Labor's Movements and Delegates Head to Chicago
Columbus delegates to the United Mine Workers convention debate a defense fund and rules for use, oppose moving the national headquarters from Columbus to Indianapolis, and prep for a Chicago conference seeking ten cent per ton wage gains and an eight hour day. Simultaneous strikes ripple through New Bedford and Biddeford mills as 10 percent reductions loom. Brazil Indiana hosts a mass miners meeting pushing wage basis to three tons per day amid seating disputes at Chicago.
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Columbus
United Mine ‘Workers
Illinois
Chicago
Indianapolis
Ratchford
Cleveland
United Mines Workers
England
Pittsburg
Joint conference in Chicago on coal wage scale
More than 400 coal mine owners and dealers from Illinois Indiana Ohio and Pennsylvania met at a Chicago Young Men’s Christian Association hall to discuss a new wage scale. West Virginia did not send delegates. A raise of 238 cents over the present scale is under consideration with potential price rises. The meeting may split as some western operators oppose the concession and miners plan stronger demands.
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Chicago
Young Men's Christian Association
Illinois
Indiana
Ohio
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
New England Cotton Mills Begin Wage Reductions
New Bedford and other New England mill centers move to lower wage scales as operators test the new policy. Mills in New Bedford Lowell Pawtuxet Blackstone valley Maine and New Hampshire begin reductions with several exceptions. Swedebord Swedford noted as a leading objection and workers largely resist returning to work under the new lower schedule.
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Boston
New England
New Bedford
Lowell
Pawtuxet
Blackstone Valley
Rhode Island
Maine
New Hampshire
Ball River
Neath
Ainoskeag Company
Manchester
Jean
Swedford
Beving
State Board
Probabilities in Congress Write Up Hawaii Debates
Senate to again focus on the Hawaiian annexation treaty this week with a likely vote on the immigration bill today. Wolcott will report on the international metallurgical commission and Morgan will take the floor on Hawaii after the immigration discussion. The House expected to debate foreign relations amid the diplomatic and consular appropriation bill as Cuba, Hawaii, and European aims toward China dominate attention.
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Washington
Senate
Hawaii
Wolcott
Morgan
House
China
Cuba
NOW WE CAN BREATHE FREELY Gen Booth Meets Secession Son
General William Booth and Ballington Booth met at the Windsor hotel in a father and son interview. Witnesses Josiah Strong and Charles Cuthbert Hall report no plan to merge the Salvation Army and Volunteers of America. They state that public controversy should end as far as possible.
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New York
William Booth
Salvation Army
Ballington Booth
Volunteers of America
Windsor Hotel
Josiah Strong
Charles Cuthbert Hall
General Booth
England
Export and Import Statistics for December Washington
The January exports and imports report from the bureau of statistics shows December domestic merchandise exports at $123,181,743, up over $7,000,000 from December 1896. For twelve months the export gain is over $93,000,000. December imports total $61,514,733 with $24,184,588 free of duty, a drop in dutiable goods by more than $8,500,000. For the year, imports rose about $54,500,000.
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Linport
Washington
Bureau of Statistics
New caucus law may prove dangerous in Wisconsin
Madison Wisconsin January 17 became known Saturday that the new caucus law paused by the last legislature may prove dangerous because of public ignorance of its provisions The law requires officers who conduct caucuses for the year to be appointed on or before February 1 So far as can be learned here the provision has been complied with in few if any parts of the state affected by the law.
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Madison
Wis
Pension case of Judge Long reappears in Washington
The Long pension case from Michigan returned to the pension office when an application was filed with Commissioner Evans to vacate the order cutting Judge Charles D. Long’s pension from 372 to 50 dollars monthly. The claim argues that pension rights are vested and cannot be reduced.
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Washington
Charles D. Long
Michigan
Evans
Indiana monetary convention delegates chosen for January start
Indianapolis at noon Saturday 241 delegates were chosen to attend the monetary convention beginning January 25 with over 100 more acceptances. total delegates expected around 350, surpassing the 290 at the initial convention.
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Indianapolis
Our Rising Generation of Boys Assault at Taylor School
Hillsboro Wisconsin January 17 R B Millsap a Taylor school teacher six miles northeast of town was attacked and beaten at night by six large boys some using brass knuckles. The assault stemmed from revenge for punishments given to members of the group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hillsboro
Wis
R. B. Millsap
Taylor
Death of a Well-Known Miner in Braceville
Braceville January 17 death of R Ramsey superintendent of Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul mines at Braceville and a widely known figure in American mining circles occurred at his home last evening.
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Braceville
Als
R. Ramsey
Chicago
Milwaukee
St. Paul
America
Pistol Accident In Washington Woman Injured At Wellington Hotel
Mrs Lucille Lane youngest daughter of ex Senator Joe Blackburn of Kentucky shot herself in her Wellington hotel apartment Saturday night. Family says accidental. physicians cautious on prognosis. The pistol caught in lace from a bureau drawer as she reached for a handkerchief, struck a rib and caused a superficial wound while the room was roped off. Senator Blackburn affected by the incident.
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Washington
Lucille Lane
Yongest
Joe Blackburn
Kentucky
Wellington Hotel
Lane
Senator Blackburn
New York Avenue
Lucille
Thos. F. Lane
Summitt, N. J
Treasury Department
Maxim Arms Company
New York
Lanes
Serum for the hog cholera tested by D E Salmon
Washington reports by Dr D E Salmon on hog cholera serum experiments. The anti toxine serum, similar to diphtheria antidotes, boosted immunity and showed preventive and curative effects. Field tests in Page county Iowa treated 278 swine with 39 deaths out of 244 treated and 86 sick, excluding one herd lacking definitive data.
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Washington
Bureau of Animal Industry
D. E. Salmon
Wilson
Page County
Tragic Suicide At Masonic Temple In Chicago
Alfred CC Green leaf, a unemployed bookkeeper, killed himself Saturday morning by leaping from the sixteenth floor of Chicago's Masonic temple. His body struck an iron railing on the second floor, smashing it, then shattered the marble stairway and slab before landing on the landing between the first and second floors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Alfred CC. Greenleaf
Masonic Temple
British bacon protest funds target fake American brands
London January 17 The Bacon Carers association of Great Britain and Ireland voted a fund of 25000 dollars to prosecute storekeepers selling American hams and bacon branded with English or Irish trade marks. The move follows widespread use of false trademarks in American products, endangering the home industry.
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London
Bacon Carers’ Association of
Great Britain and Ireland
Ohio river at Cincinnati rises toward danger line
The Ohio river at Cincinnati stood 42 feet 10 inches at 10 pm and was rising about one inch per hour possibly reaching 45 feet before receding. Officials note danger at 45 or 50 feet is nominal with limited cellar flooding and no major navigation disruption. In Lansing, Michigan, the Michigan Republican Newspaper Publishers' association will send a representative to Mexico to study unlimited silver coinage at 16 to 1.
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Cincinati
Ohio River
Mexico
Lansing
Mich
Michigan Republican Newspaper Publishers’ Association
Death of Benjamin Butterworth at Thomasville Ga
Benjamin Butterworth United States commissioner of patents died at Piney Woods hotel Thomasville Ga at 3 15 pm after pneumonia and aarnemic convulsions. He served in Congress and as patent commissioner and helped organize the Worlds fair project. He was born October 22 1837 in Warren county Ohio and survived by a wife and four children including William and Frank.
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Thomasville
Auger
Clatinnati
Commercial Tribune
Rays
Benjamin Butterworth
United States Commissioner of Patents
Piney Woods
Braiamin Butterworth
Washington
Lfe
Warren County
State Senate of
Ohio
Warren
Butler
Garfield
Arthur
McKinley
Chicago
William
Miss Deere
Moline
Ills
Frank
Christopher Colon Auger
U.S. A
West Washington
General Auger
West Point
Grant
Mexico
Army
Indictment of a coal trust in Sangamon circuit court
Springfield grand jury indicts several coal firms for conspiring to defraud. The Black Diamond Coal and Tile, Citizens' Coal Mining, Springfield Iron, Springfield Coal Mining and Tile, Springfield Co-Operative Coal Mining, Capital Coal, Woodside Coal, Sangamon Coal, Junction Mining, and West End Coal Mining were named as defendants forming the Springfield Coal association. They allegedly raised coal prices by 56 cents per ton, says the note, while claiming wage hikes justified the increase, with workers receiving 7.5 cents more per ton.
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Springfield, Ills
Sangamon
Springfield Coal Trust
Black Diamond Coal and Tile Company
Citizens’ Coal Mining Company
Springfield Iron Company
Springfield Coal Mining and Tile Company
Springfield Co-Operative Coal Mining Company
Capital Coal Company
Woodside Coal Company
Sangamon Coal Company
Junction Mining Company
West End Coal Mining Company
Ontario legislature limits subsi dized railways hiring and timber rules
In Toronto on January 17 the Ontario legislature adjourned and passed a bill barring employment of workers from countries with alien labor laws that exclude Canadians on subsidized railway projects. It also enacted timber rules requiring all sawlogs cut in Ontario to be milled in Canada. In Washington on January 17, during McKenzie’s committee examination, he dismissed Illinois ticket laws, saying brokers ignore them as inadequate.
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Toronto
Ont
Ontario
Canada
Washington
McKenzie
House
Secretary of the Navy
Long
Congress
Chicago
Roosevelt
Baltimore
San Francisco
Yorktown
College Athletics Meeting in Chicago Sets Track Plans
The Western Inter-Collegiate Athletic Association graduate committee met in Chicago to map preliminary arrangements for the annual track meet next summer. Members represented include the Universities of Chicago, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota and Lake Forest, plus DePauw and Grinnell colleges.
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Chicago
Western Inter-Collegiate Athletic Association
Universities of
Iinois
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Lake Forest
DePauw
Grinnell
Riots Test Cuban Loyalty as Army Girds for Revolt
Havana dispatch reports tense calm after last week's unrest with threats of a wider revolt if martial force is used. General Blanco struggles with a mob while officers confront rioters led by Major Fuentes and Captain Calvo, amid calls to release attorney Jesus Trillo and amid public unrest in Central Park and nearby venues.
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Blanco
Havana
Key West
Senor Jesus Trillo
United States
Fitzhugh Lee
Inglaterre
Central Park
Diario
Garricks
Major Fuentes
Calvo
Fuentes
Garrichs
Solano
General Weyler
Arojas
Saussier hailed in Paris as rioting erupts
In Paris a popular demonstration honored retiring military governor General Felix Saussier. A crowd cheered him from his residence as students later roamed shouting anti Jew and anti Zola slogans. Windows shattered and rioters dispersed by police with numerous arrests.
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Paris
Felix Saussier
Zola
Carlisle son of ex Secretary Carlisle dies in New York
A private dispatch reports Logan Carlisle, son of ex Secretary Carlisle, died in New York yesterday.
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Washington
Logan Carlisle
Carlisle
New York
Novel plan cited by Mrs Tait in Montreal anecdote
English surgeon Lawson Tait and his wife ride through Montreal on a hot morning when Mrs Tait notes blocks of ice opposite doors to keep air cool, remarking on their novel plan. The snippet ends with advertisements for One Minute Cough Cure and various business names.
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Lawson Tait
Montreal
Color In Our Currency
Nearly 3 400 000 pounds of colors are used by the United States government annually for printing paper money revenue and postage stamps.
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United States
Front porch car talks and vocal technique notes
Talked for months from a front porch and rear end of a car. Foley's Hoagy and Tar are used to explain why they could do this without injury to vocal organs. It is largely used by speakers and singers. H. J. Moogk, Swartz & Fleck.
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Foley
H. J. Moogk
Swartz & Fleck
Experiencing Digestive Ailments Find Relief in Remedy
Wm H Penn of Des Moines Iowa a chief clerk in the railway mail service testifies to Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy aiding his two year struggle with indigestion and severe stomach pain. One or two doses always bring relief priced 25 and 50 cents sold by Emmert Burrell.
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Wm. H. Penn
Des Moines
Iowa
Chamberlain
Emmert & Burrell
Special Assessment Notice for Stephenson County Tax
Special Warrant No. 2 issued by Stephenson County Illinois for a special tax on property improved with brick along Exchange Adams Mechanic Chicago Van Buren streets and North Galena avenue. Collector Taos Osborne notifies all interested to pay within thirty days at Fry's block room 3. Office hours 9 to 3. Dated January 8 1898.
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Stephenson County
State of Illinois
Adams, Mechanic
Chicago
van Buren Streets
Galena Avenue
Fry’s Block
A. D
Taos
D. Osborne
A Practical Puzzle Map of United States Sent by Chicago Great Western
Readers can obtain a cardboard map puzzle of the United States from Chicago Great Western. It features state pieces showing capitals and rivers, colored for easy assembly. Sending 10 cents to F A Lord, Chicago, triggers mail from the railway.
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Chicago Great Western Railway
United States
F. A. Lord
G.P
T. A
Chicago
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