Miners Strike Triggers Flooding and Unrest in Wilkes Barre Area
June reports from Wilkes Barre and Shamokin describe deeper troubles as miners’ unions call workers out and engineers and pump crews quit. Nanticoke’s No. 5 colliery shuts engines, threatening water supply. town fire calls and violence surge as crowds gather at collieries and a planned scab serenade is canceled. Talks of arbitration surface as President Roosevelt weighs appointing a strike commissioner.
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Wilkesbarre
Unics
Coal Company
Susquehanna Coal Company
Nanticoke
Wyoming Valley
Miners Mills
Tag
Mitchell
Shamokin
Henry Clay
Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company
Stering
Excelsior
Corbin
Andrew Robertson & Co
Unrest Rumors Spark Miners Fences and Gunfire
In Wilkesbarre Pennsylvania unrest erupted at Stanton and Murray collieries. A 13 year old boy was shot in the back by a guard and taken to Mercy Hospital. Police arrested the guard as crowds outside grew threatening. At Murray colliery a 400 foot fence was burned and later fires were renewed amid clashes with guards.
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Wilkesbarre
Stanton
Murray Colliery
Charles McCann
Mercy Hospital
Wilkes Barre
Murray
President Roose to settle coal strike urged by city men
In New York on June 5 prominent business leaders urge President Roose to settle the coal strike. The request frames a formal action to address the growing labor conflict in the coal regions.
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New York
Roose Wwelt
Miners in Virginias to Strike Soft Coal Fields
Roanoke Virginia June 6 a general strike among soft coal miners in Virginia and West Virginia is expected to begin tomorrow tying up nearly all fields. W R Shets purchasing agent for Turkey Gap Coal and Coke says a strike is unavoidable and that anthracite region workers pushed the issue. Mine operators welcome the move as the only solution while workers face work or quit with immediate removal from mine reservations. J X Hill president of Western Kanawha Coal Co says he will meet United Mine Workers demand for a wage increase.
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Roanoke
Virginia
West Virginia
W. R. Shets
Turkey Gap
J. X. Hill
Western Kanawha Coal Company
Guyandotte Valley
W. Va
United Mine Workers
Miles to face charges for betraying official secrets
Lieutenant General Nelson A Miles was reported in Kansas City on his way from Fort Riley to Washington after being summoned by President Roosevelt. He faced a possible court martial on suspicion of betraying official secrets linked to the Arnold scandal and a dispatch ordering him back to Washington.
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Kansas City
Nelson A. Miles
Fort Riley
Washington
Roosevelt
Miles
White House
Arnold
Culberson
Beveridge
British steamer Camorta loss confirmed in Indian waters
The British steamer Camorta missing from Madras for Rangoon was found in 15 fathoms, with 650 native passengers and 90 crew lost. A Camorta lifeboat was recovered near latitude 15.30 north and longitude 96 east, May 14, and debris spotted near Krishna Lightship on the Madras coast. Likely sunk in a May 6 cyclone. topmasts seen protruding in the Irrawaddy Delta.
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Camorta
Rangoon
British Burmah
Madras
Bay of Bengal
Krishna
Irrawadew Delta
Bunco Conspiracy Nets $31 000 in Hamilton County
Indianapolis June 5. Tyler Crothers of Noblesville is accused in a Bunco scheme tied to Lucius Stout a wealthy Hamilton County farmer who mortgaged his farm to cover a staged race Crothers allegedly helped a Springfield man win while Stout paid the price claiming a conspiracy. Also reports a whitecapping incident near New Albany and related assaults.
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Indianapolis
Tyler
Crothers
Noblesville
Lucius
Stout
Hamilton County
Springfield
Crothera
Bloodshed in Chicago amid beef packers strike turmoil
Chaos gripped Chicago as more than a dozen clashes erupted between rioters and police near the Union Stock Yards. Officers fired over 60 shots to disperse the mob as wagons carried supplies back to downtown amid ongoing strike turmoil. A health crisis and heavy injuries followed as talks aimed to end the dispute. The First Regiment of the Illinois National Guard readied for possible deployment.
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Chicago
Union
Fiv
George June
Anglo-American Packing Company
Will
Sixteenth Street
Michigan Avenue
Packers
Teamsters
Frederick W. Job
State Board of Arbitration
State Street
News Condensed Weekly From Harrisburg to San Francisco
A pennsylvania state organization formed in Harrisburg after a meeting. Miss Rose Fleginow of New York killed her daughter by asphyxiation and then committed suicide. The Hawthorne race track grandstand in Chicago burned, loss $75000. Brigadier General Spur gin retired creating two vacancies in the US Army. The French chamber of deputies opened. Yaqui warpath continues in Arizona. Russell Sage recovering from illness. Baron Hichhi Shibusawa of Japan in San Francisco touring the world. Mrs. Di Cesnola died in New York from heart disease. Frank P. Carpoon found dead in a Philadelphia hotel. Kate Quinn found dead near Scranton with head injuries. Rev. William J. Reid resigns as clerk of the General Assembly. West Point military exercises begin. American Congress of Tuberculosis meets in New York. Captain EB. W. Watson retired as rear admiral. National Farmers Congress called for Macon, Ga. Commerce bill favored in House committee. 1900 census: 223720 farms in New York valued at $888,134,180. Baltimore coal famine threatens. Senator Quay bills $75,000 for Gettysburg Park land. Miles observes field gun test at Fort Riley. Mark Twain receives Doctor of Laws from Missouri State University. Free postal delivery extended to certain cities. Albert Wertz injured in Lancaster County. Kansas Prohibitionists nominate slate. Kruger in good health. Denver slated to launch June 21. Navy dispatches on Taku bombardment. 650 Texas cattle shipped from Pensacola to restock Boer farms.
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Harrisburg
United States Army
French Chamber of Deputies
Arizona
Russell Sage
Hichhi Shibusawa
Japan
San Francisco
D.D
General Assembly
Presbyterian Church
Corps of Callets
West Point
American Congress of Tuberculosis
New York
Medico-Legal Society
EB. W. Watson
United States Navy
National Farmers' Congress
Macon
House Committee On Commerce
Department of Commerce
United States Census Bureau
Baltimore
Quay
United States
Senate
Gettysburg National Park
Miles
Fort Riley
Kas
Missouri State University
Samuel L. Clemens
Mark Twain
Albert Wertz
Rosamere
Lancaster County
Pennsylvania Railroad
Lancaster
Wertz
Kruger
Transvaal
Navy Department
Nafie & Levy
Bath
Denver
Navy
Moody
Taku Forts
China
Pensacola
Fila
South Africa
General Markets Review From Philadelphia June 5
Market notes show a generally weak tone for winter superfine and Pennsylvania roller flour with prices ranging around 2.85 to 3.65 per barrel for various grades. Rye flour mixed. oats and hay steady. butter cream at 24 cents. potatoes dull. cattle and hogs mixed with hogs firm and sheep and lambs variable, overall pricing indicates a cautious trading day in Philadelphia and New York areas.
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Pennsylvania
City
Barre
New_York
East Buffalo
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