Baer in New York as Morgan talks amid coal strike
George S. Baer president of the Philadelphia and Reading railroad and a key leader of the operators against the anthracite miners arrived in New York from Philadelphia and met J. Pierpont Morgan. They discuss pressure to end the coal strike though Baer declined to comment and rumors say operators may be weakening.
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New York
George
Baer
Philadelphia & Reading Railroad
Philadelphia
J. Pierpont Morgan
Murder Shot by Farmhand in Toftonboro New Hampshire
In Toftonboro New Hampshire on August 26 farm hand David Little shot Anne M Drew at her home. The bullet entered below the jaw, injuring her face. Little says she promised to marry him but her son objected and fired after he was confronted about $50 owed. Little surrendered and will be arraigned.
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Toftonboro
N.H
Anne M.drew
Toftonboro Corner
David Little
Little
Bargains Roar With New Stock At Cut-Rate Prices
Wm SIDES reports added bargains amid large sales and plentiful stock. Linen crash and buck towels, silkalines, neck wear, hose supporters and dress stays priced low. Ladies and children's underwear and shirts, men’s neckwear and shirts discounted, with many items at 10 to 20 cents.
Strikers battle nonunion workers at Tamaqua vicinity
In Tamaqua Pennsylvania at Manila Park troops were rushed to the scene after a dawn disturbance. Strikers mobilized near Summit Hill to block nonunion miners from reaching work. A trolley carrying nonunion men was halted and two men removed and beaten. Twelfth regiment companies arrived to shield workers and restore order as mobs closed in on soldiers. An order to draw bayonets dispersed the crowd.
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Tamaqua
Manila Park
Here
Summit Hill
Twelfth Regiment
Funther Creek Valley
Miners Return to Work as Hazleton News Calms
Hazleton Pa August 26 The violent clashes from yesterday eased as Lehigh Valley Coal and the city reinforced police to protect workers. Deputies quickly dispersed striker mobs. Officer Scheuch is in critical condition. Ur ry Curnow remains between life and death. Strikers implicated in yesterday’s outrages face being held on $2,000 bail. Number 40 and Cranberry colliery to resume late week.
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Hazelton
Lehigh Valley Coal
Scheuch
Urry Curnow
Cranberry
Troops in field command shifted as others prepare for coal work
Shenandoah. Pa. Aug 26 Colonel Clement of the Twelfth regiment assumes field command in the region while General Gobin leaves for Saratoga to join an American Bar association meeting. Troop movements to the upper district are not expected this week though Eighth regiment officers anticipate them. Collieries near Philadelphia & Reading show renewed activity with mules reshod and stables restored for possible work by Sept 1. In Ma hony City a photo expedition ends with Burd Martin and Peter Burda arrested by Sommers after an ambush firing. A mob at the station tried to free the prisoners but Sommers kept control. Georgetown, Lebanon Co, now deserted due to coal strike as Sheridan furnace closes, with the last family moving away.
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Shenandoah
Clement
Columbia Park
Gobin
Saratoga
American Bar Association
Eighth
Philadelphia
Reading
Mvening Burd Martin
Peter Burda
Coal and Iron
Somers
Mahony City
Sommers
Provisions Planned for Pennsylvanian Miners Strikes
Two car loads of perishable provisions will be sent from Washington to the striking miners in Pennsylvania's anthracite regions by local labor organizations.
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Washingon
Washington
Pennsylvania
Coroner's jury blames mob for Tom Jones murder near Seven Springs
A Raleigh jury found an unknown mob killed Tom Jones, a colored man, after abducting him from a barn. They noted Jones had brutal assaulted Mrs. Willie Smith, leaving her critically injured, and said the mob acted as outraged citizens defending home and family.
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Raleigh, N
Tom Jones
Seven Springs
Wahyne County
Jones
Willie Smith
Kruger Resigns Leadership as Botha Is Named
A Brussels to Daily Telegraph despatch reports Kruger has given up chief leadership of the Boer people after Utrecht conferences with generals and delegates. General Louis Botha is designated to lead the Boer party in South Africa.
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London
Brussels
Daily Telegraph
Utrecht
Kruger
South Africa
Louis
Botha
Partey
Greater Navy theme in Moody speech at Haverhill
President Roosevelt opened his day with breakfast at the Touraine and departed from North Station at 8 35 for a Maine trip. His schedule included stops in Lowell Lawrence Haverhill Dover Old Orchard Portland Lewiston and Augusta as part of a busy itinerary to press readiness for safety of national honor.
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Boston
Mass
Touraine
North Station
Maine
Stons
Lowell
Lawrence Haverhill
Dover
Qld Orchard
Portland
Lewiston
Augusta
Liverpool chosen as English Atlantic ship combine center
London reports Liverpool will host the Atlantic ship combine with White Star Line offices and Wilding of Ligland Line as general manager. Speed reductions for transatlantic liners aim to save coal and costs, with Cunard potentially receiving increased government subsidy. Roosevelt visits Lowell and Haverhill mass. He extols Navy readiness and Annapolis as a democratic training ground, warning that war requires preprepared ships and sailors.
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London
Liverpool
England
Atlantic Ship Combine
White Star Line
Wilding
Ligland Line
Stafi’s
Morgan Syndicate
Cunard
Iff
Fort Adams Hosts Ongoing Artillery Practice Before Maneuvers
Newport August 26 artillery target practice began at Fort Adams in preparation for joint maneuvers set for August 29 to September 6. Four big guns sounded at 6 am and have continued with brief gaps, using heavy ordnance and none of the rapid-fire arms yet. Fort Adams, commanded by Col. H. C. Hasbrouck, is the Narragansett district HQ and a primary target for fleet action before war is declared as officials from army and navy arrive. hotels fill as personnel converge.
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Newport
R. L
Fort Adams
Narragansett Bay
Narrangasett District
Fort Gerber
Wetherill
Col
H. C. Hasbrouck
Artillery Corps
Adams
Army
Navy
Times Sees US Economic Position Strengthening
The Times editorial notes the United States has improved economically over five years, owning more railway securities formerly abroad. It cautions financiers’ risk, predicts strong grain exports to Europe and ample borrowing, and says money in New York will not be as dear now or in the autumn, with the cotton crop promising well.
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London
the Times
United States
America
Europe
Wall
New York
Locomotive rider carried unconscious for miles on engine pilot
Rev. W B Osborne of Hackettstown New Jersey rode unconscious for eleven miles on the pilot of the Baltimore and Ohio express between Tunnelton and Rowlesburg West Virginia. He was struck at Tunnelton and found wedged on the bumper at Rowlesburg. The 70 year old man suffered head and leg bruises but physicians expect recovery after assistance at the West Virginia Northern camp near Kingwood.
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W.B. Osborne
Hacketatown
N. J
Tunnelton
Rowlesburg
W. Va
Baltimore and Ohio Express
Osborne
West Virgina Northern
Kingwood
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