Ratchford Peace Talks Face Real Strike Crisis
Pittsburg coal operators in a Cleveland backed plan to reopen nonunion mines regardless of consequences. They expect to import workers, hire Pinkerton guards, and may use four scattered sites to break the strike. Miners vow peaceful marches as jail orders loom and potential clashes rise.
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de Armit
Coxey
West Virginia
Pittsburg
W. P. Read
F. L. Robbins Company
Dolan
Ratchford
Cleveland
Peter M. Hitchcock
Thomas E. Young
M. A. Hanna & Co
Pinkerton
Loftus Cuddy
Cuddy-Mullen Coal Company
Cuddy
J. P. Zerbe
Ohio and Pennsylvania Coal Company
Miners’ Strike Fizzles as Injunction Bites Camps
Pittsburg August 19. Operators claim victory as court makes permanent the injunction against camped and marching miners at New York and Cleveland Gas Coal mines. Camps shrink sharply from 200 to 50 at Turtle Creek and others disperse. Warner urged workhouse jobs. Plum Creek leader Uriah Billingham orders dispersal. Sandy Creek nearly abandoned with under 150 total miners remaining.
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Pittsburg
New York and Cleveland Gas Coal Company
Turtle Creek
William Warner
Warner
Irwin
Greensburg
Uriah Billingham
Plum Creek
Sandy Creek
Coxey to Lead Eastern Ohio Strikers on Possible Westward March
Eastern Ohio miners discuss a three day fifty mile march from Wheeling to Fairmont to back a regional strike effort. General Coxey is slated for assignment in the Fairmont area though involvement in the march remains unconfirmed. In Fairmont miners jailed for injunction violations appear to await bond denial and a hearing later today. Wives of Monongah miners join, and output at Monongah mine nears pre strike levels as quiet is reported by attorney Wheelwright.
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Dolan
Muckle Rat
R. G. Dickson
J. B. Corey
Wheeling
W. Va
Ohio
Fairmont
Fie
Jackson
Nathan Goff
Clarksburg
John J. Davis
Goff
O’donnell
G. H. Wheelwright
Monongah Company
No Higher Price Denied Under Expiring Coal Contracts
A Chicago conference of Illinois and Indiana coal operators reported no rise in prices beyond those set when the strike began. Contracts lasting to May next bind output, with many mines under formal wage agreements, claiming current prices barely cover profits. Operators expect no attendance at today’s Peoria convention.
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Chicago
Illinois
Indiana
Rookery
Peoria
Indiana Strikers Starving At Brazil Miners Camp
The miners' executive board treasurer reports only 20 dollars on hand to feed 7,000 strikers in Brazil Indiana. Regualr distribution day passed without commissaries opening and many hungry were unfed. Conditions grow desperate with a crisis looming unless aid arrives soon.
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Indiana
Brazil
Ind
Miners’ Executive Board
No Strike Likely at Decatur Coal Mines
Decatur Illinois August 19 there is belief no strike likely among coal miners here. A meeting yesterday drew about 100 attendees while over 300 men kept working. Miners from Lincoln Pana and Springfield remain in camp just outside the city.
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Decatur
Ills
Lincoln
Pana
Springfield
True Uniformity Is Progressing in Pittsburg
Progress on the uniformity agreement is reported by the committee. It was announced that signatures from about 60 percent of operators have been obtained and that, by week’s end, close to the 95 percent goal is expected to be reached.
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Pittsburg
Chicago and Montreal Aug 19 sports brief roundup
Chicago dispatch lists yesterday's baseball scores from the major and minor leagues with Brooklyn, Baltimore, New York, Philadelphia, Boston, Washington, Indianapolis, Minneapolis, St Paul, Grand Rapids, Kansas City and Cedar Rapids among others. Montreal reports Glencairn II winning the Seawanhaka Cup in a breeze, Momo second, times 1 29 and 1 31 26. Washington reports a $250 reward offered for Yellowstone park highwaymen captured after a Saturday stage holdup.
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Chicago
Baltimore
Brooklyn
New York -Philadelphia
New York
Boston
Washington
Minneapolis
Indianapolis
St. Paul
Montreal
Momo
Canada
Glencairn
Interior Ryan
Department of Justice
United States Marshal
Wyoming
Yellowstone Park
Shaw's Persimmon Gathering Ends in Crawford County Lead
Cedar Rapids Aug 19 The Republican state convention ended its long fight as 1450 delegates chose L. M. Shaw of Crawford County leader for the coming campaign on the fourth ballot. Seven candidates, including Harlan Parrott Fuller Harsh Flickinger Shaw Kunk and Downie, were in the governor race with Byers and Downie withdrawing shortly before adjournment.
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Cedar Rapids
L. M. Shaw
Crawford County
Committee On
John McMillan
State Central Committee
John Jarkay
Charles M. Hart
Council Bluffy
Samuel Mahon
Wapello County
Knowley
Mahaska County
Mahon
Bomb Explodes Near Faure as He Passes Paris
Paris dispatch says a bomb exploded near Boulevard Magenta and Rue Lafayette as President Faure passed en route to Dunkirk for Russia. Bullets and nails were in the device. a milk jug was shattered by a passing girl. Police puzzled. some call it a joke while municipal lab head calls it a serious anarchist attempt. Faure reached Dunkirk safely and boarded the warship Pothuau with his entourage, cheered by sailors before Cronstadt voyage.
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London
Pall Mall Gazette
Paris
Boulevard Magenta
Lafayette
Faure
Dunkirk
Russia
M. Girard
Municipal Laboratory
Pothuau
Pothuan
Surcouf
Bruix
Cronstadt
Shaw Nominated by Acclamation at Iowa GOP Convention
Parrott led early on informal and first ballots but Shaw surged on the third formal ballot as Flickinger withdrew. By 4:30 Woodbury cast 32 votes for Shaw and the crowd of 6,000 roared. Parrott withdrew and Shaw was nominated by acclamation with a Republican platform endorsing protection and honest money. The ticket included Waterman, Barret, Davidson, and Millman.
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Parrott
Funk
Shaw
Harshy Fuller
Harlan
Flickinger
Fuckinger
Woodbury
Black Hawk
Matt Parrott
Leutenant
Waterman
Scott County
H. H. Barrett
Mitchell
Co. L. Davidson
Sioux
J. C. Millman
Harrison County
Iowa
Filibustering Goes Right On In Cuban Expeditions
Atlantic City reports reveal five Cuban expeditions leaving the city in recent months. The latest, Tuesday's, reportedly carried twelve rapid fire guns six dynamite guns and 50 000 cartridges loaded on a mud scow towed to within eight miles of shore where transfer occurred. Pinkerton detectives questioned agents about destination, answered as for coast defense points up the coast.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Pinkerton
Abbreviated telegrams whip late summer items
Wheat at Chicago rose six cents to 88 1/8 cents. August deaths in Chicago total 24 by self harm. In Maton Rapids Michigan a three month old chicken has two bodies four legs and one head. Johnnie Conway’s five year old son abducted from Albany for ransom. Mrs Lanetry reportedly to marry Prince Msterhazy de Catantha. Senator McLaurin of South Carolina in fragile health from overwork. Burglars robbed Claire Wisconsin post office scattering contents. Thirty-six? no. 186 bushels wheat from two acres Standish Michigan. Crop from Tennessee Glant seed. General Longstreet to wed Miss Dortch of Atlanta. He 76, she 22. A new pest worm damaging fruit trees in Galesburg Michigan. Green Bay and Western awards contract for $10,000 station in Green Bay Wisconsin. excavations start now. Thousands of peach trees around Paw Paw Michigan but few peaches. Friends of Dr G W Prees of Cambria Wisconsin hosted farewell as he sails to Sweden. he receives gold-headed cane. Charles Riefler of the Illinois Federation of Labor calls for annual Bloomington meeting Sept 14. Maple Rapids oats crop a failure. one farmer yields 41 bushels from 20 acres, sowed 42 in spring.
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Chicago
Maton Rapids
Mich
E. J. Hall
Johnnie
Conway
New York Central
Albany
Lanetry
Prince Msterhazy de Catantha
Senator McLaurin
South Carolina
Bennettsville
Claire
Wis
Bradley Farm
Standish
James CG. Longstreet
Llen Dortch
Atlanta
Galesburg
Green Bay and Western Railroad Company
Green Bay
Paw Paw
G. W. Prees
Cambria
Swiusea
Wales
Charles Riefler
Lois Federation of Labor
Bloomington
Maple Rapids
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Hall Observatory
A. W. C. Weeks
A. W. Ricker
Iowa City
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Muscatine
Lloyd
Congress
Warren
Urs
Charley M. Bromwich
Adelia Carr
Bromwich
Aso
St. Louis
the Republic
MacLainsborough
Louisville and Nashville
Dahlgren
National Convention
The
Tomlinion Hall
E. M. Giffen
Egypt
Quay
Palestine
Dollar
Golden Eagle
Ilner Bros
Ura
Illner Bros
Stephenson St
Freeport, Illinois
N & Crescent
Nashville
Tenn
Cincinnati
Chattanooga
Lookout Mountain
Chickamauga National Military Park
W. A. Beckler
Adams Street
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