Amalgamated Strike Faces Tough Odds in Pittsburg Area
Pittsburg reports the Amalgamated men press their fight from Chicago to Bay View and McKeesport while Shaffer plans a Wheeling mass meeting. Leaders claim new holds in Carnegie mills and warn that AFL involvement must be voluntary. Also notes Robert Wilson reunion in Atlantic City and Monroe Doctrine questions in Paris amid regional oil boom chatter near Lawton.
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Youngtown
Columbus
Carnegie
McKeesport
Wheeling
Shaffer
Amalgamated
American Federation of Labor
West
Davis
Chicago
Trust
Amalgamated Association
Williams
Lower City
New York
Atlantic City
N. J
Robert Wilson
Henry
Nashua
N. H
Stead
Arnegie Group
National Tube Company
Bellaire
Boston Rolling Mills
National Tube
Clark
Illinois
Ohio
Wisconsin
Walter Larkins
Riverside
Plate and Tube
Steel Department
National Steel Company
Strike Drives De Wees Wood Plant Dismantling
United States Steel orders the De Wees Wood plant at McKeesport dismantled amid a strike stand. AFL President Gompers pledges federation support for Amalgamated association. McKeesport awaits actions and speculation grows over future plants and worker opposition.
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Pittsburg
United States Steel Corporation
McKeesport
Kisti Mineras Valley
Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Shaffer
Amalgamated Association
Katy Hold up described near Denison and Caney tank
Yesteryday at 1 a m train No 3 southbound was robbed at Caney tank on the Missouri Kansas and Texas line. The express car was dynamited and both safes blown. passengers were robbed but none injured or molested. Eight men were arrested nearby and jailed at Atoka. money and jewelry taken but no diamonds or watches recovered. Labor Day proclamation issued by Texas Governor Joseph D Sayers sets September 2 as Labor Day observance. A Chicago bank swindle case emerges involving a London draft and successive $30,000 checks.
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Ger
Tulley
Lanham
Caney
Denison
Express
Dolan
eAsiona Alllhe
Inc
United States
Atoka
Iron Masters Claim Victory Amid Steel Strike Disputes
Pittsburg, August 12. Iron masters claim victory in the steel strike citing refusals by Amalga mated men at South Chicago Joliet and Bay View to obey the general strike order and their continued operations elsewhere. Strike leaders say progress is being made while Western defections are not discussed. President Shaffer avoids comment.
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Pittsburg
Amalgamated
Chicago
Bay View
Shaffer
Amalgamated Association
Kis
Iron Masters
South Chicago
Joliet
American Federation of Labor
Wheeling
Pennsylvania
Milwaukee
Ohio Works
National Steel Compan
Youngstown
King, Gilbert and Warner
National Steel Company
Columbus
Tragedy at Pleasant Grove Near Elgin Claims Two Boys
In Austin on August 13 a bloody incident occurred yesterday afternoon near Elgin. Two 15 year old youths, sons of William Owens and George Carter, met in front of the church during services and the Owens boy fatally stabbed the Carter boy. The event sparked much excitement. Also noted: Mobile reports the first bale of Alabama cotton arrived from Wilcox County.
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Austin
Texas
Plesant Grove
Elgin
William Owens
George Carter
Owens
Carter
Drowned in the surf near Point Pleasant New Jersey
Sterling Mullach of Edinburgh drowns while bathing with a party at Point Pleasant. Lifeguards warned of a strong current. Cronan is rescued, Mullach and Cronan struggled, Mullach drowned. Mullach was a reputed artist. London reports Richard Croker booked to sail to New York arriving September 5.
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New York
Sterling Mullach
Edinburgh
Scotland
Point Plesant
N. J
Edward Childs Cronan
George Smith
University of Pennsylania
Mr. Houghton
Houghton, Mifing & Co
C. C. Cook
Mr. Mullach
Mr. Cronan
Mr Mullach
Strike Action Looms Over Shaffer Order In Pittsburg
In Pittsburg August 10 potential strike looms as President Shaffer’s order nears. Mill managers doubt the scale of impact versus Amalgamated claims. Shaffer and leaders to address workers in meetings tomorrow before final appeals.
General Mei Returns After Supposed Mass Killings
Tien Tsin August 10 General Mei has returned and claims to have killed or dispersed a hundred boxers and brigands in the area. The report notes his force regained control and cites casualties among the fighters and threats to local security continuing to be addressed by authorities.
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Tien Tsin
Mei
Assassin fatally wounds farmer near Austin
Austin report says Oscar Perry a young farmer near Lytton Springs was shot to death at midnight by an unseen assailant firing buckshot through an open window. His wife was unharmed and the killer escaped. In Manila, Superintendent Atkinson plans a grand reception for 600 American teachers arriving soon from San Francisco.
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Austin
Texas
Oscar Perry
Lytton Springs
Manila
Atkinson
San Francisco
Train Hits Cow Teeters Off Rails In Texas Ditch
Southbound train No. 1 on the International and Great Northern struck a cow on a curve near Elliot at 11:50 last night. The engine overturned and rolled into a ditch but the engineer and fireman escaped serious injury. Fireman and baggage master were bruised. no passengers hurt. The train was twelve hours late.
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Austin
Texas
International
Great Northern
Elliot
Hayden and Cranfill damage suit ends in hung jury at Dallas trial
The Hayden Cranfill case ends after a sixty day trial in Dallas with a hung jury. Rev Dr S A Hayden sued Rev Dr J B Cranfill and about thirty others for 100000 dollars alleging ousting from the State Baptist general convention in San Antonio in 1897. The case has been widely watched and is one of the state's most celebrated legal disputes.
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Hayden Vs. Cranfield
Dallas
Texas
Dallas County
Hayden-Cranfill
Morgan
Forty-fourth District Court
Court of Civil Appeals
S. A. Hayden
J. B. Cranfill
San Antonio
Industrial conflict in steel trade ends without movement
In Pittsburg the stalemate persists as both sides claim strategic moves. Ten Carnegie workers defect to join strikers, but the company says positions are filled and no more desertions will occur. Reports from New York note Kruger's health concerns and possible specialists for his eyesight.
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Pittsburg
McKeesport
Wheeling
Bellaire
Union
Carnegie Company
Pittsbourg
Carnegie
St. Louis
C. E. Miner
General Western
Mexican Central Railroad
Kruger
New York
The
Tribune
London
Parsund Fire Devastates Town, 1200 Homeless
Four fifths of Parsund on the North Sea has been consumed by a fire. About 1200 residents are left without homes, authorities report extensive destruction across the coastal town.
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Christiana
Parsund
North Sea
British Purchases and Horse Trade Report
Colonel Skinner of the British army, stationed in the United States since the Boer war, returned to Kansas City from New Orleans. He noted about 100000 animals have been shipped from this vicinity through New Orleans over the past three years, averaging 50 a head for a substantial total expenditure.
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Kansas City
Skinner
United States
New Orleans
Moonshining Charges Against Bagwell Brothers
Elisha and William Bagwell were arraigned before US Commissioner Summerville on a moonshining whiskey charge. Each man posted a $500 bond, or else was jailed in Fort Smith awaiting action by the next Federal grand jury.
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Texarkana
Texas
Elisha
William Bagwell
United States
Summerville
Pike County
Arkansas
Fort Smith
First Bale of New Cotton At Quinlan Ginned and Sold
The first bale of new cotton arrived in Quinlan on Saturday weighing 498 pounds. It was grown by Rufus and Lucian Nelms two miles north of Quinlan, ginned by C. A. Puckett and purchased by Gibson and Teague. Graded strict middling, it sold for 8 cents with a $20.75 premium, total value $60.59.
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Quinlan
Texas
Rufus
Lucian Nelms
C. A. Puckett
Gibson & Teague
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Fehrenkamp
Dandy Windmills
Winoulton
Joe” Thins
Henry Wilson
Boston
Journal and Advertiser
Paris
Germany
France
Cayo Romano
Cayo Cruz
Greater Antilles
Cuba
Prudencio Ebanez Y Vega
Baron Adolf Oppenheim
Fort Sill
Lawton
Ottumwa
Iowa
Federation OF Labor Help
Prin
Ciple
de Wees Wood
Steel Corporation
Connaught
Caney Tank
Missouri, Kansas and
Denison, Passen
State of
Joseph D. Sayers
A. D
John Dg. Fod
Inter-Ocean
O. K
American Tin Plate Company
American Sheet Steel
American Steel Hoop Companies
Mingo Junction
National Steel
Ohio Valley Trades and Labor Assembly
Andrew Carnegie
Jacksboro
Maddox
G. M. Leftwich
Sheriff’s Posse
Abernathy Bros
Mobile
Ala
Wilcox County
Richard Croker
W.L. Tooley & Cao
Moulton
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