Am Fed Labor Convenes in Philadelphia Cites Wages
The Twelfth national convention of the American Federation of Labor opened in Philadelphia at Independence Hall with 75 delegates and about 400,000 tradespeople. Gompers urged action to improve working conditions and criticized Carnegie influence while a credentials committee was formed. A key debate followed over printing contracts for the World’s Fair catalogue and with a strike in Chicago telegraphers dragging attention to labor disputes.
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Gompers
H. Il, Mines
Phila.delphia Type» Graphical Union No. 2
George Th. Chane
Union
Ramuel Gompers
Pennsylvania
Jude
Supreme Court Trades ‘Unions
Carnegie Corporation
Thomas J. Elderkin
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Lake Seamen's Benevolent Association of Chicago
Wb, Donkey Company of Chicago
International Typographical Union Oross Chicago Typographical Union
Campbell
Ancernational Union
Chicago
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McGuire
Death in Penitentiary Hospital Ends Burke Case
Burke, a prisoner at Soliet penitentiary, died Friday night after a long illness from close confinement. Report said he maintained innocence to the end while confessing few details. present were Father Daniels and Dr Frederick. lawyer Forrest to take care of Burke’s affairs.
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Four Murders End in Four Hangings in Louisville Jail
Four condemned men were hanged at 7 4 0 o'clock in Louisville County Jail after a formal execution observed by a small crowd. White defendants Dennis McCarthy and Stephen Hite were joined by Black defendants Grant Thomas and Nelson Lewis. The four men entered the jail and faced the scaffold, with Thomas bowing to onlookers before the drop at 7 46. Hite bucked against pinioning, while the others showed varying reactions as the traps fell. By 8 00 o'clock all four were pronounced dead after extended monitoring of pulses and heartbeats. In a separate note, Deputy Sheriff Farrell reported seeking a requisition for Robert F. Beatty from Pennsylvania in a poisoning case tied to Homestead Carnegie works, with authorities planning to move him to Allegheny County.
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Pattison
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Allegheny County
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Carnegie Works
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Costly Fire at Saintes destroys opera house
A Sumter dispatch reports a fire at Saintes during a Chisk company performance that tore through the opera house and eight surrounding blocks. The blaze lasted five hours, with widespread destruction across principal business districts and insurance losses not yet totaled.
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New and Courier
Rouvier Resigns Amid Panama Scandal Fallout
Dec 14 Paris turmoil as finance minister M Rouvier resigns after revelations linking him to Reinach in the Panama scandal. Carnot accepts the resignation. Tirard appointed to succeed him. Other notes report Burke of Burke's Peerage dies in Dublin, poet Watson’s mental decline, and UK/London items including Langtry reward offer and Lipman jute firm failure.
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Counterfeit money case exposed by reporter
Ed Olombub, Frederick W. Davis, 27, English, living at 144 North Third Street, faced accusations of distributing bogus silver coins. A reporter’s investigation uncovered 140 silver quarters and a confession followed after evidence, including a girl’s account of coercion by the stepfather Davis, who denied and later admitted to the crime. Davis’s parents still reside in Mugland. the case traces to Topeka and Wichita era records.
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