Coal Strike Talks Lead to Possible Breakdown
Pittsburg reports a looming disruption as operators and miners prepare for a national arbitration conference. President Ratchford may skip the meeting, and some operators refuse to join the pact, risking no progress on settlement. Miners plan fund-raising to oppose imported labor and to back wage demands.
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Pittsburg
Ratchford
Columbus
Pearce
Savage Wight
Sandy Creek
Goff
West Virginia
Samuel de Armit
Plum Creek
New York and Cleveland Gas Coal Company
New Texas
de Armit
Thomas FP
Ttig
Dolan
Operators’ Committee
Mine Workers National Executive Board
Operators’ Association
National
Pearse
Operators accuse coal miners of collusion in Pittsburg field
The statement from coal operators claims a coalition of Ohio Indiana and Illinois operators aims to supplant Pittsburg producers in the field. It alleges miners’ union funds are used to support the union and the operators’ efforts to disadvantage Pittsburg in lake markets. The text notes a reluctant conference with Pittsburg operators and a broader call by union leaders for a national gathering against courts and the administration.
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Pittsburg
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Combine
Ratchford
Institutona of the
Strike tensions rise across multiple mining towns
A report from Carlyle Illinois notes Breese deputies to guard property after threats by strikers. Decatur miners rally with 200 present pledging to act if others strike, while Ishpeming union men defer walkout for a week pending a ballot showing slight anti strike sentiment and enrollment near 1800 included.
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St. Louis
Republic
Carlyle
Ills
Breese
Harvey Jones
Henry Hummert
Jones
Decatur
Springfield
Marquette
Mich
Ishpeming
Denver Trades Endorces Armed Resistance to Injunctions
The Denver Trades and Labor assembly adopted sharp resolutions denouncing government by injunction and highway usurpation by capital. They warn peaceful labor methods may yield to forcible resistance and pledge readiness to act on the issue at a mass meeting in Denver the current week, following the St. Louis conference.
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Denver
Colo
Denver Trades and Labor Assembly
St. Louis
Wheat prices surge nationwide with dollar wheat hit
Chicago traders paid one dollar for wheat on the Board of Trade as a century mark briefly appeared on the curb. Cash wheat sold around $1.07 at Minneapolis and $1.05 in New York and St. Louis while Dec/May futures moved higher. A train disaster near Lima, Ohio, injured several residents, including Mrs Burnham and Mrs Murray.
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Chicago
Minneapolis
Chicago Board of Trade
Board
New York
St. Louis
Anderson
Ind
Church Hospitals Tax Exemption Upheld in Oshkosh
Judge Dunnell ruled Alexian Brothers' hospital is tax exempt in Winnebago County. The decision follows a prior supreme court ruling in a similar case.
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Oshkosh
Wis
Duniell
Alexian Brothers’ Hospital
Winnebago County
Supreme Court
Startling Murder at Farmers Bank Cashier Shot Defending Trust
Detroit Aug 23 A Mount Pleasant hunt for Struble murderers widens as officers vow arrests. Sheriff Mogg and colleagues press to capture three prominent suspects amid fear of imminent failure and bank turmoil. Struble died after a fierce struggle. vault robbed, bullets in wrist and back, one bullet near heart.
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Detroit
Free Press
Sheperd
Mich
Mogg
Estee
McNamara
Mount Pleasant
Cashier Struble
Shepherd
Elmer HE
Struble
Farmers’ Bank
J. F. Ryan
Ryan
People’s Bank
Nathaniel W.struble
Strubbe
E. A. Wisdom
No Charge In The Line-Up Pennant Standings
National Baseball League standings remain as last week with Boston Baltimore Cincinnati New York Cleveland Chicago and Louisville holding positions. Latest scores include Boston 13 Pittsburg 12 and Baltimore 12 Cleveland 6. Western League results show Milwaukee Columbus 7 2 and Minneapolis Grand Rapids 11 6. Western Association outcomes list Peoria Des Moines 6 Dubuque Quincy 12 Cedar Rapids Burlington 1 and Rockford St Joseph 9 6.
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Chicago
Boston
Louisville
PB. C
Baltimore
Cincinnati
New York
Cleveland
Pittsburg
Washington
Brooklyn
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Milwaukee
Columbus
Kansas City
Indianapolis
Minneapolis
Grand Rapids
St. Paul
Detroit
Murder at bank prompts depositor theft and murder theory
Devotion to crime rumors swirls as Struble dies after naming three robbers before an ante mortem statement. Bank officers withhold names while sheriff and prosecutor refuse to disclose. The incident spurs calls for swift punishment amid townwide scare over a large loot and a feared bank collapse. In St Louis, pool rooms deemed gambling dens, leading to seizure and destruction orders.
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Struble
A. Wisdom
F. M. Taylor
J. F. Ryan
People’s Bank
Mount Pleasant
Isabelle County
St. Louis
Jas. E B. Withrow
Grand Army Encampment In Buffalo Attracts 10000s Of Veterans
Buffalo prepares for the thirty first annual Grand Army of the Republic encampment as thousands arrive. Camp Jewett set up with three hospital tents and medical staff to care for attendees. Early candidate announcements to succeed Commander in Chief Clarkson include John C. Linehan George H. Innis James A. Sexton and J P S Gobin.
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Buffalo
Army of Veterans
Grand Army of the Republic
Camp Jewett
Renopost No. 64
Willamsport
Clarkson
John C. Linehan
New Hampshire
George H. Innis
Massachusetts
James A. Sexton
Chicago
J. P. 8. Gobin
Pennsylvania
Star Pointer Defeats Patchen In Record Pace Match
At Washington Park Chicago on Saturday Star Pointer beat Joe Patchen in a three heat match race. Star Pointer set fastest first heat and last quarter on record with 0.29.4 quarter and 2:02 mile. He won all three heats in 2:04 2:04 2:04%4.
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Chicago
Washington Park
Joe Patchen
Star Pointer
Patchen
Page backs Democrat in Virginia governor race
Mann Page, president of the National Farmers Alliance, says in a letter he will vote for Hon. J Hoge Tyler, Democratic nominee for Virginia governor. He adds he may support Captain Cooke if the Populist committee endorses him for lieutenant governor, urging cross party backing for the Democratic ticket.
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Richmond
Mann Page
National Farmers’ Alliance
J. Hoge Tyler
Virginia
Lynchburg
Captain Cooke
Pension ruling sustains widow claim in Cox case
Assistant Secretary Webster Davis reaffirms Bussey 1890 ruling in the Mary A. Cox case. The decision holds that if the soldier’s death was caused or aggravated by a disease that was the immediate cause, the widow’s pension will be sustained as death in the line of duty.
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Washington
Webster Davis
Bussey
Mary A. Cox
Desige
Michael defeats Starbuck in 33 mile track race
New York August 23 Jimmy Michael the Welsh cyclist easily beat J Frank Starbuck of Philadelphia in a thirty three mile race at Manhattan Beach track on Saturday Michael used inferior pace making machines yet showed grit and stamina finishing in sixty six and a quarter minutes about two miles ahead of Starbuck From the fifteenth mile to the end Michael surpassed every standing record and set new marks through the race
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New York
Jimmy Michael
J. Frank Starbuck
Philadelphia
Manhatan Beach
Michael
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