coal operators form group to break strike in pittsburgh
at a august 20 Pittsburgh coal conference operators elect a permanent body to back a fund for strike expenses and threaten to operate mines with nonunion workers if their own men refuse to work. the meeting names Peter Hitchcock president C M Baine secretary and J C Dysart treasurer. the plan covers 5,000,000 tons capacity and signals a firm move to end the strike. meanwhile strikers at Plum Creek Turtle Creek March again as deputies guard camps and women workers aid support efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Peter M. Hitchcock
Afcon Run Coal Company
C. MM. Baine
Morgan, Moore & Baine
J. C. Dysart
Chartiers Black Coal company
mhat
Pinsburg
Plum Cre
Turtle Creek
ant
Tornirraw
Irvin
Cleveland Gas
De Armitt
Plum Creek
Cameron Miler
Pardoe
Mercer field
Sora
no York
Butterine Law Violators Face Wholesale Prosecutions
Chicago reports state that prosecutions on a wholesale scale will be instituted against violators of the new butterine law. Dealers citywide are said to sell butterine in defiance of the act with plans to seek a supreme court ruling. Three prominent firms have been indicted and more cases are being prepared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
supreme court
Strike in a Shoe Factory Sparks Brockton Wage Dispute
A strike was declared at the George G G Snow shoe factory in Brockton Massachusetts when workers refused pay cuts effective July 1 in the Goodyear department. About 400 workers are indirectly affected as the union led by Secretary Ernst Williams contemplates an extended stoppage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brockton
Mass
George GG. Snow
Ernst Williams
Union
Goodyear
Railroad Collision Near Rochester Injures Several
Two Lehigh Valley passenger trains collided between Rochester Junction and Honeoye Falls. Conductor Siape of Rochester, severely injured, remains at the junction. Trainman Murphy and Engineer Connelly also injured and homebound. Several passengers on the southbound train to Sims badly hurt. the Lima special involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lehigh Wales
Severs
Rochester
Lehigh Valley road
Rochester Junction
Honeoye Falls
Lima
Siape
Murphy
Connelly
Alleged Forgers Arrested in Philadelphia
Pinkerton detectives arrested two men in Philadelphia on August 20 for forging a sight draft for 1500 dollars drawn on the First National Bank of Claysville Pennsylvania. Suspects James Hines aged 40 and Lewis Falk aged 50 both of New York faced charges based on the bank director J P Miller’s oath. The suspects wore good clothes and spoke little as warrants named John Doe and W W Thomas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadephia
Pinkerton
paolee
First National bank
Claysville
Washington county
James Hines
Lewis Falk
New York
John Doe
O W. Thomas
onegeart
David Heegerty
J. P. Miller
detertin
Notorious American Criminal Extradition Sought
Edward McSon a burglar at Wormwood Scrubs prison has been identified as J B Ford a famed US criminal. An extradition warrant from Bow Street follows forgery charges in Cincinnati where he used the name Charles Fisher. Ford alias Fisher alias Simpson to be extradited in November after current sentence ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noeternoeus
London
Edward mcSon
Wormwood -Scrubs
J.B. Ford
United States
American
Bow street
staten
Cincinnati
Charles Fisher
Ford
Fisher
Simpson
Prominent Railroad Man Edward Bowen Dies in New York
Edward Bowen, noted railroad executive and civil engineer, died at his New York residence. Once vice president of the Erie Railroad, he later led the Rome Watertown and Ogdensburg railways and served as general manager aboard several lines. His career spanned nationwide engineering prominence in the railroad industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Edward Bowen
Erie railroad
Rome
Watertasyn and
figdensbure
South Carolina
hls
Ogdensburg and
Lake Champlain
Bowen
United States
Air Motor Train Trial Impresses New York Officials
The first official trial of the compressed air motor designed by Robert Hardie was conducted on a Sixth Avenue line train. It carried engineers and students from Bertop cs Fifty-sihth stt to 1S minutes, with stops on the return trip. The test reached 2400 pounds per square inch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York
Robert Hardie
Sixth Avenue
Manhattan Frivate
Pransion
Bertop cs
New Cotton Mills Incorporated
New cotton mills company named New Cotton Mills Incorporated with Boston avenue address. Capital stock 200000 dollars. Joseph A. Bowen serves as president with John P. Redest treasurer. Directors listed include Thomas TX. Cord, William N McLare, Petrick Keenan and Santine Lineain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Cotton Mills Incorporated
Boston
Arkwright mills
Fall Filwer
Joseph A. Bowen
John P. Redes
Thomas TX. Cord
William N McLare
Petrick Keenan
Santine Lineain
Montreal Faces Grievous Smallpox Outbreak Fears
Montreal aldermen warn of a grave smallpox outlook as several cases emerge in City Hospital. The city is split into 34 districts with a plan for house to house vaccination to curb the spread.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
London ship reports heavy seas and deck loss off coast
The British steam er Greylands under Captain Symonds, en route from Montreal to Sharpness Ave, reports heavy seas on August 11 at latitude 34, longitude 87, causing partial loss of its lumber deck cargo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Greylands
Symonds
whitch
Sharpness Ave
Montreal
Salvage Expedition Proposed for Caro Caro Wreck
Montevideo reports a salvage expedition may be sent to the Magellan Straits at a cost of £1000 to survey the British steamer Caro Caro from Callao via Valparaiso for New York. The wreck was previously reported ashore in the Finglish channel ashing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montevideo
Damage to Crops by Flood Hits Hungary
Budapest reports widespread crop damage from floods in Hungary with the decade’s poorest harvest. Wheat yield is estimated at BATON metric hundred-weights, much of it inferior quality and below previous records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Budapest
aka
Hungary
Itinerant man killed by mob near Manheim
An unknown itinerant man was fatally harmed by a mob of infuriated farmers near Manheim, a village west of Chicago. He allegedly assaulted a woman, fled, was captured, and strung up to a tree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Manheim
here
Spain and Cuba Filibuster Claims Stir Berlin Talks
London reports Mr. Carlisle of Washington describing Spain pressing compensation for Cuban filibustering that would exceed American claims for U.S. citizens' property. He recalls Canovas del Castillo discussing Cuban war progress and U.S. sentiment, and notes Woodford's mission to gauge European neutrality in case of a Spanish conflict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Calderon Carisle
Washington
United States
Spain
Carlisle
ducén
Senor Canovas del Castillo
Senor Cantvas
Cuba
Senor Canovas
pnce
Canovas
pan
General Woodford
tranhiee publes
Berlinc
An Italian anarchist arrested in Vergara Spain
Giuseppi Rossi was arrested in Vergara on suspicion of attempting to communicate with Angiolli or planning to explode a bomb at the execution. The case concerns anarchist activity and potential terrorist plot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vergara
Spain
Giuseppi Rossi
President McKinley Visits Troy for Honored Reception
President McKinley visits Troy after meeting with Adjutant General Whitney Tillinghast Colonel Henry W. Sackett of New York and Colonel Albert Myer of Buffalo on Governor Black's staff. Elaborate preparations blanket the city as it declares a general holiday with extensive decorations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troy
N. Y
Aus
C. Whitney Tillinghast
Henry W. Sackett
New York
Albert Myer
Tufalo
Black
McKinley
Saratoga
Canada US agree on semimonthly Klondike mail service
Canada and the United States reach a practical agreement to greatly expand postal facilities to the Klondike region. Semimonthly mail runs will begin between Dawson City and Dyea with exchanges at Fort Curdy and two other stations. Canada will operate from Dawson City to Dyea under contract with US reimbursement, creating new post offices and stations along the route.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Klondike
Canada
General Shailenberger
Circle City
Dawson City
Dyea
port ofice department
Fort Curidy
Drea
Datson City
Shallenberger
Juneau
Lynn canal
Victoria
FB. C
Fort Cuddy
Forty Mileani
oreha
Dawson
Canadian mounted police
American physician sues Ecuador for false imprisonment
Jerome Edward Blane of Savannah charges Ecuador with false imprisonment and ill treatment over 20 years ago while he lived in Bellater between 1887 and 1891. He seeks 200000 from the Ecuadorian government, saying he was jailed and mistreated before gaining release via government intervention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
euador
Washington
Jerome Edward Blane
Digdles & Michener
state department
Ecuador
Blanc
Bellater
bailey
Wlane
New Orleans
Savannah
Pension Decision Affects Widow of Veteran in Mexican War Case
Washington August 29 Assistant Secretary Webster Davis issued a final ruling in the pension case of the widow of a veteran who served with Missouri volunteers in the Mexican War. The War Department records show the veteran volunteered and served in Mexican territory, meeting eligibility for Mexican service pension. The decision will impact a number of pending claims and beneficiaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Webster Davis
Missouri
war department
Canadians Seek Settlement in Mass Benefit Live case
Toronto reports that policy holders in the Massachusetts Benefit Live association seek an immediate windup directed by Mr Justice McMahon to protect Canadian assets, estimated around 180000 dollars, with minimal losses expected for Canadian policyholders. Shelby Michigan notes Thomas H H Baker, a state agent for Walter Wood Harvester, accused of arsenic poison fraud and arrest by the sheriff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto
Massachusetts Benefit Live association
Justices McMahon
Shelby, Mich
Thomas HH
Walter Wood Harvester Company
Minneapolis
Baker
Widow wins suit for railroad stock certificates stolen from bank
Mrs Yale, administratrix of Samuel E W Yale, is awarded judgment directing Broadway and Seventh Avenue Railroad to issue new stock certificates valued at 34200 after the theft from Meriden Savings Bank on May 14 1887. Yale died in 1890 and his widow pursued the claim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yale
New York
Nelson
supreme court
Alia I. Yale
Samuel E. W. Yale
Broadway and
Seventh Avenue Railroad company
Meriden Savings Bank of
Merlden
Stolez
National League Baseball Scores and Standings
Baseball results from New York and other cities show multiple games with final tallies and errors. Teams like Brooklyn Chicago Louisville Baltimore Philadelphia and Cincinnati posted varied scores, while standings list Boston Baltimore Cincinnati New York Cleveland Chicago Pittsburgh Louisville Philadelphia Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Louisville
ervors
Brooklyn
St. Louis
Louis
Boston
Pitsburge
Washington
Chicago
Baltimore
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Chiveeo
Philadelphia
Armenian arrests follow Constantinople dynamite blasts
Three Armenians were arrested in Constantinople after dynamite explosions. News mentions other events including Joseph C. Hendrix elected president of the American Bankers Association in Detroit, and various unrelated notes about marriages suicides and military incidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Constantinople
Joseph CC. Hendrix
New York
American Bankers association
Detroit
Margaret Ferris
jovernor
whee
Pritshure
Francis Siblatter
Landon
linge land
Niseh
Servia
William A. Prize H
Plymouth
N le
International Congress of Medicine Delegates Meet Abroad
About 300 delegates attended the congress with half traveling from abroad. Honorary presidents Dr. Taylor and Dr. Billings were elected for the United States. Count Delano, minister of public instruction, delivered the welcome address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International Congress of Medicine
Mracow
Dr. Taylor
Tr. Billings
United States
Count Delano
Revenue Cutter Manning Accepted After Atlantic Work Trial
Word arrives that the revenue cutter Manning, after a successful trial in the bay under the supervision of the board of revenue services, has been accepted by the government. The steamer reports at the Atlantic work Wharf today under revenue officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FRosturn
Atlantic works
Gia board of the revenue services
Atlantic
Bank Robber Captured Near Noel Missouri
Report says the Vineville bank robbery kingpin was captured in woods about 80 miles southwest of here. The wounded robber allegedly refuses to reveal his identity as a posse with bloodhounds pursues the other two suspects through the woods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noel
Vineville
here
Military maneuvers before the Russian emperor camp Krasnos Selo
General Nelson A Miles attended a military maneuver before the emperor and empress of Russia at Camp Krasnos Selo. London dispatch notes tribal leaders in Swat valley offering full submission on government terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miles
Rt. Petersburg
Aus
Nelson A. Miles
Ruama
Camp Krasnos Selo
London
The
Times
Chakdara
upper
Swat valley
Death of California George Weyman in Central Park
The body of George Weyman known as California George was identified in New York as the famed gambler and Confederate veteran who fired the Louisiana ram to prevent capture. Once a notorious card sharper and killer, he faced multiple crimes, a manslaughter sentence, and a life of infamy before dying by his own hand in a lonely part of Central Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Central park
George Weyman
United States
California
George
Louisiana
Admiral Farragut
Weyman
California George
Werman
Germany
Heenan
Sayers
New Orleans
Cunningham
Wayman
Colongl Hunts Fifth Louisiana infantry
walker
Mississippi
Farragut
Gotham
Bowery
Johnny
Spence Pettis
Pettis
Gould
Big Gould
Tom Gould
Sing Sing
Jennie
Rnea
Chicago
Long Distance Wecard Breaks Record in New York
Harry Lee of Sionn Pas attempted a long distance ride in July on his wheel to break the 1.784 mile record in New York. He arrived at 4 p.m. after covering the distance in 2 days 2 hours. The previous record, 20 days and hours, was held by Charles Foster of King City. Lee faced bad weather and heavy wind, rode at about 7 miles per day, and passed marks along the route.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York
Aus
Harry Lee
Sionn Pas
apom
New York
Charles Foster
King City
Lee
howe
Dauntless Arrives as Wilmington Stays in Savannah Tug Tie
The Dauntless arrives from Jacksonville followed by the Wilmington cruiser off Dobey. The Dauntless owner plans towing operations at Savannah port while the Wilmington verifies the claim. Ottawa reports royalty will apply to both Americans and Canadians selling in the Yukon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pauntleys
Savannah
Jacksonville
United Stated
Wilmington
Dobey
Wilmingston
Dauntless
Ottawa
Scow Accident Claims Sault Ste Marie Worker
Robert Moore employed on a gravel scow at Buffalo riverfront drowned after scow struck a rock. Believing it would sink he leaped overboard and disappeared in the Niagara River.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
Robert Moore
Sault Ste Marie
Niagara river
Moers
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Peoria
Pegsy Noonan
Conneaut
prnder
Brown
Pennsylvania
Forest, Ill
KLONDIKE POST
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Central Park, N. Y
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