Packinghouse Workers Form Union Amid Strike Threat
At a July mass meeting in Kaila the Packing House Employers union is formed with over 500 members. Leaders vow to press for better hours and wages, warning a large scale strike will follow if demands are not met by packers by September. Workers are urged to remain at work as officers’ names are kept secret.
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Curiaco
Packing House
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Wallace Streets
Strike at Homestead Reignites Historic Conflict
The Pittsburgh Post reports a fresh strike at the Homestead steel works after 15 workers were dismissed for union affiliation. A nine man reinstatement committee was also fired, leading to the plant shutdown and about two thousand workers quitting.
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Homestead Steel Works
Lodge
Amalgamated Association
Corey
Labor Men Honor Miles In Pittsburg Parade
General Nelson A Miles visits Pittsburg as guest of labor groups. He tours Homestead armor plate works then attends a public reception and speaks at two large meetings in the Grand opera house and Avenue theater. A parade draws thousands along the route.
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Pittspuro
Nelson A. Miles
Homestead Armor Plate Works
Milla
Grand Opera House
Avenue Theater
Shutdown of Works Employing Union Labor Six Firms Sign the Scale
PicrssurG July 1 The last day of the sale year of the Amalgamated Association of Iron Steel and Tin Workers ended at midnight More than 50000 workers will be idle at least temporarily Six firms signed the share and work will continue at their plants The union secretary expects a near term settlement
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Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers
John Williams
Amalgamated Association
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MASHUPS Lights Go Out After Streetcar Crash In Pittsburgh
A Monongahela Traction street car collision last night left two dead, ten injured, and several seriously hurt among passengers including women and children. Motorman Kirkland and O C Opsion are named among the deceased with numerous serious injuries reported.
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al Repert
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Philadelphia
Willow Grove
Union Traction Company
Branch Town
J.T. Cary
Evening Bulletin
Herbert Fitzgerald
William Alexander
Carr
University of Pennsylvania
Poughkeepsie
Flood claims many lives in Texas and rail losses
Heavy rains across Texas left towns flooded and rails halted. At Calvert the flood drowned several black residents and five bodies recovered, with fears of more drownings in Brazos bottoms. The Big and Little Brazos joined at Navasota ruining vast cotton and corn lands and a family of six perished. Cotton and corn losses exceed one million, plus rail and property damages.
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Reformers End Turbulent Conference Early
The social and political conference resolves to close at 5 PM after a turbulent meeting on Saturday night. Several well known delegates have left. some preached in churches Sunday and no abstract of the resolutions will be released to preserve hopes of adoption. Fishing party feared lost as the naptha launch Dandy with seven people aboard failed to return after distress signals.
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Borrato
New York
Rockaway Beach
Rockayway Inlet
British Vessels Fail to Catch French Fishing Vessel
The British special service vessel Columbine and the colonial cruiser Fiona failed to seize the French fishing vessel Nouvelle Ecosse after chasing her from Cape Broyle. Returned to St John’s without sighting her, officials believe she may be fishing on the Grand Banks. The colonial government will demand surrender upon her return.
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Grand Banks
Pope Confined to His Bed in Rome
Rome corre spondent reports the pope is greatly prostrated after recent religious ceremonies with a slight fever. He was confined to his bed yesterday and authorities express some anxiety about his condition.
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Rome
The
Daily Mail
Widow’s Devotion Shocks Waxworks Exhibit
A Sydney widow, after the murderer's hanging, had her late husband’s wax figure dressed every Sunday for six months by the widow in mourning. She later revealed she remarried and her new husband objected to the arrangement, ending the visits.
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Sydney
Australia
No. 1
Harvard Triumphs Over Yale In Three Boat Races
New London Conn Harvard won all three boat races against Yale in four miles and two miles courses. Harvard eight finished 20 52, freshman eight 9 331, substitute four 10 51, each by several lengths led Yale. Cambridge students taste victory after eight years.
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Harvard
Yale
Cambridge
University
Missouri Supreme Court Ousts 73 Foreign Fire Insurers
The Missouri supreme court issued a writ of ouster against 73 foreign fire insurance companies operating in St. Joseph for violating the 1895 antitrust act. The decision bars these 68 companies from continuing to do business in the state.
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