Freight Strikes Paralyze Chicago Trade and Riots Erupt
Chicago scene grows graver as freight handlers strike over 17 percent wage demand and railroads refuse. Three failed meetings end with firm stances from Curran and managers. Rioting ends with police action and 11 arrests as teams threaten to haul freight themselves under protection. A new accord sought from unions and owners to resume work.
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Chicago
Milwaukee and St. Paul Road
Road
Curran
South Water Street
Commission
Harrison
O'Neill
Pennsylvania Road
Western Electric Company
St. Paul
Carroll Avenue
Union Avenas
Teamsters’ Union
Team Owners’ Association
Freight Handlers’ Union
Chicago Federation of Labor
Truck Teamsters’committee
Teamsters’Union
Teamsters
Strikers Gain as Nonunion Quit Omaha and Council Bluffs
Six nonunion workers left Omaha shops and three deserted at Council Bluffs yesterday as the Union Pacific strike widens. Company shows no concession and plans no settlement until new shops are finished, with defections increasing among those at the shops.
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Omaha
Council Bluffs
Jly
Union Pacific
Council ‘Bluffs
Chinese Minister Named Liang Chen Tang Appointed to United States
Sir Liang Chen Tang, secretary of the Chinese embassy to the coronation, becomes Chinese minister to the United States. He is a Yale graduate and considered able and honest. Other new ministerial posts include Russia France and Italy. The dowager empress limits appointments to blue button rank. The move pleases Americans in Peking.
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Wu Ting Fang
Liang Chen Tang
Peking
Edward
United States
Russia
France
Italy
Yale University
Tia
America
Outlaw Tracy Fights Deputies Near Palmer
A report from Enumclaw states outlaw Tracy battled two deputies at the Palmer school house last night. He used a ruse to lure officers to Palmer then fled toward Enumclaw, moving toward Buckley and Stampede Pass while deputies held guards.
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Seattle
Wash
Tracy
Palmer
Enumslaw
Palmer School House
Enumclaw
Buckley
Stampede Pass
Feehan Funeral Arrangements in Chicago
The funeral for Archbishop Feehan will be held at the Holy Name Cathedral at 10 o'clock Thursday morning. Interment follows at Calvary Cemetery the same day. The body will lie in state at the episcopal residence tonight and tomorrow morning, with public viewings during those two days. Services Thursday are described as highly impressive in the church ritual.
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Feehan
Chicago
Cathedral of the Holy Name
Calvary Cemetery
Robbers Hold Up Westbound Train At Mill Switch
Five masked men robbed the west bound Denver and Rio Grande narrow gauge train from Salida to Grand Junction at Mill Switch two miles east of Chester. Passengers were robbed and both safes in the express car were dynamited and looted. The mail car was untouched. The express company says the haul was small as this train carries little treasure.
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Col
Denver and
Rio Grande
Grand Junction
Mill Switch
Chester
Portland and Jeanie Safe Arrive After Nome Voyage
Messrs Master son and Gillespie two passengers from Nome landed at Portland and Jeanie aboard the collier Melville Mauer en route to Lady Smith. Both steamers arrived together with Portland towing the Jeanie which was disabled part of the way. No hardships reported for passengers or crew.
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Jeanie
Victoria
Masterson and Gillespie
Nome
Melville Mauer
Ladysmith
Southern Illinois growers fear Chicago freight strike
In Carbondale Illinois on July 14 growers report thousands of dollars in tomatoes rotting as freight handlers strike in Chicago. Fruit such as peaches and apples ripen this week but shipments to Chicago are halted by the strike, leaving the fruit belt unable to ship.
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Carbondale
Ill
Illinois
Chicago
Northwest Storm Disrupts Portland Telegraphs and Windows
A powerful northwest wind reached 25 to 30 miles per hour yesterday and overnight. Telegraph and telephone services were disrupted and Portland reported smashed plate glass windows and downed trees with no major damage tallied yet.
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Portland
Ore
Ames Off for Europe as City Bribery Trial Delayed
Police Superintendent Fred W. Ames reportedly leaves for Europe amid a current municipal corruption expose. Police Captain Hill acts in his stead as Mayor Ames departs for West Baden Indiana for vacation. bribery trial postponed until next Monday. Windward sails for Sydney to coal up before Arctic voyage. Mrs Peary and her daughter join at Sydney.
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Ames
Europe
Minneapolis
Fred W. Ames
Hill
West Baden
Ind
North
New York
Windward
Sydney
C. B
Arctic
Fortune tellers ordered to quit or leave Cleveland
Police in Cleveland O revoke licenses and order all fortune tellers and clairvoyants to stop their trade or depart the city following reports of swindling visitors seeking services.
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Cleveland
Salisbury Leaves Premiership as Balfour Succeeds
London July 14 Salisbury resigns as prime minister and A J Balfour is appointed to succeed him. The cabinet reshuffle sparks speculation on Chamberlain’s role while the king and Downing Street plan formal ratification. Chamberlain’s healing wound prevents attendance at the party meeting.
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Marquis of Salisbury
Great Britain
A. J.balfour
Treasury
House of Commons
Edward
Balfour
Chamberlain
Associated Press
Messrs. Balfour
Downing Street
Salisbury
Duke of Devonshire
the Times
Lord Salisbury
Joseph Chamberlain
Michael Hicks-Beach
House of Lords
South Africa
Lord Kitchener
FIX DATE FOR CORONATION
Official notice from the earl marshal says King Edward's health allows a coronation window between August 5 and 12. The exact date will be announced soon and the London procession planned for the day after the coronation has been cancelled.
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Edward
London
Earl—Marshal
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