Chiefs of Labor at Pittsburg Convention Push Union Strike Action
A large labor conference chaired by Gompers in Wheeling WV backed mass meetings for Aug 5 and organized 100 West Virginia miners' organizers with Pennsylvania ties. Debs and Ratchford called for free speech rights, while resolutions urged conciliation, arbitration, true weights, and fair pay, facing resistance from operators.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Conference of Labor
Gompers
American Federation of Labor
United Mine Workers
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Trades’ Unions
United States
International Organization of Labor
Debs
Ratchford
The
Republic
Eighty-Nine Mines At Pittsburg Uniformity Meeting
Eighty nine coal company mines in the Pittsburg district were represented at the coal operators uniformity meeting. River operators and Westmoreland field owners did not attend. The meeting, held July 28, discussed the old uniformity agreement with new clauses, and committees will draft clause changes. Colonel W P Read presented a sharp minority report denouncing the process, claiming the meeting misled participants about strike considerations.
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Pittsburg
Coal Company
Westmoreland Field
Coal Exchange
Westmoreland
W. P. Read
Steytler
Read
Pennsylvania
West Virginia Coal Strike Shows Little Change
A Wheeling dispatch reports the West Virginia coal strike making little progress with Mine activity largely steady. At Fairmont Monongah mines added workers reaching about two thirds, 80 men joined from Connellsville, Watson, Gaston, Montana, New England and West Fairmont operated fully, while Kanawha valley saw no production drop. Moundsville and Glendale mines joined the strike after a large meeting, adding 100 strikers, and Boges Run mines continued working amid union emissary promises. The Norfolk and Western mines shipped heavily as the effort to halt production lagged.
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Cincinnati
Commercial Tribune
Wheeling
W. Va
Fairmont
Monongah
Connellsville
Watson
Gaston
Montana
New England
West Fairmont
Kanawha Valley
Norfolk and Western
T. L. Lewis
Moundsville
Glendale
Ohio River
Baltimore and Ohio
Boges Run
Offer to Protect: Miners told to load coal or quit
In Moneaqua Illinois July 28 miners were paid off and told to load coal for local trade or leave the shaft. Farmers vow to protect willing workers as a desperate bid to hoist coal for threshing. A large march by Pana and Mouweagua miners forced work stoppage. farmers bitterly denounce the miners.
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Moneaqua
Ills
Assumption
Indiana to Halifax for Navy Battleship Armor Work
Washington July 28 The armor makers refuse or delay supplying navy armor for three battleships at $3800 per ton. Secretary Long may establish a government armor plant if builders withhold. Indiana to Halifax for hull cleaning due to corrosion risks. bilge keels delayed until New York repairs finish next year.
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Washington
Navy Department
Congress
Dong
Union Ironworks
San Francisco
Department
Long
Indiana
Halifax
Port Royal
New York
Soldiers for the Gold Fields Question Authority Waves
Washington debates military post near Alaska gold fields with executive powers versus congressional authorization. Secretary Alger prepared plans. Captain P. H. Ray named commander. Legal obstacles loom over authority to quell disturbances and issue orders without presidential or local confirmation.
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Washington
Alaska
Congress
Alger
P. H. Ray
Sitka
Release of American prisoners in Cuba and tariff revenue forecast
Consul General Lee reports that if Louis Somelian is freed five other Americans remain jailed in Cuba Manuel Fernandez Rafael Fernandez y Diaz Julio Tomas Sainz and Frank A Gramont are held for rebel ion with arms in hand and under ordinary jurisdiction A Manzanillo telegram contradicts claims that Albert Slusser was captured Treasury official Howell says the new tariff bill will raise at least 185 million dollars this year and about 220 million in 1899
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Washington
Lee
State Department
Louis Somelian
Jai
Havana
Cuba
Manuel Ll’ Rnandez
Fort Cabanas
Rafael Fernandez Y Diaz
Sangua la Grande
Julio Tomas Sainz
Frank A. Gramont
Santiago
United States
Manzanillo
Secretary of State
Albert Slusser
Slusser
Howell
Treasury Department
Alden Woman Arrested for Attempted Murder in Eldora
Ja Hidora July Mrs Th J Rick of Alden arrested by Sheriff Mitterer on charge of attempted murder. Bail set at 500 dollars after J W Barks swore information accusing Rick of shooting at him with a revolver, wounding an artery in the leg. Rick admits shooting but says Barks sought entry while her husband was away.
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Hidora
Th. J. Rick
Alden
Mitterer
Eldora
J. W. Barks
Death of Judge J R Doolittle Prominent Wisconsin Politician
Judge J R Doolittle of Wisconsin dies at 82 after Bright s disease. He helped found the free soil and Republican movements, served as U S senator from Wisconsin, and held various legal posts before retiring to Chicago. He left a long legacy in 19th century politics.
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Providence
J. R. Doolittle
Wisconsin
Bright
New York
Reuben Doolittle
Genesee County
Martin van Buren
Democratic Party
Republican Party
United States Senate
Senate
Chicago
Prindell
Racine
Baseball scores from Chicago and across leagues
Scores on the ball field from July 28 report Brooklyn 16 over Louisville 2 in Louisville, St Louis 6 over Boston in St Louis, Chicago 4 over Cincinnati after ten innings, and Chicago 3 Cincinnati in a ten inning game. Western League results show Minneapolis 11 over Grand Rapids 6, Milwaukee 4 over Columbus 8, St Paul 11 over Indianapolis 10, and Kansas City 16 over Detroit 8. Western Association games include Des Moines 7 over Burlington 1, Cedar Rapids 9 over Dubuque 6, Peoria 6 over Rockford 6, and St Joseph 7 over Keokuk 6.
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Chicago
Louisville
Brooklyn
St. Louis
Boston
St. Tupuls
Cincinnati
Minneapolis
Grand Rapids
Milwaukee
Columbus
St. Paul
Indianapolis
Kansas City
Detroit
Western Association
Burlington
Des Moines
Cedar Rapids
Dubuque
Peoria
Rockford
Keokuk -Quincy
St. Joseph
Illinois State's Attorneys Convene in Bloomington
Illinois Prosecuting Attorneys held the first convention in Bloomington with thirty present. John Nichalls spoke on Criminal Procedure, Judge Sherman discussed Oral Instructions, and Jonah H. Rowell addressed Criminal Prosecutions. Officers elected: President Burnett M. Chiperfield and Secretary Treasurer John Daily. Peoria chosen as next meeting site.
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Illinois
Bloomington
Ills
John Nichalls
Peoria County
Sherman
McDonough County
Jonah H. Rowell
Burnett M. Chiperfield
Canton
Treasury
John Daily
Peoria
Pearl Morrison murder case update from Crystal Falls
Crystal Falls Michigan on July 28 reports no new developments in the Pearl Morrison murder inquiry. Bons the tramp faced a four hour coroner jury session, questioned extensively yet remained calm and confident amid a packed, spectator-filled room. Rumors circulate of newly found evidence against Bons. Monmouth Illinois July 25 notes heavy attendance at the Illinois Firemen tournament races. Knight of Monmouth won the 100 yard dash, Abbott of Polo took ladder climbing, Naperville captured the first team novelty hose race, Mount Carroll won hub and ladder novelty, and Monmouth claimed hub and hub ladder events.
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Crystal Falls
Mich
Pearl Morrison
Bons
Monmouth
Ills
Ilinois
Knight
Abbott
Polo
Naperville
Mount Carroll
Yaca
Doctor's Wife Shoots Self in Religious Mania
In Wright, Iowa area the wife of Dr Steve Todd reportedly shot herself in the head with an old army musket yesterday afternoon. Authorities cite religious mania as the suspected motive.
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Oskaloosa
Steve Todd
Wright
Rich gold find rumor near Duluth reported
Telegrams note a rich gold find within fifty miles of Duluth Minnesota. Other items: fines and sentences for trespass on government land in Michigan and illegal liquor sales in Wisconsin. a U S special commissioner appointed for the Paris Exposition. claims of English Yukon interests. multiple obituaries. jail for a Jewish Chautauqua official. violent deaths and suicides in several cities. Chicago reformer Packard dies after surgery. Chicago alderman Mangler refuses to answer grand jury questions.
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Minnesota
Duluth
Charles Rambaud
L’anse
Mich
Ernest Heidel
Ludington
Florence
Wis
Moses P. Handy
Illinois
United States
England
Yukon
Africa
Pierceton
Ind
Benjamin Yohn
Terre Haute
Alexander ‘Chomas
Burns Dunlap
Dayton
Nethusala Worman
Isaac Neuyer
Citizens’ Bases, Loan and Building Association
Pana
Dis
National Jewish Chautauqua
Atlantic City
de Kh
Kohler
New York
Kilbourne Bevback
Port Huron
Liahnemann Hospital
Chicago
William Mangler
Grand Jury
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Indorse
de Armitt
Reid
Dempster
W. P. de Armitt
Council
Yook
Hillsdale
Frederick Virgien
Elkhart
Albaugh & Son
Virgien
Sam
Judge Doolittle
Mothers of America
Olla
Gates
Centaur Company
Chas. H. Fletcher
the Centaur Company
Murray Street
New York City
W. L. Douglas
L. Douglas
Russia
Uhlmeyer & Maurer
W. L Douglas
Brookton
Mass
Galena Street
Queen & Crescent
Nashville
Tenn
Chattanooga
Lookout Mountain
Chickamauga National Military Park
W.A. Beckler
Adams Street
W. C. Rinkarson
the Journal
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