Reading Company Offers Ten Per Cent Wages Increase
In anthracite districts notices warn miners of a ten percent wage rise effective Oct 1, with arbitration on grievances. The Reading Coal and Iron Co proposes a 10 percent rise on top of the existing scale, totaling a 16 percent increase, while union leaders urge caution and insist on ending the sliding scale and securing permanency.
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Scranton
Philadelphia
Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company
Reading Company
Shenandoah
Philadelphia and Reading Coal Iron Company
Mahanoy City
George Harris
United Mine Workers
Harris
MITCHEL'S REPLY TO THE OFFER IN HAZLETON PA
Reading company's posters prompt fall back from union recognition as President Mitchell weighs a possible compromise. In Scranton district No.1 UMW issues critique of a 10 percent wage advance, urging fixed pay scales and semi monthly wages, and demanding check weighmen and legal tonnage standards.
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R. C. Luther
United Mine Workers’ of America
Luther
Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company
Mitchell
B. Potter
Potter
United Mine Workers of America
Hazleton
Reading Company
Scranton
District No. 1
United Mine Workers
Pennsylvania
Joint conference or arbitration urged to settle mining grievances
The passage argues that the dockage for refuse should be fair and notes the wide diversity of conditions in scales and questions. It says only a joint conference of miners and operators or a board of arbitration can receive facts and evidence and decide each grievance on its merits.
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Board of Arbitration
Death of S F Carey a Cincinnati reformer and former congressman
Samuel Fenton Carey, a prominent temperance, labor and Greenback figure in Cincinnati, died aged 17 in 1870. A Miami University graduate class of 1835 and former lawyer turned lecturer, he served in Congress after a labor party victory and later backed greenback and silver currency. He ran with Peter Cooper for president in 1876 and sought lieutenant governor in 1875 with William Allen.
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Cincinnati
Samuel Fenton Carey
Miami University
Congress
Samuel F. Carryerd Smith
The
Cincinnati Gazette
Lincoln
Peter Cooper
William Allen
Baseball Scores from Saturday and Standings
Baseball scores from Saturday include New York 4 Philadelphia 2 in New York, Brooklyn 6 Boston 6 darkness, Pittsburgh 2 Cincinnati 1 in Pittsburgh, Chicago 10 St Louis 7 in Chicago, with the second Chicago St Louis game 0 0 seven innings darkness. Sunday results show Cincinnati 4 Pittsburgh 3, Chicago 4 St Louis 2, and St Louis 1 Chicago 4 in the second game. Standings list Brooklyn 76 61 598, Philadelphia 66 60, Chicago 70 46, Cincinnati 58 60, New York 55 74.
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Chicago
New York
Philadelphia
Brooklyn
Boston
Pittsburg
Cincinnati
St. Louis
St Louis
P. C. Brooklyn
Vacke
Murder forces halt as governor candidate train fight erupts
In Carbondale Illinois on October 1 a special train carrying Democratic gubernatorial candidate Samuel Alschuler from Herrin to Carbondale was halted by a fight. James Jordan night marshal of Marion was killed by a single shot fired by an unknown assailant. Democrats from Williamson County chartered the train and picked up supporters at Carterville. Four miles from Carbondale at Reed's the car neighbor to the candidate became involved in a brawl and a shot killed Jordan instantly.
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Carbondale
Samuel Alschuler
Herrin
James Jordan
Marion
Williamson County
Alschuler
Carterville
Reed's
Jordan
Howard Sentenced to Hang in Kentucky Case
In Frankfort on October 1, James Howard received a death sentence with execution set for December 7 after the motion for a new trial was overruled. Attorneys may file their bill of exceptions during the appeal period through the third week of October. Howard maintained his composure and proclaimed I am innocent when asked if he could show cause against the sentence.
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Frankfort
James Howard
Howard
Court of Appeals
Evacuation of Peking Dispatches
A Peking dispatch from Sept. 27 reports M de Giers leaving for Tien-Tsin with the entire Russian legation. Also William Woodville Rockhill, U S special commissioner, departed Peking with cavalry for Tien-Tsin to inspect affairs and urge memorialization of the throne to return the court to Peking.
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St. Petersburg
Peking
M. de Giers
China
Tien-Tsin
London
William Woodville Rockhill
United States
Nankin
Yang-Tse Valley
Fatal stabbing in Pana heightens local feud
Walter Selby of Tower Hill stabbed Charles Prosser of Pana on Saturday evening severing the jugular vein. Prosser is expected to die. Selby was arrested and remains jailed. Prosser is described as belonging to a well to do family amid a long standing dispute.
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Pana
Ills
Walter Selby
Tower Hill
Charles Prosser
Prosser
Selby
Republican Platform Declares Endorsement of McKinley and 1900 Agenda
The Iowa Republican convention proclaims policies vindicated from four years prior and calls for national money stability, anti trust measures, and continued self government for new citizens. It endorses President McKinley’s administration, praises Congress, and urges renomination and re election.
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Republican Party
McKinley
Republican Congress
Henderson
Senate
House
Clear Lake Iowa Pamphlet Promotes Oaks Resort
The Central Passenger Department of the Iowa Central releases a pamphlet titled Clear Lake Iowa and the Oaks. It extols Clear Lake as a charming summer resort with sailing bathing and hotel views like the Oaks and Bath House. Copies available from railway agents or Geo. S. Batty Marshalltown Iowa and Town Central Ry. G. P. & T. A.
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Iowa Central
Clear Lake
Iowa
Oaks
Iowa Cental
Geo. S. Batty. G. P. & T. A. Town Central Ry
Marshalltown
Cheap Excursions East
Iowa Central Railway offers home visitors excursion to Indiana Ohio and Louisville Kentucky on Sept 4 11 19 and 27 1900. Round trip fares under one fare with sale dates Sept 2 4 2¢ 22 28 19 26 27 and returns limited to thirty days. For routes and details contact Geo S Batty G P and T A Marshalltown Iowa.
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East
Iowa Central Railway
Indiana
Ohio
Louisville
Iowa Central
Geo. S
Stop That Cough With Wall's Lightning Cough Cure
An advertisement promotes Wall's Lightning Cough Cure 25Be as a quick remedy for coughing. It urges immediate use to stop coughing and restore comfort.
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Wall
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