Bloodshed and Rioting at McKees Rocks Car Plant
Pittsburg July 16. Rioting at the Pressed Steel Car plant left 30 shot or beaten and 200 injured as 500 officers fought 4,000 strikers amid fires and arson threats. Deputies, sheriffs, and state constables clashed with largely foreign workers. Strikers seized a brewery and demanded jobs triggers and union action. Miners also strike 15,000 as negotiations loom under President Lewis.
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Pittsburg
McKees Rocks
Pressed Steel Car Company
Lewis
Taft Diaz Meet Possible El Paso October Summit
Washington reports a near certainty of a Taft Diaz meeting with plans for an El Paso gathering mid October. Taft seeks a formal handshake under a canopy on the international bridge or at an agreed end, as exchanges advance between the two leaders. The Detroit convention note and Henry Runge’s store alterations are also mentioned in brief updates.
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Washington
Taft
Diaz
Mexico
Long
North America
el Paso
International Bridge
Kingwood Man Found Dead in Mysterious Case
Kingwood West Virginia July 16. Dominick Bertaldi an Italian stone worker is the center of a murder or suicide mystery. A decomposed body found by children in woods near town with a razor and Catholic badges. Coroner empanelled a jury. some officials suspect Black Hand murder while the coroner cites unknown causes. Bertaldi had warned of threats during a quarry strike and left his boarding house July Fourth. He was forty, a widower with three children in Pittsburgh. The case shook the town as details unfold.
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Kingwood
W. Va
Dominick Bertaldi
David Gibson
Hertaldi
Bertaldi
Weaver Stone
Pittsburg
Gassoway
Evelyn Thaw Searched for Weapon Before Testimony
In White Plains Evelyn Thaw said no testimony could be used until she saw her husband Harry Thaw searched for a weapon. Deputy Attorney General representatives ensured Thaw had no weapon after court adjourned. Taft Losing Patience in tariff talks in Washington as delay continues.
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White Plains
N. Y
Evelyn Thaw
Harry Thaw
Clark
Chasm Between the President and Tariff Makers
Friction grows between the White House and congressional conferees over the tariff bill as Taft stands firm on the corporation tax. Aldrich Payne meetings reveal resistance to dropping the tax, while conferees push for agreed schedules and possible veto fears rise. Progress reported on chemicals, metals, and agricultural items with Calderhead and Payne coordinating for House schedules.
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Washington, D. C
White House
Capitol
Aldrich
Payne
Pavia
Taft
Senate
Calderhead
Kansas
Stan
Resolved Reading Showing Mr John Main Attentive
The fragment notes a resident named John Main attentive to a matter and a substantial completion by Rou. The text is fragmentary but indicates a completed project and an attentive resident involved.
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John Main
Cleveland men linked to murder at St Clair Flats
Port Huron July 15 A trio of Cleveland men are tied to the murder of cigar maker Rosenberg on a St Clair Flats islet. Elhera, who died by suicide on arrest, and Sam Frisbie confess while Frisbie aided in dragging the body. Police seize evidence and arrest a room mate Bibera as a key suspect. Nina Gaskin travels to St George for a visit.
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Port Huron
Mich
Lewis Rosenberg
Cleveland
St. Clair Flats
Joe Deboe
Elhera
Sam Frisbie
Rosenberg
Stewart
Deboe
Frank Bibera
Bibera
Sam Frasbie
Elbera
Algonac
Frasbie
Presenter Stewart
Frisbie
Runaway Engine Dashes Into Rowlesburg Round House
A light engine on the Cheat river grade of the Baltimore and Ohio ran away near Rowlesburg West Virginia. Engineer and fireman were injured temporarily. the tender crashed into the repair shop round house, but no one was fatally hurt. Tom Bernard helped avert disaster by moving his engine to safety. This marked the first recorded runaway on the Cheat river grade.
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Tunnelton
W. Va
Cheat River
Baltimore & Ohio
Rowlesburg
Morgantown
Wright brothers forego area plane test at Fort Myer
Wind and storm clouds halted a planned flight by the Wright brothers at Fort Myer despite Secretary Dickinson and other officials being present. A prior break was repaired, but gusts and ominous weather prevented a test of the aircraft. Milton Scherr of Eglon, West Virginia, is visiting King Richardson on Washington Street.
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Washington
Fort Myer
Dickinson
Wright Brothers
Milton Scherr
Eglon
Wva
King Richardson
Washington Street
Seven Die as Five Story Building Collapses in Philadelphia
A five story brick building at 11th and Market collapsed during remodeling for United Gas Improvement Company. Seven men were killed and 28 injured as a heavy iron girder toppled a support, sending debris thirty feet high. Eight workers were believed trapped. eight rescued victims included five men, two women, and a boy. One injured woman, Anna Orth, suffered a fractured skull.
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Philadelphia
11Th and Market Street
Market Street
11Th Street
United Gas Improvement Company
Traffi Squad
Anna Orth
Boy Hero Rescues Drowning Companion At Cheat River
In Cheat Haven at Marion on July 16 Raymond Costello, a boy about ten, dived into the Cheat river to save an 11 year old friend who sank twice. Raymond gripped the lad by the hair and kept his head above water until two girls nearby pulled them to the raft and saved the drowning boy.
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Marion
Cheat Haven
Raymond Costello
Raymond
Cheat River
Treating the Wrong Disease With Favorite Prescription
An article extols Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a cure for feminine ailments caused by organ weakness. It claims the medicine is alcohol free, a tonic for overworked women, aids sleep, and eases nervous symptoms. It markets Pleasant Pellets and advises readers to obtain the physician's medical adviser from the World’s Dispensary.
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Pierce
Dr. Pierce
World’s Dispensary Medical Association
Main St
Buffalo
N. Y
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Tate
Bo T
Detroit
Cathe
Henry Runge
Black Hand
D. C
Congress
Vener Rou
Nina Gaskin
St. George
Tucker County
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