Calm After Strike Riots In Mount Carmel Area
May 1 Mount Carmel Pa calm following a shooting of foreign United Mine workers by state constabulary. Four thought fatally injured. Lt Smith and troopers at Sayre colliery. Sheriff Sharpless refused to swear in deputies, vows no more trouble. warrants issued for assault and battery with intent to kill.
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Mount Carmel
United Mine
State Constabulary
Smith
Sayre Coltery
Joseph Sharpless
Shamokin
Burgess Penman
Burgeoss
May Gall
Pennypacker
Sarpless
Lehigh Valley Coal Company
Gayre
Lieutenant Smith
John Fahy
Ninth District
Leutenant
Pottsville Hospital
United Mine Workers
Groome
State Contabulary
Sayre
Page
Northumberland
Upper Schuylkill
Columbia
Oil Inspector Settles With Indiana Treasury
Sid Conger state oil inspector turned over 9416.60 to the Indiana treasurer for oil inspections in the three months ending April 30. The May 1 settlements align all state offices to a common quarterly reporting date. Secretary Fred A. Sims is to report for one month to harmonize fiscal quarter timing.
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Indiana
Indianapolis
Sid Conger
Treasury
Fred A. Sims
Sims
State Treasury
Marathon tie won by William amilton
A May 1 report notes a marathon tie outcome with William Amilton recognized as the winner. Further details are unreadable in the fragment.
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all _fit hens
William Amilton
Democratic State Committee to Meet Next Week in Indiana
State Chairman O'Brien announced a meeting of the Democratic central committee would be called for sometime next week. Talk centers on possible compromise with reorganizers as Western campaign leadership shifts to Chicago and the Midwest becomes a battle ground for the congressional race.
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The
Sentinel
Indianapolis
Ind
O’brien
Democratic Central
State Committee
Washington
Congress
Chicago
Middle West
Second District Democrats Hold Washington Convention
The Second district Democrats met in Washington Indiana to nominate a congressional candidate. Cyrus B. Davis of Bloomfield was nominated on the first ballot with 55 2 7 votes. Wellman 15 Purcell 20 Matthews 195 7. The convention discussed reorganization of the state committee and reaffirmed Bryanite principles.
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Washington
Ind
Congress
State Committee
Alvin Padgett
I Oltzman
Indianapolis
Indiana
Bryan
Padgett
Oscar Cravens
Daviess County
M.E. O'Neil
Martin County
Jobe Gwinn
Greene County
J. B. Young
Monroe County
Fred Matthews
Knox County
Mason J. Niblack
Lawrence
Horatio Harriman
Owen County
W. M. Moss
Sullivan County
Joseph Aiken
Benjamin F. Shively
South Bend
Shively
Wellman
Purcell
Matthews
Big Lard Shipment Reported In Bluffton Delivery
A consignment of 10,000 pounds of lard shipped from Bluffton by Joel Leichty to Leitkau Bron of this city. The delivery was valued at about 8 dollars.
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Joel ‘ Leichty
Bluffton
Letkauf
Bron
Light returns as San Francisco regains after quake
San Francisco shows signs of recovery with arc lights in Potrero and extended street car service. The Potrero plant remained intact, plans call for hundreds more lights citywide, and night traffic resumes though streets still face debris and housing needs. Volunteers and soldiers aid relief while a temporary city hall and Lincoln school site are proposed.
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San Francisco
Potrero
Electric Lighting Company
Naphthaly
San Francisco Gas and Electric Company
United Railroads
Tenth Regiment of
Pennsylvania Volunteers
Relief Committee
Lincoln School
Marn Fifth
Anti-Saloon League to Open Fort Wayne District Branch
Fort Wayne will host a new district branch of the Indiana Anti-Saloon League, extending its jurisdiction to Allen County and fifteen neighboring counties. A district superintendent will lead, with assistant staff as needed, joining existing branches in South Bend Terre Haute and Evansville. A mass meeting and civic righteousness day is set for June 10 with six representatives and local church involvement across the ministerial association.
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Indiana Anti-Saloon League
Fort Wayne
Allen County
South Bend
Terre Haute
Evansville
Ministerial Association
Evangelical Churches of
Harriman backs canal stance at Seattle talk
E H Harriman president of Union Pacific told Seattle businessmen he is not opposed to the Panama canal but warned against anti railroad agitation. He urged equal attention to land transportation and pledged Union Pacific will reach Seattle once franchises are granted with construction starting promptly once possible.
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Seattle
Wash
E. H. Harriman
Union Pacific
Imes
Panama Canal
Harriman
Local Whiting Notices On Dr Doolittle Assistant Claim
Newspaper snippets from Whiting announce that Dr. BU Doolittle, then an assistant of the city, is involved in a colty related matter. Further readable details are fragmentary and unclear.
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BU. Doolittle
Colty’ i
City Officials Propose Three Year Gas Franchise Deal
Mayor Hosey and the public works board pressed Fort Wayne Gas on a three year franchise offering gas for lighting at 1.00 per thousand and fuel gas at 0.75, with meters supplied and an inspector paid by the city. Paul plans to consult east officials before a decision.
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W. J. Hosey
Board of Public Works
H. C. Paul
Fort Wayne Gas Company
Paul
Widow sues saloon keepers over train death
Mrs. Nellie Barnes of New Carlisle files in St. Joseph circuit court for 10000 damages after husband Edwin A. Barnes was struck and killed by a Lake Shore train in New Carlisle on March 17. Defendants are saloonkeepers James Major Maj Walker and George A Kesling alleged to have sold intoxicants despite notices. Barnes was reportedly intoxicated at the time of the accident.
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South Bend
Ind
Nelle Barnes
New Carlisle
St. Joseph
Edwin A. Barnes
Lake Shore
James Major
Maj. Walker
George A. Kesling
Barnes
Cornerstone Stolen From North Pasadena Church
Thieves stole the 300 pound church cornerstone from North Pasadena Methodist church in Pasadena California. The stone contained coins and small valuables valued at about ten dollars and had just been set in place days earlier. Local police investigated and searched the area for clues.
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Pasadena
Cal
North Pasadena Methodist Church
May Day Labor Strikes Paralyze Cleveland Port
In Cleveland and lake ports along Lake Erie ths strike by the International Longshoremen and allied unions halts ore coal and grain handling. Four thousand Cleveland area workers are affected and with a month’s duration estimates warn 20 000 local men could lose work.
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Cleveland
Ohio
International “Longshoremen, Marine and Transport Workers’ Union
Lake Carriers’ Association
Lake Erie
Tugmen's Protective Association
Charles Castle
Detroit
Cleveland and
Pittsburg
Lake freights stall as strike grips boat operators
Chicago reports lake freight traffic largely at a standstill as vessel owners delay movements until they deem it safe. The strike centers on South Chicago mills of Illinois Steel and United Steel, though some ships escaped before orders solidified. Passenger boats on Chicago routes remain largely unaffected with no immediate disruption expected.
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Chicago
Illinois Steel Company
United Steel Company
Great Lakes Marine Strike Inaugurated At Duluth
At midnight the great lakes marine strike began with orders from President Keefe of the Longshoremen. Union mates firemen and oilers on strike will quit, but tugmen, lumber carrier boats, mail ships, and signed round trips are exempt. William Jones of Superior received Keefe’s telegram announcing the action.
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Duluth
Minn
Great Lakes
Head of the Lakes
Keefe
William Jones
Superior
Marine Firemen's Association
Lumber Carriers’ Association
Carpenters Strike In Indianapolis Seeks 5 Cent Raise
Several hundred carpenters walked out in Indianapolis on May 1 to press for a five cent an hour raise. Union leaders say exact numbers are unknown, some journeymen and about fifteen boss carpenters have agreed to the demand. A general meeting voted nearly unanimously for the strike while iron workers reported a satisfactory deal and ongoing work at the Knights of Pythias building and Board of Trade. A potential carpenters strike remains possible but no delay is shown yet.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Knights of Pythias
Massachusetta Avenue
Pennsylvania Street
Board of Trade
Paris Cracks Down as Mass Labor Demonstrations Erupt
Paris on May Day sees 50 000 troops 12 000 police and 8 000 guards guarding key sites. Arrests remove labor leaders but 80 000 or more strikers still gather, clashing with police in the Place De La Republique as rioters attack with bricks and cobblestones.
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Paris
Lepine
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Reorganizers
Democratic State Organization
Washington, Ind
Taylor &T
Eaenopium
Anti-Saloon League
Wayne Soon
Whiting
CTY
Consid
Great Lake Marine Strike
Great Marine Strike
Carpenters ON Strike
Metropolitan Railroad
St. Lazare
Bank of France
American Express Company
Rue de la Paix
Place de Lua Republique
Place de la Republique
Labor Exchange
Confederation of Labor
Prince Eugene
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