Mitchell Opposes Sympathetic Strike at UMW Convention
Indianapolis July 17. President Mitchell of the United Mine Workers urged against a general strike and supported funding coal miners with a $50,000 relief fund and union assessments. The convention debated plans to aid anthracite workers while most delegates favored Mitchell's approach over a broad suspension of mining. The Illinois delegation caucused to oppose a general strike, backing Mitchell's recommendations except for a $1 per week assessment.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Mitchell
United Mine Workers
Tomlinson Ball
Union
Wilson
Committee On
United Mine Workers’ Organization
Pennsylvania
National District
Ryan
Illinois
Tracey Surrounded in Covington Shack Showdown
Seattle dispatch reports Sheriff Cudahee and a posse have pinned down a shack near Covington where outlaw Tracey and two companions are believed trapped. A stool pigeon accompanied the sheriff into the brush two days earlier, aiding in locating Tracey and the surrounding force.
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Seattle
Wash
Covington
Cudahee
Tracey
Tracey Escapes Again From King County Posse
Black Diamond Washington July 17 Tracey has escaped again eluding the sheriff and many picked men who closed on his hiding place three miles from here last night The posse reached Tracey's hideout six to eight hours after he had left He had taken a rowboat and gone to the east end of Sawyer lake about two o clock this morning with two companions Sheriff Cudahee and the posse returned
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Black Diamond
Wash
Tracey
King County
Sawyer Lake
Cudahee
Rhody's Troubles: Rhode Island Out of Naval Manoeuvres
Rhode Island will not be represented at the September naval maneuvers off the coast due to a street railway strike. Authorities had accepted a government invitation for naval branches to participate, but the acceptance was canceled. Fourteen hundred citizen-bluejackets from Massachusetts New York and Connecticut will join the drills on Long Island Sound the first week of September.
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Providence
R. IL
Rhode Island
Massachusetts
New York
Connecticut
Long Island Sound
Barge Hamilton Fish Leaks While Towed to Providence
The barge Hamilton Fish arrived from Norfolk with 10 feet of water in her hold. An easterly swell hindered pumping as pumps were clogged and water rose. Tow could determine fate before she sank. owned by the Luckenback Towing and Wrecking Company of New York.
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Providence, R. I
Hamilton Fish
Norfolk
Providence
Luckenback Towing and Wrecking Company of
New York
Cholera Spreads Rapidly in Manchuria with High Fatalities
Official despatches report a serious cholera outbreak in Manchuria with high mortality. Among 643 cases at Inku, 477 died by July 4. At Kharbin, 575 cases and 322 deaths were recorded by July 10. Cholera stations are set up and passengers inspected by sanitary officers.
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St. Petersburg
Manchuria
Inku
Kharbin
City moves 40000 slum residents to sanitation camps
Manila's municipal board of health orders removal of 40,000 natives from slums to suburban camps to check cholera spread. Camps will be sanitarily run, with ground rented, camps built, and indigent residents fed by the municipality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Municipal Board of Health
New Army Orders Direct MacArthur to Temporary Command
Washington July 17 The formal orders issued today direct Gen MacArthur to take temporary command of the department of the Bast after Gen Brooke retires and directing Gen Bates to take temporary command of the Lakes in addition to his present post.
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Washington
Gen. MacArthur
Department of the Bast
Gen
Brooke
Gen. Bates
Department of the Lakes
Back At Work After Arbitration Agreement
Richmond Virginia July 17 striking street railway employees returned to work this morning after agreeing to refer their differences to a board of arbitration and resolve the dispute through formal proceedings.
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Richmond
Forfeit Loses Baltimore Game Amid League Standoff
American League president Ben Johnson arrived in Baltimore and said the franchise would be forfeited after the scheduled St Louis game, with plans to field a new professional team. The National League planned a counter move and a meeting of AL directors is set for tomorrow to organize a sustained Baltimore club.
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Baltimore
Ben Johnson
Olin Bryan
Maryland Athletic Club
Johnson
Loftus
Washington
McAleer
St. Louis
Clarke Griffith
National League
Carruthers
New York
American League
Benjamin Shibe
Philadelphia
J. F. Kilfoyle
Cleveland
Henry Killelea
Boston
Selbach
Drill
Shields
McAllister
Detroit
Williams
Gilbert
Oyler
Howell
Hartley
Baltimores
McFarland
Typhoon claims crew of U.S. steamer off Marinduque
A severe typhoon swept the southern islands on June 14 and 16. The U.S. customs steamer Shearwater was lost off the island of Marinduque with nineteen crew members drowned, including three Americans.
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Manila
U. S
Shearwater
Marinduque
New Bedford Arson Case At Webster Block Hearing
In New Bedford on July 17 the Webster block arson case continued with Frank Fibbish as principal and Mrs Ciara Le Broux as accessory as prosecutors intensified the case this morning.
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New Bedford
Webster Block
Frank Fibbish
Ciara le Broux
Fire Suspicions Tied to Store Elevator Well
District court testimony links Miss Mary Goyette and Mrs Le Broux to suspicious hints before a fire at the defendants store. Firemen testified the blaze on April 8 likely started in a disused elevator well in the same store, risking several lives.
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Mary Goyette
Fibbish
le Broux
Body Found in Readville Freight Yard Death
In the Readville freight yard of the New York New Haven and Hartford railroad a young man with a crushed skull was found last night. A discharge paper in his pocket named Patrick Fitzgerald, 23, from the ship European, dated May 31, 1902, birthplace County Limerick Ireland. Authorities believe he was killed by a train.
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Hyde Park
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
Readville
Patrick Fitzgerald
County Limerick
Ireland
Insane man shoots sisters at New York Foundling Asylum
Henry F. King aged 30 fired at two Sisters of Charity inside the New York Foundling Asylum office then shot himself in the left breast, receiving a flesh wound. He was jailed for examination. Sisters Argele 45 and Cecilia 30 were wounded but not fatally. King is described as demented and had frequented the asylum.
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New York
Henry F. King
King
Foundling Asylum
Battle ships Alabama and Kearsarge reach Gardiner Bay rendezvous
Washington reports the Alabama and Kearsarge with the North Atlantic squadron arriving at Gardiner Bay after sailing from New York on Tuesday. The Scorpion, assigned to maneuvers as the enemy's cruiser, departed Boston yesterday for Gardiners Bay.
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Washington
Alabama
Kearsarge
New York
North Atlantic
Gardinere Bay
Scorpion
Aero
Gardiners Bay
Boston
Earl Cadogan Resigns Lord Lieutenancy of Ireland
London July 17 Earl Cadogan today resigns the lord lieutenancy of Ireland.
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Earl Cadogan
London
Ireland
Fewer Gallons, Wears Longer Devoe Ad Claim
An advertisement claims Devoe Lead and Zinc paint covers more with less and lasts twice as long as lead and oil mixed by hand, suggesting superior durability and economy for building coatings.
The Woman With Hair on Her Face Advertises Remedies
A Lowell Massachusetts advertisement by Arthur Rhodes, a skin specialist, claims to prove hair removal methods that truly work and offers full information from his hair store at 73 Merrimack Street. The copy touts tested discoveries and urges readers to contact him before skin damage occurs.
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Arthur Rhodes
Rhodes New Hair Store
Merrimack Street
Lowell, Mass
Drowned party of 16 on whale boat off Isles of Shoales
A sudden squall capsized a whale boat carrying 16 people including two Harvard men and 12 women. Fourteen drowned, two women and Fred Miles survived after rescue by fishermen. Names include Henry Farrington and W A Alward of Harvard. Bodies recovered or unrecovered details follow.
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N. H
Oceanic House
Fred Miles
Henry Farrington
Davenport Street
Cambridge
W. A. Alward
Fredericton
N. B
Bertha Graham
Essex Street
Danvers
Mass
Minnie McDonald
Prospect Street
Cambridgeport
Eva Adams
Portsmouth
May Adams
Above
Catherine Bowes
Saxonville
Elizabeth Bowes
Catherine
Farrington
Alward
Bessie Chase
Eva Marshall
Isabel Kapus
Miles
Appledore Island
Isles
Sam Adams
Haggerty
Drs. Warren
Richter
Narrow Escape Off Maine Coast Aboard Aphrodite
Captain John Morris and passengers James Harvey Mrs Harvey and her seven year old daughter survived a yacht capsize about five miles southeast of Richmond Island Maine. The Aphrodite drifted ashore later to be towed into Portland Harbor and will be repaired.
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Boston
John Morris
Aphrodite
James Harvey
Richmond Island
Jathnics
New York
Portland Harbor
Peak's Island
William Hilton
Harvey
Portuguese boy killed by Bristol bomb blast
A ten year old Portuguese boy named Manuel da Ponte was killed when a bomb exploded in Bristol this afternoon. His left shoulder was shattered and he sustained other injuries.
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Providence
R. I
Manuel da Ponta
Bristol
King’s quick recovery prompts diet increase at Cowes
London July 17 reports that since the King was moved to Cowes his health has improved rapidly. Physicians have ordered a more liberal diet for His Majesty, reflecting noticeable progress in his condition.
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London
Cowes
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Wm. J. Schuyler
Utica
N. Y
David Kennedy
David Kennedy Corporation
Rondout
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Philippines
O'Donnell & Gleride CO
Mammoth
O'Donnell & Gilbride CO
Sisters OF Charity
NAVAL
Isles of Shoals
Harvard
Maine
Toop
Thia Lean M. D
Brown
Iit
Lean
Sapolio
Parker
Henry A. Whitney
Bellingham
Respiro
F. J. Timmons
Hanley’s
Jane’s
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