miners strike gains and unity in anthracite fields
Reports show over 60 percent of workers in the anthracite area on strike during the second week. About 120,000 of 142,400 miners have joined the walkout, with many vowing not to return until operators concede in a union-led conference.
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Kers
United E-Workers
Hield
Ha Pleton
Mitchell
Jeddo
Strik
Prac Cally Evuary
Shenandoah
Mahanoy City
Growth of confidence among strikers in coal fields
The article notes rising striker morale as mine owners remain firm against concessions amid claims of a labor leadership conspiracy. It frames regional tensions, foreign influence accusations, and stalled negotiations with Mr Mitchell, alongside related international and colonial events affecting policy and military actions.
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Anthracie
Mine Workers’ Union
Mitchell
United Mine Workers Report Stronger Unity in Wilkes-Barre District
The United Mine Workers Wilkes-Barre district reports eight days of strike unity in the Wyoming region with all mines idle and three washers idle. New workers' society formed at Pittston. Ashley and Mahoneyville areas show strong organization and growing accessions. The Mahoneyville stretch along Broad Mountain extends fourteen miles, heightening tensions as authorities fear further trouble.
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Sehuy Hill
Vilent
United Mine Workers
Wilkesbarre District
Syoming
Yover
Tei
Society of
United Workers
Pittston
Ashley
Mahoney Villey
Broad Mountain
Wea
Calvin Titus: Young Soldier Hoists Flag in Pekin
A Chicago Times-Herald correspondent recalls Calvin P. Titus of Vinton Iowa as the youth who planted Old Glory on Pekin walls. Born to Calvin Titus a blacksmith, he grew up in Vinton and Wichita. Enlisting in the First Vermont Volunteer Infantry, he later joined the Fourteenth United States Infantry bound for the Philippines, transferring to China before his discharge in 1898. Checkin’s hero was not yet 20.
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Vinton
Iowa
Calvin P. Titus
Chicago Times-Herald
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Ilis
Calvin Titus
Calvin
Wichita
Kan
United States
Spain
Vitus
Vermont
First
Vermont Volunteer Infantry
Fourteenth
United States Infantry
Philippines
China
Checkin
Tornado kills seven in Morristown Minnesota
A devastating tornado struck Morristown Minnesota at 8 PM Monday, killing seven and injuring at least four. The cyclone toppled a brick building used as a saloon, burying occupants under rubble while a barn near town was torn apart. Rescue crews found the last victim at 6:16 PM, as debris and mangled bodies were recovered over three days.
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Morristown
Minn
Scone
Faribault
Chicago Great Western Railway
Paul Gotzke
Fix
Ome
Neeny
Me. Qaldzke
Budlding
John Slanson
Baaxon
Domestic Trouble Divides Forney Couple After Thirty Years
Dennis Warrington and his wife of Somerville, N. F., once a happy family with six children, have separated after over thirty years of marriage. They have divided their house and lives following a long period of domestic trouble.
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Forney
Dennis Warrington
Somerville
N. F
Fence dispute halves home causing arrest in Philadelphia
A quarrel over a dividing fence split the back yard and led Mare to lease his half to a Hungarian family while the other resident could no longer live there. The feud intensified until the wife had her husband arrested, according to the Philadelphia North American.
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Philadelphia North Amer
Russia annexes Manchuria in response to Blagovestchenek attack
From St Petersburg comes a proclamation that Russia formally occupies all Manchurian regions held by Moscow troops. The move, described as punishment for the Blagovestchenek assault, is seen as a warning to inhabitants. Diplomats doubt it will trigger a wider partition by other powers and warn of possible consequences.
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St. Petersburg
Russia
Manchuria
Blagovestchenek
Tope
Aee
Russi
Muaneburis
Automobile race challenger faces Vanderbilt in major event
Tals and Thet from Alex Winton Cleveland aim to contest W K Vanderbilt Jr in an automobile race. Benj Swissman, a Missouri youth with a jail-breaking record, is jailed in Chicago. Indian troubles on the Gila reservation settled after ringleader capture. Blair Wheatton, mother, and child likely fatally burned in a Bedford explosion of a gasoline stove.
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Thet
Alex
Winton
Clevelaich
W. K. Vanderbilt, Jr
Benj
Swissman
Missouri
Chicago
Gila Reservation
Blair Wheatton
Bedford
Maas
John M Palmer Dead Former Governor and Senator
Gen John M Palmer longtime Illinois figures dies at Springield home after heart attack. Civil War veteran, Union general, served as governor of Illinois from 1860 to 1863 and U S senator for one term. A Gold Democrat candidate for president in 1896, Palmer was born in Kentucky on September 23, 1837 and had a long political and military career.
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Faesen
John M. Palmer
Minois
United States
Springheld
At & O
Palmer
Ehust
Gen
Palmer Passet
John McCauleey Palmer
Inagle Creek
Scott County
Seth
Carlinville
State Senate
Philadelphia
TSHG
Washington
Weath Tinois
John Claremont
Springfield
John Tope
New Madrid
Island No. 10
Chickamauga
Fourteenth Army Corps
Atlanta
Mllners
Ishl
Senator Palter
Navy fleet to blockade Luzon amid insurrection
The Navy Department plans strengthen naval forces in Asia to quell uprisings in Luzon. Admiral Selley leads the South American squadron. Wilmington sails from Montevideo soon. Albans is to the Mediterranean with others heading toward the Suez Canal. The fleet, aiming for 34 vessels, could be sent to block Dagón and aid rapid end to the Philippine war, though some see it as a show of force in the China crisis.
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Montevideo
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Great Britain
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Notes of the Strike Echo Across Coal Regions
Gen Gobin vows to bar secret miner meetings as strikes widen. In Broomokin area many collieries abandoned and a funeral marks the riot deaths. Hungarian women clash with coal and iron police near Hazleton while Eugene Bramblet directs large miner gangs westward. A Wilkes-Barre Hungarian, Joseph Begos, is arrested amid strike threats. Rumors of watchmen spread along the Susquehanna while Frank Mungan dies of heart failure during the turmoil.
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Bhomokin
Otviker
Hazleton
Eugene Bramblet
Southern Coal Company
Parsons
Kan
Joseph Begos
Crops Hurt by Rain and Widespread Weather Reports
Weather Bureau reports show heavy rains disrupted farm work yet eased crop damage in central and northern Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, the Dakotas, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and upper Michigan. Cotton suffered in Texas and Oklahoma, while drought lingered in the upper Ohio Valley and parts of Missouri and the mid Atlantic. Overall, conditions favored late crop maturation, corn gathering, and tobacco curing with scattered frost and wind concerns affecting apples and sowing in some states.
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The
Weather Bureau
Texas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Dakotas
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Michigan
Ohio
Missouri
Middle Atlantic
Florida
Alabama
Mississippi River
Rocky Mountain
Missouri Valley
Atehintic
Tennessee
Genereal
Tesas
Ioya
Wise Consin
Ohio Valley
Thy
Galveston Rise From Storms to Great Southern Port
Galveston, once among the Souths prettiest cities, rebuilt after floods and fire. By 1898 its harbor improvements, deepened channels, and rail and steamship links boosted exports to about 100 million annually. The port led cotton shipments, grains, lumber, and dairy products, with a bustling island city connected by long bridges and a growing commercial core.
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United States Department of Agriculture
South
United States
Mexico
Janiuary
Galveston
Kansas
Nebraska
Iowa
Dakotas
A Whistling People and Odd Mentions in Gomera
A garbled excerpt describes Gomera natives whistling to converse across hills and notes the island’s deep ravines hindering speech. It references a character named Hiram and Mandy in a building and ends with a quip about names and marriage ideals and a stray line about a ring.
Early Fall Blouses At Resorts With Novel Stamped Designs
Fall fashion hints emerge at cool resorts with a cardinal flannel blouse featuring a stamped out and cisbroifered front design. Sheer white silk shows through in spaces, outlined by black embroidery. The front trim ends with a scalloped edge.
JAMES HOWARD FOUND GUILTY IN GOEBEL MURDER
In Frankfort Kentucky James Howard was found guilty of Goebel's murder and sentenced to death. The crowded courtroom heard Deputy Clerk Elliott read the verdict and the panel, previously divided on the punishment, settled on the death penalty after discussions among nine Democrats, one Republican and two anti Goebel Democrats.
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Frankfort
James Howard
Feren Crutelia
Hiliott
Howard
Empress Dowager’s Residence Move Raises Furniture Needs
The Empress Dowager of China explains she has only temporarily left Pekin, with possibilities she may return and require considerable new furniture. Census comparisons highlight obvious discrepancies for communities not conducting similar comparisons. Akron taxpayers discover one industrious worker beats a plumber’s bill by a wide margin. The Duke of Manchester faces bankruptcy court, pressing a marriage to a banked-wealth heiress as a necessity. Allied forces may leave marks before retreating from Pekin.
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Li Hung Chang
China
Pekin
Akron
Ohio
Bill Wl
Galveston’s Bayfront Parcels and Lined Wharves Attract Visitors
The excerpt describes wide streets and attractive residence quarters with luxuriant gardens of mag poling and oleanders. It notes Galveston’s summer influx of pleasure seekers from the South and mentions bayside and commercial areas with nearly two miles of wharves along the bay.
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Galveston
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