Commission opens Scranton hearing on anthracite strike
The United Mine Workers and coal operators convened in Washington to detail demands. The commission will study mine conditions and miners homes starting near Scranton, with wage, hours, and payroll data to be examined under oath and verified by a single expert accountant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Anthracite Coal Strike Commission
Inter-State Commerce Commission
Gray
Messrs
Wright and
Clark
Gen. Wilson
Bishop Spalding
Parker
Scranton
Mitchell
Baer
Theoar
Commission
Mine Workers’ Union
Dickess
Cntroversy
Tors
Thomas
Hillside Iron and Coal
Pennsylvania Coal Company
Fiz
New York
Truesdale
Hiss Company
Wilcox
Weil
Mr. Mitchell
Mr. Baer
Scranton Miners Commission To Begin Inquiry Next Thursday
President Gray announced that the commission would start its inspection in district No 1, Scranton, with plans to thoroughly study the subject. Mr Baer offered miners facilities including a special train and miner representative, but the commission declined the train and decided to pay all expenses themselves, seeking government reimbursement if appropriate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gray
Scranton
Baer
Coal Output Rises As Mines Reopen In Anthracite Region
Wilkesbarre Pa Oct 27 More coal was mined and more men were employed today than on any day since the mines in the anthracite region resumed work. Disputes persist with high and Mahoney among operators and workers. In Lackawanna and Wyoming regions all collieries operate except a few still underwater as miners and laborers return in large numbers.
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Wilkesbarre
Anthracus
Lackawanna
Wyoming
Coal firms report most anthracite collieries running
Philadelphia officials announced that thirty of the Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron company's thirty eight anthracite collieries are in full or partial operation. Sales agents of the Pennsylvania Railroad set tidewater coal prices in Philadelphia and Perth Amboy, identical to Reading company figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company
Pennsylvania Railroad
Perth Amboy
Reading Company
Verdict Awards $750 to Morrison in City High School Exclusion Case
Salem matter reports a $750 verdict for Morrison against the City of Lawrence in Essex County Superior Court. The dispute centers on alleged illegal exclusion from Lawrence High School after his newspaper article criticized school management. The trial noted the mayor denied Morrison the chance to call student witnesses before a hearing, and the court sided with Morrison on appeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salem
Superior Court of
Essex County
Morrison
City of
Lawrence
Charles Morrison
Wilbur F. Morrison
Young Morrison
Sensation at City Aldermen Meeting Over Post Office Site
Lawrence news recounts a volatile aldermen session where Lawyer William J. Bradley alleged a scheme to fleece the U S government and named several businessmen linked to opposing the depot park post office site. The debate followed a land seizure challenge in U S circuit court by City Solicitor Kane and Col J P Sweeney, ending with a vote to halt further city objections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kane
Briber Punished for Bribery in Minneapolis Case
Christopher Norebeck once a detective was sentenced to three years in the state penitentiary for bribery. The punishment was lighter because he acted as a tool of his superiors and after his flight and re capture during trial he confessed and aided the state with evidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Minn
Christopher Norebeck
State
Norebeck
Promoted After Guard Duty Killing Disputed
Shenandoah Pa Oct 27 Col Rutledge promoted Arthur Wadsworth from private to sergeant on Major General Miller's recommendation. Wadsworth shot William Durham on Oct 8 during guard duty after Durham ignored a halt order. Miller says he deplores the killing but honors Wadsworth for faithful service.
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Shenandoah
Miller
Col. Rutledge
Arthur Wadsworth
Wadsworth
William Durham
Durham
Fraternal Meetings and Events Reported
Merrimack lodge I O O F met in Odd Fellows Temple with routine business. Spanish War Veterans held a meeting in Memorial hall with Thomas F Dolan of Lowell sharing his Manila Bay battleship Olympia experiences. Pocahantas Degree held a regular meeting at Odd Fellows Temple admitting two applicants with visitor M D Gay of Winchendon. Lowell lodge U O S O L conferred first degree on one candidate at Post 126 hall, with a 10-member Haverhill delegation visiting. John Erickson council Royal Arcanum conferred degrees on three. three membership prospects received. Evening Star Rebekah lodge ping-pong party yielded prizes to Mrs. Colburn, Mrs. Stewart, Lester E Wills, and Walter M Allen. Next ping-pong gathering set for Nov 22 after the regular meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memorial Hall
Thomas F Dolan
Lowell
Olympia
Manila Bay
Degree of Pocahantas
Odd Fellows Temple
Sacnem
Lowell Lodge
Hall
Fonge of Haverhill
John Erickson Council
Royal Arcanum
Odd Fellows’ Temple
Evening Star Rebekah Lodge
P. H. Colburn
Stewart
Lester E. Wills
Walter M. N. Allen
Redmond’s Irish Monument Funds Statement
John F Redmond of the Irish Parliamentary party spoke on funds raised to buy the Parnell estate and fund a monument. He said funds never touched his hands but were routed to the Dublin Parnell monument committee and invested in government stock. He noted only expenditures for a bronze bust, Avondale library, and current model by Augustin Saint Gaudens. The committee failed to buy the house, contracted with Gaudens, and expects the balance to complete the monument.
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New York
John F. Redmond
Irish Parliamentary Party
Parnell
Irish Times
Dickinsonji
Charles Stewart Parnell
Hedmond
London
Dickinson
Redmond
Avondale Library
Dublin
Avondale
Washington
Mount Vernon
John Parnell
Augustin St. Gaudens
Foresters Bazaar Opens With Grand Ball In Huntington Hall
Foresters of the city opened a bazaar with a grand last night dance at Huntington hall. Cadet orchestra played 10 pieces led by Joseph E. Rock. The next three evenings move to Foresters hall for dancing and tables run by young ladies aiming for strong sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foresters
Huntington Hall
Joseph E. Rock
Foresters’ Hall
W. H. Stafford
Jeremiah J. Gerry
Felix Jarvis
William Collins
Bella Chisholm
Anthony Clark
Kittie Chisholm
Philip C. Herbert
John McKenzie
Isidore Tetreault
Jose Rivet
Louis Hebert
Thomas A. Green
John Burns
William Shields
Rachel Campbell
Minnie Keeler
W. A. Hogan
P. R. Monahan
Thomas Moss
W. A. Kelley
George Shields
Mary Yohle
Edmund Costello
Thomas Carty
Schooner Teresa D Baker Runs Aground At Tumler Island
The two masted schooner Teresa D Baker from Mt. Desert with gravel for Boston ran ashore on Tumpler Island in a heavy southwest wind. Righted by the crew and towed off by two small steamers, she was damaged with a broken keel and leakage, then brought to the flats for repairs on the railway. Owned by Daniel Shea of Boston, son of Captain Shea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boothbay Harbor
Teresa D. Baker
Shea
Mt. Desert
Boston
Tumbler Island
Daniel Shea
Transport Movements in San Francisco Oct 27
The transport Logan under Capt Stinson with about 100 recruits and 200 passengers will sail next Saturday for Manila. The transport Sheridan arrives from the Philippines and Nagasaki with six Ninth cavalry troops totaling 52 men, 685 casuals, 124 sick, eight prisoners, and five insane. The Sumner, carrying Gen Chaffee and Vice Governor Wright, left Nagasaki four days earlier and is delayed by a stop at Honolulu, not due until next week.
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San Francisco
Logan
Stinson
Manila
Sheridan
Philippines
Nagasaki
Ninth Cavalry
Sumner
Chaffee
Wright
Honolulu
Labor Unions Report Quiet Sessions And New Members
Labor notes show Leather Workers meeting on Central street last night with routine business and two new members admitted. Loomfixers met at the Merrimack and Kirk streets hall, received several applications and initiated two new members, with delegates reporting on the Woonsocket convention held October 6 to 8. Regular order of business was followed.
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Central Street
Merrimack and
Kirk Streets
Woonsocket
R .I
Consolidation Adds Officers to Worthen Street Mission Groups
At Worthen Street M E church last night the Home and Foreign Missionary workers consolidated with new officers elected. Presidents include Mrs J F Allen and Mrs Franklin Coolidge. Other posts span recording secretary Mrs John Pead and agent for Woman's Missionary Friend Mrs William McKenzie. Rank and file stay as independent bodies.
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Worthen Street
M. EF
Home and Foreign Missionary
J. F. Allen
Franklin Coolidge
Thomas Johnson
R. E. Slye
John Pead
Nettie Wilson
Woman's Missionary Friend
William McKenzie
The
Home Society
Addison Avery
Woman's Home Mission
Walter H. Hoyt
Kennedy Street Axe Incident Causes Facial Injury
W Corcoran Callahan was injured while splitting wood in a Kennedy's store cellar on Central Street last night when an axe head came off and struck his left cheek. He was taken to his Union Street home where a physician treated the wounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Corcoran Callahan
Kennedy
Central Street
Union Street
Last Week of the Mechanics Fair in Boston
The Boston Mechanics Fair enters its final week with special attractions and outstanding exhibits across all departments. Organizers promise a peak experience this season and urge attendees who have not yet visited to make the trip while the event concludes.
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Boston
Y W C A Notes Bible Class Schedule
The Bible class on Hebrews meets this afternoon at 4.15. The Chautauqua class gathers at 7 tonight. Dress-making and millinery classes start at 7.30.
The Fatal Wedding at Theatres Affects Local Audiences
The Fatal Wedding a four act melodrama by Theodore Kremer played last night to a fair crowd. It centers on a marriage strain ending in a moral reversal and features Madeline Clark as Jessie and Fletcher Haney as Wilson with strong support. The production promises another show tonight and continues with ads for The Great White Diamond and James O Neill at the Opera house.
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Theodore Kremer
Howard Wilson
Mabel
Cora Williams
Wilson
Gree
Hudson Palisades
Jessie
Madeline Clark
Fletcher Haney
Bessie Marlowe
Mable
Maude Cleveland
Eliza Mason
Walter Fessler
Opera House
Kidder
Garrick Theatre
New York
Boston Museum
Belle of Richmond opens three night run at local theatre
Sidney S. Toler star and company premiere The Belle of Richmond detailing a love triangle among Gerald Gordon Bill Osmond and Nellie Mason with a bank theft plot and a courtroom resolution. The cast includes Henriette Browne as Nellie and Toler delivering versatile acting in a four act melodrama noted for roses and bouquets symbolism.
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William Osmond
Merchants’ Bank
James J. Ryan
Judge Mason
Margaret Tennant
Rosalind Mason
Irma Reed
Winnifred Mason
Boston
Virginia Masons
Jessie Merritt
Richmond
Mr. Toler
Sidney S. Toler
Gerald Gordon
Neilie Mason
Bul
Jerry
Virginia
Bui
Bill
Charles Lee
Bil
Henriette Browne
Nellie
Casto Vaudeville Delivers Strong Evening Show
A new vaudeville bill at the Casto drew large crowds with a refined comedy sketch The Impostor featuring May Duryea and John L. Kearney. The Three Murray Brothers Watermelon Trust Cunningham and Smith and Howley and Leslie added variety with music, dances, and humor, while Colline Cole and Prof Haworth contributed strong acts under manager Haynes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Casto
Haynes
May Duryea
John L. Kearney
Mr. Kearney
Miss Duryea
Three Murray Brothers
Watermelon Trust
Cunningham
Smith
George Cunningham
Will T. Davis
Davis
Colline Cole
Miss Cole
Howley
Leslie
Prof. Haworth
Annual arrest after street assault reported
Sapt. William B. Moffatt made an annual arrest last night after witnessing Joseph Perousse strike John Brady on Back Central street. Perousse appeared drunk and was arrested for alleged drunkenness and assault and battery.
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Sapt
William B. Moffatt
Back Central Street
Joseph Perousse
John Brady
Perousse
Hquor
Pillsbury’s Best Flour Sold Everywhere In Packaged Form
Grocers stock Pillsbury’s Best Flour in sacks and barrels and some do not carry it. To avoid fakes buyers are urged to insist on Pillsbury’s Best in original packaging to ensure genuine quality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pillsbury
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United Mine Workers
Fahy
Philadelphia and
Reading
EL. B. Thomas
Hillsdale Coal and Ron Company
Alfred Walter
Lehigh Valley
W. H. Wruesdale
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western
David Wilcox
Delaware and
Anthracite Co
Opera
Lawrence High School
U. S
Oliver
the Natural Food Co
Niagara Falls, N. Y
Fraternal News
Merrimack Lodge
Charles ‘Stuart Parnell
Foresters’ Bazaar
Labor Notes
W. C. Callahan
Ceylon
India
Wholesale Agency
State St
James O'Neill
Mr. O'Neill
Pierre Nevsky
High Rollers
Paris
Academy
Academy OF Music
Casto Theatre
Pillsbury’s Best Flour
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