Miners Indicted for Alleged Anti Trust Conspiracy
Federal grand jury at Charleston West Virginia charged President John P White and 18 United Mine Workers officials with conspiring with coal operators in Pennsylvania Ohio Indiana and Illinois to fix wages and block West Virginia coal from markets in Cincinnati Columbus Toledo Cleveland Detroit Indianapolis and Chicago through 1912 to date. Violent mine disturbances and martial law followed as the case marks first UMW officials charged under the Sherman act amid pending labor exemptions legislation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
John P. White
United Mine Workers of ‘America
Akerman
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Indiana
Ilinois
West Virginia
Coas
White
Frank J. Hayes
Thomas Haggerty
Joseph Vasey
James Cautreil
Charles Hatley
Marco Roman
George H Amonds
Benjamin F. Morris
Thomas Cairns
Clarence C. Griffith
James M. Crago
James Dina
John Nutter
Rome Mitchell
Reece
F.D. Stanley
Cantley
A. D. Lavender
National Organization of the Miners
Cincinnati
Columbus
Toledo
Cleveland
Detroit
Indianapolis
Chicago
Point
Cabin Creeks
United Mine Workers
Militant dies after Derby melee in England
Emily Wilding Davison died in Epsom hospital after throwing herself in front of King’s horse Anmer during the Derby. She had been gravely injured when the horse stumbled, trampling her as jockey Joyce fell. Davison, a prominent suffragist, had been jailed eight times since 1909 for vote rights activism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Epsom
England
Emily Wilding Davison
Epsom Hospital
Anmer
Miss Davison
Epsom Downe
Aumer
Joyce
Great Britain
Votes For Women
Pethrick Lawrence
Emmeline Parkhurst
Christabel Pankhurst
Mabel Tuke
Woman's Social and Political Union
King’s Heach
West End
London
38 Men Face Prison for Silk Strike Picketing
Paterson New Jersey June 7 a jury in Judge Klewerts court found 38 strike pickets from the Harding mill guilty of unlawful assembly for the April 26 protest. Among the convicted are Hannah Silverman age seventeen and Benjamin Hagedorn. Silverman has been arrested repeatedly and was briefly jailed for interfering with a policeman. The judge sentenced her for a disorderly act to 200 days in county jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paterson
N. J
Klewert
Harding
Wll
Hannah Silverman
Benjamin Hagedorn
Miss Silverman
Recorder Corralls Court
Barry Price
Isidor Klewert
Price
Hannah
Wood Free Collins Guilty In Textile Strike Case
William M. Wood, president of the American Woolen company, was acquitted on conspiracy to injure Lawrence strikers through planting dynamite. The jury disagreed on Frederick H. Atteaux. Dennis J. Collins was found guilty on two counts and not guilty on four. Bail for Atteaux was renewed pending disposition of his case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heston
William M. Wood
American Woolen Company
Lawrence
Frederick H. Atteaux
Dennis J. Collins
Atste
Collins
Atteaux
Senators oppose renewal of arbitration treaty with Britain
Nine influential U.S. senators after an executive session voiced opposition to renewing the arbitration treaty with Great Britain which expired June 4. The article notes France’s treaty renewal and argues these treaties constrain American interests. A separate report from Tendon exposes a conspiracy by Scotland Yard detectors to arm Ulster Unionists against home rule in Ireland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States Senate
Great Britain
France
Ulster
Ireland
Scotland Yard
Pirates Rob Chinese Trade Vessel for $30,000
A French steamer Robert Jebeaudy engaged in west river trade was attacked in the China sea by pirates. Reports received Friday say the raiders secured $30,000. The seizure occurred near Hong Kong in June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hong Kong
Robert Jebeaudy
West River
China Sea
Steamer Damaged by Mine Near Athens
The Belgian steamer Scurland, sailing from Antwerp to Antwerp via the Gift of Athens, struck a mine near Phieva Island and was seriously damaged, forcing it to be beached after the incident Friday in the Aegean.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Greece
Scurland
Antwerp
Phieva
Gift of
Senators Clash Over Executive Influence on Tariff Vote
Senate debate erupted as Townsend accused President Wilson and Democrats of pressuring lawmakers to back tariff changes. Reed and Walsh rejected the charge while Townsend pushed for recalls to probe influence. Weeks contended executives wielded more sway than all individuals in Washington.
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Wrehington
Townsend
Michigan
Wilson
Senate
Reed
Sly One
Walsh
Nelson
Weeks
Massachusetts
Washington
Megro Receives Life Sentence in Delinquency Case
Dubuque Iowa June 9 Louis Dude Christopher fifty three colored was Friday found guilty of contributing to the delinquency of several young girls and was given a life sentence by Judge Benson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Megro
Dubuque
Louis (Dude) Christopher
Benson
Unclear fragment about grave and body removal
A fragment reports a grave being dug and an undertaker dispatched to a Buffalo hospital for a body. It notes Myre William K. Kelly of this city was found Friday alive and improving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Tonawande
Buffalo
Myre
William K. Kelly
Cy Wea
Japanese Ambassador Seeks Imperial Equality With U S
Viscount Chin da, Japan's ambassador, met with President Wilson at the White House to press Japan's grievances and a new proposition seeking official recognition of Japan's place among leading powers. The exchange followed a prior conference with Secretary Bryan and signals a demand for equality of Japanese citizens with those of the leading nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Viscount Chinda
Te Perdonel
White House
Wilson
Japan
Bryan
Beneft
Bryat
Japa
Fires and riots spark local and international news
Reports from Cincinnati and Youngstown detail fatalities and injuries from a lamp fire and open furnace blaze. New York clergy push health marriage standards. Edmonton allows boxing. Budapest parliament erupts over cabinet resignation. Texas farmer Lea Jones killed by sons. a Missouri train wreck injures fifty. St Paul editor indicted for photographing twenties to counterfeit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul
Mian
Howard A. Guilford
Federal Grand Jury
Engineer Cooked to Death in Switch Yard Collison
Indianapolis June 9 James Seamon twenty seven a Big Four engineer was scalded to death when a cut of cars turned loose by a switching crew sideswiped his engine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
James ¥. Seamon
States Win Big in Interstate Rate Regime Ruling
The US Supreme Court upheld state power to fix reasonable interstate railroad rates until Congress acts. It barred Minnesota from enforcing the state’s rate laws against the Minneapolis Saint Louis line for now, while ruling others like Northern Pacific and Great Northern must show rates are unreasonable. Nebraska officials hailed the decision as lighting the path for state rate laws. A related Buffalo suit seeks dissolution of the Eastman Kodak trust, targeting Kodak entities in New Jersey and New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Supreme Court of the United States
Minnesota
Minneapolis & Sth Louis
Missouri
Arkansas
Oregon
Kentucky
West Virginia
Tech Minnesota
Lincoln
United States
Supeme Court
Nebraska
Clarke
Supreme Court
Aldrich
Sanborn
Conference of Governors
Spring Lake
N. J
Buffalo
Eastman Kodak Trust
McSteynolds
Eastman Kodak Companys
New Jersey
Eastman Kodak Company
New York
Canal Will Open by 1915 in Panama Project
Colonel George W. Goethals, chief engineer, states that by January 1, 1913 the canal will allow passage for any vessel between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. The canal project progresses toward full operation by 1915 as planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Panama Canal
Atlantic
Pacific Oceans
George W. Goethals
Canal Zone
Buffalo Bill Recovers and Leaves for Atlanta
Buffalo Bill Col William F Cody who was taken ill in Knoxville has fully recovered and has left for Atlanta accompanied by his wife. A mail carrier in Seward Nebraska, William Smith, age 40, shot himself at home amid troubling circulation of stories. he left a wife and six children. In Charles City Iowa health officer Niemček offered 10 cents for every 100 flies turned in, and 17,000 were submitted as starters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo Bill
Knoxville
Tenn
William F. Cody
Atlanta
Seward
Charles City
Ifn
Nieméck
Left-Handed Plant Growth Report From Cambridge Study
A Cambridge Philosophical Society note by R. H. Compton reports that among eight varieties of two-rowed barley, 68 percent of over 12,000 seedlings first leaf twisted left. Millet and oats showed excess left-handed growth. corn showed variable tendencies. No hereditary peculiarity found. interpretation remains uncertain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Man
Cambridge
Ngland
R. H. Compton
What Mem Don t Marry Article Portrays Wives as Photographic Props
The publisher asks where beat photographs showing strong minded women came from to illustrate an article on why mem don t marry. The author replies they are wives of men he knows.
Castoria: trusted remedy for infants for over twenty years
Mothers are urged to carefully examine every bottle of Castoria to ensure safety for children. The notice emphasizes Castoria as a safe remedy that has borne the label for more than two decades and notes that children cry for Fletcher's Castoria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fletcher
Could Have Saved Her Engagement Remark Sparks Tense Exchange
A terse dialogue centers on former engagement and current dislike as two speakers spar over past romance. The piece hints at personal hurt and social judgment surrounding a broken betrothal. Ted Cross Ball Blue advertising copy disrupts the flow with promotional lines for laundry products.
Experience of Motherhood Promoted by Pinkham Compound
A promotional piece argues motherhood is challenging and that Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound helps women prepare and recover. It urges readers to seek confidential advice from Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co in Lynn Massachusetts, asserting women can become normal, healthy, and strong with the tonic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co
Lynn
Mass
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Kansas City
Clarence H. Dickson
Missouri District Telegraph Company
Tama Jim
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Iown
Florida’s
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Chattanooga
Wood Free
DE Glares Wilson
Wien Auto
Shela
Paris
Rosetta Vandyke
Department of Agriculture
Chinda
Vera Schurma
Youngstown
Republic Iron and Steel Company
Calgary
Hdmonton
Burns and Pesky
Ruda Pest
Stepnenville
Tex
Lea Jones
Here
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Okla
George W Lewie
Missouri, Kansas & Texas
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Huxley
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Avs, Brosklyn
Harold Somers
DeLek
Sibyer Gee
Boo
Mates
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Coan Drug CO
Barnes
Kan
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Marky Creek
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