Plant 10 Be Moved After Warned Strikers
In Warren Ohio on August 14 officials of the American Sheet Steel company ordered dismantling of the Chartiers plant at Carnegie after workers refused to operate. The mill will be moved to Leechburg, with fires extinguished and the plant shut down within two weeks. Arrangements are also underway to relocate the Warren steel hoop plant to Youngstown if the Warren works abandon the site.
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Pittsburg
Associated Press
American Sheet Steel Company
The
Steel Corporation
Chartiers
Carnegie
American Sheet Steel, Company
Leechburg
Kiskiminetas
John Henry
Fenty
Youngstown
American Steel Hoop Company
Warren
Girard
Connellsville Strikers Doubt Tin Plate Plant Move
Connellsville Pennsylvania August 11 Striking workers at Humbert point to American Tin Plate Company dismiss a statement by Warner Armes that the mill may reopen amid public unease if opposed The Cambrian lodge and other groups weigh the threat and vow to stay non union until the mill restarts with workers united to resist closure or removal
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Connellsville
Humbert
American Tin Plate Company
Warner Armes
George J. Humbert
Humber
Iria Lodge
A. A
TS. & Tow
Hive Leen
Preident
Jr. J. Collins
Cambri Lodge
Cambria Lodge
Thi
Milly
Leechburg Board of Trade Seeks De Wees Wood Mill
Leechburg Pa August 11 The directors of the board of trade met to discuss removing the Dewees Wood mill from McReesport and resolved to exert every effort to bring the mills here. The group cited previous success saving local plants and noted quiet in labor circles with workers at their tasks.
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Leechburg Board of Trade
Dewees Wood
Leechburg
Aug. IL
Beware of Trade
McReesport
Board of Trade
Pittsburg
Walker Brush Company
Ewarts
Vandergrift
Wellsville Mill Strikes Back With Fences. Bond Set for Riot Suspects
Wellsville plant fences off entrances and blocks interior views while strikers visit to gauge operation. Nine turns ran today with crews short handed. Vice President John Chappell spoke to workers. Riot defendants waived hearing and posted bond for September court term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellsville
Wellsvile
Wellsville Pllant
John Chappell
Dennis
Sharon Men Work Amid Strike Quiet at Shaffer Firms
In Sharon Pennsylvania August 14 workers report no plant closures due to President Shaffer's strike order and expect smooth operations. Workers at various firms may donate a portion of wages to support strikers while expressing harmony with company management. Also noted is a vegetarian kitten raised by a vegetarian family that avoids animal foods and ignores rats and mice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sharon
Shaffer
Ley
Combine
Ohio Eyes Suit Over United States Steel Trust
Attorney General May bring suit under anti trust law as Ohio forwards tax notices to United States Steel and its Ohio subsidiaries. Secretary of state and AG say constituent companies operate illegally in Ohio via the steel trust and may face action even if the parent pays the tax. Former AG Monnett seeks written answers to prove illegal operation in Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
United States Steel Corporation
Tategn
Secretary of State
Ohio
United States
Steel
Sheets
Frank 8. Monnett
Anti-Trust League
Knights of Labor
Injunction Sought To Block Wabash Rail Access
Pittsburg officials and lawyers asked Judge McClung for a preliminary injunction to bar the Pittsburg Carnegie and Western railroad company and Arthur McMullen from building a bridge over the Monongahela wharf. The action aims to stop Wabash railroad entry, claiming lack of city consent and potential irreparable damage to the wharf and public use. Hearing set for Thursday or Friday if needed. directors and associations weigh in with resolutions urging government support for the Wabash franchise. Western Games results noted: Wheeling 2 Columbus 4. Toledo 6 Muncie 5. first and second games listed. Mariet 1 Grand Rapids 1. Fort Wayne 5 Dayton 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
James C. Gray
W.Y. Smith
A. McClung
Pittsburg, Carnegie and Western Railroad Company
Arthur McMullen
Arthur McMullen & Co
Monongahela
Wabash Railroad
A. M. Neeper
W. W. Ford
E. M. Bigelow
Department of Public Works
Republican Association
Thirty-second Ward
Wabash Railroad Company
Association
John Paul
Kirk Q. Bigham
Wheeling
Columbus
Toledo
Muncie
Maaricn
Grand Rapids
Fort Wayne
Dayton
Striking Workers Hit Steel Mills Across Pittsburgh District
Ten workers at the Lower Union plate mill joined strikers near Pittsburgh as other mills face shutdowns. Amalgamated union gains spread to McKeesport while steel trust officials claim the backbone of the strike is broken. New Castle trusts mills close as unions plan to reroute output. Wheeling district unions report successful crippling of many mills with some running only in name. South Chicago workers weigh return while Painter mill men prepare to resume. two mills expected to reopen today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Plate
Union
Twenty-ninth Street
Amalgamated Association
McKeesport
Steel Trust
G. G. McMurtry
American Sheet Steel Company
Kiskimimnetas
National Tube Company
Welde
Alegheny
New Castle
Trust
Republic Scelp
Wheeling
Chicago
Train Hold-Up by Five Masked Men at Caney Switch
Five masked men robbed Missouri Kansas and Texas train No. 3 southbound at Caney Switch Texas. Express car and safe wrecked, mail sacks rifled, passengers robbed. About $400 taken from passengers plus $1.50 in safe. No injuries reported.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Caney Switch
Mysterious disposal of two Spanish guns at Santiago Harbor
In Santiago de Cuba on August 14, police learned two modern six inch Spaniard guns from Punta Gorda battery, guarding the harbor entrance, had been stolen and later found in a forest across the bay broken for shipment as old metal. Sentries had been removed six months earlier, and the thieves are jailed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santiago
Santiago DE Cuba
Punta Gorda
Sacopia
United States
Spain
Taft urges clemency for first offenses before Justices
Taft warns new Philippine justices to practice paternal clemency for natives first offenses. Civil Governor writes to shape humane court conduct. Harbor improvements contract signed, cost 1.5 million dollars, work to start immediately. Anecdote recalls Parson Freston, Tennessee Baptist, with 18 sons in Union and Confederate forces. His reply to a question about war sympathies: with the Canton by 14 majority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taft
Manila
United States Commission
Parson Freston
Tennessee
Caton
Trade on a Small Scale Brightens Stock Market
New York on Tuesday shows spread of trading with broad strength in many major stocks despite an irregular overall movement. Gains in New York Central, Baltimore and Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Chesapeake and Ohio push prices higher while Coal, Western and Pacific stocks follow St. Paul’s advance. Short covering and expectations of a larger bituminous coal combine support the rally, though crop conditions and the steel strike temper gains. Sub treasury payments and gold receipts contribute to a bank loss yet the market closes near its best levels.
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New York
London
Bears
St. Paul
New York Central
Baltimore
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Chicago
St. Louis
Western
Pacific
United States
Sub-Treasury
Schley Inquiry Hearing Prepable for September Start
Acting Navy Secretary Hackett outlined that the Schley court of inquiry will convene September 12. He explained the process for witness selection and noted he will not disclose specific witnesses or respond to further inquiries on the matter.
Mansfield ward en father of Robert Louis Stevenson tale
At a meeting in ele Maansfield the ward en Mr Percy Alden is named as the father of Robert Louis Stevenson. The novelist's widow recounts an island tale of a cold lady walking with a chieftain who killed thousands and ate hundreds, prompting horror from the novelist's mother who notes it was only eleven.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ele Maansfield
Percy Alden
Robert Louis Stevenson
Cold Lady
London Chronicle
Contesting a will in Norwalk Ohio Aug 1 heirs claim
Mrs Margaret Parker of Chicago and Miss Marguerite McDouated of New York challenge the widow Augusta Doran's will. The estate is valued around 3.5 million and would be divided among heirs of both Mr and Mrs Doran if the suit succeeds. Dennis Doran once led the Western Union Telegraph Company and rests in Norwalk.
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Norwalk, O
Suitte
Augusta Doran
Dennis Doran
Wester Union Telegraph Company
Maragret Parker
Kicago
Marguerite McDouated
New York
Doran
SAMPSON NOT REPRESENTED INQUIRY
Washington reports say Admiral Sampson will not be represented by counsel at the Schley court of inquiry and Judge Advocate General Lemly is unlikely to seek government legal aid. The matter hinges on the law, and officials indicate Sampson does not figure in the proceedings, nor is Lemly expected to request assistance.
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Washington
Navy Department
Admiral Sampson
Schley Court of Inquiry
Lemly
Ada Normal School Lands And Cash Plans At Columbia City
In Columbia City Indiana Aug 14 plans to relocate the Ada O normal school to town proceed. The school manager asked Prof Lehr for a residence land and 60000 cash with costly apparatus but the wives of the school reduced demands to twenty acres near the town and 25000 cash. Mr Brown donated land and citizens are raising the subscription and expect success.
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Columbia City
Ind
Ada. (O.) Normal School
Lehr
Brown
United Mine Workers Call Council Affects 84 Organizations
Indianapolis Aug 14 The national executive committee of the United Mine Workers calls President Gompers of the American Federation of Labor to convene a council of presidents and secretaries of the unions to devise plans to assist the Amalgamated Association. The move would involve eighty four national organizations and about two million workers.
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Indianapolis
United Mine Workers
Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Amalgamated Association
Electric Bitters credited with curing long suffering wife
Bennettsville resident A Brown recounts his wife’s relief from dizziness stomach distress and fatigue after four bottles of Electric Bitters. He claims the tonic restored appetite and digestion and touts its laxative effect. Available for 50 cents at 4 I Bultzly's.
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A. Brown
Bennettsville
5. C
Bultzly’s
Mrs Nannie Galleger Uses Arnica Salve for Sores
Mrs Nannie Galleger of La Grange Georgia reports Buchlen's Arnica Salve cured great sores on her head and face beyond her hopes. The product claims to treat sores bruises skin afflictions cuts burns scalds and piles. Cure guaranteed by Z T Baltzly druggist.
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Nannie Galleger
la Grange
Buchlen
Z.T. Baltzly
Shaffer at Wheeling Addresses Large Meeting
Wheeling Aug 11 President Shaffer arrived to address a largely attended meeting with Rev Dr Fitzwilliams of Atlantic City. The event, held for strikers, focused on strengthening the Association and its regional cause while local vendors advertised medicines and buggy-harness sales.
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Shaffer
Wheeling
Fitzwiliams
Atlantic City
Mae Shafter
Luison
Strike News Leaves Mill Towns Idle Across Carnegie Plants
Pittsburg reports show the Caumegiy steel company lower union list late to start while skilled workers quit for the strike. The Painter Mill at Crescent Mills Cleveland resumes with two mills open, and McKeesport’s National Tube pipe mill halts almost entirely. American Vin Plate Crescent plants expect half operating within 24 hours, aided by deserters. union officers accused of misleading members.
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Pittsburg
Caumegiy Steel Company
Skillead
Painter
National Tube Company
McKeesport
American Vin Plate Company
Crescent
Cleveland
Amalgamated
Association
Importing Foreigners in Steel Mills Warned by Treasury
Washington Aug 24 Asstant secretary Parlor directs Milton Smiley immigrant inspector at Columbus to Bellaire to probe reports the steel trust plans to hire European laborers to replace strikers. Smiley ordered strict inquiry and immediate detention of arriving foreigners as witnesses against the trust.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Treasury Department
Milton Smiley
Columbus
Bellaire
Steel Trust
Smiley
Inherition
Washinon
Trust
Wheeling
Smil
Robbers Surrounded After Bank Attack Near Millersburg
An early morning attempt to rob the bank of J. D. Adams in Millersburg, Ohio failed as the robbers fled and were cornered in a timber tract about 15 miles away. A squad from the Ohio National Guard accompanied by local forces moved to aid in capturing the suspected offenders.
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Millersburg
J. D. Adams
Ohio National Guard
Amalgamated lodges in Tuscarawas county ignore trust notices
Canal Dover August 14. The Amal gamated lodges of Tuscarawas county met and by a unanimous vote decided to ignore notices from the trust asking former employees to report by Thursday. The crisis will likely occur Thursday or Saturday when the trust attempts to bring men to operate the mills.
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Canal
Dover
Tuscarawas County
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ADA Normal School
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Whittaker
King
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Harnessie
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