Miners Parade in Wilkesbarre Draws 15000 Strong
Wilkesbarre Pa Oct 2 Fifteen thousand miners and breaker boys paraded the streets led by President Mitchell and the national executive board amid brass bands banners and cheers The crowd packed the festival space for a mass meeting at Westside park where Mitchell praised miners solidarity and outlined hopes for a wage increase while hinting at further union action The day also marked a heavy pause in business as officials and clerks watched the demonstration with mixed reactions from supporters and opponents alike
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Wilkesbarre
Pennsylvania
Mitchell
Hazleton
National Executive Board
Union
Pittston
Westside Park
T. D. Nicholls
Lackawanna
Wyoming
George Purchell
Indiana
P. J. Dunn
Mr. Mitchell
Vicory
Noman
Fred Dileher
Ohio
Benj. James
Undecided on Next Step Remains Stance in Review
The subject remains undecided on what action should follow. No firm plan or commitment has been announced, and officials indicate further deliberation is needed before proceeding.
No Break in Ranks Among Striking Miners
Philadelphia on October 2 reports the strike still solid with no break in ranks. Notices offering a 10 percent wage increase were posted across the region, while strikers show intent to demand further concessions and to remain out until operators recognize their national union.
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Philadelphia
Casualty List From General MacArthur Aug 18 to Sept 27
Washington reports a war department casualty list from Manila detailing multiple deaths from dysentery, typhoid fever, enteritis, malaria, tuberculosis, and other causes. It names soldiers by unit, company, and date of death, including Bernard Smith, Michael F. Corcoran, Geo. E. Wallace, Lena Seler, Milo Jackson, and many others, with one noted death from wounds and another killed by a comrade.
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Manila
Washington
Bernard Smith
Battalion of Engineers
Michael F. Corcoran
Geo. E. Wallace
Lena A. Seler
Wm. W. Huesman
Charlie Quick
Dorton Eng
Milo Jackson
Thomas W. Hamilton
Joseph H. Asbery
4Th Cavalry
Thomas L. Daft
Co. A
Charlie H. Beach
Co. K
Jom Eastman
Ith
John T. Meade
Co. M
Geo. Kennedy
Chas. E. Hawkins
Geo. Lyons
Sydney H. Ball
Co. C
Benjamin Schupp
Jos. Farrell
Wm. Bouzey
Co. E
Henry
Rolds
Co D
Chas. B. Dye
Patrick Burke
Co. I
Theodore B. Basford
Otto J. Peters
Geo. S. Phillips
James J. Walsh
Co. L
48Th Inf
Harry B. Marvin
Troop I
3Rd Cav
Wm. A. Clarke
Labor Leaders Meet at Massachusetts AFL Convention
The Massachusetts state branch of the American Federation of Labor opened at Powderly hall. Boston's J J McCluskey and others were elected to credentials as the convention, with 93 delegates representing 96 000 workers, prepared reports on legislative strategy and organizational expansion. President Jonas Weener led sessions and urged broader legislative engagement through auxiliary committees and an initiative referendum to counter money power and party influence.
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Marlboro
Massachusetts
American Federation of Labor
Powderly Hall
Jonas Weener
Boston
Philip J. Byrne
J. J. McCluskey
John Hickey
J. M. O'Neil
P. H. Shaunessy
F. J. Mattamore
T. M. Nelan
Boston Typographical Union
D. D. Driscoll
Edmund F. Ward
J. F. Convery
Lowell
House
Senate
Central Committee
Central Labor
Kot
Driscoll
Weener
Sarah Stone
Cigar and Tobacco Strippers’ Union of Boston
TALKED NAVAL ARMOR Two steel firms attend Washington conference
Washington October 2 Only two steel companies attended the Navy Department conference on naval armor. Bethlehem Steel represented by Mr Linderman and Carnegie Steel by Mr Schwab spoke. Midvale did not send a delegate. No better rates were learned from the bids. The secretary of the navy postponed a decision, likely to revisit the issue in a month or two.
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Washington
Navy Department
Linderman
Bethlehem Steel Company
Schwab
Carnegie Company
Midvale
Secretary of the Navy
Quarantine Raised For Vessels At Constantinople Entry
The department of state reports from Odessa that the quarantine at Constantinople and other Black Sea ports has been lifted. Ships with clean bills of health and no serious contagion aboard may now enter.
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Washington
Department of State
Odessa
Black Sea
Constantinople
Deaths report from Cuba list multiple U S troops
Washington reports Gen Wood cabled from Cuba a death tally from Havana dated Oct 2. The list includes Major George S. Cartwright quartermaster U S W 25th A A Surgeon Jess W Lazear John Taeger private 7th cavalry Wm S Park private M 7th cavalry A B E Kilbourne Private 2d artillery Robert L Thum Private O 2d artillery all yellow fever except where noted.
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Washington
Wood Cables
Cuba
Havana
Columbia Barracks
Georges. Cartwright
Jess W. Lazear
John Taeger
7Th Cavalry
Wm. S. Park
Lasinmas Hospital
A. BE. Kilbourne
2D Artillery
Robert L. Thum
Fire destroys Dayton shoe factory in Williamsport
A midnight blaze gutted the J. B. Dayton & Co shoe factory in Williamsport Pennsylvania. By 2 a.m. the fire was not under control and the plant with contents valued at 500000 dollars was a total loss. adjoining property faced immediate danger and the insured loss stood at about 300000 dollars.
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Williamsport
J. B. Dayton & Co
New York City Council Votes to Remove Dewey Arch
In New York on October 2 the municipal council introduced and adopted a resolution for the removal of the Dewey arch.
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New York
Chicago coal deal signals British shift to American smokeless coal
In Chicago on October 2, talks conclude toward selling 600000 tons of American smokeless coal to British steamships and railways. A Chicago bituminous coal firm and a London brokerage agent near finalizing terms, indicating a budding regular British demand for American coal.
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Chicago
London
Galveston Sanitation Expert Praises Efforts
Dr. Geo Soper of New York, an expert on sanitation, was sent to Galveston to investigate conditions and aid in cleaning work. After a tour of inspection he pronounced the city to be in unsanitary condition.
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Galveston
Tex
Geo. Soper
New York
Judge Isaac W. Lasing Dies in Rochester
Rochester, Oct 2 Judge Isaac W Lasing a prominent Nebraska Republican politician died this afternoon at the Homeopathic hospital after a fall two weeks ago while passing through the city.
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Rochester
N. Y
Isaac W. Lasing
Nebraska
Homeopathic
Convention Urges Organizing Working Women And Girls
President Weeners addressed delegates urging action to organize women and girls in mechanical and mercantile life across the state. He noted a diamond ring awarded to J for success in reducing labor hours and securing wage increases.
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Weeners
South adds six new cotton mills in September
The Journal of Commerce reports September saw six South mills near completion with 29 000 spindles 861 looms and 735 000 dollars capital and 11 new mills announced totaling 53 069 spindles 500 looms and 1 045 400 dollars capital. northern and southern consumption trends shift toward larger regional production.
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New York
Journal of Commerce and Commercial Bulletin
South
Georgia
North Carolina
Southern Mills
Southern Cotton Spinners’ Association
Critcherson Admits Incendiary Fire in Marlboro Gallery
Fire investigators in Marlboro report George Critcherson, Fred Roberts, and Charles Hammond arrested for arson in the September 18 photograph gallery fire. Critcherson allegedly confessed. authorities say the trio operated from Portland and planned further acts in Winthrop.
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George Critcherson
Marlboro
National Household Economists Open Eighth Session
The eighth annual session of the National Household Economic association began in Toronto Ontario with delegates from the United States and Canada welcome by the mayor and city council. President Mrs Linda Larend credited Mrs Henrotin and Mrs Potter Palmer for the Paris exhibition progress.
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Toronto
Ont
National Household Economic Association
United States
Canada
Linda Larend
Henrotin
Potter Palmer
Four More Fishermen Lost in Great Gale Off St Johns
Four additional fishing vessels with crews totaling 35 men were reported lost in the great gale of September 13 near St Johns Newfoundland. The British cruiser Charybdis returned from the northeast coast noting that French fishermen have closed their stations and departed the coast after a full failure, the last leaving a week ago.
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St. Johns
N. F
Charybois
Fitchburg Gas and Electric Rates Cut By Board Decision
The Fitchburg Gas and Electric Light Co faces reduced charges after a city petition. New rates: gas at 1.45 per 1000 cubic feet, commercial arc lights 6 per month, street arc lights 100 per light per year, down from 7 and 110 respectively.
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Board of Gas and Electric Lght
Fitchburg Gas and Electric Light Company
Fitchburg
Sunnyside coal mine fire not yet subdued in Evansville
Fire at Sunnyside coal mine in Evansville Indiana began last night and is not yet under control. Officials believe it will be quenched without flooding the mine, which would cause heavy damage with an estimated loss of two thousand dollars.
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Evansville
Ind
Sunnyside
Metropolitan Trust stockholders meet in New York
In New York on October 2 the annual meeting of Metropolitan Trust company stockholders was held. The outgoing board of directors was reelected and the vacancy caused by C P Huntington’s death was not filled.
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New York
The
Metropolitan Trust Company
C. P. Huntington
Seattle Population Grows 88 Percent To 80 671
The census bureau reports Seattle Washington has population 80 671, up from 42 887 in 1890, an increase of 88.32 percent.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Seattle
New England Yarn Trust Seeks Direct Sales Monopolize Trade
The Boston Transcript reports that the New England Cotton Yarn company will cut commission houses out of sales by directing customers to buy directly from the mill. The move threatens Catlin & Co and Harding, Whitman & Co, who have sold most of the firm’s yarn and may prompt new mills in New Bedford or elsewhere to challenge the trust.
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Fall River
New England Cotton Yarn Company
Yarn Trust
Catlin & Co
Harding, Whitman & Co
New Bedford
Sanford Spinning Co
Trust
Commission Houses
Commission
New York Commission
New York
Boston Transcript
Country Bank Check Collections Discussed by Clearing House
New York Oct 2 clearing house representatives meet to consider country check collections. Frederick W Hayes of Detroit chairs a committee noting that major cities Baltimore Boston Denver Detroit Kansas City New York Omaha Rochester St Louis Los Angeles and Leavenworth are governed by clearing house agreements. Uniform national adoption faces local restrictions but coordinated action along defined lines is feasible with consent of large cities.
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New York
Clearing House
Frederick W. Hayes
Detroit
Baltimore
Boston
Denver
Kansas City
Omaha
Rochester
St. Louis
Los Angeles
Leavenworth
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Clearing House Representatives
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Billerica
Herbert A. King
Middlesex
Lowell Daily Courier
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Andrew G. Stiles
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Ivers & Pond Piano CO
Boyston St
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Raymond & Whitcomb
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