Miners Strike Looms in Anthracite Region
President John Mitchell of the United Mine Workers forecasts a nationwide coal strike as 140,000 miners are expected to walk out if operators ship coal into the anthracite region. He cites a 20 percent wage demand and changes to tonnage rules, with 75,000 miners likely to quit on the first day.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Pennsylvania
United States
John Mitchell
United Mine Workers’ of America
Mine Workers’ Organization
Jlich
Scale Not Signed Affects Three Thousand Miners
In Knoxville on September 1 the annual wage scale contract at Coal Creek failed to be signed, delaying the miners convention to September 10. About 3,000 miners across Coal Creek Jellico Middlesboro and nearby areas are temporarily out of work as most mines close though not a strike. The union and operators clash over a 17 percent wage increase eight hour days and semi monthly pay. negotiations continue.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Coal Creek
Jellico
Middlesboro
Fire destroys stables at Narragansett Park racecourse
A fire at Narragansett Park near the three quarter turn destroyed three stables and several cattle sheds, killing four race horses. Several strings of other horses were removed safely as the blaze spread rapidly.
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Narragansett Park
Tragedy in Center Hill Farms Ends in Double Fatal Shootout
Luke Merritt and S M Dixon, two sharecroppers near Center Hill Florida, argued over crop division. They retrieved guns and each fired, killing the other instantly in a fatal duel.
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Center Hill
Fla
Luke Merritt
S. M. Dixon
Presbyterian Creed Revision Faces Divided Presbyterian Votes
Pittsburgh dispatch reports a circular from the general assembly committee on creed revision asking Presbyteries to answer four questions on revision supplements or dismissal of the creed. The list includes 15 signers and notes likely divisions in Pittsburgh and Allegheny Presbyteries. Stockholm telegram from Skjerveer Norway notes Andree’s buoy No 7 found with brief voyage update and four carrier pigeons dispatched.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Presbyterian General Assembly
Stephen A. Dana
Whildelphia
Chas. A. Dickey
Herrick Johnson
Samuel J. Niccolls
Daniel W. Isher
Wm. MekKibbin
Geo. TR. Stewart
Samuel P. Sprecher
Henry van Dyke
Benj. Harrison
John N. Harlan
Daniel R. Noyes
E. W. C. Humphreys
Wm. R. Crabbe
John FE. Parsons
Elisha
Fraser
Allegheny
Stockholm
Grendahl
Skjervee
Norway
Andree
Greenwich
Fire devastates Canal Street buildings in New Orleans
A fire at 604 Canal Street in the Fairbanks Seales Co. building destroys structure and contents. Loss estimated at 200000. Adjacent Keifer Bros. shoe factory loses 100000 and Morris building at Canal and Camp streets suffers about 50000 damage. Upper floors burned and contents of others damaged. Loss reportedly fully insured.
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New Orleans
Canal Street
Fairbanks Seales Co
Keifer Bros
Morris
Corner Canal
Camp Streets
Long-lived Russian peddler dies at 106 in Pittsburgh
Louis Goodman a Russian peck peddler died at his Pittsburgh home from a cold. He was 106 and had not seen a physician or taken medicine. He came to the city at 60 and worked until 104. Married four times, his last marriage was at 92. his wife, 62, survives him. Born in Sane Sunol Russia in 1794.
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Pittsburgh
Louis Goodman
Goodman
Sane
Sunol
Russia
Conductor Suspensions Roil Southwestern Branch
Winnipeg Sept 1 two Canadian Pacific conductors on the Southwestern branch were suspended after refusing to surrender their equipment when asked by officials. Other conductors express anger and pledge to support the suspended men, signaling potential wider trouble aboard CP lines.
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Winnipeg
Canadian Pacific
Southwestern
Streetcar Tragedy Kills Vaughn and Injures Nichols
In Chicago on September 1 Benjamin Vaughn was instantly killed and Irving Nichols fatally injured after being swept from a street car foot board as several others were seriously hurt.
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Chicago
Benjamin Vaughn
Irving Nichols
Russo-American plan on China evacuation details emerge
Washington reports reveal a delicate exchange on China policy with Russia promising to withdraw from China while the United States limits withdrawal to Peking. Gen Chaffee prepares winter deployments as talks with Britain Germany and France yield cautious replies.
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Russia
China
United States
Peking
Tensions Between Empress Dowager and Emperor Over Foreign Policy
The empress dowager favors anti foreign sentiment and Russian sympathies while the emperor leans pro foreign and British. No changes have questioned personal credentials though such grounds influence power dynamics among the powers involved.
Germany Stunned by US Russia Peking Withdrawal Plan
Berlin notes the joint US and Russia proposal to pull out from Peking and recognize Li Hung Chang as China’s peace negotiator. Officials say Germany has not yet answered Russia’s request and reports place German troops defending the imperial palace while a council of generals met on August 23.
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Berlin
United States
Russia
Peking
Li Hung Chang
Count von Buelow
Germany
China
London Times
Chang Chi Tung
Woo Chang
Imperial Palace
Suspicion grows over Russo American China proposals
London reports indicate European capitals view the Russo American plans as a stiff test for allied unity. German leaders fear a shift away from Wilhelm II despite Count von Waldersee's dispatch, while Russia positions as China's ally. Dispatches claim Gen Rennenkampf captured Tsitsikar on August 29 and hint Amur governance moving from Khabarovsk to Psitsikar and then Charbin.
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London
China
Germany
William
Daily News
Count von Waldersee
Russia
Rennenkampf
St. Petersburg
Daily Mail
Tsitsikar
Tsit Sikar
Grodekot
Amur
Khabarovsk
Psitsikar
Charbin
Democratic Campaign Opens With Large Indianapolis Meeting
Indianapolis. Sept 1 The democratic campaign opened in this district with a large meeting. Sherman Steele nephew of John Sherman of Ohio presided. 3 F Shively of South Bend spoke focusing half on trusts and half on imperialism.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Sherman Steele
John Sherman
Ohio
F. Shively
South Bend
Mob tries to lynch Ben Mays in Boonville raid
In Evansville Indiana on September 1 a mob of 100 men pursued Ben Mays a colored laborer at Read's circus after he wounded Ed Holdscraft with a razor. Mays was captured by the marshal and jailed. A separate Rushville report notes widow er William Reel killed himself with strychnine over unrequited love.
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Evansville
Ind
Ben Mays
Boonville
Mays
Ed Holdscraft
Read’s Circus
Rushville
William Reel
Otto Marsh Drowned While Crossing River on Wager
Otto Marsh a famed Indiana swimmer and Spanish American War veteran drowned in the Ohio River at New Albany while swimming across on a wager. He ignored medical warnings about heart trouble and rheumatism as three companions watched. cramps struck and he sank, body recovered afterward.
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New Albany
Ind
Otto Marsh
Spain
Ohio
Ile
Church To Be Given Away In Adams County
A new frame church seating 400 will be given to the denomination whose representative best states its government and creed. It stands south of Steele in Adams county and was built by nearby farmers who funded it. The thrifty community unites across denominations for the church project.
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Decatur
Ind
Steele
Adams County
Morgan syndicate to take control of Louisville Evansville St Louis rail
Ex United States Attorney General Miller says settlement reached on the Louisville Evansville and St Louis railroad. No appeal to the United States Court of Appeals. Property to be sold at receivers sale. New York syndicate led by J P Morgan controls all road interests including 670000 dollars in bonds. Sale advertised at once and ownership to pass to New York capitalists within two months.
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Indianapolis
Ind
United States
Miller
Louisville
Evansville
New York
Young Bride-To-Be Accepts Promise To Live
In Indianapolis on September 1 Jennie Patterson aged 15 of 514 South Delaware Street attempted suicide by laudanum after her mother objected to her marriage to Will Coates of Cincinnati. Doctors found her recovering on the road. The mother consented to the marriage if Jennie pledged never to attempt suicide again, a promise the girl gave.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Jennie Patterson
Delaware Street
Will Coates
Cincinnati
Corbett Dies of Heart Failure in Street Incident
Peter W. Corbett assistant secretary of the Northern Pacific railway was walking on a St Paul street when he suddenly suffered heart failure. He was rushed to St Luke's hospital and died shortly after arrival.
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St. Paul, Minn
Peter W. Corbett
Northern Pacific Railway
St. Luke’s Hospital
Bandits Cornered in Mountains Near Colorado Wyoming Line
Reports from Cheyenne say Union Pacific train robbers are surrounded by posses in the mountain area near the Colorado Wyoming line and cannot escape. Local authorities await development as the pursuit continues.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Union Pacific
Colorado- Wyoming State Line
Tin plate wage talks progress toward agreement
Pittsburgh September 1 The conference between tin plate manufacturers and workers did not settle the wage strike but showed progress and hope for an eventual agreement.
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Pittsburgh
Denmark imposes quarantine on ships from Glasgow
Denmark declares a quarantine against all vessels arriving at its ports from Glasgow as a protective maritime measure. The Nicaraguan congress approves the commercial reciprocity treaty with the United States. The Erlangen Abyssinia expedition arrives at Addis Ababa and is received by Emperor Menelik II. Weekly U.S. failures total 165, with prior weeks and years shown for comparison. Field Marshal Count von Waldersee arrives at Aden to lead international forces in China.
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Denmark
Glasgow
Nicaragua
United States
Erlangen
Abyssinia
Addis Abbeba
Menelik II
Count von Waldersee
China
Aden
Russia presses peace talks and holds Newchwang
Secretary Root views Prince Cheng's anticipated arrival in Peking as a favorable sign. London papers condemn reliance on Li Hung Chang. In Raleigh North Carolina the murderer Thomas Jones, a colored preacher, is hanged for the death of six family members.
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Russia
Newchwang
Root
Prince Cheng
Peking
London Daily Express
Daily Chronicle
Li Hung Chang
Thomas Jones
Raleigh
N. C
Winners Across Cities Sweep Yesterdays Baseball Games
Boston and Cincinnati led wins as Chicago and New York fell in extra innings. St Louis beat Pittsburgh while Brooklyn edged Philadelphia in a low scoring affair. Batteries featured Nichols Taylor Kennedy and Murphy with various moundsmen. Umpires included Swartwood Hurst and O'Day.
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Boston
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Philadelphia
Chicago
Taylor and
Bresnehan
Scott and
Kahoe
Emsilie
R.H.E
New York
Nichols
Clarke
Taylor and Bowerman
Swartwood
RHE
Pittsburg
Chesbro
Tannehill
Schriver
Powell and Robinson
O'Day
RHEL
Brooklyn
Philade Pa
Kennedy, Howell
McGuire
Bernhard
Donahue
Murphy
Hurst
Pet
Feelies Vv
ARS
ATL
AQG
Markets Report from Cincinnati and Chicago
The bulletin lists grain and live stock prices with bids and sales for Wheat Corn and Oats in Cincinnati and Chicago. It includes ranges for flour types, futures notes for red winter and spring wheats, and current hogs cattle sheep tombs veal calves prices across markets and dealers.
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Cincinnati
Flo. B
Chicago
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