Coffeen Coal Strike Turmoil and Sheriff’s Arrests
Springfield Illinois August 18. Governor Tanner refused to send troops to Coffeen amid 600 striking miners besieging the town. Sheriff Standle urged for a decisive word. Tanner cited no personal harm or property destruction and ordered peacekeeping by deputies.
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Coffeen
Henry N. Standle
St. Louis
Republic
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Ray
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Traylor
Miller
MiNs
Ben Jones
Willoughby
Mount Olive
Illinois
Carlyle
Ills
Clinton County
Breeze
Here
Trenton
Consolidated Coal Company
Ritchie
Pennsylvania mine resumption befits 64 cent rate
Twenty five large Pennsylvania coal firms met in Cleveland to order immediate restart of Pittsburg district mines citing miners demands as excessive. They agreed coal must be mined at 64 cent rate, with no mining-price changes until 54 cent contracts and uniformity deal are fulfilled. Resumption by force indicated if needed.
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Evansville
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Arona
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Arena
Jackson puts on the screws in union injunction
Ex Governor Fleming reports Jackson has broadened an injunction against strikers in the Fairmount region and Loup Creek valley, ordering marches to stop as a form of intimidation. Miners have not heeded, marching at Fairmont and New River while others return to work.
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Dolan
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Commercial Tribune
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W. Va
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Montana Mines
Twin tragedy at 602 Washington Avenue Danville
On Monday night Henry Hammett aged 62 died at 6 PM from opiate effects after his wife died three hours earlier from grief. In Danville Minnesota the couple both perished at 602 Washington avenue.
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Mns
Washington Avenue
Henry Hammett
Hammett
Ninth annual Young People's convention opens in Indianapolis
The Young People's Christian Union of the United Presbyterian church begins its ninth annual convention in Tomlinson Hall Indianapolis with three daily sessions and an expected attendance of ten thousand visitors.
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Young People's Christian Union
Indianapolis
Young People’s Christian Union
The
United Presbyterian Church
Tomlinson Hall
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