Mitchell in New York for coal conference
The Mitchell led United Mine Workers and Anthracite District officials arrived at Ashland House while operators and miners planned talks at Liberty Street. Both sides clash over coal supply, prices, storage, and speculation amid a looming strike and contested shortages.
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Mitchell
United Mine Workers
Nicholls
J. T. Dempsey
John Fahy
Ashland House
Jersey Central
Liberty Street
Committee of Seven
Alfred L. Barber
Alfred Barber's Sons
J. Samuel Smoot
The
Coal Dealers’ Association
Jersey City
Manhattan
Brooklyn Docks
Ohio coal operators prepare broad campaign against miners and Pittsburg Coal
Forty Ohio operators meet in Cleveland to mobilize a statewide conference next Friday. They pledge to organize a large action committee with broad authority to combat the miners and negotiate with the Pittsburg Coal Company aided by J. Pierpont Morgan interests. They seek support from Illinois and Indiana operators and coordinate with West Virginia factions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Ohio
Ohio Coal Operators
Pittsburg Coal Company
Francis L. Robbins
J. Pierpont Morgan
J. H. Winder
Columbus
Charleston
West Virginia
Illinois
Indiana
Pittsburg Mine Strike Shifts With Union Divide
The Pittsburg Coal Company and eight independents signed a 5.55 percent wage scale. Patrick Dolan resists deposition as President and ordered locals not to work without headquarters guidance. About half the mine workers stay out, threatening to pull others from the pits and halt operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Pittsburg
Pittsburg Coal Company
Patrick Dolan
Index to Departments Listing of page topics
Amusements page nine arrives out-of-town buyers page seven etc details for sections such as Business Troubles Court Calendars and Financial News across pages twelve fourteen eighteen New Corporations Real Estate Society United Service and yesterday's fires noted with page references
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marine Intelligence
United Service
Mr Storer's Odd Position In Vienna Diplomatic Dead-Lock
Vienna reports describe a stalemate as Mr Storer remains ambassador while First Secretary Rives handles Washington. The State Department plans to recall Storer with Francis presenting recall letters, as Storer sails from New York on the 22d. Rives may be kept as Chargé if Vienna sees little urgent business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Times
New York Times
Vienna
Storer
Foreign Office
Washington
Rives
State Department
Francis
New York
Mrs Dudley Sues Vanderpoel For 100000
Marie Dudley wife of a Philadelphia lawyer sues Elizabeth Vanderpoel of Saugerties N Y for 100000 claiming alienation of her husband's affections. The suit appears in the Supreme Court calendar as the term opens in Kingston. The case links to earlier divorce filings and a settlement to Vanderpoel then wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Kingston
N. Y
Marie Dudley
Philadelphia
New York
Elizabeth Battelle Vanderpoel
Saugerties
Supreme Court
Dudley-Vanderpoel
Europe
China
Guggenheim outlines vast Alaska mining plans and needs
Daniel Guggenheim describes Alaska as a rich man's camp with future copper iron and coal potential. He envisions railroads smelters mining towns and hydroelectric power backed by capital with immediate development plans and a coast smelting site at Valdez or nearby.
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Guggenheim
Laskan
Guggenheimies
Klondike
Daniel Guggenheim
2 Times
Alaska
United States
Mr. Guggenheim
Eveun
California
Guggenheims
Bonanza Creek
Great West
Copper
Copper River District
American Smelting and Refining Company
Valdez
Pacific
Mutual Life Resignations Signal Board Shakeup
Indignation over Truesdale Committee findings prompts expected resignations from Mutual Life Insurance Company Expenditures Committee members Robert Oliphant James C Helden and Charles E Miller amid censure of Second Vice President Ligud and Third Vice President Fonda. Some inferences point to further departures from the board though the vice presidents say they do not intend to resign now.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mutual Life Insurance Company
Truesdale
Mutual
Robert Oliphant
James C. Helden
Charles E. Miller
Helden
The
Mutual Life
National Safe Deposit Company
Old Mutual
Miller
Cggme
Truesdale Committee
Ligud
Fonda
Fire damages five story building on West Fifty-ninth Street
A blaze at 308 310 West Fifty-ninth Street damaged the upper floors of a five story building housing two motor car firms and a private culture school. Fireman John Tobin, who fell from a collapsing stair, narrowly survived and insisted on returning to work after revival. His father Capt Edward Tobin died in the same building in 1899. The fire lasted about an hour, with substantial losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Fifty-ninth Street
John Tobin
Young Tobin
Edward Tobin
Physice
Estic Theatre
Quicksand Swallows Track Section Delaying Rail Line
A 150 foot section of the Franklin Division track near Hadley Pennsylvania sank into quicksand late last night. The lapse halted traffic on the Lake Shore Road as crews flagged a fast train just in time. Local descriptions mention the incident as the work of the ground. Dewar’s Scotch whiskey reference appears as stray OCR text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashtabula
Ohio
Franklin
Lake Shore Road
Hadley
Penn
Missouri Gov Folk Says State to Seize Mines if Coal Strike Hits
Governor Folk says Missouri would lease or confiscate coal mines if a strike disrupts supply. He speaks at Iowa Democratic Club banquet noting the state would operate mines and use prison labor at the 1903 wage scale if needed. He cites the mines as essential to state institutions and rail needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Des Moines
Iowa
Gov. Folk of
Missouri
Iowa Democratic Club
Wireless attempt to Ireland denied by British arm
British branch officials of the Atlantic De Forest Wireless Telegraph Company call a New York report about 500 words sent from Manhattan Beach to a station in Southern Ireland a yarn. The story claimed transmission to Lord Armstrong estate using apparatus atop his castle. Lee De Forest is visiting Lord Armstrong, president of the British company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEW York Times
London
Atlantic de Forest Wireless Telegraph Company
New York
Manhattan Beach
Ireland
American de Forest Company
Lord Armstrong
Lee de Forest
Pray for Carnegie Money Moves Ministers in Atlanta
In Atlanta Dr. T. P. Cleveland urged the Ministers' Evangelical Association to pray that Mr. Andrew Carnegie will donate a liberal sum to the International Medical Missionary College and Training School for Nurses. Dr. Dawknott had appealed for aid, and the ministers voted to seek the donation through prayer, amid Amens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Atlanta
Ministers’ Evangelical Association
Carnegie
International Medical Missionary College and Training School For
T. P. Cleveland
George D. Dawknott
Ministers’ Association
Medical Missionary College and Training School of
Cleveland
Ir. Carnegie
Medical Missionary
Death in Road Accident Kills Gowing, Wounds Wife
Philadelphia wholesale meat dealer BD O Gowing and his wife were riding through Haverford when a rope across the road caused the car to crash into a telegraph pole and overturn. Gowing died minutes later while his wife, seriously injured, was hospitalized in critical condition. Gowing formerly managed for Swift & Co in Philadelphia.
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Philadelphia
Haverford
BD. O. Gowing
Adams Brothers & Co
Gowing
Swift & Co
A R Keller Arrested In Extradition Case
Augustus Ralph Keller president of the A R Keller Company with Fuller Building offices was arrested yesterday on charges of being a fugitive from justice. He was released on five thousand dollars bail after a dispute over magistrate authority in extradition matters. The case stems from a complaint by George Gibbie president of Gibbie Publishing Company alleging Keller misappropriated ten thousand dollars in books and related property. A bench warrant was issued by Wilson of the Philadelphia Court of General Sessions. Keller was arrested on his arrival in the city yesterday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augustus Ralph Keller
A. R. Keller Company
Fuller Building
George Gibbie
Gibbie Publishing Company
Keller
Wilson
Philadelphia
Burglars Hit Bridgewater Post Office Twice in 48 Hours
In Danbury Connecticut on April 2 professional burglars blew open Postmaster C N Hatch private safe at Bridgewater Post Office and took 500 dollars in cash. They entered via the same window used two days earlier and used nitroglycerine. A Secret Service detective met Bridgeport police planning the capture of the gang. Saturday’s job netted 1000 and a horse was stolen from Postmaster Watch. It is believed one gang executed both robberies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Danbury
Conn
C. N. Hatch
Bridgewater Post Office
Hatch
Secret Service
Bridgeport
Postmaster Watch
Harrimanrail mail cars to replace wooden ones
Cheyenne Wyoming April 2 H B Thrall superintendent of Mails on the Harriman railroads said steel non telescoping mail cars are to be substituted for wooden cars on the Harriman system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne
Wyo
H. B. Thrall
Harriman
Croker Leads Firemen in Clash With Police at Brooklyn Blaze
Firefighters under Fire Chief Croker battled a blaze under the Brooklyn Bridge Arch No 2 and clashed with Patrolman Aprel as ambulances were ordered for unconscious Fireman OConnor. Croker resisted hospital transport. Aprel and Dr Williams insisted on medical care. The fire was brought under control by 10 o clock.
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Brooklyn Bridge
Croker
Aprel
Oak Street
Bridge Arch No. 2
Franklin Square
Second Avenue Elevated
United Trucking Company
O’neil
John C. Liedice
Connor
Hardy
Liedice
Dr. Tomes
St. Gregory's Hospital
McGowan
Lyons and Bracken
Neil
Woods
John O’ Rourke
John Walsh
Dwyer
Harry Knapp
John O’connor
Hudson Street
St. Gregory’s
Dr. Williams
O'Connor
Williams
Rush
Engine 33
O’connor
Chief Croker
Apfel
Smith
St. Gregory’s Hospital
Dr. Toms
Capt
McAcoo
Enet Croke
Kansans Brief Platform Adopted by Trego Republicans
The Republican platform of Trego County, adopted in Topeka on April 2, states that they will “leave well enough alone” and expresses support for President Roosevelt and Governor Hoch as satisfactory leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trego County
New York Times
Topeka
Kan
Roosevelt
Gov. Hoch
Vision of Mr. Rockefeller on His Lakewood Estate
John D. Rockefeller walked from his house to the middle gate on his Lakewood estate accompanied by a thick-set man believed to be John D. Archbold. He appeared deeply interested in new roads on the grounds and observers note he looks aged, with a bent book and a pale drawn face.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Lakewood
N. J
John D. Rockefeller
John D. Archbold
Rockefeller
Mr. Rockefeller
Roosevelt Party Visits Palma in Havana
Mrs. Roosevelt and children Ethel Archie and Quentin called on President Palma in Havana. A state coach awaited them at the wharf and an aide escorted them to the palace. Minister Morgan Secretary Sleeper and Consul General Steinhardt accompanied them. Morgan hosted the visit this afternoon.
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Havana
Indictments Rumored Against Trusts After Grand Jury Hearing
Rumors circulated yesterday that indictments under the Elkins anti trust law had been drawn against the American Sugar Refining Company and the New York Central Railway Company. The Grand Jury investigated alleged rebating by the firms. Confirmation or denial could not be obtained.
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American Sugar Refining Company
New York Central Railway Company
Elkins
Grand
Federal
Oes
All Union Men Locked Out Open Shop Drives 600 Idle
In Charlotte on April 2 thirty furniture and glass factories locked out all union workers. About six hundred men and boys idle as factories receive around fifty new applications. No trouble reported and none forced to shut down.
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Charlotte
N. C
Leaders Shift on Hearst Recount Bill in Albany
In Albany on April 2 Republican leaders reversed late, delaying the Raines Murphy Recount bill without action in the Assembly. Murphy of Kings announced plans to oppose shelving the measure, while State Chairman Odell reportedly changed his stance overnight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Albany
Raines- Murphy
Murphy of
Kings
Odell
Hill Plans New Railroad From Winnipeg to Vancouver
James J. Hill prepares a transcontinental railroad linking Winnipeg with Vancouver with 500 miles under construction and a planned total of 1800 miles. A fierce race among Great Northern Canadian Northern and Grand Trunk Railroads is anticipated. Feeder lines from the United States extend toward Hibbing Minnesota and the Great Lakes.
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ST. Paul, Minag
Pioneer Press
James J. Hill
Winnipeg
Vancouver
Great Northern
Canadian Northern
Grand Trunk Railroads
United States
Hibbing
Minn
Great Lakes
GIVES THE GIRLS A REGIMENT
In Crefeld Germany on April 2 1908 Emperor William visits as a regiment of Hussars arrives from Dueseldorf. He joins the reception and the city celebrates gifting flowers to the Kaiser who notes he has kept his word winning the town its garrison and the young women their partners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crefeld
Germany
William
Duesseldorf
Fire Burns Three at West Tenth Street Boarding House
A four story boarding house at 278 West Tenth Street caught fire at 12 20 this morning following a lamp explosion on the second floor. Thomas Valelly and his wife Kate were on the third floor. Mrs Valelly suffered severe facial and body burns and was rushed to St Vincent's Hospital in unconscious condition. Orris Cond on, sharing a third floor room, sustained minor burns and other injuries.
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West Tenth Street
Thomas Valelly
Kate
Thief Caught After Long City Chase For $100000 Loot
A 28 year old man with multiple aliases, believed to be Thomas J. Wainwright of Boston, was arrested in New York after a month long pursuit that spanned New York Minneapolis and Boston. Detectives traced him from a mansion safe in Minneapolis to back rooms of boarding houses and a waiting cab just as he tried to flee with a trunk and a suitcase. The theft included priceless jewels silverware antiques and paintings from Dr. Nicholas Pinault of Minneapolis. The stake was a $100 check used to mask his movement and identify his next stop streets and transit led to his capture near Sixth Avenue and Fifty eighth Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas J. Wainwright
Boston
Minneapolis
Cne
Wainwright
Fifty-eighth Street
Sixth Avenue
Sergt. Murphy
Police
Supt. Dougherty
New York
Pinkerton
Nicholas J. Pinault
South
Pass Christian
Mississippi
Pinault
Salse
Cardinal Richelieu
Boilly
Teniers
Safe Deposit Company
Ee Agen Central
Grand Central Station
Watts
Sixth Street
Fifth Avenue
Forty-second Street
Wrone & Wrone
Lawrence
George Frenault
Supers
Murphy
Supt
Dougherty
Wright
Oak
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Robbins
MR. Storer
Mrs. Dudley
M. Robert Guggenheim
San Francisco
St. Bruno Point
Columb School of Mines
Shaw
Exico
Treasury Department
Horace Greeley
Tobias
Dewar
Folk
London Company
A. R. Keller
Gibble Company
Brooklyn
Roosevelts
Palma
Hearst
Hill
Crefeld Belles
Kaiser
West Side
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