Operators Split Miners Divided In Joint Conference
Indianapolis March 20 The second joint conference of coal operators and miners in the central competitive district opened with John Mitchell presiding and G W Turner elected chairman. The meeting sought a wage scale to take effect April 1 amid divisions among operators led by F L Robbins and a split among miners between Mitchell and Lewis factions.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Illinois
Indiana
Ohio
Pennsylvania
John Mitchell
United Mine Workers of America
G. W. Trner
Chicago
W. B. Wilson
United Mine Workers
C. L. Scroggs
F. S. Brooks
Columbus
Mitchell
Claypool Hotel
Tomlinson Hall
J. H. Winder
F. L. Robbins
Pittsburg
Joint Scale Committee
Lewis
W. H. Haskins
Haskins
Mr. Mitchell
T. L. Lewis
Ohio Executive Committee
W. H. Green
Geo. Bavage
Dennis Sullivan
William Dodds
Western Pennsylvania
New York
Southwest
Mine Workers of America
Transportation Committee
Llinoig
Robbins
Tragic Colorado Wreck Claims Several Lives
A Colorado railroad disaster near Adobe and Beaver kills several, with two engineers dead and fifteen passengers in a smoking car among the dead. Rescues are described as dramatic while doctors from Florence and Canon City assist. Many bodies are awaiting identification as a relief train returns with sixteen corpses.
Rio Grande Train Wreck Near Portland Colo Officials Enroute
Castle Rock Colo March 16 Rio Grande officials headed to the wreck scene near Portland Colo report two coaches and two baggage cars burned. Engineers Hollis and Causlett reported missing and passengers in the smoking car were injured. No definite death toll yet. efforts to aid passengers continue. The Santa Fe line will be used parallel to Rio Grande routes.
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Castle Rock
Col
Denver
Rio Grande
Portland
Colo
A. E. Wellby
EF. J. Yara
G. R. Groves
Frank Smith
Causlett and
Kelker
Garrett
Hollis
Adobe
Causlett
Asenger
Santa Fe
Pueblo
Canon City
Westbound Denver Train In Collision Near Portland
A Denver and Rio Grande westbound passenger train No 3 wrecked near Portland Colorado after colliding with eastbound train No 16. The No 3 train is identified as the Utah and California express, departing Denver at 8 PM. The eastbound No 16 is a local running between Leadville and Denver, later consolidating at Pueblo with a New Mexico and southwestern Colorado service.
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Denver
Colo
Denver and
Rio Grande
Portland
Utah
California
Leadville
Pueblo
New
Mexico
Colorado
Eminent Doctors Praise Unicorn Root in Favorite Prescription
Medical editors and professors tout Helonias unicorn root and Golden Seal root as key ingredients in Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription. They cite Helonias for uterine support and dysmenorrhea relief and Golden Seal for womb disorders, catarrhal conditions, and general debility, praising the remedy’s tonic effects for weak, nervous women.
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Pierce
John Fyfe
The
Eclectic Medical Review
Fyfe
John M. Scudder
Cincinnati
Bartholow
Sicraon Medical College
Adobe wreck near Florence leaves 36 dead
Pueblo reports the Adobe wreck on the Denver and Rio Grande near Florence is a major disaster with 36 confirmed dead and seventeen charred bodies in Pueblo morgue. A coroner’s inquest will assign responsibility. operator Lively and night dispatcher Vandeusen were discharged. Injured are recovering and lines return to schedule.
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Pueblo
Colo
Florence
Pat
Murphy
Ray Fields
Keystone
Wyo
Mabel Webb
Grace Crowley
Emporia
Kans
Canon City
William Burnside
Kansas Town
President Jef frey reports Rio Grande wreck fatalities
A. C. Ridgway, Rio Grande general manager, says eighteen bodies recovered and up to twenty possible. Six seriously injured, others slight. All injured expected to recover. Train No. 3 left Pueblo meeting No. 16 at Adobe. delay altered meeting point to Beaver. Dispatcher at Florence and Swallows said No. 3 did not pass. operator asleep, sole cause of collision.
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Adobe
Florence
Beaver
Portland
Swallows
A. T. King
J. A. Black
J. J. McDonnell
Canon City
Hewitt
Pueblo
New York
Jeffrey
Denver & Rio Grande Railroad
A. C. Ridgway
O’connor
Florence and
Anateday
Operet
Switch deliberately thrown wrecks train injuring three
A switch was left open causing a locomotive to derail and several box cars to be wrecked. Three men were hurt including H. G. Snider of Petersburg Indiana William McDougal of Washington Indiana who suffered a broken arm and Thomas Holland of Washington Indiana who was badly injured after being thrown through a smoker window. Engineers and fireman escaped by leaping clear. Railroad detectives say the switch was intentionally thrown and are investigating.
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H. G. Snider
Petersburg
Ind
William McDougal
Washington
Thomas Holland
Passenger Train Derailed Near Horseshoe Bend
Train No. 6 on the Monon derailed near Horseshoe Bend Louisville Kentucky as it headed to Chicago soon after 11 am. Five passengers and the baggagemaster were injured with one leg broken and another passenger seriously hurt. A special train with physicians and two trains from Bloomington were dispatched. Rails spreading blamed for the accident.
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Louisville
Monon
Chicago
Horseshoe Bend
Bloomington
Union Hall Is The Proper Clubhouse For Workers
Chicago labor leaders debated all night on March 20 over whether unions should ally with saloons for special permits. The federation affirmed the home and union hall as the workers’ proper clubs while denouncing dance halls and all night bars as harmful to labor. Delegates urged obeying laws and warned that asking mayoral permission to violate them would undermine the movement.
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Chicago
Chicago Federation of Labor
Federation
Sherman House
J. J. Linehan
Carpenters’ Union
Koop
George Koop
Hamilton
Marquette
Armours
Carnegies
McKeon
Sprinkler Fitters’ Union
Dunne
Lavine
Cigarmakers
Friends of the Special Privilege
Teachers’ Federation
Trades Union Movement
Linehan
Union
Indlaring
Fort Wayne Endures Eight Inch Blizzard Surprise
Fort Wayne awoke to the season’s heaviest snowfall as a belated blizzard dumped eight inches of snow. Despite gusty winds and slick streets, street sweepers and workers kept service on the rails and interurban lines largely on time. Cold remained around 20 degrees as downtown business slowed and few pedestrians appeared.
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King Winter
Fort Wayne
Street
Fort Wayne Gas Company
Snow blockade broken in Fort Wayne amid light continuing snowfall
Fort Wayne escaped major disruption as heavy snow ceased near nightfall Tuesday. City street and interurban rail lines kept running with plows working until 2 a m. Rural routes opened, sleighs returning to service after drifting on some roads. one carrier abandoned four miles in the north county.
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Fort Wayne
Allen County Orphans Home stockholders notice meeting
Notice to stockholders of the Allen County Orphans Home announces the annual meeting to be held at the home on Tuesday April 3 1906 at 8 p m for electing five trustees to serve three years and for other business as may come before the meeting. E H McDonald secretary.
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Allen County
Orphans Home
Allen County Orphans Home
E. H. M’donald
Telephone directed jury verdicts ruled acceptable by court
Boston March 20 The state supreme court held that a judge using a home telephone to direct a jury nine miles away did not affect verdicts despite objections. The ruling comes in the case concerning the use of various blank verdict forms and the method’s reception by the bench.
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Boston
Mass
Igs
State- Supreme Court
Telephone aid to jury does not invalidate verdict
In a Massachusetts land damages suit John R. Whitney et al. versus the Commonwealth, Judge Bishop allowed the jury to use a telephone to seek guidance on form blanks during deliberations nine miles from the courthouse. The supreme court found no miscarriage of justice since the call did not alter the verdict, though it warned strongly against telephone communications with juries.
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John R. Whitney
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Bishop
Newton
East Cambridge
Supreme Court
Look Up Or Be Carried Back In Life’s Race
Sir Edward Peary believed he moved forward ten miles daily yet the drifting ice carried him twelve miles back each day. The lesson applies to life as a pilgrim who must lift his gaze from the ground. Those who seek progress must look up to the Author and Finisher of faith.
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Sir Edward Peary
Beauty in Utility and Civic Art: A Century Reflection
Sylvester Baxter argues that utility and beauty should merge in daily life. He warns that isolating beauty to rare objects dulls taste, and says homes and public spaces gain vitality when beauty is present in common things rather than kept in a single best room.
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Sylvester Baxter
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Claypool
Cosslette
California Express
F. Lively
Lively
William Vandeusen
Vandeusen
Denver & Rio Grande Disaster
Mother Gray
Children’s Home
Sawucld
Gray
C. Orttenburger
Port Huron
Sidh
Olmsted
LE Roy
WN. Y
Ahs
Mia
David Griffin
Allen
N. Y
COR
Columbia
Clinton Sts
Gonkey
Dreier
BRO
DR Tucker
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