Widespread Miners Demand Pay Rise Amid Walkout
Three hundred thousand United Mine Workers in Pennsylvania Ohio Indiana Illinois Iowa Missouri Kansas Oklahoma and Arkansas suspend work not a strike but a wage dispute for a year. Demands include five cent per ton increases in some districts and changes in working conditions as coal supplies hold firm.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Iowa
Missouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
United Mine Workers of America
Chicago
Terre Haute
Lorain
Brazil
Louisville
Western
Kentucky
Fort Smith
Ark
Washington, D. C
Department of the Southern Railway
Norfolk
Wva
Seaboard Air Line
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Seaboard
Portsmouth
Philadelphia
John Mitchell
Denis Hayes
American Federation of Labor
New York
Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company
Horthern
Idle Spindles Across Southern Mills Reach Fifty Percent
Statistics from the American Wool and Cotton Reporter show half of southern cotton mill spindles idle with broader curtailment nationwide. The report notes drastic reductions in yarn and weaving production, with many mills closing or operating only on orders. Spartanburg leader W M Montgomery contests the 50 percent South idle claim as misleading.
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Boston
Mass
American Wool and Cotton Reporter
Alabama
South Carolina
North Carolina
Georgia
Tennessee
Virginia
Mississippi
Spartanburg
W. M. Montgomery
Pacolet Manufacturing Company
South
Warships to Liberia in tense African crisis
The Liberia situation alarms Washington as French backed tribes attack Hinglish and Liberian forces along the Gavally river. Montrovia faces demoralization while financiers strain under pressure. European powers prepare intervention as British and French warships head to Monrovia. the Birmingham cruiser with Mrs Lion sails from St Vincent toward the capital.
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Negro Republic
Washington, D. C
Liberia
Gavally River
Hinglish
Little Republic
Montrovia
State Department
Birmingham
Monrovia
St. Vincent
C. V
Lion
May Adjournment Hopes Marked By Aldrich Forecast
Senator Aldrich predicts Congress may adjourn on May 15 after meeting with President Taft. Some lawmakers doubt the date, fearing administration program resistance could push the session longer.
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Aldrich
Congress
Washington, D. C
Senate
White House
Taft
Georgia State Treasurer flags bank abuses and legal gaps
State Treasurer J Pope Brown reports finances show prosperity but flags that Georgia lacks laws to prevent directors borrowing capital for personal use and to curb branch banking schemes. He urges legislature to grant powers to remedy practices and notes need for more local lending through increased agricultural production.
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Atlanta
J. Pope Brown
General Assembly
Georgia
Tis
Brown
Bank of B
Isca
Mr. Brown
Lumpkin County Sheriff’s Sale List of Tax Lands
The Lumpkin County sheriff will auction numerous parcels from various districts on the first Tuesday in May 1910 at the courthouse in Lumpkin County Georgia. The lots include hundreds of tract numbers across Habersham, Lumpkin, and nearby districts, listed as unreturned wild lands with unknown owners, used to satisfy 1909 state and county tax claims. The notice is dated January 16 1910 and signed by Sheriff J F Sargent.
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Georgia
Lumpkin County
Habersham
County of
Lumpkin
State of Georgia
State of
J. M. Richetts
Darning Egg A Handy Mending Aid For The Home
A darning egg helps mend sleeves pockets hats and trims with neat stitches. If missing the top of a small egg cup can substitute to stretch and hold fabric taut. It proves especially effective on lace where mesh stitches are used. Philadelphia Record notes America leads in rosin and turpentine production.
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Philadelphia
America
Orld
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Robert BE. Peary
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North Pole
Guthrie
Okla
Court of Criminal Appeals
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Ola
Great Eastern Coal Company
Sheriff's Sales
R. McDermott
Boston Post
M. Born
Queen of
International Stock Food Co
Allas
B. &. Meaders & Sons
B. R. Meaders & Sons
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