Riot at Meadow Brook mines sparks mass Italian American clash
Riot erupts at Meadow Brook mines as Italian workers clash with American miners over job assignments. Levi Cooper, an American, defends himself with a crowbar, escapes to the mine entrance, and is aided by a deputy sheriff. Authorities fear a mob from Fairmont. National Guard to deploy to New River field. clergy press mediation. coal executives plan supply to lower prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarksburg
W. Va
Meadow Brook Mines
Cooper
Fairmont
Charleston
White
Daniel
Fayette County
National Guard
New River
Adjutant-General's Department
Coal field crisis escalates as miners clash with deputies
In the New River coal field in West Virginia, striking miners fired on deputies evicting them from company houses prompting a crisis. National Guard orders were issued to mobilize the Second Regiment with two local companies ready and a special train dispatched. Additional companies across several cities were alerted amid rising tension.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parkersburg
W. Va
New River
C. E. Morrisson
National Guard
Huntington
Milton
Ansted
Charleston
Bluefield
Sanford's Eye Not Dangling After Fight
The wounded Charles Sanford in a free-for-all Monday afternoon fight had his eye reportedly dangling but wounds were dressed before he vanished. A doctor treated him and notified police who then followed the report but could not locate him. He has not been seen since the bloody event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Sanford
Procession from Clarks Hill to Lafayette against saloon licenses
On August 28 a 400 strong protest parade led by the Clarks Hill brass band will depart for Lafayette. Residents opposed to saloons travel to remonstrate against county commissioners granting liquor licenses to three petitioning applicants. Leader H. S. Shafer of the Clarks Hill News has campaigned against the liquor traffic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lafayette
Clarks Hill
Nnne
H. 8. Shafer
Liner Classifieds Across Farm to Housekeeping Needs
Read the liners list listing farms for sale cows for sale piano for sale offices to clean women wanted mortgage loans house for gate chickens wanted girl for housework housekeeper wanted vacant lots for sale business man wanted modern house for sale gens washing wanted advertising man wanted man wanted to saw wood wanted boy in woodyard white girl for housework girl for general housework housekeeping rooms for rent lot on Keystone ave for sale get your face curtains done up N Illinois st vacant lot for sale house and blacksmith shop for rent or wagon to trade for horse rooms everywhere for rent PE Sun liners If not good things
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Keystone-ave
N. Ilinois-st
Miners Evicted From Homes In West Virginia Districts
Fayetteville West Virginia August 28 officers moved against about 1400 miners in the New River and Kanawha districts Wednesday facing trouble at Red Ash Chapman and Rends. Several shots were fired at Red Ash but no serious damage reported.
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Fayetteville
W. Va
New River
Kanawha
Red Ash
Chapman and
Rends
Miners Federation votes aid for Pennsylvania coal district
London reports the South Wales Miners Federation meeting at Cardiff on Thursday approved a donation of 1000 pounds to assist miners in the anthracite coal region of Pennsylvania. The action underscores international solidarity amid industrial unrest.
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London
South Wales Miners’ Federation
Cardiff
Pennsylvania
Hazleton mines resume after tense stand off
Cranberry washery and No 40 colliery reopened at Hazleton Pa on Thursday with no interference. A threatened raid by Panther Creek miners did not occur as deputies were massed at the colliery in anticipation. Operators say more men are expected to report during the day.
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Hazleton
Panthér’ Creek
Subscriptions Pour In For Technical Institute Fund
G W Brown heads the fund committee reporting rapid small gifts. A notable Indianapolis teacher gave a generous $500 donation with a letter of warm interest. An Indianapolis businessman added a $500 subscription as the drive continues. The committee lists $70,000 subscribed plus several assurances of support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. W. Brown
Technical Institute Fund Committee
Indianapolis
Whittler Crabi crafts odd pine box art in woodbox
Muncie man J C Crabi sent a single piece pine carving to State Geologist BlatchYéy as art critique for a peculiar wooden box made from one block. The device opens in a bossy display, resembles a pinchers tool at first, then reveals an artist’s easel and cactuslike branches. It was tossed into the woodbox.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Crabi
Muncie
BlatchYéy
Hog market slumps with sharp price drop
The hog market fell on Thursday with an average price decrease of ten cents across all grades. The top quotation slid from $7.95 on Wednesday to $7.75 on Thursday, signaling weaker demand and lower prices for producers.
Emanuel Baptist Church Fair Draws Big Crowds in Laurel Street Event
The Emanuel Baptist church fair at Laurel street and Woodlawn avenue advertises two more nights of prosperity with delighted crowds. Headline acts include blind John R Heim and Lillian Ball on Thursday followed by a drill by the English Zouaves on Friday as the program’s special features.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John R. Heim
Lillian Ball
Compitello Fortune Questioned After Murder on Washington St
Secretary Butler of Indiana Trust Co says Raphael Compitello had no hidden fortune despite reports of 1300 or 1800 dollars via three unsigned checks from Capital National Bank. A local Italian источник failed to reveal more. Compitello was killed weeks ago in a street fight with several Black men near his business on Washington Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raphael Compitello
Butler
Indiana Trust Co
Compitello
Capital National Bank
Anybouy
Campitello
Mindanao Earthquake Bulletin From Camp Vicars
War department bulletin reports severe earthquake shocks near Lake Lanaog on August 21. Camp Vicars suffered collapsed stables and stone piles, Turbaron Moros reportedly 20 killed by collapsing houses, mountains and streams damaged, roads intact. No Moro attack on Camp Vicars since August 19. no American casualties noted. Further details expected.
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War Department
Chaffee
Lake Lanaog
Camp Vicars
Camp Vickars
Mindanao
Sun's fair week holiday plan draws merchant support
The Sun reports most merchants favor a half day holiday during Indiana state fair week. Charles Downing denies merchant funding of the fair board, while John N Feasey and William B Wheelock express willingness to close stores for a half day to reward employees. Merchants' Association secretary Sauler remains noncommittal as talks continue.
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State Fair Board
Charles Downing
THE
SUN
Indianapolis
Downing
Fair Board
John N. Feasey
New York
William B. Wheelock
Ayres
Sauler
Merchants’ Association
Charity Organizat ion Society Steps In
Mike Lereg, a Syrian man with paralysis for over a year and exhausted savings, has been aided by the Charity Organization Society after the Sun highlighted his plight. Living in a dilapidated city district with no relatives, he was refused admission by City Hospital as incurable. Secretary Grout said the society will take charge and brighten his days within current limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mike Lereg
Organization
Society
Grout
Charity Organization Society
Palma May Be Impeached
Charges against Cuban President Palma over executive concessions have been prepared for impeachment proceedings. The anti Palma faction canvasses the senate while most members reportedly back Palma. President Palma and Minister Squires hold daily talks as specifications are handed to Squires.
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House
Senate
Palma
Squires
Washington
State Dept says no Cuban crisis or impeachment noted
The state department stated on Thursday that while in daily contact with Mr Squires it has not been advised of any crisis in Cuban government affairs nor officially notified of an attempt to impeach President Palma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
State Department
Squires
Palma
Letter Carriers Seek Beveridge for Denver Convention
The Indianapolis branch No 39 of the National Association of Letter Carriers asks Senator Beveridge to join its delegation to the national convention in Denver from September 1 to 6. The delegation departs Indianapolis Saturday at 11 45 a m by the Big Four lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
National Association of Letter Carriers
Beveridge
Association
Denver
Big Four
President Roosevelt speaks to Nashua crowd in 1920s style era
President Roosevelt spent about 25 minutes in Nashua addressing guards and locals from a platform before City Hall. He urged readiness and spirit, saying even the finest weapons rely on good soldiers, then continued to Manchester to address the New Hampshire Veterans Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashua
N. H
Roosevelt
Manchester
New Hampshire Veterans’ Association
Roosevelt Carriage Leaders Take Telegraph Pole Stair
In Manchester New Hampshire on August 28 a pair of leaders hitched to President Roosevelt's carriage spooked by a salute and climbed a telegraph pole. The president thanked Mayor May for the distraction and urged removing the leaders for safety, ending the dramatic episode and continuing the trip normally.
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Manchester
N.H
Roosevelt
Prisoners Escape From Paoli Jail In Midnight Break
Paoli Indiana reports three of the most desperate prisoners escaped Wednesday night by removing an iron bar from a jail window. Samuel Smith and Claude Edwards are charged with horse stealing, Charles Furgerson with forgery. Five other inmates faced minor charges but stayed. Smith’s wife visited him late. Bloodhounds from Seymour will be used to track the fugitives.
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Paoli
Ind
Samuel Smith
Claude Edwards
Charles Furgerson
Smith
Seymour
Appointment Arranges City Treasurer Duty in Name Only
In New Castle Indiana on August 28 Fred Saint is named city treasurer in title while Harriet Wright, daughter of the late treasurer, will perform the duties and be paid. The council sought to appoint her to the unexpired term but a statute blocked that choice, resulting in the current arrangement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Castle
Ind
Red Saint
Harriet Wright
Special Watch Sale Offer From J P Mulally
A brief ad notes a one week watch sale. The seller, J P Mulally, located at 28 Monument Place, promises payment to customers to secure favorable prices. The message reads as a persuasive local advertising pitch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. P. Mulally
Monument Place
Joseph S. Goode Lentist Removed To 327 328 Newton
Joseph S Goode a Lentist has been removed to the Claypool Building at 327 328 Newton. The move appears part of ongoing property or church related relocation. Further details are not provided in the readable text.
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Joseph S. Goode
Newton ‘Claypool
Weather forecast for Indianapolis and vicinity
Forecast for Indianapolis and vicinity for 36 hours ending at 8 p m Aug 29. Mostly fair with warmer temperatures Friday. Readings show 7 am 64, noon 82, 2 pm 86. Indiana and adjacent states forecast generally fair and warmer with southerly winds Friday.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Chiquita the Dwarf Elopes Again with Husband Tony
Chiquita the Cuban dwarf elopes with her husband Anthony Woeckner after leaving the Bostock circuit. They arrived in Erie Pennsylvania from Elgin Illinois where a landlady reported Bostock’s plan to separate them. The couple left through a window early Wednesday and boarded a train to Eric. The romance with Tony is a well known tale from Indianapolis appearances each fall.
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Chiquita
Dispatches To the Sun
Anthony Woeckner
Erie
Elgin, Il
Frank G. Bostock
Eric
Tony
Woeckner
Indianapolis
Big Four Earnings Spark Talk of Merger Absorption
Rail officials in Cleveland refuse to discuss rumors of absorption by New York Central. The Big Four system already functions within a New York Central framework driving enormous dividends. A proposed merger would place M F Ingalls, Big Four president, as financial head of the combine as Vanderbilt lines join under one parent company amid high gains and surplus pressures.
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Cleveland
Lake Shore
Big Four
New York Central
Vanderbilt
M. FE. Ingalls
Combine
Cholera Outbreak Expands Across Asia Pacific
Spreading from Java to Japan the cholera epidemic grows, striking both locals and Europeans. From Aug 1 to Aug 6 Hong Kong reports 523 cases and 6 European patients with 11 deaths, while Japan faces severe losses as the disease spreads through coastal and interior cities.
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Japan
Years Ago They Were Lovers But They Drifted Apart
Daniel Shearer aged 88 and Lizzie Rose, once playmates in Hamilton county Ohio, rekindled a late life romance. Shearer, civil war veteran and contractor father Samuel Shearer, sought a marriage license with Theodore Wiles’s affidavit. The couple wed in a courthouse ceremony as neighbors whispered and doubted the tale.
Iowa duo nabbed for old con game in park theft
Detectives Morgan and Kinney arrested two elderly men, Mike Wall and Sam Jameson alias Sam Clark, in Military Park on suspicion of buncoing W. O. Phillips of Afton Indiana at Union station. Phillips, en route to Vevey Indiana, reported the trap and described the men. The pair, about 63, gave aliases Michael J. Murray and John Davis and claim no Indianapolis activity since 1877. They are held on loitering charges pending further investigation.
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Buncoing
W. O. Phillips
Afton
Union Station
Phillips
Mike Wall
Sam Jameson
Sam Clark
Vevay
Ind
Iowa
Mr. Smooth
Smooth
Wall
Jameson
Michael J. Murray
Chicago
John Davis
Lafayette
Indianapolis
Ben Thornton
Indiana National Bank
Ned Gene Burns
Woman Charged With Stealing From Neighb ors Home
Grace Spoon 21 of 1617 Arsenal Ave was arrested Thursday on a charge of stealing $10 from Mrs Ida Staley who lived in the same house. The money was hidden in a bed and police later found it in an outhouse after a neighbor saw Spoon go there while Staley phoned for help.
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Grace Spoon
Arsenal Ave
Ida Staley
No strike planned by street car workers union
Chicago August 28. Unless signs fail there will be no strike by employees of the north and west side street car companies. A union meeting probably Thursday night may see a vote to refer wage and hour demands to a board of arbitration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
YMCA Gymnasium Reopens After Repairs and Redecorating
The Young Men's Christian Association gymnasium and baths, closed several days for repairs, reopened Thursday at 5 p m. The facility has been overhauled and redecorated with a new cement floor laid in front of the baths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young Men's Christian Association
Boarder reports missing $50 after sleeping at Rankinst Home
Mark Bates, a boarder on Rankinst, told police he woke to find he had forgotten $50 under his pillow and it was gone when he returned. He said several other boarders were in the house at the time and that police are searching.
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Mark Bates
Rankinst
Fletcher and Mock Face Police Court Trial Over Oaklindon Fire
The trial of Sur Fletcher and William Mock for firing Perry Apple’s residence in Oaklindon convened Thursday afternoon. Fletcher admitted guilt while accusing Mock of hiring him for the act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sur Fletcher
William Mock
Perry Apple
Oaklindon
Fletcher
Mock
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