Peace prospects fade in Chicago strike crisis
Chicago May 24. Industrial war looms with martial law possible as teamsters strike tightens. Express agents refuse concessions, state troops slated if outbreak occurs. Lumber district locks down as 100,000 workers face material shortages. drivers discharged and unions vow to persist despite legal pressure.
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Chicago
Teamsters
Express Companies
Express
Dunne
Sheriff Barrett
C. P. Shea
Teamsters’ Union
Kohlsaat
Sherman
Shea
E. E. Hooper
Associated Wood Industries
Levy Mayer
Empllyers’ Association
Tense Gunshu Pass clash stirs Manchuria side
May 24 dispatches from Gunshu Pass Manchuria describe a highly tense standoff between rival commanders. Field Marshal Oyama has yet to move decisively while Rennenkampff risks casualties in a bold recon mission. A Tokio despatch notes a dismounted cavalry attack near Fakoman, leaving 300 casualties and retreat toward the southwest.
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Gunshu Pass
Manchuria
Oyama
Rennenkampff
Associated Press
Fakoman
Vladivostok Not Isolated Despite Reports
Reports from Tokio and London claimed the Vladivostok railroad was cut isolating the fortress. Officials in St Petersburg and London stated two rail lines to Vladivostok remain active, with no confirmation of a cut railway, while Harbin reports indicated both railroad and telegraph lines are functioning.
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St. Petersburg
Tokio
London Daily Telegraph
Vladivostok
Associated Press
Khabarovsk
Siberia
Harbin
War Office
London
Great Northern Telegraph Company
Russian Cavalry Retreat Along Liao River
Tokyo reports Imperial army summary of May 21 and 22 actions with Russian infantry and cavalry assaults repulsed at Chinyangpao and near Chienchent zu. Cavalry operations on the Liao river right bank began retreat May 22, reaching south of Talun, 17 miles west of Kakumen, with only small collisions and no other changes reported.
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Tokio
Imperial Army
Chinyangpao
Weiyuanpaomen
Kirin-Taolu
Chienchentzu
Pilgrim Commandery Knights Parade to Boston Centenary
The Pilgrim Commandery Knights Templar led by the Lowell Military Band paraded from Merrimack Street to Merrimack station in morning sun, with about 225 uniformed members including prominent business and professional men. They boarded a special train at 9 to join Boston ceremonies, with women in a grand stand on Tremont Street and a planned return parade to the Merrimack Street asylum after events.
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Pilgrim Commandery
Knights Templars
Merrimack Street
Lowell
Merrimack
Central
Middlesex Streets
Boston
City Hall
Kirk Street
Central Street
Arthur G. Pollard
Pollard
Knights
Columbus’ Avenue
Tremont Street
DeMolay Commandery of
Somerset
Ten Thousand Locked Out In New York Strike Action
Between 10 000 and 12 000 workers in the rock men and excavators union have been locked out by the Contractors Protective Association in New York. By tomorrow the lockout is expected to extend to the union’s remaining 26 000 members. Workers on over 100 city contracts halted, with the dispute aimed at curbing the union and tied to a teamsters’ stand by agreement. Buildings at early digging stages will halt. projects past foundation remain unaffected.
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New York
Rockmen’s and Excavators’ Union
Contractors Protective Association
Teamsters’ Union
Governor Nakachidze of Baku Killed by Bomb
Governor Prince Nakachidze of Baku was assassinated at 3 p.m. by a bomb thrown at his carriage. A accompanying lieutenant and a bystander died, the coachman was fatally injured. The New York health department destroyed six million pounds of adulterated foods in the past year.
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Baku
Bak
Caucasia
Prince Nakachidze
Health Department of New York
Depositors to be Paid in Full for Merchants Trust Co
New York May 24 The Merchants Trust Company closed by the state banking department yesterday may pay depositors in full, says Otto T. Barnard president of New York Trust Company a receiver for the suspended firm An assessment of up to 100 percent of stock holdings may be levied on stockholders Receivers took charge and placed representatives in all offices
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New York
Merchants Trust Company
State Banking Department
Otto T. Barnard
New York Trust Company
Parade Celebrates Grand Commandery Centennial in Boston
Boston marked a centennial celebration of the Grand Commandery Knights Templars of Massachusetts and Rhode Island. City streets were festooned with elaborate Knights Templar imagery as 45 commanderies prepared to participate in a parade and a later grand commandery conclave at the Masonic Temple with many visitors arriving from nearby states.
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Boston
Grand Commandery
Knights Templars
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Masonry
Order
Masonic Temple
Knives Used In A Duel In New York Tenement
In a Roosevelt Street tenement two Italians fought a knife duel on the third floor landing, likely fatal for both. Witnesses include twelve neighbors, and tenants refused aid to police. The fight reportedly stemmed from a woman. Officers had to separate the combatants amid a slaughterhouse scene.
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New York
Roosevelt Street
Empire Day Observed In London And Provinces
London May 24 Empire day observed more widely this year with flags and school commemorations. A grand review of troops at Aldershot by King Edward and in London the Prince of Wales unveiled at St Pauls cathedral a memorial sculpture by Princess Louise to 4000 British dead in the South African war. Telegrams from South Africa Australia and other colonies show widespread observance.
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London
Queen Victoria
Aldershot
Edward
St. Paul’s
Prince of Wales
Louise
Duchess of Argyll
Britain
South Africa
Australia
Stockholm Students Form A Sparrow Brigade
Stockholm students from a high school organize a street cleaning brigade amid a strike by regular cleaners. Volunteers assist municipal authorities. if the strike continues, military officers and civil officials may form a rotating sanitary corps to maintain city cleanliness.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Brewery coopers strike in New York for shorter hours
In New York on May 24 a general strike was declared by brewery coopers. They demand an eight hour day instead of nine and weekly wages rising from 18 to 21 dollars for some and 19 to 22 dollars for others.
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New York
Coopers
Defence in Riley case tests witnesses in court
In a superior court hearing Judge Bond weighs defence testimony in the Riley case. John Ryan, former Merrimack Paving Co. vice president, testifies about paying Riley to remove a car and return rails. Deputy Sheriff Eveleth recounts serving an attachment, removing plant parts, and the ensuing clash with Riley, who refused to yield.
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P. J. Riley
Charles A. Eveleth
Bond
John Ryan
Merrimack Paving Co
Riley
Broadway
Foss
Race for Rottenness Promises Philadelphia Victory
Rev. Charles H. Parkhurst predicted Philadelphia would win the race for rottenness with New York a close second as he sailed from New York to Liverpool aboard the Baltic. Actor E. S. Willard also sailed on the Baltic.
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New York
Chas. H. Parkhurst
Liverpool
Philadelphia
E. S. Willard
Baltic
Explosion wrecks a box shop at Ammett plant
East Jaffrey New Hampshire May 24 A boiler explosion today wrecked a two story brick addition at the Ammett Manufacturing Company box plant near Squantum two miles away causing a 10000 loss with no insurance No injuries since employees had not arrived The boiler top flew through the roof and was not found by noon The main building remained intact but the boiler department must be refitted and the plant will stay shut for about three months
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East Jaffrey
N. H
Ammett Manufacturing Company
Squantum
New Bedford Bill Passed Over Veto in Senate
Boston May 24 Massachusetts senate first rejected to pass over Gov Douglas veto on a New Bedford debt limit borrowing bill. Later on Bullock's motion, a roll call vote of 22 to 6 achieved the two thirds requirement and the bill was passed over the veto.
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Boston
Massachusetts Senate
Douglas
New Bedford
Bullock
Bristol
Senate
Sheriffs Still On Guard At Mechanicsville Freight Yards
Deputy sheriffs guarding the Delaware and Hudson and Boston and Maine freight yards at Mechanicsville as a strike by freight handlers continues. Strikers appeared in an ugly mood but no violence occurred.
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Ballston
N. Y
Delaware and Hudson
Boston
Maine
Mechanicsville
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