Butcher Workmen Strike Ends After Conflicted Talks
Widespread butchery strike near two months ends with Amalgamated Butcher Workmen leader Donnelly declaring most skilled workers may return. Some may lose old posts. wage scale dispute cited. Conference board and central trades body oversee the ceasefire and reassignments. Also reports a separate freight wreck near Wisilwa with two dead and nineteen injured.
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Michael, A Donnelly
Ut Eting
At Trades
Donnelly
Ava
Sr. S. Alvrhing
Packers
Omid
Strike Still On in War of Packora and Workmen
About 26 000 strikers voted to remain on strike while 2 400 supported return to work after a chaotic sequence of votes and conferences with packers. Plans for arbitration were discussed but not acted on, and central organizers weighed next moves as meetings with Allied Trades conference board were delayed.
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Chilengo
Allied Trades Conference Board
Ooackers
National Packing Company
Abox
Army's retreat halted as Japanese pressure eases near Mukden
St Petersburg officials say Tauro Patkin's forces are safely positioned and the critical Russian retreat stage is past. A separate dispatch cites the main army moving northward from Mukden, while Japanese operations continue to harass the Russian fleet.
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Mukden
Bill Leads to Shooting at Green Shoals Store
A dispute over a long overdue bill at a Green Shoals country store near Huntington W Va on the Guan River sparked a gunfight. Two men were killed another fatally injured and two seriously hurt while two more who escaped are believed wounded. Swar brothers of John Lambert were involved and fled to the mountains.
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Huntington
W. Va
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John Lambert
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Adams
Avon Bummerfield
Coal Miners' Trouble Heard By Judge Gray In Philadelphia
Judge Gray, head of the anthracite coal commission, heard conciliation board arguments over operators collecting money from employees to pay check weighmen and docking bosses unless employees authorize the deduction. The case follows a ruling by Umpire Wright, now referred to Gray for final settlement, with operators claiming Wright overstepped.
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Conciliation Board
Philadelphia
Anthracite Coal Commission
Board of Conciliation
Wright
Wabash Train Wreck Kills Seven Near Sedalia
A Wabash passenger train en route from Dés Maines to SQ Laws all wrecked near Sedalia Missouri killing seven passengers and injuring more than thirty. The dining car collapsed with many victims inside while the day coach derailed. About 600 people were aboard. survivors sought treatment at Moberly.
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Tlintingtoy
Wetvellee
Moberly
Wabash
Deadly mystery in East St. Louis double homicide
Coroner McCracken investigates two found dead near the Black Bridge in East St. Louis, a white man identified as Robert Reynolds of Cedar Rapids and a Black man named George Creon shot through the heart. An unidentified woman directed him to continue about 200 feet further. she fled as he questioned her.
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Cedar Rapids
George Creon
Nelson Morris Packing Company
Black Bridge
Templars in Parade Through San Francisco Streets
Ten thousand Knights marched through San Francisco with forty bands and cheering crowds. The front formation included twelve grand divisions as the parade wound from Market Street to Van Ness Avenue. Most Eminent Grand Master Stoddard reviewed the procession with grand officers amid decorated streets and packed stands.
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Hideka
Market Street
Vau ‘Nese Avenue
Stoddard
No Bull Fights At The Fair Declared Illegal
Governor Dockery after a conference with Attorney General Crow orders St Louis County to stop daily bull fights at the World's Fair. Crow warns of an injunction if local authorities fail to enforce the law. Drownings reported in Arkansas near Clarendon while boating on a gasoline launch. Arkansas returns show Gov Davis trailing in bid for a third term by about 20,000. Labor Day attendance at the St Louis fair sets records. London reports deny Boxer Uprising rumors in China. Nomad Platonoff named interior minister in Russia succeeding Plehve.
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Jefferson City
Dockery
St. Louis County
Heneken
Missouri
St. Louis
Clayton
Arkansas
Little Rock
Ark
Davis
London Foreign Office
China
Iowa School Census Scandal Drives Rectification Push
State Superintendent J J Riggs will issue annual census instructions to spur local boards to better count school age children. Previous tallies show steep declines due to neglect and inaccurate counts, with six year totals for Iowa ages 6 to 24 revealing miscounts. The 1909 census will be taken starting Sept 10 under secretary supervision or with assistance from local boards.
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Dew Moines
Jawa
Andpoiit
Towa
Loea
Lown
Bie
Censis
Ities
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Smaler
Riggs
League of Town Municipalities Meeting to Open Doors
Gefay Rapids to entertain the seventh annual meeting of Lekue of Tawa Manisipitides on October 12 and 13. City to host delegates with entertainment scaled to the event. City council informal plan drafts committee lists for finance reception transport program printing refreshments music and decorations.
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Gefay Rapids
Tawa Manisipitides
Meyer Huston
Accident with shotgun kills wife near Monroe
Charles Chipps discharged a shotgun accidentally while driving with his wife Mrs Chippy on a farm five miles north of Monroe. The shot fatally struck Mrs Chipps in the head as Mr Chipps climbed into the wagon. The husband, a well known farmer, is reportedly prostrated by the tragedy. the couple had no children.
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Charles Chipps
Chaves Chipps
Monpe
Spencer jury finds four not guilty in assault case
R. Greaves acquitted. Case State vs CG W Grenvd dramatis in Spencer. Jury out overnight. verdict not guilty. Also reports: John Knnseh’s wife dies. Dunning indicted for bank fraud in Mt Ayr. Osage lightning kills 17 on Avery Brush farm. $70,000 Carnegie Library cornerstone laid at Council Bluffs. apples abundant in Humboldt County. H Lenn found dead in Tipton savings bank president death.
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W. Grenvd
Jeamves
Ppiscoll
Praer
Council Bluffs
Labor Day Observed Across Iowa Cities Provincial Festivities
The report notes widespread Labor Day celebrations across Iowa with large parades and crowds. In Des Moines nearly 3,000 workers joined city festivities. Davenport hosted 5,000 union laborers at Grand Trunk Park. Oskaloosa and nearby towns saw heavy street crowds for circus attractions and ball games.
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Poandes
Babar
Drigehim
Davenport
Grand Tshrond Park
Wort Madison
Keokule
Oskaloosa
Bar & Bailey Circus
Fnally
Fare Dade
Wirterlag
Ofutin Wi Nore
Musentine
Farmer Kills His Boy in Accidental Gun Discharge
Albert Roonfranz, while loading a gun to drive away a hawk threatening his chickens, accidentally shoots his 9 or 10 year old son. The weapon misfired at the breech, the shell explodes, and the boy is killed instantly. The accident occurred near Clear Eoke in Grant Bowne ship on a Sunday morning around 10 o'clock.
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Albert Roonfranz
Marvelous Escape on Night Train At Waterloo
A day coach laden with passengers derailed after colliding with a Western freight locomotive near the grade crossing at Waterloo. The car toppled into the riverbank as it slid from the embankment while witnesses and a few passengers remained calm, with some unaware of the disaster until after the event.
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Western
Waterloo
AG Swiday
Phrtels
Sensation in Boone City as court contempt notices served
City officials and the city treasurer were cited to appear before the district court on Sept. 20 to show cause why they should not be punished for contempt of court. Sheriff posters delivered the notices by mail, sparking local attention. The prior order had city costs and judgment totaling about 50 but details are unclear due to damaged text.
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Ure Boone
Caune
Cnag
Jealousy Sparks Fatal Rooming-House Shooting
In Stoax City on Wednesday morning a quarrel over a divorced husband led Mrs Grace Intel to confront Mrs Maylie Lledding ton and Rateh in a rooming house. Intel drew a concealed revolver and shot Lledding ton, who was fatally wounded. Mrs Dutch has been arrested.
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Grace Intel
Mayiie Lleddington
Rateh
Lleddington
Dutch Fins
No Hospital Denies Care as Craner Dies En Route
CG W Craner of Stanbury Missouri dies Wednesday morning while being taken to a Des Moines hospital. He was a consumptive and would not be admitted to a hospital. heart disease struck on a cot near the hospital after arrangements to send him home.
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CG. W. Craner
Stanbury
Elscopal Hospital
Union Sdution
Des Moines
Craner
Cramer
Farmer's accidental shotgun death near Mason City
A farmer in the Mason City area says his loaded shotgun discharged while he was aiming at a chicken hawk, striking his 2-year-old son who stood nearby. In another incident, a threshing outfit burned Monday night near Spencer. A dog from Slowx City was taken to the scene as officers seek the responsible person.
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Spencer
Slowx City
Freight wreck on Rock Island near Muscatine kills Noland
A Rock Island freight wreck near Muscatine results in the death of William Noland of Chicago and fatal injuries to Arthur Campbell of Ottawa UL, with five others injured as the rear of the train jumped the track and broke apart.
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Wiskilwa
Ound
Rock Island Road
Muscatine
William Noland
Chicago
Arthur Campbell
Ottawa
Tragic Burn Death of Waverly Public School Student
Mary Oramer aged 18 daughter of Superintendent W J Cra mer of Waverly public school died from burns after a gasoline stove explosion. She endured terrible agony for hours before death. Sources note the accident occurred at a local residence in the Waverly area.
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Mary Oramer
W. J. Cramer
Waverly
Nevers
Russian retreat in direst peril near Mukden amid Japanese onslaught
Reports from St. Petersburg and war desks describe the Russian army withdrawing in panic toward Mukden as Japanese forces press from multiple directions. Thousands are said to have fallen, guns abandoned, and rear-guards routed in a brutal pursuit that marks a decisive shift in the campaign.
Strike to Continue Amid Stock Yard Labor Referendum
Reported voting shows 2,408 of 28,500 striking workers favor returning to work while 26,507 prefer to stay out until a state arbitration proposal is submitted. Leaders say the strike continues if the measure is not resubmitted, with broader protests against meat handling and worker conditions. Also noted are two suicides: Conrad Ingle at Cincinnati church and Sigmund Phillipson of Austin, Texas, amid ill health.
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Leste
Conference Board
Chienzo Wednnesay
Stike
Cyre
Ling
Donnelly
International Clieera
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Chicago
Conrad Ingle
Winley Methodist Church
Oln ¢Innati
Sigmund Phillipson
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