Building trades strike grips Washington under open shop policy
Washington's carpenters bricklayers and other union workers join in a strike against contractors linked to the Employers' Association over open shop practices. Local No 1 Bricklayers and Stone Masons union votes to participate after a national conference of seventeen international building trades unions.
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Washington, D. C
Employers’ Association
Pensmn
International Building Trades Unions
International Bricklayers’ and Stonemasons
Head of Farmers' Union Leader Critically Ill in Arkansas
Charles S. Barrett of Atwater Georgia head of the National Farmers' Union of America lies critically ill at Ben Griffin's home in Conway Arkansas. In Milwaukee two men were killed and a fourth injured when an auto left the road at Brookfield Corners, the vehicle rolling into a ditch.
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Farmers’ Union
Charles S. Barrett
Atwater
National Farmers’ Union of America
Ben Griffin
Arkansas Farmers’ Union
Conway
Ark
Auto Vietnam
Milwaukee, Wis
Brookfield Corners
Destructive Midwestern Storm Leaves Fatal Toll and Damage
A violent storm crossing southern Minnesota and parts of Wisconsin and Illinois caused many deaths and extensive property loss. A farm near Maxon City saw a family killed. towns like Marshilltown and Rockwell reported demolished buildings, torn roofs, and power outages. Crop and livestock losses mounted, with estimates of $1,000,000 in damage in Peoria and Knox counties. Wind speeds reached around ninety miles per hour with hail and lightning causing widespread destruction.
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Minnesota
Wiscomsky
Maxon City
Ann
Marshilltown
Clem Lake
Rockwell
Tockwell
Levine
CUP Company
Aesevere Tidistoria
Peoria County
Knox
Ben
Peoria
Thavanit
Margaret Lein Inger
John Leininger
Maison City
Poi
Prank Senderson
Prank McMullen
Toco
Og Evelone
Litchfield
Voliva Plans Exit from Zion Amid Receiver Battle
Voliva announces he will leave Zion and protests a court action involving a U S district judge Landis appointing a receiver for Zion industry holdings. The move follows his and supporters’ resistance to the sale of Zion properties led by Wilbur Glenn Voliva after distancing from John Alexander Dowie.
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Walid
Landis
United States District Court
Cos
Jol C. Pintely
Zion Iy
Hherdal
Zion Cite
Wilbur Glenn Voliva
John Alexander Dowie
Zion City Leader Plans Exodus To Found New Colony
Voliva declared he would abandon Zion City after his petition was denied and the Ince factory sale ordered. He said he would gather followers and establish a new colony elsewhere, even suggesting the old hulk could sink.
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Zion City
Voliva
Women workers hit in Wisconsin as hired farm hands
Notes of current events report women in Wisconsin taking on farm labor tasks in a show of strength. Secretary Cortelyou is preparing an authorized life of President William McKinley.
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Wisconsin
Cortelyou
William McKinley
Landmark Standard Oil penalty shocks federal court
Judge K M Landis fines Standard Oil 29.24 million for rebates in a historic ruling. Grand jury to probe railroads for related conspiracies. potential trials could involve Rockefeller and other officers and further large penalties. Court signals epochal shift in enforcement and possible appeals.
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Kehosaw M. Landis
Federal District Court
Chicaso
United States
Court of Appeals
Fran
Federal Supreme Court
Ketesaw M. Tamadis
United States District Court
Judge Landis
Rockefeller
Oil Trust
Jidge Landis
Standard Ol Company
New Jersey
Indiana Company
Potter Address Links Church to Social Unrest and Need
Bishop Potter of New York denounces church indifference to poor and social distress in a speech on The Relation of the Church to the Social Unrest. He warns against institutionalism, urges sympathetic curiosity, personal service, and critique of wealth excess fueling unrest.
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Potter
Tenty C. Motor
New York
Diay Chaetaujua
Wistop Potter
Christ
Fife
Republicans Set Mass State Convention in Boston October Seventh
Massachusetts Republicans schedule a state convention in Boston on October seven to name candidates for governor and other offices. Congressman Wesley Jones of Washington announces candidacy for the U S Senate in 1900 to succeed Levi Ankeny. Former Georgia Governor Joseph M Terrell is named to be district attorney for the northern district of Georgia, with Carter Tate likely resigning to run for a Georgia judgeship. Ohio Senator Foraker opposes endorsing Secretary Taft, while the state committee endorses Taft by a 15 to 6 vote and extends an olive branch to critics. Foraker disputes the committee’s authority and plans to follow the next state convention’s decision.
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Massachusetts
Boston
Wesley L. Tones
Washington
United States Senate
Levi Ankeny
Joseph M. Terrell
Georgia
United States
Carter Tate
Foraker
C. B. McCoy
Republican State Committee
Taft
State Central Committee
Columbus
Dick Andoraker
Art
Ohio
Dun's Review of Trade Recap Shows Mixed Outlook
In midsummer Chicago, sustained business strength amid uneven payments. lending stable, factory output steady, and distribution rising. Rail, iron and steel demand up with more car contracts, mining brisk despite a strike setback. copper down, overall building and staple markets improving. Agricultural returns rise, grain and livestock enrich West producers as harvests advance.
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Dun
Trade improves as fall shipments rise and retail demand firms
New York reports broader fall crop movement and freer buying in fal at leading southwestern markets. Fall goods shipments grow. optimism returns to distributive trade with stronger raw wool and weaker spelter copper and lead. Weekly business failures total 142, compared with 15 last week and figures from prior years.
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United States
Grain and Livestock Prices by City Markets
The report lists cattle hogs and sheep prices across major markets including Chicago Indianapolis Louis Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee Buffalo New York and York. Prices cover wheat corn oats rye and related grains with ranges for each city and commodity.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Milwaukee
New York
Public meetings in Chile oppose education bill
Citizens in Chile hold public meetings to protest an education bill seen as granting the clerical party control over schools. Organizers warn of growing influence and demand safeguards for secular governance.
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Chile
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