BACK TO FIRST HANDS WEW PROPOSAL SETTLEMENT IN COAL DISPUTE
Nov 22 Seraton Pa mine workers and mine owners agreed to a compromise to settle differences outside arbitration. The plan calls for wage increases and a ten hour day with potential trade agreements while weighing coal by the legal ton. Talks to begin immediately with hope of settlement though terms are not finalized. The move, announced by chairman Gary, surprised many and drew national attention from presidents and trade groups.
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Seraton
Imtaraelte Can Strike Commission
Lorine
Bothsides
Nn UN Board of Concuits
Thmuten
Dudge Gary
Coumnfasion
Teot
Howards of Trade
Tiltie
Deal Talks Ease Mining Hearings Amid Scheduling Dispute
Wayne MacVea helped spur a new arrangement as miners and operators seek to finish documentary evidence. Clarence Darrow urged delay to prepare dye bills and wage data, while lawyers remain reluctant to discuss terms.
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Dis
Ann
Clarence
Darrow
Chicago
Mitchell
Adjumstment Plea in Teeteit Court Dispute
Judge Gray noted the commission could aid a settlement between disputants and urged an agreement. Counsel for two companies sought time and approved a ten day adjournment of the commission. The decision on adjournment was to be made this afternoon according to AP.
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Aden
Gray
Jesse
Associated Press
Miners Seek Wage Rules as Talks Drag on
Large companies have shown assent to the proposed contract scheme though consent is uncertain. Key rail and coal firms including Delaware, Lackawanna and Western, Lehigh Valley, Delaware and Hudson, and Erie are named as supporters, while Philadelphia and Reading has yet to respond. Experts testified coal mining is hazardous and the strike era was a warlike state with both sides intemperate.
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Ark
Philadelphia
Reading Con and Iron Company
Delaware, Buckawanna and Western
Lehigh Valley
Delaware Qun Hudson
Erie Company
Pennaplainlii Coal Company
Tillside Coal and Iron Company
Dova
Arbitration Commission
Roberts
United States
HALF A MILLION LOST IN ASHLAND DOCK FIRE
Ashland Wisconsin Central ore dock about half a mile long was destroyed by fire on Saturday. Loss around 595000 with many workers injured or killed including Gus Anderson and William Index. Firemen rescued. one man had both legs broken. Insurer coverage listed at 378000. rebuilding will begin at once.
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Ashland
Wis
Wisconsin Central
Losa
Bremen
Hyes
Gus Anderson
William [Index
Lee
Andy O'Toole
Charles Workes
Vivian Young
John Stenz
Toney Schibech
Louis Schnetzlewitz
Aivisu Young
Boost for School Fund in Long Legal Battle
Indiana state wins in supreme court against Vandilly Railroad over funds for the state school trust. Judgment totals 113008 dollars, with 75 percent to the state and 25 percent to lead attorneys after fees. Case involves charter from 1847 and funds tied to school fund profits.
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Vandella Railroad Company
Indianm
Indianapolis
Ind
Vandilly Raiload
Supreme Court
Schol Fund
Nnless
United States Supreme Court
State Supreme Court
Vandalia
W. A. Ketcham
Lim
Ord Io
Locomotive Explodes Killing Two in Altoom and Injuring Three
A locomotive exploded while assisting a freight train on the Allegheny slope near Miller Point Altoom. Two men died Scott Sevse and J Pringle. Three were injured Laurel Davis conductor A W Snyder and George Miller brakeman.
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Altoom
ze—Byte
Milleri Point
Here
Scott Sevse
Fugman
J. Pringle
Laurel Davis
A. W. Snyder
George Miller
Fhamant
Alerheny Mountain
Pringle
Ureman
Miller
President appoints new DC district attorney and DC Supreme Court justice
Washington November 25 report that the president will nominate Ashley M. Govll as United States district attorney for the District of Columbia and elevate him to associate justice of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia to fill the late Justice Bradley vacancy. Francis M. Wright of Illinois will be named to the Court of Claims vacancy caused by Judge Davis. Wright won endorsement from the Illinois congressional delegation.
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Hus
Ashley M. Govll
United States
District of Columbia
Supreme Court of
Bradley
Francis M. Wright
Ifinola
Court of Claims
Davis
Tllinois
Davenport HoldUp Aims At 20 000 In Express Car Loot
A Davenport hold up on the Illinois Central route near West Davenport yielded about 20 000 in cash from an express car. Five masked men fled after forcing the engineer and fireman to open the car doors, blowing off part of the roof. Police traced routes but found no wagon tracks. bloodhounds aided the Rock Island and Davenport authorities as they searched surrounding fields and cornfields.
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Des Moines
United States Express Company
Davenport
Lock Island
Chicago
G. A. Goodnow
Hack Island Road
Mort Worth
Tex
Kangaa City
West Davenpor
Rock Island
Nock Island
Bold Robber Steals Chicago Mail from Wagon
In Chicago on a Saturday night a daring thief hit a mail wagon as a carrier entered the Masonic Temple to fetch rails. The robber drove off with registered letters, later found to include a $100,000 non negotiable stack and other packages valued overall at about $810,000. Police and federal authorities were alerted within two minutes but no arrest yet.
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Chicago
Masonic Temple
Gotsyere
Wall Street
Jackson I Cus Dying and Racing Figure in Wisconsin
A Milwaukee specialist reports Jackson I. Cus is dying at home. He was a leading Wisconsin maker and owner of the famed racehorse Day Eye See. In Chicago, Charles Moore, son-in-law of John W. Sherman and stock broker with A J Willie & Co, killed himself at his home on 41st Grand Boulevard after years of ill health. Meanwhile Irish legislator Tol Dillon, ill with grip, is advised to skip a Wick meeting at the Auditorium due to sickness.
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Sentinel Crom Racinesys
Jackson I. Cus
Wisconsin
Day Eye See
Chicago
Croker
WY. Moore
Joun W. Sherman
A. J. Whillie & Co
Grand Boulevard
Tie
Moore
Elack Exchange
Grip
John DB
Jon
Tol Dillon
Iriah
Perlidment
Death of Krupp the Gunmaker
Berlin on November 2 reports the death of Herr Krupp, the celebrated gunmaker and Germany’s richest man, who died at his home in Essen.
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Krupp
Berlin
Herr Krupp
Germany
Easen
President Roosevelt visits Philadelphia for new high school dedication
President Roosevelt arrives in Philadelphia with cabinet members to attend the dedication of the new Denpal High School for Boys. He speaks to 1,500 students and later addresses the Founders Day banquet at the Union League. A spectator breached ropes seeking a handshake, and a Secret Service moment accompanied the moment.
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Philadelphia
Roosevelt
Dlot Apeaker
Denpal High School
Union League
Lessess
Secret Service
Scretary Cortelyou
Nervo
Sissis
Havana Paralyzed as Strike Clashes Leave Deaths
Havana reports deadly clashes between police and striking workers yesterday. Two strikers are dead and eighty two others wounded, including a police lieutenant with a throat wound and eight more officers hurt. Cigar workers sparked a broader general strike. all trades shut doors except electric car staff who did not join. Police and rural guards mobilized to prevent further disorder and maintain control in the suburbs. Streetcar crews faced aggression as unrest spread from the cigar trade to other workers.
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Havana
Burge
Wisconsin Woman Inherits Fortune From New York Uncle
Milwaukee report states Miss Hella Brown matures to inherit over ten million dollars from Leo Lawrence of New York, holder of Wall Street ties. The will delays transfer until she reaches 25, with the amount described as a great fortune. Leo Lawrence, a New York Stock Exchange broker, reportedly had no awareness of the Milwaukee claim.
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Milwaukee
Hella Brown
Gos Vilet Street
Lea Lawrence
New York City
Lawrence
New York Stock Exchange
Wall Street
New York
Dleo Lawrence
Bell
Leo Lawrence
Hig
Persay
Romance in High Life Ends in Divorce for Millionaire Couple
Milwaukee reports Mrs Jessica Als daughter of millionaire Jabu Steves seeks divorce from Gu ters Allis son of an Allis Chalmers leader. After a honeymoon desertion, she had married Allis in 1901 and later traveled to London and Paris with a French actress. Allis presented a defense in court asserting he offered his wife freedom and a sum of 1 million dollars.
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Jessica Als
Jabu Steves
Millonaire
Neenih
Buw Beet
Guters Allis, Milionaire
Allis- Chalmers Company
Deserttot
Alig
Herbert Alvard
Allis
London
Big Suife
Paris
Lore
Alls
Big Wife
Four Missing After Ore Dock Fall In Ashland
A large search near the ore dock fails to locate Leo Fons, with three other men named Brown Voss and Bruce missing since Saturday night. Authorities fear they may be buried under debris after a fall near the dock in Ashland Wisconsin.
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Ashland
Wis
Leo Fons
Brown
Voss
Bruce
Lynchings in Indiana Report of mob violence near Sullivan
An armed lynching party of over 600 men seized a Black suspect named Moore in Rob inson and brought him to Sullivan where masked farmers overtook the city. Deputies tried a stealth entry but the crowd surged from hiding places and carried out a fatal assault. Moore endured a brutal beating before the mob completed its action.
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Moore
Mokers
Hunter Fitzgerald Tragedy Reports Vary In Guatemala City
Washington dispatches present two conflicting accounts of the Hunter-Mitzger murder at Guatemala City. One version claims Young Hunter shot Fitzgerald from behind in a cowardly act, while another asserts Fitzgerald struck Hunter first and later fired a pistol, with Hunter then shooting. Sources include Consul General McNally and Hunter himself.
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Guatemala City
Hunter
Fitzgerald
Hister
McNally
Andrews case pits new trial bid in City Savings judge court
Detroit November 23. Argument on the application for a new trial for Frank G. Andrews, former vice president of City Savings bank, was presented before Judge Murphy in the recorder's court. The motion rests on affidavits alleging juror Bock was prejudiced against Andrews when sworn as a juror.
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Frank C. Andrews
Detroit
G. Aindrews
City Savings Bank
Jude Murphy
Recorder’s Court
Bock
Andrews
Peace treaty signed as revolutionaries and government mend
Panama dispatch reports Consul Gudgue aboard the Wisconsin with news that a peace treaty has been signed by the revolutionary leaders and government commissioners. Admiral Casey will sail today. In Chicago the football slate reports Harvard 0 Yale 23 and Michigan 63 Northwestern 0 Illinois 17 after Saturday games.
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Gudgue
Wisconsin
Casey
Chicago
Ollowing
New Haven
Harvard
Yale
AnnaArbor
Oberlin
Michigan
Northwestern
Ilinois
Colonel Thomas Ochiltree Stricken by Heart Trouble
In Hot Springs Arkansas Colonel Thomas Ochiltree is critically ill with heart trouble, following a bout of pneumonia contracted a year ago. He was sent from New York seeking recovery, but arrived too late. Dobstree remains on bed stimulants with a single attendant and nurse.
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Hot Springs
Thomas Ochiltree
Thomas P. Ochiltree
New York
Dobstree
Sereane
Freight blockade lifted in Pittsburg after weeks of disruption
Pittsburg reports the long freight blockade eased as railroads moved an estimated 928 trains carrying about 46 000 cars over 48 hours. Interchanging has resumed normalt addressing congestion and steel industry needs. Many new workers handled shunting duties raising accident risk.
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Pittsburg
Gallroad
Slen
Ango
Mahoning
Dowie Attacks Booth Army and Greek Companies
Chicago reports Dowie attacking General Booths Salvation Army Labor unions and Greek companies. He savagely criticizes the Army as a dangerous bureaucratic machine headed by a weak leader and an Independent position. Also mentions historical notes on Katherine Stonoth and the mockery of military forces.
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Salvation Army
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Dowie
Booth
Commonwealth
Bnals
Womian
Katherine Stooth
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