Roosevelt Intervenes to Avert Soft Coal Strike
President Roosevelt writes to John Mitchell urging renewed talks with operators to avert a soft coal strike. A national convention of United Mine Workers is set for Indianapolis March 15 to seek an agreement and prevent a strike planned for April 1. Mitchell hints at unknown outcomes as Roosevelts intervention proceeds.
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New York
Roosevelt
John Mitchell
United Mine Workers of America
United Mine Workers
Indianapolis
Mitchell
Conference Aims to Avert Bituminous Miner Strike
President John Mitchell of the United Mine Workers and Francis L. Robbins of the Pittsburg Coal Company call a conference in this city with operators' committees of the interstate agreement to seek means of preventing a strike by bituminous coal miners on April 1.
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John Mitchell
United Mine Workers
Francis L. Robbins
Pittsburg Coal Company
Hepburn Rate Bill Favored by Senate Committee
The senate committee on inter state commerce votes 8 to 5 to report the Hepburn railroad rate bill without amendment. Senator Tillman is chosen to report the bill by 5 to 3 predominance of Republicans. Absences of Cullom and Carmack noted. resolution preserves committee members’ right to vote on amendments.
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Washington
Senate Committee On Interstate Commerce
Senate
Tillman
Cullom
Carmack
Interstate Commerce Committee
House of Representatives
Dolliver
Aldseg Tas
Reichstag tariff extension bill sent to emperor for signature
Berlin February 24 the federal council approved the Reichstag action extending the new German tariff to the United States until June 30 1907 and forwarded the measure to the emperor for his signature.
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Berlin
Federal Council
Reichstag
United States
Hoch Hanged in Chicago for Wife Poisoning
Johann Hoch, convicted murderer, was hanged in the county jail at 1 34 p m for poisoning his wife Marie Welcker Hoch. He faced death calmly and prayed for law officers, declaring innocence as his last words. Attorneys vow to appeal to the U S Supreme Court if the ruling is upheld.
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Chicago
Johann Hoch
Marie Welcker-Hoch
Law
Supreme Court of the United States
Hoch
LONG WORTHS AT HAVANA
The Mascot te steamer carried Mr and Mrs Orth and Edwin V Morgan former American minister to Cuba to Havana from Florida. They were met by American legation attaches and consulate staff on the reception committee. The news item notes a Russian official slain in Warsaw and the assassination of M Ivanoff director general of the Vistula railroad.
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Morgan
Havana
Mascotte
Nicholas Orth
Edwin V. Morgan
Cuba
Florida
Frank Steinrens
Warsaw
Poland
Ivanoff
Vistula
Bracka Street
M. Ivanoff
Rev Ware Sentenced for Land Frauds in Nebraska Case
Rev George E Ware of Lead South Dakota was convicted of conspiracy to defraud the government through illegal homestead entries. Judge Munger denied a new trial and sentenced him to one year in county jail plus a $1000 fine. Ware has served as pastor in Lead and Deadwood.
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Omaha
Munger
United States District Court
George E. Ware
Lead
U. B. L Cattle Company
Ware
Episcopal
Lead and
Deadwood
Missionaries Massacred in Peking Notice Says
British legation reports four British missionaries killed in Peking including a man his wife and two children. The report notes the city tense as Chinese authorities pursue the attackers and restore order amid the violence.
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Peking
Eraneae Ahs Te
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M. M. Davis
Preston Ladd
Edward Dean
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Congressman
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