General strike urged as Russia moves toward protest
Dec 20 St Petersburg call for a general political strike to begin Thursday at noon, backed by the Union of Unions and allied bodies in St Petersburg and Moscow. Proletariat unions pledge to halt railways and telegraphs, with arrest risk under the new strike law. Emperors advisers shift toward universal suffrage as crisis deepens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersburg
Russia
Union of Unions
Union of Peasants
General Railway Union
Councils of Workmen
Moscow
Durnovo
Associated Press
Taarshoe-Selo
Zemstvo Congress
Dmitri Shipoff
M. Shipoff
M. Gutchkoff
Baron Korff
Count Bobrinsky
Workmen's Council
Central Committee of the Railway Union
Baltic
Ambushes Hit Cavalry Near Grossantz and Mitau
In a reported action the cavalry near Grossantz was ambushed and routed to Mitau with heavy wounded. In Warsaw on December 20 authorities arrested the leaders of the post and telegraph strike.
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Grossantz
Mitau
Warsaw
Liggins and Odell Lock Horns on Speakership
Edwin A Merritt Jr a St Lawrence county assembly member declares intent to remain candidate for speaker despite Governor Higgins backing J W Wadsworth Jr for the post Merritt is supported by former Governor Odell and State Senator Malloy indicating a split within party leadership and ongoing maneuvering for leadership.
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Benjamin B. Odell, JR
New York
Edwin A. Merritt
St. Lawrence County
Higgins
J. W. Wadsworth, Jr
Odell
Malloy
Merritt
Salvation Army receives 500000 donation for English colonization plan
General Booth reports George Herring of the City of London Electric Lighting Co has donated 500000 dollars to the Salvation Army. The funds will be repaid in 25 annual installments to the King's Hospital Fund. The plan includes land in England, five acres per settler, cottages, seeds, implements, and settler support until production.
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London
General Booth
The
Salvation Army
George Herring
City of London Electric Lighting Company
King's Hospital Fund
England
Enffland
Mr. Herring
Camden Town
Metropolitan Hospital Fund of London
Kharkoff Republic Seizes Kharkoff City Amid Robber War
In Kharkoff the socialistic colonization with 300 troops and militia seized the city and formed a federal council. Decrees were issued as authorities failed to resist. Power shut off electricity for the rich while robbers were punished. two notorious thieves hanged in the square. Rojestvensky returns to St. Petersburg after injuries. A Miami woman, Mrs Dora Suggs, was assaulted and murdered during a shopping trip. her body found en route home.
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St. Petersburg
Republic of
Kharkoff
Miami
Fla
Dora Suggs
Sages
Oppose Conference at Madrid on Morocco Reforms
Rome reports both Morocco and Germany oppose moving the Moroc can reforms conference from Algeciras to Madrid. The stance reflects disagreements on venue and regional diplomacy.
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Madrid
Rome
Morocco
Germany
Algeciras
Thrilling rescue ends 40 hours entombment in East River tunnel
Three divers risked their lives to free two Italian laborers trapped for more than 40 hours in a flooded East River tunnel after a cave in near Long Island City. They swam to the surface with the exhausted men, aided by constant air through a pipe, as pumps struggled to lower the water and allow a rescue shaft to reach the top.
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New York
East River
Pennsylvania
Long Island City
Benjamin Lewis
Charles Murdern
Philip Edlondo
Lewis
Edlondo
Killed While Stealing Grain in Dayton Area
George Pfister was killed by a posse of farmers while stealing grain from W. C. Turner’s barn near Dayton, C. He fired on Turner and a later volley pierced Pfister’s breast. Railways Begin Tardy Reform is reported as executives of western railroads agreeing to enforce interstate commerce laws.
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Dayton
George Pfister
W. C. Turner
Pfister
Turner
Chicago
Western Railroads
Dynamite Explosion Kills Three in New York Drill Accident
An unintended detonation at the Altman building site on Fifth Avenue near Thirty-fourth Street kills three workers and injures seven. Debris hurls across streets as guests at nearby Waldorf Astoria rush to safety. Supervisors Jacob Metzger and Frank Anderson are arrested for criminal negligence.
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New York
Fifth Avenue
Thirty-fourth Street
Altman
Waldorf- Astoria Hotel
East Thirty-fourth Street
Jacob Metzger
Post & McCord
Frank Anderson
O'Rourke Construction Company
Senate Yields to House on Panama Canal Emergency Bill
Washington report notes Senate accepts conference report on the Panama canal emergency appropriation bill and ends dispute over related bond provisions. House considerers debate on revenue origins and insurance control while Ways and Means backs Payne bill to admit Philippine products free except sugar and tobacco at 25 percent until 1909.
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Washington
Senate
House
Messrs Aldrich, Spooner and Teller
House Committee On Ways and Means
United States
Secretary Bonaparte Cannot Dismiss Cadets Summarily
Secretary Bonaparte reports he lacks power to dismiss Midshipmen Coffin and Van Derveer for hazing. Admiral Sands must convene a court martial under 1874 act. Conviction would result in dismissal from the Naval Academy. Armenians Butcher Turks In Tiflis three hundred Mussulman houses burned by Armenians. 57 Turkish subjects known dead.
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Navy
Washington
Bonaparte
Coffin
van Deveer
Kimbrough
Moody
Admiral Sands
Academy
van Derveer
Tiflis
Cauecasia
Mussulman
Ditching of Santa Fe Train at Lang Attributed to Wreckers
In Lang near Emporia Kansas two railroad workers, engineer Harry Davis and messenger Elmer Derrick, were killed when a passenger train was wrecked. Locals say wreckers caused the crash.
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Emporia
Kan
Santa Fe
Lang
Harry Davis
Expresa
Elmer Derrick
Wreck on Harlem elevated tracks injures many
A dramatic collision on parallel elevated tracks near 11th Street Harlem left one man dead and many injured. The Poughkeepsie Express struck a local New Haven train after a switch, the 30 feet high structure hampering rescue efforts as fire crews saved passengers from nearby Connecticut and New York. Engineer John P D Horn was arrested for manslaughter and later released.
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New York
New York Central and
Madson River
11Th Street
Harlem
J. W. Knapp
New Rochelle
Grand Centrry
Forty Second Street
Connecticut
New York State
Poughkeepsie Express
John PD. Horn
Bomb wrecks office of Iron workers union in New York
A bomb exploded through a window at the Allied Iron Association office on East Fifteenth Street. Several employees were stunned. the blast followed a union strike against Post & McCord, contractors for the Altman building project, amid a broader drive to employ nonunion workers.
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New York
Allied Jroan Associaion
East Foneteenth
Allied Iron Association
Structural Iron Workers
Post & McCord
Association
Fast Fourteenth Street
Post & MeCord
Altman
Thirty Fourth Street
Fifth Avenue
Fireman killed trying to avert wreck on Baltimore and Ohio lines
Two Baltimore and Ohio wrecks near Hedgeville and Reese farm Cumberland kill three men and injure several. Fireman A Haas leaped from an impending collision and was struck by a passing train. Brakeman H Giles died in the wreck, Engineer G W Houseworth and conductor W H Care were seriously hurt. A freight train plunged down an embankment, wrecking twenty two loaded cars at Cooks Mills.
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Cumberland
Baltimore and Ohio
Hedgeville
A. Haas
Mount Savage
H. Giles
William H. Care
Carlinsburg
W. Va
J. W. Pouser
Brunswick
G. W. Houseworth
Haas
Houseworth
Giles
Reese Farm
Cooks Mills
Cleveland Naval Apprentice Dies of Spinal Meningitis
Newport RI December 20 Seaman Apprentice James Kilbane of Cleveland died at the naval hospital from spinal meningitis becoming the second death among about 200 apprentices who arrived recently on the former Spanish cruiser Reina Mercedes. Four men remain ill and are expected to recover.
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Cleveland
Newport
H. I
James Kilbane
Naval Hospital
Kilbane
Fire Panic In Factory Kills Chicago Fireman
A Chicago enamel sign factory fire at 7 to 16 Park Street killed one fireman and injured several others. The blast and collapsing walls trapped crew as rescuers searched the ruins. Lieutenant Henry Bassett of truck company No 74 died. Rumors swirled about missing workers as the blaze raged.
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Walla
Chicago
Charles W. Schonk Company
Park Street
Henry Bassett
Truck Company No. 74
Money in failed bank funds tied to Mrs Taggart case
In Wooster Ohio on December 2 a fund held for Mrs Taggart by her foster parents is backed by the Equitable Trust Co of Chicago as part of the John Ro Walet financial troubles. Judge Eason overruled a request to discuss her motion for a new trial. Judge Hason will render a final decision Friday.
Ohioan Killed in California and Other Briefs
Remains identified as William T. Thompson of Bucks County Ohio after being run down by a train near Vallejo California. Bank Wreckers Convicted in Denver California. Leonard Imboden and James A Hill bankers found guilty of conspiring to wreck the Denver Savings Bank. Patrick's Request Denied. Athans Dec 20 Albert T Patrick denied stay of execution for Rice murder case and clemency. Washington Dec 20 Jury finds William Crawford and co defendants guilty of conspiracy to defraud the United States over post office contract schemes.
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California
Vellejo
Cal
Here
William T. Thompson
Bucks County
Denver
Leonard Imboden
James A. Hill
Denver Savings Bank
Patrick
Athans
Albert T. Patrick
William Marsh Rice
Higgins
Washington
William €. Crawford
Post Office Department
August W. Machen
George Lorenz
United States
Fitzsimmons Favorite in Betting Odds Shift
San Francisco December 20 betting on the Fitzsimmons OBrien glove contest tonight shifted as money poured into pool rooms making Fitzsimmons the favorite at about 10 to 7. Both fighters are reported in good condition and ready for the ring.
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Fitzsimmons
San Francisco
Kitzshumons O' Brien
Corniabman
Chicago Wheat Gains On Export Demand as May Futures Rise
Chicago market reports revived export demand lifting wheat May futures by 1 1/2 cents with corn and oats up. Closing prices show May wheat at 87 3/4, corn 45 1/4, oats 32 1/4 to 32 3/4. Pittsburg also lists varied grain and livestock quotes, including corn, oats, hay, eggs, dairy and cattle prices across several grades and weights.
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Chicago
Pittsburg
New York
Ohio
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Isters Good Nation
Courland
Tukum
Draa
Liggins
Rojestvensky
Admiral Rojestvensky
Niedermuller
New
York
Ried
Hamilton
Anderson & Schaeffer
West Hamilton
New York City
Gotham
Machen
Chicago Grain Market
Mee
Abchi
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