Labor Union Emerges Among Post Office Clerks in Chicago
Special to The Sam from Chicago reports the formation of the National Federation of Postoffice Clerks the first national union in the government service led by Samuel Gompers. The launch followed a secret gathering at the Briggs house and aims to extend across major cities and Indiana state offices to push a soldier-preference bill for veterans in public appointments.
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Chicago
Briggs House
National Federation of Postoffice Clerks
Milwaukee
San Francisco
Washville
Louisville
East Lake City
Indiana
Post Office Department
Hanent
General Assembly
J. Frank Hanly
Aids of Trustees of
Minot
10Th Indiana Volunteer Infantry
Edgar M. Barnwin
Fairmount
Maj
Joseph R. Harrison
Columbia City
Herbert Spencer
Huntington
Frank Walsh
EB. Harter
Warsaw
Eugene Buehler
Indianspoils
J. J. Mackman
Aurora
Gompers
National
Clerks
Gompera
Labor
Clerks Push Eight Hour Day and Higher Pay Plan
The article notes clerks through their union secured an eight hour day and seek higher pay. Wages in postal service range from 0 to 800, with promoters calling $800 a low incentive for loyal service. Chicago officers elected include Goldtra, Fields, Pretfver, House, and Caveney. Next convention set for Indianapolis. A separate item reports Boston and New York merchants urging prosecutors to charge Mrs Verrault and Mrs Brown for fraudulent sale of stock in a mythical lead mine.
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Assara
Postal Service
Aarla
Indianapolis
Chicago
2B. B. Goldtra
J. J. Fields
Louisville
J. F. Pretfver
Dilwaukee
J. F.house
Nashville
H. J. Caveney
San Francisco
Scripps-Yattae Press Association
New York
Doston
Binan Verrault
Stella Brown
Deromo
Clerks Union Faces Government Service and Eight Hour Demand
Federation backing marks a pivotal step as the American Federation of Labor acts to organize government clerks. Jefferson Davis Pierce aids the drive promising protection and a charter, aligning the clerks with the national labor movement. The aim includes securing an eight hour day amid Roosevelt's wary stance but potential support for organized labor persists.
Await Outcome Of Injury In Wreck At White City
Miss Ara McCollough, injured in the Svenia railway wreck at White City, remains with Dr. R Light as of Monday night. Doctors report her condition unchanged and say the outcome will be known after several days. Companion Miles Helen McGuire, injured in the head, has nearly recovered and is from Naplesville.
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Ara McCollough
White City
R. ©. Light
Miss McCollough
Tipton
Light
Miss
Miles Helen McGuire
Alisa McCullough
Naplesville
Fort Benjamin Harrison Drill and the Fick and Shovel Gang
Soldiers train in entrenchments and rifle pits along Fall Creek while fifty prisoners in the Fick and Shovel gang dig ditches clear brush and haul gravel for roads. Wounded Quartermaster Bergt A Eugene Pierce learns he will soon return home to Chicago.
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Oscar M. Wagner
Wisconsin
Benjamin Harrison
Fall Creek
Bergt
A. Eugene Pierce
Almols National Guards
Chicago
War Department
William H. Shunko
Ft. Benjamin Harrison
Ordinary Policies and flat rates described for plain business men
The article reviews ordinary company policies from the last fifteen years, noting they are written on plain business contracts with definite dollar promises and no room for imagination. Rates are low and policies are described as in force, though modest in scale relative to total business.
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INDUS
Preacher to Quit Church After Year Ends
Special to The Sun Fairmount Indiana Rev W L Clews pastor of the Congregational church announces he will sever ties with the church next February after one year. He cites persistent gossip about his wife that has caused unhappiness since their arrival. Church members allegedly criticized her clothing on multiple occasions.
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the Sun
Fairmount
Ind
W. L. Claws
Congregational Church
Clews
Rescue at Sea as Charles A Eddy Burns Off Port Sanilac
The steamer Charles A Eddy, an ore carrier of Cleveland, caught fire near Port Sanilac at about 2 am while heading to Cleveland from Ashland. The Mackinac and two barges rescued passengers and crew. no lives were lost though the ship burned fiercely, and Eddy broke up after the rescue.
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Scripps-McBee Freee Association
Detroit
Mich
Charles A. Eddy
Cleveland
Ashland
Wis
Port Sanilac
Lake Huron
Mackinac
Eddy
Port Santiac
Voice of Dead May Be Heard at His Funeral
Fairfield Aug 28 The wishes of an old man are to be fulfilled by a talking machine delivering his own funeral benediction. Rev Daniel Hassatt Leach a Methodist preacher of Bone Gap requests his benediction be spoken at his funeral. The feature is unusual and reflects the man’s long ministry.
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Scrippe-McRae Press Association
Fairfield
Daniel Hassatt Leach
Leach
Biz
Conductor Dies After Train Shooting Near Huntington
In Huntington West Virginia on August 3 conductor Davidsan of the Norfolk and Western shot and killed brothers John and Howard Pope who were said to be aboard a freight train stealing a rifle. Davidsan claimed self defense after the Pope brothers allegedly drew pistols. he surrendered to authorities.
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Vertoge-Mettar Crewe Association
Huntington
W. Va
Aus
Walker Davidsan
Krenton
Norfolk & Western Rastroan
John
Howard Pope
Pope Hoya
Traveled Lyday Dies of Heart Trouble in City Street
L B Lyday a middle aged commercial traveler dropped dead on Mindsist avenue just north of Union Station after leaving Bucyrus for Topeka. He was stricken with heart trouble and died before aid arrived. Coroner Tutewller notified. body sent to PaCTEEUt.
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L. B. Lyday
Union Station
Brunday
Mr. Lyday
Bucyrus
Jeayo
City Budget Totals for 1907 Weakened by Water and Street Costs
The Board of Public Works presents 1907 expense needs to City Controller Breunig. Budget shows water plug rentals at 110000 and street sweeping at 90000, with other forge items and items yet to tally.
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Board of Public Works
Breunig
Boma
Oream
Atreet
Ktreet
Overcoats in Tennessee on a Warm August Day
In Memphis Tennessee on August 2 residents recall that light overcoats and wraps were needed for comfort during yesterday afternoon and night. Blankets were used for bedrooms.
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Memphis
Tenn
Men killed in a wagon by lightning near Rosewell
Victor and Thomas Simpeon brothers were found dead upright in a wagon near Rosewell while driving to their farm. Four mules harnessed to the wagon also died. The incident occurred yesterday as a severe storm moved through the area. The tragedy is attributed to a lightning strike.
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ST Rdnay
Cewe
Woman swears off coffee after Postum discovery
A Michigan woman says her husband’s health improved after they switched from coffee to Postum. She recounts his three year catarrh of the bladder and heart palpitations, plus her own stomach troubles, all easing within weeks. She praises long boiling for flavor and notes their children enjoy the drink.
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Michigan
Partum
Alice
Lndy
Poatum’ Co
Wonderland baby show awards prizes amid mixed judgments
A local baby show drew 300 mothers and three judges awarding prizes across four age sections plus special recognitions. Winners include Thomas Moore’s son, Joseph Harmon’s child, and Edward Vice as the fattest baby, with many mothers skeptical of the judging.
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Wonderland
Premisum
Boys—Thomas
Mire
A. P. Anderson
Tuxedett
Emmett
Mra
E. E. Thompson
Nell-Ave
Girle—Laverne
Walter Hughes
Columbia-ave
Hannah C
Mary] Noone
Walcott
Thomea
Thomas Moore
N. Westal
Joseph
Thomas Harmon
Maywood- BL
Girle
Margaret
Joan Sutter
State Mt
Arnt
Katherine
Flora Bourne
N. Senate-ave
Harry
Arthur Martin
Southeastern Ave
Carlos Leon
Grace Jerry
N. Keystonefive
Gilis—Tarnetes
Wile Hamnah
Bralleat
Joseph Donald Clinton
Hoathrook
Three Adrift in Boat Off Lake Michigan
Advices from Lake Harbor Michigan report three reporters adrift in a small rowboat in a heavy sea on Lake Michigan. The missing are James Costello of New York and Blanche Taylor of an unspecified location, with details incomplete.
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Scripps~McRae Mreas Association
Muskegon
Mich
Lake Harbor
Lake Michigan
James Costello
New Korn
Blanche Taylor
Bryan's Daughter Sees First Play in New York
Ruth Bryan Leavitt daughter of Willam Jennings Bryan attended a vaudeville premiere of Bra6 Holmes Detective at Keith Proctor Union Square theatre. The plot centers on a jewel theft solved by Mrs Holmes with the butler framed.
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New York
Europe
Ruth Bryan-Leavitt
Willam Jennings Bryan
Holmes
Keith & Proctor
Union Square
Theaeter
Boom
Maude Turner Gorden
Tanksley Freed After Schafer Murder Suspect Release
Bedford Indiana dispatch says Tanksley arrested at Evansville linked to Miss Schafer killing is released on bond after his mother and a fellow provide aid. He faces only wife desertion charges here and plans to stay, work, and await the grand jury’s decision.
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Bedford
Ind
Tankeley
Evanaville
Schafer
Tanks Toy
Misa Schafer
Desertions Hit Zion City Followers of Dowie in Geneva
Aug news from Zion City reports about three hundred swayed followers of John Alexander Dowie deserting after learning funds invested in Zion were lost. Berlin dispatch notes August Rosenberg sues for false imprisonment over arrest of a preacher suspected in anti monarchist conspiracy. An old nurse promotes Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething children.
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Dowie
derippe-Mehie Freesesellatten
Geneva
Switzerland
John Alexander
Zion City
Rosenberg
Scrippe-Meltae Pevap Ansectation
Berlin
August Rotenberg
Beattie
Waste
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Postal Clerks Organize Union
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Gumpers
Jefferson Davis Pierce
Mn Pierce
Clerks’ Union
Washington
Roosevelt
Rothevelt
Uneeda Biscuit
Clinois Gnardewan
Benjamin Hartson
AML
Ben
S Lgnal Corps
Mack Cunningham
Corpa
Co. Ot, Saville
Twenty-seventh Infantry
Edward L. King
Second Cavalry
Clarence N. Jones
Fourteenth Battery
Coast T Artillery
George Garrity
FL. Snelling
W. D. Murphy
Engineering Corps
Deaconess
Taverna
Ben F. Walker
Twenty-eighth
Ft Buelling
Roy Mason
Twenty-first Battery
Ft. Sheridan
August Taverna
Diamond Dick
E. H. Taylor
Lawrence
Twenty-eighth Infantry
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co
John R. Hegeman
Iegne
Forea
Earileat Jaune
Tbese
Metropo Ar
Opolitan Life Insurance Company
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Preacher Hag
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