McKinley Grants Pardon for Former Bank President
President McKinley pardons John F. Johnson once president of the State National Bank of Logansport Ind who was convicted of misappropriating bank funds and sentenced to ten years in prison after serving five. Also notes census figures on female population by state and Navy General Order restricting public statements on Rear Admiral Schley inquiry.
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McKinley
John F. Johnson
State National Bank of
Logansport
Ind
Census Bureau
Massachusetts
Maryland
Maine
Louisiana
Kentucky
Secretary of the Navy
Naval Service
Schley
Madame de Ruiz
Cuba
Spanish Claims Commission
Washington
Mint
United States
War Department
Thomas F. Schley
Various industrial and legal notices across the nation
The report covers actions against ticket scalpers for the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad, a fire at the American Machine and Foundry Co. Hanover plant, and losses to 200 workers. It notes Civil War pension pay, a patent claim on petroleum gas, wage settlements at Collins & Nolan Co., a severe electrical storm in New York, jewelry theft recovered in Far Rockaway, a fatal locomotive explosion at Pancoast, and strike settlements. It also mentions a Brooklyn fire, a reward adjustment for May Fosburg, Pan-American exposition rulings, Edward H. Ten Eyck quitting sculling, rapid transit tunnel progress, July business failures totaling 697, and a leading photographic dry plate venture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co
American Machine and Foundry Co
Hanover
American Tobacco Co
Edward Knott
White Plains
N.Y
Quartermaster’s Department
New Jersey Volunteers
Charles A. Kuenzel
Hoboken
N. J
Europe
Collins & Nolan Co
Paterson
New York
Bayns
Sarah Katz
Far Rockaway
N. Y
James Murray
Farrell Foundry and Machine Co
Ansonia
Conn
James McCoy
William
Edna
Brooklyn
Mary ‘McCoy
R. L. Fosburg
Pittsfield
Mass
May Fosburg
Edward H. Ten Eyex
Worcester
New York City
Fisher
Degnon- McLean Contracting Co
R.G. Dun & Co
United States
Deutschland Sets Atlantic Shipping Speed Record in NYC Arrival
The steamer Deutschland reached New York City on the first, raising the western Atlantic hourly-pace to 23.07 knots, surpassing its own previous 23.02 knots. Its best day’s run stood at 601 knots, a new record for the vessel.
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New York City
Atlantic Ocean
Nation faces potato famine as Maryland crops lead
A sweeping famine threat is reported with Maryland as the sole state enjoying fair crop. potato prices soar from 1.25 1.50 to 3.50 4.00 per barrel and predictions push toward 5.00. Separately, Bishop John Moore dies in St. Augustine after a long illness.
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Maryland
John Moore
St. Augustine
Fla
International Association of Machinists
Chicago
Fort Sheridan
Ill
John Bell
Seventh Infantry
Terry
Big Horn River
Crook
Powder River
Congress
Miles
R. T. Taliafero
Carroll County
Miss
Willis Aikin
Ellettsville
Ind
George
Joseph Prothers
Iarmers
Ocean City
Joseph Henry
Senator
Port Townsend
Wash
Charles D. Lane
Nome
Sveattle
Nunivak Island
Jega
Pennsylvania Railroad
Indianapolis & Vincennes
Sailings and Royal Grants Highlight Atlantic News
The Shamrock II and Erin sail from Greenock to New York. In London, Lord Salisbury reads a message from King Edward endorsing a £100,000 grant to Field Marshal Lord Roberts for services in South Africa. Paris reports a turf swindle gang earning over 5 million francs. British war costs rise with £35 million requested and an unofficial estimate of £300 million more by Christmas. Austria orders Bosnia troops to war footing amid Albania unrest.
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Greenock
Scotland
New York
Lord Salisbury
House of Lords
Edward
Lord Roberts
South Africa
Parliament
Paris
War Office
Albania
Austria
Bosnia
Herzegovina
Denver Strike Declared Off Amid Turmoil and Rail Plan
Labor strife in Denver ends as carriers resume work after eight hundred unionists walkout. Denver unions refuse to back the strike while Chicago plans a central railroad station costing 40 million dollars with 18 of 22 terminal companies endorsing it. Boiler explosion near Bolton Georgia kills Fireman Renchbacher and injures Engineer Bell. Pan American exposition attendance for three months reaches 2,724,908. Judge Hanford signs broad injunction against Northport strikers. Pittsburg brick workers William and Jesse Wilson die in hoisting accident. New York ward patrolman George Bissert convicted of taking a bribe. Wilkinsburg iron workers clash with nonunion men injuring Charles Force.
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Denver
Chicago
Bolton
Renchbacher
Bell
Bureau of Admissions
Northport
Wash
Hanford
United States District Court
Seattle
William Wilson
Jesse Wilson
Pittsburg
George Bissert
New York City
Robbers Fail in Masked Train Hold Up Near Chicago
A Baltimore and Ohio passenger train was halted by three masked men 31 miles from Chicago. They dynamited a mail car, misidentified the express car, and fled after finding no money, leaving only the engineer’s gold watch. about $50,000 was believed stored in the express car.
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Chicago
Baltimore & Ohio
Edgemore
Grand Calumet Heights
Ind
Calumet Heights
Collins
James Whipple
Charles Cross
F. A. Applegate
Newark
Express
Indicted Floyd County Tax Collector for Embezzlement
Rome Ga Aug 1 W T Sanford tax collector for Floyd county indicted by the grand jury on embezzlement charges. He is alleged to be short 34249 with 15243 due the state of Georgia and 18825 to Floyd county. Baltimore bond company for 125000 says not liable due to county neglect in checking Sanford's books. Sanford served four years and was active in local and state politics.
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Rome
W. T. Sanford
Floyd County
Sanford
State of Georgia
Baltimore
Indictments for Perjury Against Knights of Pythias Officers
Grand jury returns two indictments charging perjury against John A. Hinsey former president and Henry B. Stolte former secretary of the endowment rank Knights of Pythias. Perjury alleged from annual reports of the supreme lodge for 1898 and 1899 to the Illinois Insurance Department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
John A. Hinsey
Endowment Rank
Knights of Pythias
Henry B. Stolte
Supreme Lodge
Insurance Department of Illinois
Strike Ordered by ILWU Secretary in Anchor Line Ports
Detroit August 1. Secretary Barter of the International Longshoremen's union has ordered a strike to affect Anchor line boats in all ports. The Anchor line refused to concede the longshoremen's demands at their Toledo convention.
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Detroit
Mich
Barter
International Longshoremen’s Union
Toledo
Constitution Applies to Hawaii Before Old Glory Raised
Honolulu reports Circuit Judge Gear ruled the U S Constitution preceded the flag in Hawaii after annexation. He freed three prisoners on habeas corpus, saying they were not convicted by a unanimous jury verdict. Attorney General Dole fights to take the matter to the Supreme Court amid unrest over possible jail releases.
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Honolulu
Supreme Court of the United States
Hawaiian Islands
Hawaii
Newlands
Dole
Supreme Court
Socialist Convention Adopts Prohibitions and Names HQ
Indianapolis Aug 2 The national socialist convention adjourned after electing Leon Greenbaum of St Louis as national secretary and designating St Louis as the party HQ. Delegates approved clauses barring socialists from holding office in capitalist parties or joining the state militia, while Chicago faction was defeated and unity claimed.
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Indianapolis
National Socialist
Leon Greenbaum
St. Louis
Socialist Party
Chicago
Berger
Milwaukee
Debs
Consolidation Gives Frick Control of Connellsville Coke Field
In Pittsburgh on August 2, A four fifths consolidation of United States Steel coke properties shifts major holdings under one management. The H C Frick Co gains dominant role, uniting Federal Steel Co assets with Eureka Fuel Co American Coke Co Continental Coke Co and more. Thomas Lynch becomes president of all four firms. Frick now controls about 18 385 ovens in the district.
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Connellsville
Pittsburg
United States Steel Corporation
H. C. Frick Co
Carnegie Co
Federal Steel Co
Eureka Fuel Co
American Steel and Wire Co
American Coke Co
National Steel Co
Continental Coke Co
Thomas Lynch
Frick Concern
Pennsylvania
Frick Co
Militia Officers Charged Over Blind Pig Raids Damages Sought
Col Arthur E Fisher and Lieut Col R J Shand of the Illinois National Guard are named defendants in a $20,000 damages suit filed by Springfield saloonkeepers J H O'Brien and J W Murray. The plaintiffs allege a civilian imprisonment at Camp Lincoln after a raid on a blind pig near the camp. They argue military officers cannot imprison civilians and challenge the scope of authority to close or seize objectionable places within a mile of a military camp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Ill
Arthur E. Fisher
R. J. Shand
Third Infantry
Ilinois National
Fire destroys Hesse & Sons flouring mill at Saltillo
In Orleans Indiana on August 2, Hesse & Sons flouring mill at Saltillo nine miles east of town burned after owners received a note demanding money and left a sack at a designated point. Men waited hours but none approached. the sack later vanished and the mill was consumed by fire.
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Orleans
Ind
Hesse & Sons
Saltillo
Here
Machinists Send Message to McKinley
Tacoma Machinists Union telegram to President McKinley reports Moran Bros Seattle winning a government contract amid Bremerton layoffs. A Metal Trades member claims association influence changed administration plans.
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McKinley
Tacoma
Wash
Tacoma Machinists’ Union
Moran Bros
Seattle
Bremerton
Metal Trades Association
Government July receipts exceed expenditures by small margin
The monthly statement shows July 1901 receipts of 52,320,340 dollars and expenditures of 52,307,590 dollars, yielding a surplus of 12,750 dollars, versus a July 1900 deficit of 4,006,000 dollars.
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Washington
Kimberley Exits Schley Court For Health Reasons
Washington Aug 2 Rear Admiral Kimberley is excused from the Schley court of inquiry his request to be relieved on the grounds of ill health was granted by the navy department The decision ends his participation in the inquiry of naval matters.
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Kimberley
Washington
Schley Court of Inquiry
Navy Department
Pere Marquette Plans Wireless Telegraphy Link
Milwaukee August 2 W L Mercer superintendent announces near future wireless telegaphy between Manitowoc and Ludington over 56 miles of open water for the Pere Marquette system.
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Milwaukee
Wis
W. L. Mercer
Pere Marquette
Manitowoc
Ludington
Tin Mills Shut Down After Strike Impact
New Castle Pa Aug 1 The Amalgamated association strike halts the cold rolling departments at Greer and Shenango tin mills due to lack of material from the hot mills.
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New Castle
Amalgamated Association
Greer and
Shenango Tin Mills
Street Railroaders Strike in Knoxville Disrupts Service
Knoxville street car operations were largely halted yesterday as motor men and conductors struck for union recognition. a few cars operated irregularly amid the stoppage in Knoxville, Tennessee on August 2.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Boers Gather Strength in Cape Colony Threatening Last Stand
London dispatches cite Cape Colony Boer strength of 7 000 to 8 000 rebels versus 4 000 claimed official figures. Reports say Boers may hold south of the Orange River for six to twelve months, with natives armed and Bechuanaland raids noted. Kru ger interview in Paris denies abuses and asserts defiance, liberty, and anticipated British recognition of Boer rights.
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Orange River
London
Cape Town
Daily Mail
Cape Colony
Daily Express
Daily News
Kimberley
Bechuanaland
Transvaal
Mafeking
Paris
The
Figaro
Kruger
Lord Kitchener
Lord Kitchener’s Report, Mr. Kruger
Miss Hobhouse
Great Britain
Mr. Kruger
Trade Review Notes Favorable Weather and Steel Talks
New York August 3. R G Dun and Co Weekly Review of Trade reports favorable weather saved late planted corn and ideal spring wheat harvest in the northwest. Business mood is better overall though steel strike settlements are not yet agreed. First half pig iron output reached 7 674 713 tons, up 32 044 from last year. Corn prices fluctuated, traders hedged losses, and footwear orders were canceled in drought affected regions, yet the industry remains healthy overall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
R. G. Dun & Co
Northwest
Sharon Teamsters End Machinists Strike At Steel Works
The Sharon Pennsylvania strike at National steel works and Sharon steel plant ended Friday by William A Shaw Pittsburg business agent for the International Association of Machinists district The agreement provides 50 cents per day wage rise overtime pay and 58 hour work week The company will discharge all non union workers within 15 days American Steel Casting Co declined to accept the terms set by National and Sharon Steel firms
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Sharon
National Steel Works
Sharon Steel
William A. Shaw
Pittsburg
International Association of Machinists
American Steel Casting Co
National
Sharon Steel Companies
Springfield Trolley Crash Hospitalized Injuries Rise
The Day ton Springfield and Urbana trolley car from Dayton crashed into a coal car on an open switch near Donnellsville. Fourteen people were seriously hurt and admitted to Mitchell Thomas hospital with several believed to be dying. others returned home with minor injuries.
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Springfield, O
Dayton
Springfield
Fire destroys three Hammond plants in loss of $100000
A Friday blaze in Hammond Indiana threatened Chicago and wiped out three large plants the Simplex Railway Appliance Co the Western Rawhide Tanning Co and the Hammond Buggy Co causing an estimated loss of 100000.
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Chicago
Hammond
Ind
Simplex Railway Appliance Co
Western Rawhide Tanning Co
Hammond Buggy Co
Bombardment Ceases As Rainfall Fails Lincoln
Lincoln Nebraska on August 3 reports W F Wright ends his sky bombardment after mortar shells prove too small to cause rain. He remains convinced the tactic could trigger a downpour but yields to lack of results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Neb
W. F. Wright
Wright
Woman poisoned by suspected note and peaches in Battle Creek
Clara Wendell found a bag with two peaches and a note saying Expressly for Clara. She ate them and suffered spasms, later hospitalized for suspected strychnine poisoning. Edward De Forest was arrested on suspicion after a quarrel with the woman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Battle Creek
Mich
Clara Wendell
Clara
Edward de Forest
Ruinous Trade Stagnation Prompts Deportations in Ekaterinostay
A dispatch from Odessa reports that 70 percent of Ekaterinostay's industrial works have suspended and 40,000 artisans were deported to their homes in the interior at the government’s expense to relieve distress and prevent unrest. Other southern Russian centers show vergelijkbare conditions.
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London
Russia
Odessa
Ekaterinostay
Cadillac Chosen to Defend Canada's Cup
Cadillac of Detroit selected to defend the Canada's cup against Canadian challenger Invader after a victory over Milwaukee. The decision was made on Friday in Chicago.
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Chicago
Cadillac
Detroit
Milwaukee
Tragic Barn Fire Claims Two Ryder Children
In Woodland Wisconsin on Friday a barn fire near a farm claimed the lives of two children aged 2 and 4, daughters of Mrs. Ryder. Authorities believe the blaze began while the youngsters played with matches, with the incident occurring about six miles from the city.
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Woodland
Wis
Ryder
Amalgamated Association Civil War Tense Talks In Pittsburgh
Conflicting signals from New York reach Pittsburgh as the Amalgamated Association’s executive board delays action on peace proposals with United States Steel Corp. The union seeks a new conference to set goals and participants while Morgan and corporate officials prepare a meeting in New York to decide the strike’s fate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amalgamated Association
New York
The
United States Steel Corporation
Japan Tea Co to Limit Japanese Tea Supply
The Herald reports Japanese tea growers plan market control by restricting output. Edwin Corbin of New York drew up papers for a Japan Tea Co to seek a New Jersey charter, with capitalization between 3 and 5 million dollars and projected annual profits around 1 million. The United States is the sole market for Japanese tea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
the Herald
Japan
The
Japan Tea Co
Edwin Corbin
United States
Female Smugglers at Work in Rome Frontier Walk
Rome August 1 customs officers halted a procession of 40 girls from a seminary near Maslianco walking two by two. Each girl was revealed to be smuggling cigars, sparking suspicions during frequent frontier crossings between Switzerland and Italy.
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Rome
Maslianco
Cunard Plans 25 Knot Atlantic Record Vessel
London reporters say Cunard Line will pursue the Atlantic record with designs for a 25 knot vessel. Estimates are invited though the order is not yet placed.
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London
Cunard Line
Surveyor Killed by a Train in Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor Michigan August 1 Henry L Homedieu son of Michigan Central superintendent and a university engineering freshman was killed last night by the Grand Rapids express on the Michigan Central line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann Arbor
Mich
Henry L’homedieu
L’homedieu
Michigan Central
University
Grand Rapids Express
Soo Line General Bets on Tariff Integrity
General Passenger Agent Calloway of the Soo line wagers 5000 dollars that his road is not a rate cutter. This is claimed to be the first instance where a railway management offered to bet on its tariffs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Calloway
Soo Line
Crescens Sets 2:02 Mile Trotting Record in Windy Race
Crescens, famed trotter, clocked a mile in 2:02%4 at Columbus driving park, shaving half a second off his week-old mark amid strong headwinds. George Ketcham led Crescens as 12,000 spectators watched the record run, with pools reflecting optimism and bets against the wind.
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Crescens
Columbus
Cleveland
Cresceus
Pools
George Ketcham
Tim Murrnen
Ketcham
Great Coal Combine To Control Bituminous Mines
An underwriting syndicate, possibly $50 million, aims to consolidate bituminous coal properties along the Norfolk and Western Chesapeake and Ohio and perhaps other railroads in West Virginia Pennsylvania and Ohio. Prominent banking interests from New York Philadelphia and Baltimore are involved with Judge Gary of United States Steel Corp. as a leading figure. Output would be coordinated with the anthracite trade, a plan some say Morgan may influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
The
Mail and Express
Norfolk & Western
Chesapeake & Ohio
Hocking Valley
Baltimore
Lawton Oklahoma Grows Overnight After Land Lottery
Fort Sill O T August 3 A town of 10 000 people to be Lawton grows up near the fort after the El Reno land lottery results. Thousands of homeseekers crowded to the town site with 400 temporary business houses already in place. Lots sale slated for August 6. A national bank is projected amid frontier gambling and fake shows as about a thousand Comanche Indians set up camps nearby.
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Oklahoma
Fort Sill
O. T
Lawton
el Reno
Anadarko
Hobart
Missing clerk linked to $5463 shortage on Egbert
Word from Victoria reports Quartermaster's Clerk John McCaull defrauded funds on the United States transport Egbert and disappeared after sailing July 31 for Alaska. Captain Penrose found the safe blown open and most bills and gold missing, totaling a shortage of 5463 dollars.
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Seattle
Wash
Victoria
John McCaull
United States
Egbert
Alaska
McCall
Penrose
Oil dust control tested by Chicago and North Western
La Crosse Wisconsin August 3 The Chicago and Northwestern Railway Co trials oil as a dust preventive along five miles of double track using 2000 gallons per mile. Photos show reduced dust. Sprinkling car applies oil. first year costs about 100 dollars per mile, then 50 dollars per mile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse
Wis
Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co
Short and Nyers Released on $15,000 Bail in Rice Will Forgery Case
David L. Short and Morris Nyers, linked with Albert T. Patrick in the alleged Rice will forgery, were freed from the Tombs on Friday after posting $15,000 cash bail. They had remained jailed since March 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
David L. Short
Morris Nyers
Albert T. Patrick
William Marsh Rice
Death by own action Epidemic Among Bankers
Berlin reports a leading American insurer paid life policies totaling 250000 marks on bankers who died by their own action since the financial trouble began. The figure highlights the financial impact of banker suicides on the European market and insurance exposure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Bacteria in Coffee Trial Shocks Toledo Jury
In Toledo Judge Meek's court jurors convict grocer James White of selling adulterated Arbuckles Ariosa coffee. Ohio Pure Food Commission led the case, arguing glaze concealed defects and bred bacteria. experts disagree on eggs and coagulation, with national implications for similar laws.
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Toledo
Meek
James White
State of Ohio
Pure Food Commission
White
Blackburn
State of
Ohio
G. A. Kirchmaier
Schmidt
Cincinnati
Kirchmaier
Arbuckles
United States
H. W. W.ley
United States Agricultural Department
Vaughn
Ann Arbor University
Bleile
Webber
Ohio State University
Wiley
Ariosa
Pure Food
Witty exchanges in old newspaper quotes
A humorous exchange appears in the Philadelphia Press about sharpening tools versus using files, followed by a witty quip from the Atchison Globe about a man not relinquishing his bad habits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atchison Globe
Recreations of Noted Men Across History
The article lists famed figures from history and literature—Gibbon, Chatterton, Luther, Calvin, Richter, the author of An Elegy in a Country Church Yard, Rossini, Razzi, Cromwell, Richelieu, Mme. de Maintenon, Edgar Allan Poe, and Oliver Wendell Holmes—each found leisure in unusual hobbies from idleness and manuscripts to dice, animals, and social charity, illustrating private pastimes beyond their public work.
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Gibbon
Chatterton
Martin Luther
John Calvin
Richter
Rossini
Razzi
Andrea’ del Sarto
Oliver Cromwell
Cardinal Richelieu
Mme. de Maintenon
Louis XVI
Edgar A. Poe
Oli Wendell Holmes
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Veryl Preston
Henry
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Chapelle
Preston
Combine
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McKeesport
National Rolling Mill
Boston Iron and Steel Works
National Tube Co
American Federationist
American Federation of Labor
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Great Coal Combine
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