Railroad union head warns on non union coal shipments
Grand Master Fitzpatrick of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen tours the anthracite strike region and stresses members must act if railroads attempt to ship coal from non union mines. Jamey Nelligan says his talks at miners headquarters do not relate to the strike. An attempt may be planned to restart Maltby colliery of Lehigh Valley Coal today with guards and electric lights deployed at the site. Local officials weigh the risk as questions linger about the move.
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Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
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Lehigh Valley Coal Company
Tri State News Roundup Highlights Strikes and Accidents
Anthracite miners may return to work within ten days while Wastern Pennsylvania strikers perform at Exposition Park to raise funds for relief. Pittsburg saw a dangerous bridge condition after a car incident and a violent assault near the public safety building. Other items report a swindle case in Wilkinsburg, G A R outing at Butler, and a missing county clerk race deadlock in Huntington.
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Frederick Heer
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Union Railroad
Homestead
Carnegie Coompany
Wilkinsburg
William H. Feeny
Allegheny County
G. A. R. Association
Butler
Gould-Vanderbilt
Hand of the
Pennsylvania
Exposition Park
Obie Grand Lodge Officers Attend Inaugural Event
The notice reports Wedne sday events with grand lodge officers at Achtabula. William Kahi a Lake Shore brakeman died after being struck by a train leaving a widow and three children in Collinwood Ohio. The Marysville lodge marked its 26th anniversary and approved an $8000 building project. Joe Hoot of Ravenna was fatally injured by a car on the Northern Ohio traction line near Kent. William M Hahn habeas corpus case at Mansfield saw arguments closed with a Sept 1 decision pending. In Circleville Sarah L Bell sues Sarah I Biffie for 1000 over alleged alienation of her husband’s affection. Mrs Sarah Mackey near Em buton Pa is said to sneeze herself to death, 500 times in one hour.
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Lake Shore
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Joe Hoot
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Mansfield
William M. Hahn
Campbell
Circleville
Sarah L. Bell
Sarah I. Biffie
Sarah Mackey
Embuton
Stone to quit politics after 22 years in public life
Governor William A Stone says he is through with politics after about two decades in public office. He plans to return to his law practice in Pittsburgh when his term ends next winter, noting politics brought him hardship and enemies but also friends.
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Tioga County
William A. Stone
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Pittsburg
Chicago labor talks aim to avert street car strike
Chicago unions and city street rail executives resume talks after Aug 18 as the Chicago Federation of Labor press for an amicable adjustment of outstanding differences with the street railway lines. The executive committee leads the effort to prevent a walkout.
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Chicago
Chicago Federation of Labor
Settlement Talks Planned After Street Par One Trouble
A meeting between the committee and street par officials is set for the day to settle the dispute. The Federation met yesterday and resolved to back strikers morally if arbitration fails and a strike becomes unnecessary.
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President Roosevelt Attends Church and Updates on Mrs McKinley
President Roosevelt and family attended Christ's Episcopal Church in Oyster Bay with Dr. P M Rixey visiting Sagamore Hill. Dr. Rixey said Mrs McKinley’s health is satisfactory and they will return to Washington today. In Irwin Sara Suppa Hungarian miner is jailed for brutal assault and robbery at a farm house. $185 taken after holding the woman by the throat. In South Bend a carriage collision with a Grand Trunk train kills one child and fatally injures three others. rescue notes say the horse backed into the path of the train.
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Sara Suppa
Peter Kosonick
Jamison
Lupo
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Barney Tenenbaum
Grand Trunk
Imperial troops crush rebel HQ in Inchawan
Pekin reports imperial forces stormed rebel headquarters at Inchawan on August 12. About one thousand rebels died and their leader Tong Yu Hung was captured and executed.
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Sze Chuan
Inchawan
Tong Yu Hung
Policeman Clarence Eaton Shot Dead in Charleroi Dance Hall
Police officer Clarence Eaton of Donora was shot and killed during a Saturday night dance at a pavilion in Charleroi Pennsylvania. Den Bahanna was arrested as the alleged killer.
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Clarence Eaton
Donora
den Bahanna
Moro Hostilities Threaten U.S. Hold On Mindanao
Manila dispatch notes critical Moro resistance as American forces plan decisive action against the Ha culog group after an Aug 12 attack that killed two and wounded one from the Twenty-seventh Infantry at Camp Vicars Mindanao. General Chaffee warns decisive move needed to keep Moro support while Taft arrival plans unfold with elaborate reception in Manila Including a bay procession arches and a banquet. Filipino crew mutiny reported aboard the Gen Alava.
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Mindanao
Haculog
Twenty-seventh
Muros
Camp Vicars
Secolod
Bacolod
John J. Pershing
Fifteenth Cavalry
Lake Laniac
Chaffee
Zamboanga
Taft
William H. Taft
Singapore
Straits Settlement
Alava
Ling
Tatts
Malacanan Palace
Mutiny and killings aboard Mis Hermanos at Port Virac
The inter island steamer Mis Hermanos mutinied at Port Virac Catanduanes last Thursday. The crew shot the chief engineer and wounded the captain mates second engineer and a passenger. Native constabulary rescued officers then fired on the crew killing three. Twenty two crew surrendered five jumped overboard believed drowned. The ship ran aground but was later floated. Also Manila report on sending 400 younger native priests to the United States for a year of seminary training to learn American customs language and strengthen ties with the American church.
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Catanduanes
Mis Hermanos
Manila
Father McKinnon
Philippines
California
B&rmita
United States
Father MelSinon
Ile
Cholera Toll Exceeds Thirty Six Thousand Worldwide
Manila reports show 23,636 cases and 17,596 deaths with officials estimating underreporting. The total infection count is believed to reach about 36,000 across provinces and regions.
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Manila
Trial of Newspaper Men in Manila Libel Case
The trial of Frederick Kerr proprietor and Edward Brien editor of Freedom for libel against Benito Legarda a civil commission member ended Saturday Judge Ambler will deliver his decision today.
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Frederick Kerr
Edward Brien
Freedom
Benito Legarda
Civil Commission
Ambler
Severe Georgia Storm Leaves Fatality and Devastation
A violent electrical storm swept southern Georgia on Sunday August 18 damaging property from Savannah to Waynesboro and Bartow. The Waynesboro dwelling was destroyed with one man killed, while the Rh ine railway roundhouse at halfmore collapsed and other buildings burned or struck by lightning. Widespread cotton losses followed as bolls opened and were ruined.
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Gicorgia
Halfmore
Rhine
Waynesboro
Bartow
Academy
Swannsboro
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