News of the Week Highlights From Navy Transfers to Local Disasters
Rear Admiral M L Johnson named commandant of the Boston navy yard replacing the ailing Sampson. Death reported of Commander Frederick M Wise at Yokohama Hospital. A gift of 420 dollars arrives in Santa Clara. Chicago labor clash at Frazer & Chalmers plant with 29 non union workers inside. Two trains collided near Otho Iowa after a mistaken order. Henry Flagler wins divorce under Florida insanity clause. Kansas City machinists strike ends with many returning to work. Forest Park injunction bid denied in St. Louis. Judge Sanford Green dies in Detroit aged 94. Denver Rio Grande collision near La Veta kills engineer L P Woods and injures Fireman Maple. Chinese smuggling via British Columbia alleged. Harvey Scott to burn his will’s cash part. Calistoga stage held up. money unknown. Grand Rapids plaster mill fire destroys plant valued at 60 000 dollars. American Woodworking foreclo sure sale ordered for 2 244 704 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. L. Johnson
Port Royal Navy Station
Sampson
Boston Navy Yard
Navy Department
Yokohama Hospital
Frederick M. Wise
Taku Forts
United States
Roberts
Father Baggio
Santa Clara
Cal
Chicago
Frazer & Chalmers
Bertalbroms
James Green
Otho
Henry M. Flagler
Standard Oil
Florida
Judge Jones
Circuit Court
Flagler
Kansas City
St. Louis
Zachritz
Louisiana Purchase Exposition Co
Forest Park
Sanford M. Green
Maple
British Columbia
Santa Barbara
Harvey Y. Scott
Faribault, Minn
Alabastine, Co
Grand Rapids
Mich
Milwaukee
Seaman
American Woodworking Machine Co
Green Bay
Wis
Williamsport
Montgomery
Norwich
Conn
Farmers’ Loan and Trust Co
New York
Diverse New York and regional notices of crime labor and industry
In New York City George R. Bissert was sentenced to five and a half years plus a $1,000 fine for bribery the judge granting a temporary stay. Union disputes spread with 300 miners ordered back to work at Audenreidh Pa and 20 leading hat manufacturers considering a New York trust. A Halifax steamer met a fogbound setback near Boston and six masked robbers robbed an Atlantic Coast Railway safe of $2,000. McKeesport witnesses a wave of unionism with painters forming a new lodge as steel workers face wage cuts and production declines. 30 000 women and girls eye a strike in New York garment trades while a Cincinnati widow dies after a fall at Atlantic City. Cambria Steel doubles capital in Philadelphia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
George R. Bissert
Bissert
Audenreidh
Lehigh and Wilkesbarre Coal Co
Boston
Halifax
N. S
Minot
Hat Manufacturers’ Trust
United States
Theentral Labor Union
Easton
Amalgamated ‘Association
Judge O'Gorman
New York
McKeesport
Bank of Montreal
British Columbia
Fall River
Mass
United States Steel Corporation
Trust
Amalgamated Association
Felix Kahn
Cincinnati
Atlantic City
N. J
Philadelphia
Cambria Steel Co
Immigration inspector to probe steel trust foreign workers
Milton Smiley the immigration inspector at Columbus Ohio is ordered by the treasury department to go to Bellaire Ohio to investigate reports that the steel trust plans to import foreign labor to replace strikers. Several communications support the claim. Also reported deaths include James Sanderson and his wife near Heathsville Texas, with suspicions of murder. Captain Watson Spencer, longtime Great Lakes mariner, died at Racine Wisconsin. Rio Grande Western railroad profits exceed one million dollars as Gen. W J Palmer distributes stock to employees. Taft to cut Manila police force by half from 1300 to about 650 amid growing population pressures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milton Smiley
Columbus
Treasury Deptarnment
Bellaire
Steel Trust
James Sanderson
Heathsville
Sanderson
Watson Spencer
Great Lakes
Racine
Wis
Rio Grande Western Railroad
W. J. Palmer
Colorado Springs
Col
Taft
Manila
Glasgow confers freedom on Andrew Carnegie
The Corporation of Glasgow grants Andrew Carnegie the freedom of the city. Census shows France population at 38 641 333 with gains mainly in cities. Coastal British Columbia reports forest fires and denuded islands. Nordenskjold dies in Stockholm aged 81. The missing ship Manchester found wrecked on Pikar Island. a woman and several children survived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glasgow
Scotland
Andrew Carnegie
France
British Columbia
Baron Adolf Erik Nordenskjold
Stockholm
Manchester
New York
Yokohama
Desert
Pikar
Pacific Ocean
Multiple 1880s News Items Span Disasters and Scandals
Fire at Niehaus Bros planing mill West Berkley California on the 16th destroyed three acres of buildings lumber piles and finished goods with a loss of 120000. Bethlehem Steel Co. Antonio Schwab to take charge. Jersey City diploma scam alleged by Governor Voorhees to be acted on. Mosquito control moves in Montclair New Jersey using oil on water. Hop crop outlook for Ontario New York counties dented by poor yields. Embezzler Terlinden alleged in Germany. Hammond hotel Dry Run Pennsylvania destroyed. Ex mayor Frank A. McKean Nashua Paraguay death noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Niehaus Bros
West Berkley
Cal
Wharton
Bethlehem (Pa.) Steel Co
C. M. Schwab
United States Steel Corporation
Bethlehem Steel Co
Voorhees
New Jersey
D. M. Mitchell
State Board of Health
Jersey City
Board of Health of
Montclair
X. J
Howard
South Orange
Omeida
Madison
Otsego
New York
Gerhardt Yerlinden
Theodore Grafe
Milwaukee
Wis
Germany
Terlinden
Hammond Hotel
Dry Run
Ascuncion
Paraguay
Frank A. McKean
Nashua
N. l
Indiana Head National Bank
Tragic Fire Destroys Cleveland Waterworks Crib No. 2
A catastrophic blaze at the Cleveland waterworks crib No. 2 killed five men by suffocation and burns, drowned four more, and left one missing in the tunnel. Sixty workers faced peril as rescuers battled toxic gases and collapsing structures, with the crib and machinery valued over 200000 dollars lost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Crib
van Deusen
J. R. Sprankle
Shailer & Schninglau
No. 3 Crib
Ed Johnson
C.burkhardt
Plummer Jones
David Kelly
Johnson
Kelly
Burkhardt
Jones
James Williams
Daring Robbery Near North River Stages Stop
A lone highwayman held up the Blue Mountain stage near North River New York at noon Wednesday. He shot a horse, forced six passengers to flee, searched mail bags and express parcels, took $20 from a woman and vanished into the woods as searchers scoured Warren County for him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glens Falls
N. Y
Blue Mountain
North River
North Creek
Warren County
Dunlap’s
Railroad Ticket Counterfeiting Ring Foiled in St Louis
William Clinton and Charles J Leonard were arrested on swindling charges. Police recovered an immense stock of tickets and passes from their office, with railroad authorities estimating at least fifty thousand dollars in value. Forgeries were alleged, with many tickets traced to the Baltimore and Ohio Missouri Pacific and St Louis and San Francisco lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
William Clinton
Charles J. Leonard
Baltimore & Ohio
Missouri Pacino
San Francisco
J Pierpont Morgan Plans a New Union
J Pierpont Morgan plans a union of labor and capital for the steel industry. He intends to use United States Steel stock set aside for insiders among 165000 workers in the steel trust to form a co ownership between shareholders and employers. The idea predates the steel strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. P. Morgan
New York
J. Pierpont Morgan
United States Steel Corporation
Steel Trust
Gen Miles issues general order to improve army conduct
Washington Aug 15 Lieut Gen Miles commanding the army has issued a general order to improve army condition. It admonishes officers and men on duties and outlines essentials of a good soldier including patriotism discipline physical development self respect self reliance and resourcefulness. The note cites many new officers and soldiers with limited service for guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Miles
Driven from Home by a Waterspont
Middlesboro Kentucky reports damage worth thousands across valley farms after several days of rain. A Middlesboro suburb floods with slight overall damage. Stonera Virginia hit by a waterspout forcing most residents to flee. Cumberland and Powell rivers surge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middlesboro
Stonera
Cumberland
Powell Rivers
Battles in Venezuela Reach Caracas Reports
Mail advices from Caracas dated August 10 describe numerous engagements between President Castro's forces and revolutionists. Venezuelan casualties include General Madina and four colonels killed plus about 300 soldiers killed or wounded. A second invading force of about 5600 men attacked Las Cumbres but was repulsed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Venezuela
San Juan
P. R
Caracas
Castro
Madina
Las Cumbres
Crescens Beats The Abbot To Set World Trotting Record
Crescens defeats The Abbot in two straight heats at Brighton Beach to set a new world trotting record of 2.03 era 5 for a mile in the purse of 12 000 with Ketcham and Geers as drivers. The Abbot fin ished second in the first heat and broke early in the second, while Crescens completed an additional heat and earned his owner 7000 dollars in prize money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crescens
Abbot
New York
Empire City
Brighton Beach
Cresceus
Columbus
Ketcham
Geers
Democratic State Convention Nominates Two for State Office
At Harrisburg the Pennsylvania Democratic State Convention nominated Judge Harman Yerkes of Doylestown for supreme court justice and Representative Andrew J. Palm of Meadville for state treasurer. The platform omitted national issues and focused on state concerns. A harmony plan was approved to smooth Philadelphia faction tensions, while an Ulrich attempt to expel delegates led to near riot conditions as police intervened.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Harman Yerkes
Doylestown
Supreme Court
Andrew J. Palm
Meadville
William J. Bryan
Republian
Philadelphia
Pattison
J. O. Ulrich
Schuylkill
Harmony
Philadelphia Democracy
Ulrich
Headquarters Selected for En Campment Week G A R Departments
Cleveland August 16 The list of assignments places Grand Army of the Republic departments across downtown hotels including American House Colonial Hotel Lennox Weddell House Hollenden and more The arrangement covers Kansas Massachusetts Iowa Colorado Texas Ohio California West Virginia Maryland Maine New Hampshire South Dakota Rhode Island Connecticut Michigan Florida Georgia Mississippi Minnesota Indiana Pennsylvania Potomac Nebraska Wisconsin New York and related W R C units and Ladies of the G A R The National HQ group includes multiple allied organizations at Hollenden Hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Grand Army Department
American House
Kansas
W. R. C. Colonial Hotel
Massachusetts
Iowa
Colorado
Wyoming
Texas
Forest City
Ohio
California
West Virginia
Maryland
Maine
New Hampshire
South Dakota
Lennox
Rhode Island
Weddell House
Connecticut
Michigan
Lincoln Hotel
Florida
Georgia
Hollenden Hotel
The
Grand Army
Women’s Relief Corps
Ladies of
D. of V
National Association of Union ex-Prisoners of War
Missouri
New Jersey
Minnesota
Ladies of the
Department of
Indiana
Pennsylvania
Bethlehem Iron Co. Accepts 7.5 Million Offer from Bethlehem Steel
Bethlehem stockholders approved a 7.5 million dollar sale to Bethlehem Steel Co for the Bethlehem Iron works. Directors closed the deal an hour later. Purchaser is believed to be Charles M. Schwab. Plant employs about 4,000 skilled workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bethlehem, Pa
Bethlehem Iron Co
Bethlehem Steel Co
Steel Company
Charles M. Schwab
United States Steel Corporation
Vickers+Maxim Co
Cramp Shipbuilding Co
Attorney General Rules Bond Surety Covers Postal Theft
The attorney general has sent to the Post Office Department a ruling that the government may collect from a bondsman the amount stolen by a postal clerk or carrier from a registered letter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Post Office Department
Ex-Judge John B Storm Dies in Pennsylvania
Ex Judge John B Storm, a leading Democrat in eastern Pennsylvania and four term congressman, died yesterday after a long illness in Stroudsburg PA.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stroudsburg
John B. Storm
Pennsylvania
Congress
Textile workers vow strike over wage cut in Fall River
Fall River textile workers in the print cloth mills threaten to strike if wages are reduced by about 15 percent after the textile council session last night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fall River
Mass
Textile Council
First motor funeral in England held in Coventry
The first motor funeral on record in England occurred in Coventry for an elderly employee of a major automobile firm. The hearse used was a specially constructed six horsepower car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
London
Coventry
Gulf Storm Destroys Mobile Front and Watersport
The tropical gulf storm isolates Mobile and New Orleans with 62 mph winds and flooding. Widespread damage to warehouses, trees, and homes. several deaths and ships wrecked. Port Eads and Dauphin Island reports of ruin. multiple vessels grounded or lost and area telegraph lines down.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Mobile
Atlanta
Gulf Coast
Ala
Western Union
Pensacola
Port Eads
Mohr & Sons
Cotton Wharf
Cotton Exchange
Postal
Electric
Spanish
Fowler River
Marguerite
James McMahon
McMahon
Dauphin Island
Rosa Walker
Ida Walker
Birdie Cobden
Ella Cobden
Biloxi
Fla
Cyrano
Evelyn
New York
Pensacola Bar
Prophets
Three Additions to the Navy Christened at Baltimore
Three torpedo boat destroyers were christened and launched at Maryland Steel Co. in Baltimore. The ships will be named Whipple Truxtun and Worden. They are the largest of their type in the United States Navy and among the largest worldwide, featuring asbestos sheathing and no wood in their construction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Maryland Steel Co
Whipple
Truxtun
Worden
United States Navy
Receiver Appointed for George H. Phillips Grain Co
Chicago title and Trust Co. appointed temporary receiver in involuntary bankruptcy proceedings for George H. Phillips Grain Co. Bond set at $100 000. Phillips says he has lost all money and real estate but may resume business with financial help. He offers to donate every dollar of profit over $2 500 annually to creditors, keeping $2 500 for himself and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Chicago Title and Trust Co
George H. Phillips Grain Co
Phillips
Americans Climb Mt St Bernard in Auto From Martigny
Two Americans, Messrs. Anchor and Friars, drove an automobile to ascend Mt. St. Bernard from Martigny, a feat unseen before by monks and described in a Geneva dispatch dated August 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Messrs. Anchor
Mt. St. Bernard
Martigny
Geneva
Baltimore convention kills militia ban in United Garment Workers
The United Garment Workers of America convention in Baltimore yesterday failed to pass a resolution barring members from joining state militia companies after a close vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
United Garment Workers of America
Weekly Trade Bulletin Notes Steady Distribution and Steel Strike Price Rises
R G Dun and Co reports steady merchandise distribution across the east and improved retail trade in the west and southwest as relief from heat and drought show. Steel strike drives price increases on immediate delivery goods. tin plates gain most, other steel products at premiums with erratic quotings. Failures total 168 in US and 19 in Canada. exports help avoid buildup despite curtailed consumption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
R. G. Dun & Co
New England
Western
United States
Canada
Struck Pay Dirt In New York Silk Valuation Probe
An inquiry into alleged false valuations of Japanese silks at New York's Custom House led to the seizure of two invoices after inspectors found weight discrepancies in 2 of 15 cases shipped from Japan. Collector Bidwell and Deputy Collector Phelps reviewed the consignments, absolving Appraiser Wakeman of blame, while officials prepare a final analysis due to high import taxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Bidwell
Phelps
Law Division
Japan
Tve
Custom House
Wakeman
Stubborn Standoff in San Francisco Strike Talks
The Aug. 17 report says negotiations fail to yield concessions from employers or strikers. Both sides plan to continue the fight indefinitely as labor leaders broadcast circulars nationwide. Officials claim 15,420 city workers unemployed due to the strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Bethlehem Steel Co Faces Uncertain Fate In Shipbuilding Merger
The North American reports Bethlehem Steel Co may join a new shipbuilding combine. Backed by Edward Harriman, the plan could include Nixon Shipbuilding Union Iron Works Newport News Shipbuilding and Harlan Hollingsworth. Bethlehem president Robert Linderman says it will not join Vickers Cramp or U S Steel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
The
North American
Bethlehem Steel Co
Edward H. Harriman
Nixon Shipbuilding Co
Union Ironworks
Newport News Shipbuilding Co
Harlan & Hollingsworth Co
Robert P. Linderman
Bethlehem Co
Bethlehem
Vickers-Cramp
United States Steel Corporation
Miners and Operators Split After Week of Talks
Knoxville district 19 United Mine Workers delegates left for home after a week of sessions with no agreement. About six thousand miners are employed. the current wage scale expires August 31. Workers demand shorter hours and higher pay. President Howe warns mines may close at month’s end without a satisfactory wage scale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knoxville
Tenn
United Mine Workers
Howe
United Mine _ Workers
Refused to Raise Their Pay for Local Bricklayers
Acting Secretary Hackett refused to comply with Bricklayers' union No. 1 demand to raise wages for 75 plus Washington Navy Yard brick masons from 4.00 to 4.50 5.00 dollars per day to match outside rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hackett
Union No. 1
Washington Navy Yard
Navy to Dispatch Iowa to Panama After San Francisco Arrival
A telegram is prepared by the navy department to order the Iowa to sea once she arrives in San Francisco and then proceed to Panama. The Ranger at San Diego sails soon but is slow and would take about 15 days to reach its destination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Navy Department
San Francisco
Panama
Ranger
San Diego
Iowa
Gaunt Introduces Simultaneous Telephonic Telegraph System
St Paul Minn Aug 17 Simultaneous transmission of telephonic and telegraphic messages over one wire demonstrated by C H Gaunt of the Northern Pacific telegraph department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul, Minn
C. H. Gaunt
Northern Pacific Telegraph Department
American coal gains Swiss market advantage
A Geneva dispatch reports that American coal has ousted British coal from the Swiss market. The American syndicate is confident of eventually obtaining a monopoly of the Swiss coal market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Eneva
Boxer John Dion Dies After Knockout in Lowell Bout
John Dion, boxer, died from brain concussion sustained in the ninth round knockout by Charles Armstrong at the Knickerbocker club in Lowell Massachusetts, following a Thursday night bout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowell
Mass
John Dion
Charles Armstrong
Knickerbocker Club
Dion
Census Bulletin Reports Canada Population Rise
Ottawa announces the first official census bulletin showing the Dominion population at 5,338,883, up 505,544 from 1891. The release notes Ottawa as the center of the census activity for the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Ont
Dominion
Joliet Amalgamated Switches to Strike Order
Four Joliet lodges of the Illinois Steel Co. unite to obey President Shaffer’s strike order. The action closes the Joliet plant, leaving nearly 3,000 out of work and signaling a key Western alignment in the United States Steel strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ilinois Steel Co
Joliet
Shaffer
Caldwell
Pittsburg
McKeesport
Wheeling
Bellaire
Carnegie Co
Carnegie
National Tube Co
Youngstown, CO
Mahoning Valley
Amalgamated Association
National Tube Works
United States Steel Corporation
Steel Corporation
Painter
Crescent Tin Plate
Cleveland
Tighe
B. M. Caldwell
Mingo Junction
Mr. Caldwell
Ill
Illinois Steel Co
Joliet Mills
Milwaukee
Chicago
MeeKeespeert
Invader Wins Grand Race as Canada's Cup Returns
The Canadian yacht Invader won again in a premier race and the Canada's cup returns across the border. The Invader's victory earned high praise from the Royal Canadian Yacht Club while Capt Thompson and the Cadillac crew faced a crestfallen defeat in the international sailing match.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Royal Canadian Yacht Club
Thompson
Cadillac
Hollis Sees Hopeful Peace Outlook After Talks in Europe
Frederick W. Hollis United States member of the international court of arbitration at The Hague sails for New York on August 14 after visits to St. Petersburg Berlin and Vienna. He says he met leading statesmen and foreign ministers and many publicists and lawyers and believes the outlook for peace among the great powers could hardly be better.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Frederick W. Holis
United States
International Ocourt of Arbitration
the Hague
St. Petersburg
Berlin
Vienna
New York
Hollis
National Transportation Co forms to operate Great Lakes freighters
A New Line of Lake Freighters. Syracuse, N Y, Aug 13. The plan to organize a company to carry freight over the Great Lakes was completed and will be incorporated in New Jersey. The $2 5 million National Transportation Co will own a fleet of vessels with 27 000 ton capacity. Contracts set completion for March 15 1902. Builders have plants in Cleveland and Duluth and other Great Lakes points.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Syracuse
N. Y
Great Lakes
New Jersey
The
National Transportation Co
Cleveland
Duluth
Zanesville Soldier Seeks Pardon for Manila Hanging
Surgeon General Brush on Gov Nash staff appeals to the President to commute Phineas Fouts of Zanesville a private in the Nineteenth Infantry sentenced by a Cebu court martial to be hanged for killing Genevieve Torres a Filipino girl who refused marriage Fouts afflicted by alleged temporary insanity and backed by Tenth Ohio comrades urging clemency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zanesville
Brush
Gov
Nash
McKinley
Phineas Fouts
Nineteenth
United States Infantry
Cebu
Viscayas Island
Genevieve Torres
Fouts
Tenth Ohio
Ohio Finds Only Three Steel Firms Good to Do Business
Secretary of State Laylin reviewed foreign corporations in Ohio and found only American Steel and Wire Co National Tube Co and National Steel Co authorized to operate in the state. Federal Steel Co American Tin Plate Co and American Sheet Steel Co were not listed as authorized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colmbus, O
Laylin
United States Steel Corporation
Ohio
American Steel and Wire Co
National Tube Co
National Steel Co
Federal Steel Co
American Tin Plate Co
American Sheet Steel Co
Workers Reject Informal Conference on Pay Scale
Youngstown workers at American Steel Hoop Co. voted unanimously against a proposed informal conference on the wage scale. Vice President Ward of the Amalgamated says any company proposal should go to President Shaffer. Company officials say the men misread the situation. mills may reopen next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Youngstown
American Steel Hoop Co
McCoombs
Ward
Amalgamated Association
Shaffer
Ohio troopers pursue burglars from Adams bank
Millersburg reports Company I of the Eighth Ohio infantry led by Capt. Snyder searched Holmes county for two days chasing robbers who tried to loot the Adams bank. The band crossed the Monegan river with about 300 followers and fled into the Danville forest where Snyder halted the pursuit and retreated to Millersburg. A 50 strong citizen posse remains in the woods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Millersburg
Eighth
Ohio Infantry
Snyder
Holmes County
Adams
Monegan
Danville
Battle erupts in Portsmouth as two families clash
The Wilson and Mault families, longest running local rivals, fought Monday night after Lyons, son-in-law of Mault, and Lyons relatives attacked the Wilson home following arson prosecutions against Lyons. Lyons was carried home nearly dead. others injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portsmouth
Wilson
Mault
Wilsons
Nathaniel Lyons
Lyons
Crib horror inquest opens in Cleveland tunnel case
Coroner Simon opened the crib horror inquest in Cleveland at the county morgue. Martin McCormick, a tunnel worker, said no protection measures were taken in any season and warned the tunnel has cost too much human blood, with workers noting a fire risk discussed among men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Crib Horror
Simon
Martin McCormick
Akron to Host Eighth Ohio Regimental Reunion
The old Eighth Ohio regiment, the only Ohio unit to reach Cuba in the Spanish American War, will hold a reunion in Akron on November 21, the third anniversary of its mustering out. More than 200 of the 1,200 men have died.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akron
Eighth Ohio
Cuba
Renewed Their Bonds in Wellsville Riot Case
The 18 strikers arrested for the August 3 Wellsville riot appeared before Mayor Dennis and renewed their bond for appearance at the common pleas court when required.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellsville
Dennis
Common Pleas Court
Bellaire Plant Workers Join American Federation in Mass Organizing
Organizer T. J. Davis of the Amalgamated association led 600 Bellaire blast furnace employees into the American Federation of Labor. The workers, never before organized, are now part of the union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bellaire
T. J. Davis
Amalgamated Association
American Federation of Labor
Death of Prof Hugh McDiarmid noted in Cincinnati
A telegram from Cincinnati dated August 16 reports the death of Prof Hugh McDiarmid of Hiram College Ohio a lecturer on Biblical subjects and a prominent educator in the Christian church He was well known in religious academic circles and the church community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Hugh McDiarmid
Hiram College
Hiram
Yardmaster Killed Under Engine at De Forest
Warren August 17 J P McCullough yardmaster of the P and W railroad at De Forest was killed under an engine yesterday He leaves a wife and four children in Warren
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren
J. P. McCullough
de Forest
Crops Ruined by Drouth in Knox County
Fredericktown August 15 The corn crop across Knox county is being destroyed by the drouth with hundreds of acres yielding no grain and farmers cutting corn for fodder. Wheat and potato crops were also lost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fredericktown
Knox County
Carriage Workers Strike Hits Cincinnati Mills
About 150 union carriage workers in Cincinnati walked out in a strike yesterday, split roughly half between the American Carriage Co. and the Brown Carriage Co., prompting local labor action and company concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
American Carriage Co
Brown Carriage Co
Labor union gains at Ohio National Steel plant
The American Federation of Labor announced Friday that it has made inroads into the National Steel Co plant at Youngstown Ohio. The plant employs 3000 men and had previously been considered impregnable to labor unions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Youngstown
American Federation of Labor
Ohio
National Steel Co
Missing servant vanishes with jewelry and cash in Cleveland
Mrs. Solomon Schwarz wife of a cloak manufacturer reports a new servant hired on Thursday has disappeared with 1000 dollars in jewelry and 50 dollars in cash. Police investigate as a case of robbery by the servant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Solomon Schwarz
Fatal Furnace Explosion Claims Two Molders
An explosion of metal in a furnace at an Ohio brass works yesterday fatally burned molders F. L. Cook and Herman Walthers. Molten metal covered them head to foot. Cook was married. Walthers, single, resided in Canton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mansfield
Aug
Ohio Brass Works
F. L. Cook
Herman Walthers
Cook
Walthers
Canton
Robbed of Her Diamonds at Atlantic City
Mrs. M. M. Mc Clellan, traveling from Marietta, was robbed of diamond rings valued at 500 dollars in a hotel room burglary in Atlantic City on August 16. The incident involved a thief entering her hotel room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marietta
M. M. McClellan
Atlantic City
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