Bituminous miners brace for wage talks and possible strike
The annual joint conference to set the coming year’s coal wage scale opens Thursday at Tom Union hall with miners and operators from Indiana Illinois Ohio and the Pittsburg district. A 10 to 20 percent increase is sought by the miners though some Illinois operators doubt a 20 percent rise. Traer Illinois operator likely to chair the conference with C S Scroggs and W B Wilson as secretaries.
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Tom- Union Hall
Minera and
Ilingis
Indiana
Ohio
Pittsburg
Indianapoliis
Mineral Scale Committee
Illinois
Traer
C. 8. Scroggs
Iinois
W. B. Wilson
Senate Trims Drug Store Whisky Compared With Saloon Whisky
After a half hour of discussion on Wednesday the senate ruled drug store whisky worse than saloon whisky. Senators Wood Strider and Fortune spoke as Wood’s bill to ban saloons in a soldiers home mall faced an amendment allowing prescriptions in drug stores. Strider opposed the amendment and did not vote for his own measure as the bill moved to third reading without changes.
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Wood
Strider
Fortune
Senator Wood
Senator Fortune
Stricter
Train wreck in fog kills judge’s body on Dixie flyer
A fog bound collision near Pulaski and Ilion between the Dixie flyer hauling the late Judge Fentress’s body and a Chicago bound Illinois Central train injured Fireman Charles Buckner and flagman C E Bryant. The wreck flooded with grief as the Plainfield Jersey Central crash buried up to 30 dead, many unrecognizable, with 40 injured and unidentified bodies at Westfield station. Families mourn, fear climbs as more bodies are found.
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Dixie Flyer
Imnois Central
Chicago
Pulaski
Ljlin
Charles Buckner
Judge Fentress
Illinois Central
Tennessee
C. E. Bryant
Jersey Central
Plainfield
Henry Cummings
Elias Giles
H. Dennon
Frank Mustley
Westfield
Covington City Marshal Indicted for Perjury
Covington Indiana January report says Arthur DeHaven longtime city marshal was arrested on a perjury charge after a grand jury indictment. He testified about a saloon's liquor law violations and allegedly contradicted eight other witnesses, prompting the indictment as the grand jury seeks to stop winked enforcement.
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Covington
Ind
Arthur DeHaven
Caplas
DeHaven
Culver Man Found Dead in Hog Pen
Culver Ind January report says Joseph Bozart was found dead in a hog pen with his face badly injured by hogs. He is believed to have collapsed while feeding the animals.
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Culver
Ind
Joseph Bozart
Senate to Discuss Great Men of Indiana and Clark Statue
The senate next Tuesday will hear speeches while the seventh page lists many ads. A bill to erect a statue to George Rogers Clark is on the special order. Democrats favor Hendricks statue, Republicans back Clark. Forecasts warn of unsettled weather in Indianapolis with showers. temperatures rise from 42 to 50. Pack Williams heads to Pan for Life. Sheriff Motager travels to Michigan City. Convicted murderer Wallace Powell case noted. Williams sentenced for misdealing allowed transfer to penitentiary authority.
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George Rogers Clark
Thomas A. Hendricks
National Capitol
Washington
Republicana
Clark
Pack Williams
Sherif Motager
Michigan City
Pack Wik Nama
Wallace Powell
Metager
Spee
Williams
Booth Tarkington Triumph at University Club Fight
Booth Tarkington won a pitched battle against Gov. Durbin and supporters, securing victory for the University Club through his charisma and hospitality at the club house on N. Meridinnst. His win elevates the club’s profile and suggests future political influence from its members and leadership.
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S.upver Hospitality
Ripper
Bill
UNIVE
Gov. Durbin
West
Nas
University Club
Clib House
N. Meridinnst
Indiana
Princeton
Mitchell declines governor's arbitration board offer
John Mitchell, president of the United Mine Workers, declined an Illinois arbitration board post after a Wednesday audience with Gov. Yates' private secretary John Oglesby. Mitchell said his duties as union head would not permit accepting the role and would consume too much of his time, preventing adequate focus on miners' work.
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John Mitchell
Gov. Yates
United Mine Workers of America
Illinois Board of Arbitration
John Oglesby
Springfeld
Gov
Yates
Mitchell
the Sun
Arbitration Commission
Dentist Fits Gold Crown On Dog In Frankfort
Frankfort Indiana January 23 Ward J Martin a dentist has placed a gold crown on the front tooth of his full blooded English bird dog Bessie May. The dentist says the dog learned to stay still after a few days and the crown may be the first of its kind in the state.
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Frankfort
Ripper Bill
Senate panel backs barber commission bill without color rep
The Senate labor committee on Wednesday favorably reported Senator Ball's barber commission bill but struck the provision adding a colored representative. The move preserves the commission as proposed without that minority inclusion.
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Senate Labor Committee
Ball
Lang in hospital after pneumonia scare
Long featured misspelled report from Boston June 22 notes ex secretary of the Navy John D Lang shows a slight pneumonia attack at St Margaret s hospital. Friends conceal tears but fear for his condition. Wednesday morning Lore reports he is holding his own. matron hesitates but believes the case not critical.
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Boston
John D. Lang
St. Margaret's Hospital
Danter
Lore
Nail in Babe Brain Leaves Iowa City Baby Near Death
A 15 month old baby near Iowa City faces likely death after a nail driven by the infant's 4 year old brother struck the skull. The nail entered the unknit area of the brain and caused hours of spasms and agony before doctors gave little hope. In Jackson, a boxing match between Herman of St Louis and Tommy Mowatt of Chicago ended in the 10th round with Herman hurt in the groin and a medical decision pending.
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Iowa City
W. M. Blegs
Herman
Jackson
St. Louis
Tommy Mowatt
Chicago
Merman
Wan
Called Them Scars and Turned Them Back
Philadelphia report on coal strike commission testimony. John Weber of J. Wenty & Co. recounted union action led by Duffy to recruit strikebreakers at Baslebrook, denouncing them as scabs. Weber said the men were not assaulted or stoned and union members reimbursed travel expenses to Philadelphia.
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John Weber
J. 8. Wenty & Co
Coal Strike Commission
Darrow
Weber
Duffy
Baslebrook
McAba
Philadelphia
Trial of Dr Joseph C Alexander Opens in Court
The criminal court will begin Monday with the trial of Dr Joseph C Alexander on the grave robbery charge. Prosecutor Ruckelshaus plans to participate and cannot attend both that trial and grand jury work. The grand jury is not expected to convene next Monday and may defer to the Alex ander case.
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Ruckelshaus
Indianapolis
Gram
Joseph C. Alexander
Ruckelhaus
Charles Bennict
Armour dumps May wheat holdings in slump
Armour continued selling its large May wheat stockpile, unloading 5,000,000 bushels in an hour. The rapid disposal drove prices down from 19 to 77 1/2 cents, with bearish sentiment fueling the move and Armour seeking quick profit.
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Chicago
Armour
Tragic Bavarian royalty ruled by madness in Savaria
In Bavaria the aging monarch Otto II has long been deemed insane, his mind fading into periodic lucidity while his nephew Lutpol d is the real power as Regent. Otto's condition is the nation’s tragedy, with the royal line awaiting a day when a sane king sits the throne.
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Jan
Savaria
Lutpold
Bavaria
Huprecht
Luttpold
Ludwig
Prince Luttpald
Tegents
Otto
Poyers
Gov Durbin and allies accept pale reform measure defeat
Gov Durbin and loyalists reach a compromise on the reformatories issue after a near-defeat of the ripper bill. The substitute would ease removal of refractory board members without ousting the current board, creating bipartisan boards and limited appeals, while preserving key powers.
Council of War Over Ripper Bill Inches Toward Passage
The assembly debates the Ripper bill with talk of amendments and a Republican conference set for 12:20 p.m. Wednesday. Speaker Henry Marshal says the bill will pass with changes, while Rep Sayre and Rep Sherman express no current compromise, warning the fight could resume.
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Marahat
Henry Marshall
Tippecanoe County
Rouse
Marshall
Marshall Terusea
Henry ‘Marshal
House
Sayre
Mere Man
Boiler blast at Alabama foundry kills six injures twenty
In Anniston Alabama a large boiler exploded at the Southern Car and Foundry Company malleable foundry. Six men died and about twenty were wounded with several expected to die. Names of the dead and injured are listed. cause of the disaster remains unknown. Nearby damage included a ton weight boiler fragment blown across sheds and iron piles.
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Anniston
Ala
Southern Car and Foundry Company
Bloody clash as 250 Chinese slain in Kowang Bi unrest
In Victoria B C a report from Canton describes the Kwang Bi rebellion worsening with thousands moved toward the front. Chinese forces are said to have suffered heavy losses, with about 200 killed and rebels around 50 in a recent engagement.
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Victoria
B. C
Ching
Creaph
Canton
Does Education Make Republicans in Indiana Senate
Senator Kittinger, noted humorist of the Republican side, stirs laughter as he discusses a debt limit vote tied to a city school borrowing. The scene, set in North Vernon, involves a separate city corporation to finance school construction, while several senators voice opposition to the debt measure.
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Senate
North Vernon
Kittingera
Vernon
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