Labor unrest and union activity worldwide in early 20th century
The report highlights AFL reach with 26 000 local unions, strikes by cast iron pipe makers in Melbourne over wages, calls for a second arbitration court in New South Wales, growing electrical worker organization in Canada, LA Building Trades Council opposing open shop, Hotel and Restaurant Employes constitution defeated, Bediff mining workforce figures, new fishermen unions in Nova Scotia, papermaker organizing drive, high union print ownership in U S wallpaper, Shipwrights Joiners Caulkers union backing Chicago eight hour strike, and Sydney Labour Council urging union preference in arbitration bill amendments.
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American Federation of Labor
Melbourne
Victoria
New South Wales
Canada
Los Angeles
Cal
Building Trades Council
Bediff
TSGS
Nova Scotia
A. F. of L
United States
Chicago
Sydney
Labor Council
Carruthers
Duffey Quits After Historic Sprint Career Ends
Arthur Buffey reports Arthur F Duffey has stated he will never race again and may disappear from public sprinting. Duffey, once the world’s fastest man, mentored by his amateur status, once ran 100 yards in 9 and fractions, with 1902 Intercollegiate meet at Berkeley marking a defining achievement amid challenging conditions.
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Arthur Buffey
Arthur F. Duffey
Georgetown
Intercollegiate Association of Amateur Athletics of America
Berkeley
Fey
Death toll from Hilda wreck surpasses one hundred twenty eight
London and Southwestern Railway steamer Hilda foundered off northern France on Saturday night. Officials report 128 lives lost including 21 saloon passengers 86 onion sellers and 27 crew. Survivors rescued after 12 hours clinging to a mast amid savage seas.
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Lomlon
Cable
London and Southwestern Railway Company
France
Commy
St. Malo
James Gunter
Gunter
Hilda
Ada
Gregory
Rook
Stanley
Major
Paris
Each Takes A Year In Franklin Tie Vote Settlement
A special settlement settles the Franklin Delaware County contest between Frederick Page Democrat and George Musk Republican for town collector. After a tied election and a recount, the town board agrees to issue Page a certificate for one year, then transfer the remaining year to Musk.
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New York
Franklin
Delaware
Frederick Page
George Musk
Whhich
Page
Musk
Picture machine bursts in Pittsburg small room
Explosion of a moving picture machine at 1302 Pennsylvania Avenue injures about 30 persons, mostly children aged 12 to 16. The rotating cylinder lights ignite film and draperies causing a blaze. 60 people rush to the door as some are burned or trampled. Fire ends with loss under $15.
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Pittsburg
Pennsylvania Avenue
Foundry Metal Pour Goes Wrong In Bradford Fire blast injures workers
In Bradford Pennsylvania at E R Caldwell and Co foundry a six ton casting burst a mold when molten metal poured. Workers Martin Hickey William Baker Charles Nimos Alfred Webb and Tony Knapp were sprayed with hot metal. Hickey suffered severe burns to head neck and shoulders with eye injuries.
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Bradford
E. R. Caldwell & Co
Martin Hickey
William Baker
Charles Nimos
Alfred Webb
Tony Knapp
Hickey
Monmouth College asks Shonts for Carnegie grant
Isthmian Canal Commission chair T P Shonts, Monmouth College graduate, gave $20 000 of a $30 000 pledge to attract Andrew Carnegie's final donation for a college library. National Grange in Atlantic City adopts temperance resolutions. Fire losses include Chicago $50 000 and Birmingham $80 000. Numerous trials, deaths, and legal actions cross the nation from Natchez to St. Louis and Boston.
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T.P. Shonts
Isthmian Canal Commission
Monmouth Chl
Andrew Carnegie
Shonts
Monmouth College
National Grange
Atlantic City
Chicago
Simon Mayer
Natchez
Miss
United States
Burton
Kan-sas
St. Louis
Joseph A. Willey
San Pablo
Carl Hurford
Newburg
Ore
Adolph G. Kreis
Mary Jane Wilson
Fund For the Relief of the
Russia
National Relief Committee
New York
Josephine Butterworth
Millville
N. J
Timothy Jackson
Falls Village
Sylvia Penfield
Jackson
James N. Strothar
Atlantic Coast Line
Gainesville
Fla
Montreal
Mme. Bernhardt
Havoc
Irving Kinney
Janesville
N. Y
Margaret Caldwell
Isaac Perry
Clark County
Ted
William E. Hunt
Louis W. Crawford
Boston
New Haven
Waterbury
Samuel Laird
Springfield
William Crozier
Ordnance
Springfeld
Mass
Hearst
New York County
Brooklyn
Atlanta
National Child Labor Committee
North Pole
Dawson City
Knoxville
Tenn
Depew
Patrons of Husbandry
Alabama
Louisiana
Illinois
Riverside Bridge Company
Marts Ferry
Pennypacker
Mutiny Fears as Japanese Surround Vladivostok Prisoners
Five hundred Russian soldiers held by Japan and bound for Vladivostok on two steamers show mutiny signs. Four Japanese torpedo boat destroyers circle the ships with Vice Admiral Rojestvenski aboard. An eye witness reports vast Vladivostok fire and heavy casualties in the riot.
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Vladivostok
Rojestvenski
Thearrison
Koppek
Strike Called Off Amid Swelling Revolutionary Sentiment
The Moscow railroad strike ends at noon after a Sunday session where workers claim victory and savings for 1,600 Cronstadt mutineers. Officers report growing revolutionary talk among troops, yet no mass desertions. Cronstadt Vindivostok events fuel Sebastopol sailors but total force remains under 6,000.
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St. Petersburg
Workmen’s Council
Cronstadt
Moscow
Poland
Rybinsk
Railroad Strike Committee
Russia
Vindivostok
Sebastopol
Collision on the B and C Warren Ohio two freight trains collide
A wreck on the Baltimore and Ohio near Warren Ohio kills Fireman Herbert Cook and Head Brakeman Edward Harrison and injures Engineer Edward Murphy all three from Painesville. Dispatcher tried to warn farmers by phone to flag trains but failed. Westbound crew attempted to back up but time ran out as engines and cars were torn up and track damaged.
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Warren
Ohio
Baltimore and Ohio
Herbert Cook
Edward Harrison
Edward Murphy
Painesville
Warren Junction
Roa
Schoolgirls anarchist club found in Jassy cellar
Police uncover a 30‑girl anarchist club while probing a missing girl case in Jassy Romania. Annetta Varesen, 16, led the group in a red manifesto filled cellar, where a member Gert Descr stabbed an officer to death as the others resisted arrest. Large stocks of Romanian and French anarchist literature were seized.
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Bucharest
Jassy
Annetta Varesen
Vanescue
Pension Forger Dead in New Orleans Case
Special Examiner Whitehead reports the death of Joseph Leon Dupart in New Orleans on November 16 amid ongoing forgery charges tied to pension dealings. Dupart faced trial in Louisiana for alleged pension forgeries at the time of his death.
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Washington, D. C
Pension Bureau
Whitehead
Louisiana
Joseph Leon Dupart
New Orleans
Loupart
Ultima the floating fortress by Anson Stokes towering design
Anson Rhelps Stokes announces the Ultima, a 270 foot long 190 foot wide ship with 30,660 ton displacement and 10,000 horsepower. It carries two 15 inch guns, 16 12 inch guns and 20 3 inch guns and claims unmatched battleship strength. Also covered are streetcar racing accidents, Drake’s crew complaints about police, Waldorf Astor’s planned vast Manhattan apartment block, and Henry Arthur Jones returning to England.
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Anson Rhelps Stokes
Philanthrophist
Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers
Mr. Stokes
Sandy Hook
Stokes
Four Detectives Attack in Disorderly House With Dogs
Four detectives raiding a disorderly house on Twenty fourth street were attacked as three savage bulldogs turned on them. In the melee one detective shot a negress in the head wounding her seriously. Dogs were released by the negress under orders from her mistress. Two detectives were bitten, inmates fought back, and two dogs were killed or overpowered. The negress and a house inmate were hospitalized. Dr. Douglas Hyde arrived in America for a four month lecture tour after a White Star voyage. his first talk will be at Harvard. Louis Lang, a Bayonne ex police man, notes his bad luck with the number thirteen in his career and case history.
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Twentyfourth Street
Douglas Hyde
Gaelic League of Ireland
Majestic
Hyde
America
Harvard University
Isthmian Canal Board Backs Sea Level Route
The board of consulting engineers for the Isthmian Canal Commission declares support for a sea level canal. Lieut G R Fortesque resigns amid the Taggart scandal. General Harptne Crozier is named chief officer at the agency.
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Isthmian Canal Commission
G. R. Fortescue
Taggart
Arptne Croziey
Odeercacae Ea
Isthmian Canal Board Divided Over Sea Level Lock Plan
The Isthmian Canal Commission board voted eight to five with Americans largely favoring a sea level canal and a majority preferring a lock system. Foreign engineers questioned the practicability of any lock plan, while debate continued on the canal’s ultimate design.
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Washington
Isthmian Canal
Conorese
Panana Canal
Panama Company
Panama
M. Bunan
V. W. Bates
Chicago
Nile
Board of Engineers
Ameri
Lafl
J Bott
General Davis
Parsons
Burr
Hearst Campaign Spends Record $65,843 for New York Mayor Bid
Albany special reports William R Hearst running on Municipal Ownership ticket filed with the Secretary of State a total campaign expense of 65,843, a state record. He says the amount covers payments by the finance committee and his personal outlay, with figures including law department items, printing, music, carriage hire, hall rentals, decorations, election watchers, and registration investigations. Herman A Metz spent 15,000 for the Democratic ticket. James G Phelps Stokes also on the Municipal Ownership slate is named.
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Albany
N. Y
Wolliam R. Hearst
New York
Higgins
Hearst
Herman A. Metz
New
Tragic Wall Picture Incident Claims Four in Paterson
In Paterson New Jersey a fatal accident occurred when a wall picture fell and damaged a gaspipe. The resulting gas leak asphyxiated four individuals including Chris Schroeder Catherine and their companions. The incident is under investigation by local authorities.
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Paterson
N. J
Schroeder
Chris” Schroeder
Me Catherine
Constantinople Outrage Report Suppresses Details
Turbulent incident in Constantinople is reported with partial details. Authorities indicate no immediate actions or investigations will be announced, leaving the case in limited public view.
Congress to Convene for Routine Work After Adjournment
Washington special dispatch reports the President's annual message to Congress will be admitted to both the Senate and House on Tuesday November 5. The first day of the session is described as occupied by routine business across both chambers before any major actions. Senator Platt of hoosce is noted as planning to be present for the adjournment and opening proceedings.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
Platt
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