Troops Sought as Hazleton Strikers March
Hazleton Luzerne county sheriff asks Governor Stone to send troops amid night marches by 300 miners from Cranberry Tomhicken Derringer and Gowen. Riot act read. four marchers arrested. Markle & Company rejects wage increase bolding a partial compromise while suspending work for workers to study the offer.
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Hazleton
Hary
Luzerne
Stone
Onrstood
Hazleba
Serias
Cranberry
Tomhicken
Derringer
Gowen
Sheriff Harvey
Depu
South Wilkesarre
G. B. Markle & Company
Markle
Strike strenghth grows as mills idle in Shenandoah
In Shenandoah Pennsylvania on September 26 strike progress appeared favorable to miners. Three more collieries closed due to insufficient reporting workers. English speaking mine workers formed a United Mine Workers branch with about 250 joining. Organizer George Harris said militia presence boosted unionization and that 27,000 of 35,000 workers in District No 9 remain idle.
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Shenandoah
United Mine Workers
George Harris
Harris
Schuylkill District
Strike affects Locust Spring and Ashland mines in Pa
Shamokin reports Locust Spring colliery at Locust Gap tied up today after days of shortages. Ashland mines likely to shut down soon. North Franklin mine No 1 at Treverton resumes work. Clerks union in Shamokin votes for strike. Hazleton notes President Mitchell comments on the situation.
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Shamokin
Locust Spring
Locust Gap
Reading Company
Ashland
North Franklin
Treverton
Philadelphia
Reading
Clerks’ Association
Strike Update Signals Broad Schuylkill Valley Idle
Reports from Schuylkill district say the Mahanoy valley from Mahanoy City to Ashland is idle, marking gains for three large collieries. In Lehigh valley Eckley Derringer Tomhicken Gowen closed, with gains at other mines. Overall, the strike status is viewed as satisfactory and widespread.
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Schuylkill District
Mahanoy Valley
Mahanoy City
Ashland
Lehigh Valley
Eckley
Derringer
Tomhicken
Gowen
McKinley Visits Osnaburg With Mrs McKinley
President McKinley drove to Osnaburg five miles east of Canton with Mrs McKinley. The village was a familiar campaign stop during his congressional years. A long list of callers greeted him and Minister to Venezuela Loomis held an extended conference with the president.
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McKinley
Canton
Osnaburg
Venezuela
Loomis
Tragic Crossing Deaths in Muncie
Mr and Mrs William Driscoll aged 60 and 54 were instantly killed when a westbound Big Four express struck their buggy at a city crossing in Muncie Indiana. Engineer Cropper was in charge. The horse escaped with few scratches.
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Muncie
Ind
William Driscoll
Cropper
Steyn and Reitz intercepted as British press northward move
Lourenzo Marques dispatches report heavy fighting along the Sabi river with Steyn and Reitz attempting to push northward toward a June plebiscite. A commando is said to be surrounded near Pietersburg while Austrians in Vienna condemn United States policy on China and warn of war with China.
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Steyn
Lourenzo Marques
Sabi River
Reitz
Pietersburg
Vienna
United States
China
Washington
Neus Weiner Tageblatt
Millionaire William Rice Death Sparks New York Inquiry
Coroner Hart investigates the death of 84 year old William Marsh Rice at the Berkshire on Madison avenue after DA Gardiner and Chief McClusky urged an inquiry. Internal organs to be analyzed. four Rice checks totaling nearly 250000 were cashed by a local lawyer who had advised him for a decade.
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New York
Gardiner
McClusky
Hart
William Marsh Rice
Berkshire
Madison Avenue
Rice
Houston
Tex
Milwaukee
Wis
Mr. Rice
Coln
William McKinley
Appomattox
Republic
U. S. Grant
Hancock
Trotting Record Broken in Terre Haute Race
Terre Haute Indiana September 26 The Abbott driven by Pop Geers reeled off a mile in 2 0314 breaking the world trotting record by one half second.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Abbott
Pop” Geers
Royal visit and local fires in brief
The Prince and Princess of Wales plan a visit to Ireland. Charlotte Steel and Iron Co of New York is assigned. Iron Mountain shop at Baring Cross Arkansas burned causing $50,000 loss. Farmhand Raymond Borne shot dead near Lorain Ohio. Census shows Wheeling West Virginia 38878 Springfield Ohio 38253. War Secretary Root improving at Southampton Long Island. Corning lumber yards at Atlantic Highlands New Jersey burned. In Ohio 26949 new structures built costing 18528376 dollars. Former senator John M Palmer dies. At Belleville Ohio, August Boerker aged 64 fatally attacked with a pitchfork in his barn.
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Prince and Princess of Wales
Ireland
Charlotte Steel and Iron Company
New York
Iron Mountain
Baring Cross
Ark
Raymond Borne
Lorain
Wheeling
W. Va
Springfield
Root
Southampton
L. I
L. I. Corning Lumber Yards At Atlantic Highlands, N. J
Ohio
John M. Palmer
United States
Illinois
Belleville
August Boerker
Paramount Issues and the 1900 Campaign in Defiance
The piece argues Democrats err in claiming a long list of paramount issues while contrasting past banners like free silver and imperialism with present optimism. It defends McKinley over Bryan, frames tariff reform as a shifting focal point, and asserts most voters favor an hopeful, pro‑nation stance over imperial ambitions. Defiance, Ohio.
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Democratic Party
Captain Kidd
Lincoln
Democrats
Bryan
Act
Colonel Bryan
Free Silver Party
Chicago
Kansas City
Aera
Fannuth
Grant
Republic
Empire
Ghio
Philippines
McKinley
Congress
Pryvan
Snalanapons
Nazarene
Acini
First Step Taken to Reduce American Force in Peking
Washington reports the United States begins reducing its China garrison from 3,500 to 1,400 for a legation guard after Aug 28 pledge to Russia. Troops will depart Peking within about a week and be sent to the Philippines. Officials weigh implications of Chinese court changes and stress no one tied to the outrages will participate in forthcoming negotiations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Chaffee
China
Legation
M. DeWollent
Peking
Philippines
Prince Tuan
State Department
Alarm Over China Crisis Reaches German Officials
Berlin reports alarming Chinese developments as Count Von Waldersee and Dr Mumm Von Schwartzenstein warn of a growing general uprising and danger to Kiao Chou. Prince Tuan named grand secretary signals a hard line, while German press criticizes U.S. stance on McKinley policy.
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Berlin
China
Germany
Peking
Count von Waldersee
William
Mumm von Schwartzenstein
von Bendemann
Yang Tse
Kiao Chou
Prince Tuan
Foreign Office
Tuan
America
McKinley
United States
Philippines
Germany to Declare War in China Crisis
London reports from Shanghai that Count Von Waldersee will arrive at Taku to issue an ultimatum demanding surrender of five anti-foreign leaders. After a grace period Germany is expected to declare war and seize all that its forces and fleet can.
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Germany
London
China
Shanghai
Count von Waldersee
Taku
Locomotive Boiler Explodes Near Marion Ills Killing Two
In Marion Illinois on the Chicago and Eastern Illinois railroad at Johnson City the boiler of engine 223 exploded shortly after starting. Engineer A F Padgett of Chicago and fireman Hardin Rains of West Frankfort were killed. The blast hurled the boiler 70 to 80 feet, Padgett's neck and arms were broken, Rains was found with multiple injuries and died after an hour.
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Marion
Ills
Johnson City
A. F. Padgett
Chicago
Hardin Rains
West Frankfort
Padgett
Rains
Jim Howard Case Jury Begins Deliberations in Frankfort
In Frankfort Kentucky on Tuesday September 26 the jury in the Jim Howard case began deliberations at 230 pm after about three hours in the jury room. Acting Commonwealth Attorney Ben Williams concluded the evidence and argued the case noting a strong effort. The jury is considered hung with divisions over guilt or innocence rather than punishment.
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Jim Howard
Frankfort
Howard
Commonwealth
Ben Williams
Young Girl Confesses to Fire at Wilkinsburg Home
Pittsburg Sept. 26 Margaret May Kenney a 13 year old orphan girl confessed to starting a fire at the Wilkinsburg children's home. She said a week ago she poisoned the coffee with ammonia and carvon oil causing illness among inmates and after release planned further destruction. She is jailed on arson charges.
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Pittsburg
Margaret May Kenney
Wilkinsburg
Texas Floods Quiet After River Rise
Texas reports show no alarming features as the Colorado flood cause limited damage to crops and bridges. The bulk of water has passed Austin and Bastrop to the lower Trinity. warnings prevented loss of life and no further rises are expected.
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Texas
Houston
Tex
Colorado
Austin
Bastrop
Trinity
Edict Demands Continued War Under Threats From Qing Court
Shanghai reports Prince Tuan issued a secret edict in the empress dowager name, ordering continued war at all costs. Officials opposing the Manchus face beheading, execution of their families, and destruction of ancestral tombs.
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Shanghai
Prince Tuan
Training Ship Hawk Arrives in Montreal for Ohio Naval Reserve
The United States government steamer Hawk under Captain W. E. Wirt reached Montreal en route to Cleveland Ohio where she will serve as a training ship. The Hawk is crewed by the Ohio naval reserve.
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Hawk
Montreal
W. E. Wirt
Cleveland
Naval Reserve of
Ohio
Flood reports about San Saba and Marble Falls refuted
Reports from Austin that San Saba and Marble Falls were swept away by the Colorado flood were unfounded. The river at Austin is falling and no damage occurred there.
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Houston
Tex
Austin
San Saba
Marble Falls
Colorado
President McKinley Sends Sympathy for General Palmer
President McKinley sent a message of sympathy to Senator S. M. Cullom in Springfield Illinois on General Palmer’s death. He asked Mr Cullom to convey the sincere condolences to the Palmer family.
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Canton
McKinley
Palmer
S. M. Cullom
Springfield
Ills
Mr. Cullom
Wandered About the Country Man Returns Home Recovered
Charles P. Murphy an New York undertaker who wandered for six weeks with no memory is on his way home fully recovered in a Denver report dated September 26. He had no recollection of his travels or actions during the period.
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Denver
Charles P. Murphy
New York
German Note Proposal Elicits Widespread Acknowledgment
The Cologne Gazette publishes a statement claiming that all powers except the United States have replied to the German note and agree in essentials to Germanys proposition, with Britain among those noted as aligned.
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Uncle Sam
Berlin
Cologne Gazette
Great Britain
United States
Germany
Russian General Staff Chief Captures Chu Lan Chen
The war office reports General Sacha roff captured Chu Lan Chen near the Sungari river on Sept 12 and drove away 5,000 Chinese, with no Russian casualties.
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St. Petersburg
War Office
Sacharoff
Chu Lan Chen
Sungari River
Market Reports Take On Grain and Stock Prices
Grains and livestock prices across major markets show cattle and hogs mixed as of Sept. 26. Chicago reports range for cattle with steers up to 5.90 and calves around 4.56 to 6.50, while hogs trade from 4.95 to 5.75 per hundredweight. Cleveland, Pittsburg, Buffalo, New York, Cincinnati, and Baltimore list varied prices for cattle, calves, sheep, lambs, hogs, and grains with No. 2 wheat around 77 to 78 cents and corn about 41 to 41.5 cents.
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Chicago
Texas
Cleveland
Pittsburg
New York
Canada
Cincinnati
DROP IN OIL PRICES COSTS A PRODUCER DURING CHAT
Lima O Sept 26 The price drop of 2 cents and 5 cents on Monday has cost operators thousands as they curb production. A leading producer near Buckeye planned to sell 5000 barrels at 98 cents but paused to talk with a friend and learned the new price by messenger. He lost 250 dollars by the delay.
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Lima
Appeal For Money In Galveston Disaster
Galveston Texas appeal for funds issued by the mayor and relief committee chairs. Money is the urgent need to fund restoration as hundreds of laborers clear debris along the beach and inland blocks. Authorities estimate about 6,000 deaths with 2,000 more on the mainland, and property losses reach 30 million dollars.
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Galveston
Tex
Loco Crash Kills Two on Springfield Fair Grounds Tracks
Springfield, Sept 26. A Chicago Peoria and St. Louis locomotive left its tracks and struck a Chicago and Alton engine on parallel fair grounds lines. Engineer John Ryan and fireman Jerry Hall were killed. both crews from the Chicago and Alton escaped injury. Both victims were married and resided in Springfield.
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Springfield
Ills
Chicago
Peoria
St. Louis
Chicago and Alton Fair Grounds
Fair Grounds
Chicago, Peoria
Chicago and Alton
John Ryan
Chicago, Peoria and
Jerry Hall
Chicago and
Aleton
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Laltimore
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