Coal Strike Turmoil Eases in Shenandoah and Luzerne County
Report from Shenandoah and surrounding coal districts notes no new disturbances as governor’s troops patrol Cambridge colliery and other sites. Strikers claim progress, while officials report quiet in Shenandoah and fewer mines active overall. In Hazelton, Markle Co gains some concessions but powder price dispute remains unresolved. soldiers remain on standby. Foreign workers appear in streets across Shenandoah and Mahanoy City, some prepared to leave mining regions if strike delays persist.
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Shenandoah
Mahanoy City
Miners Fear Mass Strike Grips Shenandoah Valley
In Shenandoah Pennsylvania sixteen thousand mine workers idle as a sympathy strike spreads through the Mahanoy Valley. Foreign crews provoke unrest while militia deter potential violence. Work stoppages threaten to delay mine restart for days as authorities brace for further trouble around Hazelton.
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Shenandoah
Mahanoy
Road Mountain
Reading
Hazelton
Markle Will Arbitrate in Miner Grievance Case
Hazelton Sept 25 A report from Jeddo states Clement Elliott led Markle employees to hear that the company granted most demands from September 14 but will arbitrate the grinding dispute over powder pricing. The union seeks enforcement of semi monthly limits ten hour pay ten hours work dead work for pillar robbing hoists at bottom car provision lower powder rate tool car and wage increments for workers at and below 1 75 daily.
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Hazelton
Jeddo
Clement Elliott
Markle
John Markle
G. B. Markle & Co
Associated Press
Markles
Afraid of Soft Coal Strife Grows in Scranton Region
In Scranton on September 25 there was no change in the anthracite miners strike in the Lackawanna area. Extra guards surround breakers and owners fence property with wire rope. Strikers maintain a solid front with no sign of majority willingness to return to work. Bituminous coal arriving at several Scranton factories prompts calls to President Mitchell by telephones regarding the unrest.
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Scranton
Lackawanna
Mitchell
Whistled in vain at Cameron colliery strike
Shamokin September 25 officials of Cameron colliery, a large operation, attempted to start the works this morning but no miners responded to whistles. A fruitless effort was made to open other collieries as men refused to work.
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Shamokin
Cameron
Operators Gain Ground in Wyoming Valley Coal Fields
Wilkes Barre September 25 coal operators in the Wyoming valley say they have gained the best of the situation despite a shortage of men as washeries restart operations and production slowly returns to normal after strikes and interruptions.
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Wilkesbarre
Wyoming Valley
Coal Prices Rise One Dollar A Ton In New York
The two coal grades pea and buckwheat, used for steam generation, jump one dollar per ton. Pea coal now costs 4.50 and buckwheat 4. The shift prompts talks of lawsuits as dealers skim contracts with manufacturers and large offices to omit strike break clauses. Consumers may sue to force contracts and refunds. retailers claim trade usage will shield them. Domestic coal prices hold at 6.74 for white ash and 7.25 for red ash. Bituminous profits rise with ongoing strike. soft coal prices likely stay higher even if strikes end.
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New York
Tme
Ceat
Colliery at Mocanaqua Keeps 90 Percent of Men at Work
This morning several washeries that were idle yesterday resumed operations though few men are employed. The big mines mostly idle except West End company at Mocanaqua where officials say about 90 percent of their men are working. At strikers' headquarters, most washeries employ bosses and salaried workers, while union members have not returned.
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West End Company
Mocanaqua
Kentucky Settlement in Coal Creek District Ends Strike
Middlesboro Ky Sept 25 J B Mc Cracken secretary treasurer of the Mine Workers union said all Jellico Pinevale and Coal Creek mines were running having agreed to the scale except one company at Coal Creek. Six hundred men were still out there as union declares a strike yesterday and the mines are shut down.
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Philadelphia
Hazelton
Wilkesbarre
Scranton
Shenandoah
Reading Company
Markle Co
Middlesboro
Collieries Operated Drop to Thirteen in Reading Co. System
Philadelphia September 25 reports to President Harris show only thirteen of the Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron company collieries were in operation today, three less than yesterday and down from thirty four of thirty nine active a week ago.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia & Reading Coal & Iron Company
Harris
Trainmen Idle As Coal Movement Lags
Reading Sept 25 report shows 500 coal cars moved from the Schuylkill region, including Reading company mines. Fewer than a third of an average day’s run, about 1,800 trainmen idle, with more likely unemployed in the near term.
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Reading
Skuylkill
Reading Company
Con Service
Jury to decide Goebel bombing case in Kentucky
Frankfort Kentucky September 25 Judge Wik Mame acting commonwealth attorney closed the argument before the jury in the Jim Howard case charged with involvement in the Goebel assassination. The case will go to the jury at once.
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Frankfort
Wik Mame
Commonwealth Attorney
Jim Howard
W. M. Goebel
Jury &T Neon
Franco German talks on military attaché reappointment
On December 18 1899 Emperor William withdrew Major Baron Von Sus kind German military attache in Paris amid attacks on the officer. The Dreyfus affair is cited as the immediate cause though not denied. Attache duties were revised to fit the emperor’s view. France recalled Lieut Comte de Fac aide military attache in Berlin on December 21 1899.
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Germany
William
Baron von Suskind
Paris
Dreyfus
Lieut
Comte de Facaide
Berlin
England agrees in note with United States terms
London Sept 25 Lord Salisbury replied to the German note in terms identical with those of the United States Bryan returns to Lincoln after Chicago trip to confer with the national committee Eugene Smith and J C Dahman accompany him to handle the special car for the touring Democratic candidate no further announcement.
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Lord Salisbury
United States
Licoln
Neb
W. J. Bryan
Lincoln
Chicago
Democratic National Committee
Eugene Smith
National Committee
J. C. Dahi~man
Bryan
Crest steamer burned at Bis Barbor Washington
Telegrams report the steamer Crest, a Tac oma based vessel, burned at Bis Barbor Washington on Monday. Anita Lutz an 18 year old girl at Leavenworth Kansas shot her father for sending her brother away to school. William J Bryen denies selecting cabinet appointees. California endure s forest fires causing narrow escapes. Fifty French cod fishing fleet missing on Grand Banks. at least two boats lost.
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Crest
Tacoma
Bis Barbor
Washington
Anita Lutz
Leavenworth, Kan
Grand Banks
Newfoundland
Li Hung Chang heads to Pekin amid guarded tensions
The Associated Press reports Li Hung Chang will travel to Pekin in a few days and remains under tight Russian protection with limited access. He doubts a rapid settlement of the dispute due to many nations involved, and says the assault on the Pei Tang forts does not further complicate matters.
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Tien Tsin
Taeu
LI Hung Chang
Pekin
Associated Press
Pei Tang
Rate War Over Soldiers in Transcontinental Lines
San Francisco reports tensions over east bound soldier travel as Santa Fe mismatches with Oregon Railway and Navigation results. Manila returning troops balk at Santa Fe tickets and may switch to northern lines. Other items note a $100,000 suit by Kingston wreck victims, Texas flood damage, uniform appraisals talks in New York, and political campaigning shifts with J Ham Lewin joining Bryan.
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San Francisco
Santa Fe
Oregon Railway & Navigation Company
Portland
Manila
General Palmer Dies in Springfield Illinois
Springfield Illinois September 25 Generou M Palmer ex United States senator from Illinois died at his residence this morning at about 7 o'clock from heart failure He was about 63 years old General Palmer served as an aid bearer at General McClernans funeral on Saturday He caught a cold and suffered chest pain and uneasy sleep before his death with wife by his side
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Springfield
Til
Generou M. Palmer
United States
Illinois
General Palmer
McClernani
Eight Speeches A Day in Cheyenne Transit
Senator joined the Roosevelt party in Cheyenne this morning as the train departed before 9. A full day’s schedule planned with no fewer than eight stops for speeches. In Greeley the party will join Colorado Southern with Wolcott and Denver citizens aboard a special train. Governor Roosevelt rode with friends for a early ride.
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Cheyenne
Roosevelt
Greeley
Colorado Southern
Wolcott
Denver
To Kiss and Make Up Hekels Teemk Benlia Aye Noted
Fragmentary OCR reads that reconciliations are processing between parties with unclear context and drifting names. Readable elements suggest a personal or diplomatic tease or plea for settlement but specifics are absent.
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Lin Sayer
TROOP TO MANILA Chaffee Will Keep A Pekin Force
Washington Sept 25 The war department posted a statement that General Chaffee will retain a Pekin legation guard of one infantry regiment four cavalry troops and one light battery for minister protection while the remainder and staff go to General MacArthur at Manila. The navy reports reinforcements for the Asiatic fleet and ships like the Wimington and Albany near China progress toward Manila. Conditions at Pekin are described as quiet with General Chaffee to command the staying troops.
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Pekin
Washington
War Department
Secretary of War
Legation
United States
Baron Sternberg
State Department
Germany
Long
Schley
Montevideo
Wimnington
Palmyra
Atlantic
Manila
Craig
Albany
Department
Piraeus
China
Chaffen
Men Tsin
Wilegon
Arrival of Li Hung Chang Hopes to Stabilize China
Pekin and Taku dispatches report cautious anticipation over Li Hung Chang arriving to form a Chinese authority. US ministerial credentials will guide any policy, while Rockhill works with ministers to assess the situation. Russians run a Red Cross hospital under czarina patronage for all nationalities. Tung Chow blast kills thirty British.
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Pekin
Taku
Associated Press
Li Hung Chung
Li Hung Chang
United States
Li Hung Chan
William R. Rockhill
China
Earl Li
Red Cross
Czarina
Capture the Forts at Taku Invasion Report
Taku Sept 24 Russian forces occupy the Lit Til forts last night with no casualties. Chinese losses had occurred earlier. Russians advance toward Tien Tsin rail line and other sites, with the railway possibly to pass under their control. Minister M. Te Glora stays at Pokin. An expedition will start from Taku toward Pao Ting Fu.
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Tien ‘Tsin
Mall Way
Anther Panthis
M. Te Glora
Pokin
Pao Ting Fu
French Army in China Establishes HQ at They Tsin
Paris Sept. 25 Gen Voyron reports French forces landed at Taku Sept 21 and set up headquarters at They Tsin. Troop disposition places artillery between Pekin and Tien Tsin the 18th marine infantry between Pekin and Ta Tain the 17th marine at Pekin and the 16th marine leaving Pekin for Tien Tsin.
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Voyron
China
Taku
They Tsin
Pekin
Tien Tsin
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Peking
Tea ‘Tain
17Th Marine Infantry
16Th Marine Infantry
Tien Twin
Missionaries murdered in China amid Boxer turmoil
London reports the murder of eleven missionaries in Sin Chen Taning Yan Yang province Shan SL. Names include American J H Roberts Mark Williams William Sprague Mrs Sprague and Miss Virginia Murdock who fled Kalgun Chi Li. They will sail aboard City of Nome from Glasgow September 27 aboard Anchor Line steamer.
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China Bland
Sin Chen Taning Yan Yang
Shan
J. H. Roberts
Mark Williams
William Sprague
Sprague
Virginia
Murdock
Kalgun
Chi Li
China
List
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Siberia
Nome
Glasgow
Secret edict orders Li Hung Chang to recapture Pekin
Report from Chinese sources claims the Dowager Empress issued a secret command directing Li Hung Chang to raise an army and recapture Pekin. The message cites Shanghai dispatches and references Rept. 25 to support the claim. Verification pending.
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China
Empress
Pekin
Shanghai
Li Hung Chang
Navy Gathering in China
Washington reports that instructions to Minister Conger to contact Li Hung Chang and Prince Ching have not yet been sent. The message appears largely framed but not dispatched, leaving diplomatic steps still undecided.
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Washington
Conger
Li Hume Chang
Prince Ching
Japan Accepts German Proposals Acknowledgement Reported
London dispatch quotes Bere Jin saying Russia and Japan reply to German proposals affirm in principle Fluxsit assent while Japan’s answer is an emphatic approval. The report notes atmosphere around the talks and suggests cautious optimism amid the war context.
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London
Bere Jin
Dupaneye
Fluxsit
Japan
Villages Safe After Flood Confusion In Texas
Austin reports from Chief Train Dienatelor Isher of the Austin Northwestern railway indicate towns Movie Palle and San Seba are intact and not destroyed, though floodwaters damaged Marble Pats and Ban Sei state. Hundreds displaced in daw linda. no loss of life. Debris fills the river surface and debris litter the area.
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Austin
Texas
Austin & Northwestern Railway
Houston
Movie Palle
San Seba
Ban Sei
Daw Linda
Holm
Highwaymen Battle Officers in Addy Shootout
A dramatic clash occurred last night near Addy 60 miles north of Spokane as Deputy Sheriffs Dutery and Salvado pursued two highwaymen who robbed citizens. One robber was killed and the other wounded and captured after a brief exchange of fire. Authorities believe one of the gang may be the man who held up the Northern Pacific railway train last Friday night.
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Chronicle
Addy
Dutery
Salvado
Cripplin
Amd
Caffery Declines Support For Fiat Money Policy
New York September 21 Robert N. Wide ntian chairman of the campaign committee and Everett V. Abbott secretary of the national ticket gave the official declaration by Sens ery of the presidential nomination of the national party. Senator Caffery declines citing opposition to fiat money policy and to government built on favored classes by legislation.
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Robert N. Widentian
Everett V. Abbott
National
National Party
Caffery
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