Idleness Hits Iron League in Bitter Stand
New York Oct. 28 President Buchanan of the International Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers has been unable to patch up disputes with the housesmiths union. The iron league is through with negotiations and will employ only union members. A strike is expected on all out of town contracts, affecting about 500 iron workers and potentially 5000 building trades workers in Boston Baltimore Philadelphia New Orleans and Newark.
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New York
Buchanan
International Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers
Iron League
Housesmiths Union
International Association
League
Building Trades Employers Association
Boston
Baltimore
Philadelphia
New Orleans
Newark
Market Opens Firm on Oct 28 with Rail Stocks Leading
New York stock market opened firm with slight gains over last night. Amalgamated Copper and U S Steel and rail stocks showing modest advances while American Car and Standard stocks slipped. By 11 am, demand favored railroads and Westerns, though metal shares softened on selling pressure.
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New York
Amalgamated Copper
Atchison
Baltimore & Ohio
Brooklyn Transit
Erie
Louisville
Missouri Pacific
New York Central
Ontario & Western
Pennsylvania
Reading
Rock Island
St. Paul
Southern Pacific
Southern Railway
Texas Pacific
Union Pacific
U. S. Steel
Wabash
Detroit United Railway
Chicago Terminal
People’s Gas
U. 8
S. Steel
Pressed Steel
Futures Open Firm In New York Markets
Futures opened firm with October at 9.98 and November at 10.01, December 10.15, January 10.08, March 10.10, April 10.13, May 10.17, and July 10.15 to 10.16. переговоры
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New York
West cattle bulls warned in copper industry rumor
Copper enthusiasts recall that bulls from the West are typically slaughtered. Rumors circulate that big packer consolidation will resume in spring, postponed earlier by the money market. The anticipated company would be the world’s largest aside from U S Steel.
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U. S. Steel
Pope's Kind Words to Cardinal Moran in Rome
The Pope granted a farewell audience to Cardinal Moran and praised Australia and English speaking countries for liberty in religion as a favorable field for Catholic growth. He greeted a group of English speakers including Mr and Miss Butler and Mr and Mrs Abell of Baltimore, giving blessings to them and their families.
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Rome
Cardinal Moran
Australia
America
Butler
Abell
Baltimore
Rescue Finds Last Boat From Lost Vessel
In Honolulu on October 27 an inter island steamer recovered the second missing boat from the wrecked French bark Constable de Richemont. It carried the boatswain and seven crew members, who were found starved after drifting since October 14 with little food.
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Honolulu
Constable de Richemont
Interisland
Wain
The New Verse Form Verse Parody Overview
A brief, humorous note on Kipling tied to a life article. The excerpt riffs on a bachelor versus married man fight, referencing Kipling copyrights and a playful rhythm about family and tea. This item reads as a light literary aside from Life magazine content.
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Rudyard Kipling
Bride’s grim joke on wedding gifts prompts detectives
A bride laments that many wedding presents are cheap plated items. Her mother reassures her and reveals she has hired two detectives to make themselves conspicuous watching the gifts. The line appears in New York Weekly.
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New York Weekly
Wall Street and State Street Leads Across Cities
A brief list shows 1-48 Wall Street 7 State Street in New York and Boston, indicating notable street addresses in the regional network.
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Wall Street
State Street
New York
Boston
Parks's Trial Begins Second Time for Extortion
The second trial of labor leader Sam Parks on an extortion charge proceeded before Judge Newburger in New York on October 27. The courtroom was crowded with spectators and jurors, while Parks arrived with a deputy sheriff and surveyed the room from the Bridge of Sighs passage. His demeanor was tense yet defiant as talesmen were examined and special jurors named.
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New York
Sam Parks
Newburger
Talesmen
Parks
Louis Schmidt
Tiffany Studios
Rand Defends Parks in Ex Tortio n Case at Trial Start
Assistant District Attorney Rand told jurors the Parks case involves a statutory charge of extortion not a labor dispute. He clarified Parks is not on trial as a labor delegate. Judge Newburger overruled motions to dismiss and elect counts, adjourning the trial until tomorrow.
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Rand
Parks
Mr. Rand
Osborne
Newburger
Blubber Hunter Chas. W. Morgan Returns With Sperm Oil Cargo
San Francisco reports the whaling bark Chas. W. Morgan under Capt. Earle has arrived with about 1800 barrels of sperm oil valued near $22,000. She sailed November 22, 1902, from the South Seas and coast of Japan via the Okhotsk Sea, traveling with whalers California and Alice Knowles. The fleet rode a January hurricane that damaged Paumato Islands and other vessels.
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San Francisco
Chas. W. Morgan
Earle
South Seas
Japan
Okhotsk Sea
California
Alice Knowles
Paumato Islands
Barge Allison White Freed From Bond in Hayden Suit
McWilliams Bros of New York posted a $40,000 bond in Pawtucket for the barge Allison White to secure release from attachment in a $20,000 damage suit filed by Thomas Hayden. The barge, involved in injuries claimed two years ago, will likely sail today.
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Pawtucket
R. L
McWilliams Bros
New York
Allison White
Thomas Hayden
Weather Talk From Town Elders
In a brief parish-like exchange, the oldest man in town laments changing weather, while a grocer’s clerk agrees that conditions have shifted in recent months, echoing nostalgic views of childhood climate.
Dowie Attacks Christian Science at New York City Meeting
In Madison Square Garden Dowie denounces Mrs Mary Baker Eddy and Christian Science as not Christianity nor science. He says the book is largely incomprehensible with one grain of truth, claims disease is not from God, and accuses Christian Science of undermining honesty. About 1000 attended the morning service and 400,000 homes were reportedly visited by followers. A public baptism was promised later in the week.
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New York
Madison Square Garden
Dowie
Mary G. Baker Eddy
Eddy
Dresser Bankruptcy Hearing Details Former President’s Testimony
The hearing in Dresser & Co bankruptcy resumed with Daniel Leroy Dresser testifying. Witnesses said promoters certified $850,000 in securities as worth more than they did not know the actual value. Dresser cited losses in the Trust Company of the Republic and U S Shipbuilding, detailing stock sales and transfers that affected credit and led to substantial financial decline.
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New York
Dresser & Co
Daniel Leroy Dresser
U. S. Shipbuilding
Staten Island
Dresser
W. Youngman
Corporation Finance Company
Mr. Dresser
Mr. Youngman
Youngman
M. C. Quimby
U. S. Shipbuilding Company
Trust Company of the Republic
Trust Company
Shipbuilding Company
Signs of a Trap in Flushing Ohio Shootout
Flushing Ohio October 27 police announce autopsy findings in the killing of Town Marshal George D Elliott. John Wheeler a deputy in the raid posse is suspected of firing the fatal shot and providing information that led to the raid. Charles Bethel detained Wheeler after Elliott fell. The bullet matched Wheeler's gun. Tom Templeton remains a fugitive.
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Flushing
Ohio
George D. Elliott
John Wheeler
Elliott
Wheeler
Charles Bethel
Tom Templeton
Machias Ready to Leave With Consul
Naples dispatch reports the U S gunboat Machias arrived from Port Said and is preparing to sail with United States Consul Skinner of Marseilles and his expedition to Jibatil French Somaliland whence the expedition will start for Abyssinia. Officers hope to depart tomorrow.
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Italy
U. S
Machias
Port Said
United States
Skinner
Marseilles
Jibatil
French Somaliland
Abyssinia
Idachias
Saved at Sea by the Fish Hawk and Crew Rescued
The British schooner Swanhilda, 120 tons net, 136 gross, bound from Edgewater New York to Windsor Nova Scotia with 200 tons of coal, foundered 29 miles south by east of Seguin near Maine. The Fish Hawk rescued five crew members after a ten hour pump attempt. All were taken to the Nova Scotia via Prince Arthur. The Swanhilda, built Annapolis 1892, owned six months by Edward D. Thompson Parrsboro, valued about 4000 with two thirds insured. coal cargo valued 100 with insurance.
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Annapolis
N. S
Seguin
Maine
J. W. McNamara
Joseph Anderson
Andrew Faulkner
Ross Graham
Howard Graham
McNamara
Edgewater
N. Y
Windsor
Cape Ann
Salem
Mate
Cook
Nova Scotia
Edward D. Thompson
Parrsboro
Massachusetts Women's Christian Temperance union opens convention
The three day Massachusetts W C T U convention convened at Trinity Methodist church Springfield with 275 delegates. Mrs Katherine Lente Stevenson presided, welcome by Rev Eugene M Antrim and Mrs M L Kneil, Plymouth county union president spoke for delegates, and Mrs Harriet T Todd announced 11 new unions and 650 new members. Stevenson reviewed the year’s work, its strengths and weaknesses.
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Springfield
Massachusetts Women's Christian Temperance Union
Trinity Methodist ‘Church
Katherine Lente Stevenson
Eugene M. Antrim
Trinity Church
M. L. Kneil
Westfield
Phoebe R. Clifford
Plymouth County Union
Steel Curtailment Hit Pencoyd Iron Works In Philly
The Pencoyd Iron Works in Philadelphia faces abolition by United States Steel. Contracts may move to bridge works near Pittsburgh. Within weeks branches close and about 1000 workers of a 2000 strong workforce are laid off. The 20 inch mill shut Saturday and 15 and 12 inch mills will stop next Saturday. Three to four furnaces will close, with rolling mills expected to follow. By week’s end about 1500 men will be unemployed.
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Philadelphia
Pencoyd Iron Works
United States Steel Corporation
Pittsburg
Postmaster Van Cott Denies NY Investigation
New York October 27 Postmaster Van Cott said he knows nothing about an announced investigation by Postmaster General Payne into a possible promotion syndicate. He added that if such a syndicate existed in New York he would work to destroy it completely.
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New York
van Cott
New York Post Office
Payne
Scallon Says Heinze Plan Aims at Millions in Nipper
William Scallon head of Amalgamated Copper interests in Montana warns Heinze and associates would gain vast wealth by acquiring Nipper veins and adjacent mines if his proposition is accepted. He notes sworn testimony claiming a 31-36 share worth 5 million and argues the plan seeks title to Never Sweat and Parrot areas while demanding a three year wage protection from miners. He accuses the offer of insulting the miners union and asserts wages would not be cut.
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Mont
William Scallon
Amalgamated
Montana
Heinze
Supreme Court
Anaconda
Parrot
Boston & Montana
McGinnis, Heinze & Co
McGinnis
Miners’ Union
Scallon
Rogers
Andover Conference Holds Semiannual Meeting at Chelmsford
About 130 delegates gathered at the Chelmsford Centre Congregational church for the Andover Conference semi annual meeting. William Shaw of Ballardvale was chosen moderator with Rev E Victor Bigelow as alternate. Discussions covered the union of denominations and church membership of youth, with prayers, readings, and a luncheon for delegates.
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Chelmsford Centre Congregational Church
William Shaw
Ballardvale
E. Victor Bigelow
Eliot Congregational Church
Lowell
George E. Martin
Kirk Street Congregational Church
Cambridge murder case again taken up by police
The death of Arlington painter Jas H Fermoyle, found in Cambridge marshes last August, prompts renewed police activity with possible arrests. Ex-suspects Stephen Alphen and Robert Gallagher were discharged in superior court years ago. Edward Hamilton is held for the grand jury on breaking and entering as his ally Luther Noble faces similar charges. The Blake-Knowles Pump works near Fermoyle’s marsh.
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Cambridge
Jas. H. Fermoyle
Arlington
Stephen J. Alphen
Robert E. Gallagher
Fermoyle
Edward Hamilton
Blake-Knowles
East Cambridge
Hamilton
Luther Noble
Alphen and
Gallagher
Fermeyle
Noble
Blake
Employers to form National Employers Association in Chicago
Delegates from numerous national organizations gather in Chicago for a two day meeting on October 29 and 30 to draft a constitution and by laws for a National Employers Association. The group aims to address labor problems and extend the organization nationwide with an official organ.
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Chicago
Employers’ Association
American Federation of Labor
Brier on Lowell Crooks and local pickpockets
Fred Brier alias Briere, jailed on a theft charge, spoke to police after arraignment about Lowell pickpockets. He claimed most crooks work in pairs or solo, criticize group thieves, and said only one local man can reliably steal certain stones. He emphasized the decline of broad criminal comps.
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Fred Brier
Briere
Arthur Lacombe
Lowell
Obituary for Mrs. Bertha Huntley, 24, dies at home
Mrs Bertha Merrill Huntley wife of Arthur Thomas Huntley dies October 27 at 696 Stevens Street aged 24 years 3 months and 24 days. Besides her husband she leaves two children her parents Mr and Mrs Charles Merrill and four brothers. Funeral at 2 pm Friday from residence. Friends invited.
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Bertha Merrill Huntley
Arthur Thomas Huntley
Stevens Street
Charles M. Merrill
McCarthy Dies At Home. Survived By Sisters
In this city Vincent McCarthy aged 25 died at his home of his sister Mrs. Peter Cullen at 27 Fayette Street. Another sister Mrs. Maggie Bouchard also survives him.
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McCarthy
Vct
John McCarthy
Peter Cullen
Fayette Street
Maggie Bouchard
City Hall Notes on magazine removal debate
The city solicitor’s opinion settles a key early disagreement in the explosives committee. Alderman Casey urged an ordinance forcing U S Cartridge to remove its Andrews street magazines, while Alderman Hill argued for restricting uses instead. The solicitor agrees removal cannot be ordered but supports limiting magazine uses to protect nearby residents.
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Casey
U.S. Cartridge Company
Andrews Street
Hill
Larceny Charged After Room Theft at Bakers Union Hall
Patrick Broderick was arrested outside the court house by Inspector Maher on a warrant for larceny of $12 from Louis M. Guilmette. Guilmette reported his pocketbook vanished while asleep in the Bakers' union hall, and Broderick was booked for appearance in price court after offering no resistance.
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Patrick Broderick
Maher
Louis M. Guilmette
Broderick
Price Court
Guilmette
Bakers’ Union
Carving Knives On Sale At Thompson Hardware Co
Thanksgiving buyers can find a fine carving knife selection at Thompson Hardware Co with prices ranging from 35 cents to 25 dollars. The ad highlights a variety of styles and finishes for home cooks seeking reliable cutlery.
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Thompson Hardware Co
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