Miners Face Narrow Turnout In New River Fields
In the Richmond era report from Bluefield West Virginia on June 9 a New River coal district strike shows about 85 percent of miners out with only five percent expected to return today Cal W P Read the employer stated he would concede to strikers demands yet workers may stay out in sympathy The Flat Top field reports 90 percent of men on strike with less than five percent returning Quiet activity along railroad lines hides the scale of the stoppage.
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Quiet Sunday at Mitchells HQ as coal strike drags on
In Wilkes Barre on June today marks the fifth week of the anthracite coal strike begun May 12. Strike headquarters report few workers remain with Mitchell and his secretary, while others have returned home for Sunday. Mitchell continues to press for a shorter workday and receives field reports. he says there is nothing of public importance to reveal. Supervisors report shortages of capable men to run engines and pumps, and some volunteers come forward as pumps struggle with rising water from heavy rains. Mitchell telephoned Indianapolis for updates on the West Virginia soft coal strike, but details were not yet available. In Shamokin, non union workers seen as their homes of three employees were ringed by strikers as effigies were set ablaze, reflecting mounting protest.
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Labor Viewpoints and Railroad Act Tangle
The president seeks input from experts on labor law to aid resolving disputes between operators and miners and to inform Congress. Hazelton, Pa on June 9 reports the Delaware Susquehanna and Scheylkill railroad refusing to run trains with special cheers or unions, following a Sunday meeting at Freeland.
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Peace joy and royal parade mark London Thanksgiving
London observes Thanksgiving with royal pageantry as King Edward and Queen Alexandra attend St Pauls. Crowds cheer along the route to the cathedral where a Sullivan Te Deum and a sermon on The Blessings of Peace are part of the service. In Lambeth a dismembered body is found in an alley. A war office message notes 4342 Boer files surrendered. Ardmore, Janet Pete Sparks, a colored woman, is arrested for a prior assault in Decatur Texas.
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Unclear historic crimes and events in a damaged summary
Vague OCR text reports multiple topics including a animal show mishap in Cleveland, a jail break in Bondtown, a merchant arson claim, a U S senator vote, actor Robert Jeffre...
Senate Deliberates on Nicaragua Route Canal Bill This Week
Washington June 4 The Senate plans most time this week for the interoceanic canal bill. Supporters of Nicaragua route aim to secure a broad agreement but odds favor failure. Senator Harris of Kansas opens debate in its favor with others to follow for and against the measure. Senator Fairbanks to speak Wednesday and Spooner bill to be debated in morning hour. Simmons of North Carolina discusses national park in southern Appalachians. Nelson’s London dock charges abolition to be voted on later. Eulogies for the late Representative Stakes of South Carolina scheduled Sunday at 3 o clock. General Crozier nomination to chief of ordnance bureau to be taken up in executive session Friday. Senator Hale may call naval appropriation for the week, secrecy observed.
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House schedules Pacific cable and irrigation bills in week
Washington plans to debate the Pacific cable and seaste irrigation bills this week with special rules. The cable bill funds American built and laid cable linking insular possessions to the Pacific coast. Opponents favor private enterprise for the cable. Irrigation bill support grows though some leaders oppose it. District of Columbia day noted as appropriation bills progress.
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Trouble in Meridian Threat of Negro Uprising Averted
Reported plot by fifty armed black men to march from Kemper County to Green Johnson’s home and burn farms was thwarted by white residents arming themselves. Leaders Green Johnson and Nate Moore arrested. a preacher Buffin named in a threatening letter. Local districts remain alert as news spreads.
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Baseball Results Snapshot From Yesterday’s Games
Yesterday’s box scores show American League action in Chicago with Washington losing 14 to 7 while St Louis beat Boston 7 to 1 in Detroit Philadelphia edged Cleveland 2 to 2 and Baltimore swept Cleveland 6 to 2. American Association games featured Kansas City routing Minneapolis 11 to 2 and St Paul taking Milwaukee 10 to 0. At Columbus Indianapolis won 5? and Toledo defeated Louisville 5 to 4.
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Three Men Killed at Jewell Crossing in Indiana Tragedy
At Jewell station Indiana three well known Calvan ton men were struck and instantly killed by a westbound Pennsylvania passenger train while crossing a buggy with storm curtains. Names Thomas James Harry Young and Will Patterson aged 40 35 and 36 respectively. The buggy was on the tracks before the engine could avert danger. Also mentions pursued criminals and other local incidents reported in the same dispatch.
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