact
The St Louis Typographical Union rescinded a June 8 nine hour day contract with printers and abrogated the deal to align with the International Typographical Union. A lockout and strike loom as employers may meet to decide next steps.
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Special Dispatch
Commercial Tribune
ST. Louis
St. Louis Typographical Union Today
Executive Council
International Typographical Union
International Union
Chicago
Typothetae
E. B. Woodward
The
Drownings Reported Across Cincinnati Area
Yesterday's death toll from local waters includes John Carroll 15 of Kemper lane drowning at Niagara street foot, William Laber 17 of Price Hill in Chester Park lake, William Stein 18 of Dalton avenue Covington drowning at Mud Docks, Clyde Smiley 14 of Lawrenceburg bathing in the river, and Joseph Minster 3590 Alaska avenue recovered after drowning Friday.
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John Carroll
Kemper Lane
Niagara Street
William Laber
Price Hill
Chester Park Lake
William Stein
Dalton Avenue
Covington
Clyde Smiley
Lawrenceburg
Joseph Minster
Alaska Avenue
Adventurous Miss Mamie Babb Joins Peary Polar Quest
Miss Mamie Babb, 30, leaves Maine to sail with Lieutenant Commander Peary on the Roosevelt in a bid to be the first woman at the North Pole. She will install wireless gear, handle telegraphy and photography, and organize expedition data and press materials.
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Commercial Tribune
Norway
North Pole
Mamie Babb
Robert E. Peary
Miss Babb
North Harpswell
Pole
West Brook
New York
Roosevelt
Arctic
Fifteen year old Johnnie Carroll drowns near Niagara Street
Fifteen year old Johnnie Carroll sank in the river near Niagara Street while swimming with four friends. Best friend Miles Egan nearly drowned trying to save him as search efforts continued with dynamite and grappling hooks all afternoon. The boy, from 1674 Kemper Lane, worked at Gibson and Perin in Walnut Street and planned night classes, with his aunt Mary Kelly and his grandfather grieving his loss.
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Johnnie Carroll
Niagara Street
Johnnie
All Saints Church
Mary Kelly
John Carroll
Mame
Kemper Lane
Rookwood Crossing
Eastern Avenue
Miles Egan
Girl Fights Burglar In Blazing Heat In Mishawaka
Miss Quaintaince, ill for a week, confronted a masked burglar who entered her North Main street home. She seized him on the stairs, tearing at his face and throat until police relief failed to halt the intruder and he fled with two confederates. Doctors attend the injured heroine.
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Commercial Tribune
Mishawaka
Ind
Quaintaince
North Main Street
Roumanian Feud Ties Murder to Premeditation
Police link the Cen tral avenue slaying of Nicola Popa to a feud with Peter Thomas, a 20 year old Roumanian, after a back yard fight over a Roumanian girl. Popa died from a heart wound believed caused by a hidden stiletto.
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Central Avenue
Nicola Popa
Peter Thomas
Popa
Europe
Fresh Roosevelt Called Fresh by Backwoods Woman
Richmond reports President Roosevelt, alighting at Red Hill in Albemarle County, was greeted by a plainly dressed woman who declared she did not know him yet called him the freshest somebody she had seen. The President recounted the moment, noting his polite executive handshake.
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Commercial Tribune
Richmond
Roosevelt
Red Hill
Albemarle County
Prince of Wales inaugurates Thames steamboat service
The Prince of Wales opened the London County Council Thames passenger boats amid high crowds. Several accidents followed including a collision with a bridge a near grounding and a boat listing dangerously forcing passengers to jump overboard. One drowned despite rescue attempts. concerns rise over steamer design.
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London
Prince of Wales
London County Council
Thames
Etruria Sinks After Fog Collision on Lake Huron
In dense fog near Presque Isle light in Lake Huron two steel freighters, the Etruria and the Amasa Stone, collided. The Etruria sank quickly after taking a starboard hit. the Amasa Stone escaped serious damage. The Etruria, 4653 tons, built 1902 at Bay City, valued at 240000, carried soft coal from Toledo to Lake Superior. The Amasa Stone, 6282 tons, new this spring, valued at 350000, carried iron ore from Duluth to Lake Erie.
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Commercial Tribune
Sault Ste Marie, Mich
Etruria
Amasa Stone
Presque Isle Light
Duluth
Lake Erie
Toledo
Lake Superior
John Green
Buffalo
Bay City
Hawgoods
Cleveland
Noted Thief Found Dying In Street
Homeless and dying, Frank McCoy known as Big Frank, a famous old time bank burglar, was found in the street and taken to Bellevue Hospital. He claimed at the hospital he had restitution for the proceeds of the 1872 Beneficial Savings Bank Philadelphia robbery.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
Frank McCoy
Big Frank
Bellevue Hospital
McCoy
Jimmy Hope
Manhattan
Beneficial Savings Bank
Philadelphia
Prince Karl May to Be Norway's King Pending Demilitarization Deal
Copenhagen dispatch reports a trusted source says most Swedish Riksdag members would back Prince Karl as Norway's king if Norway abolishes frontier fortifications and signs an arbitration treaty with Sweden.
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Pringe Karl
Norway
Riot at Russian jail disrupts prison life
A riot of two hundred prisoners, including women, broke out in a local Russian jail over alleged maltreatment. The disturbance lasted until 3 a.m. with troops quelling the unrest and guards recapturing exits. Offenders were flogged today.
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Reval
Russia
Obituary Writer Hangs Self in Bluffton
In Bluffton Indiana Herbert Ochsenrider aged 21 died by hanging this morning after writing his obituary selecting two pallbearers and indicating burial place He also chose two songs for his funeral and named Rev L A Books to preach.
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Commercial Tribune
Bluffton
Ind
Herbert Ochsenrider
Rev. L. A. Books
Slater Expected to Be Reappointed as State Printer
Columbus reports Governor Herrick may reappoint Mark W. Slater as State Printer amid opposition over alleged political activity. The decision is anticipated to be announced tomorrow.
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Herrick
Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Mark W. Slater
Slater
Death of General Gomez Shocks Havana in Mourning
Havana observes three days of mourning for General Maximo Gomez. Flags from all nations at half mast fly over legations and consulates as the body lies in state at the palace. A special congressional session funds the funeral with $15,000 while public business is suspended.
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Havana
Maximo Gomez
Cabanas
Goméz
Congress
Roosevelt Tact Averts Menage To Peage Plans
In The Hague a conference may be held in August with three representatives from each nation. In Washington diplomats praise President Roosevelt for not sharing Japan’s feared capital location. Russia and Japan appoint three plenipotentiaries each. Yamagata may replace Ito if needed. Armistice prospects hinge on field signing and a possible limited truce.
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Europe
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Hague
Count Lamsdorf
Nicholas
M. Nelidoff
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Ito
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Linevitch
Oyama
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