Monongah miners idle as strike spreads across district
Debs arrives in Fairmont to press miners in West Virginia while Monongah, Fairmont and nearby mines walk out. Drivers and 200 miners refuse to work, total 630 lay off at Monongah with operators predicting broader action. Debs addresses mass meetings and Mayor Kendall warns against incitement as coal strike widens across the region.
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W. Va
Debs
Fairmont
Aurora
Palatine
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Pritchard
Eugene Vv
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Mahon
Court House Square
Columbus
National Executive Board
The
United Mine Workers
Ratchford
Dolan
Ittsburg
Itsburg
W. & Farms
Ohio Miners’ Association
Oskens, Dileher and Askew
West Virginia
Thacker
Caswell Creek
Buckeye
Coaperas
W. D. Mahon
Virginia
Chesapeake & Ohio
Wheeling & Lake Erie
Pittsburg
J. B. B. Cook
Canonsburg
Washington County
New York
Pennsylvania
Board of Arbitration
United States
H. P. Ford
John Binley
Chamber of Commerce
Gold Fever Grips Pacific Coast Prospects for Klondike
San Francisco reports a gold rush frenzy with thousands bound for Alaska. Joaquin Miller travels west for material as hope and hardship collide. many will fail to reach gold fields due to transport limits and food shortages. New York notes 2,000 prospectors expected. Portland tally puts Klondike treasure at about 1.5 to 2 million dollars. Oregon miners flee to seek fortune while desertion grows.
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Alaska
Joaquin Miller
Jimean
Commercial Hotel
Circle City
Prospect
Gotham
New York
Union
Srhuttle
Klondike
Portland
Clarence J. Berry
Oregon
Indianapolis Weather Forecast for 36 Hours Ends Monday
Forecast for Indianapolis and vicinity for the 36 hours ending p m July 20 calls for possible showers Monday afternoon with generally fair conditions and occasional thunder showers on Tuesday. Temperature at noon Monday was 86 degrees and at 2 p m 87 degrees.
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Indianapolis
Denounced Fair Bank by Severth minister on Sunday night
Reverend R. V. Hunter of Severth Presbyterian denounced the Fair Bank, calling public drinking immodest and degenerate. He claimed it leads to maudlin intoxication of youths and said public sentiment must rise to close such establishments.
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Fair-Bank
R. V. Hunter
Severth Presbyterian Church
Tren
Fair- Bank
Bicycle races at Gentlemen's Driving Park large crowd attends
Pennsylvania railroad employee from Indianapolis division enjoyed Saturday races at the Gentlemen's Driving Park. C. A. Foster of Terre Haute won the half mile and mile open and two mile open. Foster and Franklin won the tandem race. Charles Surendorf of Richmond won the fourth mile. Teams from Terre Haute Richmond Dennison Columbus and Indianapolis competed.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Indianapolis
C. A. Foster
Terre Haute
Foster
Franklin
Charles Surendorf
Richmond
Dennison
Columbus
Wesley M. Gerard Named City Republican Chairman
Wesley M. Gerard, new chairman of the republican city committee, is a practical railroad man with a long Monon Railway career and strong North-side club leadership. He pledges opposition to bossism, promises to consult rivals and supporters alike, and predicts victory for the party in the upcoming mayoral race.
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Wesley M. Gerard
Republican City Committee
Monon Railroad
Lafayette
Monon
Ile
George Fry
S. Minoisst
Gerard
al Womack
Mr. Gerard
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Terrible Pony Breaks Hurt Man and Death at Insane Hospital
A man named Wiliam ern of 173 Lingenst was badly injured Sunday while breaking a pony to a cart. The pony shied, throwing him and tearing his left ear, with possible serious spine bruising. Dr Erdman, City dispensary, cared for him at home before handing him to Drs Winter and Bigger. Felix Barnes, 43, died at the insane hospital Monday from asphyxiation due to an epileptic fit. He was a Benton County farmer, admitted April 17, 1891, described as quiet and docile, leaving a widow and four children.
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Wiliam Ern
Lingenst
Felix Barnes
Benton County
They Love Their Wives Powwow at Darlington Oklahoma
Two thousand Cheyennes and Arapahoes met near Darlington Oklahoma to protest a stricter polygamy law enforced by Gov. Barnes’ appointees. They spoke passionately about family bonds, urging peace and harmony while three chiefs plan to seek President McKinley’s aid. Tensions rise among the tribes over enforcement actions and potential consequences.
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Wichita, Kas
Darlington
Okla
Woodson
Cunningham
Barnes
McKinley
Anonymous anti-Taggart circulares and a Kentucky man's misfortune
A circulated anonymous anti-Taggart piece accuses the Taggart camp of gerrymandering and improper perks including maps and railroad dealings. In Indianapolis a Kentuckian, Charles Witt of Irving, Ky, was duped by a Bloomington hardware dealer tale and lost four dollars after a 3 PM meeting failed to occur.
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Taggart
Ward Heelers
Pennsylvania Railroad
Delaware St
Bryan
Absence of Music at Acton Camp Meeting Sparks Tension
At Acton, Sunday services were marred by a railroad dispute with Roberts Park Church choir members, who refused passes and left for home. The Woman's Home Missionary Society oversaw the event, with Mr. Weaver substituting for the ill Mrs. C L Weaver to read her paper on the society’s work.
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Acton
Roberts Park
Woman's Home Missionary Society
C. L. Weaver
A Capital Romance at Greenfield Wedding Atomizes State Clerk
Miss Celeste Ballard deputy in the secretary of state's office quietly married Dr. Clarence W. Orland a prominent Wa bash dentist. The ceremony took place June 21 at Greenfield with friends hosting and Ballard planning a short Elwood vacation. State house employees express chagrin at their ignorance of the romance. The piece also notes a Garfield Park band concert drawing thousands with cars crowded and long walks.
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Celeste Ballard
Secretary of State
Clarence W. Orland
Indianapolis
Greenfield
Friends
Elwood
State House
Garfield Park
Grand hotel changes under Col Townsend at Fort Wayne
Col Dick Townsend takes charge of the Grand hotel in Fort Wayne replacing Mr Taggart who moves to other duties. The State board of education proposes psychology as the basis for elementary and high school courses and makes music teaching compulsory with freedom to choose texts.
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Dick”Townsend
Randall Hotel
Fort Wayne
Grand Hotel
Taggart
State Board of Education
Man struck by lightning on Belt railroad near city
George Morris was struck by lightning while walking on the Belt railroad south of the city Sunday but escaped serious harm. Lee Kiser, a trusted county jail inmate, went missing Saturday night and was found Sunday at his Greenfield home. He had enjoyed broad freedom and claimed to want to see his wife before being retaken.
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George Morris
Lee Kiser
Greenfield
Jones the Tailor and Local Advertisements Swap Spots
In a brief Rockers column, William Li Elder highlights local business notes featuring Jones the Tailor at 95 Illinois, with stray references to horse feed promotions and Dundressian oats. The clipped text points to small ads and trades in a bygone classifieds page.
Sugar Schedule Conferees Triumph In Tariff Clash
In Washington the tariff conference reports clash over sugar duties as Republicans and Democrats debate the schedule. The Senate plan favors trusts with high duties on refined sugars and molasses while several revisions take effect immediately. Changes include borax, cyanide, soda ash rates, and lumber and tobacco adjustments, with the battle continuing into the next session.
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Senate
House Committee On Rules
House
Reed
Trust
United States
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