Miners Return to Work in Pittsburgh District
After over two months of idleness 15 000 to 18 000 miners in the Pittsburgh district resume work under a 65 cent scale adopted at Columbus. The strike, lasting 665 days, cost up to 7 million dollars in lost production and wages around 2.25 million. Women in Hazleton drive miners from wash houses and prompt troop deployment.
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Pittsburgh
Columbus
Philadelphia
Hazleton
Lehigh & Wilkesbarre Company
Hazteton
McAdoo
Audenried
Warleton
Third Brigade
Gobin
Monarch Washery
Hazletor
Austrian Will Act Expedited Over Lattimer Injuries
London reports the Vienna government will demand full satisfaction for injuries to Austro-Hungarian subjects at Lattimer and punishment of those culpable, citing American tribunals' sentence.
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London
Vienna
The
Daily News
Lattimer
Hemro D Postmaster Shot
News from Mogansville reports the assassination of Isaac Th Loftin a well known Yeast politician recently named postmaster by President McKinley in Atlanta Georgia.
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Hemro
Atlanta, Ga
Mogansville
Isaac Th Loftin
McKinley
Peril to President Diaz as assassin fails in Mexico
Sept 17 in Mexico City President Diaz faced an assassination attempt by Ignacio Arnulfo a violent anarchist who broke through guard lines and swung at the president with a heavy cane. The blow missed and Arnulfo was seized. The city later witnessed a lynching as Arnulfo Arroyo was killed by common citizens during the ensuing uproar.
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Mexico
City of Mexico
Diaz
Ignacio Arnulfo
Alameda
National Palace
Arnulfo Arroyo
Republic
Inspector General of Police
Villavicencio
No Fear of Reaction as Business Shows Continued Activity
R G Dun reports end of coal strikes and many workers returning to jobs at higher wages boosting purchasing power. Iron and textile sectors recover with rising prices and strong orders. wool buying increases as foreign supplies tighten. Tailors show week totals down from last year in the United States and Canada.
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New York
R. G. Dun & Co
Sterling Exchange
United States
Canada
Bear Population Rises in Yellowstone. Col Young Proposes Culls
Col S B M Young acting Yellowstone superintendent reports a rapid increase in black bears and asks authority to relocate some to zoos. Coyotes are numerous and kill young antelopes while buffalo numbers stand at 24,000. He estimates $250000 needed for next year’s park improvements.
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Yellowstone Park
Washington
Col. Young
Wood Loses in Case Over Removal From Office
Judge Cox of the DC Supreme Court dismissed the bill by John G. Wood superintendent of mails at Louisville seeking to block removal by Postmaster General Gary and Assistant Postmaster General Heath. The ruling tests the power of removal and drew many public officials to hear the opinion.
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Wood
Washington
Cox
Supreme Court of the District of Columbia
John G. Wood
Louisville
Gary
Heath
Civil Service Commission
Cripple Creek Gold Ore Aims For Record Value
Col. H S Ervay arrives from Cripple Creek with a 100 pound specimen rich in free gold. The ore, from a new find, may fetch $100,000 per ton and was discovered at a depth of six feet making it one of Cripple Creek’s most sensational discoveries.
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Cripple Creek
Colorado Springs
Col
Ervay
Road Parliament Adjourns Adopts Aid Resolutions
Nashville Sept 18 The national road parliament adopted resolutions urging state and federal aid and restricting convict labor use. General Roy Stone was reelected president. The next meeting will be held in Omaha.
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Nashville
Tenn
National Road
Roy Stone
Omaha
Five Miners Feared Dead in Belle Ellen Mine Fire
A coal mine fire at Belle Ellen near Blocton Alabama trapped five workers beyond reach of rescuers. About 100 miners were at work when fire followed an early shift. Fifty rescued. five missing white Herman Kramer Hubbard Yeley and colored Henry Reeves Frank James William Fairfax. Firefighters battled flames as entombed men were presumed dead at nightfall. Fire may have started from an overheated steam pipe igniting gas.
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New Orleans
Birmingham
Alt
The
Picayune
Bessemer Land and Improvement Company
Belle Kien
Blocton
Bibb County
Belle Ellen
Herman Kramer
Hubbard Yeley
Henry Reeves
Frank James
William Fairfax
Yellow fever spread reported with several new cases
Dr Purnell reported 15 new yellow fever cases in New Orleans on Friday night including a convalescent at Edwards and one death Zena Trauner. Eight new cases were announced at six pm with one death. Authorities report 28 cases and two deaths overall with improving patients. Quarantine tightened as inspectors and police increase. Ocean Springs Biloxi Jackson and Mobile see additional cases and quarantines move to curb the outbreak.
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Purnell
State Board of Health
Edwards
Vicksburg
Board of Health
Zena Trauner
Patton
Mobile
Jackson
Ocean Springs
Biloxi
Miss
Ada
Aonotone Hagan
Montgomery
Ala
Mississippi
Knoxville
Tenn
Cairo
Marine Hospital
Guiteras
Kast Cairo
Springfield
Egan
Louisiana
Alabama
Joseph Holt
Holt
Dr. Oliphant
Board of Health Office
Dr. Holt
Atlanta
Five men lynched in Ripley County Indiana
In Ripley County Indiana residents executed five men accused of a spree of robberies. Sheriff Jenry Bushing and deputies captured Clifford Gordon Henry Shuster William Jenkins Lyle Levi and Bert Andrews after a raid on the Wooley Brothers store at Correct. Citizens then hanged the prisoners on elm trees in Versailles public square.
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Osgood
Ind
Ripley County
Versailles
Wooley Brothers
Correct
Jenry Bushing
Clifford Gordon
Henry Shuster
William Jenkins
Lyle Levi
Bert Andrews
Perpetual injunction against Debs upheld by West Virginia court
Ex Governor A B Fleming representing Monongah Coal Co secured a perpetual injunction against Eugene V Debs and others. Judge Jackson said the order, earlier issued at Parkersburg, rests on good law and justice to protect property rights. minors rights and free speech were not abridged.
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Wheeling
W. Va
United States Court For
District of West Virginia
A. B. Fleming
Fairmount
Eugene V. Debs
Monongah Coal Company
Jackson
Parkersburg
Courts of Equity
England
Frost Bites Midwest Crops Across Several States
Multiple towns across Iowa Illinois and Wisconsin report frost damage on September 21. Gardens and late corn suffer with frost killing general vegetation in Madison and other cities while Des Moines Davenport and nearby areas record heavy frosts and widespread crop injury.
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Springfield
Lewistown
Amsay
Vandalia
Alcopolis
Sterling
Madison
Wis
Marinette
Des Moines
John R Sage
Weather Bureau
Davenport
Centerville
Clinton
Ogden
Osceola
Fairchild
Forest City
Hampton
Marshalltown
Waterloo
Charles City
Northwestern Beet Sugar Company Files Land Trust Deed
Black River Falls Wisconsin September 21 The Northwestern Beet Sugar company filed in the register of deeds office a trust deed to the American Trust and Savings bank of Chicago. It covers 75000 acres in Jackson and Clark counties and secures 800 bonds of 500 each due July 1 1912. The company will receive 25000 acres of Jackson county land as a bonus when a Merrillan beet sugar factory and refinery costing at least 250000 is completed.
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Black River Falls
Wis
Northwestern Beet Sugar Company
Office of the Register of Deeds
American Trust and Savings Bank of Chicago
Jackson and
Clark Counties
Jackson County
Merrillan
Receiver appointed for Lincoln Water Power firm
Springfield Ill Sept 21 United States circuit court Judge Allen appointed Samuel P Wheeler of this city receiver of the Lincoln Water Light and Power company on the application of F M Mills of Des Moines Jr the secretary whose claim is a preferred one amounting to 12000 The claims against the works aggregate 40000 Victim of Hydrophobia Anna Ill Sept 21 Aгенes Meier the ten year old daughter of Joseph Meier a farmer living south of Jonesboro died of hydrophobia
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Springfield
Ill
United States
Allen
Samuel P. Wheeler
Lincoln Water, Light and Power Company
F. M. Mills
Des Moines
Anna
Agenes Meier
Joseph Meier
Jonesboro
Andrews Decides to Stay as Brown University President
Providence, Sept 15 1897 E Benjamin Andrews withdraws his resignation as president of Brown University. The university will reopen with renewed activity and vigor as students celebrate the decision.
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Benjamin Andrews
British Mohmands battle yields heavy losses in frontier clash
British forces in the Mohmand campaign suffer severe casualties in a Thursday fight near Camp Anayat Pankajara. Gen Sir Bindon Blood reports 140 killed or wounded in the second brigade while Mohmands incur heavy losses in the engagement.
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Anayat
Pankajara
Sir Bindon Blood
Breaks the Strike as Miners Return to Work in Pennsylvania
Hundreds of miners return to work across several collieries in Hazleton Pardee Lattimer and nearby districts amid a largely broken strike. About 5 000 strikers have returned or will return today while remaining workers number declines. Authorities issued 78 arrest warrants including Sheriff Martin as troops steady the scene and gradual troop withdrawal is discussed.
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Pennsylvania
Hazleton
Honeybrook
Lehigh and
Wilkesbarre Company
Pardee
Lattimer
Cranberry
Crystal Ridge
Harwood
Coxe’s
Drifton
Tazel Mines
Lehigh Valley Company
Butler Valley
Eckley
Martin
Lynch
Bennett
Wilkesbarre
Ninth Regiment
Gobin
Woodford presses Spain on Cuban war and independence
A San Sebastian dispatch reports Gen. Stewart Woodford met with Duke of Tetuan and did not seek indemnity but urged ending the Cuban war. Sherman urged a swift end, warning for Cuba's independence if fighting continues past October. Tetuan will officially respond when Madrid returns. Madrid notes secrecy over the U S ultimatum and its potential European impact.
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United States
Paris
San Sebastian
Duke of Tetuan
Spain
Stewart L. Woodford
Woodford
Sherman
Cuba
Duke of
Emperor William and Francis Joseph at Budapest Detonation Incident
A Vienna dispatch to the Daily Mail reports a sharp detonation as Emperor William and Emperor Francis left the Budapest station. Dust and smoke spread, triggering a crowd surge and arrests. Francis Joseph urged police to hold back the people as officials silence details. Neus Wiener Journal was confiscated for publishing telegrams about the event.
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London
Daily Mail
Vienna
William
Mamperor
Francis
Buda-Pesth
Francis Joseph
Neus Wiener Journal
Rush for Wheat Growers Sparks Cash Shipments South and West
Money orders flood banks and the subtreasury as $275000 in currency is ordered to the south and northwest from Washington, with banks contributing about $1,000,000.
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New York
South
Northwest
Washington
Yellow fever scare in Cairo district eases
Reports indicate no new yellow fever developments in the Cairo area with improving cases at the marine hospital after quarantine. Physicians deem illnesses malarial and anticipate no further yellow fever activity, while East Cairo and southern areas remain under quarantine.
Pension payments listed for major cities in quarterly totals
Acting Secretary Davis signed pension requisitions for quarterly payments in Chicago Buffalo Des Moines Pittsburgh Concord and other cities totaling millions of dollars. Separately two leprosy cases were reported in Walsh county North Dakota. Miles arrives in London after Paris visit en route home. Mrs Norman J Colman dies in St Louis after long illness. France tightens vigilance for yellow fever in maritime arrivals from America.
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Washington
Davis
Interior Department
Chicago
Buffalo
N. Y
Des Moines
Pittsburgh
Concord
N. H
North Dakota
I’. Rt. Smythe
Marine Hospital Service
Walsh County
France
Paris
M. Barthou
Interior
Maritime Provinces
America
Woman Game Warden in Michigan Drives Through Obstacles
Mrs. Warren Neal of Neal Michigan is cited as Grand Traverse county’s game warden, patrolling lakes and woods to enforce fish and game laws. She travels by boat or horseback, carries a rifle, and has helped convict many violators as May records show 96 convictions from 149 complaints. Her rifle accuracy impresses, and she also delivers mail to Traverse City three times weekly.
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Mra Warren Neal
Neal
Mich
Warren Neal
Neal, Mich
Grand Traverse County
Mrs. Neal
State Game and Fish Warden’s Department
Upper Lake Region
Traverse City
Uncle Sam
Philadelphia Inquirer
Moonlight Rays X Rays Draughts Articulate Night Thoughts
A tropical guest expresses fear of moonlight and drafts linking lunar warmth and X rays to facial disfigurement. A US reader challenges her views while contrasting climate notions and air currents in a dialogue from the New York Mail and Express.
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Country
United States
N. Y. Mai
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