Coal Combine to Unite Major U S Bituminous Firms
J P Morgan syndicate plans to merge all bituminous mining firms in Pennsylvania Ohio Illinois Indiana Kentucky and surrounding areas into one large corporation. Pittsburg Coal Co with 64 million capital and Monongahela River Consolidated Coal and Coke Co with 300 million capital are included. A New York meeting of operators will mark the preliminary steps toward the consolidation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Ilinois
Indiana
West Virginia
Kentucky
J. P. Morgan
Pittsburg Coal Co
Monongahela River
Pittsburg @pal
New York
Greater Combine
Berwind-White Co
New Fairmont Coal Co
Illinois
Morgan
United States Steel Corporation
Public Debt Declines in August 1901
The monthly debt statement shows total federal obligations, less cash, at 1,036,349,566 on August 31 1901, down 5,460,597 for the month. Interest bearing debt stands at 982,640,090 while non interest bearing debt totals 382,287,411 and certificates and notes offset by cash amount to 750,033,689.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Treasury
Pac Coast Steamship sues for damages over navigator strike
The Pacific Coast Steamship Co sues in circuit court for 25000 dollars claiming losses from a firemen and sailors strike. Defendants include the Pacific Marine Firemen's union and sailors' union of the Pacific coast. This marks the first employer suit in the ongoing labor conflict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Pacific Coast Steamship Co
San Francisco
Bee
Pacific Marine Firemen’s Union
Sailors’ Union of the
Pacific Coast
Two killed and wounded in Indianapolis riot at Columbia Ave Merry-go-round
A Tuesday night riot in Indianapolis involving about two hundred Negroes and whites erupted around a merry-go-round on Columbia Avenue and Nineteenth Street. Henry Mills, white, died after being shot by Henry Miller, colored, with Mills still alive but dying. Wallace Pickett, black, was shot in the back of the head and may recover. Miller was arrested after fleeing. The Bungzaloo gang, linked to prior clashes at Fairview Park, was partly involved as police protected participants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
Columbia Avenue
Nineteenth Street
Henry Mills
Lawrence Street
Ienry Miller
Wallace Pickett
John Noel
Ienry Bush
Noel
Mills
Miller
Fairview Park
Ninety-Sixth Birthday For Mrs. Sarah Buntley
Mrs. Sarah Buntley, mother of the late Gen. W. Q. Gresham, will celebrate her 96th birthday Wednesday at her home near Lanesville, 11 miles west of New Albany. She has survived eight of her children, with Col. William Gresham of St. Paul and Miss Mealie Gresham among the survivors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Albany
Tad
Sarah Buntley
W. Q. Gresham
Lanesville
Rumley
Col
William Gresham
St. Paul, Minn
Mealie Gresham
Indiana firm to rebuild plant without subsidy after fire
Marion Indiana Sept 4 The Indiana Pulp and Paper Co agrees to rebuild the destroyed plant here without city subsidy. A proposed $75,000 bonus was declined as the company chooses to remain in Marion, passing up offers of $15,000 to $20,000 from other central states cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana Pulp and Paper Co
Marion, Ind
Marion
Ind
Gains in steel strike show factory gains and diverging claims
Pittsburg Pa Sept 4 Developments Tuesday in the steel strike showed gains for manufacturers with 32 skilled men added at the Star plant increased production at Painter and Lindsay McCutcheon mills and new hires at Monessen and Clark mills. Amalgamated officials dispute the pace, arguing the apparent advantages are bluff and unsustainable. The Lindsay McCutcheon plant reportedly runs at full capacity with fewer than promised workers, while Monessen claims output tripled from 100000 to 250900 pounds per day.
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Pittsburg
Star
Painter
Lindsay & McCutcheon Mills
Continental Tube Works
Pennsylvania Tube Works
Monessen Steel Hoop
Clark Mill
Amalgamated
Lindsay & McCutcheon
James Hurley
First District
Monessen
Strike Hits Pittsburg Chain Makers Demand Higher Wages
A new strike by the Chain Makers National union spreads from Pittsburg where workers refused to work Tuesday. Demands include a 24 percent raise in Pittsburg and 4 to 100 percent elsewhere depending on chain type. Pittsburg Chain Co. plants were idle as output slowed.
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Pittsburg
National Union of the United States
Bank President Key Sentenced in Indiana Case
Huntington Ind Sept 4 James M Key president of the Commercial bank of Andrews pled guilty to several charges and was sentenced by Judge James Branyan to two to fourteen years in the state penitentiary at Michigan City He is to provide testimony in other pending cases and will not be taken to the prison for a week or more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
Ind
James M. Key
Commercial Bank
Andrews
James C. Branyan
Michigan City
Ile
Packing Trades Strike Threat Looms Nationwide
Chicago reports a threatened strike of 17,000 skilled packing workers after firms failed to respond by the Tuesday night deadline to a demand from butchers and meat dressers for a 10 percent wage increase. Labor circles grow tense as the delay hints at a possible confrontation.
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Chicago
Dancer Dies After Eight Hours of Dancing in Laporte
Louis Baker aged 24 collapsed after prolonged dancing at John Haylander’s home near Laporte Indiana. He died an hour after returning home from what doctors called overexertion following eight hours of dancing.
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Laporte
Ind
Louis Baker
John Haylander
Evansville Fireman Arrests Son on Grand Larceny Charge
In Evansville Indiana fireman Coleman halted battling a blaze to arrest his son who faced a grand larceny charge. A warrant existed for the son and the father, upon seeing him, placed him under arrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evansville
Ind
Coleman
Bloomingtion Merchants Carnival Sees 18000 Attend
The Bloomington carnival in Moomington Indiana drew about 18 000 attendees on Tuesday. A spontaneous combustion fire destroyed the big booth of the lair department store, wiping out the exhibits. Also reported is the death of Charlie B. Fletcher of Indianapolis in Waukesha Wisconsin on Tuesday night at age 41, noted as a railroad promoter and banker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moomington
Ind
Bloomington
Merchants
Lair Department Store
Waukesha
Wis
Charlie B. Fletcher
Indianapolis
Fletcher
Ife
Million-Dollar Philadelphia Union to Combine Electric Firms
Philadelphia reports a union of electric railway and electric light companies under Philadelphia capitalists, aiming to consolidate over a hundred million dollars. In Pittsburg Virginia organized electrical workers strike over wage demands affecting local construction tied to electrical work. In Clinton Iowa three men likely to die after a boiler explosion at Musser Lumber Co.’s Muscatine mill, with the mill wrecked and boilers displaced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Electrical Railway and
Electric Light Companies
Philadelphia
Electric Railway
Philadelphia Capitasts
Pittsburg
Clinton, Ta
Musser Lumber Co
Muscatine
Cement plant to be built by Lehigh Portland in Mitchell
In Mitchell Indiana a new cement plant covering 21 acres and employing 800 men is being established by Lehigh Portland Cement Company of Allentown Pennsylvania. In Marion Indiana a night marshal named A J Hart was locked in the town calaboose after being befriended by mischievous youths who robbed him of his keys and star.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
Ind
A. J. Hart
Maralnt
Swayzee
Calaboose
Mitchell, Ind
Lehigh Portland Cement Co
Allentown
Runaway Horse Crash Claims Widow in Lafayette
Mrs Ferguson, a 60 year old widow, was injured when a runaway youth horse got frightened near a bicycle and died soon afterward in Lafayette Indiana. The incident occurred as the animal bolted, causing a fatal trauma to the rider.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lafayette
Ind
Ferguson
18th Infantry Sail from Manila Home on Kilpatrick
Washington reports the 18th Infantry will sail from Manila for home on September 19. The transport Kilpatrick is designated to carry the unit back to the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
18Th Infantry
Manila
Kilpatrick
Train Robbery Near Texarkana Bleeds Money From Safe
A No. 1 Cotton Belt passenger train was held up near Eylau south of Texarkana on Tuesday night. Robbers blew the safe with dynamite and took a large amount of booty after forcing the mail and express cars to be opened and the engine to be operated by a hired engineer.
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Texarkana
Ark
Cotton Belt
Eylau
Tragic Automobile Crossing Fatal for Two Wisconsin Women
Milwaukee reports Mrs. 5 S Barney of West Bend wife of Congressman S B Barney and Mrs W H Ramsey of Port Washington wife of a former state bank controller were killed by a Northwestern train Tuesday afternoon one mile south of Port Washington station. The two women had been driving across the track when the collision occurred. For over two hours the bodies lay at the station before identification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Wis
S. Barney
West Bend
Barney
Fifth District
W. H. Ramsey, Sr
Port Washington
State Bank
Northwestern
Examination resumes for assistant surgeons in the army
In Washington and San Francisco examinations are resumed for assistant surgeon appointments. Seventy six vacancies remain in the medical department and eligible applicants will be examined and, if qualified, commissioned at the earliest practicable date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Medical Department of the Army
Washington
San Francisco
A YACHTING WAGER ENDS IN PITTSBURGH DEAL
In Pittsburgh on September 4 a yacht betting dispute totaling 400000 dollars between Walter J. Kingsley and local investors was settled at 4 pm. The English syndicate representative handed 31000 pounds in Bank of England notes and William S. Mustin supplied a certified check for 250000 dollars. The financier handling the funds requested anonymity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Walter J. Kingsley
Ambush Captures 23 of Patrol Near Meiringspoort
Report from Cape Town states Commandant Myburg ordered execution of armed colonials captured after September 1. Capt. Wallis and 25 man patrol from Oudshoorn were ambushed near Meiringspoort. Wallis and two others escaped. Three killed and four wounded. The rest surrendered, took neutrality oath, and were released.
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Cape Town
Myburg
Wallis
Oudshaarn
Meiringspoort
Hunt to Inaugurate as Porto Rico Governor Sept 16
William H. Hunt, newly appointed governor of Porto Rico, has received hundreds of congratulatory messages from courts and prominent citizens. Education Commissioner Martin G. Brumbaugh plans inaugural ceremonies for September 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Juan
Porto Rico
Wm. H. Sfunt
Martin G. Brumbaugh
Mr. Hunt
Despondent Youth Dies In Morphine Overdose
Fort Smith Arkansas September 4 Glynn Liggett 18 a traveling salesman died Tuesday from morphine taken Sunday night in a personal crisis. His father J W Liggett a prominent Oswego Kansas physician. Despondency caused the death by own action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Smith
Ark
Glynn Liggett
Tliggett
J. W. Liggett
Oswego
Kan
Lightning Kills Five on Texas Ranch
Four men Luis Canirollo Fustacio Resendez Ysabel Lopez and Jesus Rios died when lightning struck their small house five miles from San Diego Texas setting it on fire. Juan Trevino was fatally injured in the same incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Diego
Tex
Luis Canirollo
Fustacio Resendez
Ysabel Lopez
Jesus Rios
Juan Trevino
Guam naval governor Schroeder summoned for Schley testimony
Commander S. Schroeder U.S.N. naval governor of Guam is summoned from Guam to testify in the Schley case. He was ordered to Washington to appear and provide evidence. The move marks a notable escalation in the naval court proceedings in the matter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
S. Schroeder
U. S.N
Guam
Washington
Schroeder
Schley
Will Be No War Secretary Hay Note Recognized
Telegraphic reports from Washington say steps are being taken to peacefully adjust differences between Colombia and Venezuela. Venezuela acknowledged Secretary Hay's note and Colombia's conciliatory reply awaits full text, with both sides seeking to avoid war and Colombia ready to accept U S intervention.
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Colombia
Venezuela
Washington
State Department
Bogota
Caracas
Hay
United States
Racing privileges sold for Charleston exposition
The rac ing privileges at the South Carolina Interstate and West Indian exposition were sold for 36000 dollars to W. Brooks Harley and Co. Associated with Harley are H. W. Jordan and W. P. Nuckols of Richmond Virginia. The Wagner track will be improved with ample stables and stands. Harley said the group would offer 185000 dollars in purses for running trotting and pacing events during the exposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
D. C
W. Brooks Harley & Co
Harley
WH. C. Jordan
W. P. Nuckols
Richmond
Wagner
Sale of town lots ends in Lawton Oklahoma
The General Land Office reports the completion of town lot sales in Lawton as part of a new Oklahoma opening. Lawton sold 1,426 lots for 414,545 dollars, contributing to 76,033 dollars total from Lawton Anadarko and Hobart sales, with Lawton achieving the highest average price of 291 dollars per lot.
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Washington
General Land Office
Lawton
Oklahoma
Anadarko
Hobart
Two Youths In Tucson Tragedy Shock Family
Carlos McCormick 12 shot and killed Antonio Soto 16 with a 22 caliber rifle after a threat to shoot at passersby. Soto interceded, McCormick killed him in a rage. McCormick’s mother died hours later from shock.
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Tucson
Ariz
Carlos McCormick
Antonio Soto
McCormick
Soto
Navy records to be examined for Western Indian campaign
Acting Secretary Hinckett grants permission to Lieut. Wells secretary to Adm. Sehley to inspect official Navy Department records related to the West Indian campaign and to copy papers for the imminent court of inquiry. The Montana freight wreck at Nyack killed 35 men. coroner rules no fault by the train crew and cites unknown cause letting the Essex station freight train pass.
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Washington
Hinckett
Lieut. Wells
Adm
Sehley
Navy Department
Montana
Kaliespell
Mont
Nyack
Essex
Death of Dr Samuel Porter Noted Deaf and Dumb Teacher
Farmington Connecticut September 4 Dr Samuel Porter aged 91 a renowned teacher of the deaf and dumb in the country died at his family home after a long illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmington, Ct
Samuel Porter
Decline of Western Rowing Pins Hopes on Wisconsin
The article notes a downtown in rowing interest in the West as Northwestern and Mississippi Valley associations fade, while Wisconsin buckles on passion and seeks fresh impetus. It highlights University of Wisconsin, Chicago, Northwestern, and potential Midway water courses, plus veteran rowers like Charles Essig and John Corbett as keys to revival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northwestern
Rowing Association
Mississippi Valley
University of Wisconsin
Badgers
Poughkeepsie
O'Dea
Cardinals
Hudson River
Wisconsin
Chicago
Lake Michigan
Athletic Association
Navy
University of Chicago
Fred Bender
Essig
Lake
Geneva
West
Delaware
Iroquois
Catlin
Farragut
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Morgan Syndicate
Monongahela Coal & Cuba Co
Moot
MarncArthur
War Root
MacArthur
Troy
N. Y
Ancient Order of Foresters
Atlantic
Ala
Bill Fourney
Bill Hilliard
Miss Wilson
Chestt Grove
Sizike
Greensburg, Pa
Avonmore
Indiana Intelligence
Warn
Sarah Rumiley
Gen. W. Gresham
Amalgamated Gqfficiale
Key
Rane
Trassport
Port Washington, Wis
Meirangspoort
William H. Hunt
Messacen
Killen
Grantie
Anadarke
Carson McCormick
Tony Soto
Farmer
Representa the. Exposition
St. Louis, Ore
Mr. George F
Dee
Stes
Cornell
Columbia
Husky Badgers
Madison
Charles T. Essig
Pitcher
University of Tennessee
Ol Oene
Ebb
Black Lake
Holland
Iroquois Club
Gov. Yatea
Lincoln Park
Detroit Boat Club
Philadelphia Barge Club
John Corbett
America
John M. Francis
Ithacan
Francis
Athens
Greece
Ned Hanlan
Hanlan
Corneil
Francia
Courtney
Ring
Hanlen
Eych Dowell
John Morgan Francis
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