Mitchell to Refuse Roosevelt Plea for Mine Return
Wilkesbarre region report details a Cleveland style stalemate as President Roosevelt asks Mitchell to urge miners to resume work with a commission to investigate their grievances. Manufacturers’ committee and miners’ leaders meet. no plan agreed. Mitchell declines to discuss resumption under Roosevelt’s conditions. Key figures: David M. Parry and George H. Barbour for manufacturers. John Mitchell and Thomas Duffy for miners. White House statement notes potential to appoint a commission if immediate return occurs.
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Buffalo
National Manufacturers’ Association
Mitchell
Iroquois Hotel
Philadelphia
Manufacturers’ Committee
Roosevelt
John Maxwell
Indianapolis
Minvais
Wilson
T. D. Nichols
Thomas Duffy
Join Fahy
National Association of Manufacturers
United Mine Workers
John Mitchel
National Association of Manufacturers’ Committee
David M. Parry
Geonge H. Barbour
Richard Young
Frank Leake
Wilkesbarre
United States
Hig District
Associated Press
Anthracite Mine Workers
Pennsylvania
Prospect
Oakdale
Midvale
Lehigh Valley Coal Company
Washington
White House
Carroll D. Wright
John Mitchell
Albert Shaw
Lyman Abbott
Frank P. Sargent
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Hoosevelt
Sargent
Mr. Mitchell
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Wright
Knox
Payne
Mr. Sargent
James S. Clarkson
Cortelyou
Militia to Move Into Anthracite Fields Today
Philadelphia Oct 8 The state militia will be deployed to the coal region today under Governor Stone’s orders. About 9 000 guardsmen, including 2000 already on duty, will reach the anthracite area to protect property and workers who wish to mining. Stone denies any request from President Roosevelt.
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Stone
Philadelphia
State National Guard
Mios
Roosevelt
Aldermen urge action on coal trust amid looming crisis
New York officials press Governor Stone to convene Pennsylvania legislature to resume coal mining, while Alderman McCall threatens school closures if coal shortages persist. Bids for anthracite supply were not opened as strikes loom and federal investigators prepare to probe under the Sherman act.
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New York
United States
Burnett
Washington
Coal Trust
New York State
Board of Aldermen
Stone
Pennsylvania
McCall
Board of Education
Hawkes
Dock Department
Southern District of
Department of Justice
Beaumont Field Fire Destroys Derrick Loss Likely 12 Lives
A blaze in Beaumont Texas at the Hogg Swayne contract last night consumed about fifty derricks with forty already destroyed and one hundred more burning. The fire, visible from the city at midnight, risked tanks and wells with reports of twelve known deaths and fears of greater loss.
Guardsmen Jeered At Pittsburg Departure In October
A large crowd witnessed the Eighteenth and Fourteenth regiments, part of the Tenth and Battery B leaving Pittsburg last night. The scene carried little enthusiasm with hissing and jeering, unlike the Spanish American War mobilization when soldiers were hailed as heroes.
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Pittsburg
United States Steel Reports Nine Month Earnings
The United States Steel Corp directors released nine month earnings through September 30. July to September earnings plus an estimate for September total 36,764,643 and nine month net earnings 101,142,158 after maintenance and fixed charges. The board declared regular quarterly dividends of 1 percent on both preferred and common shares.
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New York
United States Steel Corporation
Roosevelt to join Grand Army parade after illness
President Roosevelt plans to leave the temporary White House for the first time since Indianapolis to drive along the Grand Army parade line. He sent a letter to B. H. Warner greeting veterans as naval veterans and service members gathered at Camp Roosevelt for reunions and the encampment of the Song of Veterans. A Wright monument at Arlington was unveiled during the day.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Indianapolis
Grand Army
B. H. Warner
Citizens’ Committee
Mr. Warner
Theodore Roosevelt
Grand Army of the Republic
Lig
Camp Moosevelt
Horatio G. Wright
Sixth Army Corps
Arlington
Market price report from Pittsburg October 7 1900s
Butter prices across varieties range 14 to 26 cents per pound, poultry values list live and dressed chickens turkeys ducks and a roosters with varied cents per pound. Cattle hogs sheep and calves show wide ranges from common to prime categories with prices noted per head or hundredweights.
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Pittsburg
Elgin
Ohio
Pennsylvania
No Biggar Case Compromise In New Jersey Justice Case
Freehold New Jersey October 8 The Monmouth county grand jury met yesterday and was charged by Judge Franklin Fort with a conspiracy to gain possession of the entire estate of Laura Biggar late Henry M Bennett Hendrick of Bayonne and ex Justice of the Peace Stanton of Hoboken are jailed awaiting bail Miss Biggar has not been arrested Indictments may be found against all involved Judge Fort named Laura Biggar Hendrick Stanton and Dr John T Collins. He warned lawyers or others approaching the jury to avoid dropping the case or face indictment.
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Freehold
N. J
Monmouth County Grand
Franklin Fort
Laura Biggar
C. K. Hendrick
Bayonne
Henry M. Bennett
Hendrick and
Stanton
Miss Biggar
New York
Oct
Hest
Europe
United States Steel
Southern Pacific
Pennsylvania
Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
San Francisco
Treasury Department
Strong Plea for Union of Churches Opens Congress
London reports the forty second church congress opening at Northampton with record attendance. Addresses stress a union of denominations and mutual recognition to form a common evangelistic organization and end the perceived disaster degrading England's religious life. Canon Herbert Henson urges recognition of non Episcopal churches as capable of negotiating reunion terms.
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England
London
Grand Parade of Veterans Draws Roaring Reception
President Roosevelt reviewed the Grand Army parade from the White House to Pennsylvania Avenue in an invalid chair. The march featured a Civil War drum corps, the Marine Band, Grand Marshal Blake man and aides, and was escorted by Sons of Veterans as crowds cheered along the route. Roosevelt has sent a reply to President Mitchell but will not disclose its contents.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Pennsylvania Avenue
Blakeman
Marine Band
Eli Torrence
John A. Rawlins
Minneapolis
Sons of Veterans
Mitchell delays Roosevelt reply on Wilkes-Barre strike
John Mitchell returns from Buffalo and avoids discussing Roosevelt’s proposal while awaiting telegraphs from thirty local unions. Unions report unified resolve to stay on strike until their demands are met or a convention acts, with troops unable to force a return. Mitchell says unions continue striking and are unmoved by intimidation, and he has drafted a response to Roosevelt not yet disclosed.
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Wilkesbarre
John Mitchell
Buffalo
Roosevelt
Mitchell
United States
Ohio General Assembly Commends Roosevelt and Miners
The Ohio lower house adopted a resolution commending President Roosevelt for his conduct in the coal strike and praising the miners and their officers led by John Mitchell for law abiding and patriotic conduct. The measure expresses sympathy and support for a just settlement and restoration of business.
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Columbuar
General Assembly of
Ohio
Roosevelt
John Mitchell
Ohio Federation of Labor Opens Ninth Annual Session
The Ohio Federation of Labor meets in Cambridge at the I O O F Temple with Mayor Smallwood, Mine Inspector Turner, and State Secretary Goldsmith addressing. Topics include harmony and eight hour child labor laws while Carey and Guernsey relocate their barber shop to East Main Street under Maier and Shaidnagle’s store.
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Cambridge
Ohio Federation of Labor
I. O. O. F. Temple
William Newman
Cleveland
Smallwood
Turner
Goldsmith
Carey & Guernsey
Maier & Shaidnagle
East Main Street
Land
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