Government Employees Mix In Trouble Today
Philadelphia reports riot violence as subway and elevated workers walk out at 9 am. Police and strike breakers clash, navy yard sailors engage, and authorities mobilize up to 2,000 officers. Over 90 riot victims hospitalized, including Officer McLaughlin with a concussion. Continued on Page Six.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia Rapids Company
5Th Street
69Th Street
City Hall
Kensin
League Island Navy Yard
Seab
Clay
O'Leary
Joseph McLaughling
Strike Forces Philadelphia Rapid Transit to Grant Demands
The St. railway workers agree to union recognition, market uniforms, nine to ten hour shifts with twelve hour completion, arbitration of disputes, fair hearings and reinstatement for unjust removals, and 25 cents an hour pay. About 4,000 idle and 2,000 at work. six day strike cost the company roughly 300,000 dollars. 1500 strike breakers employed, 50 injuries, 300 arrests, 550 cars in service, 1800 idle.
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Rapid
Cubs to Celebrate 1908 Flag Raising at Park
United Press reports Chicago Cubs will raise the 1908 flag at league park on June 3 during a celebration for last year’s pennant. A $10,000 prize from President Murphy will be shared among 22 players, each receiving 454.54, while ex-Cubs not rewarded include Coakley Frazer Lundgren Slagle Kling. Kling declined to participate. A parade precedes a game against the Phillies.
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United Press
Pi Aceeed
Chicago Perm
Cubs
Cub
Murphy
Chance
Coakley
Frazer
Lundgren
Slagle
Johnny Kling
Kling
Kansas City
John
Chicago
Phillies
Three Speakers At Memorial Service In Seventh Ward
At the union service of the Seventh ward congregations in the Presbyterian church on Sunday evening June 13 all three Seventh ward ministers will speak Rev M W Keith of the Presbyterian Rev R M Merrill of the Methodist and Rev B F Baxter of the Christian church The meeting is the occasion of the annual O R C memorial service.
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Seventh Ward
Presbyterian Church
M. W. Keith
The
Presbyterian
R. M. Merrill
Methodist
B. F. Baxter
Christian Church
Morris Forst Company Sues Mills Over Note and Bill
The Morris Forst company filed an action in assumpsit against J. Harry Mills on a note for $1,010 and a bill for $296.83 seeking recovery plus costs.
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Morris Forst Company
Assumpsit
J. Harry Mills
No Pay Saturday Across New Castle Industries
Local report notes no pay day occurs on Saturdays among major New Castle industrial firms, leaving workers without weekend earnings.
Roosevelt hails Warrington Dawson as American writer praised abroad
Col Theodore Roosevelt in Outlook commends United Press correspondent Warrington Dawson for vivid African expedition stories. Roosevelt notes Dawson’s novels The Scar and The Scourge reveal authentic American scenes and characters, urging both home and foreign audiences to value his work. Dawson, long Paris manager for United Press, accompanied Roosevelt on his northern Africa trip.
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United Press
New York
Theodore Roosevelt
Out Today
Warrington Dawson
Roosevelt
Africa
England
Noorth Carolina
Dawson
Virginia
Mombassa
British East Africa
Kijabe
Paris
Secretary Wilson Advocates Educated Farmers In Ballot era
Secretary Wilson told a Montreal audience at McGill University that farmer education would reduce farm life struggles and attract a broader workforce. He urged that educated farmers become safe legislators and key drivers of a growing hemisphere economy dependent on agriculture for livelihoods, trade, and industry.
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United Press
Montreal
Can
Wilson
United States Department of Agriculture
St. Anne de Bellvue
McDonald College
McGill University
U. S
Forester
Gifford Pinchot
Murder of Chinese imperial inspector in Hong Kong
Cable from San Francisco reports Lew Sue Cay, Chinese imperial inspector of industries, murdered on arrival in China after allegations he sold fraudulent mining stocks to Chinese and others in America. He was arrested in Pittsburg April 10. ministers intervened to secure his release, and a $50,000 reward is offered for his killers.
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San Francisco
America
Wu Ting Fang
Lew Sue Cay
Hong Kong
Pacific
China
Lew
Pittsburg
Rev M W Keith Recovering At Home After Illness
Reverend M Wilson Keith pastor of Mahoningtown Presbyterian Church is recovering at home from dental illness. He has improved but is not likely to resume his pulpit duties for about a week.
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M. Wilson Keith
Mahoningtown Presbyterian Church
Keith
Medical Association Meeting Tonight in Greer Block
The Lawrence County Medical Association holds its regular monthly meeting in the Greer block on Thursday evening. Dr. Rhodes of the University of Pittsburgh, a former New Castle man, will deliver the address of the evening.
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Lawrence County Medical Association
Greer Block
Rhodes
University of Pittsburg
New Castle
Tin Mills Eye Union Break Amid Wage Cut Plan
New Castle tin mill workers react to American Tin Plate company declaring all mills non union and cutting wages effective July 30. Amalgamated leaders from New Castle Greer and Shenango plants plan meetings as independents consider breaking away. A general Tin Plate union gathering may occur in Pittsburg or Cambridge Springs with secrecy to avoid public agitation.
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New Castle Tin Mill
American Tin Plate Company
New Castle
Nother
Cambridge Prings
McArdle
Amalgamated Association
Tin Mills
Quick Justice for Negro Who Shot Employer in Frankfort
In Frankfort Kentucky a mob of white men seized John Maxie a negro attache for Howe's circus from a jail near the governors mansion and lynched him on a bridge over the Kentucky River after he shot Bert C Bower a Wichita Kansas labor supervisor at the circus Maxie had been saved from mob violence earlier by local officials but was taken from custody and executed despite Governor Willsons indifference Bower a likely fatally wounded Elks member from Valdosta Georgia is receiving circus family care
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Frankfort
John Maxie
Howe
Kentucky River
Maxie
Bert C. Bower
Wichita
Kan
Bower
Willson
The
Elks
Valdosta
Circus
Replevin Suits Filed Over Horse and Furniture
D. J. Jones sues F. E. Cole to recover a horse in Cole's possession. Lillian Holt sues Mark Park to recover a lot of household furniture in a replevin action.
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D. J. Jones
F. E. Cole
Cole
Lillian Holt
Mark Park
John James jailed on vagrancy charge after arrest by officer
John James was arrested at 8 45 Thursday morning by Officer Horner on a vagrancy charge and sentenced to 30 days in jail by Mayor Lusk. He was arrested recently and released briefly before the sentencing.
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John James
Horner
Lusk
James
Work Started on New Disposal Plant at Cascade Park
Traction company began work yesterday on disposal gravel beds below Cascade park near Big Run to handle park sewage. Civil engineer R S Colburn of Mahoning & Shenango Valley Railway and Light company oversees. Capacity set at 30 000 gallons daily. state health authorities will approve before use.
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Traction Company
Cascade Park
Big Run
R. S. Colburn
Mahoning & Shenango Valley Railway and Light Company
Man Who Left City 63 Years Ago Returns
Richard Kiddo of St. Paul Kansas visits New Castle as a guest of Squire J R Miller. He left New Castle with his father in a covered wagon 63 years ago at age seven on a long westward journey. He later settled in Illinois, grew to manhood, then moved to Kansas where he is now a prosperous farmer.
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Ichard Kiddo
St. Paul
Kansas
New Castle
Squire J. R. Miller
Lincoln Avenue
Mr. Kiddo
James B. Kiddo
Illinois
Kiddo
Mt. Jackson
Richard Kiddo
Italian Colony Plan Eyed for Central Texas Settlement
Dispatches from Rome outline an Italian colonization scheme to settle about 1000 Italians in Central Texas with a $1,000,000 budget. Two colonies of about 100 families each would be brought from Northern Italy. A syndicate led by Luigi Luzziatti has options on 62,000 acres along Keechi and Trinity rivers priced at 11 to 12.50 dollars per acre.
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United Press
New York
Rome
Texas
Italy
Luigi Luzzatti
Keechi
Trinity
Pittsburg
Boston
Chicago
Weston Reaches Laramie While Walking to Pacific Coast
Laramie Wyoming June 3 Edward Payson Weston left Weston at 4 AM for Medicine Bow 57 miles west after a good night’s rest. He arrived here last night and traveled from Granite Canyon 38 miles east of town.
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Laramie
Wyo
Edward Payson Weston
Pacific Coast
Medicine Bow
Granite Canyon
Death Records for Miss Mary C Kelly and Others
Death notices list Miss Mary C Kelly aged 28 at 6 Quest Street Mrs Mary Adams aged 71 of North Beaver Township and Thomas J Ellis of Coitsville Road among those named in local records.
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Mary C. Kelly
Quest Street
Mary Adams
North
Beaver Township
Thomas J. Ellis
Coitsville Road
Lurid Moving Pictures Blamed for Murphy Dementia
T H Murphy of Foxburg Pa in a demented state after attempting suicide on B R & P tracks near Alborni Mills Shenango township. He stabbed himself four times, was treated by Dr S R W McCune and Chief Gilmore, then jailed under guard as officials feared infection and further harm. He is reported improving. Continued on Fifth Page.
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T. H. Murphy
Foxburg
Alborni Mills
Fifth Ward
Shenango Township
Murphy
Chief Gilmore
S. R. W. McCune
Carl Gaston
McCune
Local Women Plan Attend Local Option Meeting
In response to sympathy from Mrs C C W Foulke Lawrence county W C T U invites Mahoning county Ohio women to Youngstown on June 9 for an all day prayer meeting at Central Christian Church opposite the new court house on Market street A large delegation is expected as June 9 marks Mahoning county local option election day.
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Cc. W. Foulke
Lawrence County
Cc. T. U
S. A. Hughes
Mahoning County
Dunn to Box Murphy in Six Rounds at Duquesne Garden
Jimmie Dunn of this city has signed to meet Tommy Murphy of New York in a six round bout at the Duquesne Garden Pittsburg on June 15. Dunn will begin training immediately as Jim Jeffries and sparring partner give an exhibition at the same venue.
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Jimmie Dunn
Tommy Murphy
New York
Duquesne Garden
Pittsburg
Jim Jeffries
Dunn
Mahoning Town Presbyterian Men to Hold Year End Banquet
The Men s club of the Mahoning town Presbyterian church will hold its annual banquet Friday evening at the church. Lunch will be served by the primary department and several short addresses will be given as the year closes.
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Mahoningtown Presbyterian Church
Bank case on appeal over stock sale misrepresentation
In New Castle, the case of Fleming versus the New Castle Savings and Trust Company and J S Taylor proceeds toward the June term. Fleming claims Taylor misled him about stock value of 120 dollars per share and four percent dividend, arranging a 112 dollar purchase with a bank note at five percent. He seeks to open a judgment of about 2200 dollars after the bank failed and the note was recovered by the receiver. Other cases listed for June include the ongoing argument docket.
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J. 8. Taylor
Taylor
New Castle Savings and Trust Company
Fleming
Court House
Tube mill employee fatally injured at Ellwood City plant
Herbert Fisher, a Shelby Tube company worker in Ellwood City, was injured while removing plugs from rolls. A heavy five foot plyer entangled in an endless belt and struck him in the stomach, causing internal injuries. He was rushed home for medical care but is not expected to recover.
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Ellwood City
Herbert Fisher
Shelby Tube Company
Fisher
Rolls
Street Car Men Win In Pittsfield Mass
Pittsfield Mass June 3 street car workers win a cent an hour raise and a ten hour day after an all night conference. Agreement with the company reached early today.
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Pittsfield
Mass
United Press
School Board Seeks 7000 Cash for May Salaries
Sealed notices were sent by President R C G White calling a special school board meeting to raise 7000 in cash to pay May payrolls and other bills. Money is unavailable except the building fund, and repairs over six years have drained funds. The board may borrow or raise funds for up to two weeks.
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R. C. G. White
Board of Education
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Sely, Wilson
Slick Buncher
Medical Association
Street Car Company
Prairie Schooner
Weston
Laramie, Wyoming
Shenango
Foxburg, Pa
Will Box Murphy
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