Ohio mining strike sparks gunpowder explosions
In Steubenville region of Jefferson county Ohio clashes between striking miners and company guards escalated near Dillonvale and Amlook at Bradley. Four guards wounded, two likely fatally. Troops from Columbus ordered as firearms purchase by strikers widens tensions amid unpaid benefits and volatile conditions.
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Sinve
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Pilma Run
Bradley
United States Coal Company
Cananea trouble death toll disputed by officials
Francisco Binken Mexican consul in El Paso says seven Mexicans and two Americans were killed in Cananea. Mexican officials in control, Governor Ysabel returned to Hermosillo, and General Torres and Col. Nesterlitzky remain in command. Incident described as ended and not an organized foreign invasion. Reports from Washington and Los Angeles cite revolutionary agitation and wage concerns fueling unrest. A Mexican labor union push may impact native miners amid Cananea strike echoes.
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Francisco Binken
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Western Federation of Miners
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Operators Offer Arbitration Across Ohio Miners Case
Columbus report from June 5 notes the joint miners and operators committee adjourning with miners considering a proposed arbitration plan by operators in the Ohio field. The item highlights ongoing talks and a potential path to settle disputes without further action.
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Ohio Miners and Operators
Ohio
Attempt to Wreck a Trestle in Cleveland June 5
Eight sticks of dynamite exploded under the east end of the new trestle planned for the Nickel Plate tracks over the Cuyahoga valley. The blast shook buildings for blocks but failed to wreck the bridge. Work on the structure had been ongoing for months by non-union men.
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John C New Dies in Indianapolis at 6:10 PM
John C New, longtime Indianapolis figure and former consul general in London, died at his home 618 North Pennsylvania Street at 6:10 PM. Born 1831 in Vernon, Indiana, he served as quartermaster general of Indiana in the Civil War, U S treasurer under Grant, and chaired the Indiana Republican committee in 1876 and 1884.
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John C
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Blarry &. New
National Republican Committee
Ernest H. Bur
John C Ford
W. St. McKean, Jr
Omaha
Indianapolis Journal
Benjamin Harrison
London
Harrison
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Vernon, Hd
Indiana
United States
Grant
Indiana Republican Committee
Treasury
Where is this man at
Boston June 5. Wichether Rey. Chas. Ferguson of Kansas City Missouri once of Boston is an Episcopalian or Unitarian or both a question in the Kansas City diocese. His name appears on church books as a non parochial clergyman attached to the Massachusetts diocese. Rev J Stewart Smith Kansas City rector says Ferguson has led Unitarian congregations in Kansas City and St Joseph for three years and calls the situation a scandal.
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J. Stewart Smith
St. Mary’s Episcopal Church
Kansas City
Ferguson
St. Joseph
Supreme Court election results in Chicago Seventh District
The Seventh supreme court district election shows Carter 47 920, Cooper 26 888, Magruder 26 682. Boggs appears defeated in the First district. If so, court politics shift to five Republicans and two Democrats. Judge G A Carpenter won the Tuley seat.
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Chicago
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Cooper
Magruder
Boggs
G. A. Carpenter
Tuley
Poisoned by Corned Beef in Pennsylvania Mine
Thirty four miners at the Ellennor shaft became ill on Saturday forcing an early stoppage. The men suspect firedamp as the cause while the coal company officials blame the canned beef. The incident occurred in Funxsutwane y Pennsylvania on June 5.
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Elennor Shaft
Seven Drownings Reported After Storm Hits Odessa
A severe thunderstorm and heavy rains swept Odessa and surrounding district. Seven people drowned and four were killed during the turmoil as fires broke out in several buildings.
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Baseball Scores from June 5 Across Leagues
Chicago June 5 report lists league scores in several games. New York defeated Philadelphia 9 to 6 in Philadelphia. Detroit beat Washington 13 to 4 in Detroit. Cleveland edged Boston 6 to 5 in Cleveland. St Louis defeated New York 7 to 1 in rain halted seven innings. Chicago lost to Philadelphia 4 to 2. Toledo beat Columbus 5 to 2 in Toledo. Louisville defeated Indianapolis 7 to 6 in Louisville. Milwaukee beat St Paul 11 to 5 in ten innings. Kansas City defeated Minneapolis 8 to 2 in Kansas City. Pueblo beat Denver 5 to 3 in Pueblo. Omaha beat Lincoln 23 to 11 in eleven innings.
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A Splendid Rescue and a rekindled love on the rails
On a derailed Pullman train Wilton rescues Betty Allis amid gas leaks and wreckage. They converge after years apart, rekindling a romance as dawn lights a mining town, and Betty confirms Jack’s steadfast love.
Imagination at the Tomb Endures Four Hours Alone
A grieving lover visits his beloved’s tomb carrying a candle and prays for death. The door locks, he cannot escape, and hunger drives him to eat candle fragments over four days. At last the tomb opens as sunlight floods in, leaving him exhausted. Pearson’s Weekly.
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Pearson’s Weekly
Sounding stones and a musical bridge noted in traveler reports
An English traveler describes stone gongs at Chufu Confucius birthplace and burial site, a gray oolitic limestone disk cover for an incense dish sounding like metal. A Nature correspondent cites a Corick bridge in County Mayo called the musical bridge, its stone coping producing musical notes when struck.
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Chufu
Confucius
Nature
Corick
County Mayo
Ireland
Shade and clover enrich soil and feed calves
A discussion on shade from clover, especially mammoth clover, improving soil health through root decay and dense leafy cover. It compares mammoth to medium clover, notes cost efficiency, and cites farm experience. Also debates oil meal with skim milk for calf feeding, arguing natural balance favors whole milk. Nearby Charlestown uncovers a vast navigable cave lake beneath town.
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George P. Williams
Kansas
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