Mine Worker Chief Plans Talks In New York Conference
President John Mitchell of the United Mine Workers travels from Indianapolis to New York to meet anthracite sub-scale committeemen and confer with operators. He notes all mines will close tomorrow as 500,000 miners are out and insists on a new basis to work.
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New York Times
Indianapolis
John Mitchell
United Mine Workers
New York
Pennsylvania New York Limited
Philadelphia
Ashland House
FL. Robbins
Western Pennsylvania
Western Kentucky
Iowa
Indiana
Illinois
Pennsylvania
Central
Ohio
Missouri
Michigan
Arkansas
Tennessee
Kansas
Indian Territory
Texas
West Virginia
Charleston
Mitchell
Anthracite Strike Commission
International Executive Board
John Nugent
Nugent
Sunday Creek
Hocking Valley Railway Company
J. P. Morgan and
Ryan
J. H. Winder
W. H. Haskins
Winder
Mr. Winder
F. L. Robbins
Rockefeller Expected Out After Seclusion in New Jersey
Rockefeller guards and workers around his Lakewood estate prepared for a possible outdoor appearance. Whistle alerts would signal intruders, while crews cleared frost damage on his private golf course. Henry Wollman of New York said his Missouri oil probe ties none to Rockefeller. Mrs Rockefeller attended church with her sister. two McCormick aides tried to block a cameraman’s photo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Lakewood
N. J
John D Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Rockefeller Place
Standard Oil Company
Henry Wollman
New York
Hadley
Missouri
Mrs. Rockefeller
Baptist Church
Miss Spellman
Harold McCormick
Operators to Pay Advance in Western Pennsylvania Coal Fields
Dispatches report a near general announcement by Western Pennsylvania coal operators to pay miners the 5.55 per ton advance from the 1903 scale. Notices at most mines mark the scale grant and ease strike tension though union miners plan a Windber march to recruit non union workers. In Dubois District No 2 all workers vote to stay out except pump men engineers and firemen until after.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Western Pennsylvania
Johnstown
Berwind-White Coal Company
Windber
Dubois
Arrivals of Out-of-Town Buyers
Newspaper index lists sections and page numbers for Amusements Society Weather and Fires. Out-of-town buyers arrivals are noted in the listings with page reference to the section. The schedule guides readers to financial marine and foreign mail content across pages 10 11 12 14 15 and 18.
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Financial News
Marine Intelligence and Foreign Mails
Society
Weather Report
Zion City votes to depose Dowie amid revolt at Tabernacle
In Zion City Illinois a mass meeting with nearly all 5000 residents repudiates John Alexander Dowie and moves to oust him from control. Wilbur Voliva faces opposition as Dowie demands removal of church officers and revival of his supreme leadership. Courts may appoint a conservator for Dowie’s estate.
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New York Times
Waukegan
Ill
Zion
John Alexander Dowie
Tabernacle
Jane Dowie
Gladstone
Dowie
Wilbur Glen Voliva
Mexico
Voliva
Ocotlan
Lake Chapala
Deacon Granger
Zion City
No More Crop Failures Says Secretary Wilson
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson declares Americans will face no widespread crop failures as farming becomes scientific. He cites soil study, improved machinery, irrigation, and crop selection to double production per acre by 1910 and notes occasional bad counties or weather may occur but overall supplies will meet domestic needs with surplus for export.
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New York Times
Washington
Wilson
Department of Agriculture
Kansas
Pastor is assaulted near German Lutheran church in Greenwi ch Conn
The Rev John Koppeki pastor of St Pauls German Lutheran Church of Byram Shore was attacked near the church tonight. His scalp was cut and eye blackened as a man fled. Constables seek Albert De Paul a stone cutter believed responsible. De Paul is Italian with a German wife who teaches at the parish and sings in the choir. Koppeki has served six months and travels from New York for services. J Henry Schmehl who lives with the couple intervened but was threatened. The minister was carried into the church unconscious.
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New York Times
Greenwich
Conn
John Koppeki
St. Paul’s
Byram Shore
Medley
Fulton
Albert de Paul
de Paul
Koppeki
New York
J. Henry Schmehl
Gunboat Pinzon patrols off Barcelona against Carlists
The gunboat Pinzon cruises off Barcelona to stop arms reaching the Carlists as seizures of rifles occur at Monistrol, 27 miles northwest of Barcelona. Movement leaders flee across the frontier as authorities speed up action against the agitation.
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Barcelona
Pinzon
Monistrol
Latest Shipping News ss Imaguey 8s Banitece Pa
The record notes the vessel Imaguey 8s Banitece pa in shipping news with port calls and movements. It records implied routing and duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Imaguey
Banitece
Senator Alger Ill in Atlantic City Reunion With Family
Senator Russell A. Alger, reportedly very ill at a hotel in Atlantic City, summoned his two sons Russell Jr and Frederick for a bedside reunion. Alger smiled on being told of the concern and said he felt better soon after Washington doctors attended him. he planned to return home the next day.
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Detroit
United States
Russell A. Alger
Atlantic City
N. J
New York Times
Alger
Russell, Jr
Frederick
Sheldon
Washington
Paes and Soha Shine in Afternoon Tennis Exhibition
The event featured notable players Paes and Soha delivering solid serves and rallies in afternoon play. Organizers highlighted strong crowd support as the match showcased emerging talent and seasoned pairing momentum.
Leap Off Burning Car On Broadway as Women Jump
A southbound Columbus Avenue streetcar on Broadway near Twenty-ninth Street caught fire from a short circuit. Dozens of women passengers jumped from the open car as flames erupted under the seats, with fire engines extinguishing the blaze and delaying traffic for about thirty minutes. No injuries reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Broadway
Columbus Avenue
Twenty-ninth Street
Gilsey
Breslin
Hodgins
Times Square
Mob rescues a prisoner amid convent harassment
Dominican sisters at 120 Ridge Street faced weekly taunts from a crowd while walking to the Mother House in Brooklyn. Capt. Cooney assigned Patrolmen Ward and Baxter for protection. A boy was arrested after an orange hit a sister. a mob freed him, but Ward and Baxter fired their revolvers to hold them back. Jacob Gainsburg was fined $5 in Essex Market Court.
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Dominican
Ridge Street
Mother House
Brooklyn
Cooney
Union Market
Ward
Baxter
Jacob Gainsburg
Essex Market Court
Spring in Hotel Belmont Basement Flows From Rock
A spring erupts from rock in the fifth basement of the Hotel Belmont at Forty-second Street and Park Avenue. Discovered seventy five feet below street level after blasting, it now pours about 10 000 gallons daily and more than 400 gallons per hour into a floor cistern. Pumps drain the cistern every fifteen minutes. Some observers speculate the source may lie in the Catskills or Connecticut, with wider Mississippi Valley links noted by analysis and comparison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belmont
Forty-second Street
Park Avenue
Catskills
Mississippi Valley
Long Island
Connecticut
Gold Pieces to Immigrants at Ellis Island
John D Crimmins traveled through Ellis Island giving away 300 in gold to new arrivals including a Polish girl Dora Lapiventz who received 10. Crimmins and Commissioner Watchorn witnessed a child struggling with a heavy bundle and he carried her to the boat then presented the gold piece. Several women and Irishmen sought portions as Crimmins distributed gifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John D. Crimmins
Ellis Island
Dora Lapiventz
Mr. Crimmins
Commissioner Watchorn
Thieves Steal Ostrich Feathers From Hot Springs Farm
In Hot Springs Arg on April 1 a gang known for cracking safes and burglaries robbed an ostrich farm. Plumes valued over 1000 were stolen, with five finer feathers worth 50 each taken from the porel room near the manager Thomas Cockburn’s residence. The manager expressed concern that several robbers were seen in the area.
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New York Times
Hot Springs
Arg
Hot Springs Ostrich Farm
Thomas Cockburn
Lawyers Doubt White House Rate Amendment Unconstitutional
Senators discuss the White House amendment to the Railway Rate bill. Tillman opposes the compromise arguing it lacks protection against suspension of rates during litigation. Democrats and Hepburn supporters split over constitutional issues with the Bailey plan and possible bond provisions debated.
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New York Times
Washington
Tillman
Senate
Roosevelt
Inter-State Commerce Commission
White House
Texas
Friends
Knox
Spooner
Foraker
Elkins
Scott
New England
Lodge
Senator Long
Kansas
Long
Pastor’s House Set Afire in Chattanooga Church Tone
Incendiaries attacked the home of Rev. Howard L. Jones pastor of the First Baptist Church in Chattanooga. Jones had denounced lynchers in a recent sermon and has since received anonymous letters promising harm. Police probing motive amid threats to the clergyman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. L. Jones
Chattanooga
New York Times
Tenn
Howard L. Jones
First Baptist Church
Johnson
Mrs Roosevelt Arrives in Havana with Children
Mrs. Roosevelt and her children Ethel Archie and Quentin reached Havana aboard the Mayflower on April 1 accompanied by a party as they began their Cuba visit.
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Mrs. Roosevelt
Cuba
Havana
David B. Hill Readies Return From South for Health
David B. Hill, who traveled to Camden, South Carolina, early in the winter due to poor health, will return home in a few days. Friends report his health has greatly improved in the past few months after his dire condition earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David B. Hill
Camden
S. C
Mr. Hill
Soldier Dies After Hitting Rock Post on Governors Island
Private Michael Tierney of Company C Fifth Regular Infantry on Governors Island ran to barracks for 11 o'clock roll call when he struck a rock post and died half an hour later. Autopsy showed a ruptured liver. He will be buried with military honors tomorrow afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael Tierney
Fifth Regular Infantry
Governors Island
Tierney
Storm at Stage Entrance Shocks Opera House
In Cleveland on April 1 a mob of about a hundred stormed the stage door at the Opera House during Woodland. They slugged stage hands and assaulted the actresses' escorts while police fought to restore order. Police later reinforced and dispersed the crowd.
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New York Times
Cleveland
Opera House
Sheriff Street
Woodland
Euclid Avenue
Tenants Fight Rent Rise at East Tenth Street Tenement
A large crowd gathered at 367 69 East Tenth Street as tenants protest rent hikes from $1 to $2 per unit. They plan to visit Clinton Street Municipal Court with counsel, after serving dispossess notices, with talks of a Protective Tenants’ association to fund future rents fights.
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East Tenth Street
Clinton Street
Rosie Ee
Lower East Side
Adiation
Doctor Dies from Blood Poisoning After Scrape
Derby Conn April 1 Blood poisoning contracted through a scratch while operating on a patient killed Dr Roscius Y Downs a prominent Ansonia physician at 48 The poison gathered in the lung and caused a death by suffocation Doctors Cooper Parmlee and Bacon Russell were summoned and Dr Downes tried to direct treatment but could not speak.
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New York Times
Derby
Conn
Roscius Y. , Downs
Ansonia
Cooper
Parmlee
Bacon
Russell
New Haven
Downes
Pittsburg Opera Slump in City Engagement
The Metropolitan Opera Company run at Nixon Theatre in Pittsburg drew eight performances but total receipts did not meet expectations, tallying just under 50 thousand dollars versus an anticipated eighty thousand. Last season’s four performances grossed forty thousand dollars.
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New York Times
Pittsburg
Metropolitan Opera Company
Nixon Theatre
Denounce Excise Action Causes City Wide Indignation
Fifteen thousand church members in Schenectady sign resolutions condemning the Assembly Excise Committee for killing the Tully Wainwright Local Option bill. The move, at the Anti-Saloon League request, asks Assemblyman Temple to press the matter in the Assembly.
Milk wagon driver killed crossing nearing New York line
H W Coe a milk wagon driver of 1 558 Third Avenue died early yesterday crossing the New York New Haven Hartford tracks at 141st Street and Southern Boulevard The gate was removed for westward track work a freight engine about twenty miles an hour struck the wagon killing the horse and flinging Coe about forty feet He was dead on arrival Thomas Day and Ba neer Edwards were arrested and paroled Coroner Schwannecke handled the case Coe left a widow and family at Newten
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H. W. Coe
Third Avenue
New York
New Haven & Hartford
141St Street
Southern Boulevard
Coe
Thomas Day
Baneer
Ralph H. Edwards
Schwannecke
Borden Milk Company
Newten
Dawes Commission Records Reported Stolen
In Muskogee Indian Territory on April 1 the Dawes Commission disclosed that some of its records and information have been robbed. Indian rolls not intended for public release are said to be circulating for sale over the counter, raising concerns about security and access to sensitive data.
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Mubkegee
I. T
Dawes Commission
Auto Left Sisters to Die in the Street
Two women, Mrs. Alvina Stein of St. Louis and Mrs. George J. Kuchler of Sycamore Park, were struck from behind by a speeding touring automobile in New Rochelle as they walked home from church. Mrs. Stein died. Mrs. Kuchler, 73, died later or was not expected to survive. Eyewitness Miss Sadie Scott noted the car fled after the crash. the license number was taken down. Police and ministers condemned automobilists for Sabbath desecration and speeding, with several arrests and fines issued by Judge Van Auken.
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Alvina Stein
St. Louis
George J. Kuchler
Sycamore Park
New Rochelle
Stein
Sadie Scott
Kuchler
Miss Scott
Mrs. Stein
Mrs. Kuchler
New York
White Plains
Karl Kuchler
Henry Kuchler
George W. Kuchler
East Main Street
Pelham Road
van Auken
Arthur Hammerstein
West Seventy-eighth Street
Two Injured in Montclair Auto Crash Involving Prosecutor
Assistant Prosecutor Ralph Shaw and his wife were severely injured in Montclair New Jersey when their car collided with a stationary vehicle on Valley Road. Shaw suffered a fractured arm while his wife sustained two broken ribs and body bruises. Their three children escaped with minor bruises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montclair
N. J
Ralph Shaw
Little Falls
Valley Road
Motor Car Kills a Child on West Sixty-fifth Street
Six year old Frederick Cullman son of William Cullman Metropolitan Opera House assistant treasurer was struck and killed by a car driven by chauffeur Harry D Graff as he played near his home at 48 West Sixty fifth Street The car carried Dr William P Byrne George Swalland and William H Murphy The boy was carried into the Cullman house where he was pronounced dead at once by the doctor
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Frederick Cullman
William Cullman
Metropolitan Opera House
West Sixty-fifth Street
Mr. Cullman
Harry D. Graff
Graff
William P. Byrne
West
J. Byrne
Cullman
Dr. Byrne
Peavey
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Standard Oil
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Ae Soha
MOB
Schenectady
Assembly Committee
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Shaw
Metropolitan Opera
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