No Settlement In Sight In Coal Strike Talks
New York report notes Morgan aboard the Corsair with visitors whose identity remains unknown as no settlement seems likely. George F Baer perhaps aboard a launch, while John Markle reports miners must go to work to end the strike. Authorities discuss troop calls and local patrols in Lackawanna and Wyoming valleys to protect workers heading to collieries.
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New York
J. P. Morgan
North River
Morgan
George F. Baer
Mr. Morgan
John Markle
Mr. Markle
Secretary Root
Senator Platt
Gov
Odell
Newburg
Central Federated Union
West Farms
Root Refuses Comment On Morgan Interview In Washington
Secretary Root returned to Washington and would not discuss his interview with J Pierpont Morgan nor whether he carried a message from the President. He spent time with the President over the coal strike, with White House officials also reticent. Prof J W Jenks and Marcus H Marks visited the temporary White House to discuss the coal strike, though details remained unclear.
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Washington
Root
J. Pierpont Morgan
Morgan
New York
White House
J. W. Jenks
Cornell University
Marcus H. Marks
Jenks
Industrial Commission
Whit House
Quiet at Wilkesbarre Coal Strike Edges Toward Settlement
In Wilkesbarre Pa October 12 no soldiers were sent from the camp and no clear action on resuming coal production emerged. Rumors of an extraordinary effort to restart the collieries circulated, but company officials offered no confirmation. Miners and residents expect little to change next week as negotiations continue with miners remaining firm on concessions.
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Wilkesbarre
New York
Washington
Dam
Scranton Week Heads Into Test of Miner Protections
In Scranton Pennsylvania on October 12, operators push to restart collieries claiming protection will enable start ups while United Mine Workers demand concessions as a condition for return. Delware and Hudson Belevue and Green Ridge Coal anticipate openings, with other sites unnamed. Union leaders insist military force won’t compel workers and few remain idle as patrols continue.
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Scranton
United Mine Workers’ Organization
United States
Delaware and Hudson Company
Belevue
Green Ridge Coal Company
Green Ridge Calace
Tomorrrow
United Mine Workers
Senator Quay Says There is Nothing to Say After Meeting with President
Senator Quay of Pennsylvania met with the President for an hour in Washington to discuss the strike but said there was nothing to say. He departed for Philadelphia. little information emerged on the strike. Reported that operators want their side aired and have divided the country into districts to balance coal supply, with railroads arranging to deliver soft coal to all in need instead of anthracite.
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American Federation of Labor
J. P. Morgan
Mitchell
Washington
Senator Quay
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Reading Co Ships 225 Cars of Coal Heavy Night Shipment
Reading PA Oct 12 Four trains of washery and mined coal totaling 225 cars or about 6750 tons moved along the Reading road last night. The fuel is slated for the companys employer and for use in locomotives. This was the heaviest shipment yet.
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Reading
Reading Road
Local car count climbs past last May pace
The ongoing event reports a continuing rise in participation since last May, exceeding the Friday night total of 189 cars recorded in the prior run. Organizers note steady growth and anticipate further gains as the schedule progresses.
Erie Company Calls Miners to Work in Pittston
Wilkesbarre Pa Oct 12 The Erie company tonight posted notices at its collieries at Pittston requesting all striking employees to return to work tomorrow The company assured all men who returned ample protection This is believed to be the first move by coal companies to break the strike under troop protection
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Wilkesbarre
Erie Company
Pittston
Marlboro Motorman Dies After Car Crash at Monument Square
Charles Whitney of Northboro, motorman, died from compound skull fracture after a collision between Worcester & Marlboro and Marlboro & Framingham electric cars in Monument Square. Conductor Daley injured. air brakes failed, others shaken. Whitney’s wife and a five month old baby survived.
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Marlboro
Charles Whitney
Northboro
Monument Square
Windsor Hotel
Whitney
Edwin Crosby
Worcester
Worcester & Marlboro Line
William Daley
Framingham
Daley
Charles Aldrich
Ames Place
Marlboro & Worcester
Main Street
Detroit Moves to Trim Coal Committee for President's Reception
Mayor William C Maybury reports a Cortelyou telegram proposing reducing the Detroit coal conference committee to three or four members to present resolutions to the President. He communicates with Senator Mason and will choose a sub committee to deliver Detroit's resolutions. The President reportedly prefers mailing the resolutions.
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Roosevelt
Detroit, Mich
William C. Maybury
Cortelyou
Detroit Coal
Maybury
Mason
Detroit
Labor unions attacked by New Haven pastor
Rev L R Streeter of East Pearl Street M E Church created a sensation by denouncing labor unions and shorter hours saying continued strikes will pull the country back to the dark ages and that unions steal a non union man’s right to earn a living.
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New Haven
Conn
L. R. Streeter
East Pearl Street M. E
Eee
Booths in Boston mark sixth anniversary of VOA
Gen and Mrs Booth addressed a Tremont Temple mass meeting in observance of the Volunteers of America sixth anniversary. Booth described VOA organization and last year’s work while Mrs Booth highlighted inmate rehabilitation. The Peele leagues now totaled 14 000 members.
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Boston
Ballington Booth
Tremont Temple
the Volunteers of America
Gen
Booth
Siam's Crown Prince Visits Washington
The Crown Prince of Siam, arriving from New York, spent the day in his Arlington apartments and around the city. A second dinner in his honor was hosted by the Siamese minister in the Arlington banquet hall for 25 guests, including King Henry Cabot Lodge? Secretary Hay Secretary Wilson and Secretary Root.
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Washington
Siam
New York
the Arlington
Arlington
Hay
Wilson
Root
Wages Raised For Mexican National Railroad Workers
Mexico City October 11 The wage dispute of engineers and conductors with the national railroad of Mexico has been settled with an average wage increase of 16 percent for those positions.
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Mexico City
Mex
National Railroad of Mexico
Fire destroys Kingston mill owned by Staples
Kingston New York October 11 The Arcade flour and feed mill owned by Alva S Staples Jr was burned early this morning causing a loss of 25000 The fire is thought to have been incendiary in origin
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Kingston
N. Y
Arcade
Alva S. Staples, Jr
Operation on Lolita Armour by Prof Adolf Lorenz
Chicago Oct. 12 Prof Adolf Lorenz of the University of Vienna performed the operation hoped to cure Lolita Armour crippled since birth. Lorenz pronounced it a complete success and said the child should walk as well as other children when the plaster cast is removed next spring.
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Chicago
J. Ogden Armour
Lolita
Adolf Lorenz
University of Vienna
Lorenz
Natick Catholic Church Dedicated Yesterday
Natick October 12 Archbishop John J Williams presided at the dedication of St Patrick’s church foundation laid ten memorial days ago. The ceremony included consecration of the edifice and formal proceedings by church dignitaries.
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Natick Catholic Church
Natick
St. Patrick's Church
John J. Willams
Archbishop leads dedication and high mass sermon
The event began with the dedication by the Archbishop, followed by a solemn high mass. Rev. Thomas F. Cusack of Hudson served as celebrant and Bishop Beaven of the Springfield diocese delivered the sermon.
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Thomas F. Cusack
Hudson
Bishop Beaven
Springfield
Geneva Strike Collapses After Employers Resume Work
Geneva Oct 12 The strike has collapsed as the strikers union called all trades to return to work. Street car workers resumed service this evening amid earlier disturbances with revolver shots fired and a few wounded, though conditions are reported tranquil now.
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Geneva
President’s wound healing after city drive
Washington October 12 The President used the fine weather for a long drive through the city and suburbs with Mrs Roosevelt. The leg wound is reported healing nicely and his general condition is satisfactory.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Missionary Alliance Meets Raise Sixty Thousand Dollars
In New York on October 12, the two meetings of the Christian Missionary Alliance gathered subscriptions totaling 60,000 dollars. More than two thousand dollars of the offering was received in cash. Speakers at the events were Reverends A. B. Simpson and Henry Wilson.
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New York
Christian Missionary Alliance
A. B. Simpson
Henry Wilson
Man slashes throat at Bridge Street home in Manchester
Francis J. Knight, 72, cut his throat with a razor at his Bridge Street residence this morning and died a few hours later. Knight had long illness and mental unbalance, born in Edot, Maine on March 12, 1820, and had lived in Manchester for many years.
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Manchester
N. H
Francis J. Knight
Bridge Street
Edot
Doan's Kidney Pills Endorsement Case
In spring 1898 Mrs Mary Bnright of 11 Cedar street says Doan's Kidney Pills from Ellingwood Co. helped her brother's backache and the mother’s use proved equally satisfactory. Sold 60 cents per box. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo N Y sole agents for U S. Remember the name Doan's.
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Mary Bpnright
Cedar Street
Doan
Ellingwood & Co
Foster
Strikers Rally At Ball Grounds In Boston Meet
A large crowd gathered at the American League ball grounds in Boston for a coal mine strike fundraiser. District presidents Nichols and Fahy spoke for the miners, with support from Socialist leaders including Mrs. Avery and Henry D. Lloyd. The event raised funds, featured speeches denouncing operators, and adopted resolutions in favor of the strike.
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Boston
American League
Thomas D. Nichols
John Fahy
Wilkesbarre
Mr. Nichols
Martha Moore Avery
Daniel Goldstein
George E. McNeil
James F. Carey
Henry D. Lloyd
Torrey E. Wardner
Mr. Mitchell
Coal District
Wardner
Avery
Goldstein
Nichols
Fahy
Baer
MEN GAIN CONCESSIONS FROM NEW ORLEANS STRIKE
In New Orleans on October 12 the Carmen's Union voted by secret ballot to accept the governor's ultimatum. Workers will return to service at twenty cents per hour, ten hours per day with seven and a half hours minimum, and no discrimination against men charged. The settlement ends a two week strike that halted passenger service.
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Carmen
New Orleans
New Orleans Railway Company
Confederate Veteran John F. O'Brien Dies at 62
Major John F. O'Brien a Louisville businessman and Confederate veteran has died at age 62. Appointed to West Point by Jefferson Davis when secretary of war he graduated in 1860 and became a lieutenant of engineers a year later. He helped design and construct the battery at Charleston from which the first shot of the Civil War was fired.
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Louisville
John F. O'Brien
Military Academy
West Point
Jefferson Davis
Charleston
Coal raids spread as high prices spark sidewalk dismantling
In Chicago on October 13 police were asked to halt the destruction of sidewalks and paving blocks driven by coal price inflation. Three arrests have been made so far as authorities respond to the unrest across several city sections.
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Chicago
Old Ladies Home annual meeting on Fletcher street
The annual meeting of the corporation of the Old Ladies Home will be held at the home on Fletcher Street on Tuesday at 3 o'clock in the afternoon, October 14. Full attendance is desired. Sarah T. Young, Secretary.
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Corporation of the Old Ladies’ Home
Fletcher
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