Strife in Pittsburgh Steel Strike Continues Amid Secrecy
Pittsburgh reports ongoing Amalgamated association efforts as Shaffer plans a general strike within a week. Circulars to lodges will outline past talks with the trust and the need for unity as mills like Painter Lindsay McCutcheon Clark remain non union. Clerks and workers face layoffs and plant shifts as tensions rise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Amalgamated Association
Williams
Yighe
Shaffer
John Williams
Mem
Leechburg Plant Opens as Non-Union Mill
A Leechburg dispatch reports the American Sheet Steel plant at Hyde Park will open at 4 PM as a non-union mill unless striking workers halt the effort. At 8 AM Robert Locke, longtime assistant manager at the non-union Leechburg mill, assumed control as superintendent of the Hyde Park operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Locke
Apollo
Vandergrift
Leechburg
Wes
Westinghouse Company
Pittsburg
Hyde Park
Westinghouse
American Sheet Steel Company
Robert Locke
Amalgamated gains 279 members in McKeesport mills
Amalgamated organizers push to strengthen lines for a coming strike. Meetings at National Rolling mill and Boston Iron and Steel mill add 279 members, control of rolling mills now settled with only two Boston mill men outside. galvanizing and seamless tube plants seek admission, workmen eager to strike as tube company mills threaten closure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
McKeesport Dispatch
Beavers
Union
National
National Rolling Mill
Boston Iron and Steel Mill
National Tube Company
Boston
National Mill
Association
Amalgamated
Federation of Labor
Wellsville unrest easing as strike force dwindles
Wellsville Ohio reports a wholesale arrest of riot participants dampening striker zeal. About eighty mill workers remain as five of six mills expected to run this afternoon. Mayor Dennis vows protection for workers as police reinforce the town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Wellsville
Ohio
Harry Phillips
Harry Thompson
Themalgamated Association
Thompson
Dennis
Amalgamated Association
Displeased with Morgan in Pittsburgh steel talks
Lawrenceville official of the Amalgamated Association told the Chronicle Telegraph that there will be no general strike order. He also said steel directors are dissatisfied with J P Morgan and are seeking negotiations with the strikers, an insider tip suggesting leadership influence.
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Pittsburg
Bers
General Executive Board
Williams
Shaffer
New York
Washington
American Federation of Labor
The
Chronicle Telegraph
Lawrenceville
Amalgamated Association
Steel Corporation
J. P. Morgan
Gilboa Excursionist Loses Pocketbook at Post Office
Nellie A. Taylor of Gilboa Ohio reported a missing pocketbook she left on a post office window containing five dollars a check and receipts. She notified police after returning minutes later to find it gone.
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Nellie A. Taylor
Gilboa
Ohio
Dowager Empress Laid To Rest As Monarchs Attend
Cronberg morning reports the dowager empress died in her sleep and lies in the bed chamber above the Maine valley. Emperor Williams will reach Cronberg at noon to set funeral plans. Wreaths arrive from Cronberg residents and the village pastor. The empress was praised for statesmanship, independence and hospital work including the Hamburg hospital and Victoria house. She bore four sons and four daughters, with two children dying young.
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Cronberg
Maine
Emperor Williams
St. James
Berlin
Frederick
Hamburg
Victoria House
Wilhelm
Charlotte
Henry
Sigismund
Victoria
Waldemar
Sophia Dorothea
Margaret
Death of Empress Frederick Triggers Six Weeks of Mourning
Berlin reports a special Reichsanzeiger edition announcing Empress Frederick’s death and six weeks of national mourning starting today. Public amusements are suspended until after the funeral. foreign leaders send condolences as German papers weigh her political influence and England connections. The U S embassy flag flies at half mast.
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Berlin
Reichsanzeiger
Frederick
Cronberg
Reavers
William
The
Post
Crozietung
Neuste Nachrichten
England
Prussia
Deutsche Tages Zietung
Germany
Prince Bismarck
Life of Late Empress Victoria Adelaide May Louise
Victoria Adelaide May Louise born 1840 at Buckingham Palace was the eldest daughter of Queen Victoria. She became heiress to the crown for a year before Alfred Edward was born. Her wit amused and sometimes frightened the queen while the prince consort valued it for her future influence. At thirteen she began a first love with the crown prince of Prussia, whom she married five years later. Her marriage was as much a romance as the royal match.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victoria Adelaide May Louise
Queen Victoria
Buckingham Palace
England
Alfred Edward
Prince Consort
Prussia
Edward's Departure to Germany Delayed by Royal Duties
King Edward leaves Cowes for London this afternoon. The royal yacht Victoria and Albert awaits at Port Victoria to take him to Flushing. Yachts entered for the king's cup will not race today out of respect for the dowager empress.
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Cowes
Edward
Germany
London
Royal Yacht
Victoria and Albert
Port Victoria
Flushing
Empress
President McKinley offers condolences to Wilhelm II
The president sent a message to German Emperor Wilhelm II on the death of his mother Dowager Empress Frederick. McKinley expressed deep sorrow and the American people’s heartfelt condolences, noting her noble qualities and enduring memory.
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Washington
McKinley
William
Germany
Frederick
State Department
Washington, D. C
Wilhelm II
Berlin
William McKinley
English Pheasants Released Near Everett Lake for Trial
Cc F Knothe, a noted bird fancier, releases several pairs of English pheasants near Everett Lake to test their viability as a local game bird. The area is chosen because farmers prohibit hunting, aiding natural growth. A $50 penalty awaits each bird killed until fall 1905.
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Cc. F. Knothe
Allen County
Everett Lake
Civil rule for Manila ends as three commissioners take over
Manila reports that the military government ends tomorrow and municipal affairs pass to three commissioners modeled after Washington DC. Colonel Herrera leads as president with Baldwin and Tutherly as commissioners. George Curry becomes chief of police and former cavalry officer. Housermannm serves as city attorney.
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Manila
District of Columbia
Herrera
Messrs
Baldwin and
Tutherly
George Curry
Eleventh Cavalry
Housermannm
Andrews Banker Is In Trouble
Huntington Aug 5 The Commercial bank of Andrews is closed and proprietor James M. Key is jailed on forgery charges. Judge Branyan appoints A C Wilkerson receiver as Key faces two counts of forged notes involving John Leedy and Noah Fisher. Bond set at 6000. Key remanded.
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James M. Key
Avilla
Sentinel
Huntington
Ind
Commercial Bank of
Andrews
Branyan
A. C. Wilkerson
Andrews Bank
Key
H. W. Leach
Cromwell
Noble County
ST. Louis
Keys
Crandall
C. M. Packard
Indianapolis
John Leedy
Leedy
Key’s Bank
Dungan
Noah Fsher
Duncan
E. B. Cubberley
Bank Foreclosure Forgery Charge Hits Andrews Proprietor
A private bank in Andrews county was closed today as the proprietor was arrested on forgery charges. The case involves a $12 amount and alleged self harm attempted by the accused.
Avilla Bank Debtor Henry W. Leach Fleeing Insolvent
In Fort Wayne a federal involuntary bankruptcy filing lists Henry W. Leach of Avilla as insolvent and fugitive. Creditors Meyer Henry Randall allege he transferred 130 dollars to Robert B. Clear to favor that creditor and left Avilla August 2 1901 with property missing. Treasurer Hersh reports missing banker likely boarded a Kendallville train east and creditors meet with attorney Marshall of Columbia City.
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Fort Wayne
Avilla
Henry W. Leach
William H. Meyer
John L. Henry
Sumner E. Randall
Mr. Meyer
Leach
Randall
Nike
Robert B. Clear
Clear
Hersh
F. H. Hersh
South Harrison Street
the Sentinel
Kendallville
Veterans Given Quarters Fort Wayne Grand Army Posts
Two Fort Wayne Grand Army of the Republic posts were assigned free sleeping quarters for the Cleveland national encampment by Adjutant General Smock in Indianapolis. Lion S. Bass post No. 40 to Rockwell schoolhouse and General Lawton post No. 590 to Lozier's hall.
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Sentinel
Indianapolis
Ind
Fort Wayne
Grand Army of the Republic
Cleveland
Smock
Lion S. Bass
Rockwell School
General Lawton
Lozier’s Hall
After Green Goods Men In Jersey City Arrest Warrants
Warrants issued in Jersey City for the arrest of C. P. Adams superintendent of telegraph offices on the Central Railroad of New Jersey and Alfred Kaiser a telegraph operator at Claremont for aiding and abetting green goods swindling. The action follows a complaint by Rufus H. Minot of Northfield Mass. Chief Murphy says a New York gang used Central road telegraph stations from Claremont to Easton for the scam and the telegraph company blocked information on telegrams hindering the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Jersey City
C. P. Adams
Central Railroad of
New Jersey
Alfred Kaiser
Claremont
Rufus H. Minot
Northfield
Mass
Murphy
Central Road
Easton
Texas Bank in Trouble
The comptroller of the currency appointed Special Examiner William L. Yerkes as receiver of the First National Bank of Austin Texas after National Bank Examiner J M Logan reported the bank insolvent.
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Washington
Comptroller of the Currency Today
William L. Yerkes
First National Bank
Austin
Texas
National Bank
J. M. Logan
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Maters
Sngffer
Hing
General States Tecl Corporation
Trust
Federal Steel Company
National Steel Company
Mr. Morgan
Painter, Lindsay & McCutcheon and Clark Mills
Clark’s
Thirty-fifth Street
Clark Mill
Lindsay & McCutcheon
Allegheny
Painter, Lindsay & McCutcheons
Gompers
Morrison
Morgan
Empress Frederick
Condol
Ences
Kaiser
Andrews Banker
State Bank
Mr. Key
Capitol National Bank
Mr. Packard
Mr. Leach
Capiital National Bank
Say Leach
Grand Army
Eneral
Green Goods
Texas Bank
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