Miners and Operators Face Possible Coal Strike
In Indianapolis the joint scale committees from four central competitive districts end executive sessions without agreement. A general strike by about 250000 miners seems likely if the conference breaks up, with Roosevelt’s possible involvement unlikely. The operators rejected a 1903 wage scale revival proposal backed by miners seeking about a 5.55 percent rise.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Roosevelt
Francis L. Robbins
Pittsburg
Illinois
Ohio
Indiana
Miners’ Union
Pennsylvania
Missouri
Arkansas
Kansas
Texas
Iowa
Indian Territory
Southwest
Mitchell
Baer
Central District
F. L. Robbins
Robbins
Miners Die in Century Mine Blast and Rescue Continues
Fairmont West Virginia reports 10 dead and many missing after a Century Mine explosion. At Century Coal Company in Century City seventy five miners were entombed with 175 workers away at the time, rescue operations ongoing. Local officials note the cause is unknown and brattice damage is minimal.
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Fairmont
W. Va
Century
Century Coal Company
Niine
Secret conference to fight czarists in Finland planned
Russian radicals plan a big secret conference in Finland in early April to overthrow the czarist regime. Delegates will be elected across Nicholas' realm. some favor general strike, others a provisional government, with cooperation from all radical groups. Authorities fear a monster movement and warn governors to prepare measures.
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St. Petersburg
Finland
Nicholas
Durnovo
Governor Gooding Promises Fair Trial in Miner Probe
Governor Gooding announces in Boise City that unions may send delegations to hear confessions from Harry Orchard and Steve Adams about Western Federation of Miners officers. He pledges a fair defense and trial for all parties, citing extensive union requests for impartial proceedings.
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Boise City
Idaho
Gooding
Harry Orchard
Steve Adams
Western Federation of Miners
Railroad wreck near Adobe leaves many dead or missing
Denver March 23. The collision of two Denver and Rio Grande passenger trains near Adobe Colorado is now generally admitted to have killed between forty and fifty. A list of over forty missing passengers is prepared, with some likely still alive. Frank Lively, the operator blamed for the wreck, has returned to Kentucky and may testify. Sheriff Esser will secure his attendance at the coroner’s inquest when it convenes next Monday.
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Denver
Col
Rio Grande
Adobe
Frank Lively
Munfordville
Louisville
Lively
Esser
Fremont County
Strike Breaks Up in Lens Mines
Lens France reports miners' strike dissolving with early termination expected, ending labor trouble that began recently. The move signals return to normal operations as workers resume duties.
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France
Lens
Larceny claim pits life insurers against politicians
New York March 23 Justice O Sullivan says officers of life insurance companies who funded political campaigns committed larceny and urged the jury to find responsibility. District Attorney Jerome disputes, suggesting indictments against George W. Perkins and others. Jerome asks for warrants. O Sullivan declines.
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New York
N. Y
Justice O'Sullvan
Court of General Sessions
O'Sullivan
Jerome
Grand Jury
George W. Perkins
George B. Cortelyou
Cornelius N. Bliss
Republican National Committee
Perkins
Rockefeller Buys Carmelita Estate in Pasadena
John D. Rockefeller has purchased the Reed estate in Pasadena on Orange Grove avenue covering eleven acres. The Carmelita home is famed as the Ramona author Helen Hunt Jackson wrote in its rooms and Rockefeller plans to spend at least two months yearly in California.
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Pasadena
Cal
John D. Rockefeller
Reed
California
Orange Grove Avenue
Carmelita
Helen Hunt Jackson
Ramona
Child Found Dead in Hog Pen After Missing Since Afternoon
Avery Howard, six, was missing from Logan, Iow a, since 2 PM and found about 4 PM in a hog pen. The body showed hog injuries with flesh eaten from hands and face. Mrs I W Evans, Howard's daughter, located the scene.
Fire at Hunt's European hotel forces quick evacuees
Guests at Hunt's European hotel on Dearborn Street fled early today as a first floor fire blocked stairs. Fire escapes saved most, with only slight bruises reported. Property loss described as small.
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Chicago, Ill
Hunt
Dearborn Street
Dawson Is Honored For Navy Hazing Report
Washington March 23 Special Congressman Vreeland chairman of the naval sub committee received from President Roosevelt an autograph letter praising the hazing report. Congressman Dawson helped write the report and says the hazing bill he drafted may be brought up soon. A major floor fight is anticipated with penalties debated.
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Washington, D. C
Vreeland
Naval Committee
Annapolis
Roosevelt
Dawson
Commission to Hear About Misdeeds of the Shippers
The Interstate Commerce Commission opened a major hearing in New York on alleged underbilling and misrepresentation of freight by shippers in New York and other eastern points. The probe targets practices affecting freight rates and transportation fairness.
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Commission
New York
N. Y
Interstate Commerce Commission
Prison for Newspaper Man at Marshalltown
V Gordon Gray, once a Chicago newspaper writer, was sentenced to twenty years in the penitentiary for forgery after pleading guilty to three counts. He is said to be wanted for forgery in many parts of the country. Gray married Trixie Shapcott of Marshalltown six weeks ago.
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Marshalltown
Gordon Gray
Chicago
Gray
Trixie Shapcott
New York Life Trustees Reply to Hamilton Charges
The New York Life self investigating committee issues a letter denying Hamilton's claims that records were ignored. It states auditors had no knowledge of secret service duties and recounts efforts to summon Hamilton, including a January cable to Paris and his subsequent departure to the south of France citing nervous derangement.
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New York
New York Life
Andrew Hamilton
Board of Trustees
Hamilton
Europe
Paris
France
Many Lives Lost at Sea Across New England Waters
Boston reports a deadly winter at sea with eighty five lives lost and fifty four ships wrecked along the New England coast and Maritime provinces. While shore conditions were mild the sea remained extreme and many vessels are overdue with fate uncertain for weeks.
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Boston
Mass
New England
Maritime Provinces
Three Trains Wreck in Goshen Indiana
Three freight trains collided in Goshen Indiana injuring three trainmen and wrecking three locomotives and fifteen cars. A halted eastbound engine was struck by a second train, debris fouled the westbound track and a third freight crashed into the wreckage. Many hogs were killed in the incident.
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Goshen
Ind
Lake Shore
Moroccan conference meeting postponed to Monday
The Algeciras Conference meeting in Algeciras was postponed from Saturday to Monday due to the illness of Herr Van Radowitz, head of the German mission.
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Algeciras
Herr van Radowitz
Cummins Perkins Debate Proposal Hints Iowa Campaign
Des Moines March 23. The Perkins Cummins campaign for the Republican gubernatorial nomination proposes joint debates in each congressional district. Senator Jackson asks for one or two meetings per district with Gov. Cummins and Mr. Perkins. Cummins says he will consider and likely will not refuse the challenge. Details are to be arranged in leading cities. Both favor corporate regulation and railroad control, making differences likely about specifics.
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Des Moines
Perkins Cummins
Cummins
Jackson
Perkins
Ohio House opposes abolishing capital punishment
Columbus column reports the Ohio House voted 79 to 34 to indefinitely postpone a bill by Mr. O'Rourke of Lucas County that would replace the death penalty with life imprisonment for murder. The judiciary committee recommended postponement and the panel’s report was accepted.
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Columbus
House
O'Rourke
Lucas County
Committee On Judiciary
Grand jury declines to indict Mrs Keller in Fort Dodge shooting
The Fort Dodge grand jury refused to indict Mrs John Keller for shooting her husband in the abdomen after catching him with a female companion. The couple was found by Mrs Keller in the act of drinking beer. the husband survived the wound and was expected to recover.
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Fort Dodge
John Keller
Nelson to Fight Herrera for 20000 Purse in Los Angeles
Pacific Athletic club accepted Battling Nelson's proposal to fight Aurelia Herrera in Los Angeles during Fiesta week for a $20,000 purse. Nelson will sign the articles in New York tomorrow. Herrera already signed.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Pacific Athletic Club
Nelson
Aurelia Herrera
New York
Herrera
Three West Branch Stores Robbed in Nighttime Heist
Three Cedar Rapids area stores in West Branch were robbed last night. Thieves took a total of 50 dollars before fleeing. Local police investigate and search for clues at the scene.
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West Branch
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Pirates Seize Launch Near Canton Lootes Winchester Rifles
A launch owned by the Standard Oil Co. was seized and looted by pirates near Canton. They secured a number of Winchester rifles and a thousand rounds of ammunition. The US gunboat Callao moves toward the scene to respond.
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Hong Kong
China
Standard Oi! Co
Canton
United States
Callao
Senator Wants More Facts on Dajo Battle and Rate Bill
Washington March 23 Senator Dolliver said the railroad rate bill should pass the senate within ten days or two weeks after a conference with the President. The Mount Daje battle inquiry was adopted without debate as Culbertson’s resolution seeks war department information. Conferees for the statehood bill were named Beveridge Dillingham and Patterson. The Jamestown exposition may receive 1.48 million dollars from the house committee. Insurance not interstate commerce, per judiciary committee unanimous vote.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
Dolliver
Culbertson
War Department
Mount Daje
Beveridge, Dillingham and Patterson
House Committee On Judiciary
House
Nebraska Supreme Court Upholds Anti Cigarette Law
The Nebraska supreme court sustains the law banning sale and manufacture of cigarettes while ruling that individuals may roll cigarettes for personal use without it constituting manufacturing. Prior fines and sentences under that unconstitutional portion remain in the record.
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Lincoln
Neb
Nebraska Supreme Court
Nebraska
BANK SOLVENT AFTER $452,000 vault robbery
Moscow reports Credit Mutual bank declares solvency after March 20 vault robbery of 452000. Debate swirls over whether Warsaw burglars in disguise as revolutionaries or internal complicity fueled the heist. Several suspects arrested as authorities pursue leads.
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Moscow
Credit Mutual Bank Today
Warsaw
Revolutionary Committee
Impeachment Resolution Placed Over for Judge McPherson
A resolution asking that a petition for Judge Smith McPherson impeachment be sent to President Roosevelt cites an alleged insult to Governor A B Cummins at a banquet. Introduced by the Federation of Improvement Clubs at Council Bluffs Iowa the measure was referred to a secret committee for investigation with a demand that Congress remove the judge.
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Des Moines
Smith McPherson
Roosevelt
A. B. Cummins
Federation of Improvement Clubs
Council Bluffs
McPherson
Congress
Pat Crowe Sued by Wife in Divorce Case
Omaha. Pat Crowe named defendant in divorce suit filed by wife Harriet Murphy Crowe. She seeks alimony and restoration of maiden name. Married 1888, she says he has provided no support for fifteen years. The three children are dead.
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Omaha, Neb
Pat Crowe
Harriet Murphy Crowe
Iowa Weather Outlook Rain Or Snow Flurries Likely
Chicago reports weather for Iowa predicting possible rain or snow flurries tonight and Saturday. Temperatures to rise slowly with sunshine as day length and moonrise noted.
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Chicago
Ill
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