Impeachment Call Roils Pittsburg Strike Crisis
In Pittsburg on August 30 the Bay View and Amalgamated officials pursue a compromise as Shaffer faces impeachment demands from the Labor World editorial. McKeesport strikers march to Duquesene, while Shaffer rejects the piece as beneath notice amid ongoing arbitration efforts led by Burns.
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Pittsburg
Bay View Committee
Amalgamated
Burns
Window-Glass Workers’ Association
Shaffer
McKeesport
Duquesene
Canal Dover
Bay View
J. D. Hickey
J. E. Cooper
Amalgamated Association
New York
C. M. Schwab
Simon Burns
Labor World
International Tin Workers’ Protective Association
Mine Workers
Pattern Makers’ Association
Chicago
George Powell
Tin Plate Workers’ Protective Association of America
L. R. Thomas
Pattern Makers’ National League
Patrick Dolan
United Mine Workers of
Shafter
Powell
The
Tin Workers’ Association
Association
Federationist backs Amalgamated in conflict claims support
The American Federationist, official organ of the Federation of Labor edited by Samuel Gompers, states it will stand by the Amalgamated association to the full extent of its power, morally and financially, in the present conflict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
American Federationist
Federation of Labor
Samuel Gompers
Howison Denies Interview on Schley in Navy Court
Washington, Aug 30. Assistant Secretary Hackett published a letter from Rear Admiral Howison denying an interview that attacked Schley. Howison offers to withdraw or to serve on the court while denying bias, and Hackett confirms the department's support for his role. The note notes three witnesses for the forthcoming inquiry.
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Washington
Hackett
Howison
Yonkers
Schley
Navy
Sampson
Naval Academy
Boston Record
Dewey
Rocha
Brother Offi
Stuart Diiowes
Seace
Boston
Acesitnen
Reliev
Department
H. L. Howison
U. S. Nave
Frank W. Hackett
U. S. Navy
N. Y
Howson
Howitson
Secretary of the Navy
John Hood
Indiana
James G. Doyle
Remey
Cavite
New York
Chaplain Williams
Buffalo
Vermont Manufacturing Faces Total Value Decline
Washington reports the census bureau released a Vermont manufacturing statement based on last year's inquiry. It notes there are seven manufacturing concerns in the state facing a total value decrease as revealed by the survey.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Vermont
Osd
Local Legal Notice Fragment Highlights Officials
Fragments from a Cor. Co twal and Alerslinace notice reference Lela AL Wyma and unnamed officials. The readable text indicates a public or corporate action, with authorities cited and potential dates or actions implied but not fully clear. Further details are unavailable in the legible portions.
Economic indicators show rising industrial output and wages
The data report products valued at 57,640 dollars and capital invested of 43,547,964 dollars. Wage earners numbered 23,874 with annual total wages paid 12,237,684 dollars and material costs 29,882,744 dollars. Since 1890, product increased 50.4 percent and wages 45.2 percent.
Hunt Chosen Governor of Porto Rico by McKinley
President McKinley named William H. Hunt of Montana as Governor of Porto Rico. Hunt, born 1857 in New Orleans, Yale educated but health stopped his degree, later honored as Master of Arts. He had held major Montana offices and aided in organizing the island’s civil government as executive council president.
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William H. Hunt
William Henry Hunt
Navy
Garfield
Arthur
Russia
Mr. Hunt
New Orleans
Yale
University
Montana
Fargo
Fort Benton
Horace R. Buck
Hunt
Territory of
Territory
District of
Superior Court of
McKinley
Porto Rico
Gov. Allen
Island
City police trials proceed after dismissal of charge
New York August 30 The indictment against Police Captain Herlihy for neglect of duty by not closing disorderly houses is dismissed on a demurrer with leave to refile to the grand jury Captain Thomas J Diamond pleads not guilty as a demurrer is denied and minutes of the grand jury may be inspected A change of venue motion for Diamond is set for next Monday Also Sergeants Shiels Wardman Glennon and Detective Dwyer plead not guilty and go to calendar for trial with briefs denied and no fixed date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Herlihy
Goff
Thomas J. Diamond
Supreme Court
Shiels
Wardman
Glennon
Dwyer
Ex-President Cleve land in Bass Shortage Case
Pittsfield reports ex President Grover Cleveland among three men halted by game wardens for possessing a bass under eight inches. Cassius Scranton of New Marlboro pleaded guilty in district court and paid a $2 fine. Dr. Bryant of New York was the other man involved.
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Pittsfield
Grover Cleveland
Cassius Scranton
New Marlboro
Mass
Dr. Bryant
New York
Claeson in Brooklyn Says He May Testify
Gustaf E. Claeson, once at the wheel of the battleship Texas at Santiago, lives in Brooklyn and predicts he will be called as a witness before the court of inquiry. He declined to discuss technical maneuvers, saying he wishes to share all he knows about the battle and the Brooklyn’s role.
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New York
Gustaf E. Claeson
Texas
Santiago
Ben
Brooklyn
Claeson
Ada Gray Health Rumor Refuted In New York
A circulating report of Ada Gray's death at Fordham proved false. The actress appeared in New York and stated she has not felt better in seven months.
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New York
Ada Gray
Fordham
Miss Gray
Counterfeit Five Dollar Silver Certificates Reported
Acting Chief Moran of the secret service reports a bad photographic print of the Indian head five dollar silver certificate check letter C has appeared. A Toronto man has been arrested for passing two of them. No information on appearance outside Canada has been received.
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Washington
Moran
Secret Service
Toronto
Can
Canada
Umpire William O'Brien Commits Suicide in Lynn
In Lynn on August 30, William O'Brien a 28 year old former baseball umpire died by taking carbolic acid at his boarding house. He had been employed at a local shoe factory and had recently suffered heavy drinking and rising despair.
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Lynn
William O'Brien
O’brien
Jewelers's store robbed in Chicago heist
Chicago August 30 jewelers Bernard J Hagaman reported a safe blow in a jewelry store entry. Gems valued at nearly 5000 were stolen by the robbers who escaped.
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Chicago
Bernard J. Hagaman
Plymouth Rock and Burial Hill: a Coastal Reverie
A reflective column on Plymouth Massachusetts, its historic sites and quiet beauty. The piece recalls Plymouth Rock and Burial Hill as symbols of the nation’s origins, notes the town’s enduring plainness, and imagines a public park along Central Bridge to benefit families and workers. It also shares travel tales from a Maine coast voyage and a sailor’s shanty memory.
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Comen
Massachusetts
Plymouth
Salem
Boston
Pawtucket
Plymouth Rock
Bunker Hill Monument
Michigan
Inner Harbor
Duxbury
Miles
Standish
New England
Burial Hill
Ireland
Westminster Abbey
Governor Bradford
Robert Cushman
John Cotton
John Howland
Florence
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Walter Savage Ladner
Theodore Parker
City of Flowers
The Donkey Engine and the Money Age in Daily Life
The piece contrasts industrial progress with changing social attitudes. It notes sailors now receive better food and humane treatment, while captains gain landward respect. It lists local tempers, club activities, and several residents traveling or visiting, highlighting social ties and the drift toward modern conveniences and mobility.
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Captain Snowman
Green Hand
Seventeen tubs enter field day hand tub contest
Waltham Aug 30 entries for St Josephs C T A S field day hand tub contest at Central Park Labor Day close. Prize is 450 dollars. Includes Red Jackets of Cambridge and 16 other tub entries from Watch City Waltham Hancock Newton Roxbury Somerville and more. Judges listed and horse racing adds to program while Sea Island cotton first bale arrives in Savannah a week late.
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Waltham
St. Joseph’s
Central Park
Labor Day
Red Jackets
Cambridge
Watch City
Sereeyeess
Waltham Hancock
Brockton Blureka
Cbs
Lowell
Cushing
Hingham
Hodgdon
Hitchins
Saugus
Hooper
Peabody
Parks
Drew
Watertown
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Liland
Col. Allen
Short Bass
Cleveland
Central Bridge
First Street
Centralville
Women’s Club
Dr. Benner
Penobscot Bay
Michael Snowman
Eggemoggin Beach
Pumpkin Light
Pillsbury
Capen
Snowman
Cape Rozier
Saccarap
Portland Pier
Veudeville
Portgenttte
Harry Thorne
A. L. Panaha
Coral Starr
Will Casey
Grand Avenue
Ben. Harney
Strap Jam
Collins and
MA Dell
Vera King
Comedienne
Fieldings
Rosa Weidhorn
Unitarian Society of
Chelmsford
Joseph W.W. Fiske
Yorick Club
Walter H. Howe
Bertha Howe
Europe
Charles J. Glidden
James H. Carmichael
Swampscott
Charles A. Brown
Honolulu
Brown
C. R. Waterworth
Central House
Juniper Point
Charles W. Philbrick
Wiers
William A. Bartlett
Ocean Park
Harriet M. Davis
New Boston
N. H
S. E. Kimball
Peak’s Island
Charles H. Hill
Rye
Thomas G. Robbins
Hillsboro Bridge
E. D. Soper
Columbia
Thousand Islands Park
Mary W. Gardiner
Providence
R. I
Luella Bailey
Durant Street
Andrew Livingston
H. R. Barker Manufacturing Company
Island Pond
Bess Hutchinson
Branch Street
St. Johnsbury Academy
Lyndonville
Christine Pitts
T. Farrell
Wentworth Avenue
Maine
Frederic C. Meredith
New Dorchester
Sea Island
Savannah
Lowell Opera House
Schiller Stock CO
Veesees
Valjean
Dora Thorne
Jesse James
Evania
Matinee
Katherine Rober
Madam Sans Gene
Lakeview Park
Middlesex
Hibbard
D. S. Pace CO
Merrimack Valley
Lakeview Theatre
Raymon Moore
Killeen & Crowley
John E. Drew
the Mazziotas
Anna Mathers
J. J. Leary
Joseph J. Flynn
Beyin
C. B. Coburn & Co
Market Street
P. F. Devine
Merrimack Street
Lowell Trunk Mfg
AL W. Brown
Courier
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