Coal Magnates and Mitchell Ready for White House Talks
J P Morgan welcomed President Roosevelt's coal conference invitation and said results will show when operators return. Read Company President George F Baer will attend and calls the request a command. Mitchell, delighted, accepts and heads to Washington with optimism a settlement plan may emerge.
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Philadelphia
George F. Baer
Readne Company
Washington
Mitchell
Wilkesbarre
Roosevelt
White House
S Mitchell
Cincinnati Traction Curative Clause Sparks House Move
Columbus dispatch reports a row over a curative clause for the Cincinnati Traction Company. The Guerin amendment on arbitration for employee disputes passed the code, while Willis secured a broader reach applying arbitration to all affected firms. Debate and political maneuvering follow as leaders justify protections for workers and pressure on franchises.
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Cincinnati Traction Company
Way
Guerin
House
Eugene Guerin
Johnson
Gallia
Denman
Toledo
McNamee
Franklin
Roosevelt
Bracken
Columbus
Frank Willis
Hardin
Cole
Findlay
Cincinnati
Willis
Meisel
Cleveland
Tom Johnson
Cleveland Street Railroad
Viva Voce
Johnsonites
Grave robbing arrests rock Indianapolis as probes widen
Police move to punish all connected with wholesale grave robberies. Dr Frank M Wright of Eclectic Medical College is charged with failing to keep body records. Seven negro suspects admit guilt while more arrests loom as grand jury prepares October 13 proceedings. Bodies missing from Ebenezer Cemetery and Jones Chapel spur citywide fear. Dr J C Alexander linked to schemes. Dr John Wilson of Kentucky surrenders amid ongoing investigations.
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Commercial Tribune
Indianapolis
Frank M. Wright
Eclectic Medical College
Ruckelshaus
Ebenezer Cemetery
Jones Chapel
Benjamin Tyler
Clermont
Wallace Johnson
Brightwood
J. C. Alexander
Central College
John Wilson
Owenton
Wilson
Kentucky
Democratic State Ticket Emphasizes Strenuous Convention
Saratoga N Y Oct 1 The Democratic State convention closed after a tense session naming the statewide slate including Governor Bird Coler Lieutenant Governor Bulger and others amid protests by Devery and his followers. Devery walked out after being barred from seating and vowed disruption while Coler’s nomination faced opposition from Kings and New York delegates before final approval.
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John C. Gray
New York
HP Ie
Igtéres
Willams
Devery
Police Department of
United States
James Graham
Longshoremen’s Association of
Richard Butler
United Bridgeworkers of
Butler
Hill
United Bridge and Structural Iron Workers
United Cos
Canada
Ninth Assembly
William 8. Devery
Coller
Third District
Kings
New York City
Moses Wafer
Coler
Nathan Straus
York
Degate Milne
Johnson Attacks Gear and Democrats in Columbus Speech
Tom L Johnson headlines Columbus at the Auditorium with a fiery address denouncing eight Democrats who voted for the Curative bill. The crowd roared as Johnson questioned Bill Gear and faced an onstage challenge from John H Clarke, with clashes over Nickel Plate and railway taxation sparking the night.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Tom L. Johnson
Johnson
Jane Auditorium
P. H. Bruck
Sted
Badger
Congress
John H. Clarke
Cleveland
Colonel Kilbourne
House of Representatives
Ohio
Nickleplate Railroad
Aia
John. H
Clark
Indiana
Bill Gear
Upper Sandusky
Partington
Shelby
Gear
Roger
Castleman Granted Mail Contract To Burgin Route
General John B. Castleman of Louisville has won the Pleasant Hill to Burgin Kentucky mail contract over a twelve mile route. He will operate an elaborate system with a coach and four outriders footmen in livery and a trumpeter starting today, valid until June 30, 1904. Castleman, a Confederate veteran, commanded a regiment in Porto Rico during the Spanish War.
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Louisville
John B. Castleman
Pleasant Hill
Burgin
Castleman
South
Porto Rico
Cuban Land Company Forms To Build American City In Cuba
The Cuban Land Company with 3 million dollars capital organized in Youngstown aims to colonize 100 000 acres near Havana. Promoters include H Gee W H Park J Hayes L W Pryor and others from Cleveland Chicago and New York. W J Hayes elected President H W Whipple Vice President Henry Heedy Secretary Treasurer. The plan features water works electric light a grand hotel an opera house a race track for motor racing and electric railways to Havana.
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Commercial Tribune
Youngstown
Cuban Land Company
Cuba
Havana
New York
Cleveland
Chicago
H. Gee
Ww. H. Park
J. Hayes
L. W. Pryor
George den- Sant Cleveland
Million Dollar Fund Reaches Target At Ohio Wesleyan
President Bashford announces to students that the twentieth century campaign has surpassed the million dollar mark. Bequests and gifts total 1 053 906 dollars with 223 906 from bequests 110 000 from gifts 181 600 from unity gifts and 19 400 from pledges plus ongoing bequests. A new campaign starts today and 36 000 dollars have already been raised.
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Commercial Tribune
Delaware, CO
Bashford
Ohio Wesleyan University
Divorce Decree Absolute For Lord Francis Hope
London reports that the divorce decree obtained March 21 by Lord Francis Hope against May Yohe was made absolute this morning, concluding a long juridical process with final dissolution of their marriage.
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London
Francis Hope
Navy Estimates for 1904 Reveal Broad Equipment Increases
Washington Oct 1 The naval estimates for 1904 show liberal recommendations for all service branches to outfit fighting ships. Notable rises include ordnance ammunition for upcoming Caribbean maneuvers and funds for civilian supervision of a government sun factory plus extensive naval construction and training allocations.
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Washington
Naval
Ordnance Bureau
Caribbean Sea
Government Sun
Navy
Bureau of Navigation
Bureau of Ordnance
Bureau of Equipment
Bureau of Yards and Docks
Public Works
Naval A Academy
Naval Training Station
California
Rhode Island
Bureau of Medicine and Surgery
Bureau of
Bureau of Construction and Repair
Bureau of Steam Engineering
Naval Academy
Marine Corps
General Miles sails for Philippines aboard transport Thomas
Lieut eneral Nelson A Miles leaves San Francisco aboard the transport Thomas bound for the Philippines. He is accompanied by Lieutenant Colonel Maus and Mrs Maus, along with Henry C Rouse president of the Missouri Kansas and Texas Railway.
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San Francisco
Nelson A. Miles
Philippines
Thomas
Honoluas
Guam
Miles
M. P. Maus
Maus
Henry C. Rouse
Missouri, Kansas & Texas Regilway
Presidents Meet Roosevelt to End Coal War
Washington October report says five coal hauling railroads and Mr Mitchell may attend a Friday meeting with President Roosevelt to discuss settlement. Observers note talks in Philadelphia and rising pressure for union recognition amid national coal and bread shortages.
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New York
Washington
Baer
The
Reading
Morgan
Mitchell
Roosevelt to push talks to end long coal strike
President Roosevelt plans a conference with anthracite mine owners and United Mineworkers in Washington to urge settlement for the public good. Cabinet members and key figures discuss constitutional limits on federal intervention and arrange Friday talks with John Mitchell and mine executives to resolve the nationwide coal supply crisis.
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Washington
Roosevelt
United States
Mitchell
Root
Shaw
Moody
Knox
Payne
White House
George F. Baer
Reading Railway System
Philadelphia
W. H. Truesdale
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Company
Exchange Place
New York
E. B. Thomas
B Brie
Cortland Street
Thomas P. F
New York, Ontario & Western Railroad Company
Beaver Street
E. M. Oliphant
Delaware
Theodore Roosevelt
John Mitchell
United Mineworkers of America
Wilkesbarre
Anthracite
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