Rioting miners lash Shenandoah district in September clash
In Mahanoy City Pennsylvania on September 21 a mob of several hundred Lithuanian foreigners attacked workers and officials near Shenandoah. They beat a chief burgess and a foreman, dispersed breakers, halted a Lakeside trolley, and forced a shutdown as authorities rushed to restore order. The Maha noy City district remained quiet with colliery work paused.
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Mahanov City
Shenandoah
Burgess David Brown
Keiper
Kepley Run
Albert Smith
Mahanoy
Miners Strike Pushes Powder Price Reduction
A Hazleton Pa special reports powder will be reduced for miners as the strike pressure mounts. Operators acknowledge possible arbitration with workers in some cases while refusing to recognize the miners’ organization, signaling cautious concession.
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Special
Aeri
Scranton District Faces Quiet Mining Strike Showdown
In Scranton Pennsylvania on September 21 nine collieries exist with only three small private works active. Eight washeries still operate though crippled for help. no violence as yet. President Mitchell may visit Saturday to view the monster miners parade while railroad switchmen plan a conference Friday night on their strike role.
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Scranton
Ghl
Mitchell
Peeps at the Strike Prompt Coal Shortage
New York reports anthracite lasting ten days while big orders for bituminous coal go to Ohio and Indiana. Pennsylvanias coal executive Thorne rejects any concession to United mine workers as unreasonable. Mocanqua adds two hundred strikers Friday. deputies may provoke violence though no violence yet. Fifty Bohemian miners leave Hazleton for home as some workers are turned back. no violence reported.
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New York City
Ohio
Indiana
Thorne
Pennsylvania Coal Company
United Mine Workers
Mocanqua
Hazleton
Employment awaits those who desire it
The Sun's popular liners on page 7 outline those seeking help and related matters. Read them to learn where employment is offered and what aid may be available. The items emphasize practical opportunities and guidance for job seekers in a concise, period-appropriate notice.
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THE
SUN
Weather Forecast for Indianapolis Area 36 Hours
Forecast for IndianapolHs and vicinity through 8 p.m. September 22 calls for fair weather. Friday night and possibly Saturday show continued pleasant conditions. Temperatures reported: 7 a.m. 60 degrees, noon 70 degrees, 2 p.m. 73 degrees.
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IndianapolHs
Beveridge Dates on GOP Speaking Tour Across Midwestern Cities
The Republican National Committee outlines Senator Beveridge's itinerary with stops in Chicago Elgin Minneapolis Columbus Atchison Leavenworth Kansas City St Louis and Evanston from Sept 25 to Oct 3 followed by major speaking dates in Indiana including Indianapolis on Oct 13. A sales note advertises watches from Duoas the jeweler.
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Republican National Committee
Senator Beveridge
Chicago
Elgin
Minneapolis
Columbus
Neb
Atchison and Leavenworth
Kas
Kansas City
St. Louis
Evanston
Indiana
Indianapolis
Mrs Ross Struck by Street Car in Fort Wayne Area
Mrs. Ross mother of J R Ross the Meridian street wholesale liquor dealer was struck by a trolley at Fort Wayne avenue and New Jersey street Friday noon. Due to age her injuries are serious with a head wound and unconsciousness. Motorman Riley Lewis warned by bell before the accident. She was taken to City hospital and later moved to her son's Central avenue home.
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James R. Ross
Fort Wayne-ave
Ross
J. R. Ross
Meridian St
New Jersey St
Riley Lewis
Record Attendance Forecast at State Fair Friday
Friday at the state fair opened with dry grounds and clear skies boosting optimism for a record turnout. Early crowds swelled as officials hoped for nine thousand dollars in daily receipts to break even, while the grandstand filled and the track bordered by spectators. Attendees surged to an estimated thirty thousand by 2 30 p m as the day drew on.
Missing Miss Brooks Not Known At The Plaza
New York dispatch reports Miss Mary Graham Brooks, a wealthy Indianapolis heiress, vanished in New York. No local Miss Brooks is known at the Plaza hotel. Miss Mabel Beck and Miss Catherine Jefferson are connected in the tale, with Miss Elizabeth L. Whipps proposed as a possible identity.
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New York City
Mary Graham Brooks
Indianapolis
Plaza Hotel
Beck
Mabel Beck
Brock's
Plaza
Miss Brooks
Catherine Jefferson
New York
Miss Beck
Miss Jefferson
Elizabeth L. Whipps
Dispatch
Miss Whipps
Suit on a $1000 Note Filed in Equity Court
Elliott, Ellicott and Littleton filed suit on a $1000 note from November 1898 for Mildred Smith against her brother in law Charles C. Schumaker and his wife Susie D. The case seeks collection. Attorney Hume went to probate court to discuss appointing a guardian for Miss Smith as she plans to entrust a friend to invest the money.
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Elliott, Ellicott & Littleton
Mildred Smith
Charles C. Schumaker
Susie D
Hume
Miss Smith
Forts Taken by the Allies in China Campaign
A Shanghai dispatch reports that the allies captured Penang and Lu-Tai forts with heavy losses. British and German troops aided the effort, aiming to sever communications with the sea base. A Pekin dispatch notes an Anglo American column under Gen. James H. Wilson moving west from Pekin with 80 Americans and 600 British to attack Peita-Chu and San-Kai-Tien, to reopen mountain passes and restore trade.
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Pekin
Peita-Chu
San-Kai-Tien
James H. Wilson
Cuba
Bought His Own Wife For Fifty Dollars And Got Her Back
In Justice Smock's court, George Fersen accused wife Mary and Charles Segus of improper relations. Fersen, a Syrian immigrant in Pittsburg, paid $250 for his wife but later bought her for $50 after Segus demanded $65, with no receipt provided. The couple's two children were placed in guardians’ care as the dispute led toward divorce.
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Syria
Charles Segus
Fersen
Segus
Willard St
Indianapolis
Seegus
Bond
Justice Smock
Jarks
Mrs Rorer lecture sparks lively crowd at fair
Mrs Rorer spoke on Friday afternoon about bread and cooking, denying potatoes in bread as a chemist would. She toured the fair with a camera, while women pressed for remarks about her family and cooking beliefs, including her Harvard sons and breakfast foods.
The Rover tale of meals aboard a Pullman car
A passenger recalls a Pullman journey where a teacher and Mrs Rover figure. The meal unfolds with coffee in pots, toasted bread, fruit, and a $1 charge. Mrs Rover runs a Philadelphia cooking school for qualified young women and manages literary work with a private secretary.
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Missus
Mrs. Rover
Philadelphia
Massacre at Plagovestchensk Reported by Moscow Correspondent
The Moscow based Standard correspondent describes a massacre at Plagovestchensk ordered by Russian authorities. Five thousand villagers were evacuated to a site five miles upstream on the Amur and forced to cross into China. The river crossing yielded mass killings with Chinese victims flung into the water and Russians on the banks shooting or clubbing those who landed. No one reportedly survived.
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Moscow
The
Standard
Plagovestchensk
Amur
Empress Dowager to Delay Return as Troops Stay
Dispatch from the Chinese legation in Moscow reports Prince Ching says the empress dowager will not return to Pekin until foreign troops withdraw from Chinese territory. The empress orders continued hostilities as rebels press Manchuria. Verhofski, a Manchurian engineer, remains prisoner despite a $7,500 offer for his release, and a Chinese general is held at Vladivostok.
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Moscow
Prince Ching
Pekin
Manchuria
Verhofski
Viadivostock
Emperor and empress dowager arrive in Tai-Yuan-Fu decree aims capital move
From Pekin dispatches an imperial decree announces the emperor and empress dowager have arrived at Tai-Yuan-Fu. The decree orders Shensi province to raise funds to build a palace at Hsian-Fu, with the plan to establish it as the new capital.
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Shanghai
Pekin
Tai-Yuan-Fu
Shensi
Hsian-Fu
Four Helpless Negroes Hanged by Mob in Tangipahoa
Riot erupts in Tangipahoa Parish as a mob hangs four suspected black men after taking them from jail. Sheriff Nix refused to surrender keys. jail doors were broken. Victims Isaiah Rollins Nathaniel Bowman Charles Ellett and George Bickham were executed by hanging.
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E. P. Nix
Isaiah Rollins
Nathaniel Bowman
Charles Ellett
George Bickham
Mrs D F Wand and Mrs Brash Injured in Street Car Fright
Mrs D F Wand, 86 North Alabama, and Mrs Samuel J Brash, 2020 College Avenue, were thrown from a carriage when a horse taking fright at squeaking streetcars plunged down Virginia Avenue to Delaware Street. Mrs Wand, believed internally injured, was carried into Barton's restaurant and later taken home.
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Dr. Wands
Alabama Sr
Samuel J. Brash
College Ave
Pennsylvania
Washington-sts
Virginia Ave
Brash
Barton's Hotel
Fire houses to lose gas service Oct 1
The Consumers' gas trust mails notice that all gas connections with city property will be stopped October 1, under contract terms. Schools will be cut off similarly. The board has about $1,800 in the fuel fund and reports no cold suffering at fire houses. Coal contracts for the rest of 1960 will be awarded at the next meeting, where L. C. Thiele received a furnace installation contract for fire house No. 11 for $160.
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Consumers’ Gas Trust Company
Board,of Safety
L. C. Thiele
Bryan urged to tour Indiana after meeting in Indianapolis
An effort is underway to have W. J. Bryan make a brief Indiana tour immediately after the National Association of Democratic Clubs meeting in Indianapolis on October 3. Anderson requests a stop October 5 and a stay in the district home to Col. W. T. Durbin and Congressman C. B. Landis.
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W. J. Bryan
Indiana
National Association of Democratic Clubs
Indianapolis
Anderson
Col. W. T. Durbin
C. B. Landis
France and Russia Likely to Accept German Note
Paris dispatches report a strong belief in diplomatic circles that France and Russia will acquiesce to the German note to the powers if the empress dowager of China is not harmed.
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Paris
France
Russia
China
Rioting in Shontak District Near Canton
Rioting occurred Wednesday in the Shontak district near Canton, with three missions destroyed. Native Christians threatened with massacre escaped to Canton as French gunboat Avalanche and regular Chinese soldiers move toward Shontak.
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Shontak
Canton
Li Hung Chang Seeks Talks After Taku Despatch
Li Hung Chang has reached Taku and held a protracted interview with Admiral Alexieff of Russia. He is now proceeding to Tien Tala en route to continue discussions and assess next steps in the crisis.
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Shanghai
Li Hung Chang
Taku
Admiral Alexieff
Rusala
Tien- Tala
Will of Prof Drumheller Mentions Washington Dollar
In St Louis on September 22 the will of Prof Charles Drumheller references a silver Washington dollar of 1736 said to be unique. He directs it be advertised and sold for his daughter with an estimated value between 2000 and 28000 dollars.
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ST. Louis, Mo
Charles Drumheller
Thief Dunlap Betrayed by Old Confederates in Chicago
In Chicago on September 21, Jimmie Dunlap the noted bank robber awaiting trial for a Wellington Illinois safe blow was betrayed by former associates. A letter solicited funds for his defense yielding about 1200 dollars but the money was taken by two Chicago men who vanished. Dunlap once aided a 1875 Northampton bank raid involving two million dollars in cash and securities.
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Chicago
Jimmie’’ Dunlap
Wellington
Ill
Dunlap
Northampton
Mass
What Went With Brock's Money Mystery
Relatives of Thomas Brock who died at City hospital search for the stranger seen by Ernest Reeves giving Brock a roll of money. Brock may have taken morphine for neuralgia and died accidentally. the last likely witness was David Kabacker. Brock was in his Virginia-are and Priest saloon around 10:30, drank beer, and told Kabacker business was dull. Only $15 was found on him, leaving the fate of the rest of the money unknown.
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Thomas Brock
Ernest Reeves
Brock
David Kabacker
Virginia-are
Priest
Kabacker
Tammany Sees Poultry Permit Delayed Then Denied
Arthur Jordan of Indianapolis failed to obtain a New York City poultry permit as the board of health rejected his application and issued a ban on selling or slaughtering poultry south of Thirty fourth street. Jordan contends a poultry trust linked to Tammany leaders blocked the permit. Local poultry men protested the hearing as partisan.
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New York City Board of Health
Arthur Jordan
Indianapolis
Thirty-fourth-st
Jordan
Tammany Health Board
Tammany
Poultry Trust
Democratic Board of Health
Three Antelope Offer To Park Board In Letter
Helpman of Kendall Kas proposes three antelopes for 50 dollars or any single one for 2 dollars in a letter to the park board. The letter was referred to Supt Power. The board approves Indianapolis boating club building on condemned park ground under same terms as canoe club. Board reserves right to seize land for 1 dollar if clubhouse operations fail to satisfy. A board payroll and allowances totaled 685.48 dollars.
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Ter
Park Board
Supt
Power
Indianapolis Boating Club
Indianapolis Canoe Club
Street Car Crash Burns Paint Students in Wagon Collision
A street car operated by Motorman Griffin and Conductor William Hazelrigg collided with a school board wagon at Washington and Bloomington. Eleven men, including Jerry McCarty John Rex Harry Murray William Fafey Sim Whelan John Alexander and Wurbur Norman, were tossed from the wagon as they headed to paint school houses. Norman suffered a serious leg injury. others were smeared with paint.
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Griffin
William Hazelrigg
Washington and
Bloomington Sts
Jerry McCarty
Davis St
John Rex
Virginia Ave
Harry Murray
College-ave
William Fafey
Church-st
Sim Whelan
S. Senateave
John Alexander
S. Meridianst
Wrcbur Norman
Fayette St
Norman
Merchants to Cincinnati for Indianapolis Fall Carnival
Indianapolis commercial clubs plan a trade delegation trip to Cincinnati Saturday to promote the Indianapolis fall carnival. The party travels 7 30 a m on the Big Four with 45 minute layovers at Shelbyville and Greensburg for carnival promotion and returns at 5 30 p m. All merchants are invited aboard.
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Indianapolis
Shelbyville
Greensburg
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Hazleton, Pa
Beveridge
Duoas
Park Theater
Sunshine
Brooks
Willy
Peitang and
Lu-Tai
Yankees
London
Penang
George
Mary Fersen
Justice
Rein
Pittsburg
Mrs. Rorer
Pullman
Louisiana
New Orleans
Tangipahoa
Felter
Ponditalo
D. F. Wand
Bryan
Chang
AAA
Washington
Aaasaa
Hong-Kong
A. Jordan
L. C. Helpman, Kendall, Kas
Cincinnati
Commercial Club, Board of Trade, Manufacturers’ Club
Merchants’ Association
Hoyt
Wulechner’s
Begpett
Ih Price
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