Miners Die as Gas Blast Strikes Piper Mines in Alabama
A gas explosion at Piper mines in Bibb county near Birmingham leaves twelve dead and seven injured with several missing. Little Cahaba Coal Company officials and State Mine Inspector M. M. Kuffner rush to the scene for details as reports come in from the Blocton field.
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Irmingham
Piper Mines
Wally
Little Cahaba Minie Company
M. M. Kuffner
Disner
Peter Costeo
Matt Wirt
John Stone Lows
Yanko
Rice Smith
Negra
Little Catila Coal Company
J. R Fhith
Piper
Bibb County
Blocton Field
Birmingham
Birmingham Mineral and
Being Returned to Italy Anarchist to Be Sent Home
Immigrant Inspector Thomas M. Crawford will accompany Benedetto Tordini from San Francisco to New York for deportation to Italy by order of the secretary of commerce and labor. Tordini, an Italian anarchist, served ten years for arson at Paluma and later carried concealed weapons in Italy before returning to Petaluma with aims to murder officers. He has been jailed in Santa Rosa for months and claims to be an anarchist.
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San Francisco
Santa Rosa
At . T
United Stars
Perilous Peach Crop Forecast and Power Plant Plans
The droughted peach crop faces a potential twenty percent loss if temperatures dip below freezing. A cold wave is forecast for Georgia South Carolina and Alabama with freezing risk expected in parts of the region. Meanwhile G W Schamberger and W H Spradlin plan Cumberland Falls water power development near Corbin Kentucky. A 500 strong Hearst led delegation arrives in Albany to press municipal ownership measures. North Carolina Bar Association sets Wrightsville Beach meeting from June 27 to 29 with 200 to 300 lawyers expected.
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Mary
Aulenta
Med
Weather Bureau
Georgia
South Carolina
Alabama
Knoxville
Mad
Sentinel
Corbin
G. W. Schamberger
W. H. Spradlin
Gallatin
Cumberland Falls
Wilmington
N. C
North Carolina State Bar Association
Wrightsville Beach
T. W. Davis
Ed Chambers Smith
Raleigh
Toxaway
Not Admitted as Evidence in Packers Case
Judge Humphrey in Chicago refused to admit Garfield Durand correspondence as evidence. He allowed items reflecting mental attitude of packers but ruled Durand messages hearsay and not competent. Cotton Leaks To Be Stopped. Senate judiciary committee favors report on a bill to fine or imprison officials who use government cotton information.
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Chicago
Humphrey
Garfield
Durand
Washington
Medh
Judiciary Committee
Senate
Mob Seeks Two Regicides After Store Murder
In New Orleans two armed black men robbed a rural store, shot Frank Botto and his two sons, while Mrs Botto escaped. The attackers fled toward Port Allen. arrests made and a lynching threat looms if identified. In Columbus a 14 year old boy wounded a police officer’s half brother in a separate assault, the suspect detained after claiming provocation.
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New Orleans
Med
Frank Botto
Mahan
Parisie
Biase
Taoaliy
Nearoth
Port Alle
Adube Therm
Hasties
Chay
Arma
Columbus
Buchana
Wee
Borcantiad
Mooscoee Superior Court
Tom Parier
Young Buchenan
Man Dead After Accidental Self Inflicted Shot
Simeon Clark of Gillsville Georgia is dead from a self inflicted gunshot wound in his yard. He fired at a chicken with a double barreled shotgun, struck the bird but wounded himself when the second barrel discharged hitting his abdomen. He died instantly.
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Gainesville
Simeon Clark
Gillsville
Clark
Miners Demands Forwarded to Operators
John Mitchell president of the miners reports the committee of seven has sent their demands to George F. Baer head of the Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron company. He expects no meeting with the operators until they arrange a conference.
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New York
Committee of Seven
John Mitchell
George F. Baer
Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company
North Carolina Society Dines at Waldorf Astoria
The North Carolina Society of New York, about 200 members, held its eighth annual dinner at the Waldorf Astoria. Speakers included Claude Kitchen, Dr. Woodrow Wilson, Fabius H. Bundee, Charles F. Moore, Randolph H. Holland presided. Governor Glenn sent regrets. A standing toast honored the U.S. president and the armed forces.
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North Carolina Society
New York
North Carolina Society of New York
Waldorf-Astoria
Claude Kitchen
Woodrow Wilson
Fabius H. Bundee
Charles F. Moore
Randolph H. Holland
Glenn
North Carolina
United States
Navy
Army
Ameican Iron Workers Set May Cincinnati Convention
Notices from the Amalga mated Association of Iron Steel and Tin Workers inform sublodges that the annual convention opens in Cincinnati on May 1. They ask for resolutions on wage scale changes and working rules to reach national headquarters by March 1. An additional key issue is unionizing eastern plants.
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Pittsburg
Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers
Cincinnati
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