Labor unrest across unions and wage gains reported
A survey of mid 1900s labor activity notes wage increases across trades in Cleveland Pittsburg and New York with unions securing hour day gains and higher dues while strikes end. Reports cover eight hour demands sick funds mutual benefit plans and pension talk, plus mining and building trades wage bumps and new agreements in several states and cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York State
Bulletin of the Labor Department
Labor
Wits Bow
New City
Trade conditions brighten as harvests lift markets
The report notes improved business prospects with rising factory demand and strong raw materials, aided by ample grain movement at 8,372,494 bushels and livestock receipts at 297,985 head. Bank clearings reach 218,004,792, while failures in the Chicago district total 16. Building and steel activity show gains and July trade points to year earlier improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Dan
New York
Jeron
Tran and Steel
Branstreets
Market price report from multiple cities shows mixed commodity ranges
The data lists cattle hogs and sheep prices, grain and dairy quotes across Chicago Indianapolis St. Louis Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee Buffalo New York Toledo and more. Prices span beef pork wool and crops with bids from common to prime levels and various grade specifications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Ste. Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Bfe
Bsc
Detroit
Milwaukee
Onis
Standard
Harley
Park
Mess
Buffisio
New York
Toledo
Tgc
W&e
Airship Flight Record Broken in Chicago City Run
Horace Wild pilots an airship over Chicago achieving a long distance run with multiple ascents and a landing on a roof. After repairs the craft travels further, then returns by lake in a subsequent journey. New victories hailed despite hazards from steeples and smokestacks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace Wild
Chicago
Owl
Chronicles of rulers and wars spanning centuries and continents
A long, fragmented timeline lists events from 1009 to 1905 including kings, battles, treaties, uprisings, executions, and notable disasters across Jerusalem, Constantinople, Quebec, Hallidon, Hallidon Hall, and many other places. It mentions Godfrey de Bouillon, Mary Queen of Scots, Lincoln, Vicksburg, and Niagara, among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kingdom of
Jerusalem
Godfrey de Bouillion
Franl
Constantinople
Edward II
Hallidon
Lady Jane Grey
IsGi—Mary
Queen of Scots
James VI
Quebec
Wroke
John Oldham
Block Island
Gibraltar
Phillipsburg
Niagara
Liberty
Newport
Paulus Hook
Vicomte Alex de Beaublarnais
Josephine
Egypt
Arthur Wolfe
Lord Kolwarten
Dublin
Gaeta
France
Nautilus
Spain
Scott
Lundy’s Lane
George IV
England
Leopold
Belgium
Brussels
New York City
Bunker Hill Monument
Brisham Young
Salt Lake City
Utah
Amelia Bloomer
Ball
Lowell
Mass
Atlantic and
Sitting Bull
Fort Buford
Capt. Webb
Niagara Rapids
Breve Brodie
Brooklyn Bridge
East River
Isso
Kate Maxwell
Wyomee
Henry O Frick
Carnegie Steel Company
Berkman
McKinley
Santago
Alger
Elbe
Hambure
Motien Pass
Bennington
San Diego Harbor
Coast Survey to Investigate Earthquake Crust Shifts
Secretary Metcalf orders the coast survey to check for horizontal crust displacement along the Pacific coast after the April earthquake. The effort aims to update charts, with past Indian seismic revisions cited as context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Metcalf
Department of Commerce and Labor
Coast Survey
Pacific
India
Gmeri
Japan
San Francisco
Cramps to Build Battleships Contract Awarded
Secretary Bonaparte assigns the contracts for the battleships South Carolina and Michigan to Cramp and Bon of Philadelphia and New York Shipbuilding Co of Camden. The firms were lowest bidders and will receive 30.40 million and 23.588 million respectively. Pre construction on the Delaware River will provide steady employment for about 15,000 men for three years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bonaparte
Wiliam Cramp & Bon
Philadelphia
Delaware River
San Francisco City Hall Declared Unsafe After Disaster
Frisco city hall once valued at about 7 million dollars and spanning three acres with a 335 foot dome was declared unsafe by the Board of Public Works. Police Station staff must relocate as the building stands ruined by earthquake and fire, a striking image of the city’s disaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco City Hall
Board of Public Works
Police Department
San Francisco
City Hall
Hadeen
Citics
Passenger fares cut sparks cross‑country price drop
AP reports western passenger fares drop from 4 to 8 cents and cut rates from Chisago to Colorado common points from 20.50 to 28.65. The Indianapolis Appellate Court upholds the right of appeal from the railroad commission and refuses to dismiss Monon railroad’s appeal. The St Paul passenger department issues a Grand Army pamphlet and Southern Pacific advertises Shasta route with panoramic Lake Tahoe and Mount Shasta views for broad distribution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chisago
Colorado
Indianapolis
Railroad Commission
Monon Railroad
St. Paul Road
Grand Army
Twin Cities
Southern Pacific
Shasta
Lake Tahoe
Nevada-California
Mount Shasta
Rome
Fire insurance losses from San Francisco disaster totaled 132 million
State officials released Sworn statements from 171 fire and inland marine insurers. New York companies reported 28.14 million net loss, other joint stock firms 51.95 million, foreign companies 57.70 million, totaling 132.83 million. Hartford Fire of Connecticut suffered the largest single loss at 6.19 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prisco
Otto Kelsey
New York
San Francisco
California
Foy
Hartford
Connecticut
Wreck of Pacifi Express Trains Near New Hamburg
A flyer engine derailed into the Hudson River one mile south of New Hamburg New York injuring about a dozen passengers and killing two crew members Engineer Edward Wells of Albany and Fireman Edward Warren of New York. The collision left three tracks blocked and damaged eight cars with several cars telescoped. The disaster was the worst on the Hudson River division since the New York tunnel incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Hamburg
N. Y
New York Central
Edward Wells
Albany
Edward Warren
New York
Hudson River
Trafic
Hudson River Division
New York Tunnel
Shaw's Financial Wave and Secretary Shaw Name Confusion
Fragmented OCR notes describe Shaw and Secretary Shaw discussing a name change or designation amid unclear references to financial matters and a political or organizational Tauania context. The text is garbled with misread words and appears to mix names and acronyms without clear events or outcomes.
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Structurales’ Alliance
Geof Boston
eWorkers
Et Messenger Boys
Man and Tenders
Reed
Cleveland
Seaboard
Mond Shoe Workers
National
Acta Thay
LS Agenciaion
Pittsburg
Brotherhood of Paint
Peentia
Hodge
Element
Poor Law Commission
Unter
America
Iread - Brotherhoods
Rerganizition
Ohio
Washinecton
WSS
Columbus
Coey“wians
Gossgoe
Gotham
International
Cantor
DGS
America Federation of Lat
Castle
Gompers
Piie
Springs
Litre Rock
New Haven
Banville
Galesburg
Granite City
Emston
Portland
Mfe
Denver
Golo
Rhode
Canada
CIAL
Chica
Bergman
da Bertin Medical Association
Treaf Gerth
Marge
Chiccaso
Cottelyon
Wilson
Civil Service Commissions
Roosevelt
Army
Treasury Department
Panama Canal
Naval Bureau of Suppies and Accounts
FP. G. Thomas
Alaska
Sitka
Juneau
Hoggatt
Junesu
War Department
Fatt
Niagara River
Ninbara, Lockport and Ontaria Company
Ontario
Niagary Dower Company
OIL
Senswate
Chicsgo Record-Herald
Frisco City Hall
Frisco
APIA
A.E. Smith
Lake Shore
Michigan
Isss
FLYER
River
New York Central Pacific Express
Tihansles
Warren
Tif Taye
Frei
Fts Banka
Shaw
Seoretary Shaw
Waliana
Livia
Wit
Tauania
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