Miners Debate Arbitration and Coal Strike Tactics
Philadelphia reports say miners weigh arbitration at a meeting with anthracite operators in Jersey Central Building. Mitchells Seven may press for arbitration over new conditions since the strike commission award. Delegates discuss investigating coal merchants and government takeover of mines if public interest is harmed.
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Jersey Central
Mitchell
Ashland House
Anthracite Strike Commission
William H. Dettrey
Committee of Seven
Board of Conciliation
Central Federated Union
Fitzgerald
Letter Carriers’ Union
House of Representatives
House
John Mitchell
Charles Delaney
Granite Cutters’ Union
Rooney
Bluestone Cutters
Coal Merchants’ Association
Hatch
Upholsterers’ Union
Robbins defends himself amid Pittsburg mining dispute
Francis L. Robbins chairman of Pittsburg Coal Co. is confined at home due to strain from a three week labor controversy with miners. He says Ohio Coal Operators' Association resolutions were not facts, explaining inter state movement ended March 30 and urging operators to let willing mines run at the 1008 scale to avoid national calamity. He calls Ohio operators' efforts to block willing operators illegal and against public policy.
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Pittsburg
Francis L. Robbins
Pittsburg Coal Company
Ohio Coal Operators’ Association
Winder
Ohio
Cal. Smith
Illinois
Teir
Index to Departments and Page References
A listing of sections in the newspaper noting Amusements on page 9 Arrivals of Out-of-Town Buyers on page 6 Financial News on pages 10 11 and 12 Marine Intelligence and Foreign Mails on page 6 Society on page 9 Weather Report on page 9 and Yesterday's Fires on page 5
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Marine Intelligence
Society
Weather Report
Abraham Barker Killed After Fall From Madison Ave Car
Abraham Barker an 85 year old Philadelphia banker fell from a southbound Madison Avenue car near Fourth Avenue and Ninth Street and was killed. His wife Anna was helped by friends to a nearby auto. Barker had stayed at the St. Denis Hotel since Saturday and had come to New York for a banquet. He helped invent printed stock lists and the Stock Exchange clearing house. He was born June 3 1821 in New York and led Barker Brothers & Co for fifty years. He left eight children and was a founder of the Union League.
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Abraham Barker
Forty-second Street
West Philadelphia
Penn
Wharton Barker
Madison Avenue
Fourth Avenue
Ninth Street
Anna
St. Denis
Barker
New York
Philadelphia
Stock Exchange
Barker Brothers & Co
Heavy fines issued for speed violations after fatal New Rochelle crash
After a Sunday tragedy in New Rochelle, police trapped speeders with watches and flags, arresting thirteen drivers. Fines ranged from 35 to 100 dollars, including Leland Dustin and New Rochelle lawyer Newbury Lawton, as Commissioner Kuchler presses for felony penalties for excessive speeding.
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Betty Kuchler
Alwina Stein
New Rochelle
Timmons
van Auken
Leland H. Dustin
West Sixty-first Street
Dustin
Larchmont
Newbury Lawton
Wall Street
Lawton
John Rutherford
Alfred H. Bromell
No. 317
West Fifty-sixth Street
Arrest Lodge's Secretary Surrenders on Embezzlement Charge
Robert G. Proctor, private secretary to U S Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, surrendered at police headquarters in Boston on a $500 bail after a Grand Jury report led to a warrant for embezzling $225 from John E. Bestgen of Quincy in October 1904. Proctor, 40, has long worked with Lodge and was a 1904 Republican National Convention delegate.
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Boston
Robert G. Proctor
United States
Henry Cabot Lodge
Proctor
John E. Bestgen
Quincy
Bestgen
Republican State Committee
Coaglng Moran
Thomas Talbot
Senator Lodge
Dewar's Pure Scotch Whiskey Ad Review
An advertisement extols Dewar's as perfectly pure Scotch whiskey with exquisite flavor and refined softness, appealing to discerning drinkers seeking quality and smoothness.
Peasants Help Progressive Victory Redraws Russian Parliament
In twenty eight provinces of European Russia the Electoral Colleges elected 178 members to the National Parliament as Liberals and Progressives routed Conservatives and Octoberists. Peasants elected highly educated Progressives, signaling a sweeping reform wave that may force Emperor Nicholas II to concede a constitution or face early dissolution of parliament.
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ST. Petersburg
Russia
Constitutional Democrats
Volga
Poland
Archangel
Black Sea
Samara
M. Guttandont
Ufa
Orenburg
Moscow Municipal Election Drags On As Counts Awaited
Moscow voters faced a whirlwind campaign with speeches in public halls and streets. Prominent figures from St Petersburg spoke for the Constitutional Democrats while Octoberists urged opposition, Monarchist workers warned against church changes, and Cadidates claimed a CD victory as counts were delayed until tomorrow.
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Moscow
Constitutional Democrats
Paul M. Miliukoff
M. Hessen
St. Petersburg
Russia
Beeson Helps Avert Lynching Of Black Man In Meridian
In Meridian Mississippi a mob of about 100 sought to lynch a black man who shot and injured a streetcar conductor Branscomb in a fare dispute. Prof J F Beeson of Meridian College hid the suspect and persuaded the crowd to disperse by offering to hand him to police on Monday.
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Prof. Beeson
Meridian College
Meridian
Miss
J. F. Beeson
Branscomb
Beeson
Mysterious shooting kills resident near Mansfield Grove
Joseph E. Jennings is found dead at his East Haven home after a late night shooting. His wife and stepson discover him beside the road after visiting a daughter on Foxon Road. Jennings reportedly told his wife someone had shot him before he died.
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East Haven
Conn
Joseph E. Jennings
Talor
Mansfield Grove
Jennings
Charles Brockett
Foxon Road
One Night to Chicago by the Twentieth Century Limited
Advertisement touts the Twentieth Century Limited of the New York Central Lines. It departs New York at 8 80 P M and arrives Chicago at 8 80 the next morning, promising the fastest long distance ride in the world with miles in hours.
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Chicago
Twentieth Century Limited
New York Central
New York
Ady
Rockefeller Riding Again Confounds Community in Lakewood
Special to The New Lakewood Ledger Rockefeller reportedly rides about the village at night in his automobile and makes calls at nearby cottages. Mrs. Rockefeller, in champagne velvet, attends church with her sister but celebrities and workers joke about high oil prices. A store bill dispute over kerosene prompts a telephone rebuke from Rockefeller himself insisting fourteen cents is high.
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New Lakewood
N. J
Rockefeller
Lucy Spellman
Ckefeller
Mr. Rockefeller
Pastor Saves His Flock in St Jacob Tornado
A tornado struck St Jacob Illinois as Palm Sunday services were under way in the German Lutheran Church. Pastor Reverend P Meyer ordered immediate evacuation after spotting the funnel. About 100 people escaped unharmed as the brick church collapsed. Two freight cars were lifted and dumped into a creek in Vandalia railroad yards.
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Lucie
New York Times
Collinsville
Illi
Madison County
St. Jacob
St. Jacob Isla
St. Louis
P. Meyer
Vandalia
Sufferings of Crew After Wreck of Tern Coasting Schooner
Five survivors of the W. E. & W. L. Tuck were picked up by the Spray near Cape Sable after the vessel capsized in heavy squalls off Nova Scotia. Steward Charles Wilstead died in the long boat after two days with little food or water. The crew, six men in all, faced a waterlogged hull and freezing exposure before rescue.
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Yarmouth
N. Y
W. E
W. L. Tuck
Cape Sable
Charles Wilstead
Ssel
Tuck
Bridgewater
New York
Nova Scotia
Steward Wilstead
Boom for W. J. Bryan in Democratic Club
W. J. Bryan gains a nationalizing push for the Democratic Club with plans to rename it the National Democratic Club by May 1 and broadcast an address to voters urging unity to combat radicalism. The Jefferson dinner at the Waldorf Astoria features speakers including President Woodrow Wilson, Mayor McClellan, Judson Harmon, and Senator Gearin, as well as Rev. Dr. Robbins and Justice O'Brien, with Bryan seen as a conservative rival to Hearstism.
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Democratic Club
National Democratic Club
William J. Bryan
Bryan
Board of Governors
William R. Hearst
Mr. Bryan
Waldorf-Astoria
John Fox
Woodrow Wilson
Princeton
Jefferson
McClellan
Judson Harmon
Cleveland
United States
John M. Gearin
Oregon
West
W. Rourke Cochran
Man shoots wife at Star Social Club dance
Mrs Otto Gunkel, widow of 503 East Eighteenth Street, was involved in divorce proceedings recently. At the Grand Lyceum ball at 8 Forsyth Street last night, Otto Gunkel confronted her during the grand march, fired a shot into her right breast, then into his own, and fled. Police captured him nearby. both victims were taken to Gouverneur Hospital and were expected to recover as the dance continued.
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Otto Gunkel
East Eighteenth Street
Womn
Grand Lyceum
Forsyth Street
Gunkel
Gay
Gunel
Quaick
Gouvereur Hospital
Saloon Keeper Killed by Policeman in Haverstraw
William Cullen, a Broadway and Division Street saloon keeper, was shot and killed today by Policeman Owen Feeney after Feeney ordered the saloon closed. The weapon fired during a clash where Cullen and companions allegedly attacked the officer with a chair.
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Haverstraw
N. Y
William Cullen
Broadway
Division Street
Owen Feeney
Feeney
Aye
Carnegie Lost Train Race to Hot Springs
Andrew Carnegie attempted a record breaking run on a chartered train from Richmond to Gordonsville to catch the regular Hot Springs train. He arrived forty five minutes after the Hot Springs train had left, praising the crew but noting no clear reason for the haste.
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Richmond
Andrew Carnegie
Gordonsville
Hot Springs
Mr. Carnegie
Carnegie
Bank Run by Lynchburg Saloons Shocks Ohio Town
Special to The New York Times. In Lynchburg Ohio saloon keepers allied with the temperance push to block a local option election. Bank cashier William Stautener sided with the dry movement triggering a run that pulled $70,000 in deposits as saloon interests withdrew funds and warned of a Monday renewal. Cincinnati sent $50,000 to avert a crash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Washington Court House
Ohio
Lynchburg
William Stautener
Cincinnati
Magistrate Moss Probes Crime on a City Car
Magistrate Moss examined twenty seven riders on a Twenty Ninth Street car after a night scene on the rear platform. He warned three men to exit quickly or face arrest, noting attempts at crowding and possible mischief as others denied robbery. The judge spoke of detectives in disguise and the risk on the transit car.
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Moss
Third Avenue
Lexington Avenue
Nem
Collecion
To Be a Girl by Legislation in New Jersey
In Trenton on April 8 a baptizing error may spark a legislative act to rename James Edward McLaughlin Jr as Hazel McLaughlin. The doctor’s remark at birth led the grandmother to choose the wrong name, and the priest cannot re baptize or amend the record, making state action the only remedy.
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New York Times
Trenton
N. J
James Edward McLaughlin, Jr
Hazel McLaughlin
Father McKean
Historic Pell Oak Destroyed By Fire In Bronx Area
The eighty foot Pell Oak at the junction of New Rochelle and Prospect Hill Roads, linked to Lord Pell and a treaty with Indians, was burned to a stump by a fire started by a discarded cigarette after leaves inside a fenced area accumulated. Park officials had attempted to preserve it with a protective fence years earlier.
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Pell
New Rochelle
Prospect Hill
Lord Pell
Bronx
Park Commission
Contractor Capobianco Charged With Cutting Fire Alarm Wires
Mattie Capobianco of 8 400 Third Avenue, a contractor, faced Magistrate Breen in Westchester Court charged by Fire Department lineman James McNulty with cutting wires to forty seven fire alarm boxes last Friday. The wires, blocking a wall under construction at 287th Street and Webster Avenue, led to a provisional parole until Magistrate Wahle's session this morning.
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Mattie Capobiance
Third Avenue
Breen
Westchester Court
James McNulty
Capobianco
287Th Street
Webster Avenue
Wahle
Pardon Bid For Kerr In Bosschieter Case Filed
Paterson April 8 Application has been made to the Court of Pardons for a pardon for George Kerr who was convicted for causing the death of Jennie Bosschieter in Paterson years ago and is now in the State prison health cited as reason. Friends of Andrew Campbell also seek a hearing while no action has begun for William Death. McAllister remains jailed.
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Paterson
N. J
Court of Pardons
George Kerr
Jennie Bosschieter
Andrew Campbell
William Death
McAllister
Iron Strike Crisis Aimed for May First by Housesmiths Union
Officers of the Housesmiths Union vow a supreme effort to force a crisis on May 1 as the building season begins. They expect allied iron trades to demand the open shop declaration be recalled by the Allied Iron Associations and to strike if not.
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Housesmiths’ Union
Housesmiths
Allied Iron Associations
Auto Has a Lively Time on Cliffside Drive
Greenwich, Conn., April 8. W. P. Cronan of New York endured a perilous moment when a car he was driving at thirty miles an hour broke steering gear at Pitts Hill and swung into an iron rail to avert a cliff. The rail broke as rocks tumbled. Cronan clung to the wheel until others freed him and he continued toward New York.
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New York Times
Greenwich
Conn
W. P. Cronan
New York
Cronan
Stamford
Pitts Hill
New Haven
Tewksbury Missing Again In Philadelphia Runaway
Lewis G. Tewksbury, sought in New York for grand larceny, could not be found in Philadelphia after an unsuccessful search by deputies and detectives. Police believe he may have fled toward Bal Grove. He was recently arrested here on New York authorities’ request and released on bail, with habeas corpus proceedings later ordered.
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Philadelphia
Lewis G. Tewksbury
New York
Bal Grove
Ees
Tewksbury
Enea
Adyv Reflects on Usher's Scotch in Highball Fame
A brief quotation credits Usher's Scotch as the drink that popularized the highball, noting its enduring influence on cocktail culture and bar service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Usher
Ruin by a terror in Naples
Naples endures escalating Vesuvius eruption with ash, lava, and tremors. Evacuations surge as 10000 residents flee Bosco Trecase area. observatory destroyed and officials evacuated. No fatalities reported aside from one elderly woman in Portici amid widespread panic and disrupted transport.
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Bosco Trecase
Naples
Torre dell’Annunziata
Torre del Greco
San Sebastiano
Emivkla
Sance
Vesuvius
Signor Matteucel
Ned
Earth
Montainside
Gulf of
Pope Pius Distressed by Vesuvius Calamity
In Rome on April 8 Pope Pius expressed distress over the eruption of Vesuvius. He told his secretary that imprisonment feels irksome and he cannot visit the scene, but he sent a letter to Cardinal Prisco, Archbishop of Naples, conveying grief.
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Rome
Pius
Prisco
Naples
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