Coal Strike Ends After Six Plus One Commission Settles
A six member panel plus Secretary Carroll Wright to adjust miners and operators disputes with President Wilson urging immediate resumption. Mitchell and operators agree. strike off announced at the White House. Output to recover gradually. aim to ship coal to Buffalo Cleveland and other ports.
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Washington
Carroll D. Wright
Mitchell
Miners’ Union
Organized Labor
Root
White House
Jr. FE. Clark
Order of Railway Conductors
Bishop Spalding
Illinois
Great Lakes
Buffalo
Cleveland
Terre
New York
New England
Roosevelt Commission to arbitrate mine workers demands
Outline of work differences to be arbitrated by the commission outlines demands from mine workers. The first item seeks an eight hour day for all employees working by the week day or hour. The article notes Roosevelt’s arbitration panel will consider these labor claims.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Arbitration Commission
Delaware & Hudson Company
Plymouth
Polinta
Semnior
Mitchell
Roosevelt appoints commission to settle anthracite strike
President Roosevelt announces a special commission to inquire into and resolve all issues between operators and miners in the anthracite fields. Brig. Gen. John M. Wilson and others are named to study social questions, mining practices, wages, ton standards, and union recognition as arbitration nears.
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White House
Mitchell
John M. Wilson
U. S. Army
U.S. A
Washington, D. C
Engineer Corps
Military
Naval Service
United States
E. W. Parker
Washington, D.C
Parker
Coal Division
United States Geological Survey
Engineering and Mining Journal
New York
George Gray
Wilmington
Del
I. E. Clark
Gedar Rapids
Order of Railway Conductors
Thomas H. Watkins
Scranton
John L. Spalding
Peoria
Tll
Spalding
Carroll D. Wright
Hope
Roosevelt
Root
Labor
Sargent
George W. Perkins
Robert 5. Bacon
J. P. Morgan & Co
J. P. Morgan
United States School Enrollment Rises to 17.3 Million in 1901
The annual report to the interior secretary shows 17,299,930 pupils in 1901, with 15,710,394 in tax-supported schools. Special institutions add nearly 500,000, bringing total educational reach to about 17.75 million. Public school property totals $576.96 million and expenditures reach $226.05 million. Per capita spending climbs to $2.93, and average attendance increases to 99 days.
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Washington
Commissioner of Education
Secretary of the Interior
United States
Race Riot Kills Three Whites and Eight Negroes in Littleton
In Littleton Alabama authorities report eleven fatalities after a clash triggered by white residents pursuing alleged attackers of a black woman. Ten deputies accompanied Sheriff Burgin on a night train to quell the riot. The black posse reportedly seized a coal company powder magazine and fortified their position as gunfire raged. Names among the white dead include Joseph Thompson and Ira Creel.
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Birmingham
Ala
Littleton
Andrew W. Burgin
Joseph Thompson
Ira Creel
Meet Disaster and Global Turmoil in Oct 20 Reports
London reports a disastrous Somaliland expedition where two British officers and 50 men were killed with 100 wounded on October 6. Col Swayne requests 600 reinforcements as camels and transport were lost. Separate items note a counterfeit $10 note from 1891, a fatal coal strike clash in Chicago, the killing of Blossom Texas City Marshal Ben Hill at a negro festival, Cuba’s treaty nearing adjournment, a Pittsburg body shipment, and Illinois Supreme Court upholding a 1901 judge expansion law.
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London
Somaliland
East Africa
Col. Swayne
Berbera
Colt
Swayne
Chicago
Omecer
Blossom
Tex
Ben Hill
JIM YOUNGER DIES BY OWN HAND DESPITE PAROLE DOUBTS
James Younger formerly of the James gang died Sunday by suicide in St. Paul Minnesota after a long ill health and separation from friends. He left a letter citing despondency as the reason. Police found his body in a downtown room with a revolver in his hand. Coroner deemed no inquest necessary though questions linger about removal of the remains under parole terms.
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St. Paul, Minn
James Younger
James
Ile
Younger
Coromer
Northfield Bank Raid and Younger Brothers Paroled
The Younger brothers James Robert and Coleman, allies of Jesse and Frank James, terrorized Missouri and Minnesota from 1866 to 1876. After the Northfield raid cashier Heywood was killed and the trio were captured and sentenced to life in Stillwater. A 1901 pardon act led to Coleman and James Younger’s parole on July 14.
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James Younger
Robert
Coleman
Jesse
Frank James
Jesse James
Quantrell
Missouri
Minnesota
Northfield
Rice County
Northfield Afffaair
First National Bank
J. L. Teywood
Stillwater
Cashier Heywood
Bob” Younger
Robert Younger
State Board of Pardons
van Sant
House
State Pardoning Board
Board of Pardon Commissioners
One Killed and Two Injured in City Car Crash
An eastbound electric car on Sixty third street collided with a buggy killing Imme Schauer aged 15 and injuring two others. The crash caused passengers to panic and the horse to bolt.
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Chicago
Sixty-third Street
Imme Schauer
Cholera Toll Reported From Cairo Egypt
United States Consul Smith in Cairo reports since the 12th inst 705 cholera cases and 636 deaths across Egypt as of Saturday meeting the state department cable.
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Cairo
Washington
State Department
Smith
Egypt
Irish Question Sparks Turmoil in House of Commons
London scene as Irish nationalists push Wyndham on imprisonments and demand a set day to discuss Ireland. Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman backs the cause but resists taking responsibility for the demand, while Premier Balfour labels Henry's stance separatist amid calls for clarity.
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London
House of Commons
Mr. Wyndham
Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman
Ireland
Balfour
Sir Henry
Man Declares He Is Silas Hulin Claims Peake Not Guilty
In Knoxville a man bursts into the court saying he is Silas Hulin not killed by Clarence Peake. Peake, son of a prominent family, had been sentenced to ten years but is confined in the state insane asylum as a raving maniac. Hulin asserts Peake shot another man and that he fled to Colorado before returning to prove he was not dead.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Clarence Peake
Silas Iniin
Clinton
Supreme Court
Beard
Silas Hulin
Peake
Here
Hulin
Colorado
Dewet Recalls Warm Boers Reception in Berlin
Gen. Dewet spoke at Hanover station at 2 a m to about a thousand people who crowded the train. He praised German warmth and liberal feeling while noting the $87,500 raised, with autographic receipts given for each $1 25 contribution. He joked his right arm might be in a sling from writer's paralysis as envelopes of money were tossed to the Boers.
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Berlin
Dewet
Uanover
Insurance Frauds Shock New Orleans Officials
Reports claim life insurance swindles across several eastern companies totaling between 75000 and 100000 dollars. An agent and doctor allegedly collude to insure dying men, pay premiums, and have beneficiaries collect after death. Policyholders’ deaths and death certificates trigger payouts with funds shared among conspirators.
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New Orleans
Death of San Diego Writer Col. John C. Moore at 80
Col. John C. Moore, a San Diego newspaper writer, died suddenly of paralysis on October 21. An Englishman, he was 80 and a Crimean War veteran who later served on the Confederate side during the American Civil War.
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San Diego
Cal
John C. Moore
City of Sheffield Steamship Burns at Grand Tower
The City of Sheffield steamship burned to the water's edge at Grand Tower on Sunday. The origin of the fire is unknown. The vessel carried merchandise and the loss is estimated over $20,000, with partial insurance. No lives were lost.
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Carbondale
City of
Sheffield
Grand Tower
Williams to be hanged for double murder in Bridgeton
Justice Charles E. Fendhiekison sentences Job Williams to death for the murders of John Holmes and Catherine Shute, his housekeeper, with the execution set for November 26 in Bridgeton New Jersey. The case involves a chilling domestic crime.
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Bridgeton
N. J
Charles EF. Fendhiekison
Job Williams
Williams
John §. Holmes
Catherine Shute
Wilkesbarre Miners Convention Seeks Arbitration Plan Vote
The 145000 striking miners convened in Nesbitt theater Oct 21 with 662 delegates empowered to vote on President Roosevelt’s arbitration plan. The main issue was whether engineers firemen and pump men will regain jobs held by nonunion workers. A final decision was postponed to today as leaders predicted broad support but some dissent remained. Newsmen were admitted to all sessions to provide accurate coverage.
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Wilkesbarre
Nesbitt Theater
Roosevelt
Mitchell
United States
Two Men Killed Struck by Train at Hawthorn Crossing
Two men, Michael Gethins of 544 West Erie Street and Timothy Lynch of the West Side, were struck and killed by an inbound Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul passenger train at Hawthorn Avenue crossing Monday afternoon. Engineer Charles A. Brown and fireman William I. Wall were arrested and held for coroner's inquest. They were driving a heavy wagon across the tracks shortly after 2 PM.
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Chicago
Hawthorn Avenue
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Michael Gethins
West Erie Street
Timothy Lynch
Little Sisters of the Poor
Charles A. Brown
William I. Wall
East Chicago Avenue
Three Men Killed In Texas Rent Dispute Battle
Four miles from Groesbeck Texas on Monday afternoon a pitched battle between two Thomasons and two Rutherfords left D Thomason Robert Rutherford and William Rutherford dead Wallace Thomason escaped unhurt and has since surrendered refusing to talk about the incident.
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Groesbeck
Tex
Thomasons
Rutherfords
D. Thomason
Robert Rutherford
William Rutherford
Wallace Thomason
Vatican Elation Over Chapelle Arrival Leaders Clash
Rome reports strong Vatican interest in Archbishop Chapelle arrival seen as head of U S Catholics opposing Archbishop Ireland. Chapelle reportedly plans to present views to the Vatican and to Propaganda Office critiquing Ireland's stance on the Philippines.
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Rome
Vatican
Archbishop Chapelle
Ireland
Chapelle
Philippines
Return of War Fund Shows Substantial Subscriptions
Cincinnati reports W Rankin Goode raised over 8000 for a ship named The American Boy and US Attorney John W Herron now returns the funds to subscribers. Washington notes Secretary Shaw’s bond purchases total about 11000 900 up to noon Monday. Crystal Falls Michigan records murder of miner John Johnson with wife and a Finlander detained for investigation.
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Cincinnati
Spain
W. Rankin Goode
United States
John W. Herron
Washington
Shaw
Treasury Department
Crystal Falls
Mich
John Johnson
Amasa
Here
Martin
Wealthy McLean County Leader Dies by Morphine Overdose
John J. Robinson of Coal Harbor a leading McLean county figure took morphine and died by his own actions on October 21 in Washburn D C. He was among the county’s wealthiest and most prominent residents.
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Washburn
D. C
John J. Robinson
Coal Harbor
McLean County
Kidney Pills Promise Swift Relief for Back Aches
Promotes Dean's Kidney Pills as cure for kidney and bladder ailments including backache. Endorsement from Mrs. Adam Guntle of Crawfordsville Indiana cites long suffering before treatment and a renewed endorsement after three years. Free trial offer and mail order urged with price 50 cents per box through Poster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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Bright
Dean
Adam Guntle
South Plum St
Crawfordsville
Ind
Doom
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Messrs. Bacon
J.P. Morgan &Co
Mr. Mitchell
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United States Packing Company
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Toledo
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Youth's Companion
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