General Strike Called by Amalgamated Association Forces All Sheet Steel Mills to Close
Pittsburgh June 29 A united strike order from T J Shaffer heads a nationwide shutdown of American Sheet Steel Company mills affecting over 20 000 workers. The union seeks universal plant sign on the current wage scale and unionization of all nonunion mills, while management rebuffs the demand as talks fail. The strike begins with no benefits in July and August, resuming pressure after September 1 if no agreement is reached.
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Pittsburg
T. J. Shaffer
Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers
American Sheet Steel Company
Persifer F. Smith
Dewee & Wood
Elmer Kline
Combine
Smith
Amalgamated Association
Sheet Steel
Lincoln
Scotdale
Dewee & Wood Mill
McKeesport
Wellsville
Union Workmen’s
Shaffer
Norwalk
Conn
John W. Green Hat Factory
Glen Island
Springfield
Ohio
Mercer
Mercer Heirs Association
Chas. R.crain
C. C. Kirkpatrick
Mr. Mast
George C. Rawlins
John B. McGrew
Rawlins
Allen Andrews
Hamilton
Thatcher
Snyder
Mattoon
Ill
Campaign plans for Ohio Republicans outlined in Columbus report
The Ohio Republican campaign committee lays out a brief, aggressive open campaign starting mid September with a single mass meeting. Key figures Dick and Hissey will lead a 45 member state committee including Malloy, Burdell, Herrick, Patterson, Dunham and others. Ex mayor Zimmerman and Kilbourne vie for governor with delegate counts and hopeful ballots. no hard feelings reported between sponsors.
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Columbus Acta
Colum Fermetem
John R. Malloy
Clinton Building
Chestnut and
High Streets
Dr. Hissey
Nash and
Nippert
Charles Dick
Akron
Columbus
William F. Burdell
Julius. Fleischmann
Cincinnati
Myron T
Herrick
Cleveland
E. P. Matthews
Dayton
H. A. Marting
Ironton
Samuel L
Patterson
Waverly
George. C. .Dunham
Toledo
Charles
Dunham
Coutrees Bureau
MM Tribune
John L. Zimmerman
Springfield
James Kilbourne
W. A. Taylor
Kilbourne
Sdéyen
Messrs. Kilbourne
Zimmerman
Manufacturers Accept Milwaukee Scale After Conference
Sunday morning session settled the bar iron scale agreed by manufacturers to the Milwaukee convention rate with no changes. The Amalgamated Association sought a general rise of 5 to 6 percent, boiling rate set at about one cent per ard, vs $4.75 last year. Settlement could allow 107,000 workers to return to jobs once repairs are finished nationwide. The sheet scale remains unresolved but likely to be settled soon.
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Milwaukee
Amalgamated Association
Striking machinists vote to stay out at shipyard
Newport News June 29. By unanimous vote the striking machinists agreed to remain idle until the shipyard accedes to their demands.
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Newport News
Armenia Goes Ashore in Fog Off Nigger Head
The Anchor Line steamer Armenia traveling from New York to St John went ashore in fog on Nigger Head about seven miles from St John. No lives were lost and efforts to save the vessel continue, with hopes fading.
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ST. John
N. B
Armenia
New York
Nigger Head
Illinois Building to be dedicated at Pan-American Exposition
The Illinois Building in Buffalo at the Pan-American Exposition, built for 20000 dollars, will be dedicated and opened to the public on Wednesday next.
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Chicago
Illinois
Buffalo
Fournier wins great Paris Berlin auto race in Berlin
The Paris Berlin motoring event ends with M Fournier as winner in Berlin as crowds line routes from Spandau to the west end. Notables and officers witness the finish at the trotting park as banners fly and bands play.
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Berlin
Fournier
Spandau
West End
Charlottenburg
Germany
Automobile Clubs
France
Austria
Belgium
Frederick
Mecklenburg
Press
Corn
Wallia -West
von der Planitz
General von Becker
Count de Talleyrand
Baron von Kuhlman
de Stern
Austro-Hungarian
Automobile’ Club
Budapest
Herr von Imptach
M. de Backer
Baron de Zuylen
Associated Press
Houser Testifies He Lost Money Gambling in Bankruptcy Case
Knoxville, June 29 George F Houser a former liquor dealer testified in bankruptcy hearings that he gambled and lost a considerable sum. Alleged gamblers and saloon men testified to his losses as the case advances toward winding up the receivership and bankruptcy petition.
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Commercial Tribune
Knoxville
Tenn
George F. Houser
Cincinnati
Louisville
Houser
Two Die After Lake Shore Flyer Strikes Wagon
Goshen Indiana June 29 The west bound Lake Shore flyer No 19 struck a wagon at the Sedan crossing west of Waterloo killing two men Lee Hines and Isaac Triant instantly and injuring others reported at the scene.
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Commercial Tribune
Goshen
Ind
Lake Shore Flyer
Waterloo
Lee Hines
Isaac Triant
Burials After Ditch Collapse at LeGrand
John Benson and Hije Herbert were buried alive when a ditch cave in at LeGrand y. A son of Benson escaped moments earlier. Both bodies were recovered.
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ST. PA Minn
John Benson
Hije Herbert
LeGrand
Benson
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