Ambush Fire Fails as Locomotive Passes Duryea Colliery
Six men on a Lehigh Valley Coal locomotive escaping an ambush near Duryea Pennsylvania drop to the floor to avoid gunfire. Bullets and buckshot damage the engine while crowds trouble the colliery settling. Investigations and talks with strikers aim to quell the demonstrations as West Virginia soft coal strikes continue.
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Wilkesbarre
William A
Lehigh Valley Coal Company
Duryen
Thomas Thomas
Lehigh Valley
Duryea
T. D. Nicholls
Hkely
Mitchell
West Virginia
Susquehanna Coal Company
Susquehanna
Strike Investigation Over Confirms Labor Troubles
New York June 11 Commissioner Wright held a two hour conference with railroad presidents and said the books are opened and facts gathered. He calls the investigation practically over and will file an official report to President Roosevelt detailing root causes of the industrial conflict.
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Wright
New York
Bear
Philadelphia and Reading Railroad
Olyphant
Delaware and Hudson Company
Truesdale
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad
Roosevelt
Carroll D. Wright
United States Commissioner of Labor
Lackawanna
Fowler
Ontario and Western
Window Glass Trust
Federation of American Catholic Societies
Chicago
Whitelaw Reid
United States
Edward
London
Nelson Felix
Sunbury
Pennsylvania Railroad
Talbot
Chesapeake Bay
Little Rock
Abbie R. Smith
Scranton Pa
Great Lakes
Longshoremen’s Union
Nashville
Tenn
G. H. Wadleigh
F. S. Houston
United States Navy
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore
Sumner Lincoln
Samuel M. Whiteside
Secretary of the Treasury
Shaw
Portland
West Point
Aurord
Oliver Mining Company
Ironwood
Mich
Guatemala
Franklin and Marshall College
Lancaster
Senor Gonzales de Quesada
Havana
Samuel Caldwell
West Chester
Colorado
Strikes In West Virginia Coal Fields Slow Return To Work
In Bluefield West Virginia June 13 many Flat Top region workers returned to duty while others remain out. Operators report higher coal loads than Wednesday aided by new labor but at least 70 percent still idle. Strikes continue amid peaceful protests and aid efforts for affected families.
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Bluefield
W.va
Fishes of Bermuda's Reefs Brightly Colored and Dangerous
In clear waters around Bermuda and the West Indies vivid coral habitats host parrot fish with green bodies and rainbow fins whose bright dress warns predators. Nearby the pink hind glows at night to deter intruders, while Bristol notes such colors and behaviors in St. Nicholas.
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Bermuda
West Indies
C. L. Bristol
St. Nicholas
The Holy City Jerusalem Resembling a Fortress
Walter Williams reports from Jerusalem describing the city as a fortress of the middle ages. He notes eight older city remains beneath the present unkempt area and a history of sieges and devastation, yet the landscape of gray walls and mosques endures beside dirty streets and crowded houses.
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Jerusalem
Solomon
Nehemiah
Merod
Eladrian
Constantine
Omar
Godfrey
Saladin
Suleman
Walter Williams
Holy City
Columbia
Olives
Walla
David
Jesus
Princeton College Commencement Reports Curent Week News
A digest notes Princeton College commencement held today in Princeton Nova Scotia. Other items record Roosevelt discussion on a public buildings bill and the death of Ezvira Lovell aged 96 in Harrisburg. The Duncannon National Bank safe was burgled, and several officials and events are listed with multiple dates in June.
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Princeton
N.S
Roosevelt
Ezvira Lovell
Harrisburg
Hose Committee On Commerce
Department of Commerce
Duncannon National Bank
Duncannon, Pa
Washington
West Point
Paris
Bank of France
Victor Crouser
Toledo
Franklin and Marshall College
Lancaster
United States
Warren
San Francisco
Manila
General markets report from Philadelphia and East markets
A June market snapshot shows flour weak with rye and winter superfine around 2.85 per barrel, wheat quiet in Pennsylvania red at 84, corn steady with No 2 yellow, oats quiet, hay steady at 16 to 165 per 100 pounds, beef and pork firm, live poultry varying by grade, butter steady at 23c, eggs 17c per dozen, potatoes dull eastern old at 60c per bushel. East Buffalo and Liberty PA report cattle steady to firm with differing weights, hogs higher, veal steady, and local prices for hides and other livestock noted.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Elty
eTtec
Timothy
New York
Buffalo
Liberty
Popeeies J
Fishermen Drown In Net Rescue at Sink Hole Creek
Two men died and a third was fatally injured when a fishing net tangled in a snag at Crooked Run known as the Sink Hole near Royston. Andrew Hileman 55 and Kirk Bailey 19 died. Dwight Bailey 43 died later. A. Bailey helped rescue one man. Families watched in anguish as the tragedy unfolded.
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Kittanning
Bailey
Kirk
Andrew Hileman
Hileman
Dwight Bailey
Mr. Hileman
Dwight
Royal Banquet Attended by King Edward and Queen Alexandra
King Edward and Queen Alexandra attended Choate's banquet in London at Carlton House Terrace. A crowd watched as the royal couple arrived in a town carriage with outriders. Guests included J Pierpont Morgan and Whitelaw Reid. The event featured music and a lively conversation between the king and American guests.
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King Edward
Queen Alexandra
Choate
London
United States
Joseph H. Choate
Carlton House Terrace
J. Pierpont Morgan
W. S. Cowles
Roosevelt
Vatican debating Taft Philippines lands plan
Rome reports Governor Taft urged Friars leave the Philippines before land purchases proceed. Pope Leo and Cardinal Rampolla discussed Taft propositions, forming a Cardinals committee to study the matter. Meanwhile in Chester a Roach yard shipbuilding claim denial cited no current union.
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Philippine
Rome
Vatican
Taft
Philippines
Leo
Rampolla
Zera‘fino
Vanutelli
Gotti
Steinuberg
Vives
Tuto
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