Philadelphia Strike Grows and Police Sworn In
Philadelphia rapid transit workers strike closes saloons and provokes clashes at League Island navy yard. City Hall crowd swears in 600 special police. 40 riot victims hospitalized including two severely injured. Rioters block tracks with stones as 1,500 strike-breakers mobilize. sailors confront police at yards. marine units intervene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Philadelphia Rapid Transit company
city hall
Kensington
League Island navy yard
Clay
Joseph McLaughlin
William Talbot
C. Pratt
Philadelphia Transit Strike Demands and Outcomes
Striking motormen and conductors pressed for union recognition, open-market uniforms, nine to ten hour shifts within twelve hours, overtime pay, arbitration, reinstatement after unjust discharges, and twenty five cents per hour pay. The six day strike left 4,000 idle workers, 2,000 at work, 650 cars in service, 1,800 idle, with 300 arrests and 50 injuries and costs totaling $344,000 to employers and workers.
Mob Lynches Negro Upon Town Street Incident
A white mob lynched a Black man in a troubled town, while another employee from Howe Circus was shot during the same unrest. Authorities reported no immediate arrests as crowds dispersed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frankfort
John Maxie
Howe
Kentucky
Maxie
Bert ©. Bower
Wichita
Kansas
Bower
ounce
Kentucky river
Willson
the Elks
Valdosta
Georgia
circus
SECRETARY WILSON ON FARMER EDUCATION AT MCGILL
Montreal today as Secretary Wilson urged education of agriculturists to adorn homes and advise in kitchens. He told a large audience near Montreal that well informed farmers could become safer legislators and underpin general prosperity amid a shifting global economy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
Canada
Wilson
United States department of ‘agriculture
St. Anne De Bellevue
here
MacDonald college
McGill university
United States
Forester
Gifford Pinchot
trafic
Police seek clues in mysterious duck farm murder case
In Tarrytown dated June 3, police pursue any clue to the disappearance of a man found murdered at John D. Tocke feller’s duck farm estate near Hunting for Clie. Investigators intensify efforts to locate the victim and identify a suspect or motive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clie
Tarrytown
N.Y
duck farm
John D. Tockefeller
here
Emperor and People Split Over Rigid Versus Flexible Airships
Berlin reports a heated clash between the Kaiser and his military advisers over airship choice. The Kaiser favors the Zeppelin rigid type praised by the public, while the army council backed by Baron Lytcker advocates the flexible Gross and Parseval models. The dispute signals a rare public divide affecting German history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
signal corps
war office
Germany
Baron Lytcker
Zeppelin
Chinese Murder Plot Sparks International Outcry
In San Francisco in June 1893 Chinese residents and host city leaders pursued Chinese imperial inspector Lew Sue Cay to Hong Kong where he was killed on arrival. He faced fraud accusations for selling worthless mining stock to many Chinese on the Pacific and East Coasts. A reward of 569000 dollars was offered by the Chinese government for his murderers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
America
Wu Ting Fang
Lew Sue Cay
Hong Kong
Pacific
China
Lew
Pittsburg
Deadly Grand Dent climb leaves four dead
A nine person French and Italian party including three guides attempted the Grand Dent in the Alps. About two thirds up a climber fell, the rope snapped, and six climbers plunged 200 feet. Four Frenchmen died and two Italians were fatally injured. guides acted to shield their charges with no blame assigned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grant Dent
Turin
Alps
Grand Dent
Six Armenians Sacrificed in Adana hangings yesterday
Constantinople reports six Armenians were executed alongside nine Mohammedans in Adana to placate charges of Armenian responsibility for Asia Minor massacres. Missionaries say the Armenians had no role in starting trouble and object to the whitewashing of the events. Diplomatic pressure to halt further hangings is being considered by missionaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adana
Constantinople
Asia Minor
Italian colonization plan for Texas outlined
Despatches from Rome describe an Italian scheme to settle about 1,000 Italians in central Texas. A $1,000,000 budget funds two colonies of roughly 100 families, with 2,000 acres secured by a syndicate led by Lutet Luzant ti. Land costs range from $11 to $12.59 per acre on the Kechi and Trinity rivers. The plan aims to ease congestion in northern Italian districts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Rome
Texas
Italy
Lutet Luzantti
atian
baa
Kecchi
Trinity rivers
Pittsburg
Boston
Chicago
American Writer Praised by Roosevelt for African Hunt Tales
Warrington Dawson of South Carolina, United Press correspondent, receives high praise from Theodore Roosevelt in Quilock for his vivid American-centered depictions of Africa. Roosevelt notes Dawson’s access to provincial aristocrats and a dark-skinned race, while urging home critics and audiences to recognize his work. Dawson travels with Roosevelt to Kijabe after Nairobi departure, with plans to visit the American mission and proceed toward Sotik.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warrington Dawson
South Carolina
United Press Associations
New York
Theodore Roosevelt
Quilock
out today
United Press
Roosevelt
Africa
England
Warrington ‘Dawson
America
Virginia
Mr. Dawson
South
Mombasa
Eest Africa
Dawson
man
Kijabe
Paris
Unsted Press
Nairobi
Mr. Roosevelt
Lumbwa
Kitabe
Charges For Thatcher Highlight Complex Trial Records
The article outlines multiple charges against Attorney Thatcher in a diabarmerit proceeding, including alleged courtroom remarks, attempting to take a client’s money, and soliciting damage claims via agents. It also notes Weston’s reported progress walking toward the Pacific coast from Laramie and a June election update with a treasury receipts figure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
prosecuting committee
supreme court
Charles’ A. “'Thatcher
Toledo
whatcher
set
Thatcher
miles
sult
foxpengen
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California
Teamsters
hat
Mayour Reyburn
Wie city
Frankford
frnkers
Eleventh
Westmoreland
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HOWE CIRCUS
SECRETARY
OF AGRICULTURE
dail
Columbus
Charles McCarty
Miss Lawson
Thomas W. Lawson
Marion
James F. Lord
Lawson
Dreamwold
Lord
Ada
Ohio Northern university
Harmon
W. L. Finley
C. GC. Weybrecht
Huron
Tfuron
Eire
Odd Fellows
LONE STAR STATE
Weston
Laramie
Wyo
Jung
Edward
Paysoh Weston
Medicine
Bow
filter
Granite ‘Canyon
yeaterday
Treasury Statement
Washington, Judes
treasury
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