Labor leaders declare war on United States Steel
A national labor conference in Pittsburgh unites to oppose the United States Steel Corporation over its on shop policy. Led by Samuel Gompers and other AFL leaders, the group calls for organizing drives, appeals to the President and Congress, and support from unions to aid striking workers.
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Pittse
Executive Council
Federation
Steel Corporation
Taft
United States Senate
House of Representatives
United States Steel Corporation
Tts
The
Republic
Eetr
America
Tewnttal
American Federation of Labor
United States
House of Congress
Jamie O'Connell
T. L. Lewis
W. T. Mahon
George W Perkins
W. Hays
Prank M. Ryan
Samuel Gompers
P. J. McCardle
Charles FE. Lawler
Gomper
Washington, D.C
Wbar
Pittsburg
Toronto
Mud Engulfs Michigan Miners in Negaunee Shaft
Four miners were entombed at the third level drift of the Negaunee mine owned by Cleveland Cliffs Iron Company after a surge of mud flooded the shaft. Rescuers work frantically but have little hope of reaching them for hours.
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Negaunee, Mich
Negaunee
Cleveland Cliffs Iron Company
Ends Career of Prominent Man
Gen. J. S. Casement railroad builder and philanthropist died in Painesville Ohio after three days of pneumonia. A Civil War veteran he helped lay the Big Four and Lake Shore rails, built the Union Pacific to Cheyenne and the Nickel Plate from Cleveland to Buffalo, and constructed a Costa Rica line for the government. He served on the Electoral College for Taft.
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Painesville, C
J. S. Casement
Lake Erie College
Rneumenia
Casement
Lake Shore
Union Pacific Railroad
Cheyenne
Cleveland
Buffalo
Costa Rica
Electoral
William Ih. Taft
Lurton Nomination Cleared by Senate Judiciary Panel
The Senate Judiciary Committee voted unanimously to confirm K. S. Lurton to the Tennessee jurist post. Special to The Herald from Washington on December 15 reports the committee's action.
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The
Herald
Washington, D. C
Senate Judiciary Committee
Lurton
Teacher Rossen in Court Over Taft Delusions
Ellis L. Rossen former New York public school principal faced a sanity hearing in New York court over delusions about Helen Taft. He claimed Miss Taft disguised as a nurse visited Bellevue where he was confined and left money. He had been detained in Washington last spring for annoying the Tafts. The hearing was not concluded.
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Sen
New York
Helen Taft
Rossen
Taft
Bellevue
Washington
Convicted Sellers of Liquor Receive Small Fines
Henry Chisholm and Robert Stockard were sentenced to six months on the road and a $50 fine each after convictions for selling liquor without a license. The defendants appealed the rulings to the Supreme Court.
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Henry Chisholm
Robert Stockard
Judé
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LaBo
Turin
Gage
Open Shop
Geo
Alcorn's
Michigan
Dobbins & Ewing
Oliver Chill
Columbia, Tenn
W. 7Th Street
Columbia
Dren
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the People’s Store
Smolinsky & Haskel
South Main Street
Gen. J. & Casement
K.S. Lurton
Senate
E. L. Rossen
Ellis L. Ros
National Dental Parlor
Perestain Crowne
Bowles
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Brown Building
Adkison Brothers
Columbia Tex
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