Mitchell Calls on Roosevelt Over Arbitration Clash
President Mitchell meets President Roosevelt in Washington to discuss the operators plan for settling the coal strike. The operators propose a five member commission with defined professions to arbitrate and set a three year term, prompting strikers to call it dictation. Mitchell refrains from commenting, while union leaders denounce the classed arbitrators and await the president’s stance.
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Mitchell
Roosevelt
Washington
Married This Morning McGroarty weds Rose Gillespie at St Ann’s
Frank H. McGroarty and Rose Gillespie were united in marriage at 8 30 this morning in St Ann’s Catholic church. Rev M J Fallihee performed the ceremony with John McGroarty as best man and Rose McNelis as bridesmaid. The wedding party received congratulations at the bride's mother's home before departing on a Lehigh Valley train for Niagara Falls. They will spend a week touring and then reside on Main Street.
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Frank H. McGroarty
Rose Gillespie
St. Ann’s Catholic Church
M. J. Fallihee
John McGroarty
Rose McNelis
Wilkesbarre
St. Ann's
McGroarty
Fraud charges and other regional court notes in Wilkesbarre
A Pittsburg district court verdict finds Charles Tamany and Jacob Green guilty on four counts for using the mails to obtain goods with no payment. Jacob Rubinsky is acquitted. A coroner’s jury deems William Durham’s death a hasty, unjustified gunshot, and backs DA investigation. Abduction of Charley Remington recurs as the boy is taken, then removed again by his father. Fusion between Democrats and Unionists in Schuylkill is completed and Robert A. Reid nominated. A Polish woman, Mrs. John White, dies in a coal fall at Mahanoy City. Erie Railroad flagman William Myers dies after injury in Starway. Judge Wheaton rules Alvin Holmes must pay taxes or stay jailed. Lloyd Schiffert faces possible reform school. Daniel Ryan and James Duffy sentenced to three years. Despite a strike, many coal-region families plan to relocate for work.
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United States District Court
Pittsburg
Charles W. Tammany
Jacob Green
Joseph Rubinsky
Wilkesbarre
Tammany
William Durham
Arthur Wadsworth
William Dirham
Investgaton
Charley Remington
J. C. Remington
West
Remington
William E. Myers
Conyngham
Erie Railroad
Starway
Port Jervis
Tamaqua
Wheaton
Alvin Holmes
West Pittston
Holmes
Mayor Lewis
Allentown
Lloyd Schiffert
Young Schiffert
Daniel Ryan
James Duffy
Mauch Chunk
Eastern
Operators' Claims Disproved in Anthracite Strike Report
The Philadelphia Press reports a regional look at the coal strike showing about 3,000 miners at work versus a normal 147,000, with 500 police on duty but 4,800 now operating. Militia arrival has brought slight returns to the mines and output dropped from 240,000 to about 30,000 tons daily.
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Philadelphia
Local Notes Happenings in Freeland and Vicinity
Happenings of the Past details court decisions in Guckavan vs Lehigh Traction confirming Luzerne court ruling. Damages awarded to Mrs Gueckavan and husband. Citi received social notes on residents, travel plans, and local events from Harleigh to Philadelphia. Milk price advance, hunting season, and various visits and weddings are noted.
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Supreme Court
Guckavan
Lehigh Traction Company
Luzerne Court
Harleigh
Freeland
Tribune
Free offer of $4.00 sample of Dr Miles treatment
An advertisement proclaims a new heart and nerve disease treatment by Dr Franklin Miles with free samples valued at 84,000. It cites testimonials from Rev W Bell Col Tucker and others and urges readers to request the trial by mailing to 208 to 211 State Street Chicago IL mentioning Freeland Tribune.
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Franklin Miles
M. D
Chicago
Miles
Grand Rapids
New York City
Philadelphia
W. Bell
D. D
Dayton
Sec
Foreign Missions
Ditoriaily
State Sunday School Union
Col. Tucker
N. Y
le BE
Abigail Chambers
Chambersburg
State Street
Freeland Tribune
Baer Re-elected President of Philadelphia and Reading Group
At the annual Philadelphia and Reading Railway Company meeting in Philadelphia on Monday, George F. Baer was re-elected president. The same official was re-elected across the railway subsidiaries and coal companies including Fulton Coal, Locust Gap Improvement, Tremont Coal, Mammoth Vein, Preston, Improvement, and Delaware Coal Companies.
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Philadelphia and Reading Railway Company
Philadelphia
George F. Baer
Philadelphia and Reading Terminal
Philadelphia and Frankford
Schuylkill and Lehigh
Philadelphia, Harrisburg and Pittsburg
Reading, Marietta and Hanover
Tamaqua, Hazleton and Northern
Philadelphia, Newton and New York
Dauphin and Berks
Slavington Railroad
Rupert and Bloomsburg
Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company
Fulton Coal Company
Locust Gap Improvement Company
Tremont Coal Company
Mammoth Vein Coal and Iron Company
Preston Coal and Iron Company
Improvement Company
Delaware Coal Company
Yawcob and His Dog Exchange Reflections
A rustic tale from an exchange features Yawcob narrating observations of his dog Scholtzel. He contrasts the dog’s easy life with his own toil filled days, noting how the dog rests while he labors to wake, light fires, tend the kettle, and feed the family, ending with the grim line about death and hell.
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Yawcob
Scholtzel
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McMenamin Building
South Centre Street
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Main Street
Maley
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Washington Street
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Hess
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Geo. H. Hartman
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Depierro - Bros
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Lehigh and Wilkesbarre Coal Company
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Montana
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Ireand
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J. J. Kuntz
St. Luke's Church
Upper Lehigh
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Lehigh Field
Morgan DeFoy
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Weatherly
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Lehighton
Jonathan W. Davis
Marrit’s
Governor Stone
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Jobo
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Daniel Furey
South Ridge Street
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Annie Shovin
South Washington Street
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Dickinson Seminary
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