Strikers Warned by Federal Judge Across Chicago
Federal Judge Kohlsaar issued a broad injunction against labor unions and others restraining interference with Montgomery Ward and Co. operations. The temporary order names 100 defendants including the Teamsters’ Joint Council and sets a May 10 return date for a potential permanent ruling. Violations carry fines or imprisonment. Leaders warned of arrest if boycotts persist, mirroring 1894 events.
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Chicago
Kohlsaar
United States Circuit Court
Teamskers
Debs
Jember, Hay and Grain Teameters
Washington
Roosevelt
United States
Gov. Denecen
United States Army
Fort Sheridan
Secretary of War
Col. Duggan
Department of the Lakes
Taft
Montgomery Ward & Co
Cook County Grand Jury
McEwen
Teamsters' Union
Chicago Federation of Labor
Teamsters
Employers’ Teaming Company
Victor W. Sincere
New Teaming Company
Levy Mayer
Chicago Employers’ Association
Miners Meet Death In Separate US Explosions
An explosion in the Eleanora shaft near Dubois Pennsylvania kills twelve workers and injures another, with burned bodies and torn clothing indicating instant death. In Wilburton Oklahoma thirteen miners are entombed after an explosion at Mine No 19. foreman Steiner dies at the shaft bottom while aiding a wounded worker.
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Wilburton, Okio
Missouri, Kansas & Texas Coal Company
Here
Steiner
Bud Cole
Deadly tornado slaughters twenty one in Laredo and nearby
A tornado struck Laredo Texas and nearby New Laredo Friday night killing twenty one people and injuring many more. Five victims belonged to one family on George Woodman’s ranch. Widespread property damage and debris clogged streets as reports spread of possible additional fatalities beyond Laredo. Laredo, with about 13 429 residents in 1900, lies on the Rio Grande opposite Nuevo Laredo Mexico.
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Laredo
Tex
Bermuda
New Laredo
George Woodman
Rio Grande River
Nuevo Laredo
Mex
Wealthy donor gives 135000 to five southern colleges
Chicago April 28 Dr Daniel K Pearsons a wealthy philanthropist and former alderman donated 135000 to Guilford College Greensboro Piedmont College Demorest Washington College Tennessee Grant University Chattanooga and West Virginia Seminary Morgantown He had earlier rejected appeals from about 400 institutions nationwide
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Chicago
Daniel K. Pearsons
First Ward
Southern Colleges
Guilford College
Greensboro
N.C
Piedmont College
Demorest
Washington College
Tennessee
Grant University
Chattanooga
Chattanooga, Tenn
West Virginia Seminary
Morgantown
W. Va
War losses of Japs reported by Okuma show 200000 to 300000 wounded
Count Okuma, leader of the progressive party and former foreign minister, told the committee aiding the wounded that war casualties total 200000 to 300000 wounded and sick, with 69000 killed or dying of disease.
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Tokio
Count Okuma
Progressive Party
The
Bribe-Takers Sentenced In Lake Michigan Water Scandal
Carey P. Bissell John T. Donovan Adrian Schriver and Ryner Stonehouse former Grand Rapids city officials pleaded guilty to accepting bribes in the Lake Michigan water scandal. Judge Newnham fined them from 100 to 500 dollars in his last act before retirement. All paid their fines.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Carey P. Bissell
John T. Donovan
Adrian Schriver
Ryner Stonehouse
Lake Michigan
Newnham
Well Known Politician Gahan Dies in Chicago
Thomas Gahan, a prominent Midwest Democrat and eight year national chairman from Illinois, who helped fund the drainage canal project, died suddenly Sunday night at his home, 4619 Grand Boulevard, Chicago.
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Chicago
Thomas Gahan
Middle West
Illinois
Grand Boulevard
Reward Offered for Goll in Milwaukee
A $1,000 reward is posted for the arrest of Henry G. Goll, former assistant cashier of the First National Bank in Milwaukee. Goll disappeared the day Frank G. Bigelow’s defalcation became known and has eluded arrest to date.
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Goll
Milwaukee
Henry G. Goll
First National Bank
Frank G. Bigelow
May Day Riots in Warsaw Kill and Wound Nearly One Hundred
Warsaw reports on May Day disturbances where troops fired on crowds killing and wounding nearly 100. In Zelazna Street a cavalry and infantry assault crushed a marching procession, while other confrontations at Zlota Sesnore and Lodz sites resulted in additional deaths and injuries among workers, civilians, and patrols.
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Warsaw
Zelaxna Street
Zlota
Sesnore
Vienna
Lodz
Balucki Square
Albany Fire Official Shot by Stenographer in Albany
Franklin Havens, secretary of the Albany board of fire insurance underwriters, was shot by Julia Craver, a stenographer, and died soon after in Albany hospital. Craver says the shooting was accidental. police found no evidence to doubt her account. Heavy loss from fire hits Hansen Empire Fur and Rehlfing & Sons in Milwaukee, with total damage around 300000. Boston hosts peace meeting call as 22 national groups urged to hold events on May 18, marking The Hague conference opening anniversary.
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Albany
N. Y
Franklin Havens
Albany Board of Fire Insurance Underwriters
Julia Craver
Milwaukee
Hansen Empire Fur Company
East Water Street
Plano
William Rehlfing & Sons
Boston
Lucia Ames Mead
Peace Department
National Council of Women
Debtor Bigelow Faces Involuntary Bankruptcy
Milwaukee April 28. Frank G. Bigelow former bank president who defaulted in 1 million dollars files in voluntary bankruptcy. Revised schedules show total liabilities of 3.277 million with 1.975 million secured. Major unsecured loans 192 thousand with 100 thousand owed to Broadhead estate as executor. Assets about 1.8498 million including 1600 acres coal land valued at 100k and stock. Judge Land names Wisconsin Trust and Security Co. receiver. Milwaukee May 1 Fred Vogel Jr elected president First National Bank to replace Bigelow.
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Milwaukee
Frank G. Bigelow
Mr. Bigelow
Bigelow
Broadhead
Huerfano County
Colorado
Judge Land
Wisconsin Trust and Security Company
Fred Vogel, Jr
First National Bank
Frank C. Bigelow
Mr. Vogel
Bank
Carnegie's Latest Gift Creates College Professors Fund
Andrew Carnegie pledged 10 million dollars to provide annuities for aging or inactive college professors across the United States Canada and Newfoundland. A board of trustees will oversee the fund with a November 15 meeting to organize the donation into a corporation. Frank A. Vanderlip announced the gift on behalf of Carnegie with Dr. Pritchett of MIT to gather data for the plan.
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New York
Andrew Carnegie
Frank A. Vanderlip
National City Bank of New York
United States
Canada
Newfoundland
United States Steel Corporation
Pritchett
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Vanderlip
Carnegie
Board of Trustees
Gen Fitzhugh Lee Dies on Train En Route to Washington
General Fitzhugh Lee of Virginia died at Providence Hospital Washington from apoplexy and paralysis suffered on a Boston to Washington rail journey. He passed away with his wife and five children distant. his brother Daniel Lee and doctors Edie and Kean were with him. The ex confederate and U S Army officer had been active in preparations for a Jamestown naval and military review. Services will be held in Richmond next Thursday with a formal funeral there.
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Washington
Somerville Nicholson
Commodore Perry
Japan
Fitzhugh Lee
Daniel Lee
Edie and
Kean
Gen. Lee
Boston
Harlem River
Jersey City
Providence Hospital
Lee
Robert E. Lee
Cavalry
Army of the United States
Virginia
Pittsburg & Virginia Railroad
Internal Revenue
Lynchburg
Havana
Volunteer Army
Regular Army
Richmond
Bowen Ordered Home Involved in Caracas Dispatches
Washington dated May 1 reports Taft receiving calls to summon Minister Bowen from Caracas to Washington and to dispatch Russell from Colombia to Caracas and Barrett from Panama to Colombia. If Bowen’s handling of Loomis charges avoids criticism, he may be sent to Chile and then possibly Brazil. In New York on April 29 Frick assures policy-holders Equitable Life interests are absolutely safe.
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Bowen
Washington
Taft
Caracas
Russell
Colombia
Barrett
Panama
Loomis
Chile
Brazil
New York
H. C. Frick
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Deaths and disasters sweep the nation in brief week
The week ending May 2 saw four men die by their own hand after marital quarrels in Chicago, multiple deadly fires in Ettabena Mississippi and New York City, a fatal switch engine collision in Cairo Illinois, and a number of notable deaths including former Governor Alvin Hawkins in Huntington Tennessee and Gen. H H Wright in Centerville Iowa. Reports cover rail injuries, hangings in Pennsylvania and Louisiana, a Lincoln memorial funding note, and various political and industrial incidents across the United States.
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Chicago
Switzerland
Alvin Hawkins
Huntington
Tenn
Ettabena
Miss
New York
Lemonville Lumber Company
Lemonville
Tex
Wendell Whittaker
Lapham
Cairo
Lil
Edward Floyd
George Uhring
Greensburg
George Mahen
St. Paul
Minn
Hattie
William Plankinton
Milwaukee
John A. Talty
St. Louis
Rolla Wells
Mae Woods
Roosevelt
T. C. Platt
Interstate Commerce Commission
Western Railroads
Broad Street
Pennsylvania Railroad
Philadelphia
Winslow A. Nowell
Milwaukete
Wis
Bright
Illnois House
Senate
National Congress
Washington
Nashville
Vanderbilt University
Detroit, Monroe & Toledo Shore Line
Newport
Mich
H. W. Wheeler
Cedar Rapids
H. H. Wright
Iowa
F. M. Drake
Centerville
Wright
Jules Valentine
Donaldsonville
W. C. Hazlip
Valentine
Fort Douglas
Utah
William H. Point
Twenty-Ninth Infantry
Point
Willard Glazier
Albany N. Y
Boston
San Francisco
Skull Rocka
Wyo
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John V. Farwell & Co
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Oklo
Minneapolis Journal
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Milwaukee Bank
Supreme Court of the United States
John A. Benson
District of Columbia
Pacific Coast
St. Petersburg
Linovitch
Nicholas
Tunghusiang
Fort Madison
James J. Malley
Gen. Fitzhugh Lee
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Pittsby
Cincinnatii
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