Gompers to Present New Proposal Amid Steel Strike
In Pittsburg Pat Aug 26 A new proposal from the Federation of Labor led by Gompers is expected to be presented to J P Morgan to end the steel strike While Henry White and R M Easley go to New York with a peace plan Shaffer denies authority A secret conference of steel trust officials was held and Shaffer notes fewer men at work in nonunion plants A new independent iron and tin plate mill is planned at Clarksville West Virginia by Jackson Tin Plate Company with 300000 capital Contracts for machinery amount to 250000 and construction began Mon The plant will run 14 mills and produce about 70 tons of sheet iron and tin plate per day Shaffer predicts a hard fight ahead in the strike
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Pittsburg
Pat
Gompers
Federation of Labor
J. P. Morgan
Henry White
Garment Workers
R. M. Easley
National Civic Federation
New York
Shaffer
American Sheet Steel Trust
Mil
Chicago
Columbus, O
Clarksville
W. Va
Jackson Tin Plate Company
West Virginia
Ital
Strikers Jubilant Over Mills Closure in Pittsburgh
Strikers express jubilation as the trust fails to open the Star and Demmler mills in Pittsburgh. The Amalgamated workers feel encouraged by the progress reported so far. The seventh week of the strike began on Monday.
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Trust
Star and Demmler Mills
Pittsburg
Star
Demmler
Judge’s anti press injunction called intimidation in Hammond
The restraining order against Conkey printing pressmen drawn by Judge Baker faces strong criticism. D F Kennedy of the AF of L attacks the sweeping provisions and distant hearing date, arguing courts suppress workers rights and intimidate union activity. He cites similar injunctions and questions why arrests under such orders are not pursued.
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Baker
Conkey Printing Company
Hammond
Conkey Company
D. F. Kennedy
A. F. of L
Hamilton
Cincinnati
Labor leaders deride sweeping injunction in union dispute
D F Kennedy of Bakers argues injunctions permit work to proceed despite orders while FE Gould calls it a jug handled case. Secretary Harry Slough criticizes the action as a radical curb on equity, warning Republican votes could suffer. John Geckler calls the order far reaching and unjust against peaceful persuasion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FE. F. Gould
Harry Slough
Central Labor Union
John Geckler
Hammond
Fire chiefs gather for annual convention in Indianapolis
About 20 chiefs arrived in Indianapolis for the twenty ninth annual gathering at Masonic Hall starting Tuesday at 11 am. Edward Croker of New York was expected, with Secretary D C Larkin and President M S Humphreys leading a 460 member body. Topics include dangers from electricity during fires and the role of religion among fire chiefs.
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Edward Croker
New York City
Richard Croker
Masonic Hall
The
Elks
Grand
Quigley
Syracuse
M. S. Humphreys
Pittsburg
D. C. Larkin
Dayton
O. Henry A. Hills
Wyoming
D. J. Swenie
Chicago
Chief O'Connor
New Orleans
Jones
Macon
Hunter
Allegheny
Hale
Kansas City
Harris
Tampa
Fla
Association
Hills
Forsythe Branded Likely for Public Controversy
Washington report says Captain James McQueen Forsythe faces a Navy reprimand for discussing the Sampson-Shely controversy in public prints contrary to a secretary Long order. Forsythe, former Key West station commander and Indiana captain, criticized leadership in Kansas City remarks and may be retired on Sept. 25 if confirmed quoted statements are correct.
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Washington
Long
James McQueen Forsythe
Navy
Department
Forsythe
Key West
Indiana
Mare Island Navy Yard
Kansas City
Sampson-Schley
Secretary of the Navy
Sampson
Atlantic
Spain
Hackett
Admiral Faces Possible Loss of Retirement Privilege
A naval officer may be deprived of the privilege of retiring at the next highest rank, rear admiral, affecting career plans and honors. The move signals potential disciplinary or administrative action impacting retirement rights and rank recognition.
Young Men's Institute Meeting Audits Books
The sixth grand council met Monday at Grand secretary Charles A. Korbly Jr.'s office to audit the books. Sessions move to Y M I hall Tuesday with high mass at St Joseph's church and continue Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday. A banquet at the Grand hotel Wednesday features William P. Cosgrove as toastmaster with remarks by several priests and members. Electric officers to be elected Wednesday afternoon.
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Grand Council
The
Young Men’s Institute
Charles A. Korbly, Jr
Y. M.- 1. Hall
E. North St
St. Joseph's Church
Grand Hotel
William.p. Cosgrove
Dennis O'Donaghue
Joseph Weber
Andrew M. Sweeney
Frank B. Burke
Indianapolis
Harry E. Rouse
Local Man Cured Of Stomach Ailment With Tablets
Henry L. Shattuck of Shellsburg Iowa reports cure of a long stomach trouble after using four boxes of Chamberlain Stomach and Liver Tablets. He had tried many remedies and physicians before finding relief. For sale by all druggists.
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Henry L. Shattuck
Shellsburg
Lover boards a train and escapes
Miss Emma Kaiser of Fort Wayne is detained in Richmond Indiana to prevent her from jumping from a railroad bridge after a breakup at the depot with Broderick a former navy man who had boarded a St. Louis train and left her authorities safeguard her life and prevent self harm in this state news item from August 26.
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Richmond
Ind
Emma Kaiser
Fort Wayne
Broderick
St. Louis
Navy
Woman Returns Body Mixup in Evansville Incident
Mrs. George William Schmidt arrives in Evansville with her husband’s supposed body but discovers it is a crippled man placed in the wrong casket. She refuses to pay shipping charges while St. Louis hospital authorities offer no payment. Attorneys expect federal court action to resolve the matter.
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Evansville
Ind
George William Schmidt
St. Louis
Train Kills Man Sleeping On Tracks At Seymour
Alexander Storey was ground to death under a B and O S W train near Seymour Indiana Sunday morning. He had been drinking and slept on the track. Alonzo Harris discovered him and tried to rouse him but Storey threatened him, prompting Harris to call police who were three blocks away when the train struck.
Four Held in Indiana Slaying Case
In Kokomo Indiana Ferd and Roy Marvin and Lester and Ray McVeta were held for murder after Ferd Marvin testified that Mrs McKee threw a stone at the defendant’s sons causing a fatal injury. The trial concerns the killing of Eddie McKee.
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Kokomo
Ind
Ferd
Roy Marvin
Lester
Ray McVeta
Forer
Eddie Mc-Kee
Ferd Marvin
LaPorte Man Reported Turning to Stone
Eli Green is described as gradually becoming stone with a hard upper abdomen and limbs. He has endured ovens at 120 degrees without improvement, and a stony formation is forming around his heart threatening its action.
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Laporte
Ind
Eli Green
Record-Breaking Family Residency in New Paris
A Richmond report notes a New Paris family of William L. Davis and wife with 13 children, seven boys and six girls, living together. The mother, 40, can shoulder two bushels of wheat and was married at 16, highlighting a remarkable household record six miles east of Richmond.
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Richmond
Ind
New Paris
William L. Davis
School Teacher Becomes Railroader Resigns in Centerville
Prof. John C. Newbern resigns as Centerville school superintendent to join the C., KR. & M. auditing department in Richmond Indiana. The change announced August 6 and cited as a career shift from education to railroad accounting work.
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Richmond
Ind
John C. Newbern
Centerville
Infant's Elbow Dislocated by Lift Up By Father
John Mahony of Muncie Indiana lifted his 18 month old baby by the arms causing a dislocation of the child's left elbow. The incident occurred in Muncie Indiana with the family seeking medical care for the injury.
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Muncie
Ind
John Mahony
Indiana Deaths Chronicle Across Cities
In Wabash Mrs. Amanda Depuy is mourned as a pioneer Columbus. Joseph Schwartzkopf a wealthy farmer collapsed dead in the woods. Princeton pays tribute to William Tichenor 74 a prominent Republican twice county treasurer. Fort Wayne remembers Mrs. Mary Rank nearing 100 next Thursday. In South Bend Orville H. Brusie a noted Democrat mason and Odd Fellow held fire chief posts, and once joined Robert Morris on a European masonic journey. he survived the Confederate ship Alabama sinking after being rescued.
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Princeton
William
South Bend
Orville H. Brusie
Robert Morris
Holy Land
Alabama
Multiple incidents and deaths reported across Indiana towns
Lead ore near Oakland City and a gas flow near Morristown are noted. Dilley dies in Brazil, Evansville assault thwarted, a boy dies from a toy wagon fall, and two more deaths including a man under a train in Marion. Robbery and missing brakeman report, private banks to replace wrecked ones, and a police stabbing in Anderson are listed with scattered details.
Muncie Society Figures in Various Local Crises
Reports from Indiana describe William Hoey arrested in Nogales on customs fraud charges, with local kinship claiming immunity from prosecution. Elia and Bessie Berry traced to Bluffton as domestics, while Fred Wilson finds a valuable pearl near Muncie. Separate incidents include a man’s furniture theft in Elkhart, a train collision near Columbia City killing Elmer Shirley, and a Pentecost tent collapse in Decatur with injuries.
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William’ ‘Hoey
Nogales, Mex
Muncie
Elia
Bessie Berry
Norwood, C
Bluffton
Ind
City Engineer Plans Blake Street Sewer Work Despite Dispute
Jeup, the city engineer, and contractors arrange Tuesday morning start for Blake street sewer despite ongoing blame over responsibility. Work halted previously amid the dispute, and no settlement changes that status.
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Jeup
Blake St
Contracts Lock Brewers From Immediate Labor Strife
Rumors of a brewing industry conflict fade as Indianapolis contracts run three years and prohibit strikes. Albert Lieber of the Indianapolis brewing company predicts a nationwide move toward a uniform wage scale by the contract expiration, limiting local unrest.
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Brewery Workers’ Union
Indianapolis
German House Taxation Looms Over Exemption Claim
County attorney Hugg has returned from vacation and promised Township assessor Jefferson an early decision on the lability of the German house for taxation. Hugg will conduct a thorough investigation and the assessor will likely rule on the exemption claim, the house arguing it is an educational and religious institution.
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Hugg
Jefferson
Thororough
Sultan to pay indemnity to Paris for quays rights
Paris reports the sultan agreed to pay the quays commission 700000 francs as indemnity for interference with its rights. An additional 600000 francs will be paid for the seizure of lands belonging to French nationals.
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Paris
Quays Commission
Surgeon Owen stirs war over deaths in army camps
Buffalo August 26 The question of unnecessary disease and death among soldiers in the army fuels friction between Maj. W C Owen M D Fort Thomas Ky and War Department He accuses officials and red tape of causing high fatalities in southern camps during the Spanish American War and in the Philippines He cites figures on diarrhoea dysentery typhoid and battle casualties and says surgeons lack authority to act Brooke dismisses the charges with skepticism
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Buffalo
N. Y
War Department
Army
W. C. Owen
M. D
Fort Thomas
Philippines
Owens
Department
Manila
Maj. Owen
United States
Cuba
Porto Rico
Brooke
Owen
RATTLED TO DEATH BY A BRASS BAND
Panhandle employes enjoyed Ohio athletic day in Columbus with 15 000 attendees. Terre Haute beat Dennison 8 to 4 as a 45 piece band rallied the crowd and Dennison demanded band restraint amid rattled nerves. Delegations came from Indianapolis Logansport Terre Haute Crown Point and other Indiana towns.
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Panhandle
Columbus
Ohio City
Terre Haute
Dennison
Wabash
Dennison Boys
Indianapolis
Logansport
Crown Point
Indiana
Hood's Sarsaparilla Promises Blood Reform
An advertising note claims Hood's Sarsaparilla starts its healing by targeting the blood to restore the body's strength after a breakdown. It presents a direct, period style claim of restorative power.
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Hood
Lake Erie and Western excursion to Michigan City
Bargain rail trip offered Sunday September 1 1901 from Indianapolis at 6 30 a m to Michigan City and a Cincinnati round trip at 1 25 with two special fast trains leaving Cincinnati at 6 30 p m return. Also Baldwin's advertises upright pianos and Dr W B Aig veterinary services at Wood's Stable with telephone 1097.
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W. B. -Aig
Wood's Stable
Rushville
Connersville
Hamilton
Cincinnati
An Old Nurse for Children Promises Soothing Syrup
A vintage advertisement touts Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for teething children. It claims to soothe the child soften the gums ease all pain and cure wind colic and diarrhoea at twenty five cents per bottle.
Tickets On Sale Daily Through September 10
Final return limit set for October 31. For details contact ticket agents.
Rushville Fair Ticket Offer Details and Return Limits
Rush County Fair transportation deal lists $1.20 rush to Rushville and return by August 31 with sales on August 27 28 29 and 30. Through C H D account rush county lines operate this fare. Tickets sold on specified dates and final return deadline is August 31.
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Rush County
Classified notices page with rental and employment ads
A dense string of old classified entries lists wanted positions and rentals. It includes private horse handling, sale of a pony and buggy, partnership offers, a lady housekeeper, a colored girl for housework, sleeping rooms with baths, front rooms on multiple streets, and light housekeeping rooms. A white washer woman is sought for Mondays at 1901 N Meridian with new phone service.
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Capitol-ave
Meridian
King Alfonso Plans Extended European Trip This Year
King Alfonso intends an extended tour with Gen Weyler and the Spanish minister of war. They will visit Gibraltar and the Balearic Islands and may go to Reims and possibly Kaiser Wilhelm, as part of a diplomatic Mediterranean voyage. Bodily pain relief is advertised by Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil with claims of instant aid for burns cuts and sprains.
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Madrid
Alfonso
Weyler
Gibraltar
Balearic Islands
Mediterranean
Par “Reimes
Kaiser Wilhelm
Dr. Thomas
Hogs Receipts and Quotations at Interstate Stock Yards
At the Interstate Stock Yards in Indianapolis on August 36 hog receipts were nominal with no shipments. Quotations list good to choice assorted meat hogs at 46.20 to 46.45, medium and heavy mixed 6 15, lightweights 5.80 to 6.10, common to good pigs 5.00 to 5.75, rough stock 4.60 to 5.60.
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UNION
Indianapoli
Interstate Stock Yards
Indianapolis
Furocertes
Java
Ro Rio
Bourbon Santos
Santos
Prime Santos
Columbia A
Windsor
Ridgeway
Phoeni
Empire
Ideal Golden
Akwood
Cassia
New Orleans
Louisiana
Carolina
California
Indiana
City Grain Market Report for Wheat and Corn Prices
Wheat steady with No 2 red at 68 cents and August at 68 4 cents. Corn weak with No 1 white 39 4 cents and No 2 white 59 14 cents. No 1 timothy hay quoted at 11.5 to 12 dollars, inspections show multiple car totals for wheat corn white mixed yellow and hay.
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Timothy
Hay
Prairie
Rye
Chicago Market Prices Fall Across Grain and Livestock
Wheat futures slip with September at 7.04, December 7.12. Corn declines. September 5.54, December 5.74, May 5.04. Oats down. September 3.45, December 3.55. Provisions ease. lard at 8.85, ribs 8.00, pork 15.45. Butter and cheese retreat. dairy items show lower quotes across creamery, daisies, and Swiss products. Live poultry prices ease. chickens, roosters, ducks, and turkeys bid lower, with geese at 1.50 per dozen.
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Chicago
The Josbing Trade Poultry and Produce Prices
Prices paid by chippers for poultry and produce section lists per pound rates for turkey, young tomatoes, fowls, cocks, ducks, geese, spring chickens, and various cheeses and butter. Eggs quoted by quality. Hides and tallow section notes green salted hides with grade prices for No 1 and No 2, plus calf categories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newark
Price List Fragments for Goods and Provisions
A market price excerpt lists canned goods and produce with varied weights and prices. It notes items such as corn, peaches, blackberries, pineapples, beans, and peas, plus coal, coke, alcohol, and cleaning staples with unit costs and bulk rates. Also included are cured meats, lard, sausage, pork, beef, oysters, fish, clams, lobster, and frogs legs with assorted prices and package sizes.
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California
Standard
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Pittsburg, Pa
D. F.kennedy
Baker's Order
Indianpolis
Tion
English
Navy Department
Lover
Amanda Depuy
Joseph Schwartzkopf
Oakland City
Morristown
J. N. Dilley
Brazil
A. Negro
A. Worley
Covert Anderson
Elwood
Rev. A. 8. Anderson
Philip Canada
Auburn
le Teeter
Garrett
Lake Shore
Avilla
Andrews
Cromwell
Keys
Leach
Charles Spillman
E. & T. H. Brakeman
Jeffersonville
Gretna Green
Will Riley
Riverton
Marion
George Hunter
Anderson
Kenneth and
Ray
Fred Wilson
White River
Fred Powell
Elkhart
D. W. Bevis
Noblesville
Frank
Ira Revis
Elmer Shirley
Charles Fryover
Jesse Worden
Columbia City
Shirley
Worden
Fryover
Trene Keck
Mount Vernon
William Gove
Balbec
Paris Green
Frank Nelson
Alexandria
Nelson
Decatur
New ‘Orleans
Albert Lieber
Indianapolis Brewing Company
Lieber
Sultan
Gen
Baldwin's
Colorado Excursione
SUN
Surrey
Brookside
SI Sun
Hadley-st
Bath
E. Chio
N. Noble
W. New York
Loubet
Tomson
Stevenson
Ag Wno
Iti
Union Stock
Josbing
Kanawha
Jackson
Green County
Blossburg
C.e
Eac
Castile
I“Ingan & Co
Tierce
Mable
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